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.

Albion and Medina/Lyndonville will both open the football season on the road over the Labor Day weekend according to the first draft of the Section VI Football Federation schedule which was released today.

Medina/Lyndonville will visit neighboring Barker/Roy-Hart while Albion will travel to Lew-Port on Friday night September 3 to kick off the season.

Albion, Medina/Lyndonville and Barker/Roy-Hart are all in the B East Division along with Alden, Depew and Lackawanna which is moving back up to Class B from Class C.

Albion’s home opener will be on Sept. 9 against Alden. The remainder of the Purple Eagles schedule includes Sept. 16 home vs. Barker/Roy-Hart, Sept. 23 home vs. Depew, Sept. 30 at Lackawanna, Oct. 7 home vs. Akron and Oct. 14 at Medina.

Medina/Lyndonville will visit Lackawanna on Sept. 9 before entertaining Alden on Sept. 16 in the home opener. The Mustangs schedule also includes Sept. 23 home vs. University Prep of Rochester, Sept. 30 at Depew, Oct. 7 at Cleveland Hill and Oct. 14 home vs. Albion.  U. Prep and Cleve Hill will be new opponents for the Mustangs

Barker/Roy-Hart will visit Notre Dame of Batavia on Sept. 11 and Albion on Sept. 16 before hosting Alden on Sept. 23. Barker/R-H also visits Newfane on Oct. 1 hosts Depew on Oct. 8 and visits Lackawanna on Oct. 14.

A final draft of the schedule is expected to be released next week.

Albion and Medina will both host Niagara-Orleans League foes on Wednesday to open the Section VI softball playoffs.

No. 6 seed Albion will host No. 11 CSAT in Class B1 and No. 8 Medina will entertain No. 9 Wilson in Class B2. Both games are at 4:45 p.m.

Albion swept to a pair of wins over CSAT during the N-O season by scores of 13-4 and 15-5 while Medina split with Wilson. The Lakewomen won the first meeting 15-6 and the Mustangs won the rematch just a day later 10-3.

Also in Class B1, No. 5 Newfane will visit No. 4 Olean on Friday.

Roy-Hart, which is No. 5 in Class B2, will visit No. 4 DaVinci on Friday.

N-O champion Akron is seeded No. 2 in Class B 2 and will host the winner of the opening round game between Gowanda and JFK on Friday.

In Class C, No. 10 Barker will visit No. 7 Holland at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday.

In one non league game this afternoon, Medina dropped a narrow 9-8 decision at Cheektowaga.

Destiny Satkowski had a triple and Alisha Scroger a double for the Mustangs.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Evan Gaesser

Kendall High senior Evan Gaesser captured his third straight Genesee Region League golf tournament title this afternoon at Stafford Country Club.

Gaesser carded a winning score of 74 to earn a berth in this coming Saturday’s Section V championships.

Kendall junior Jake Adams also qualified for the sectionals by placing third with a round of 82.

Contributed Photo

The Roy-Hart baseball team ended a six decade long title drought this past week by capturing the Niagara-Orleans League championship for the first time since 1953 by compiling a 12-2 record. Roy-Hart’s 1953 team shared the title with Lew-Port after the Rams had captured the N-O crown outright in 1952. That last previous title year was well remembered as here the Rams pose for a team picture with the 1953 championship trophy after posting a 2-1 win over Newfane to cap off the league title campaign. In front, from left, are Ben Schwab. Jacob Bruning, Jake Stern, Charlie Bruning, Andy Xapsos (holding 1953 trophy), Al Xapsos and Matt Maines. In back are Assistant Coach Tom Brigham, Assistant Coach Bill Bruning, Austin Walker-, Brendan Hess, Joe Nolan, Justin Heschke, Cam Meadows, Eric Fitch, Nick Kubas, Tim Maines, Ben Maynard and Head Coach Jeff Ziemecki.

Tuning up for the upcoming sectional playoffs, Kendall defeated Pembroke 12-5 Saturday to close out the Genesee Region softball campaign.

Madison Rath had a home run and a double with a total of 5 RBIs and Kacey Menge 3 hits and 2 RBIs to lead the way for Kendall.

The Lady Eagles finish the regular season at 5-11.

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Longtime area high school softball Coach Larry Lash, who is in his third season at the Roy-Hart helm, achieved milestone career victory No. 500 this season. Lash guided Roy-Hart to Niagara-Orleans League championship in both 2014 and 2015. The Lady Rams finished in the runner-up spot this season with an 11-3 record. Players and coaches are shown here after the milestone victory including, in front, Kayla Brown, Sam Choate, Rachael Rausch and Lexie Lovewell. In back are Manager Reanna Perkins, Assistant Coach Carrie Choate, Jayden Townsend, Jamie Bower, Ashley Hill, Coach Larry Lash, Maddie Fry, Delaney Draper, Maddy Glena, Katelin Corra and Assistant Coach Randy Fry. Missing from the photo are Rielly Albee and Brianna Brewer.

