A pair of narrow three set wins earned Mynderse a 3-2 victory over Holley this afternoon in the Section V Class C championship tennis match at East Rochester.

Mynderse took the second and third singles matches in three sets for the margin of victory.

Holley got wins by Brady Smith at first singles and by the second doubles team of Derek McArthur and Jake DeSimone.

“It was just a real tight one that couldn’t have been any closer,” said Holley Coach John Grillo. “We didn’t expect to get this far. We just really over achieved and I’m really proud of our kids.”

Tom Furmanski from Albion was strong both at the plate and on the rubber in leading the AnJo Bombers 13U to a 9-0 victory over Buffalo Outlaws on Sunday at Cambria Town Park.

Furmanski racked up 4 RBIs on 3 hits for the Bombers. He singled in the first inning, homered in the third, and doubled in the seventh.

Furmanski was in control on the hill holding the Outlaws hitless over four innings. He allowed no earned runs, walked none and struck out 5. Nick Cascia combined with Furmanski for a one hitter and 7 Ks overall.

The Bombers scored 2 runs in the fifth inning, and then followed it up with 2 more in the sixth. In the fifth, AnJo Bombers 13U scored on an error, scoring Nick Butera. Rylend Callicutt from Albion kicked things off with a single, bringing home Hunter Babel.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Trent Jones, left, and Roy-Hart’s Steven Schumacher race to gain control of the ball during this evening’s U17 game at Vets Park.

Packing all of the scoring into an explosive first 30 minutes, Medina blanked Roy-Hart 5-0 in a Buffalo and Western New York Soccer League U17 Division game this evening at Vets Park.

Medina exploded out to a 3-0 lead in the first 20 minutes on consecutive goals by Nick Albone, Elian Gonzalez and Mitchell Perry.

Gonzalez followed up with a penalty kick goal and Chase McAdoo added what proved to be Medina’s final goal for a commanding 5-0 lead at the half.

Mitchell Wienke earned the shutout in goal for Medina.

Medina is now 2-0 and Roy-Hart 0-1.

Roy-Hart’s Aaron Miller works to gain control of the ball against Medina defender Chase McAdoo.

Pulling away in the third inning, the Medina U14 Fillies romped to a 14-1 victory over the host Mel Ott Red softball team Tuesday.

After scoring solo runs in the first and second innings, the Fillies erupted for 6 runs in the third on singles by Libby Cook, Morgan Allis, Cora Payne and a double by Ryenn Oliver.

Keeping the momentum, the Fillies added 3 runs in the fourth on a two-run homer by Ashlee Howell and a solo homer by Oliver, and 3 more in the fifth on back-to-back doubles by Lacey Kenward and Brandi Guild and a single by Allis.

Guild, Howell, Allis and Oliver each had 2 hits on the evening as Payne, Cook and Kenward each had 1.

In the circle, Payne pitched 5 innings giving up no runs and 2 hits with 7 strikeouts.

Defensively, Abi Neuman turned a double play at second base to end a Mel Ott threat in the fourth and Guild had a diving play for an out in the fifth.

The Fillies are now 2-1.

Contributed Photo – DeSales’ WNY Parochial All-Stars include, from left, Sam Murphy, Jason Buza, Karl Darling and Colin Fragale.

The Western New York Northern Parochial All-Stars led by DeSales Coach Todd Fragale played their championship baseball game at Coca Cola Field on May 25th. With the coaching help of Tom Murphy of DeSales and Kevin Pritchard of St. Marks, the Northern All-Stars bested the Southern Parochial All-Stars 14-12.

Eighth graders, Sam Murphy, Jason Buzak, Karl Darling, and Colin Fragale represented DeSales on the WNY Northern team.  These boys were selected based on their baseball abilities, as well as their teamwork and sportsmanship.

In addition to playing for DeSales, Murphy plays for the Niagara Nationals, Darling plays for Lockport Little League and both Fragale and Buzak play for the AnJo Bombers.

Also on the Northern team were players from St Marks of Buffalo, Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Depew and Elmwood Franklin of Buffalo.

Coach Fragale was chosen to manage the team based on his DeSales team winning the WNY Parochial championship in the Fall, which was the first time in school history and the first time in the 92 years of the WNY Parochial league.

Buzak, Murphy and Darling all pitched.

Offensively, all four players each reached base three times. Buzak had three singles, Murphy had two singles and scored three times and Fragale and Darling both had a single.

The DeSales quartet drove in nine runs and crossed home plate five times combined.

The defensive highlights kicked in during the fourth inning when Buzak fired a ball in from centerfield to Murphy on the mound, which he fired to Darling at home nailing an aggressive runner at the plate. In the sixth inning, Fragale added a web-gem digging a ball out of the dirt on a back hand, completing a double play from Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament player Jerry Stachura.  Murphy also took down two trying to swipe a bag while behind the dish.

Coach Fragale described the experience, “It was a once in a lifetime game for these 8th graders. The DeSales boys certainly made the best of the opportunity and gave their all. I was very proud of the poise, sportsmanship, and leadership the boys displayed. “

Photo by Tom Rivers – Damian Lattimer delivers a pitch for Carlton.

Carlton, Barre and Sandstone all got strong pitching performances in earning Albion Midget League baseball victories last week.

Carlton’s Damian Lattimer registered 16 strikeouts in a 14-2 win over St. Mary’s. Nate Olmstead led the offense with a grand slam home run.

Christian Swiercznski had a two-run single for St. Mary’s.

Barre pitcher Zander Meakin had 14 strikeouts in notching a 5-0 victory over Sandstone. Tyler Gibson drove in all the runs with a three-run homer and a two-run double.

Sandstone hurler Zach Colacecchi notched 15 strikeouts in earning a 5-1 win over Rotary. Nick Martino had a home run and Kyle Sidari a triple to spark the offense.

In the other reported game, Vets led St. Mary’s 11-10 after five innings when darkness halted play. The contest is expected to be completed when the teams meet again.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Noah Goudreau (15) splits two Bloomfield defenders during this evening’s U17 Division home field loss.

Avenging an earlier season 4-2 loss, Bloomfield downed host Albion 4-1 this evening in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League boys U17 Division game.

Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, Bloomfield scored three unanswered second half goals to key the victory.

Albion had jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Kendyll Hadick.

However, Bloomfield pulled even with a goal late in the first half.

Goalie Connor Zicari stopped a Bloomfield penalty kick opprtunity to highlight the Albion defense.

Now at 2-2, Albion will next host Genesee Valley at 4 p.m. Sunday and Kendall at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Albion’s Owen Foos (2) battles for control of the ball.

Contributed Photos

Lyndonville varsity baseball Coach Shane Price, right, is shown here receiving his Section V Class D1 Coach of the Year Award from Section V representative Rich Gill. Price guided the Tigers to the Genesee Region League Division II title and into the semifinal round of the Class D1 playoffs. Price, who has coached the Tigers for 15 years, earned his 200th career victory during the season. The Tigers went 8-2 in the league and 15-5 overall.

Lyndonville junior Michael Wells here receives the Section V Class D1 Player of the Year Award from Section V representative Jim Smith. Wells, who pitched and also played third base and shortstop for the Tigers this season, hit over .500 and drove in 43 runs. On the mound he went 6-0 and had an earned run average of 1.20.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman

Lyndonville’s Class D1 All-Tournament honorees include catcher Miranda Lembcke, left, and third baseman Lisa Boyce.

The Lyndonville softball team has placed four players on the Section V Class D1 All-Tournament squad.

The Lady Tigers, which finished second in the Class D1 tourney, is represented by the quartet of junior pitcher Makenzie Muck, sophomore catcher Miranda Lembcke, junior shortstop Aubrey Lewis and senior third baseman Lisa Boyce.

The Lady Tigers honorees also include pitcher Makenzie Muck and shortstop Aubrey Lewis.

Appearing in the finals for the fourth straight year, the Lady Tigers dropped a narrow 7-6 decision to Genesee Region League rival Notre Dame in the D1 title contest.

Lyndonville had edged past Notre Dame twice during the G-R season by scores of 10-8 and 9-7 in route to earning a share of the Division II title with a 12-2 record.

The Lady Tigers, which finished with an overall record of 16-5, advanced to the finals by downing Wheatland-Chili 10-5 in the quarterfinals and Alfred-Almond 16-0 in the semifinals.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Taylor ReQua had a hand in a pair of wins for the Kendall girls track team Saturday at the Class C track championships.

The Kendall girls scored a pair of wins at the Section V Class C track championships held Saturday at Lyons.

Kendall’s 400 relay quartet of Maya Rutland, Taylor Rutland, Taylor ReQua and Lyndsay Wright took first place honors in a time of :50.33.

ReQua also scored a victory in the 200 in a time of :27.24 and placed second in the 100.

The Lady Eagles also had Sara Pieneszak place 3rd in the steeplechase, Alexis Payton 3rd in the pentathlon, Taylor Rutland 3rd in the shot-put, Jenna Jacob 4th in the 100 hurdles, Hannah Ulmen 5th in the pole vault, Kristy Mundaniohl 7th in the pole vault and Wright 7th in the 400 hurdles.

In the Class CC championships, also held at Lyons, Holley had Flint DiLella place 4th in the pole vault, Matt DiSimone 5th in the 400, Antonio Puente 5th in the 110 hurdles, Jason Kimmel 5th in the pentathlon and Angie Weaver 5th in the shot-put.