Morning rain has washed out this afternoon’s schedule of Niagara-Orleans League baseball and softball games.

Rescheduled for Tuesday are the Albion at Newfane, Wlson at Roy-Hart and Barker at Akron baseball games along with the Albion at Newfane, Akron at Barker, Roy-Hart at Wilson and CSAT at Medina softball games. No makeup date has been set for the Medina at CSAT baseball game.

Also washed out has been the Attica at Lyndonville Genesee Region League baseball game along with the Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville and Notre Dame at Holley G-R softball games.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jalin Cooper, left, and Roy-Hart’s Andy Xapsos have earned All State basketball honors.

Two local players, Roy-Hart senior Andy Xapsos and Medina sophomore Jalin Cooper, have earned spots on the Class B All-State basketball squad.

Xapsos was a 12th team selection while Cooper received Honorable Mention.

Xapsos led all area players in scoring this past season with 496 points for a 22.5 per game average.

Cooper scored 340 points (15.4 ave.) and also had 225 rebounds, 56 assists, 47 steals and 46 blocks.

Both players were first team Niagara-Orleans All League selections who also earned Honorable Mention on the All-Western New York squad.

Three other local players have received Honorable Mention on the All Greater Rochester squad including the Lyndonville duo of senior Nick Hinkson and junior Eddie Schildt along with Kendall senior Jacob Ramsdell.

Contributed Photo – Scott Bradley in action at the New Orleans Ironman competition with his dad, Wes Bradley, at the right cheering him on.

Lyndonville native Scott Bradley has had a busy start to his Triathlon season with a lot of traveling.

He opened the season at the Ironman 70.3 Pan American Pro Championship in Panama.

Setting a goal of breaking the 4 hour mark, he had a personal best time of 27:27 in the 1.2 mile swim but then trouble struck during the 56 mile bike rise. Another rider pulled out in front of him with 13 miles to go causing him to crash. Fortunately he had no broken bones but the incident cost hime some 37 minutes before he was able to finish his ride.

He then competed in the half marathon (13.1 mile) run finishing 21st out of the 25 Male Pros and 80th overall out of 1,307 competitors in a total time of 4:43.03.

Next he competed in an Ironman 70.3 in Puerto Rico.

He had the 7th fastest time on the bike at 2:07.35 to move up to 16th place.

However after a hard push on the bike ride, he “hit the wall” during the half marathon run slipping four places to finish the overall competition 20th out of 24 Male Pros and 28th overall out of 1.351 competitors in a time of 4:25.32.

Then, after getting his cracked bike frame replaced and allowing a hamstring injury to heal, he competed in an Ironman 70.3 in New Orleans.

The bike again proved to be his strong point as he posted the 5th fastest time of the day at 2:07.14 and moved him up to 14th place.

His half marathon run time of 1:26.12 allowed him to maintain his 14th place finish among the 22 Male Pros and 15th overall out of 1,297 competitors in a time of 4:11.39.

Next up will be the challenge of competitions on successive weekends, the Ironman 7.3 Raleigh on June 5 and the Ironman 70.3 Eagleman the following week.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Front-running Roy-Hart and runner-up Albion will meet in a key Niagara-Orleans League baseball game this coming week. Here Roy-Hart’s Andy Xapsos slides into second base during an earlier season meeting between the teams as Albion’s Bryce Pritchard tries to make the tag.

With just two weeks remaining in the regular season the Niagara-Orleans League baseball, softball and tennis title races will begin heading into the stretch run this coming week.

On the N-O baseball diamonds, Roy-Hart at 8-1 currently holds a one game lead over 7-2 Albion. The Rams and Purple Eagles will meet in a key contest on Friday. Roy-Hart won the earlier season meeting 5-0.

The N-O softball race has Akron leading the way at 8-1, a game head of defending champion Roy-Hart at 7-2. The Lady Tigers and Lady Rams will meet in a key showdown on Wednesday at Roy-Hart. The Lady Tigers romped to a 23-2 win in the earlier season meeting.

On the tennis courts, the N-O title race is a near instant replay of last year’s three-way race between Albion, Medina and Akron. The Purple Eagles emerged victorious in that battle claiming the N-O crown with a 9-3 record as the Mustangs and Tigers finished ted for second at 8-4. Albion currently holds the top spot at 8-0 with Medina at 8-1 and Akron 6-2.

Albion will host Medina on Wednesday and Medina will entertain Akron on Thursday in a pair of key matches. Albion nipped Medina 3-2 1/2 and Medina bested Akron 3 1/2-2 in the earlier season meetings.

The Lyndonville softball squad, which is undefeated in Genesee Region League competition at 8-0, has three league games on the schedule including home contests against Byron-Bergen on Monday and Elba on Tuesday and at Wheatland -Chili on Friday.

The Week’s Schedule

Monday
Baseball – Attica at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at CSAT, Newfane at Albion, Wilson at Roy-Hart, Barker at Akron, 4:45 p.m.
Softball -Kendall at Pembroke, Notre Dame at Holley, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Newfane, CSAT at Medina (2), Roy-Hart at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.; Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville, Akron at Barker, 5 p.m.
Tennis – Holley at Attica, Wheatland-Chili at Kendall, Barker at Albion, Wilson at Medina, Akron at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.
Golf – Kendall at Aquinas, 4 p.m.

