Raiders, Rams split

Photos By Cheryl Wertman – Chase Pecoraro of Medina/Lyndonville heads toward a win in the 110 hurdles during this afternoon’s season opening meet against visiting Albion.

Wet grounds, which prevented the holding of the shot-put and discus events, has left the outcome of today’s Niagara-Orleans League season opening Albion at Medina/Lyndonville track meet undecided.

The Albion girls currently hold a 70-52 lead and are just one point short of claiming victory.

The Medina/Lyndonville boys squad is likewise just two points short of earning a victory as the Mustangs currently hold a 69-54 lead.

The shot-put and discus events are now scheduled to be held at Albion on Friday.

Jalin Cooper of the Mustangs leads the way in the 100 ahead of the Purple Eagles Tommy Mattison.

Maria Elsenheimer was a double winner in the 100 and 200 and Chanyce Powell in the long jump and triple jump to lead the way for the Albion girls squad which also had Aleah Foos win the 100 hurdles , Mahogany Taylor the high jump and Katie Rustay the pole vault .

Chanyce Powell in route to a win for Albion in the long jump.

Elsenheimer and Powell also combined with Emily Blanchard and Makayla Armstrong to win the 400 relay.

Holly Heil doubled in the 400 and 800 and Martha Gardner in the 1500 and 3000 for Medina as Olivia Carter took the 400 hurdles.

The Mustangs also took the 1600 relay with Carter, Maddie Williams, Morgan Roach and Heil and the 3200 relay with Gardner, Liz Newman, Paige Wagner and Heil.

The Albion duo of Mahogany Taylor, left, and Aleah Foos set the pace in the 100 hurdles.

Jalin Cooper was a triple winner in the 100, 200 and high jump for the Medina/Lyndonville boys squad as Chase Pecoraro doubled in the 100 hurdles and pole vault and Daniel Heil in the 1600 and 3200. The Mustangs also had Adam Cefelli win the 800.

The Albion boys had Lamar Chambers win the 400 hurdles, Nick Reed the 400, Tommy Mattison the long jump and Manwell Taylor the triple jump.

Heil and Cefelli also teamed up with Jack Hill and Jake Bensley to win the 3200 relay.

The Albion boys took the 400 relay with Chambers, Mattison, Israel Florentino and Cody Osborne and the 1600 relay with Reed, Bill Johnson, Eugene Harrison and Chambers.

The Mustangs Martha Gardner in action during the 3200 relay.

Barker/Roy-Hart split

The Barker girls opened defense of their N-O title with an 82-58 win over visiting Roy-Hart as Caitlyn Mason was a triple winner in the 100, triple jump and long jump and Erin Greenwald doubled in the 100 hurdles and pole vault.

In the boys meet, Roy-Hart bested defending champion Barker 83-58 as Avery Green doubled in the 1600 and 3200 and Jarrett Thompson in the 400 hurdles and pole vault.

Barker’s Jake Arnold was a triple winner in the long jump, triple jump and 800.

Tigers, Raiders post non league wins

Snapping a season opening two game losing streak, Medina edged past Newfane 6-5 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League baseball game under the lights at Vets Park.

Luke Porter went the distance on the mound for Medina scattering 7 hits and striking out 5.

The Mustangs scored what proved to be the game winning run in the sixth inning as Brad McPherson had his second single of the evening and came home on an error for a 6-4 lead.

Medina also scored three times in the fourth frame on a single by Tyler Ames and a rash of walks.

Making it four games in as many days, Medina next visits Barker on Friday.

Akron 7, Roy-Hart 5
Akron evened its N-O record at 1-1 by downing Roy-Hart (1-1) 7-5.

Curtis Miller picked up the win on the mound for the Tigers allowing 6 hits with 6 strikeouts in six innings of work. He also helped himself at the plate by banging out a single and an RBI double.

Brennan Murty earned the save coming on in the seventh with two runners aboard and registered the final three outs, two via strikeout.

Lyndonville 17, Northeast/Northwest 3
Lyndonville romped to a 17-3 none league win over Northeast/Northwest at Rochester.

Eddie Schildt pitched six innings for the Tigers allowing only 1 hit with 8 strikeouts.

Jacob Hoffee had a single, double and triple with 5 RBIs and Schildt 2 singles and a double with 4 RBIs to lead Lyndonville at the plate.

Eric Neace, Mike Wells, Corey Hydock and Nolan Donald each had a pair of hits for the Tigers.

Barker 15, Byron-Bergen 4
Trailing 4-2, Barker erupted for seven runs in the fifth inning to key a 15-4 non league win over Elba/Byron-Bergen.

