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The Orleans County Girls Softball League season got underway this week. Tuesday’s openers saw Champion Moving Company defeat Weedman 14-4 and Top Notch Tree Service down the Holley Hawks 11-8.

The action here is from the Top Notch vs. Holley game at the Barre Town Park.

On Thursday, Weedman defeated Top Notch 14-6 as Mykaela Hill had a two-run homer and Olivia Bieber had 3 RBIs.

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Highlighting Thursday evening’s annual Medina High Block M sports banquet was the presentation of a new award, the Athletes of the Year Award, honoring the top male and female athlete from each grade for the 2015-16 school year. The inaugural recipients are, from left, Seniors Emma Gardner and Justin Morgan; Juniors Emily Kams ans Kristian Snyder; Sophomores Destiny Satkowski and Jalin Cooper and Freshmen Brandi Guild and Ronnie Koonce.

The Babe Ruth Award, which is given to the top senior boy and girl who have played three sports for four years, was presented to Charles Beach and Holly Heil.

The Russell Houserman Award, which is given to the top freshman boy and girl who played three sports, was presented to Je’ne Brown and Johnny Salone.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Chelsea Wright

Kendall junior pitcher Chelsea Wright has been named to the Genesee Region League All-Star softball team.

A three year varsity starter, Wright had 89 strikeouts in 116 innings of work in the circle this season.

At the plate, she hit .419 with 5 doubles, 2 triples and 14 RBIs.

Two other Kendall juniors, catcher Kacey Menge and first baseman Madison Rath, have received G-R Honorable Mention.

Holley junior first baseman Anna Brasted is also an Honorable Mention selection.

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The annual Medina High Block M sports banquet includes the presentation of a number of special team or “Pony” awards. The Fall Pony Award recipients include – Football: Jake Cotter; Cross-Country: Holly Heil; Cheerleading: Tiffany Petry; Field Hockey: Michaela Cardone; Boys Soccer: Kristian Snyder; Girls Soccer: Martha Gardner; Volleyball:  Meghan O’Keefe; Golf: Ian Wagner.

Winter Pony Awards – Girls Swimming: Emma Gardner; Boys Swimming: Chase Pecoraro; Boys Basketball: Justin Morgan; Girls Basketball: Maddie Winters; Wrestling: Joe Velez (not pictured); Cheerleading: Courtney Bailey.

Spring Pony Awards – Boys Track & Field: Chase Pecoraro; Girls Track & Field: Martha Gardner; Tennis – Kristian Snyder; Baseball: Tyler Ames; Lacrosse: Greg Husung; Softball: Courtney Bailey.

Youth Baseball

The Mark’s Pizzeria Reds stayed un-beaten with a 4 -4 tie with the Lyndoville Yankees this week.

Brody Fry and Jimmy Dieter both pitched well getting key strikeouts to end innings.

Brody Fry hit 2 for 3 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI’s,  Riley Tompkins went 3 for 3, Brady Christiaansen went 2 for 3 with 2 singles and 1 RBI, Jimmy Dieter added a hit and had 1 RBI, Carter Woodworth went 2 for 3 with 2 hits, Aiden Wisniewski and Gavin Snook added hits.

Yankees 12, Lyndonville Athletics 1

Breydin Miller and Ryleigh Culver both went 3-3 for the Yankees. Miller had 2 doubles and a single with 3 RDIs and Culver had a triple and 2 doubles with 3 RBIs.

Liam Castricone added 2 doubles with an RBI while Cameron Kenward, Aaron Woodroe and Brennan Woodruff all had a double and a single. Kolton Fletcher added 2 singles. Aiden Oberther, Evan Jules, Sawyer Lilleby and Laraya Guy all had singles as well.

On the mound Kenward had 2 strikeouts in one inning pitched. Lilleby had 1 k in an inning pitched. Fletcher pitched 2 innings with 5 ks and a double play and Keara Fearby had 1 k in an inning pitched.

Bogan and Tuttle Twins 12, Somerset Mets 0

Going 3 for 3 for the Twins were Tyler Allen and Cole Callard who had a home run.

Will Prest, Carlos Doval, Sawyer Kingsbury, Alekander Seefeldt, Jackson Shultz and Lukas Grimes all had two hits and Leland Klos one.

Callard, Kingsbury and Prest all pitched well.

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The annual Medina High Block M sports banquet sees the presentation of a number of special scholarship and memorial awards including the Larry Decker Memorial Scholarship which is given to the athlete or athletes who most exhibits the traits embodied by long-time coach, Larry Decker. This year’s recipients are Stella Russo and Justin Morgan who are pictured with Larry’s son, Brett Decker.

