Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Cam Meadows hurled a no hitter to lead Roy-Hart to a key win over visiting Albion this afternoon at Gasport.

Barker combined a narrow 1-0 win over Newfane with Roy-Hart’s 5-0 victory over Albion this afternoon to take over sole possession of the Niagara-Orleans League lead.

Barker is now 4-0, Albion 3-1 and Roy-Hart 2-1.

In the other N-O contests, Medina rallied late to down host Akron 7-5 and Wilson blanked CSAT 4-0.

Roy-Hart’s Al Xapsos slides safely into third base as Albion’s Bryce Pritchard awaits the throw.

Roy-Hart 5, Albion 0
Junior Cam Meadows hurled a no hitter with 12 strikeouts to lead Roy-Hart to the 5-0 win over visiting Albion.

Roy-Hart moved on top to stay by scoring two quick runs in the first inning on a fielders choice play off the bat of Eric Fitch and a wild pitch. A leadoff single by Andy Xapsos and a walk set up the threat.

The Rams quickly tacked on three more runs in the second inning on an RBI single by Al Xapsos and a two-run single by Fitch. A two out double by Andy Xapsos, who had a total of three hits on the day, ignited that uprising.

Albion first baseman Evan Pappalardo stretches to take the throw and get Roy-Hart’s Ben Maynard out.

Barker 1, Newfane 0
Making a lone first inning run hold up, Barker nipped host Newfane 1-0 to stay perfect at 4-0 in N-O action.

Brad Wilson singled in the only run the Raiders needed at it turned out in the opening frame as a hit batter, an error and a walk set up the opportunity.

Eddie Wasnock went the distance on the mound for Barker giving up 4 hits and striking out 5.

Newfane did mount a big threat in the bottom of the seventh but Barker got out of the jam as right fielder Kyle MacDonald threw to catcher Devon Mangan to get the final out of the game at home.

The loss drops Newfane to 0-3.

Medina 7, Akron 5
Medina rallied for three runs in the seventh inning to edge past host Akron 7-5 and improve to 2-3 in the league.

Jared Zinkieivch had a big two-run triple to highlight the Mustangs late rally as an error plated the other run. A single by Justin Morgan and a walk set up the opportunity.

Earlier, Medina jumped out to a 3-0 lead by scoring once in the second on a single by Tyler Ames and twice in the third on an error which followed singles by Luke Porter and Brad McPherson.

Akron though battled back to take a 5-3 lead as John Nowakowski had a two-run triple in the third inning an an RBI double in the fifth.

Medina cut the deficit to 5-4 in the sixth on an RBI single by Brian Fry before plating the decisive three runs in the seventh.

Ames, McPherson and Fry each had two hits on the day.

Porter picked up the win on the mound in relief as he hurled shutout ball over the final two innings.

Wilson 4, CSAT 0
Jordan Bender pitched a no hitter with 8 strikeouts in six innings of work on the mound to lead Wilson past CSAT 4-0.

Nate Fox, Connor Seeley and Brayden Shobjak each had a pair of hits for the Lakemen. Fox’s hits included a two-run triple in the fourth inning.

N-O Standings

Barker 4-0, Albion 3-1, Roy-Hart 2-1, Medina 2-3, Akron 1-2, CSAT 1-2, Wilson 1-2, Newfane 0-3.

Scoring straight set wins in all five matches, Holley posted a 5-0 victory over rival Kendall this afternoon in Genesee Region League tennis action.

Leading the way for Holley were singles wins by Brady Smith (6-1, 7-5 over Collin Lewis), Pablo Romero (6-3, 6-1 over James Longrod) and Cameron Bennage (6-0, 6-1 over Christopher Butlin).

The Hawks also got victories from the doubles teams of Gabe Mendoza-Melanie Klossner (6-3, 6-1 over Stephen Balka-Cameron Zinsmeister) and Derek McArthur-Jake DeSimone (6-0, 6-0 over Elizabeth Rath-Jenna LoSapio).

Holley is now 3-1 and Kendall 0-4.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Dylan Bader picked up a key win at third singles for Albion during the Purple Eagles narrow victory over host Medina this afternoon.

Defending champion Albion scored a big Niagara-Orleans League tennis victory this afternoon as the Purple Eagles nipped host Medina 3-2 1/2 to stay unbeaten at 4-0.

The loss drops the Mustangs to 4-1.

Josh Metzler scored a three set 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 win over Tristan Sanders at second singles and Dylan Bader bested Xion Baes 6-3, 6-4 at third singles to lead the way for Albion.

The Purple Eagles also got a big come-from-behind three set 1-6, 6-2 6-4 victory by the duo of Matt Flanghan and Victor Benjovsky over Nick Bogan and Ray Paull at second doubles.

Medina’s Kristian Snyder won at first singles over Daniel Beam 6-1, 6-1.

The Mustangs also took the first doubles as Kyla Leno and Mike Cardone downed Matt Kovaleski and Emilie Barleben 6-4, 6-1.

