Albion’s U17 boys team defeated host Bloomfield 4-2 Sunday in a Rochester District Soccer League game.

Kendyll Hadick scored 3 goals and Hayden Pecoraro 1 to spearhead the Albion attack.

Harrison Brown had a couple of big saves in goal for Albion which also had Owen Foos control the midfield area and Elliot Neidert and Nate Smith anchor the defense.

No. 10 seed Barker upset host No. 2 Cassadaga Valley 2-0 this afternoon in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class C softball playoffs.

Barker scored the game’s only two runs in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Kylie Miller and an error. Courtney Bodine also had a key single during the uprising.

In the circle, Erika Moeller hurled her second straight playoff shutout for the Lady Raiders striking out 18 and scattering 3 hits.

Barker will next face No. 6 Chautauqua Lake, a 2-1 victor over No. 3 Portville, in the semifinals on Wednesday.

Class B2
Fredonia 10, Roy-Hart 2
Breaking away from a 2-2 deadlock, top seeded Fredonia erupted for 7 runs in the third inning on a combination of 6 hits, 3 errors and a walk to key a 10-2 victory over visiting No. 5 Roy-Hart in the Class B2 semifinals.

Roy-Hart had tied the game in the top of the third on a two-run single by Kayla Brown who had a pair of hits on the day.

In the other B2 semi No. 3 Eden defeated No. 2 Akron 9-5.

Carlton, Rotary and Sandstone have all posted 2-1 record to open the Albion Midget League season.

Carlton opened the season with a narrow 2-1 victory over Vets as Damion Lattimer hurled a 1 hitter with 15 strikeouts. Kyle Woolston had 2 hits for Vets.

Carlton also downed Sandstone 9-2 as Lattimer pitched a no hitter with 15 strikeouts and also hit a three-run homer.

Rotary blanked Barre 3-0 in the opener as Zaire Reed threw a 2 hitter with 15 strikeouts. Mason Bennett had a two-run single.

Rotary also bested St. Mary’s 9-6 as Jacob Edwards had 2 hits and Dallas Ecker pitched 4 innings. Zac Olles and Brendan LaBaron had home runs for St. Mary’s.

Sandstone topped St. Mary’s 7-2 in the opener as Zach Colacecchi pitched a 3 hitter with 12 strikeouts and Caleb Fox banged out 3 hits and drove in a pair of runs.

Sandstone also defeated Vets 15 -5 as Fox hurled a 3 hitter with 11 strikeouts. At the plate Jake Hughson had 4 hits and Fox 3 including a triple with 4 RBIs.

Barre nipped Carlton 10-9 as Zander Meakin had a grand slam home run and Tyler Gibson a two-run homer. Nate Olmstead had 4 hits and 5 RBIs for Carlton.

Vets bested Rotary 12-5 as Bobby Dysard had 2 hits including a home run. Maurice Taylor and Woolston both pitched 3 innings.

St. Mary’s outlasted Barre 16-12 as Reuben Rivers had 4 hits, including a double and triple, Jonny Judd a home run and Jack Kinter a pair of hits including a key two-run single. Olles pitched the final two innings.

Kendall bested Notre Dame 4-1 in a Genesee Region League tennis match this past Friday.

Straight set wins by the singles trio of Collin Lewis, James Longrod and Ryan Barrett led the way for Kendall.

The Eagles also got a straight set win by the second doubles team of Elizabeth Rath and Jenna LoSapio.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Wilson’s Jacob Mitchell slides safely into home as Roy-Hart pitcher Justin Heschke tries to make the tag during the visiting Lakemen’s sectional win over the Rams this afternoon at Gasport.

Unable to capitalize on a sting of late innings scoring opportunities, No. 2 seed Roy-Hart was upended 6-2 by No. 6 Wilson this afternoon in the Section VI Class B2 semifinals at Gasport.

Trailing 4-2, Roy-Hart was unable to score over the final three innings as the Rams stranded a total of 8 base runners during that stretch including leaving 2 aboard in the fifth and the bases loaded in both the sixth and seventh frames.

Wilson pitcher John Bender registered clutch inning ending strikeouts to get out of both the sixth and seventh inning jams.

Roy-Hart’s Andy Xapsos slides into third base as Wilson’s Jackson Rotella stretches to get the ball.

Wilson scored 2 quick runs in the first inning as Jonah Miller had a double.

The Lakemen made it 4-1 with 2 more in the top of the third as Jackson Rotella had a double.