Collin Webb had a two-run double during the decisive frame for the Raiders which also included singles by Cameron Fox, Shawn Callaghan and Jake Hurtgam.

Webb had a total of 3 hits as Callaghan, Hurtgam and Mike Snell each had 2.

Lady Tigers edge past Irish

Photos By Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Brandi Guild tags Sabrina Harris of Barker out at third base during the Mustangs win over the Lady Raiders this afternoon at Vets Park.

One big scoring inning keyed Medina to a 5-0 victory over Barker this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game at Vets Park.

Medina scored all five of its runs during a big third inning on an RBI single by Brandi Guild, two wild pitches and a pair of errors. A walk, an error and a bunt single by Emily Kams loaded the bases to set up the threat.

Kams picked up the win in the circle allowing 4 hits and striking out 9.

Barker pitcher Erika Moeller allowed only 2 hits and struck out 11.

Medina is 1-0 and Barker 1-1 in N-O action.

In another N-O game, Akron (2-0) defeated defending champion Roy-Hart (2-1) 23-2.

Barker’s Mary Rounds beats the throw to first base as Courtney Bailey awaits the ball for Medina.

Lyndonville 9, Notre Dame 7
Breaking away from a 7-7 deadlock, Lyndonville scored twice in the top of the seventh inning on a wild pitch and a triple by Lisa Boyce to upend Notre Dame 9-7 in a Genesee Region League game.

Singles by Miranda Lembcke and Anna Lewis set up the decisive tallies. Lewis also had a triple on the day.

Makenzie Muck picked up the win in the circle for the Lady Tigers registering 4 strikeouts.

In another G-R contest, Elba trimmed Kendall 5-3.

Akron 23, Roy-Hart 2
Mattie Klein scattered 8 hits and struck out 5 in the circle for Akron while Abby Stone led the Lady Tigers attack with 2 hits and 4 RBIs on doubles in the second and fourth innings.

Akron put a lock on the win by scoring 7 runs in the sixth inning as Sarah Schultz had a two-run single and Shaylie Carberry, Brittany Hudson and Kayla Thomas all added RBI singles.

Albion, Medina and Akron all scored victories this afternoon to improve to 3-0 in Niagara-Orleans League tennis competition.

Defending champion Albion blanked Barker 5 1/2-0, Medina downed Newfane 4 1/2-1 and Akron shutout Roy-Hart 5 1/2-0.

Leading the way for Albion were straight set wins by the singles trio of Daniel Beam (6-1, 6-0 over Nick Fazzolari), Jacob Metzler (6-1, 6-0 over Andrew Jenks) and Dylan Bader (6-0, 6-0 over Alexander Israel).

The Purple Eagles also got wins by the doubles teams of Matt Kovaleski-Emilie Barleben (6-1, 6-0 over Nick Sutch and Christian Young), Matt Flanagan-Victor Benjovsky (6-1, 6-0 over Marissa Jowdy and Grace Harris) and Owen Foos-Connor McQuillan (6-0, 6-0 over Natalie Bruning and Maya Gooding).

Medina was sparked by straight set was at the three singles positions by Kristian Snyder (6-0, 6-1 over Jeremy Ribbeck), Tristan Sanders (6-4, 6-1 over Terrell Atkins) and Kyla Leno (6-0, 7-5 over Bobby Heers).

The Mustangs also won at second doubles as the duo of Nick Bogan and Ray Paull defeated Nick Heimiller and Austin Smith 6-2, 6-1 and at third doubles as Brandon Harris and Aedenn Cayea downed Michelle Schultz and Ashley Danev 6-1, 6-0.

Akron likewise was led by a trio of straight set singles wins as Ryan Meek defeated Elliot Spitzer 6-1, 6-1; Nathan Chubb downed Patrick Sheelar 6-1, 6-0 and Cierra Janis bested Connor Heiser 6-3, 6-1.

In earning doubles wins for the Tigers Jacob Meyer and Brandon Meek defeated Rachel Hutter and Angelina Ciarfella 6-3, 6-2; Morgan Wagner and Erica Papke downed Desree Taylor and Sam Koch 6-1, 6-2 and Dustin Earle and Cameron Brooks topped Aspen Moore and Caleb Reith.

Golf

Churchville-Chili 216, Kendall 267
Evan Gaesser shot a 37 and Jacob Adams a 47 for Kendall in the Eagles non league loss to Churchville-Chili.

CSAT bests Medina; Barker, Roy-Hart post wins

Senior pitcher Jason Downs hurled a one hit shutout with 17 strikeouts to lead Albion to a 5-0 victory over visiting Newfane this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Albion scored what proved to be the game winning run in the first inning on a single by Brady Meakin as a pair of walks set up the threat.