Medina’s third doubles team of Brandon Harris and Able Zavitz also scored a three set 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 win over Owen Foos and Connor McQuillan.

Medina’s Kristian Snyder, left, downed Albion’s Daniel Beam at first singles.

Wilson 5 1/2, Barker 0
Singles: Joey Hecko (W) def. Nick Fazzolari 6-2, 6-7, 6-2; Gabriel Curcione (W) def. Andrew Jenks 6-1, 6-2; Kyle Lyon (W) def. Alexander Israel 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles: Callie Olear-Kierson Skobjak (W) def. Nick Sutch-Christian Young 6-0, 6-0; Rebecca Connors-Max Faery (W) def. Marisa Jowdy-Grace Harris 6-4, 6-0; Mia Olear-Alec Couturier (W) def. Natalie Bruning-Maya Gooding 6-0, 6-0).

Trailing 5-4, Lyndonville rallied for three runs in the fifth inning to key a 9-6 victory over visiting Pembroke this afternoon to improve to 3-0 in Genesee Region League softball action.

Brianna Paniccia, Miranda Lembcke and Jessie Harling all had hits to key Lyndonville’s decisive rally.

The Lady Tigers later added two big insurance runs in the sixth inning on hits by Lembcke and Harling and a sacrifice by Anna Lewis.

Lembcke and Amanda Drown both finished with three hits as Lewis had 2 and Stacey Buckland a triple.

Oakfield-Alabama 4, Kendall 3
Oakfield-Alabama nipped Kendall 4-3 in another G-R contest.

Trailing 4-0, Kendall rallied for three runs in the fifth inning, highlighted by a two-run single by Madison Rath, but the Lady Eagles could get no closer.

In a playoff full of upsets No. 3 seed Medina 2 dropped a 6-5 double overtime decision to No. 5 Reid’s Drive-In in the Lockport Indoor Soccer League championship game over the weekend at the Kenan Center.

Greg Husung scored 3 goals for Medina 2 as Bridget Keller and Chase Pecoraro each netted 1.

Medina 2 opened the playoffs by blanking Zimmi’s Auto Service 8-0 in the quarterfinals as Keviin Capstick earned the shutout in goal. Husung, Pecoraro and Zach Laird each had 2 goals as Colm Cooper and Capstick both added 1.

Upsets then ruled in the semifinals as Reid’s surprised top seeded Medina 1 4-1 and Medina 2 bested No. 2 seed Lockport Orthodontics 3-1.

Pecoraro scored 2 goals and Husung 1 for Medina 2 while Brian Anderson had the lone tally for Medina 1.

That set the stage for wild No. 5 vs. No. 3 final as Reid’s outlasted Medina 2 in double overtime.

Oakfield-Alabama rallies past Lyndonville in 7th

Holley/Kendall edged past host Attica 3-2 this afternoon to improve to 3-0 in Genesee Region League baseball action.

Dylan Hillabush had a big day both on the mound and at the plate for the Hawks. On the mound he scattered 7 hits and struck out 13. At the plate he banged out 3 hits, including a double, and drove in a pair of runs.

Cody Spellan added 2 hits for the Hawks which next host Oakfield-Alabama on Tuesday.

Oakfield-Alabama 6, Lyndonvile 5
Errors keyed a three run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning as Oakfield-Alabama trimmed Lyndnvlle 6-5 in the G-R opener for the Tigers.

An RBI hit by Jordan D’Alba drove in the deciding run for the Hornets.

Dawson Joy and Eric Neace both had 3 hits and Cody Bentley and Michael Wells 2 each for Lyndonville. Wells banged out two-run singles in both the fifth and sixth innings to help the Tigers build up a 5-3 lead.

Albion bunched all of its scoring into a big seventh inning rally to nip host Roy-Hart 4-3 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game.

Winning pitcher Meghan Hurley doubled in two runs while Ashley Bocach and Kelsee Soule both had RBI singles to key Albion’s decisive rally.

Roy-Hart had built up a 3-0 lead by scoring solo runs in the second, third and sixth innings.

Albion is now 3-1 and Roy-Hart 2-2 in N-O action.

In other N-O games, Akron (3-0) took over sole possession of first place by blanking visiting Medina (2-1) 8-0 on a one hitter by Mattlie Klein who struck out 8. Shay Carberry drove in three runs and Sarah Schultz had a double and two RBIs for the Lady Tigers.

Newfane improved to 2-1 by downing Barker (0-3) 9-3 as Olivia Littman had two doubles and a pair of singles. Erika Moeller had two hits for Barker.

Wilson (1-2) outlasted CSAT (0-3) 22-14 as Jen Darlak had a triple, home run and 5 RBIs and Anthonena DeLisi a triple and 4 RBIs.

Contributed Photo – Andy Ashworth, left, and Aaron Burnside

Two 2015 Albion High graduates, Andy Ashworth and Aaron Burnside, met as diamond opponents in a college baseball series this weekend.

Both right-handed freshmen pitchers, Ashworth plays for Elmira College where he is majoring in Business Management while Burnside plays for Houghton College where he is majoring in Business Administration.

