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Medina stickmen roll past Wilson

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 10 May 2016 at 12:00 am

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina defenseman Trent Cotriss works around Wilson’s Mitchell Peck during the Mustangs win over the Lakemen this afternoon at Vets Park.

Roaring out to a 19-0 first half lead, Medina romped to a 24-0 victory over visiting Wilson this afternoon in a Class C Division lacrosse game at Vets Park.

Jake Cotter and Brendan Luthart both scored 4 goals, Coby Albone 3, Mason Lewis, Dylan Lewis and Tyler Valley 2 each and Mike Carson and Greg Husung 1 each in the first half for the Mustangs.

Albone, Luthart and Cotter each finished with 4 goals, Mason Lewis 3, Johnny Salone, Dylan Lewis, Valley and Carson 2 each.

Now at 6-8 in the division and 7-8 overall, Medina will next host West Seneca West at 5 p.m. Thursday in a non league game to finish the regular season.

Kendall netters edge past Elba

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 10 May 2016 at 12:00 am

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Collin Lewis in route to a win at first singles for Kendall today as the host Eagles downed Elba.

Kendall trimmed visiting Elba 3-2 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League tennis match.

A straight set victory at first singles by Collin Lewis led the way for Kendall.

The Eagles also got straight set wins in the two doubles matches by the duos of Cameron Zinsmeister – Matthew Murray and Ryan Barrett – Jenna LoSapio.

Elba’s points came on three set victories by Mark Anauo at second singles and by Bailey DeLelys at third singles.

Wilson tops Medina in N-O softball

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 10 May 2016 at 12:00 am

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina first baseman Courtney Bailey stretches to take the throw as Wilson’s Taylor Cyphert gets safely to the bag. The action took place during the Lakewomen’s win over the Mustangs this evening at Vets Park.

Scoring in five different innings, Wilson posted a 15-6 victory over Medina this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League make-up softball game at Vets Park.

Lauren Couturier had 4 hits and Taylor Cyphert 3 to lead the Wilson attack as Jenn Darlak and Anthonena Delisi both had doubles.

The Lakewomen scored 4 runs in both the third and seventh innings and three in the fifth frame.

Medina scored 4 times in the fifth as Alisha Scroger had a triple and Allison Bensley and Davina Birch singles.

Wilson improves to 8-5 and Medina slips to 7-6.

The two teams will meet again at Wilson on Wednesday in a regularly scheduled game to close out the N-O season.

Medina defeated Wilson 17-5 in the JV game as Brooklyn Brown had 4 hits.

Davina Birch makes a catch for the Mustangs in left field.

Medina netters clinch tie for N-O title as Akron nips Albion

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 9 May 2016 at 12:00 am

Akron nipped defending champion Albion 3-2 1/2 this afternoon enabling Medina to clinch at least a tie for the Niagara-Orleans League tennis title.

Albion finishes the season at 10-2 while Medina takes a 10-1 record into Wednesday’s finale against Wilson.

Akron improves to 8-3 with one match remaining against Roy-Hart on Tuesday.

In the other N-O matches, Wilson (5-5) defeated rival Newfane (4-7) 4 1/2-1 and Roy-Hart (2-9) downed Barker (0-12) 4 1/2-1.

Akron 3, Albion 2 1/2
Singles: Ryan Meek (Ak) def. Daniel Beam 6-4, 6-1; Nathan Chubb (Ak) def. Josh Metzler 7-6, 7-5; Dylan Bader (Alb) def. Brandon Meek 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles: Matt Kovaleski-Emilie Barleben (Alb) def. Jacob Meyer-Cierra Janis 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; Morgan Wagner-Erica Papke (Ak) def. Matt Flanagan -Victor Benjovsky 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Owen Foos-Connor McQuillan (Alb) def. Emma Chubb-Cameron Brooks 6-1, 6-4.

Roy-Hart 4 1/2, Barker 1
Singles: Patrick Sheelar (RH) def. Nick Fazzolari 6-3, 6-4; Andrew Jenks (B) def. Angelia Ciarfella 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Connor Heiser (RH) def. Alexander Israel 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Doubles: Rachel Hutter – Aspen Morore (RH) def. Nick Sutch – Christian Young 6-2, 6-1; Cameron VanBuren-Caleb Reith (RH) def. Marisa Jowdy – Grace Harris 6-3, 6-0; Sean O’Grady-Mason Collins (RH) def. Natalie Bruning-Maya Gooding 6-3, 7-5.

