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Public hearings on proposed district court set for May 7, June 4

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 5 May 2024 at 11:19 am

ALBION – The first of two public hearings on a proposed district court will be 7 p.m. Tuesday in the legislative chambers at the Orleans County Office Building, 14016 Route 31 W, Albion.

A second hearing will be 7 p.m. on June 4 at the County Office Building.

Proponents of the court say it would offer better service at a lower local expense. But opponents say there will be less local control, and a reduced local expense isn’t guaranteed.

Orleans County voters will likely be asked this November in a public referendum whether the county should create a district court that would be staffed full-time and could include multiple towns in the county.

The issue almost went to a vote last year, but was withdrawn as a referendum to allow more time to complete a study on the financial implications, and other pros and cons of the court.

County Legislature Chairwoman Lynne Johnson was part of a committee that has been studying the district court. She believes the committee’s report “leaves no doubt this is the best path forward.”

She said the district court would represent collaboration and cooperation among local governments, while bringing down court costs and increasing services.

“Are significant cost savings, better use of resources, streamlined court management and making better use of law enforcement personnel’s time enough to overcome the inertia of ‘things are fine the way they are?’” Johnson said during her state of the county address in March. “We are certainly going to find out.”

The Orleans County Magistrates Association has been steadfastly opposed to a district court. The town justices and court clerks at the town level have all signed a resolution last October saying they are opposed to a district court in Orleans County.

“The Magistrate Association of Orleans County is opposed to any efforts to eliminate the local and convenient access to justice by our citizens and find that the Town Courts of Orleans County provide a meaningful and necessary presence within our community for judicial resolution of conflicts, continued public safety of our citizens, and the protection of constitutional guarantees for all of our citizens,” according to the resolution signed by the justices and court clerks.

Albion set to open new artificial turf softball field Monday by hosting rival Medina

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 5 May 2024 at 10:03 am

It will be a special event Monday as Albion will open its new artificial turf softball field by hosting rival Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League game at 4:45 p.m.

The softball diamond, complete with a purple infield, is part of the Purple Eagles new artificial turf soccer/softball facility.

Albion will also host front-running Medina in an N-O baseball game at 4 p.m. Monday. Currently at 6-1, the Mustangs hold a two game lead over a trio of teams including Newfane (6-3), Wilson (6-3) and Roy-Hart (4-3).

Monday’s key N-O softball League game will have undefeated (9-0) Barker visiting runner-up Wilson (9-2) as the Lady Bulldogs look for a win to clinch their first N-O title since 2007. Ironically, Barker shared the N-O crown that year with Wilson as the two teams finished with identical 9-3 records.

First place in the N-O tennis standings will also be on the line Monday in a key late season clash of unbeatens as 8-0 Albion visits 9-0 Akron. The two teams will meet again in the season finale on May 15 at Albion.

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Baseball – Medina at Albion, 4 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Newfane, Wilson at Barker, 4:45 p.m.; Northstar at Kendall, 5 p.m.
Softball – Medina at Albion, Barker at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.; Elba at Lyndonville, Pembroke at Holley, Kendall at Byron-Bergen, 5 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Newfane, 7 p.m.
Tennis – Byron-Bergen at Holley, Kendall at Alexander, 4 p.m.; Albion at Akron, Roy-Hart at Newfane, Wilson at Barker, 4:30 p.m.
Lacrosse– Lockport at Medina, 5 p.m.

Tuesday
Baseball – Notre Dame at Kendall, 5 p.m.
Softball – Medina at Wilson, Roy-Hart at Albion, 4:45 p.m.; Lyndonville at Pembroke, Elba at Holley, Notre Dame at Kendall, 5 p.m.
Track – Wilson at Medina, Albion at Akron, Barker at Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis – Holley at Kendall, 4 p.m.; Medina at Albion, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday
Baseball – Medina at Barker, Akron at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.; Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, 5 p.m.; Perry at Holley, 5:15 p.m.
Softball – Barker at Medina, Newfane at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Byron-Bergen at Holley, Kendall at Alexander, 5 p.m.

Thursday
Baseball – Roy-Hart at Albion, 4:45 p.m., Oakfield-Alabama at Holley, 5 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Barker, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Pembroke, Attica at Holley, 5 p.m.
Track – Medina at Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Brockport, 6 p.m.

Friday
Baseball – Barker at Medina, Albion at Roy-Hart, Newfane at Akron, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Akron at Albion, Roy-Hart at Barker, 4:45 p.m.; Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, Elba at Kendall, 5 p.m.; Lyndonville at Newfane, 7 p.m.

