Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Abby Scanlan drives the ball toward the Hilton goal during this evening’s home field U12 victory.

Improving to 5-1-2 on the season, the Albion U12 girls squad defeated visiting Hilton 2-1 this evening in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League game.

Breaking away from a 0-0 half-time deadlock, Albion claimed the win by scoring the first two goals of the second half.

Abby Scanlan scored the first goal off an assist from Kenzi Hapeman.

Elisa Bropst then netted what proved to be the game winner.

Ella Lewis, Aurora Serafin and Ava Chambers were also all credited by the coaches for playing strong games for Albion.

Ella Lewis looks to advance the ball up field for Albion.

Photo By Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Chase McAdoo works to gain control of the ball during this evening’s loss to Niagara-Wheatfield at Vets Park.

Jumping out to a 3-1 half-time advantage, Niagara-Wheatfield went on to defeat Medina 5-3 this evening in a Buffalo and Western New York District Soccer League U17 Division game at Vets Park.Medina did cut the deficit to 3-2 early in the second half on a goal by Elian Gonzalez but would get no closer as N-W countered with two goals to regain control at 5-2.

Medina which slips to 2-4, also got a first half goal by Trenton Jones and a late second half tally by Ethan Leonard.

N-W is now 1-4.

U19 – Newfane 6, Medina 1

Medina scored the first goal on a tally by Max Owens but the rest of the U19 contest belonged to host Newfane which answered back with six goals to clam a 6-1 win.

Contributed Photo – Lyle Wagner

Genesee Community College sophomore and Roy-Hart graduate Lyle Wagner has been chosen as the Western New York Athletic Conference (WNYAC) Senior Male Athlete of the Year for 2015-2016, ending his two years at GCC as a member of the men’s soccer and swimming and diving programs.

Wagner, also named the GCC Male Athlete of the Year, was a defender for the Cougars’ men’s soccer team that set the single-season school record for most wins in a season (20) and held the nation’s number one ranking for five consecutive weeks, advancing to the second NJCAA National Tournament in school history.

As a swimmer, he was All-Region III in multiple events and holds the GCC record in the 200 backstroke. He was named the National Swimmer of the Meet in the Non-Scholarship division at the NJCAA Swimming and Diving National Championships, finishing in the top six in four individual events and leading four relay teams to top seven finishes.

Wagner earned the Region III Male Athlete of the Week and GCC Male Athlete of the Week award multiple times this year and will transfer to SUNY Geneseo in the fall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Cole Callard delivers a pitch for the Twins during Tuesday’s semifinal win over the Athletics.

It will be the Bogan and Tuttle Twins vs. the MTA Yankees in the Minor League playoff championship game at 6 p.m. Thursday at Somerset Town Park.

The Twins defeated the Roy-Hart Athletics 4-2 and the Yankees blanked the Mark’s Pizzeria Reds 5-0 in the semifinals on Tuesday.

Sparking the Twins offense were Will Prest who went 3 for 3 and Tyler Allen who was 2 for 2. Also chipping in with hits were Cole Callard, Sawyer Kingsbury, Jackson Shultz, Lukas Grimes and Carlos Doval.

On the mound Callard had 6 strikeouts and Kingsbury had 8.

The Yankees attack was lead by Ryleigh Culver who went 2-3 with a triple and a double, Liam Castricone 2-3 with 2 doubles and Laraeya Guy 2-3 with a double and a single. Breydin Miller, Cameron Kenward, Brennan Woodruff and Sawyer Lilleby all had singles.

On the mound Castricone and Culver pitched well.

Liam Castricone in action on the mound for the Yankees during the semi win over the Reds.

Albion Midget League action

Photo by Tom Rvers – Kyle Woolston delivers a pitch for Vets during Saturday’s win over St. Mary’s.

Front-running Rotary, runner-up Barre and third place Sandstone each scored a pair of victories this past week in Albion Midget League action.Improving to 9-4, Rotary defeated Vets 17-6 and St. Mary’s 8-7; Barre topped Sandstone 11-8 and St. Mary’s 11-7 to go to 9-5 and Sandstone bested Vets 6-1 and Carlton 18-3 to go to 8-6.