The Purple Eagles finally opened up a little breathing room on a two-run double by Jaquess Harrison in the fifth inning.

Albion then put a lock on the victory by adding a pair of runs in the sixth frame on sacrifices by Kyle Smith and Randy Eblacker. Singles by Bryce Pritchard and Nate Moore set up the opportunity.

Albion, which next hosts CSAT on Friday, is now 2-0 in the league while Newfane is 0-1.

CSAT 12, Medina 9
Scoring in every inning but one, CSAT bested Medina 12-9 under the lights at Vets Park.

CSAT scored four quick runs in the first inning and later put a lock on the win with three tallies in the seventh.

Medina did battle back to within two at 9-7 after scoring three times in the bottom of the sixth as Brad McPherson and Matt Hahn both had RBI singles.

Medina then loaded the bases in the last of the seventh on two walks and a single by Trevor Luthart. The Mustangs capitalized on a pair of bases loaded walks for runs to cut the deficit to 12-9 but could get no closer as the bags were left full.

CSAT is now 1-0 and Medina 0-2 in N-O action.

Barker 3, Akron 2
Barker pushed across a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to nip visiting Akron 3-2 and improve to 2-0 in N-O action.

Devon Mangan singled and stole second to set up the Raiders last inning threat and Chauncy McKee capitalized by banging out a game winning two-out, RBI single.

Akron had tied the game at 2-2 with a run in the top of the seventh as Jacob Cummings singled, stole second and came home on a wild pitch.

Mike Snell went the distance on the mound for Barker scattering 3 hits and striking out 5.

Aaron Siska likewise pitched the whole game for Akron allowing 5 hits and striking out 10.

Akron is now 0-1.

Roy-Hart 19, Wilson 1
Erupting for six quick runs in the first inning, Roy-Hart went on to defeat host Wilson 19-1.

Cam Meadows went the distance on the mound for Roy-Hart scattering 7 hits and striking out 7.

Tim Maines had 3 hits, including 2 doubles and 5 RBIs, to lead the Rams attack which also included Al Xapsos with a double and triple. Joe Nolan and Justin Heschke both added a pair of hits. Nolan’s base raps included a double.

Roy-Hart is now 1-0 in the league and Wilson 0-2.

A member for nine years, the rapidly growing Charter School For Applied Technologies (CSAT) is leaving the Niagara-Orleans League to join the Niagara Frontier League this fall.

“It’s pretty much a done deal,” said CSAT Athletic Director Joel Reed who noted that the league’s Athletic Directors have already given their approval.

CSAT, which joined the N-O at the start of the 2007-08 school year, has been competing in boys and girls soccer, basketball and cross-country as well as volleyball, baseball and softball.

In joining the NFL, CSAT’s new league opponents will include Lockport, Niagara-Wheatfield, Lew-Port, Kenmore East, Kenmore West, Grand Island, North Tonawanda and Niagara Falls.

“We know we’ll be going from being the biggest school in the N-O to the smallest in the NFL so we’ll have to work to up our level of competition,” said Reed. “An opportunity presented itself and we felt this was the best time to pursue it. However, we really appreciate everything that the N-O has afforded us. The schools have been great to us.”

The newest enrollment numbers released by Section VI for the 2016-17 school year show that CSAT would have been the largest school in the N-O League with 471 students. (Those enrollment or “bed” numbers are based on the number of students in grades 9-11 this year).

Those numbers put CSAT ahead of Albion (457) followed by Newfane (437), Roy-Hart (359), Medina (356), Akron (328), Wilson (310) and Barker (182).

Reed though noted that it was not enrollment levels but transportation, the distances CSAT student/athletes have to travel to all road games in the N-O, and the cost of that transportation that was the biggest factor in the decision.

“The biggest factor was the cost of transportation, the travel time and the cost,” said Reed. “There has been concern about how late our students were getting back from all of our road games and budget wise you always have to be concerned about transportation costs.”

“Geographically they really aren’t close to us and they continue to get bigger so I think this will be a great fit for them,” said Medina Athletic Director Eric Valley of CSAT’s move to the NFL. “They have to do what is in the best interest of their students.”

Interestingly, CSAT will become the third NFL school to have their roots in the N-O League. Both Lew-Port and Niagara-Wheatfield also played their first years of interscholastic sports in the N-O.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Meghan Hurley makes solid contact during the host Purple Eagles loss to Newfane this afternoon.

Newfane opened Niagara-Orleans League softball competition with a 7-0 victory at Albion this afternoon.