Roy-Hart closed the gap to 4-2 in the top of the third on an RBI sacrifice by Al Xapsos but the Rams left a pair of runners stranded and could not cross home plate again.

Wilson added 2 big insurance runs in the fifth frame on a steal of home by Jacob Mitchell and a sacrifice fly by Connor Seeley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Jacob Meister waits for the throw at first as Silver Creek’s Jacob Lewis dives back to the bag during the host Raiders 10 inning sectional win over the Black Knights this afternoon.

Pulling even with a dramatic last ditch seventh inning rally, No. 3 seed Barker went on to outlast visiting No. 6 Silver Creek 3-2 in 10 innings this afternoon in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class C playoffs.

Trailing 2-0, Barker knotted the contest on a two-out, two-run double by Ryan Voss in the bottom of the seventh inning. Two walks set up he opportunity.

The Raiders then pulled out the victory with a run on an error in the bottom of the 10th inning. A walk, a hit batter and a single by Devon Mangan loaded the bases to set up the threat.

Eddie Wasnock went the distance on the mound for Barker scattering 5 hits and striking out 10 with only 1 walk over the 10.

The Raiders will next host No. 10 Portville, a 5-0 victor over No. 2 Maple Grove, in the Class C semifinals on Thursday.

Eddie Wasnock delivers a pitch for Barker.

Genesee Region League rivals Evan Gaesser of Kendall and Matt Genaway of Alexander shared top honors today at the Section V state qualifier golf tournament.

Gaesser, who repeated as Class C champion on Saturday, shot a 78 today to finish the two-day competition in a tie for first with Genaway at 149.

The two now advance to the state championships as members of the Section V team. It will be Gaesser’s third trip to the states.

Tennis

Medina’s Kristian Snyder lost to Yash Nasheshwari of Lew-Port 6-1, 7-6 today in the Section VI singles tournament.

In the doubles competition, the Albion duo of Josh Metzler and Dylan Bader lost 6-1, 6-2 to the Amherst team of Toni Greco and Liam Sullivan.

Kendall High senior Evan Gaesser repeated as the Section V Class C golf champion by firing a round of 71 on Saturday.

Gaesser finished in a three-way tie overall for the best score of the day.

Track

Medina/Lyndonville’s Jalin Cooper won the 200 at the Western New York Track Classic Saturday.

Medina/Lyndonville also had Martha Gardner place second in the 3000 and third in the 800 and Chase Pecorao third in the pentathlon.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Jake Bruning and his Rams teammates will host Wilson Monday in the semifinals of the Section VI Class B2 playoffs.

The Roy-Hart and Barker baseball and softball teams will all be involved in Section VI semifinal round playoff action on Monday.

The No. 2 seeded Roy-Hart baseball team will host Niagara-Orleans League foe No. 6 Wilson in a Class B2 at 5 p.m. at Gasport.

The two teams split a pair of N-O games this season with the Rams winning the first 19-1 and the Lakemen taking the re-match 5-1.

In Class B2 softball action the No. 5 Lady Rams will visit top seeded Fredonia at 4:45 p.m.

The contest is a rematch go last year’s B2 title contest which saw Fredonia down Roy-Hart 8-3.

The other B2 semi will have N-O champion No. 2 seed Akron hosting No. 3 Eden.

The No. 3 Barker baseball team will host No. 6 Silver Creek in a Class C semi at 5 p.m.

In Class C softball the No. 10 Lady Raiders will visit No. 2 Cassadaga Valley at 4:45 p.m.

Contributed Photo
Medina defeated host Akron 4-3 today in the 7th annual Ty Gabbey Memorial Alumni Baseballl Game. The game was established as a fundraiser for the Ty Gabbey Memorial scholarship. Gabbey was a former Akron High School student and baseball player who passed away tragically in a car accident in 2009 at the age of 18. This marked the second year Medina participated, with Akron winning last year’s game by one run. Players from the two teams are shown here. Medina jumped out to a lead in the first inning after Lucas Evans singled and was then driven in by Zach Baldwiin. In the top of the third inning Medina then added 3 runs to the lead. Jake Cotriss and Evans singled, while Adam Hoot was hit by a pitch to load the bases. The runs were then driven in by Hayden Allis and PJ Bell. Akron answered back with 3 runs of their own in the bottom of the third after a three run triple by Connor Riggs. Hoot then came on to pitch the final two innings and worked the save. He struck out 6 and allowed no hits. Evans finished with 3 hits on the day, while Kyle Herman had 2.