Contributed Photo – Players and coaches of the Dynamites squad which placed second in the season ending Lou Gehrig Tournament this past weekend.

In a tight contest decided in the final inning, the Dynamites were nipped 8-4 by the EMW Tribe of Elma in the championship game of the season ending Lou Gerhig Tournmanet in Amherst this past weekend.

The Dynamites opened the tourney by going 3 and 0 in pool play with wins over West Seneca Warriors, MMB out of Williamsville and The Titans out of Cheektowaga.

Seeded No. 2 for the weekend finals, the Dynamites took a 2-0 lead over EMW in the first inning as Joe Cecchini batted in 2 runs after Javon Jones and Thomas Russo added base hits.

The Dynamites defense then held the Tribe scoreless for 5 innings.

The Dynamites added one run in the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run by Iverson Poole over center field fence.

Trailing 3-0 going into the top of the sixth, The Tribe got their bats going and was able to put up 4 runs with a couple of hits, some key walks and a controversial call that did not go the Dynamites way.

Down by one in the bottom of the sixth. The Dynamites were able to tie the game with a solo home run by Cecchini

The Tribe added 4 runs in the top of the seventh which the Dynamites were not able to answer to end the game.

The Dynamite, which are based out of Roy-Hart, ended the season with an overall Record of 45 wins an 16 loses including championships in the Boys of Summer Kick off Classic, Darien Lake Ryne Sanburg Division, Erie Shootout , Lancer Tournament Diamond division and Boys of Summer Playoff Champions
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The Dynamites will be holding tryouts for the next season 12U team on August 14 and 20 at 10 a.m. at 3511 Landers Ln, Gasport. All boys trying out must be 12 yearss or younger on May 1, 2017. The Dynamites will also be starting up a 9U team this year, Try outs will be on August 14 and 20 at 12 p.m. at 3511 Landers Ln, Gasport.

A last inning rally fell just short as No. 4 seed Somerset dropped a narrow 8-7 decision to host top seeded Lockport 2 Tuesday evening in the semifinals of the Lockport Midget ‘A’ League playoffs.

Trailing 8-4, Somerset rallied for 3 runs in the seventh inning but left runners stranded at second and third as a game ending strikeout cut the comeback bid short.

A walk and a single by Mike Snell ignited the comeback bid. An error plated the first run and Brad Wilson followed up with a two-run single to slice the deficit to 8-7.

Earlier, Somerset scored 3 times in the fifth frame as Snell had an RBI and once in the sixth on a single by Eddie Wasnock.
Snell, Wilson and Kyle MacDonald each had 2 hits on the night and Preston Harris 1.

Lockport, which capitalized on a total of 10 Somerset errors, scored twice in both the first and third innings and then 4 times in the decisive fifth frame on 2 hits, 2 walks and 2 errors.

Wasnock went the distance on the mound for Somerset scattering 9 hits and striking out 10.

Lockport 2 will now face Orchard Park in the championship game on Thursday.

Ryenn Oliver delivers a pitch for the Medina Fillies during Monday’s home playoff win over Grand Island.

A big second inning scoring burst sparked the Medina U14 Fillies to a 14-6 victory over Grand Island Monday in a Metro Girls Softball League semifinal round playoff game at Vets Park.

Medina grabbed a 2-1 lead in the first inning on an RBI single by Abi Neuman and a wild pitch.

The Fillies then erupted for 7 runs in the decisive second inning on run producing doubles by Lacey Kenward and Brooklyn Brown along with RBI singles by Cora Payne, Brandi Guild, Ashley Howell and Morgan Allis as a triple by Camri King ignited the uprising.

Grand Island did close the gap to 9-6 but the Fillies put a lock on the win by scoring 5 times in the fifth frame on hits by King and Howell, 3 walks and 3 wild pitches.

Neuman, Kenward, King and Howell each finished with 2 hits.

Ryenn Oliver, Payne and Kenward shared the pitching duties in the circle.
The Fillies will next face either Amherst or Eden in the finals on Friday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – The Niagara-Orleans All-Western New York softball honorees include, in front, Kayla Brown (Roy-Hart) and Jen Darlak (Wilson). In back are Abby Stone (Akron), left, and Olivia Littman (Newfane).

Five Niagara-Orleans League players have earned spots on the All-Western New York softball squad.

Akron sophomore catcher Abby Stone, who hit .567 and drove in 51 runs in helping lead the Lady Tigers capture the N-O title, is a repeat first team selection.

Barker senior pitcher Erika Moeller, Roy-Hart sophomore infielder Kayla Brown, Newfane junior catcher Oliva Littman and Wilson junior catcher Jenn Darlak all received Honorable Mention.

