Three home runs highlighted a 17 hit attack sparking Pembroke to a 23-3 non league baseball win over host Barker this afternoon.

Breaking away from an early 2-2 deadlock, Pembroke regained the lead for good at 6-2 on a pair of two-run second inning home runs by Anthony Abbatiello and Jacob Johnson.

The Dragons then broke the contest wide open by exploding for 13 runs in thr third inning highlighted by a grand slam home run by Mason Wetherbee.

Barker tied the game at 2-2 in the first inning on a two-run double by Grayson Prynn.

The Bulldogs then stayed close at 6-3 on an RBI triple by JJ Prynn in the bottom of the second inning but could not cross home plate again.

Akron 17, Cheektowaga 0
Akron erupted for 7 runs in the third inning and 8 more in the fourth to key a 17-0 non league win over Cheektowaga this afternoon.

Collin Miller had a triple and a home run to highlight the Akron offense which also included 3 hits by Gavin Cottle and 2 each by Hunter Haist and winning pitcher Conlan Luck. Cottle and Haist both had doubles.

Luck allowed 1 hit and struck out 5 in five innings of work on the mound.

One big scoring inning keyed Kendall to a 6-1 victory over Buckeye (Ohio) today at the Cal Ripken Experience at Myrtle Beach.

Leading 1-0, the Eagles broke the game open by erupting for 5 runs in the fourth inning. Three runs came home off a single by winning pitcher Vinnie D’Agostino. A RBI sacrifice fly by Jonny Conte and an error plated the other two tallies.

Singles by Jacob Abrams and Andrew Cole and a walk loaded the bases to set up the threat.

Vinnie D’Agostino also drove in Kendall’s first run of the day with a sacrifice fly in the third inning following singles by Conte and CJ D’Agostino.

Conte, Cole and CJ D’Agostino each finished with a pair of hits.

The Bucks lone run came in the bottom of the fourth on a single, double and wild pitch.

Vinnie D’Agostino pitched the first five innings allowing 2 hits and striking out 5. CJ D’Agostino came on to hurl the final two frames giving up 1 hit and fanning 1.

Kendall improves to 3-0 while Buckeye, which interestingly is from Medina, Ohio, is 3-2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Luke Duffina drives to the goal against Depew defender Max Delano during the Mustangs loss to the Wildcats this evening at Vets Park.

A big 7-1 scoring edge over the middle two quarters keyed Depew to a 12-4 victory over Medina in a D Division lacrosse game this evening at Vets Park.

The decisive scoring surge vaulted the Wildcats out to leads of 5-1 at the half and 8-2 at the end of the third quarter.

Luke Duffina scored two goals for Medina as Landan Costich and Sawyer Lilleby each netted one.

Depew is now 2-1 and Medina 1-1 in the division.

Medina’s Brennan Allen sends the ball up field as Warren Triplet defends for Depew.

A pair of late inning runs earned CSAT a narrow 3-1 win over host Barker in a non league baseball game this afternoon.

Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, CSAT scored twice in the sixth inning on two singles, two walks and a hit batter to claim the win.

CSAT pitcher Ky’Mel Brundidge hurled a one hitter with 15 strikeouts.

JJ Prynn pitched the first five innings for Barker allowing just 1 hit and striking out 10.

Barker’s lone run came in the second inning on two walks, a sacrifice bunt by Prynn and an error.

A combination of wet fields and chilly temperatures has caused today’s slate of high school softball games to be postponed.

Those postponements include the Niagara-Orleans League Roy-Hart at Medina, Newfane at Albion and Barker at Wilson games along with the CSAT at Lyndonville non league contest.

The Tonawanda at Albion non league baseball game has also been postponed.

Sparked by a strong pitching performance, Kendall downed Oak Glen, West Virginia 5-1 Monday night in the Eagles first game at the Cal Ripken Experience at Myrtle Beach.

Nic Cole hurled a 4 hitter with 13 strikeouts for the Eagles.

Cole, Jonny Conte, CJ D’Agostino and Vinnie D’Agostino each banged out two hits to lead the offense.

Kendall moved on top to stay early by scoring solo runs in each of the first three innings.

In the first inning, CJ D’Agostino singled and came home on a single by Cole. Luca D’Agostino then had an RBI single in the second inning and an error plated the third inning tally which was set up by a single by Conte.

Kendall capped off the win with a pair of runs in the seventh on a triple by CJ D’Agostino and a single by Vinnie D’Agostino. A single by Conte set up the threat.

Kendall will next face Buckeye, Ohio at the Cal Ripken Experience on Thursday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Quincey McClinsey delivers a pitch for Lyndonville diring the Tigers league opening win over visiting Wheatland-Chili this afternoon.

Lyndonville opened the Genesee Region League baseball season on a high note this afternoon as the Tigers downed visiting Wheatland-Chili 14-4.

The Tigers scored 3 times in each of the first three innings and then put a lock on the win with 5 more in the fourth.

