Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Eddie Wasnock hurled a three hitter for Barker in the Raiders Class C title loss to Frewsburg today.

Unable to get the bats going, No. 3 seed Barker dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 4 Frewsburg in the Section VI Class C championship game this afternoon at Diethrick Stadium in Jamestown.

Frewsburg pitcher Matt Hair hurled a 2 hitter with 1 walk.

Barker pitcher Eddie Wasnock likewise had a sharp day on the mound allowing only 3 hits.

Frewsburg grabbed a quick lead by scoring twice in the first inning on errors.

Barker answered back with a run in the second on an error and a fielders choice play off the bat of Jacob Hurtgam to make it 2-1 but the Raiders would get no closer.

The Bears upped the lead to 4-1 by scoring twice in the fourth on an error and a fielders choice play.

The Frewsburg defense then turned key double plays in both the fourth and fifth innings to keep the Raiders off the scoreboard.

Barker’s other run came in the sixth as Mike Snell singled for the Raiders first hit and came home on a single by Kyle MacDonald

The Medina U14 Fillies opened their softball season with a 19-4 victory over the Mel Ott White team this week.

The Fillies scored in every inning including 4 in the first, 5 in the second and 3 in the third, fourth and fifth frames.

Morgan Allis had a triple and Ryenn Oliver a double for the Fillies as Ashlee Howell had 3 singles, Brandi Guild, Brooklyn Brown, Lacey Kenward and Libby Cook 2 each and Grace Cook 1.

Inn the circle, Kenward had 5 strikeouts while on defense, Oliver had 3 putouts and a fly ball catch at second and Allis had a line drive putout and a ground ball putout.

The Fillies next travel to Sweet Home on Tuesday to play the Mel Ott Red team.

Two early runs proved to be just enough as No. 4 seed Cleveland Hill nipped No. 10 Barker 2-0 this afternoon in the Section VI Class C softball championship game at Gowanda.

The contest was a classic pitchers dual as Gowanda’s Taylor Betz gave up only 1 hit and struck out 7 and Barker’s Erika Moeller allowed just 2 hits and struck out 8.

Cleve Hill scored the game’s only 2 runs in the second inning on a walk, a single and a pair of errors.

Sabrina Harris had Barker’s lone hit with a single in the sixth inning. The Lady Raiders had only two other baserunners on the day as both reached on errors.

“It was a fantastic game but we just couldn’t get the bats going,” said Barker Coach Bill Moeller.

The 2 runs were the only ones allowed in four playoff games by Barker which had blanked Holland 8-0, Cassadaga Valley 2-0 and Chautauqua Lake 1-0 to advance to the title contest.

Youth Baseball

Reds 7, Braves 3
The Mark’s Pizzeria Reds beat the Somerset Braves 7-3 this week to go 4 and 0 on the season.

Brody Fry pitched 3 strong inning and had 2 strike outs.  Jimmy Dieter pitched final inning and added a strike out.

Fry led batting as he went 3 for 3 with a single, a double and a home run and 3 RBI’s.  Dieter also went 3 for 3 and scored 3 runs.  Riley Tompkins went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored.  Brady Christiaansen went 2 for 3 with 1 RBI and Avion Johnson had 1 RBI.  Colton Smith also added 2 hits.

Yankees 9, Athletics 2
Ryleigh Culver lead the attack for the Yankees  in the 9-2 win over the R-H Athletics going 3-3  with 2 doubles and a single and 3 RBIs. Sawyer Lilleby had 2 doubles and 2 RBIs. Cameron Kenward and Aiden Oberther also had doubles with an RBI each. Laraya Guy, Brennan Woodruff, Breydin Miller and Liam Castricone  all had singles.

On the mound  Culver, Miller and Castricone all pitched well.

Twins 10, Phillies 0
Will Prest went 3 for 3 with a homerun, triple and a double for the Bogan Tuttle Twins in the 10-0 win over the Hartway Phillies. Cole Callard and Jackson Shlutz also went 3 for 3 while Tyler Allen, Sawyer Kingsbury and Carlos Doval all went 2 for 3 .Also chipping in with hits were Aleksander Seefeldt, Lex Gray, Maxime Pilon and Lukas Grimes.

Allen, Kingsbury and Doval all pitched well

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Miranda Lembcke slides into home to score a run on a passed ball as Notre Dame pitcher Stephanie Pingrey moves in on the play. The action took place during the Irish win over the Lady Tigers this afternoon in the Section V Class D1 title game at Batavia High.

No. 3 seed Notre Dame pushed across a run in the top of the seventh inning to nip top seeded Lyndonville 7-6 in the Section V Class D1 softball championship game this afternoon at Batavia High School.

The Irish scored the game winner on a bases loaded walk after singles by Taylor DiMartino and Audrey Farrell and a walk had loaded the bases.

Notre Dame also got off to a fast start grabbing a quick 3-0 first inning lead on a two-run homer by Anna Kabel and an RBI sacrifice fly by Shea Norton.

The Irish then upped the lead to 5-0 by scoring once in the third on a single by Norton and once in the fourth on a double by Nichol Salvador.

Lyndonville stranded a total of 8 base runners over the first four innings including leaving runners at second and third in the second after hits by Lisa Boyce and Amanda Drown, and the bases loaded in the fourth after an error and singles by Makenzie Muck and Rhiannon Burgess.

Lyndonville’s Amanda Drown (11) tries to get to second base as Notre Dame’s Audrey Farrell dives back in. Lady Tigers shortstop Aubrey Lewis backs up the play.

The Lady Tigers finally broke onto the scoreboard with a run in the bottom of the fifth on an error following singles by Jess Harling and Boyce.