Host Elmira took two of three games from Houghton in the series which saw Burnside pitch one inning.

Contributed Photo
Medina High graduate and Canisius College junior Tommy Zacher earned his first career win in goal for the Griffins lacrosse team this past week. Zacher, who is Medina’s first Division 1 lacrosse player, entered the game with Canisius trailing Manhattan 9-7. He registered three saves over the final 22 minutes as Canisius rallied to claim a 13-11 victory.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Eddie Schildt and his Tiger teammates are facing a busy six game week.

A trip to Cooperstown will cap off a very busy schedule of six games in seven days this coming week for the Lyndonville baseball squad.

The Tigers are scheduled to face Genesee Region League foe Alexander at Cooperstown’s historic Doubleday Field at 10 a.m. next Sunday to complete the busy week. The Tigers are scheduled to arrive in Cooperstown on Saturday and tour the Baseball Hall of Fame as a prelude to Sunday’s game.

Leading up to that contest the Tigers have G-R games slated for Monday at Oakfield-Alabama, Tuesday at Pembroke and Friday at home against Notre Dame as well as non league games at Webster Christian on Wednesday and at home against Roy-Hart on Thursday.

The Lady Tigers also have a busy week of four G-R softball games including home contests against Pembroke Monday, Oakfield-Alabama on Friday and Wheatland-Chili on Saturday as well as a road game at Attica on Wednesday.

Friday’s home games for both the Lyndonville baseball and softball squads will feature a special event for the Joey and Maegan Suhr family whose infant daughter Ella is currently undergoing treatment for a brain tumor.

The Niagara-Orleans League baseball week will be highlighted by a clash between co-leaders Albion and Barker, both at 3-0, on Wednesday at Albion.

The defending N-O champion Albion tennis team faces a pair key key matches at Medina on Monday and at home against Akron on Thursday. Medina is currently at 4-0 while Albion and Akron are both 3-0.

The week’s Schedule

Monday
Baseball – Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama, Holley/Kendall at Attica, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Akron, Albion at Roy-Hart, CSAT at Wilson, Barker at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Pembroke at Lyndonville, Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Roy-Hart, Medina at Akron, Newfane at Barker, Wilson at CSAT, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Kendall at Holley, Albion at Medina, Wilson at Barker, Newfane at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.

Tuesday
Baseball – Lyndonville at Pembroke, Oakfield-Alabama at Holley/Kendall, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – C.G. Finney at Holley, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.
Track – Barker at Akron, Newfane at Roy-Hart, 4:15 p.m.; Medina at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.
Lacrosse– Gowanda at Medina, 5 p.m.
Golf – Pembroke at Kendall, 4 p.m.

Wednesday
Baseball – Lyndonville at Webster Christian, 4:30 p.m.; Barker at Albion, Wilson at Akron, Newfane at CSAT, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Attica, Kendall at Alexander, Holley at Wheatland-Chili, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Barker, CSAT at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.; Akron at Wilson, 5 p.m.
Tennis – Barker at Newfane, Wilson at Roy-Hart, Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, Kendall at Byron-Bergen, 4 .m.
Track – Pembroke and Alexander at Kendall, 4:30 p.m.
Golf– Holley and Attica at Kendall, 4 p.m.

Thursday
Baseball – Bloomfield at Holley/Kendall, Roy-Hart at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis – Akron at Albion, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Lew-Port, 5 p.m.

Friday
Baseball – Notre Dame at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Akron, Roy-Hart at Newfane, CSAT at Barker, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama, Kendall at Byron-Bergen, Holley at Elba, 4:30 p.m.; Barker at CSAT, Newfane at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.; Akron at Albion, 5 p.m.
Tennis – Barker at Roy-Hart, Wilson at Newfane, Holley at Notre Dame, Kendall at Attica, 4 p.m.

Saturday
Baseball – Albion at Attica Tournament, Holley/Kendall at LeRoy Tournament
Softball – Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, 10 a.m.

Sunday
Baseball – Lyndonville vs. Alexander at Cooperstown, 10 a.m.

N-O Standings

Baseball – Albion 3-0, Barker 3-0, Akron 1-1, CSAT 1-1, Roy-Hart 1-1, Medina 1-3, Newfane 0-2, Wilson 0-2.

Softball – Akron 2-0, Medina 2-0, Albion 2-1, Roy-Hart 2-1, Newfane 1-1, Barker 0-2, CSAT 0-2, Wilson 0-2.

Tennis – Medina 4-0, Akron 3-0, Albion 3-0, Newfane 0-2, Wilson 0-2, Barker 0-3, Roy-Hart 0-3.

Boys Track – Albion 1-0, Roy-Hart 1-0, Wilson 1-0, Akron 0-0, Barker 0-1, Medina 0-1, Newfane 0-1.

Girls Track – Albion 1-0, Barker 1-0, Wilson 1-0, Akron 0-0, Medina 0-1, Newfane 0-1, Roy-Hart 0-1.