In the other game reported, Vets downed St. Mary’s 18-8.

Rotary 8, St. Mary’s 7

Rotary edged past St. Mary’s 8-7 as a home run by Marcos Velazquez tied the game and a double by Aidin McFadden plated the game winner. Zaire Reid came on in relief registering 6 strikeouts in 2 innings to close out the game. He also had two hits.

Zac Olles pitched a good game for St. Mary’s and also was on base four times at the plate and scored three runs. Reuben Rivers also had three hits .

Rotary 17, Vets 6

Velazquez had a grand slam home run and Dallas Ecker 4 RBIs for Rotary.

Bobby Dysard had a home run for Vets as Brandon Nashburn drove in 3 runs and Seth Janus added 2 runs

Barre 11, St. Mary’s 7

Barre defeated St. Mary’s 11-7 in a back and forth game. Tyler Gibson got the final outs on the mound, and also led Barre at the plate with two homers and a single. Zandyr Meakin also homered and singled twice. Cade Wolcott added three hits, including two doubles.

Olles had three hits for St. Mary’s and Rivers two, including a ground-rule double after the ball bounced over the outfield fence. Jonny Judd also hit a triple.

Barre 11, Sandstone 8

Home runs by Gibson and Wolcott and triples by Meakin and Jacob Foote highlighted the Barre attack. Gibson had a total of 3 hits and Meakin 2. Gibson also had 6 strikeouts in 3 innings of work on the mound and Meakin 4 in 2 innings.

Caleb Fox had 3 hits, including a home run, and Nick Martino 2, including a double for Sandstone.

 Sandstone 6, Vets 1

Fox registered 14 strikeouts on the mound to lead the way for Sandstone. Fox also had 3 hits and Zach Colacecchi 2 including a double and a two-run triple in the sixth inning.

Al’tmir Brown had an RBI and Maurice Taylor a triple for Vets.

Sandstone 18, Carlton 3

Martino had 4 hits and 3 RBIs, Chris Sacco 3 hits and 5 RBIs, Colacecchi 3 hits and Jake Hughson 3 hits including a three-run homer to lead the Sandstone offense. Colacecchi also had 9 strikeouts in 4 innings of work on the mound.

Nate Olmstead had a home run for Carlton.

Vets 18, St. Mary’s 8

Kyle Woolston had 7 strikeouts pitching three innings for Vets.  He also added three RBI’s.  Bobby Dysard and Seth Janus each had doubles and Maurice Taylor added a triple.  Dysard and Taylor had 2 RBI’s a piece with Janus adding 4.

For St. Mary’s, Reuben Rivers had a 2-run triple, and Jayce Ashton had two singles, driving in 2 runs.

Standings

Rotary 9-4, Barre 9-5, Sandstone 8-6, Carlton 7-6, Vets 4-10, t. Mary’s 4-10.

Photos by Mike Wertman
The Village of Albion Recreation Department’s annual tennis camp for district youngsters ages 5-12 began on Monday at the high school courts. Here instructor Brady Smith works with several of the campers on a ball control drill. The campers include Carson Bader, Leo Bolton, Clara Bolton and Cartar Neumann. The camp will run from 10 a.m. to noon through Friday.

Medina’s annual tennis camp for district youngsters ages 7-18 got underway this morning at the high school courts. Here camp instructor Medina High tennis Coach Chris Horgan works with young Devin Kinne on his return.

Several dozen youngsters took part in the opening session. Here Horgan works with the group on proper service form. The camp will from 10 a.m. to noon through Saturday.

Midget ‘A’ League action

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Corey Hydock bangs out one of his two run producing singles during Lyndonville’s Midget ‘A’ win at Barker this evening.

Regaining the .500 mark at 2-2, Lyndonville handed host Barker (3-1) its first loss by a 5-0 margin this evening in a Lockport Midget ‘A’ League game.

Jacob Hoffee went the distance on the mound for Lyndonville allowing 4 hits and striking out 11, including the last 7 Barker batters of the game.