In the other N-O games, Roy-Hart (2-0) defeated Wilson (0-2) 18-8 and Akron (1-0) blanked Barker (0-1) 11-0. The Medina at CSAT contest was postponed.

Cassidy Geise hurled the shutout for the Lady Panthers registering 3 strikeouts.

Alexa Littman had 2 hits and 3 RBIs, Emily Foltz 2 RBIs and Olivia Littman a double to lead Newfane at the plate.

Ellen Narburgh had a triple and Kelsee Soule a double for Albion which is now 1-1 in N-O action.

Ellen Narburgh delivers a pitch for Albion.

Roy-Hart 18, Wilson 8
Trailing 4-1, Roy-Hart erupted for seven runs in the bottom of the second inning to key a 18-8 victory over visiting Wilson.

Brianna Brewer, Kayla Brown and Rachael Rausch all had run producing doubles and Rielly Albee an RBI single to key the decisive rally for the Lady Rams.

Maddy Glena had a total of 5 hits for Roy-Hart including 2 doubles, a triple and 4 RBIs. Maddie Fry and Albee both had 3 hits.

Anna Bryer and Jen Darlak both had 2 hits for Wilson.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Greg Husung puts a shot on the Lew-Port goal during the Mustangs victory over the Lancers this afternoon at Vets Park.

Getting goal production from six different players, Medina snapped a brief two game losing streak by defeating Lew-Port 13-5 this afternoon in a Class C Division lacrosse contest at Vets Park.

Tyler Valley scored 4 goals and Mason Lewis 3 to spearhead the attack for Medina as Jake Cotter and Brendan Luthart both added 2 and Coby Albone and Dylan Lewis 1 each.

Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, Medina scored three unanswered goals in the second period on tallies by Mason Lewis, Cotter and Luthart, to move out to a 4-1 half-time advantage.

Medina’s Tyler Howard brings the ball around the back of the Lew-Port net.

The Mustangs quickly upped the advantage to 6-1 in the first minute and a half of the third period on goals by Valley and Dylan Lewis.

Two more tallies by Valley and one by Mason Lewis in the final 4:30 of the period kept the Mustangs in command by a 9-4 margin at the three-quarter mark.

Albone, Valley, Cotter and Luthart then took turns scoring goals in the final period to cap off the victory.

Now at 2-3 in the division, Medina next hosts Salamanca at 5 p.m. Friday.

The loss drops the Lancers to 0-6.

Putting together a big late inning rally, Kendall edged past host Wheatland-Chili 10-8 this afternoon in the Genesee Region League softball opener.

Trailing 7-4, Kendall rallied into the lead for good by scoring four times in the sixth inning on two-run doubles by Chelsea Wright and Madison Rath.

The Lady Eagles then added a pair of insurance runs in the top of the seventh aided by three walks.

Wright also had a triple and Emily Mattle a double for Kendall which next visits Elba on Wednesday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Tristan Sanders serves up a point for Medina at second singles during the Mustangs chilly league opening win over visiting Roy-Hart this afternoon.

Defending champion Albion and Medina both opened Niagara-Orleans League tennis competition this afternoon with home court victories.

Albion defeated Newfane 4 1/2-1 and Medina blanked Roy-Hart 5 1/2-0.

A sweep of the three singles matches by Daniel Beam, Josh Metzler and Dylan Bader sparked Albion to the victory.

Beam defeated Jeremy Ribbeck 6-2, 6-1; Metzler downed Terrell Atkins 6-1, 6-1 and Bader bested Bobb Heers 6-3, 6-3.

The Purple Eagles also got straight set wins by the second and third doubles teams of Emilie Barleben – Victor Benjovsky and Owen Foos-Connor McQuillan.

Medina was likewise led by a trio of straight set singles wins as Kristian Snyder downed Elliot Spitzer 6-3, 6-1; Tristan Sanders topped Patrick Sheelar 6-1, 6-1 and Kayla Leno bested Angelia Ciarfella 6-1, 6-4.

The Mustangs also got straight set wins by the doubles teams of Carson Zgoda-Michael Cardone, Nick Bogan-Ray Paull and Brendan Harris-Toby Kiebala.

In one other N-O match, Akron defeated Wilson 3 1/2-2.

Wins at the first two singles by by Ryan Meek and Nathan Chubb keyed the victory for Akron which also took the second doubles on a win by the duo of Erika Papke and Morgan Wagner.

Albion next visits Roy-Hart and Medina travels to Wilson on Wednesday.

In a Genesee Region League match, a three set victory at third singles by Andy Bontrager keyed Alexander to a 3-2 win over visiting Holley.

Holley took the first two singles matches on wins by Brady Smith and Pablo Romero.