Moeller struck out 158 batters and had an earned run average of 2.17. At the plate she hit .338 with 15 RBIs.

Brown hit .591 including 5 double, 6 triples, 2 home runs and 42 RBIs.

Littman hit .500 with 5 doubles, 2 home runs and 10 RBIs.

Darlak hit .508 with 3 doubles, 4 triples, 2 home runs and 24 RBIs.

Barker’s Erika Moeller

A trio of Holley players including Chris Balys, Derek McArthur and Bailey Schubmehl helped the Doug Miller Soccer U18 team capture the Thruway League championship this past week.

The Doug Miller team nipped Clarence 2-1 to lock up the title in the premier Thruway League which includes teams from Buffalo to Utica.

The Doug Miller team compiled a 6-0-2 record.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barre first baseman Brad Martin stretches to get the ball for an out on Sandstone’s Elliot Trapiss during this afternoon’s Albion Midget League playoff title game won by Barre.

Making a successful title defense, Barre bested Sandstone 11-5 in the Albion Midget League playoff championship game this afternoon at the Midget League Field.

Trailing 2-1, Barre took the lead for good at 5-2 by scoring four times in the bottom of the third inning highlighted by a three-run home run by Zandyr Meakin. Two walks, a pair of errors and a single by Cade Wolcott also helped to key the scoring burst.

Barre then pulled away to an 11-2 advantage by scoring once in the fourth on a single by Jacob Foote and five times in the fifth as Meakin had a two-run single and Wolcott an RBI single. A walk and singles by Tyler Gibson and Jason Conn ignited that uprising.

Meakin finished with a total of 3 hits including an RBI double in the first inning. Wolcott and Conn both added 2 hits and James Michael Beach 1.

Gibson picked up the win on the mound as he scattered 5 hits and struck out 7 in 5 innings of work.

Defensively, Meakin teamed up with Conn to turn a double play in the third inning.

Sandstone grabbed an early 2-1 lead by scoring once in the first on a single by Nick Martino and once in the third on a combination of a single by Zack Colacecchi, a double by Caleb Fox and an error.

Jake Hughson and Elliot Trapiss also both had hits for Sandstone whose other three runs came in the sixth on bases loaded walks.

Barre advanced to the title game by defeating Rotary 6-4 in the semifinals while Sandstone downed St. Mary’s 14-6.

Barre’s Tyler Gibson slides into third base as Sandstone’s Kyle Vanameron awaits the throw.

Sandstone defenders Chris Sacco (20) and Elliot Trapiss (1) go after the ball as Barre’s Zandyr Meakin stands on second base.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Tyler Gibson delivers a pitch for Barre during this evening’s playoff semifinal win over Rotary.

The top two seeds, Barre and Sandstone, scored victories this evening to advance to the Albion Midget League playoff championship.

The semifinal matchups saw top seed Barre trim No. 4 Rotary 6-4 and No. 2 Sandstone down No. 6 St. Mary’s 14-6.

The championship game, which will be a rematch of last year’s title contest, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Midget League Field. Barre topped Sandstone in last year’s final.

Barre 6, Rotary 4

A big 5 run fourth inning highlighted by two-run doubles by Cade Wolcott and Tyler Gibson keyed Barre to the victory.

Jason Conn and Zandyr Meakin both had 2 hits on the evening for Barre.

Gibson and Meakin shared the pitching duties combining for a total of 13 strikeouts.

Mason Bennett bangs out a hit for Rotary.

Rotary scored twice in the fourth inning highlighted by a triple by Jacob Edwards.

Rotary then pulled to within 6-4 by scoring once in the sixth on a single by Simon Elison and still had two runners aboard but Meakin got Barre out of the jam via a strikeout and a flyout to close out the win.

Nick Martino bangs out a hit for Sandstone.

Sandstone 14, St. Mary’s 6

St. Mary’s jumped out to an early 3-0 lead as Jonny Judd had a two-run single in the second inning.

However, Sandstone answered with 6 runs in the home half of the second highlighted by a two-run double by Jake Hughson and hits by Caleb Fox and Zach Colacecchi to take the lead for good.

St. Mary’s did close the gap to 6-5 in the top of the third on a two-run single by Nick Andrews but Sandstone again answered right back, this time with a three-run home run by Hughson to up the lead to 9-5.

Hughson added a two-run double and Fox an RBI double to key a four-run fourth inning to put a lock on the win.

Hughson had a total of 3 hits and 7 RBIs as Fox and Kyle VanAmeron both added 2 hits.

Jayce Ashton had 3 hits for St. Mary’s as Zac Olles and Brendan LeBaron 2 each.

Zac Olles in action on the mound for St. Mary’s.