Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Bradley Sanford (4) battles with Kendall’s Jesus Aguirre for control of the ball during host Albion’s U17 victory this evening.

Roaring out to a 4-0 halftime advantage, Albion went on to defeat visiting Kendall 7-0 this evening in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League U17 Division boys game.

Albion jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Harrison Brown.

Connor McQuillan doubled the Eagles lead when he tallied off an assist from Kendyll Hadick.

Nate Scanlan then scored a pair of quick goals late in the half to up the Albion lead to 4-0 at the break.

In the second half, Bradley Sanford tallied 2 goals and Scanlan 1 to round out the Albion scoring. Noah Goudreau earned the assist on one of Sanford’s tallies.

Albion improves to 4-2.

Albion’s Nate Scanlan (9) heads toward the Kendall goal as Chris Butlin defends.

Albion U17 3, GVBBSC 1

On Sunday the Albion U17 boys defeated visiting GVBBSC-Lajoie 3-1.

Hayden Pecoraro scored the first goal for Albion making it 1-0 at the half.

GVBBSC did answer back making it 1-1 but Hayden Pecoraro scored goal number 2 off an assist from Noah Martin putting Albion back on top to stay.

Allbion then got an insurance goal by Goudreau who got it just over the goal line when a GVBBSC defenseman helped drive it to the back of the net.

Kendall High senior Evan Gaesser finished 14th today at the state Public High School Golf Championship held at Cornell University.

Gaesser shot a 78 in the opening round on Sunday and a 75 today to finish with a 153 total, which was second best among Section V golfers in the tourney.

Section VI Track Championships

Powell claims long jump

Albion High junior Chanyce Powell scored her second Section VI Division 2 (small schools) track championship victory over the weekend by winning the long jump on Saturday.

Powell, who won the triple jump on the first day of competition, added the long jump title with a leap of 17-0.

Albion’s Nate Trembley also placed second in the shot-put.

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.

The Medina 12U Fillies outlasted the Amherst Thunder Blue 22-18 on Sunday.

The teams traded two run scoring bursts in the opening inning as singles by Ryan Olles and Hannah Kenward triggered the Fillies scoring.

Olles then had an RBI single to highlight a three run second inning which vaulted the Fillies out to a 5-2 lead.

The Thunderthough answered with five in the home half of the frame to grab a 7-5 lead.

However, the Fillies regained the lead for good by exploding for 15 runs in the third inning. A single by Gracie Hughes ignited that uprising which also included an RBI single by Olles and a series of walks.

Fillies pitcher Faith Oberther registerd a solid series of strikes to help end the final inning along with outs from Olles to Hughes.

Olles and Chloe Stinson both had 3 hits on the day, Hughes 2 and Faithann Vanderwalker 1.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jake Cotter, who has earned both Class C and All Section VI All-Star honors heads Medina’s group of post season lacrosse honorees.

Five Medina High players have earned spots on the Class C Division lacrosse All-Star squad.

Junior Jake Cotter and senior Dylan Lewis were both selected to the first team while senior Tyler Valley and sophomores Mason Lewis and Brendan Luthart all earned second team honors.

Cotter, who has also been named to the second team of the All Section VI squad, led the Mustangs in scoring this season with 61 goals. He also added 20 assists.

Luthart had 32 goals and 17 assists, Mason Lewis 28 goals and 31 assists, Valley 27 goals and 11 assists and Dylan Lewis 5 goals and 2 assists.

Medina also received the Class C Sportsmanship Award and senior Greg Husung was the Mustangs representative to accept the award.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Medina’s honorees include, from left, Jake Cotter, Greg Husung, Tyler Valley, Brendan Luthart and Mason Lewis. Missing from the photo is Dylan Lewis.

The Niagara Nationals erupted for 7 runs in the third inning and 9 runs in the fourth inning to rout the Lancaster Legends by a score of 19-4 Friday.

Leading the way offensively were Mitchell Holtz (Akron) 4-4 with 4 RBI and 2 runs scored, Hunter Briggs (Starpoint) 3-4 with 2 runs scored, Joe Dell’Oso (Starpoint) 2-3 with a double and 2 RBI, and Trevor Luthart (Medina) 2-3 with 2 runs scored.

Dell’Oso picked up the win on the mound scattering 5 hits, striking out 2 in throwing a complete game.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman
Albion High junior Chanyce Powell captured top honors in the triple jump at the Section VI Division 2 (small schools) championships Friday at Pioneer High School to earn a trip to the state meet. Powell turned in a winning leap of 37-7 to set a new Albion school record.

Contributed Photos

The Kendall High girls 400 relay quartet of Lyndsay Wright, Taylor Rutland, Taylor ReQua and Maya Rutland, captured the Section V Division 2 (small schools) championship at PennYan High Friday to earn a trip to the state meet. The foursome turned in a season best time of :49.82. Here Maya Rutland sprints toward the finish line after taking the handoff from ReQua.

The quartet of ReQua, Wright and Maya and Taylor Rutland is shown together here. It marks the second time in thee years that the Lady Eagles 400 relay team has qualified for the state meet. In 2014 ReQua, Maya Rutland and Taylor Rutland were all members of the Lady Eagles team that finished second at the state championships.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman

Putting on a decisive burst at the finish line in both events, Medina High sophomore Jalin Cooper scored an impressive sweep by capturing both the 100 and 200 sprints this afternoon at the Section VI Division 2 (small schools) championships at Pioneer High School to earn a trip to the state meet. Cooper captured the 100 in a time of :11.02 and the 200 in :22.82 to claim the pair of narrow victories. The Mustangs also had Chase Pecoraro finish 4th in the Pentathlon and Martha Gardner take 3rd in the 800 and 4th in the Steeplechase.