The Albion girls U17 soccer team blanked the Churchville Crush 2-0 Wednesday to improve to 1-1-1 on the season.

Albion grabbed a 1-0 first half lead on a goal by Aubrey Lewis assisted by Vivian Rivers.

The two players then reversed roles in the second half as Rivers scored an insurance goal assisted by Lewis.

Isabella Prest earned the shut out in goal as Elisabeth Baker and Natalie DiCureia were a strong defensive duo.

Albion 2, Batavia/Alexander 2

Albion battled to a 2-2 tie with host Batavia SC Alexander on Sunday.

Batavia SC Alexander came on strong putting two goals within the first 20 minutes of the game.

Albion got on the scoreboard right before the half. Kendall Deirsley brought the ball up on the right side with an excellent cross to the middle to Anna Lewis. Her shot went off the post and Aubrey Lewis caught the rebound hitting it into the net.

In the second half, Albion came out strong as Emily Blanchard netted the game tying goal.

The Medina U14 Fillies dropped a 7-2 decision to host Lou Gehrig Tuesday in a Metro Girls Softball League game.

Lou Gehrig opened the scoring in the second on an error and added another run in the third before Medina was able to get on the board scoring Ashlee Howell in the fourth.  Howell led off the inning with a triple and Brandi Guild got the RBI with a sacrifice ground ball to the second baseman.  Howell would score again in the sixth for the only other Medina run.

Medina left the bases loaded in the sixth.

Lacey Kenward had 2 singles for Medina as Guild and Micaela Erway both had 1.

In the circle, Kenward struck out 6.

Medina travels to Clarence on Sunday to play the Red Devils.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Jess Harling, left, and Aubrey Lewis represent Lyndonville on the Genesee Region League All-Star softball team.

Division 2 co-champion Lyndonville has placed two players, senior outfielder Jess Harling and junior shortstop Aubrey Lewis, on the Genesee Region League All-Star softball team.

Harling hit .433 this season with 6 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run and 25 RBIs.

Lewis hit .418 with 2 doubles, 2 triples and 8 RBIs.

Lyndonville, which posted a 12-2 record to share the Division 2 title, also had three players earn G-R Honorable Mention including junior third baseman Lisa Boyce, sophomore catcher Miranda Lembcke and freshman outfielder Anna Lewis.

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Scoring a total of 81 runs, the Lyndonville U12 baseball team won the Somerset Wooden Bat Tournament this past weekend downing Somerset 6-3 in the title contest. This year’s Lyndonville team includes Russell Stephens, Rolland Balcerzak, Alex Barry, Jude Issacson, Dillon Bert-Hodgins, Trenton Muck, Joe Lonigan, Avery Wilcox, Anthony Moule, Jack Whipple, Roman Heinsler and Carson Dusett.

Albion Midget League action

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Barre’s Cade Wolcott races around second base during this past week’s Albion Midget League win over Rotary.

St. Mary’s edged past Sandstone 12-10 to highlight this past week’s Albion Midget League action.

Jayce Ashton was the winning pitcher for St. Mary’s and also had two hits. Zac Olles had the big hit for St. Mary’s, a 3-run home run in the fifth inning.

Jake Hughson hit a home run for Sandstone.

Sandstone rebounded to defeat Vets 6-3 on Thursday and Carlton 17-1 on Saturday.

Caleb Fox picked up the wi on the mound against Vets registering 7 strikeouts.

Hughson had 3 hits, including a pair of doubles, and Kyle VanAmeron 3 including a two-run double.

Zach Colacecchi hurled a 2 hitter with 11 strikeouts in the win over Carlton.

At the plate, Hughson had a grand slam home run, Chris Sacco 2 doubles and 4 RBIs and Nick Martino 2 hits including a three-run triple.

Rotary beat St. Mary’s 12-1 on Thursday, with Shawn Pellegrino and Zaire Reid combining to allow only one run for Rotary. Reed also hit a home run.

Rotary also posted a 7-2 win over Vets as Pellegrino pitched 3 innings of no hit ball. Dallas Ecker and Tristan Lusk led the hitting attack.

Barre trimmed Rotary 8-5 as Cade Wolcott had 3 hits and drove in 4 runs and Jake Foote and Tyler Gibson both had run producing doubles.

Reid had an RBI double for Rotary.

Barre also beat St. Mary’s 6-1 on Saturday as Zandyr Meakin struck out 13. Gibson had a 2-run double for Barre in the first inning, which proved the decisive runs.

Nick Radder got St. Mary’s on the board with an RBI single in the sixth inning.

Carlton nipped Vets 8-7 on a two-run walk-off home run by Damion Lattimer. Nate Olmstead also had a home run.

Carlton also edged past Barre 4-3 as Lattimer, Jayden Allport and Dylan Narburgh all had RBI hits.

Meakin and Foote both had RBI hits for Barre.

Standings: Carlton 5-3, Rotary 5-3, Sandstone 5-3, Barre 4-2, St. Mary’s 2-5, Vets 1-6.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Eddie Wasnock delivers a pitch for Barker during this evening’s Midget ‘A’ League season opening win over Lockport 1 at Gasport.

Led by a strong pitching performance, Barker bested Lockport 1 10-1 this evening in a season opening Lockport Midget A League game under the lights at Gasport.

Eddie Wasnock hurled a 1 hitter with 12 strikeouts to set the pace for Barker.

Breaking a scoreless deadlock, Barker scored the only 2 runs it needed in the fourth inning on a single by Brad Wilson and a passed ball.

Barker then broke the contest open by erupting for 5 runs in the fifth inning highlighted by two-run singles by Devon Mangan and Chauncy McKee.

Barker capped off the win by scoring 3 times in the seventh on a two-run single by Kyle MacDonald and an RBI single by McKee.

Lockport 1 third baseman Wyatt Redburn stretches to tag out Barker base runner Brad Wilson.

The Lyndonville 15U baseball team has opened its Batavia Summer League season with a 8-0 victory over Oakfield.

Zach Johnson hurled 6 and 1/3 innings striking out 16 batters. Nathan Hydock came on to close out the win striking out 2.

At the plate, Hydock had 2 hits and 3 RBIs, Devin Rounds an RBI double, Johnson and Luke Isaacson RBI singles and Chase Woodworth a hit.

Youth Baseball

Yankees 4, Phillies 1
Ryleigh Culver and Liam Castricone lead the attack for the Yankees both going 2-2 with a double and singles.

Breydin Miller and Cameron Kenward both had doubles as well while Sawyer Lilleby, Laraeya Guy and Brennan Woodruff all had singles.

On the mound Castricone, Miller, Guy, and Aaron Woodroe all pitched well.

Twins 7 Reds 1
Going 2 for 3 for the Twins were Cole Callard, Tyler Allen, Alekander Seefeldt and Lex Gray. Also chipping in with hits were Will Prest, Carlos Doval, Sawyer Kingsbury, Jackson Shlutz, Maxime Pilon and Lukas Grimes.

Callard and Kingsbury pitched well.

Contributed Photos – Cora Payne delivers a pitch for the Medina U14 Fillies during the weekend tournament at Lancaster.

Rebounding from a rough opener on Saturday, the Medina U14 Fillies bounced back on Sunday to defeat Cheektowaga Crush 18-6 in the Lancaster Classic Tournament.

The Fillies scored 14 runs in the first inning and cruised to the victory.

Cora Payne struck out 4 in the circle to lead the way.

Hannah Hamilton had a great catch in right to end the 6th inning.

Brooklyn Brown puts down a bunt for the Fillies.

In the quarter finals, Medina lost to host Lancaster Heat 4-3.

Lacey Kenward started it off in thesecond inning with a solo home run.  Medina added two more runs in the top of the fourth plating Cora Payne and Brandi Guild.

Lancaster tied the game in the bottom of the fourth, and later won the game in the bottom of the seventh with a one out bases loaded single.

Strong defense by Camri King and Brandi Guild kept the game close in the late innings.  Ashlee Howell held Lancaster runners at bay by throwing out two runners trying to steal second.

Medina travels to Lou Gehrig on Tuesday for their next regular season game.