Improving to 10-2, Holley defeated Byron-Bergen 4-1 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League tennis match.

A sweep of the three singles matches by the trio of Brady Smith, Pablo Romero and Cameron Bennage keyed the victory for Holley.

The Hawks also got a win from the second doubles team of Derek McArthur and Jake DeSimone.

Holley visits Attica in a key match on Monday.

G-R Golf
Elba improved to 7-1 by downing Kendall 213-273 this afternoon in a G-R golf match.

Kendall’s Evan Gaesser took medalist honors with a 36.

The Eagles are now 4-3.

The U12 Medina Youth Soccer Club has split a pair of games to open the season defeating Grand Island 4-1 after dropping a narrow 4-3 decision to Wilson.

Two penalty kick goals proved to be the difference in the loss to Wilson.

Aiden Owczarczak scored two goals for Medina on assists from Roman Heinsler and Cole Seefeldt. Heinsler accounted for the third goal assisted by Jack Whipple.

Rebounding, Medina bested Grand Island as Samuel Kingsbury tallied two goals, one unassisted and the other supported by Wyatt Zelazny, Seefeldt registered an unassisted goal and Zack Fike found the back of the net off an assist by Bryson Costich.

Also turning in strong efforts were Xander Payne on defense and Zaric Boyce at midfield.

Alexander rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to nip visiting Lyndonville 7-5 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League softball game.

A two-run home run by Hannah Paolucci capped off the LadyTrojans decisive rally.

Lyndonville had only 4 hits on the day, all coming during a two-run first inning on singles by Aubrey Lewis, Miranda Lembcke, Jess Harling and Lisa Boyce.

The Lady Tigers later added solo runs on errors in the third, sixth and seventh innings to hold a short lived 5-4 lead.

Lyndonville pitcher Makenzie Muck likewise hurled a four hitter.

Lyndonville, which is now 11-2 in G-R action, next hosts Notre Dame at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

Notre Dame 18, Holley 9
Brooklynn Bartholomew had 3 hits and Anna Brasted a two-run single for Holley in the Lady Hawks 18-9 G-R loss to Notre Dame.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina third baseman Tyler Ames waits for the throw as Wilson’s John Bender slides in on a steal. The action took place during the Mustangs loss to the Lakemen at Vets Park this afternoon.

One big scoring inning proved to be just enough to earn Wilson a 5-3 win over Medina this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League baseball game at Vets Park.

The Lakemen bunched all of their runs into a big five-run third inning highlighted by a two-run triple by Connor Seeley.

John Bender went the distance on the mound for the Lakemen allowing only 3 hits and striking out 13.

Blanked on no hits through the first four innings Medina got the bases loaded in the fifth on a single by Jared Zinkievich, an error and a walk. A  single by Tyler Ames then plated the Mustangs first run but Bender got out of further trouble by registering 3 straight clutch strikeouts.

Medina’s Jared Zinkievich tries for a sliding catch in centerfield.

Medina’s other two runs came in the seventh on a pair of wild pitches as a single by Brett Riemer and a walk set up the threat.

Wilson improves to 8-5 while Medina finishes the N-O season at 5-9.

The Mustangs next host Holley/Kendall at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in a non league game.

Avenging a 15-6 loss Tuesday evening, Medina bested host Wilson 10-3 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans Leage softball game.

Emily Kams had 4 hits, including a double and triple, Alisha Scroger 3, including a double, and Ryenn Oliver a two-run home run to lead the Medina offense.

Jenn Darlak had a triple and Emily Kelly a double for Wilson.

Medina finishes the N-O season at 8-6 while Wilson slips to 4-9.

Medina defeated Wilson 7-2 in the JV game as Brooklyn Brown had 3 hits and Camri King 2.

Roy-Hart 8, Newfane 2
Eighth grader Samantha Choate had a big day both in the circle and at the plate to lead Roy-Hart to an 8-2 win over Newfane.

In the circle, Choate allowed only 4 hits and struck out 4. At the plate, she had an RBI triple in the third inning and a two-run double in the seventh.

