Regaining a share of first place, Somerset bested host Orchard Park 12-8 Thursday in a key Lockport Midget ‘A’ League game.

The victory vaults Somerset into a tie for first place at 4-2 with Lyndonville. Lockport 2 is just a half game off the pace at 3-2 and Orchard Park also has just a pair of losses at 2-2 in the tight title race.

Breaking away from an 8-8 deadlock, Somerset claimed the win by scoring 4 times in the sixth inning on a two-run double by Jake Hurtgam and a two-run triple by Brad Wilson.

Somerset also got off to a quick start by erupting for 6 runs in the first inning sparked by infield singles by Eddie Wasnock and Kyle MacDonald.

All-Star Game upcoming

The Midget ‘A’ League All-Star game will be held July 13 at Gasport at 7:30 p.m.

Three players from each of the league’s five teams will comprise the All-Star squad which will take on the Roy-Hart CEBA League team.

Photo By Cheryl Wertman – Faith Oberther delivers a pitch for the Medina U12 Fillies during Thursday’s win over Lackawanna at Butts Park.

Scoring runs in bunches, the Medina U12 Fillies romped to a 22-4 victory over Lackawanna Thursday in a Metro Girls Softball League game at Butts Park.

Ryan Olles had 3 singles, Chloe Stinson a home run and a single, Faithann Vanderwalker 2 singles and Bonnie DiCureia 1 single to lead the Fillies attack.

Trailing 2-0, the Fillies moved on top to stay by rallying for 4 runs in the bottom of the first inning on a single by Olles and sacrifices by Carina Kingsbury and Vanderwalker.

Lackawanna did pull back to within 4-3 by scoring once in the top of the second but Medina answered with a big 7 run scoring burst in the home half of the frame to break the game open. A two-run homer by Stinson highlighted that uprising which was aided by a number of walks and a single by Vanderwalker.

Walks and a single by DiCureia helped to plate 3 runs in the third for the Fillies which tacked on 6 more in the fourth on a rash of walks and a single by Vanderwalker.

Faith Oberther went the distance in the circle for the Fillies registering 6 strikeouts.

On Wednesday, the Fillies dropped a 12-2 decision to the Amherst Blue Thunder.

Trailing 1-0, Amherst used a big 8 run error aided third inning scoring burst to key the win.

Medina scored once in the first as Olles singled and came home on a passed ball and once in the forth on a sacrifice by Oberther.

Defensively, the Fillies turned a double play in the fourth inning from Iyanna King to DiCureia. Stinson also teamed up with Hannah Kenward to get the first out of the inning.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Evan Pappalardo puts the tag on Karl Darling of Lockport 2 as Jacob Hoffee backs up the play during Lyndonville’s home field Midget ‘A’ victory this evening.

Avenging an earlier season one run (4-3) loss, Lyndonville trimmed visiting Lockport 2 by an equally close margin of 8-7 this evening in a key Lockport Midget ‘A’ League game.

Mike Wells, Evan Pappalardo and Corey Hydock each had a pair of hits for Lyndonville which improves to 4-2 as Lockport 2 slips to 3-2.

Lyndonville jumped out to a quick first inning lead on a two-run double by Matt Riemer which followed singles by Pappalardo and Wells.

Lockport 2 grabbed what proved to be a brief 3-2 lead in the third inning on a two-run double by Brian Chatt and a wild pitch.

However, Lyndonville got those three right back in the fourth frame on an error, an RBI single by Zach Johnson and a wild pitch to regain the lead for good at 5-3. Singles by AJ Buckland and Hydock also helped key the rally.

Lyndonville upped the lead to 8-4 by scoring three times in the fifth on a two-run triple by Justin Heschke and a passed ball for what proved to be the deciding tallies. A single by Wells ignited that uprising.

Lyndonville next hosts Orchard Park in a doubleheader on Monday beginning at 5 p.m.

Lyndonville’s Eddie Schildt slides into third base as Mike Daskavitz of Lockport 2 awaits the throw.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Mike Wells, left, and Barker’s Eddie Wasnock have earned first team All-State baseball honors.

Two local players, Lyndonville’s Mike Wells and Barker’s Eddie Wasnock have both earned first team All-State baseball squad honors.

Wells, who just completed his junior year, earned first team Class D honors.

The Section V Class D Player of the Year, he posted a 6-0 record on the mound with 37 strikeouts and a 1.20 earned run average.

At the plate, he hit .508 and drove in 43 runs.

Wasnock, who also just completed his junior year, earned first team Class C honors.

An Honorable Mention All-Western New York selection, he went 7-2 on the mound with 59 strikeouts and a 0.75 era.

Holley’s Dylan Hillabush, left, and Lyndonville’s Eric Neace.

Holley’s Dylan Hillabush earned second team Class B honors and Lyndonville’s Eric Neace was a third team Class D selection.

Hillabush, who just finished his junior year, went 5-0 on the mound with 52 strikeouts in 32 innings of work and a 0.92 era.

At the plate, he hit .395 with 3 doubles and 13 RBIs.

Neace, who also just completed his junior year, hit .525 with 9 extra base hits and 23 RBIs.

Wells, Neace and Hillabush were all first team Genesee Region League All-Stars and Wasnock was a first team Niagara-Orleans All-League honoree.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina U14 Fillies shortstop Brandi Guild gets set to put the tag on Sandlot Saints runner Rhianna Hicks during Tuesday’s come-from-behind win at Vets Park.

Rebounding from a five run deficit, the Medina U14 Fillies rallied to nip the Sandlot Saints 9-8 in 8 innings Tuesday in a Metro Girls Softball League game at Vets Park.