Saturday
Baseball – Holley at Byron-Bergen, 11 a.m.; Roy-Hart at Williamsville East, 12 p.m.; City Honors at Medina, 1 p.m.
Softball – East Rochester at Holley, 10 a.m.; Northstar at Kendall, 11 a.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Bloomfield, 2 p.m.

N-O Standings
Baseball – Medina 6-1, Newfane 6-3, Wilson 6-3, Roy-Hart 4-3, Akron 3-5, Albion 2-5, Barker 0-7
Softball – Barker 9-0, Wilson 9-2, Roy-Hart 5-3, Albion 5-4, Akron 3-6, Medina 2-7, Newfane 0-10
Tennis – Akron 9-0, Albion 8-0, Wilson 6-4, Barker 3-5, Roy-Hart 3-5, Medina 2-7, Newfane 0-10
Boys Track – Albion 5-0, Newfane 4-1-1, Roy-Hart 2-1-1, Medina 2-2, Wilson 2-3, Barker 1-4, Akron 0-5
Girls Track – Akron 5-0, Newfane 5-1, Wilson 3-2, Medina 2-2, Albion 1-4, Barker 1-4, Roy-Hart 0-4

Holley school district recognizes Rotary Club as ‘community champion’

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 5 May 2024 at 8:47 am

Provided photo

HOLLEY – The Holley school district has picked the Holley Rotary Club to receive “A Community Together for Education” or ACT award for its support of Holley students through scholarships and its partnership through service clubs in the school – Rotary Interact at the junior-senior high school and EarlyAct for grades 4-6.

Brian Bartalo, left, the district superintendent, presented the award to Jeff Martin, center, and Josh Mitchell from the Rotary Club.

Holley is part of the Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES and all school districts in the BOCES pick an ACT recipient or “community champion” each year. Last year Holley chose TeacherGeek for its support of STEM projects in the district and also teacher development.

Bartalo attended the canal and community trash pickup event on Saturday led by the Rotary Interact Club. Many Rotarians joined about 100 students in picking up litter in the community.

The district superintendent also noted another big annual effort when about 70 Interact Club students clean headstones at Hillside Cemetery.

Holley Rotary also sponsors many events throughout the school year, Bartalo said.

Refill with Randy – A father with his own hurts often wounded his own son

Posted 5 May 2024 at 8:00 am

By Randy LeBaron

Good morning! Grab your favorite cup. Fill it up. And let’s start this week right… TOGETHER!!!

Well friends, I was quite floored by the amount of feedback that I received from my last article where I wrote about the unseen scars of being bullied. Thanks to the many who wrote letters, sent e-mails, messaged, or simply approached me while I was out and about to let me know that it had resonated with you in some way. I was actually hesitant about submitting it, but it certainly seemed to have struck a chord, so I am glad that I did.

More than a few of you have also asked about how the different acts of reconciliation that I mentioned came about so I thought as a follow up I would share an abbreviated version of how my broken relationship with my father was redeemed and what I have learned looking back on it. Caveat – even in the abridged form it is way too lengthy for one article – so today I will share some backstory and the events that led to our estrangement and then, in two weeks, I will share about how the healing took place.

To start with, my father’s name was Lloyd LeBaron but everybody called him “Fuzz”, and I mean everybody. Someone once sent him a letter that was simply labeled “Fuzz, Sinclairville, NY” and it made its way to our mailbox. Anyway Fuzz, or Dad as I will refer to him from here on, was born in 1931. He spent much of his childhood in the hospital which caused him to fall behind in school and eventually led to him dropping out, only completing the 4th grade.

He entered the Army when he was 17 and was stationed in Germany. After his first stint he switched to the Air Force where he would go on to run a Carpentry Shop in Paris. While he was in the service he got married and at age 19 had my oldest brother, Rick. The very next year my twin brothers, Rod & Roger, were born. The marriage didn’t last and my Dad went back overseas so my brothers ended up being raised by aunts and uncles.

Fast forward to 1967, and Dad was working as a Tool & Dye Maker at Crescent Tool and ended up marrying a much younger woman (11 years) who was also very much pregnant. My sister Roberta was born and my dad adopted her as his own. By 1974 my dad was 43 years old, already a grandfather a few times over, and did not have becoming a father again on his radar at all. This is where I entered the picture, 23 years after my brother Rick was born I made Fuzz was a father again whether he liked it or not.

In my early years I don’t think he minded so much but once I hit school age and someone made the mistake of asking if he was dropping off his grandson things started to change. Dad had quite the temper and, as an undiagnosed child with ADHD, I would often do or say something impulsively that would lead to being branded by his belt. The reality was that he was older, more easily irritated, and I think somewhat resentful because it was clear early on that I had not inherited any of his mechanical skills. To this day I am still the least handy person around, just ask my wife.

All in all things didn’t seem so bad though, I mean this was the ’80s and most of my friends’ fathers treated them the same way. It seemed normal, until my dad’s world came crashing down. I was in elementary school when my father suffered a heart attack and was taken by Mercy Flight to Buffalo General where he would undergo a quintuple bypass surgery. It was a long recovery and, to make matters worse, he was diagnosed with diabetes and after being prescribed a new experimental pill he had a reaction that nearly killed him. It caused him to lose so much weight that he looked like a skeleton.

To make matters worse he ended up losing his job because he could no longer meet the physical requirements and my older brothers had each made some poor choices that eventually led to divorce for one, drug use for another, and prison for the third. It was at this point that my dad told me in no uncertain terms that he had not wanted to be a father again in the first place and, because he figured I would just turn out like my brothers, I wasn’t worth it.

At that point he disengaged not only from me but my mother as well. He moved into his own room in the house and more or less cohabitated with us. From that point on he did not attend any school functions or go to any of my sporting events. There were even times that friends from school would ask me if my parents were divorced or if my dad was dead and I just responded yes because the truth was too humiliating.

At this point my father was not as physically overpowering as he once was but he could still wound with words. He would often give me demeaning nicknames and, because I had to go to speech therapy throughout school, he would always make fun of me and say that he could never understand a word that I said. As I shared in my last article, this compounded the bullying that I was enduring everyday at school and so even as I was feeling like a helpless victim I also began to be filled with anger and bitterness that was on the edge of boiling over.

Jump ahead now to high school where one of the most tragic moments, the sudden passing of my grandmother, led to a respite of sorts as I moved in with my grandfather to help take care of him. Eventually it was no longer safe for him to stay alone while I was at school so he ended up moving in with my parents, but I remained in his apartment by myself. Things seemed like they were headed in a better direction—some of the bullying at school had dissipated since I had started martial arts. I got involved in the church down the street from where I lived, and I even got accepted to a college in Kansas which, if nothing else, was far away from my father and all the bad memories that I had accumulated over the years.

On the day that I left for college my parents drove me to the bus station where I proceeded to get on the wrong bus. Thankfully I realized my error in time and quickly got off to find the right one. That was when my mother ran up to me and said that my dad had made an effort by coming out and that I had not even said goodbye. She then said that she was afraid I was going to hurt his feelings. In that moment I felt every bit of anger, hate, and resentment that I had toward my father and simply replied, “Good!” as I walked up the steps of the bus without looking back.

See you in two weeks!
Pastor Randy

Program on May 9 focuses on complicated issue of ‘illegal’ immigration

Posted 4 May 2024 at 7:34 pm

Editor:

Note advertisements in the Orleans Hub and Pennysaver on Rev. Dr. William Wilkinson’s presentation at the Hoag Library Thursday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. on immigrants and race.

A very active Christian recently asked, “Why don’t those ‘illegals’ become ‘legal?’”

The answer: most can not. An immigration judge, Walter Ruhle, in a speech at the Buffalo Catholic Center said it’s virtually impossible. A friend, very successful, who came from Mexico in 1993 at the age of12, has spent $35,000 on legal fees, but remains “undocumented.”

In the past, we allowed Chinese to come to work on the railroads, but wouldn’t allow them to become citizens. In 1924, we ruled that Japanese could not become citizens.

We’ve done the same thing recently with about 6 million mainly Mexican farmworkers, who came from 1986 to 2003 to work in our farms, in food processing, service industries and even health care, but blocked them from citizenship.

Secondly, it’s not the immigrant workers who are illegal. It’s their employers who are illegal. The 1986 law, which still applies (despite two failed major bi-partisan efforts to correct it) makes it illegal to hire “undocumented” workers.

Thus, it is the growers, food processors, hotel and restaurant owners, who are breaking the law. Clearly the 1986 law was impractical and we seemingly had no intention of enforcing it. To go back nearly 40 years and do so now, would be impractical and unfair.

Even more so, it would be unfair and cruel, to evict “undocumented” workers, 2/3rds of whom have been here for over 20 years and have had children and developed families, with no practical way to become documented.

Also, it would make no sense to undermine “small” farmers, who still rely on such workers. Orleans County agricultural economy would suffer dearly.

We citizens of this area and good Christians should know this. But, we are inclined “un-Christianly” to blame “the least of these” (in terms of power and influence.)

Take the time and effort to learn the truth.

Come hear Rev. Dr. Willliam Wilkinson this Thursday. Read up on the program two months ago, “Are Immigrants Good for Orleans?” featuring Sheriff Christopher Bourke, major farmers, an immigrant, historian Bill Lattin and immigrant case workers.

There will be handouts on that prior program and other immigrant worker issues.

Hope to see many of you this Thursday.

Bob Golden

Waterport

Golden, a retired probation director in Orleans County, has worked on this issue since 1962, including private, county, national and Diocesan roles.

Walk and health fair at Albion park puts focus on mental health

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 4 May 2024 at 5:16 pm

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – This group takes part in a Mental Health Walk and Health Fair today at Bullard park. Participants joined on the crusher-run walking trail on the perimeter of the park.

The Genesee-Orleans Ministry of Concern organized the event for the first time. Participating agencies at the health fair included GOMOC, UConnectCare (formerly GCASA), NYS Senior Action Council, the Orleans County mental Health Department, Fidelis and Healthy Families (serving Orleans and Niagara counties).

Participants received t-shirts with a quote, “May the Fourth be with your Mental Health.”

Jami Allport, GOMOC director, said the agency wanted a local event as part of May as mental Health Awareness Month.

Pattie Beadle brought two llamas for the event. Beadle is a therapist with the Orleans County mental Health Department. She also has been showing llamas for about 30 years. She noticed at llama shows the animals have a calming effect on visitors.

She is working to have the llamas be certified as therapy animals.

Beadle is shown with “Slick.” Her other llama “Oscar” is in back.

“When people touch a llama, a calm comes over them,” she said.

These people start the walk for mental health. There were several signs about mental health myths and facts posted along the trail.

This sign said the following:

Myth: Children don’t experience mental health problems.

Fact: Even very young children may show warning signs of mental health concerns. Early support can help a child before mental problems interfere with other developmental needs.

Myth: People with mental health problems are violent and unpredictable.

Fact: The majority of people with mental health problems are not or likely to be more violent than anyone else. In fact, many people with mental health problems are highly active and productive members of their communities.

Big group of Holley students give canal, village a clean sweep

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 4 May 2024 at 4:35 pm

100-plus hunt down litter; Today’s effort dedicated to Danny Cory, husband of retired Holley principal

Photos by Tom Rivers

HOLLEY – Ryan Seward, a Holley seventh-grader, snags an empty beer can from a drainage area next to the Holley Pharmacy. He is joined by friends Mason McGuire, top left, and Logan Lane with the trash bag.

They were among more than 100 Holley students and many other school and community volunteers who were out picking up garbage in Holley’s annual Canal Clean Sweep effort.

Holley makes the event a big effort, with students getting a tie-dyed T-shirt to mark the occasion. Students also get a sense of pride in cleaning up litter in the village and along the canal towpath in the town of Murray and Village of Holley.

Holley Mayor Mark Bower addresses the group at about 10 a.m. in the elementary school parking lot. He thanked them for helping to make the Holley community a better place.

The students split into smaller groups with two adult volunteers in each pod. Elementary students in the Rotary Early Act group picked up litter along the canal. The Early Act Club, for students in grades 4 to 6, is led by Jessica Seaward.

The junior-senior high school students dispersed into different parts of the village, as well as the canal park to hunt down trash.

Before the left, they were welcome to a Paula’s Donut. Holley Rotary Club member Craig Lane picked up 10 dozen donuts early this morning. He has made Paula’s Donuts part of the annual tradition for the canal clean sweep.

Brian Bartalo, the Holley school district superintendent, takes a photo of the large group. Many of the students are in the Holley Interact Club, which is led by advisors Samantha Zelent and Erin Dibble.

“They are very excited about this,” Dibble said about the annual cleanup. “this is our biggest event of the year.”

Dibble and Zelent thanked the students, and many teachers and parents who stepped up as volunteers.

Brian Bartalo also addressed the group before they headed out for about two hours of volunteer service.

The cleanup effort was dedicated to Danny Cory, the husband of retired Holley principal Susan Cory. Mr. Cory passed away unexpectedly on April 22 at age 61 while on a vacation with his wife in Nashville.