Kayla Brown added 3 hits with 2 RBIs for the Lady Rams.

Roy-Hart finishes the N-O season at 11-3 and Newfane at 9-5.

Barker 9, CSAT 5
Erika Moeller hurled a 4 hitter with 14 strikeouts to lead Barker past CSAT 9-5.

Moeller also had a big day at the plate with an RBI double in the third inning and a two-run triple in the sixth.

Courtney Bodine and Mary Rounds both had 3 hits for the Lady Raiders as Sabrina Harris had 2, including a double, and Kylie Miller a triple.

Barker is now 4-9 and CSAT finishes the league season at 0-14.

Banes Machine Shop/Banes Plumbing opened the Medina Women’s Softball A League season Monday by sweeping a doubleheader defeating Albion Vets 16-1 and Just Us 18-3.

Jamie Chatt, Donna Bane and Sarah Surdel each had two hits to lead the Banes offense against Albion Vets.

Banes scored 4 quick runs in the first inning on two walks, an error and hits by Amy Allis and Chatt.

Hits by Bane, Surdel, Connie Heschke and Robin Blaun added 4 more in the second frame.

Banes then broke the game open with 6 runs in the fourth on doubles by Jen Masse and Alisha Foss along with singles by Kathy Allen, Jen Molisani, Bane and Surdel.

The win over Just Us was decided in the opening frame as Banes scored 12 runs on a rash of walks and errors.

Allis and Surdel both had a pair of hits in the game.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Anna Lewis hustles into third base as Kendall’s Emily Mattle takes the throw. The action took place during the Lady Tigers win over the host Lady Eagles this afternoon.

A big third inning scoring burst keyed Lyndonville to an 8-2 victory over host Kendall this afternoon in a Genesee Region League softball game.

Breaking away from a scoreless deadlock, Lyndonville erupted for 6 runs in the decisive frame on a two-run home run by Miranda Lembke, a two-run double by Stacey Buckland, an RBI double by Jess Harling and an RBI single by Aubrey Lewis.

Lembcke, Anna Lewis and Harling each had 2 hits on the day.

Buckland and Makenzie Muck combined to hurl a 4 hitter.

Lyndonville is now 11-1 in the league.

Attica 14, Holley 3
Anna Brasted and Chelsea Norman both had 3 hits and Brooklynn Bartholomew, Ryley O’Mara and Bri Barber 2 each for Holley in the Lady Hawks 14-3 G-R loss to Attica.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Pablo Romero, left, and Brady Smith scored wins at the first two singles spots today to lead Holley to a key 4-1 win over visiting Holley.

Staying in the thick of the title chase, Holley posted a key 4-1 victory over visiting Attica this afternoon to improve to 9-2 in Genesee Region League tennis competition.

Three sets wins by Pablo Romero at second singles and Cameron Bennage at third singles highlighted the Hawks victory.

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

In one other Niagara-Orleans League match, Akron improved to 9-3 by blanking Roy-Hart (2-10) 5 1/2-0.

Singles: Ryan Meek (A) def. Patrick Sheelar 6-0, 6-0; Nathan Chubb (A) def. Elliot Spitzer 6-0, 6-0; Brandon Meek (A) def. Angelina Ciarfella 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles: Jacob Meyer-Cierra Janis (A) def. Rachel Hutter-Connor Heiser 6-1, 6-2; Morgan Wagner-Erica Papke (A) def. Sean O’Grady-Caleb Reith 6-0, 6-0; Eliza Papke-Morgan Wdowka (A) def. Aspen Moore-Cameron VanBuren 6-3, 6-0.

Scoring four quick runs in the first inning without the benefit of a hit, Lyndonville went on to defeat Notre Dame 6-3 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League game at Dwyer Stadium.

The Tigers combined a walk, 3 errors and an RBI sacrifice fly by Eddie Schildt into the big first inning uprising.

Michael Wells picked up the win on the mound for the Tigers scattering 4 hits over six and one-third innings.

The Tigers improve to 7-2 in the league and 13-4 overall.