Wilson 4 1/2, Newfane 1
Singles: Joey Hecko (W) def. Jeremy Ribbeck 6-0, 4-6,7-5; Gabriel Curcione (W) def. Terrell Atkins 7-5, 6-0; Kyle Lyon (W) def. Bobby Heers 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles: Cameron Seib-Jacob Koithans (N) def. Kallie Olear-Marlowe Recht 6-7, 6-3, 6-2; Bebecca Connors – Alex Couturier (W) def. Nick Heimiller-Austin Smith 6-1 6-0.

Holley 5, Pembroke 0
Holley improved to 8-2 in Genesee Region League action with a 5-0 win over Pembroke led by singles victories by the trio of Brady Smith, Pablo Romero and Cameron Bennage.

The Hawks also got wins by the doubles teams of Gabe Mendoza-Melanie Klossner and Derek McArthur-Jake Desimone.

Golf

Notre Dame 292, Kendall 301
Evan Gaesser took medalist honors with a 39 and Jake Adams had a 43 for Kendall in the Eagles 292-301 loss to Notre Dame.

G-R Track

The Kendall girls earned a split in a Genesee Region League tri-meet defeating Notre Dame 98.5-40.5 and losing to Byron-Bergen 89-52. Taylor ReQua was a double winner for the Lady Eagles in the 100 and 200.

The Kendall boys lost 101-35 to Notre Dame and 118-22 to Byron-Bergen.

Lady Tigers rally past Lady Lancers

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 9 May 2016 at 12:00 am

Avenging an earlier 14-5 loss, Lyndonville used a big last inning rally to down host Elba 10-7 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League contest.

Trailing 7-4, Lyndonville rallied for six runs in the decisive seventh inning to improve to 10-1 in G-R action.

Two-run singles by Jess Harling and Stacey Buckland highlighted the big rally which also included an RBI double by Lisa Boyce and an RBI single by Bri Paniccia.

Harling and Miranda Lembcke both had a pair of hits and Anna Lewis a triple on the day for the Lady Tigers.

Lembcke at catcher and Aubrey Lewis at shortstop both came up with big plays to anchor the Lyndonville defense.

Lady Rams down Mustangs

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 9 May 2016 at 12:00 am

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Kayla Brown heads to second base as Medina’s Alisha Scroger goes high to try to get the ball. The action took place during the Lady Rams win over the Mustangs this afternoon at Vets Park.

Notching league victory No. 10, Roy-Hart downed Medina 15-3 at Vets Park this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans softball game.

Breaking away from an early 1-1 deadlock, Roy-Hart moved on top to stay by erupting for 5 runs in the third inning on a two-run single by Samantha Choate, a pair of errors and a run producing sacrifice bunt by Delaney Draper.

The Lady Rams also had a big 7 run seventh inning uprising highlighted by a two-run single by Kayla Brown and RBI singles by Jamie Bower, Rielly Albee and Maddy Glena.

Ryenn Oliver and Alisha Scroger both had doubles and Destiny Satkowski a pair of hits on the day for Medina.

Roy-Hart is now 10-3 and Medina 7-5 in N-O action.

Medina nipped Roy-Hart 6-5 in the JV game as Cora Payne struck out 10 and Ashlee Howell had 3 hits and scored the winning run.

Medina’s Ashley Satkowski slides safely into second base as Roy-Hart’s Kayla Brown dives to try and make the tag. Delaney Draper backs up the play for the Lady Rams.

Albion 8, Barker 5
Meghan Hurley had a huge day at the plate to lead Albion past Barker 8-5.

Hurley banged out 4 hits including a three-run homer, a solo shot, a double and a single helping the Purple Eagles improve to 7-6 in N-O competition.

Barker slips to 3-10.

Akron 26, Wilson 3
Abby Stone had 5 hits and 11 RBIs to power Akron (12-1) past Wilson (3-9) as the Lady Tigers locked up outright possession of the N-O title. Her hits included two home runs, a triple and a double.