Tuesday
Baseball – Holley/Kendall at Pembroke, Elba/Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.
Softball – Elba at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis – Albion at Newfane, Akron at Wilson, 4 p.m.
Track – Roy-Hart at Albion, Newfane at Barker, Akron at Medina ,4:15 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at East Aurora, 5 p.m.
Golf – Oakfield/Elba at Kendall ,4 p.m.

Wednesday
Baseball – Barker at Medina, Albion at CSAT, Newfane at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.; Akron at Roy-Hart, 5 p.m.
Softball – Kendall at Notre Dame, Oakfield-Alabama at Holley, 4:30 p.m.; CSAT at Albion, Medina at Barker, Wilson at Newfane, Roy-Hart at Akron ,4:45 p.m.
Tennis: Holley at Alexander, Oakfield-Alabama at Kendall, Barker at Wilson, Roy-Hart at Newfane, 4 p.m.; Medina at Albion, 4:30 p.m.
Track – Holley at Aelxander, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday
Baseball – C.G. Finney at Lyndonville, Holley/Kendall at Northstar, 4:30 p.m.; Newfane at Barker, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Barker at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Newfane at Barker, Akron at Medina, 4 p.m.
Track – Albion at Newfane, Wilson at Barker, Akron at Roy-Hart, 4:15 p.m.
Golf – Kendall at Wheatland-Chili, 4 p.m.

Friday
Baseball – Alexander at Lyndonville, Elba/Byron-Bergen at Holley/Kendall, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Albion, Wilson at CSAT, 4:45 p.m.; Akron at Medina, 7:30 p.m.
Softball – Holley at Byron-Bergen, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Albion, CSAT at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.; Akron at Medina, 5 p.m., Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili, 5 p.m.
Tennis – Roy-Hart at Wilson, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Lckport, 5 p.m.

Saturday
Baseball – Lyndonville at Byron-Bergen, 4 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Barker, 4 p.m.

N-O Standings

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

Class C Division Lacrosse

Gowanda/Silver Creek 11-1, Akron 9-1, East Aurora 8-3, Eden 5-4, Medina 5-7, Salamanca 4-8, Lew-Port 1-9, Wilson 0-9.

Kendall bested Pembroke 4-1 Friday in a Genesee Region League tennis match.

Straight set wins at the first two singles positions by Collin Lewis and James Longrod sparked Kendall to the victory.

The Eagles also got victories by the doubles teams of Cameron Zinsmeister – Matthew Murray and Christopher Butlin – Jenna LoSapio.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Ellen Narburgh slides safely into third base ahead of a tag by Lake Placid’s Emily Jesmer. The action took place during the host Purple Eagles win over the Lady Bombers this morning.

Scoring in each of the first four innings, Albion went on to post an 8-2 victory over visiting Lake Placid this morning in a non league softball game.

Ashley Bocach had 3 hits and Ellen Narburgh 2 to lead the attack for Albion which improves to 8-4. Narburgh also split the pitching duties in the circle with Skyler Smith.

Albion took the lead for good by scoring two quick runs in the first inning on a fielders choice play off the bat of Meghan Hurley and a wild pitch. Singles by Bocach and Kassidy Hastings set up the opportunity.

Albion catcher Kelsee Soule makes a diving catch of a foul ball for an out.

The Purple Eagles made it 5-0 in the second inning as a sacrifice fly by Sierra Newton, a single by Bocach and a wild pitch plated the three runs. A single by Narburgh and an error ignited the uprising.

Smith and Bocach tacked on RBI singles in the third inning and an unearned tally in the fourth upped the lead to 8-0.

Albion second baseman Sierra Newton tries to turn a double play as Lake Placid’s Morgan Meyer heads to second base.

Lake Placid scored twice in the seventh on fielders choice plays off the bats of Mia Kennedy and Elaina Smith.

Morgan Meyer also had a pair of hits on the day and Madison Gifford a double for the Lady Bombers.

Albion next visits Newfane on Monday in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Skyler Smith delivers a pitch for Albion.

Pounding out a total of 21 hits, Roy-Hart rolled to a 16-5 victory over visiting Attica today in a non league softball game.

Maddie Fry, Jamie Bower and Lexie Lovewell each had 4 hits for the Lady Rams as Maddy Glena, Kayla Brown, Jayden Townsend and Ashley Hill each chipped in with 2. Glena, whose hits included a triple, had 4 RBIs.

Roy-Hart scored 4 quick runs in the first inning to get rolling as Townsend and Bower both had RBI singles and Rachael Rausch a run producing sacrifice.

Depew Tournament

Medina bowed to Depew 10-0 and to North Tonawanda 12-9 today in the Depew Tournament.

Emily Kams had a pair of triples and Alisha Scroger a home run for the Mustangs against NT.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Brylie Hapeman is tagged out at second base by Medina’s Alisha Scroger during the Mustangs narrow 2-1 over the host Purple Eagles this afternoon.