The Lyndonville defense also came up big turning two double plays, one triggered by Hoffee and the other by second baseman Cody Bentley, and catcher Corey Hydock threw two runners out at second.

Justin Heschke had 3 hits and Hydock 2 to spark the Lyndonville offense.

Barker’s Dan Engert dives back into first base as Lyndonville’s Justin Heschke awaits the throw.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning keyed by hits from Heschke and Hydock.

Lyndonville built the lead to 4-0 as Evan Pappalardo singled and scored on a wild pitch in the third inning and Heschke tripled and came home on a wild pitch in the fourth.

Hydock rounded out the Lyndonville scoring with an RBI single in the seventh which plated Heschke who had reached on a single.

Brad Wilson and Eddie Wasnock shared the pitching for Barker allowing 6 hits. Wasnock also started a double play in the sixth inning.

Lyndonville next visits Lockport 1 on Thursday.

Moving on top to stay with a big third inning scoring burst, Banes Machine Shop/Banes Plumbing went on to edge past Jr. Wilson 16-13 Monday to stay undefeated at 9-0 in the Medina Women’s Softball ‘A’ League.Trailing 2-1, Banes erupted for six runs in the third inning to take the lead for good on singles by Jen Masse, Robin Blaun, Sarah Surdel, Amy Allis, Jen Molisani and Donna Bane along with doubles by Alisha Foss, Kathy Allen and Jamie Chatt.

Banes then traded good scoring bursts with Jr. Wilson in both the fourth and fifth frames to maintain the lead.

Jr. Wilson outscored Banes 4-3 in the fourth and the teams traded 4 run rallies in the fifth keeping Banes up 14-11. Surdel had a double in the fourth while Allis and Sue Seefeldt both had triples in the fifth.

Banes tacked on a pair of big insurance runs in the sixth on singles by Chatt, Jessica Carpenter, Foss and Connie Heschke.

Heschke and Allen both finished with 4 hits as Allis and Foss both had 3.

Alexis Williams, Nicole Guild and Sami Johnson each had 3 hits for Jr. Wilson. Williams’ hits included a triple.

Jumping out to an early 8-0 lead, Lou Gehrig Red went on to defeat the host Medina U12 Fillies 17-7 Sunday in a Metro Girls Softball League game.

Lou Gehrig opened the game with 4 runs in the first on a number of errors and a hit by pitch and continued to post runs in the second and third on errors and walks taking an 8-0 lead.

Medina finally answered back with 2 in the fourth on a single by Ryan Olles, who stole home, and a single by Chloe Stinson, who scored on an RBI single by Lexi Hare.

Medina allowed 3 more runs in the top of the fifth on errors and walks.

Down 14-2, Medina rallied to score 5 in the bottom of the fifth on a pair of passed balls, an error and RBI singles by Faith Oberther and Stinson.

Lou Gehrig secured the lead with 3 more runs in the top of the sixth on walks and errors.

Olles and Stinson both finished with a pair of hits.

Defensively Hannah Kenward secured at total of seven outs at second and Oberther and Hare shared time on the mound.

Contributed Photo
For the second year in a row, the Medina U14 Fillies finished in second place at the Wellsville Tournament over the weekend falling 7-0 to the Elmira Lady Rebels in the title contest.  After pool play on Saturday, Medina defeated EMW Impact, and Horseheads Blast to reach finals against Elmira.  It was a tight 2-0 game after four innings. However, the lady Rebel’s, which went undefeated all weekend, scored 5 runs in the  bottom of the fifth to finally break it open. Saturday pool play MVP’s were: Cora Payne, who threw a 1 hitter against Horseheads Blast; Brandi Guild for her play at short stop, and Ryenn Oliver for her performance behind the plate. In the front row are Libby Cook, Morgan Allis, Brandi Guild, Ashlee Howell, Cora Payne and Grace Cook. Standing are Matt Maynard, Tessa Boyce, Abi Neuman, Brooklyn Brown, Camri King, Lacey Kenward, Micaela Erway, Pam Cook, and Brian Payne. Missing from the photo are Ryenn Oliver, Erin Dunham, and Burt Howell.