Purple Eagles romp to win over Panthers

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 1 May 2026 at 8:02 pm

Scoring runs in big bunches, Albion romped to an 18-4 victory at Newfane this afternoon to regain the .500 mark at 3-3 in Niagara-Orleans League baseball competition.

Albion jumped out to an early 8-0 lead by scoring four times in the first inning, highlighted by a three-run homer by Nate Gibson, and four times in the third, highlighted by a three-run double by Gavin Boyce.

The Purple Eagles then put a lock on the win by erupting for 8 runs in the fourth inning as Gibson had a two-run single and Eliott Trapiss and Kicker Wilson RBI singles.

Gibson had 3 hits and 6 RBIs, Boyce 3 hits and 4 RBIs and Viktor Snyder 2 hits.

Gibson also earned the win on the mound scattering 5 hits and striking out 7 in 4 innings of work.

Akron 14, Barker 2
Akron romped past Barker 14-2 as Collin Miller had 3 hits and Hunter Haist, Jackson Nice, Gavin Miller and Gavin Cottle 2 each.

Akron broke the game open by erupting for 7 runs in the fourth inning as Conlan Luck had an RBI triple, Nice and RBI double and Collin Miller and Jackson Schlabach RBI singles.

The Tigers also had a big 5 run sixth inning highlighted by a two-run single by Haist.