CSAT 7, Barker 6
Capitalizng on a rash of errors, CSAT rallied to nip Barker 7-6 in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

The Eagles took advantage of 6 Raider errors, two of which came in the final frame helping to key a 4 run rally.

Brad Wilson and Chauncy McKee both had two-run singles and Collin Webb a pair of hits for Barker.

CSAT finishes the N-O season at 9-5 and Barker 8-6.

Purple Eagles give retiring coach a perfect gift

Photo by Mike Wertman – Retiring Albion boys track Coach Wayne Wadhams meets here with the Purple Eagles group of pole vaulters prior to the start of this afternoon’s final home meet of the season against Barker. At the right is intern Henry Haines, an Albion graduate who has been working with the pole vaulters this season.

Members of the Albion boys track team gave retiring Coach Wayne Wadhams a perfect farewell gift this afternoon as the Purple Eagles defeated visiting Barker 92-49 on Senior Day to close out the Niagara-Orleans League regular season at 3-3.

Wadhams has guided the Purple Eagles for the past 18 years, a stretch highlighted by a lengthy string of seven straight undefeated N-O championship season from 2004-2010. The Purple Eagles went 43-0 during that title run and have gone 89-25 in N-O competition over the past 18 years.

“We’ve had some real good kids over the years,” said Wadhams who is an Albion grad himself. “All the success we’ve had has been because of the great kids we’ve worked with. The kids have really done the job over the years.”

Eight different athletes scored individual event wins for Albion including Tre Yaskulski (110 hurdles), Kory Reynolds (100), Lamar Chambers (400 hurdles), Nate Trembley (shot-put), Tommy Mattison (long jump), Cody Osborne (200), Preston Flugel (pole vault) and Manwell Taylor (triple jump).

Chambers, Mattison and Osborne also teamed up with Israel Florentino to win the 400 relay. Chambers also combined with Brill Johnson, Nick Reed and Ugene Harrison to capture the 1600 relay.

Barker, which finishes at 0-5-1, had Brent Bachman double in the 1600 and 3200 and Jake Arnold in the 800 and high jump as Brett Holland added a win in the discus.

The Albion girls completed the sweep by topping Barker 97-43 as Mahogany Taylor doubled in the 100 hurdles and high jump, Mariah Elsenheimer in the 100 and 200 and Chanyce Powell in the long jump and triple jump.

Albion finishes the regular season at 4-2 and Barker 2-4.

Newfane sweeps Medina/Lyndonville

The Newfane boys bested visiting Medina/Lyndonville 86-55 to finish at 4-2.

Andrew Boudeman doubled in the long jump and triple jump and Sam Auernhamer in the 1600 and 3200 to lead the way for Newfane.

Jalin Cooper doubled in the 100 and high jump and Chase Pecoraro in the 1110 hurdles and 400 for Medina/Lyndonville which winds up at 2-4.

Dustin Hinkley also won the 400 and Zach Harris the discus for the Mustangs.

The Newfane girls completed the sweep by downing Medina/Lyndonville 84 2/3-55 1/3.

Hannah Levandowski doubled in the shot-put and discus for Newfane which finishes at 4-2.

Martha Gardner won both the 1500 and 3000 for Medina/Lyndonville which falls to 0-6.

The Mustangs also got wins from Holly Heil (400), Olivia Carter (400 hurdles), Emma Gardner (high jump), Maddie Williams (triple jump) and Layna Vilora (100 hurdles).

Akron, Wilson split

The Akron girls completed a 6-0 championship season by downing Wilson 114-27 as Leah Czechowski tripled in the 100, 200 and long jump.

The Lady Tigers also had Henry Jones double in the shot-put and discus, Kylie Schultz in the 1500 and 3000 and Hannah Cummings in the high jump and 400 hurdles.

The Wilson boys likewise completed a 6-0 title campaign by besting Akron 91-50.

The Lakemen were led by a trio of double winners including Trey Rees (400, 1600), Mason Secor (shot-put, discus) and Mark Coder (pole vault, 110 hurdles).