The Charlene Schrader Award, which is given to the the swimmer who demonstrates a love for the sport was presented to Andrea Toussaint.

The Dave Boice and Bill Ossont Scholarship, which is given in honor of two long-time Medina coaches, was presented to Charles Beach.

The Gary Gross Memorial Scholarship, which is given to wrestler who best displays a love for wrestling in honor of long-time supporter, Gary Gross was presented to Joe Velez and Charles Beach.

The Beverly Sargent Award, which is given to the athlete who embodies the qualities of long-time Parents Athletic Club trustee, Bevery Sargent was presented to Hannah Lonnen.

The Fats Piedmont Award which is given to the fans who exhibit the most support and enthusiasm for Medina Athletics was presented to Carl Tuohey and Jackson Tuohey.

Sparked by a sharp pitching performance, the Niagara Nationals opened up their fifth season by shutting out the Clarence Red Raiders 9-0 Wednesday.

Trevor Luthart from Medina threw a complete game no-hitter. He struck out 11 and walked 4.

Mitchell Holtz from Akron and Brian Fry from Medina led the offensive attack by going 3-3 with 2 RBI each. One of Holtz’s hits was a double. Hunter Briggs from Starpoint chipped in with a double and 2 RBI.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Jason Downs (Albion) tags out Damian Marchetti (Attica) at third base during the Niagara-Orleans League’s Senior Game win over the Genesee Region League this afternoon at Oakfield-Alabama.

Building up a 5-0 lead, the Niagara-Orleans went on to defeat the Genesee Region 7-4 this afternoon in the annual senior baseball game between the two leagues at Oakfield-Alabama.

After scoring a quick run in the first inning on a single by Justin Morgan (Medina), the N-O boosted its advantage to 4-0 by tallying three times in the third on a wild pitch, a single by Joe Nolan (Roy-Hart) and a double by Evan Pappalardo (Albion). Singles by Jared Zinkievich (Medina) and Holden Howland (Wilson) set up the opportunity.

Howland and Ben Maynard (Roy-Hart) both had two hits on the day.

A steal of home by Andy Xapsos (Roy-Hart) upped the lead to 5-0 in the fifth inning.

Colton Breslawski (Holley/Kendall) delivers a pitch for the G-R.

The G-R finally got on the scoreboard in the sixth inning with three tallies on a two-run double by Colton Breslawski (Holley/Kendall) and an RBI single by Nick Donnelly (Alexander).

The teams traded solo tallies in the eighth to keep the N-O up 6-4. The N-O scored on a single by Randy Eblacker (Albion) and the G-R on two walks and a wild pitch.

The N-O tacked on an insurance run in the top of the ninth on a triple by Brady Meakin (Albion).

Brady Meakin (Albion) pitched the final three innings for the N-O.

Meakin, who pitched the final three innings, then put the G-R down in order in the bottom of the ninth to close out the win, retiring the final two batters on strikeouts.

Brad Wilson (Barker), Pappalardo and Will Newton (Newfane) also shared in the pitching chores for the N-O.

Defensively, the N-O turned a key early 6-3-5 double play in the third inning from Xapsos to Howland to Jason Downs (Albion). The N-O also got key catches for outs by Maynard in centerfield and Kyle Jurek (Newfane) at catcher in the eighth inning and by Nick Pawlak (Wilson) in left for the first out in the ninth.

The AnJo Bombers 13U beat the Lancaster Black Sox 10-4 on Wednesday at their Roy-Hart home field in six innings.

The Bombers scored 5 runs in the fifth inning to lock up the win on two errors, an RBI single by Rylend Callicutt, a steal of home by Hunter Babel, and a wild pitch.

Earlier, the Bombers scored 4 times in the third on a groundout and 2 singles.

Frank Pellicano had a two-run single for the Bombers and Colin Fragale was perfect at the plate scoring twice on two singles and a walk.

On the mound for the Bombers, Tom Furmanski struck out 11 and allowed no earned runs on 3 hits and 4 walks over six innings.

The Bombers next face Nickel City in WNY Boys of Summer action 6:15 this evening at Outwater Park in Lockport.

Albion’s U12 girls team rallied to tie GVBBSC-Curry 2-2 Wednesday in a Rochester District Soccer League game at SUNY Geneseo.

Rebounding from a 2-0 deficit at the half, Albion battled back to earn the tie on 2 goals by Abby Scanlan.

The U12 girls are now 1-0-1.