RBI hits by Austin Fonda and winning pitcher Quincey McClinsey highlighted the first inning scoring burst. Fonda and McClinsey also both had RBI hits in the big fourth inning.

McClinsey finished with 3 hits and 5 RBI and Fonda 2 hits and 3 RBI.

On the mound, McClinsey allowed 1 hit and struck out 7 in three and two-thirds innings of work.

Oakfield-Alabama 9, Albion 5
Trailing 5-3, Oakfield-Alabama rallied for 6 runs in the sixth inning to earn the non league win over visiting Albion.

The Hornets bunched four singles and a double into the decisive sixth inning uprising.

Kaiden Froman, Elliott Trapiss, Drew Prichard and Gavin Boyce each had a pair of hits for Albion.

Albion held leads of 3-0 and 5-3. Trapiss and Pritchard both had RBI hits in the fourth inning, Trapiss another RBI hit in the fifth and Pritchard and Viktor Snyder RBIs in the sixth.

Lyndonville’s Brandon Dill takes a throw at first base to get the out on Whealtland-Chili’s Sawyer Galajda.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Elise Monaco takes a throw at first base to get the out on Medina’s Savannah Jo Thmpson during the Lady Bulldogs league home opening win this afternoon.

Two big early inning scoring bursts keyed defending co-champion Barker to a 13-0 win over visiting Medina in the Niagara-Orleans League softball season opener this afternoon.

Barker took the lead for good with 4 runs in the second inning on RBI singles by Aine Davis and Madelina Pavlock and an error.

A big 7 run third inning then broke the contest wide open as Davis and Peyton Bradley had RBI hits.

Davis and Pavlock both finished with a pair of hits.

Madyson Flint dominated in the circle for Barker allowing only 1 hit and striking out 13.

Akron 9, Albion 0
Akron blanked visiting Albion 9-0 in another N-O opener as Kenadee Jonathan hurled a 4 hitter with 9 strikeouts.

Akron went up 3-0 in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Jonathan and an RBI single by Madison Gates. RBI singles by Morgan Tomporowski and Mackenzie Tomporowski then keyed a 3 run fifth inning which upped the advantage to 6-0.

Wilson 12, Newfane 7

In the other N-O opener Wilson downed rival Newfane 12-7.

Medina’s Isabelle Perez makes a running catch in centerfield.

File Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Melanie Green

Three birdies on the back nine of today’s final round has earned Medina’s Melanie Green a solid 10 under par finish at the LPGA Tour’s Ford Championship Tournament at Phoenix.

Green started the day at 7 under and was still at that score after 10 holes.

However, she put together back-to-back clutch birdies on 11 and 12 to go 9 under and the tacked on a birdie at 17 for the second day in a row to finish the day with a 3 under 69.

She completed the tourney with a 10 under par total score of 278.

She had just one bogie on the day and 4 birdies to earn her third sub par round of the four day tournament.

She also had a 3 under par 69 to open the tourney on Thursday. She followed that up with a 5 under 67 on round two on Friday and a 1 over 73 on the third round on Saturday.

Green’s next LPGA Tour start will be at the LA Championship April 16-19 at Tarzana, California.

The calendar says it is a bit early but the Niagara-Orleans League softball season is scheduled to get underway on Monday with a full slate of three games at 4:45 p.m.

Those contests will have Medina at defending co-champion Barker, Albion at Akron and Wilson at Newfane.

Defending co-champion Roy-Hart, which has the bye on Monday, will visit Medina at 4:45 p.m.  Wednesday. The other two 4:45 p.m. games that afternoon will have Newfane at Albion and Barker at Wilson.

On the baseball diamond, Kendall will be playing a pair of games at Myrtle Beach on Monday and Thursday.

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Baseball – Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, 5 p.m.
Softball – Medina at Barker, Albion at Akron, Wilson at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.

Tuesday
Softball – Alexander at Barker, 4:45 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Akron, 7 p.m.

Wednesday
Baseball – CSAT at Barker, 4:45 p.m.; Tonawanda at Albion, Roy-Hart at Sweet Home. 5 p.m.
Softball – Roy-Hart at Medina, Newfane at Albion, Barker at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.; CSAT at Lyndonville, 5 p.m.
Lacrosse – Depew at Medina, 7 p.m.

Thursday
Baseball – Pembroke at Barker, 4:45 p.m.; Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama, 5 p.m.
Softball – Oakfield-Alabama at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.

Friday
Softball – Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, 5 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – The Lyndonville varsity baseball squad’s lineup includes, in front, Austin Fonda, Landon Markidis, Colton Smith, Devon Babcock and Shannon Withey. In back are Shawn Robertson, Brandon Dill, Quincey McClinsey, Thomas Blake, Atticus Mank and Will Arlington. Missing are Christopher Dix and Lane Woodworth.

Continuing to build, Lyndonville is prepping for its second season since returning to varsity baseball competition with a youthful but veteran laden lineup.

