Coming from behind in the second half, the Albion boys U17 team defeated visiting Gananda 4-2 Tuesday evening in the Rochester District Soccer League season opener.

Trailing 2-1 at the half, Albion used a 3-0 second half scoring surge to claim the victory.

Connor McQuillan scored 2 goals during that decisive stretch off assists from Noah Goudreau and Kendyll Hadick. Hadick netted the other goal.

Gananda had grabbed leads of 1-0 and 2-1 in the first half.

Nate Scanlan scored Albion’s lone goal of the half which knotted the contest at 1-1.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Martha Gardner

Martha Gardner of Medina/Lyndonville was a double winner this afternoon on the opening day of the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League track meet at Roy-Hart.

Gardner won the 800 in 2:23.8 and the 3000 in 10:52.54.

Albion’s Chanyce Powell captured the triple jump with an effort of 35-8 1/2.

Also in the girls competition, Newfane’s Hannah Lewandowski won the discus (95-1) and Akron took the 1600 relay in 4:15.94 with the foursome of Kylee Schultz, Hailey Hall, Kara Sequin and Mackenzie O’Brien.

In the boys competition, Newfane and Wilson both had of pair of winners. Samuel Auernhamer took the 3200 (10:15.35) and Andrew Boudeman the triple jump (41-1 3/4)) for the Panthers while Trey Rees took the 800 (2:04.33) and Mark Coder the pole vault (11-0) for the Lakemen.

Albion’s Kory Reynolds won the discus (126-4) while Akron took the 1600 relay in 3:36.79 with the quartet of Mike Swiniarski, Erik Kreher, Zach Bell and Ethan PeQueen.

The meet will conclude on Thursday afternoon at Roy-Hart.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina catcher Davina Birch tags out Wilson’s Isabella Schultz during the Mustangs sectional loss to the Lakewomen this afternoon at Vets Park

Scoring in five different innings. No. 9 Wilson ousted No. 8 Medina 7-3 this afternoon in a Section VI Class B2 pre quarterfinal softball game at Vets Park.

Leading 4-1, Wilson put a lock on the win by scoring 3 times in the sixth inning on a single by Lauren Couturier, a double by Jenn Darlak and an error.

Couturier, Darlak and Anthonena Delisi each had 2 hits for Wilson which next visits top seeded Fredonia in the quarterfinal on Friday.

Destiny Satkowski had 2 hits for Medina which scored once in the fifth on a single by Courtney Bailey and twice in the seventh on an error.

Exploding for 8 quick runs in the first inning, Banes Machine Shop/Banes Plumbing went on to defeat Jr. Wilson 17-4 Monday to improve to 3-0 in the Medina Women’s Softball ‘A’ League.

A triple and double by Jen Masse highlighted the decisive first inning scoring burst which also included singles by Sue Seefeldt, Patti Page, Jen Molisani and Amy Allis.

Banes then put a firm lock on the win by scoring 6 runs in the third frame as Alisha Foss, Allis, Seefeldt, Masse, Sarah Surdel, Page and Molisani all contributed singles.

Masse and Surdel both went 4 for 4 on the evening.

Butchie Stockwell had 2 hits for Jr. Wilson which scored twice in the third and sixth innings.

No. 7 seed Albion will host No. 10 Dunkirk at 5 p.m. Thursday in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 baseball playoffs.

The other Clsss B1 games on Thursday involving Niagara-Orleans League teams will have No. 11 Medina at No. 6 Springville, No. 13 Newfane at No. 4 Alden and No. 9 Tonawanda at No. 8 CSAT.

In Class B2, No. 9 Akron visits No. 8 Falconer and No. 6 Wilson hosts Cattaraugus/Little Valley at 5 p.m. Thursday.

N-O champion Roy-Hart is seeded No. 2 in Class B2 and draws an opening round bye. The Rams will host the winner of the No. 10 Lackawanna vs. No. 7 Southwestern game at 5 p.m. Friday.

In Class C, No, 3 Barker will host the winner of the No. 11 Chautauqua Lake vs. No. 6 Silver Creek game next Monday at 5 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kristian Snyder’s win at first singles helped spark host Medina to a title clinching win over visiting Wilson this afternoon.