Mr. Cory attended numerous Holley school events while his wife was principal. Even though he was proud to be a Le Roy graduate, he became an enthusiastic Holley Hawk.

Kayla Neale, a Holley senior, designed the t-shirt for the annual cleanup day.

The students were on the hunt for trash in the village and along the canal.

Albion rolls to softball win over Byron-Bergen

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 4 May 2024 at 2:49 pm

Benefitting from 14 walks, Albion romped to a 26-4 win over host Byron-Bergen in a non league softball game this morning.

Alana Irvine had 4 hits, including a double, Aubrielle Barry 3 with 3 RBI and Taylor LeFrois 2 to lead the Purple Eagles at the plate.

Barry also pitched the first three winnings registering 1 strikeout. Irvine went the rest of the way in the circle fanning 6.

Albion will next host Medina at 4:45 p.m. Monday in what will be the Purple Eagles debut contest on their new artificial turf field.

Elba 5, Barker 2
Scoring twice in each of the first two innings, Elba went on down visiting Barker 5-2 in a non league contest.

Lydia Ross and Brianna Totten both had 2 hits for the Lady Lancers while Brea Smith allowed 5 hits and struck out 3 in the circle.

Barker’s two runs came in the seventh on RBI singles by Arnie Sturtevant and Madyson Flint.

In the circle for Barker, Peyton Bradley registered 6 strikeouts in four innings of work to top the 300 strikeout mark for her career.

Roy-Hart tops Newfane in N-O tennis

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 4 May 2024 at 2:45 pm

A sweep of the three doubles matches earned Roy-Hart a 3-2 win over Newfane in a Niagara-Orleans League make-up tennis match today.

Improving to 3-5, the Rams got wins from the doubles teams of Allie Trombley – Jayden Swygert, Garrett Glyshaw – Kaylie Churchill and Abby Glyshaw – Dillan Santella.

The loss drops Newfane to 0-10.

Lyndonville sees 10-cent cut in village tax rate

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 4 May 2024 at 9:01 am

New reassessments won’t take effect until 2025-26 budget

LYNDONVILLE – The Village Board has approved an overall $1,351,115 budget for 2024-25 that reduces the tax levy by 0.7 percent and cuts the tax rate from $15.94 to $15.84 per $1,000 of assessed property.

The amount of money to be collected in property taxes will decrease from $488,066 to $484,658.

The board approved the spending plan on April 11. The budget includes the following three funds:

General fund increased from $636,918 to $642,612
Water fund up from $464,828 to $476,814
Sewer fund down from $237,244 to $231,689

The total for of three funds shows an increase in spending by $12,125 or 0.9 percent from $1,338,990 to $1,351,115.

The village’s tax base is down slightly from $30,605,653 to $30,597,571. The tax base should see a jump in the next village budget in 2025-26 when new assessments take effect. The Town of Yates is doing a town-wide reassessment this year, and that includes the village.

The new village budget takes effect June 1 and runs until May 31.

Wildlife refuge sees big increase in attendance at programs

By Ginny Kropf, correspondent Posted 4 May 2024 at 8:10 am

Provided photo: Logan Sauer has helped lead a dramatic increase in attendance and participation in programs at the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge.

BASOM – When Logan Sauer learned there was opening at the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, he jumped at the chance to apply.

Sauer, 27, who grew up in Virginia, was working as a Visitors Services Specialist for the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in the Twin Cities and was anxious to return to the northeast.

He started his new position with the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge in January 2023, and since then has broken records for attendance and participation in programs.

Sauer’s position is to work with the public and create programs to bring people to the refuge.

“I’m essentially a ‘people person,’” he said.

Sauer has revamped a lot of programming with the refuge open to visitors every Saturday.

“As a result, we’ve seen a high uptake in visitation and public programming,” Sauer said.

In 2022, the year before Sauer arrived at Iroquois, 857 people participated in programs, but the first year Sauer was here, that number jumped to 5,470, or a 538 percent increase. Likewise, visitation rose from 1,619 in 2022 to 2,549 (a 58 percent increase) in 2023.

One of the most popular new events was a Full Moon Luminary Night Hike, in which the Headquarters’ Trail was lined with ice lanterns and hot chocolate was provided afterwards in the Welcome Center.

“Four hundred and thirty people attended that and want to do it again,” Sauer said.

A Warbler Walk at Swallow Hollow on Knowlesville Road today (Saturday), led by photographer and professor at Buffalo State, Ruth Goldman, sold out.

