Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Coby Albone and his Mustang teammates have a pair of key home lacrosse games on tap this coming week.

Looking to finish the regular season at the .500 mark, the Medina lacrosse team will host a pair of contests at Vets Park this week.

Currently at 6-8, the Mustangs will host Wilson in a Class C Division game at 5 p.m. Tuesday and then entertain West Seneca West in a non league contest at 5 p.m. Thursday to round out the regular season.

Jake Cotter leads the Mustangs in scoring with 52 goals as Brendan Luthart has 26, Tyler Valley and Mason Lewis 23 each and Coby Albone 19.

Battling to earn a Genesee Region League Division 2 title, the Lyndonville softball team begins a busy stretch of five league contests in as many days on Monday at Elba. The Lady Lancers handed the Lady Tigers their only league loss to date. The Lady Tigers are currently 9-1 in G-R action.

The Niagara-Orleans League tennis title will be determined by two matches season ending matches this week – Albion vs. Akron on Monday and Medina vs. Wilson on Wednesday. Defending champion Albion and Medina are currently tied for first place at 10-1.

In the N-O baseball title race, Roy-Hart can claim outright possession of its first league title since 1953 by winning one of its two remaining games. Currently at 10-2, the Rams, which have already clinched at least a tie for the title, visit Medina on Monday and host Newfane on Wedneday.

Akron, which has already clinched at least a tie for the N-O softball title, can likewise claim the crown outright by winning one of its two remaining games. Currently at 11-1, the Lady Tigers host Wilson on Monday and Albion on Thursday.

The Week’s Schedule

Monday
Baseball – Lyndonville at Lima Christan, 4:30 pm.; Albion at Barker, CSAT at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.; Akron at Wilson, 5 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Medina, 7:30 p.m.
Softball – Holley at Pembroke, 4 p.m.; Lyndonville at Elba, Wheatland-Chili at Kendall, 4:30 p.m.; Barker at Albion, Roy-Hart at Medina, Wilson at Akron, Newfane at CSAT, 4:45 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Albion, 6:45 p.m.
Tennis – Holley at Pembroke, Albion at Akron, Roy-Hart at Barker, Newfane at Wilson, 4 p.m.
Track – Elba/Byron-Bergen at Kendall, 4:30 p.m.
Golf – Notre Dame at Kendall, 4 p.m.

Tuesday
Baseball – Lyndonville at Notre Dame, 5 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Kendall, Attica at Holley, 4:30 p.m.
Track – Barker at Albion, Wilson at Akron, 4:15 p.n.; Medina at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.
Lacrosse- Wilson at Medina, 5 p.m.

Wednesday
Baseball – Wilson at Medina, Newfane at Roy-Hart, Barker at CSAT, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Medina at Wilson, 4:15 p.m.; Kendall at Byron-Bergen 3:45 p.m.; CSAT at Barker, Roy-Hart at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Byron-Bergen at Holley, Kendall at Elba, 4 p.m.
Golf – Kendall at Oakfield/Elba, 4 p.m.

Thursday
Baseball – Akron at Albion, 5 p.m.; Holley/Kendall at Medina, 7:30 p.m.
Softball – Holley at Alexander, Elba at Kendall, Notre Dame at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Akron, 4:45 p.m.

Friday
Baseball – Oakfield-Alabama at Lyndonville, Attica at Holley/Kendall ,4:30 p.m.
Softball – Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville, Holley at Alexander, Pembroke at Kendall, 4:30 p.m.
Golf – Kendall at Notre Dame, 4 p.m.

Saturday
Baseball – Medina at Batavia, TBA; Albion at Niagara Falls, 12 p.m.

N-O Standings

Baseball: Roy-Hart 10-2, Albion 8-4, Barker 7-5, CSAT 7-5, Wilson 6-5, Medina 5-7, Akron 3-9, Newfane 1-10.
Softball: Akron 11-1, Roy-hart 9-3, Newfane 8-4, Medina 7-4, Albion 6-6, Wilson 3-8, Barker 3-9, CSAT 0-12.
Tennis: Albion 10-1, Medina 10-1, Akron 7-3, Wilson 4-5, Newfane 4-6, Roy-Hart 1-9, Barker 0-11.
Boys Track: Wilson 5-0, Newfane 3-2, Roy-Hart 3-3, Akron 2-2-1, Albion 2-3, Medina 2-3, Barker 0-4-1.
Girls Track: Akron 5-0, Wilson 4-1, Albion 3-2, Newfane 3-2, Barker 2-3, Roy-Hart 1-5, Medina 0-5.

Class C Division Lacrosse Standings

Gowanda/Silver Creek 13-1, Akron 12-1, East Aurora 9-4, Eden 7-6, Medna 5-8, Salamanca 4-9, Lew-Port 2-11, Wilson 0-12.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Emily Annable slides safely into second base as Lyndonville’s Aubrey Lewis tries to make the tag. Kennedy Clark backs up the play. The action took place during the Lady Raiders win over the visiting Lady Tigers this afternoon.

Scoring in every inning, Barker scored a 14-3 victory over visiting Lyndonville this afternoon in a non league softball game.

Mary Rounds led the Barker attack by driving in a total of six runs with two-run singles in both the third and fifth innings and a two-run double in the sixth.