Contributed Photo – Dynamite players and coaches celebrate the Boys of Summer Tournament championship.

The Dynamites 11U travel baseball won 3 straight games to capture their first tournament win of the season at the recent Boys of Summer Kickoff.

After dropping the first game of the tournament, the Dynamites battled back, outscoring their opponents 31-4 the rest of the way.

The Dynamites dismissed Academy Stars 11-1 in the championship game. Xander Payne pitched 4 innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 5. Brian Baes had 2 hits while Joe Cecchini, Aidan Paul, Payne, Thomas Russo and Kaiden Wisniewski each chipped in with 1 hit apiece.

Xander Payne delivers a pitch in the championship game.

In the semifinals, the Dynamites avenged their only loss of the tournament by beating Titans Baseball 13-1. Russo went4 innings on the mound, scattering 3 hits while striking out 5. Cecchini had 3 hits while Amari Jones and Ryan Mettler had 2 hits each and Javon Jones, Paul, Payne, Wisniewski and Iverson Poole 1 hit each. Poole’s hit was a double.

The Dynamites took care of business in the second game of the tournament to qualify for the day two championship round by defeating Orchard Park Thunder 7-2. Russo pitched4 innings, allowing 1 hit while striking out 3. Mettler pitched the other 3 innings allowing only 1 run. Offensively,  Javon Jones had 2 hits, including a double. Cecchini, Payne, Paul, Russo, Jay Heideman and Amari Jones each had 1. Amari Jones hit was a double.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Stacey Buckland and Zach Johnson and their Tiger treammates have earned top seeds of the upcoming Section V softball and baseball playoffs.

Lyndonville’s Genesee Region League Division II champion baseball and co-champion softball teams have both earned No. 1 seeds for the upcoming Section V playoffs.

The Lyndonville baseball squad will host the winner of the opening round game between No. 8 York and No. 9 Naples at 4:30 p.m. Friday in the quarterfinal round of the Class D I playoffs. The victor will then advance to a semifinal round contest on May 24 against either No. 4 Notre Dame or No. 5 Honeoye.

The Lady Tigers softball team will also open at home at 4:30 p.m. Friday in the D1 quarterfinals against the winner of the opening round contest between No. 8 HAC and No. 9 Wheatland-Chili.

The Holley/Kendall baseball team is seeded No. 4 in Class B2 and will host No. 5 LeRoy in the quarterfinals at 4:30 p.m. Friday.

The Holley softball team is seeded No. 8 in Class B2 and will host No. 9 Marcus Whitman at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. The winner will then take on top seeded Mynderse on Thursday.

The No. 12 seed Kendall softball team will face No. 5 Campbell-Savona at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Geneseo in a Class C2 opening round contest.

The seedings and pairings for the Section VI softball playoffs will be announced Monday evening and for the baseball playoffs on Tuesday evening.

The Week’s Schedule

Monday
Softball – Medina at Cheektowaga, 5 p.m.
Track – Kendall at Holley, 4:30 p.m.
Golf – G-R AllLeague Tournament at Stafford Country Club

Tuesday
Baseball – Medina at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Section V Class B2 No. 9 Mynderse at No. 8 Holley, 4:30 p.m.; Class C2 No. 12 Kendall vs. No. 5 Campbell-Savona at Geneseo, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis – Wilson at Medina, 4 p.m.

Wednesday
Baseball – Wilson at Barker, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – N-O Doubles Tournament at Akron
Track – N-O All-League meet at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.

Thursday
Tennis – N-O Doubles Tournament at Akron
Track – N-O All-League meet at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.

Friday
Baseball – Section V Class B2 No. 5 LeRoy at No. 4 Holley/Kendall, 4:30 p.m.; Class D1 – No. 8 York/No. 9 Naples winner at No. 1 Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.
Softball – Section V Class D1 No. 8 HAC/No.9 Wheatland-Chili winner at No. 1 Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.

Pulling away with an error aided inning, Batavia went on to defeat visiting Medina 7-2 this afternoon in a non league baseball game at Dwyer Stadium.

Leading by a narrow 3-2 margin, Batavia scored three times with two out in the bottom of the fourth inning to break the contest open. A two out error opened the door for that decisive uprising.

Medina had scored twice in the top of the fourth on singles by Brett Riemer and Alex Allis and a double by Tyler Ames to pull to within one but the Mustangs could not score again.

Medina, which had a total of only 4 hits on the day, next visits Wilson in a non league game at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday.