Photo By Cheryl Wertman – Barker and Roy-Hart will collide in a key Niagara-Orleans baseball league home-and-home series this week. Here Barker’s Ryan Voss (6) takes a throw as Albion’s Kyle Smith slides into second during a game last week. Backing up the play for the Raiders is Chauncy Mckee.

A home-and-home series between two of the Niagara-Orleans baseball League’s three front-runners Barker and Roy-Hart will highlight the upcoming week’s high school diamond action.

Barker and Albion are currently tied for first place at 5-1 while Roy-Hart is just a half game off the pace at 4-1.

Roy-Hart will host Barker on Monday and the Rams will then visit the Raiders on Wednesday.

Albion will likewise face home-and -home series with Wilson (2-2) on Wednesday and Thursday. The Purple Eagles will then host rival Medina on Friday.

Albion and Medina will also meet in a home-and-home softball series this week. The Mustangs will host Monday’s game and the Purple Eagles Friday’s contest.

In Genesee Region League baseball action, Lyndonville (2-1) will host Holley/Kendall (3-1) in a key contest on Thursday.

Monday
Baseball – Alexander at Holley/Kendall, 4:30 p.m.; Barker at Roy-Hart, Medina at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Northstar, Notre Dame at Kendall, 4:30 p.m.; Newfane at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Albion, 6 p.m.
Tennis – Wilson at Albion, Barker at Akron, Newfane at Medina, World of Inquiry at Kendall, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse– Eden at Medina, 5 p.m.

Tuesday
Baseball – Elba/Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville, Holley/Kendall at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m.
Softball – Holley at Kendall, Lyndonville at Alexander, 4:30 p.m.; Wilson at Medina, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Medina at Akron, 4:30 p.m.
Track – Wilson at Albion, Akron at Newfane, 4:15 p.m.; Medina at Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.
Golf – Churchville-Chili at Kendall, 4 p.m.

Wednesday
Baseball – Medina at Newfane, Albion at Wilson, CSAT at Akron, Roy-Hart at Barker, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Kendall, Pembroke at Holley, 4:30 p.m.; Wilson at Albion, Newfane at Medina, Barker at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.; Akron at CSAT, 5 p.m.
Tennis – Roy-Hart at Albion, Newfane at Akron, 4 p.m.; Medina at Barker, 4:30 p.m.
Track – Holley at Attica, Kendall at Wheatland-Chili, 4:30 p.m.
Lacrosse – Akron at Medina, 7 p.m.

Thursday
Baseball – Holley/Kendall at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Holley, Attica at Kendall, 4:30 p.m.
Track – Albion at Akron, Barker at Medina, Roy-Hart at Wilson, 4:15 p.m.

Friday
Baseball – Albion at Medina, Wilson at Barker, CSAT at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.; Akron at Newfane, 5 p.m.
Softball – Bishop Kearney at Kendall, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Albion, Barker at Wilson, Roy-Hart at CSAT, Newfane at Akron, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Wheatland-Chili at Holley, Pembroke at Kendall, Wilson at Akron, 4 p.m.; Medina at Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.
Lacrosse– Medina at Salamanca, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday
Softball – Lake Placid at Albion, 9:30 a.m.; Medina at Depew Tournament

N-O Standings

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

Class C Division Lacrosse Standings

Akron 7-0, Gowanda/SilverCreek 8-1, East Aurora 6-2, Eden 34, Medina 4-5, Salamanca 3-5, Wilson 0-6, Lew-Port 0-8.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville players and coaches gather in front of Cooperstown’s historic Doubleday Field this morning before the Tigers posted a 13-1 victory over Genesee Region League foe Alexander.

Making the most of an opportunity to play at Cooperstown’s historic Doubleday Field, Lyndonville rolled to a 13-1 victory over Alexander today in a Genesee Rgion League contest.

“For the boys it’s a dream come true and for me it’s something I’ve wanted to do since I played ball in high school,” said Lyndonville Coach Shane Price of the victory in the Baseball Hall of Fame community which caps a very busy week of six games in seven days for the Tigers.

Improving to 3-1 in the league and 7-2 overall, Lyndonville pounded out a total of 14 hits including 3 each by winning pitcher Jacob Hoffee and Dawson Joy, 2 by Michael Wells and Nolan Donald and 1 each by Corey Hydock, Zach Johnson, Eric Neace and Cody Bentley.

“Our bats came alive again today,” said Price.

Zach Johnson makes solid contact for Lyndonville to open the game.

The Tigers got a strong complete came pitching performance from Hoffee who scattered 6 hits and struck out 10.

“Jacob pitched outstanding for us,” said Price.

Hoffee also got a big defensive lift from his batterymate as Hydock threw two runners out at third base from his catchers position stopping Trojan threats in both the second and third innings.

Jacob Hoffee delivers a pitch for the Tigers.

Lyndonville scored a quick run in the first inning on a two out single by Joy as a single by Hoffee and a hit batter set up the threat.

Alexander mounted a threat in the second inning getting the first two runners aboard on singles by Jacob Wozniak and Hunter Marzolf but Lyndonville quickly got out of the jam. Hoffee got the first and third outs via strikeouts and Hydock got the middle out by getting the lead runner on a throw to third base.

Still holding a slender 1-0 advantage, Lyndonville broke the game wide open by exploding for six runs in the third inning on RBI singles by Wells, Joy, Hydock and Donald along with a pair of run producing errors. A walk and a singe by Hoffee to open the inning set up the decisive uprising which saw 4 of the runs come home with two out.

Keeping the momentum, the Tigers ballooned the advantage to 12-1 by scoring twice in the fourth frame on a sacrifice fly by Joy and an RBI single by Bentley and then three more times in the fifth on a fielders choice play off the bat of wells, an RBI single by Joy and a wild pitch.

A double by Neace set up the fourth inning tallies while Donald singled to ignite the fifth inning surge.

Alexander’s lone run came in the fourth inning on a two-out single by Hunter Marzolf.

Hoffee though got out of further trouble by registering an inning ending strikeout. He then allowed only 1 more hit over the final three frames striking out 5 during that stretch.

Lyndonville next hosts Elba/Byron-Bergen on Tuesday in another G-R contest.

Lyndonville second baseman Cody Bentley tries to make the tag on Alexander’s Jacob Wozniak.

Albion and Holley both scored a pair of victories today to capture baseball tournament championships.

Albion won the Attica Tournament defeating Elba/Byron-Bergen 18-1 in the opening round and the host Blue Devils 10-2 in the championship game.

Holley claimed the LeRoy Tournament title by downing Oakfield-Alabama 8-2 in the semifinals and the host Knights 9-8 in the title contest.

A grand slam home run by Kyle Smith, a two-run homer by Jason Downs and a solo shot by Evan Papplardo sparked Albion past Elba/Byron-Bergen.

Downs, Smith, Alex DeSmit and winning pitcher Vinnie Zona each had 2 hits. On the mound, Zona allowed 5 hits and struck out 6.

Albion then scored two quick runs in the first inning against Attica on a triple by Brady Meakin and a fielders choice play off the bat of Randy Eblacker.

Eblacker tacked on a two-run double in the third inning for the Purple Eagles which also scored three times in the fifth on a double by Meakin, single by Pappalardo and a sacrifice by Smith.

Meakin had a total of 3 hits as Smith and Eblacker both had 2.

Downs pitched the first five innings allowing 3 hits and sticking out 11. Papplardo hurled the final two frames giving up 1 hit and strikeout 4.

Dylan Hillabush hurled Holley past Oakfield-Aalbama in the opening round giving up 5 hits and striking out 10. He also banged out 3 hits including a double as Nick Passarell added a pair of hits.

In the title contest, Holley rallied for five runs in the seventh inning to nip LeRoy.

Passarell, who had 3 hits in the game, scored the winning run on a passed ball.

Collin Papaj added a pair of hits for the Hawks which improve to 6-3.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Former longtime Roy-Hart wrestling coach Dick Lang meets here with the Rams three state champions who were honored at the school’s Wrestling Day of Champions this morning. The champions are, from left , Drew Hull, Lou Rosselli and Cameron Swick.

It literally was a banner morning for the Roy-Hart wrestling program as the Rams three state champions – Lou Rosselli, Drew Hull and Cameron Swick – were honored in special ceremonies on the Rams “Wrestling Day of Champions”.

Coming on the 20th anniversary of his Olympic year, Rosselli received an extra special honor by his alma mater with the raising of a new banner in the high school gym in recognition of his high school, collegiate and Olympic wrestling accomplishments.

“It’s a very nice gesture and I’m very grateful,” said Rosselli. “It’s great to come back and be reunited with many of my former teammates.”

Rosselli, a 1988 Roy-Hart graduate, was a two-time New York State champion (1986 and 1988) during his scholastic days with the Rams under Coach Dick Lang.

Rosselli went on to star at Edinboro University where he twice earned All American honors.

The new banner honoring Roy-Hart’s state champion, collegiate All-American and Olympic wrestler Lou Rosselli.

In 1996 he earned a spot on the United States Olympic team for the games in Atlanta.

Since concluding his wrestling career, Rosselli has been equally successful in coaching. He has coached U.S. national teams and is currently the associate head coach at Ohio State University.

“It’s great. It’s just super,” said Lang of the honors for Rosselli. “Louie is as great a coach as he was a wrestler.”

Hull, who captured a state title in 2013 and is now wrestling and majoring in Biology at the University of Virginia, and Swick, who is a senior at Roy-Hart, were also both presented with awards for earning state championships.

Holley defeated Byron-Bergen 13-7 and Lyndonville trimmed Wheatland-Chili 12-9 today in Genesee Region League softball action.

Hannah Biedlingmaier had 4 hits for Holley as Madison Papaj, Ryley O’Mara and Brooklyn Bartholomew each added 2.

Kassandra Norman picked up the win in the circle striking out 9.

Lyndonville snapped a 9-9 deadlock by scoring three times in the sixth inning to edge past Wheatland-Chili.

A two-run double by Lisa Boyce highlighted that decisive uprising.

Boyce also had an RBI triple in the fourth inning and Aubrey Lewis added a pair of hits as the Lady Tigers stay perfect at 6-0 in G-R competition.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Lisa Boyce is tagged out at third base by Oakfield-Alabama’s Lauren Redding. The action took place during the Lady Tigers win over the visiting Lady Hornets this afternoon.

Putting together a clutch last inning rally, Lyndonville nipped visiting Oakfield-Alabama 4-3 this afternoon to remain unbeaten at 5-0 in Genesee Region League softball action.

Trailing 3-2, Lyndonville rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on an error and an RBI single by Miranda Lembcke to claim the narrow win in the game which was dedicated to young Ella Suhr who is battling cancer. A one out double by Aubrey Lewis sparked the rally.

Oakfield-Alabama had grabbed the lead by scoring once in the top of the seventh on a double by Justine Pruski.

Lyndonville’s other runs came in the fourth inning on a two-run single by Lisa Boyce. Two walks and a single by Lembcke set up that opportunity.

The Lady Tigers next host Wheatland-Chili in a G-R game at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Contributed Photo
The Akron girls softball team has undertaken an ambitious project to collect enough used softball equipment to fill a cargo plane and ship it to Bani, Dominican Republic in order to form, a girls softball league. Here the Akron team accepts donations to their “Just DOnate IT” project from members of the Roy-Hart team prior to a recent Niagara-Orleans League game between the squads.The Akron team is undertaking the project in collaboration with the Hilbert College Rotaract Club as Bani is Buffalo’s sister city in the Dominican Republic. The team is looking for donations of softballs, bats, mitts, sneakers, cleats, uniforms, catching equipment, batting helmets and equipment bags plus and school supplies including backpacks. “Our local community is extremely supportive of our athletes,” said Akron Coach Marlene Stone.  “This project will provide an opportunity for our athletes to give an underprivileged community in the Dominican Republic a chance to enjoy the sport our team loves.” Any one interested in helping can e-mail justdonatesoftball@gmail.com with information about the items to be donated.

Jumping out to a 7-3 first quarter lead, host Gowanda/Silver Creek went on to defeat Medina 16-10 this evening in a Class C Division lacrosse game.

Improvng to 8-1, the Panthers went on to hold leads of 10-5 at the half and 12-7 after three quarters over the Mustangs.

Jake Cotter scored 5 goals, Tyler Valley 3 and Brendan Luthart and Greg Husung 1 each for Medina as Mason Pecoraro made 14 saves in goal.

Now at 4-5, Medina next faces a key Class C game at Eden (3-4) on Monday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville catcher Corey Hydock tags out Notre Dame’s CJ Suozzi during the Tigers win over the visiting Irish this afternoon.

Jumping out to an early six run lead, Lyndonville turned back a late challenge by visiting Notre Dame to claim a 6-4 victory this afternoon in a key Genesee Region League baseball game.

Lyndonville took the lead for good in the contest, which was dedicated to young Ella Suhr who is battling cancer, by scoring two quick runs in the first inning on an RBI single by winning pitcher Michael Wells and a fielders choice play off the bat of Dawson Joy. Back-to-back one out doubles by Jacob Hoffee and Eric Nease set up the threat.

Wells also helped himself in the second inning as he banged out a two-run double to cap a three run uprising for a 5-0 Tigers lead. A double by Hoffee plated the first run as singles by Corey Hydock and Zach Johnson ignited the scoring burst.

Lyndonville made it 6-0 in the third inning as Eddie Schildt doubled and scored on a single by Cody Bentley.

However, Notre Dame came battling back.

The Irish scored once in the fourth on a fielders choice play, twice in the sixth on a home run by Tyler Prospero and once in the seventh on a single by Prospero.

Lyndonville though weathered the storm as Wells registered a clutch strikeout to get out of a bases loaded jam in the sixth and then got a flyout to Zach Johnson in leftfield to end the seventh leaving two Irish runners stranded.

The Tigers defense also came up with a clutch relay throw from Johnson to Hoffee at shortstop to Corey Hydock at catcher for a key out in the fourth inning. Nolan Donald also made a couple of key running catches in centerfield.

Completing a very busy stretch of five games in as many days, Lyndonville is now 2-1 in the league and 6-2 overall. The Tigers next face Alexander in a G-R contest at Cooperstown’s Doubleday Field at 10 a.m. Sunday.