Seniors Austin Fonda (second base) and Colton Smith (shortstop) head the Tigers large veteran contingent which also includes juniors Quincey McClinsey (pitcher/third base), Atticus Mank (first base/pitcher), Landon Markidis (third base), Shannon Withey (outfield), Will Arlington and Thomas Blake along with sophomores Lane Woodworth (outfield), Brandon Dill (first base), Shawn Robertson (third base) and Devon Babcock (outfield).

The Tigers graduation losses from last spring’s return to varsity competition 1-16 team include Cole Moyle (catcher) and Jacob Pitcher (outfield/pitcher).

“We do have a large group back but it is a young team that needs to get more varsity experience,” said Coach Brad Hoffee.

The Tigers are scheduled to open the Genesee Region League season at home on Monday against Wheatland-Chili at 5 p.m.

It was a bit of an up and down day for Medina’s Melanie Green during today’s third round of the LPGA Tour’s Ford Championship Tournament at Phoenix.

Green posted a 1 over par round of 73 today to drop one stroke in the tournament standings slipping from 8 under to 7 under.

On the day she had four bogeys and three birdies.

A birdie on No. 12 put her back to 8 under but then back-to-back bogies on 13 and 14 dropped her to 6 under.

Regrouping, she registered a clutch birdie on 17 to go back to 7 under, a score which she will take into Sunday’s final round.

Green opened the tourney with a 3 under par round of 69 and followed that up with a strong 5 under par round of 67 on Friday to go to 8 under.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s large veteran group includes, in front, Peyton May, Brooke Corser, Hayley Hillburn and Maddy Totah. In back are Grace Pearl, Hannah Verratti, Millie Owens, Alayna Kowalski, Abby Fox and Ryleigh Capen.

Defending co-champion Roy-Hart returns a veteran laden lineup which looks to again challenge for top Niagara-Orleans League softbsll honors.

Last spring Roy-Hart shared the N-O title with Barker at 10-2.

The battery of pitcher Abby Fox and catcher Peyton May heads that large veteran group which also includes seniors Millie Owens (second base) Alayna Kowalski (third base), Hayley Hillburn (center field), Ryleigh Capen, Grace Pearl, Maddy Totah and Hannah Verratti along with junior Brooke Corser (first base).

Fox and Hillburn were both first team N-O All-League honorees last spring while Owens and Corser here second team picks and May an Honorable Mention selection.

The Lady Rams main graduation loss was first team All League shortstop Kaitlin Mettler.

New Coach Ari Carey’s Lady Rams are scheduled to open N-O competition at Medina on Wednesday at 4:45 p.m.

File Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Melanie Green

Keeping pace with the sizzling scores on a sizzling hot afternoon, Medina’s Melanie Green posted her second straight strong under par round today to make the cut at the LPGA Tour’s Ford Championship Tournament at Phoenix.

Green, who opened with a 3 under par round of 69 on Thursday, bettered that today by posting a solid 5 under par round of 67 for a two day total of 8 under par 136.

She had a total of 7 birdies on the day against only 2 bogies.

Rebounding quickly from a bogey on the opening hole, Green notched birdies on holes 2, 7 and 8 to reach the cut line score of 5 under.

A bogey on 9 briefly set her back to 4 under but she again rebounded strongly on the back nine registering four birdies on 11, 12, 13 and 17 to finish the day with an 8 under par score three shots better than the cut line score.

She is 8 shots back of the tournament leader Nelly Korda who is 16 under.

The tournament will continue on Saturday and then conclude on Sunday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – New Purple Eagles softball Coach Albion graduate Jenn (Knaak) Mattle, meets here with her veteran players including Kaitlyn Bennett, McKinley Knight, Aubriella Barry, Lux Froman and Leah Pawlak.

A very familiar face has returned to coach the Albion varsity softball team this season. Albion graduate Jenn (Knaak) Mattle, who had been coaching at Red Jacket the past few years, has returned to teach and coach at her alma mater.

“I’m really excited. It’s so surreal,” she said of returning to coach the Purple Eagles team which she played for and helped lead to league and sectional titles. “We have such a special group. They are working really hard and with their work ethic and enthusiasm I think we will do well.”

The Purple Eagles lineup is anchored by a nucleus of five veterans including seniors Kaitlyn Bennett (infield/pitcher), McKinley Knight (outfield) and Leah Pawlak (infield) along with sophomore Aubrielle Barry (infield/pitcher) and freshman Lux Froman (catcher/infield).

Rounding out the Purple Eagles underclassmen dominated roster are junior Melia Prince (utility), sophomores Bailey Hickman (pitcher/infield), Katelyn Viza (outfield) and Sophia Bouchey (outfield) along with freshmen Aaliyah Jones (outfield/catcher) and Kamryn Peruzzini (infield).

Albion’s graduation losses included pitcher Alana Irvine, catcher Cami London and outfielders Kenzi Snook and Paige Newton.

The Purple Eagles are scheduled to open the Niagara-Orleans League season on Monday at Akron at 4:45 p.m.

Albion went 7-5 in N-O action and 11-6 overall last spring.