However, Kabel at third base turned a huge inning ending double play for the Irish to quickly shutdown the Lady Tigers threat.

Notre Dame then got that one right back in the top of the sixth on double by Kabel to go up 6-1.

Lyndonville though came battling back in the home half of the sixth erupting for 5 runs to briefly knot the contest at 6-6.

A two-run triple by Aubrey Lewis highlighted the uprising which also saw runs score on a wild pitch, an error and a fielders choice play off the bat of Drown. Anna Lewis and Boyce also both had hits to help keep the rally going.

Notre Dame though again answered back with what proved to be the game winner in the top of the seventh on two hits and a pair of walks.

Irish pitcher Stephanie Pingrey then retired the Lady Tigers in order in the bottom of the seventh to lock up the win and the championship.

Section VI officials have released the final draft of the 2016 high school football schedule which for Albion, Barker/Roy-Hart and Medina/Lyndonville is unchanged from the initial draft.

All three teams will open the season on Friday September 2 with Medina/Lyndonville at Barker/Roy-Hart and Albion at Lew-Port.

The three local teams will be in the B East Division along with Alden, Depew and Lackawanna. The only change from last year is that Lackawanna replaces East Aurroa which has returned to the B South Division.

The schedules for the three teams are as follows:

Albion
Sept. 2 – at Lew-Port
Sept. 9 – Alden
Sept. 16 – Barker/Roy-Hart
Sept. 23 – Depew
Sept. 30 – at Lackawanna
Oct. 7 – Akron
Oct. 14 – at Medina/Lyndonville

Barker/Roy-Hart
Sept. 2 – Medina/Lyndonville
Sept.10 – at Notre Dame, Batavia
Sept. 16 – at Albion
Sept. 23 – Alden
Oct. 1 – at Newfane
Oct. 8 – Depew
Oct. 14 – at Lackawanna

Medina/Lyndonville
Sept. 2 – at Barker/Roy-Hart
Sept. 9 – at Lackawanna
Sept. 16 – Alden
Sept. 23 – U. Prep
Sept. 30 – at Depew
Oct. 7 – at Cleveland Hill
Oct. 14 – Albion

Medina’s U12, U17 and U19 teams all scored victories Wednesday in Buffalo and Western New York Soccer League action.

Rebounding from a 4-2 first half deficit, the U12 Medina Soccer Club rallied 4 goals to upend the Tonawanda Warriors 6-4.

Medina got rolling in the second half as Wyatt Zelazny scored on an assist from David Gonzalez, Jack Whipple found the back of the net on a direct kick, Cole Seefeldt scored aided by Samuel Kingsbury and Aiden Owczarczak tallied on an assist by Seefeldt.

In the first half the Warriors registered an own goal as Jackson Moreland tallied the only other Medina goal.

Zachary Fike registered the second half shut out for Medina as Xander Payne and Roman Heinsler keyed a strong defensive effort.

U17
Medina 6, Hamburg 3
Getting goals from 5 different players, Medina’s U17 team opened the season with a 6-3 win at Hamburg.

Goals by Elian Gonzalez, Ethan Leonard and Nick Albone gave Medina a 3-1 lead at the half.

Trenton Jones then netted 2 goals and Adam Cifelli 1 in the second half to help Medina lock up the win.

Medina next hosts Roy-Hart on June 1 at 6:45 p.m.

U19
Medina 3, Newfane 1
Medina’s U19 team opened its season with a 3-1 victory over Newfane at Vets Park.

Steven Anderson scored 2 goals and Brian Anderson 1 to lead Medina.

No. 3 seeded Barker rallied in dramatic fashion with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to nip visiting No. 10 Portville 6-5 this afternoon in a Section VI Class C semifinal baseball game.

Trailing 5-4, the Raiders pulled out the victory as Jake Meister singled in the tying run and Eddie Wasnock singled to plate the game winner. Two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases to set up the opportunity.

Portville had grabbed the 5-4 lead by scoring twice in the sixth inning and once in the top of the seventh to erase a 4-2 deficit.

Winning pitcher Brad Wilson belted a solo home run in the first inning for Barker which also scored three times in the fourth on a pair of errors and a delayed steal to take the 4-2 lead.

Meister and Ryan Voss both had 2 hits on the day for Barker which will now play for the Class C championship at 3 p.m. Saturday at Jamestown’s Dietrick Stadium against the winner of the Allegany/Limestone vs. Frewsburg semifinal.

Top seeded Holley edged past visiting Marcus Whitman 3-2 this afternoon in the semifinals of the Section V Class C tennis tournament.

Straight set wins by the singles trio of Brady Smith, Pablo Romero and Cameron Bennage earned the victory for the Hawks.

Holley next faces Mynderse in the finals.

Contributed Photo – Connor Barleben

Genesee Community College outfielder/pitcher Connor Barleben was recently named to the 2016 Region III Baseball All-Region Team, earning second team honors for his play during the spring season.

At the plate, the sophomore led the Cougars in batting average (.364) home runs (5), runs batted in (36) and extra-base hits (24). He was second in the region in extra-base hits and sixth in home runs.

On the mound, he compiled a 3-3 record with an earned run average of 4.87 in nine appearances. He struck out 26 batters in 40.2 innings of work and tossed one complete game.

Barleben, an Albion High graduate, was also named to the all-region second team last season as a freshman and is committed to Ashland University (OH) where he will join the Eagles’ baseball program beginning in the fall.

He leaves Genesee as the program’s all-time hits leader with 103 career hits.

Genesee advanced to the opening round of the Region III playoffs and finished the spring with a 20-36 overall record.