Putting a lock on outright possession of the title, Medina defeated visiting Wilson 4 1/2-1 this afternoon in the Niagara-Orleans League tennis finale.

The victory caps off an 11-1 season for Medina which claimed the N-O crown for the fourth time in the last five years. The Mustangs also earned the championship in 2012, 2013 and 2014 during that stretch.

Straight set wins at the first two singles positions by Kristian Snyder and Tristan Sanders lead the way for Medina.

The Mustangs also swept the three doubles matches on straight set wins by the duos of Mike Cardone-Kyla Leno, Nick Bogan-Ray Pall and Brandon Harris-Able Zavitz.

Wilson, which finishes at 6-6, got a win at third singles by Kyle Lyon.

Medina 4 1/2, Wilson 1
Singles: Kristian Snyder (M) def. Joey Hecko 6-0, 6-0; Tristan Sanders (M) def. Gabriel Curcione 6-0, 6-2; Lyle Lyon (W) def. Xion Baes 7-5, 7-5.
Doubles: Mike Cardone-Kyla Leno (M) def. Kallie Olear-Marlowe Recht 6-3, 6-4; Nick Bogan-Ray Paull (M) def. Mia Olear-Alex Couturier 7-5, 6-3; Brandon Harris-Able Zavitz (M) def. Gabriel Graca-Max Faery 6-3 6-1.

Final N-O Standings
Medina 11-1, Albion 10-2, Akron 9-3, Wilson 6-6, Newfane 4-8, Roy-Hart 2-10, Barker 0-12.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kassandra Norman delivers a pitch for Holley during the host Lady Hawks sectional victory over Marcus Whitman this afternoon.

Scoring in every inning but one, No. 8 Holley romped to a 14-1 victory over visiting No. 9 Marcus Whitman this afternoon in the opening round of the Section V Class B2 softball playoffs.

Madison Papaj had 3 hits and Anna Brasted, Julianna Drewry and Hannah Biedlingmaier 2 each to lead the offense for Holley which next visits top seeded Mynderse on Thursday.

In the circle, Kassandra Norman hurled a 2 hitter with 12 strikeouts for the Lady Hawks.

Holley took a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning on a pair of bases loaded walks and quickly doubled the advantage on a two-run double by Brasted in the second frame.

Brasted also had an RBI double in the third inning to highlight a 3 run uprising ignited by a single by Papaj.

The Lady Hawks capped off the win with 5 runs in the sixth inning sparked by a single by Drewry.

Holley’s Madison Papaj comes in to score ahead of a throw to Marcus Whitman catcher Katie Meyer.

Marcus Whitman, which played with only 8 players, scored once in the sixth on 2 hits and an error.

Class C2
Campbell-Savona 12, Kendall 1
No. 6 Campbell-Savona ousted No. 11 Kendall 12-1 in the opening round for the Class C2 playoffs at Geneseo.

Campbell-Savona broke the game open early by scoring five times in the second inning.

Chelsea Wright had 3 hits, including a double, for Kendall.

Wilson rallied for three runs in the fifth inning to edge past visiting Medina 4-3 this afternoon in a non league baseball game.

The Lakemen’s rally featured just 1 hit as the runs came in on 2 errors and a wild pitch.

Medina scored once in each of the first three innings as Brett Riemer had an RBI double and Alex Allis an RBI single.

The Mustangs only other hits were a triple by Tyler Ames and singles by Jared Zinkievich and Lucas Porter.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman

Holley’s James Skehan wins a close three-way battle in the 110 hurdles over Kendall’s Joey LoSapio and his Hawks teammate Camron Thorn during this afternoon’s Genesee Region League meet at Holley. The teams earned a split on the day as the Holley boys emerged with a 90-36 win while the Kendall girls claimed an 88-50 victory.

Kendall’s Taylor ReQua sprints toward a win in the 100 meter dash. She also won the 200.

Holley’s Chris Balys runs a leg of the meet opening 3200 relay win by the Hawks. Holley also got a double win effort on the day by Jared Scherer in the 1600 and 3200.

Kendall’s Nino Ittikrachareon wins the 100 meter dash ahead of Holley’s Rich Tamblin.

Kendall’s Jenna Jacob heads toward a win in the 100 hurdles.

Maya Rutland sprints the final leg of Kendall’s win in the 400 meter relay. She also won the high jump.