Winning pitcher Erika Moeller, Abby Bachman and Emily Annable each had two hits for Barker which broke the game open with four runs in the fifth inning and three more in the sixth.

The Lady Raiders took the lead for good by scoring three quick runs in the first inning highlighted by a triple by Kylie Miller and singles by Moeller and Bachman.

In the circle, Moeller scattered 5 hits and struck out 8 in five innings of work.

Anna Lewis drove in all three of Lyndonville runs with a triple in the third inning and singles in both the fifth and seventh frames.

Putting together a big sixth inning scoring burst, Lyndonville rallied to defeat host Elba/Byron-Bergen 12-7 this afternoon in a non league baseball game.

Trailing 7-4, the Tigers rallied with a huge 8 run sixth inning scoring surge to improve to 12-3 on the season.

Eddie Schildt and Corey Hydock both banged out two-run singles and Jacob Hoffee had a pair of RBI singles during the decisive rally with also included RBI singles by Michael Wells and Nolan Donald as a double by Zach Johnson ignited the uprising.

Hoffee and Wells both finished with 3 hits as Dawson Joy, Schildt and Donald each had 2.

Medina/Lyndonville scored wins in five events at the Pembroke Invitational Friday.

Jalin Cooper won both the 100 and 200, Martha Gardner the 1500 and 3000 and Daniel Heil the 1600.

Heil also placed second in the 3000 while Chase Pecoraro took second in both the 110 hurdles and long jump and third in the pole vault.

Contributed Photo – Ben Austin, left, and Blade Garlow

Two Medina High graduates, Ben Austin and Blade Garlow, recently completed a very productive season as teammates on the Pfeiffer University lacrosse team in North Carolina.

Austin, a junior, scored 15 goals and added 14 assists to increase his three year career totals to 23 goals and 18 assists.

Garlow, who is also a junior, had 20 goals and his 15 assists in his first year with the Falcons.

Both players rank in the top five on Medina’s all-time scoring list as Austin had career totals of 133 goals and 81 assists and Garlow 131 goals and 64 assists.

Pfeiffer, a Division 2 college which competes in the Carolinas Conference, went 8-7 on the season.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart shortstop Andy Xapsos makes a throw to first for an out as second baseman Al Xapsos watches the play. The action took place during the Rams win over the host Purple Eagles this afternoon.

Roy-Hart clinched at least a tie for the Niagara-Orleans League baseball title by defeating host Albion 4-1 this afternoon.

In earning at least a share of their first N-O title since 1953 the Rams improve to 10-2 while the Purple Eagles slip to 8-4 and two games off the pace.

Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, Roy-Hart scored the decisive three runs in the fifth inning on a bases loaded walk, a wild pitch and an RBI single by Ben Maynard. Two walks and a single by Al Xapsos loaded the bases to set up the opportunity.

Albion third baseman Liam Ward makes a throw to first for an out as shortstop Evan Pappalardo watches the play.

Roy-Hart hurler Cam Meadows then preserved the lead by blanking Albion over the last three innings retiring six of the final seven batters he faced.

Meadows allowed only 2 hits and struck out 4 on the day.

Roy-Hart’s other run came in the top of the first inning on a single by Andy Xapsos and a passed ball.

Albion knotted the contest with a run in the home half of the first on a double by Jason Downs and a sacrifice by Evan Pappalardo but the Purple Eagles could not cross home plate again.

Trailing 10-6, Lyndonville exploded for 12 runs in the seventh inning to rally for a wild 18-10 victory over host Wheatland-Chili this afternoon in a Genesee Region League softball game.

The Lady Tigers bunched 8 hits together in the decisive final frame including 2 each by Anna Lewis and Makenzie Muck.

Lewis had a total of 4 hits and 3 RBIs, Miranda Lembcke 3, including a double and 3 RBIs, and Jess Harling a two-run homer and a total of 4 RBIs for the Lady Tigers which improve to 9-1 in G-R competition.

A pair of late goals earned Medina a come-from-behind 12-11 victory over host Lockport this afternoon in a non league lacrosse game.

Trailing 11-10, Medina rallied for the win as Jake Cotter scored the equalizer with 2:59 remaining and Mason Lewis followed up with the game winner just 52 seconds later.

Cotter and Lewis each had a total of 5 goals on the day as Brendan Luthart and Tyler Howard each chipped in with one.

Breaking away from a 5-5 half-time deadlock, Medina built up a 10-5 lead at the three-quarter mark.

However, Lockport opened the final period with a burst of six straight goals to grab what proved to be a short lived 11-10 lead.

Now at 6-8 overall, Medina next hosts Wilson at 5 p.m. Tuesday in a Class C Division game.

One big scoring inning keyed Akron to a narrow 5-4 victory over Medina this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League game under the lights at Vets Park.

Trailing 1-0, Akron bunched all of its runs into a big five run fifth inning highlighted by a two-run double by Jon Nowakowski.

Medina did answer back with one run in the fifth on an error and two more in the sixth on an RBI single by Brad McPherson and a run producing triple by Tyler Ames but the Mustangs could get no closer.

The Mustangs other run came in the third inning on a single by Brian Fry which followed a single by Ames.

Medina is now 5-7 and Akron 3-9 in N-O action.