Medina pushed across a run in the top of the seventh inning to edge past host Albion 2-1 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game.

An error, walk, stolen base and passed ball combined to produce the decisive run as Medina improves to 4-3 in N-O action.

Albion did get the leadoff runner aboard in the bottom of the seventh on a single by Ellen Narburgh but the Medina defense turned in a clutch double play from Destiny Satkowski to Haylee Cogovan to quickly shutdown the rally.

Medina jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning as Satkowski singled and came home on an error.

Albion knotted the contest with a run in the fifth frame on a pair of errors.

Meghan Hurley had a triple and Narburgh a double on the afternoon for the Purple Eagles but both were left stranded.

In the circle, Medina pitcher Emily Kams allowed 3 hits and struck out 6 while Albion hurler Kelsee Soule gave up 1 hit and struck out 13.

The loss drops Albion to 5-4.

Medina also defeated Albion 26-3 in the JV game as Brooklyn Brown and Camri King both had 3 hits.

In the other N-O games, Roy-Hart (7-2) blanked CSAT (0-8) 23-0, Akron (8-1) downed Newfane (5-4) 10-4 and Wilson (2-6) nipped Barker (3-6) 4-3 in 8 inning.

Lexie Lovewell and Ashley Hill combined to hurl a 6 hitter with 7 strikeouts for Roy-Hart.

Kayla Brown and Maddy Glena both had 4 hits and 3 RBIs to lead the Lady Rams at the plate as Brianna Brewer and Jamie Bower both added 2 hits.

Abby Stone and Darlon Jonathan both had a pair of hits and Mattie Klein registered 7 strikeouts in the circle for Akron which used a 6 run third inning to key the win over Newfane.

Moving on top to stay in the second quarter, Medina went on to defeat host Salamanca 18-8 this afternoon in a Class C Division lacrosse game.

Trailing 3-2, Medina rallied with a 6-1 second quarter scoring burst to take the lead for good.

Mason Lewis and Jake Cotter both scored a pair of goals during that stretch which also included tallies by Coby Albone and Tyler Howard as Medina rallied into a 8-4 lead at the half.

The Mustangs boosted the lead to 13-5 at the three-quarter mark as Cotter tallied two goals in the third period while Brendan Luthart, Johnny Salone and Lewis each netted 1.

Cotter had a total of 5 goals, Lewis 4, Luthart and Albone 3 each and Howard, Salone and Greg Husung 1 each.

Medina is now 5-7 and Salamanca 4-8.

Roy-Hart sweeps pair from CSAT

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Randy Eblacker slides safely into home before Medina catcher Justin Morgan can make the tag. The action took place during the Mustangs wild 14-10 win over the host Purple Eagles this afternoon.

A marathon 13 run third inning scoring explosion keyed Medina to a 14-10 victory over host Albion this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League baseball game.

Trailing 4-0, Medina moved on top to stay at 13-4 in the decisive third inning which included two-run singles by Lucas Porter and Jared Zinkievich, an RBI single by Alex Allis, 7 walks, 3 errors, a single by Brett Riemer and an RBI sacrifice fly by Justin Morgan.

Allbion did battle back with a five-run fifth inning highlighted by a three-run triple by Nate Moore, an RBI double by Brady Meakin and a run producing single by Jared Fearby but the Purple Eagles would get no closer than 14-10.

The loss drops Albion to 7-2 and a game behind Roy-Hart which improved to 8-1 by sweeping a doubleheader from CSAT by scores of 14-0 and 13-0.

Albion’s Bryce Pritchard attempts to tag Medina’s Brad McPherson at second base.

The Purple Eagles also got the bases loaded in both the sixth and seventh innings but managed only a single run during that stretch.

Albion had grabbed the quick 4-0 lead in the first inning on RBI doubles by Evan Pappalardo and Randy Eblacker along with run producing singles by Bryce Pritchard and Kyle Smith.

Allis, Riemer and Brian Fry each had two hits for Medina.

Meakin had three base raps for Albion as Pappalardo, Eblacker, Moore, Smith and Fearby each had two.

Medina is now 4-5 in N-O action.

Jared Zinkievich delivers a pitch for Medina.

Roy-Hart 14-13, CSAT 0-0
Roy-Hart got a complete game no hit pitching performance from Charlie Bruning in the first game of the twin bill against CSAT. He struck out 4 as the Rams won 14-0.

Justin Heschke had 3 hits and Brendan Hess and Al Xapsos 2 each to lead the Rams at the plate.

In the second game, Joe Nolan hurled a 2 hitter with 3 strikeouts in six innings of work on the mound as Roy-Hart won 13-0.

Jake Bruning had a two-run single and Ben Maynard an RBI triple to highlight the Rams attack which also included a pair of hits by Andy Xapsos.

Wilson 7, Barker 2
Nick Pawlak hit a three-run homer to highlight Wilson’s (4-4) 7-2 win over Barker (5-4).

Newfane 11, Akron 3
Newfane (1-7) bested Akron (2-7) 11-3 as Will Newton hurled a 3 hitter with 11 strikeouts.

Tyler Jurek led the Panthers at the plate with 3 hits and 4 RBIs.