Trailing 6-1, the Fillies bats came alive in the bottom of the fifth inning as a double by Micaela Erway singles by Grace Cook and Brandi Guild and a triple by Morgan Allis led the charge scoring 7 runs plating, Erway, Ashlee Howell, Erin Dunham, Tessa Boyce, Cook, Guild, and Brooklyn Brown.

Sandlot was able to tie the game at 8-8 by scoring single runs in the 6th and 7th.

The Fillies then got out of a jam in the top of the eighth on a double play by Howell and Camri King. Cora Payne had struck out the first batter.

Brooklyn Brown bangs out a hit for the Fillies.

Keeping the momentum, the Fillies then scored the game winning run in the home half of the eighth on a hit by Lacey Kenward which drove in Allis completing the comeback win.

Sandlot had scored 3 quick runs in the first inning and 2 more in the second for an early 5-0 lead.

In the circle, Kenward had 3 strikeouts in 4 innings, and Payne got the win striking out 6 Saints in her 4 inning of work.

“It was a hard fought game and our girls didn’t give up and were rewarded for all their hard work,” said Fillies Coach Matt Maynard.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman

Medina battled to a 0-0 tie with the South Buffalo Celtics this evening in a Buffalo and Western New York U19 Division game at Vets Park. Here Medina’s Colm Cooper, left, battles for control of the ball. Medina is now 3-3-1. In the U17 Division, Medina dropped a 7-1 decision at Amherst. Trenton Jones scored the lone goal for Medina which is now 2-5.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman

The inaugural LOYAL (Lake Ontario Youth Athletic League) soccer season will get underway on Saturday morning. Here one of the 6-7 age group teams goes through a practice session at Medina this evening. The LOYAL program, which includes teams from Medina, Lyndonville and Middleport, also has 4-5, 8-9 and 10-12 age group divisions.

Unable to bang out more than one hit in an inning, Somerset dropped a narrow 3-1 decision to host Lockport 2 this evening in a Lockport Midget ‘A’ League game.

Two runs in the first inning proved to be enough offense for Lockport 2 which takes over sole possession of first place at 3-1.

The loss drops Somerset to 3-2.

Kyle MacDonald had 2 of the 6 hits for Somerset whose lone run came in the third inning and was scored by Evan Ecker.

On the mound, Eddie Wasnock allowed only 4 hits and struck out 9 for Somerset which next visits Orchard Park on Thursday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Eddie Wasnock

Barker junior pitcher Eddie Wasnock has earned Honorable Mention on the annual All-Western New York baseball squad.

Wasnock posted a 7-2 record on the mound this season with 59 strikeouts and an earned run average of 0.75 as he helped lead the Raiders to the Section VI Class C finals.

Two other Niagara-Orleans League players, Wilson sophomore pitcher John Bender and Newfane senior infielder Tyler Jurek, have also both earned All-WNY Honorable Mention.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Brendon Nashburn makes solid contact at the plate for Vets.

When the dust settled this past week four of the six teams had finished deadlocked for first place to close out the Albion Midget League regular season.

The final regular season contests saw Rotary lose to Sandstone 8-6 and to Carlton 7-2, Barre drop a 17-2 decision to Vets and Cartlon edge past St. Mary’s 10-8.

Those results leave Barre, Sandstone, Carlton and Rotary all tied for first place at 9-6 with Vets at 5-10 and St. Mary’s 4-11.

Seeding for the top four teams for the upcoming playoffs, which begin July 12, was determined by each team’s head-to-head record against the other three teams.

Barre is seeded No. 1 followed by Sandstone, Carlton, Rotary, Vets and St. Mary’s.

Sandstone 8, Rotary 6

In a tight battle, two runs in the third inning, highlighted by a double by Jake Hughson, put Sandstone on top to stay.

Hughson and Kyle Sidari also both had doubles to highlight a four-run first inning. A hit by Nick Martino helped to plate a solo run in the second as did a hit by Caleb Fox in the fifth. Hughson and Martino both finished with 3 hits.

Rotary had a big five run second inning highlighted by two-run homers by Shawn Pelligrino and Marcos Velazquez who both had a pair of hits. Pelligrino also hit a solo homer in the third to pull Rotary within one at 7-6.

Fox also pitched 4 innings striking out 6 and Zach Colacecchi hurled 2.

Carlton 7, Rotary 2

A four run first inning, highlighted by triple by Jayden Allport and an RBI single by Brycie Wilson, sparked Carlton past Rotary. Winning pitcher Damian Lattimer, who struck out 14, added a two-run triple in the second inning.

Carlton 10, St. Mary’s 8

Lattimer was the winning pitcher for Carlton whose offensive attack was led by Nate Olmstead, who hit a home run, triple and double. Wilson also had 2 triples and a single and Allport three hits, including a double.

St. Mary’s was led by Reuben Rivers, who had two home runs and a double, driving in six runs. Jayce Ashton also pitched three scoreless innings in relief and had two singles with an RBI. Nick Andrews also had an RBI single for St. Mary’s.

Vets 17, Barre 2

Highlighting the Vets win was a triple and 4 RBIs by Bobby Dysard. Seth Janus also banged out a double, as Kyle Woolston and Al’tmir Brown each added 3 RBI’s.
Woolston and Maurice Taylor pitched for the win.

Tyler Gibson hit in the runs for Barre.

Final Regular Season Standings

Barre 9-6, Sandstone 9-6, Carlton 9-6, Rotary 9-6, Vets 5-10, St. Mary’s 4-11.