Roy-Hart tops Medina to capture N-O diamond championship outright

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 9 May 2016 at 12:00 am

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Andy Xapsos goes around Medina catcher Justin Morgan to score a run during the Rams title clinching win over the Mustangs this evening at Vets Park.

Roy-Hart locked up outright possession of its first Niagara-Orleans League baseball championship since 1953 by defeating Medina 7-2 at Vets Park this evening.

Charlie Bruning went the distance on the mound allowing only 2 hits and striking out 12 as Roy-Hart improves to 11-2.

Justin Heschke and Eric Fitch both had 3 hits to lead the Rams offense.

Roy-Hart scored twice in the third inning on a single by Heschke and a sacrifice by Bruning and three times in the fourth as Fitch doubled in one run and Al Xapsos singled in another. Bruning also had another sacrifce to plate an insurance run in the seventh.

Medina’s two runs came in the fourth sparked by a single by Brad McPherson.

The loss drops Medina to 5-8.

Roy-Hart’s Ben Maynard slides into second base ahead of a tag by Brian Fry.

Barker 4, Albion 3
Barker rallied for four runs in the sixth inning on RBI singles by Brad Wilson, Collin Webb, Ryan Voss and a run producing sacrifice fly by Jake Meister to erase a 3-0 deficit and nip Albion 4-3.

Both teams are now 8-5 in N-O action.

Wilson 10, Akron 7
John Bender had 3 hits, including a double, and Jake Mitchell 2 to lead Wilson (7-5) to a 10-7 win over Akron (3-10).

Lyndonville nipped in walk-a-thon

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 9 May 2016 at 12:00 am

Lyndonville dropped a 16-15 decision at Lima Christian this afternoon in a wild non league game that featured a total of 30 walks.

Lima Christian scored 3 runs in the bottom of the seventh to claim the win after Lyndonville had scored 4 times in the top of the frame to take a 15-13 lead aided by a couple of errors.

Jacob Hoffee had 4 hits for Lyndonville as Michael Wells and Eric Neace both had 3 and Eddie Schildt 2.

Now at 12-4 overall, Lyndonville next visits Notre Dame at 5 .m. Tuesday in a Genesee Region League game.

Youth baseball season gets underway

Contributed Story Posted 9 May 2016 at 12:00 am

The local youth baseball season got underway on Saturday as the Bogan and Tuttle Twins blanked the Somerset Giants 9-0, the Braves nipped the Yankees 2-1 and the Mark’s Pizzeria Reds edged the Royals 2-0.

Lukas Grimes had 3 hits for the Twins as Will Prest, Maxime Pilon, Cole Callard, Tyler Allen and Jackson Schultz each chipped in with 2 and Carlos Doval, Brayden Lewis and Sawyer Kingsbury with 1 each.

Liam Castricone had 2 hits for the Yankees as Laraya Guy, Keara Fearby, Cameron Kenward, Breydin Miller, Kolton Fletcher and Aaron Woodroe each added 1. On the mound, Woodroe, Guy and Castricone all pitched well.

Brody Fry had a big day for the Reds banging out a double and home run and striking out 5 in 3 innings of work on the mound. Jimmy Dieter also had 4 strikeouts in 2 innings. Avion Johnson had 2 hits and 1 RBI, Riley Tompkins 2 hits and Colton Smith 1.

Tigers slay Dragons to go to 14-0

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 8 May 2016 at 8:14 pm

Banging out a dozen hits, Lyndonville defeated host Pembroke this afternoon to stay perfect at 10-0 in the Genesee Region League and 14-0 overall.

Doubles by Brandon Schoolcraft and AJ Buckland highlighted a three-run first inning for Lyndonville. Singles by Justin Edwards, Jacob Hoffee and Ty Hrovat ignited the uprising.

The Tigers later capped off the win by scoring four times in the seventh inning on singles by Edwards, Hrovat, Schoolcraft, Buckland and Michael Wells.

Edwards, Hoffee, Hrovat, Schoolcraft and Buckland each finished with two hits.

Chris Scroger picked up the win on the mound for the Tigers scattering three hits and striking out four.

Alexander 14, Kendall 5
Alexander scored three times in the third inning and then four times in both the fifth and sixth frames to key a 14-5 victory over visiting Kendall in a G-R game.

Alex Sutphen had two hits for Kendall which slips to 3-7.