Sauer, who also happens to be an artist, has incorporated art into events at the refuge.

“We started painting classes, free of charge,” he said. “People come here to bird and fish, and now they can paint what they see.”

Next Saturday (May 11) is the Spring Spectacular, the biggest event of the year, Sauer said. His goal is to have 1,000 visitors, and 800 have already signed up.

“We will highlight the interaction of nature, culture and arts,” he said.

Thirty exhibitors are expected, along with raptors, food vendors and special art projects by Friends of Iroquois Wildlife Refuge, funded by GO Art!

May programming will also include a beginner nature photography course from 9 a.m. to noon May 18 at the Visitor’s Center. Pre-registration is required.

On May 25, seed ball and paper making will take place between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Participants can drop in any time and materials will be provided.

More details on programs can be found on the Refuge’s Facebook page (click here). To pre-register for programs, e-mail Sauer at logan_sauer@fws.gov or call and leave a message at (612) 759-8662.

Sauer added he didn’t know much about Western New York when he came here and didn’t think he’d like it.

“But I’m happy to be here and I don’t plan to leave any time soon,” he said.

He said he is always open to new ideas and welcomes suggestions.

Albion and Medina post N-O tennis wins

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 3 May 2024 at 10:24 pm

Staying unbeaten at 8-0, Albion downed host Wilson 4-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match this afternoon.

Leo Bolton and Mark Ames scored singles wins to lead the Purple Eagles.

Albion also got doubles wins by the duos of Jordan Marshall – Landon Graybill, Oliver Beach – Jason Anstey.

Medina 3, Newfane 2
Medina completed a home-and-home sweep over Newfane with a 3-2 victory.

Angel Mulcahy won at second singles for Medina which also got wins from the doubles teams of Levon Fuller – Michael Clark and Paisley Pasnik – Talia Rupp.

Eden downs visiting Medina in lacrosse

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 3 May 2024 at 10:14 pm

Building up a commanding 16-3 halftime advantage, Eden went on to down visiting Medina 21-5 in a Class D Division lacrosse game this evening.

Will Prest had 2 goals for Medina as Dylan Lonnen, Ayden Johnson and Cole Callard each netted 1.

The Mustangs are now 4-5 in the division and 5-7 overall.

Lady Tigers post win over Lady Hawks

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 3 May 2024 at 10:08 pm

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Addie Dillecbeck slides safely into third base during the Lady Tigers win over visiting Holley this afternoon. Natalie Foose awaits the throw for Holley.

Scoring early and often, Lyndonville posted a 17-2 win over visiting Holley in a Genesee Region League softball game this afternoon.

Brooke Robinson had 4 hits including a double and triple, Hannah Fox 3 including two doubles and a triple and Emma Freas 2 to lead the attack for the Lady Tigers which scored 3 runs in both the first and fifth innings and 5 in both the second and third frames.

Lily Newman and Leigha Walker both had 2 hits for the Lady Hawks.

Notre Dame 15, Kendall 0

In another G-R contest, Notre Dame downed Kendall 15-0 as Loretta Sorochty pitched a no hitter with 15 strikeouts and also banged out 3 hits including a two-run double and an RBI single.

Mustangs romp past Lady Panthers

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 3 May 2024 at 9:55 pm

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Lila Class stretches to try and get the out at second base on Newfane’s Alexis Rutherford during the Mustangs win over the Lady Panthers at Vets Park this afternoon.

Erupting for 14 runs over the first three innings, Medina went on to blank Newfane 15-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game at Vets Park this evening.

Samantha Heschke earned the win in the circle as she allowed just 2 hits and struck out 4.

Natalie Herbert had a single and double to lead the Mustangs at the plate.

Wilson 4, Albion 2
Riley Robinson registered 11 strikeouts in the circle to lead the way for Wilson in the 4-2 win over visiting Albion.

Abbie Faery had 3 hits and Ava Mielke 2 to lead the Lakewomen at the plate.

Alana Irvine had 2 hits for Albion.

Barker 6, Alexander 5 (8)
Barker scored a run in the eighth inning on an RBI line out by Madelina Pavlock.

In the circle, Madyson Flint and Peyton Bradley combined to hurl a 6 hitter with 15 strikeouts.

In another non league contest Oakfield-Alabama downed Roy-Hart 8-2.

N-O Standings
Barker 9-0, Wilson 8-2, Roy-Hart 5-3, Albion 5-4, Akron 3-6, Medina 2-7, Newfane 0-10.