Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Peter Martillotta, shown here working against a Ukraine defender, scored the game winning goal in the final minute.

Scoring late in dramatic fashion, the Medina Mustangs FC nipped Ukraine 1-0 at Vets Park Sunday evening to capture the Buffalo District Soccer League 1st Division regular season title, lock up the No. 1 seed for the up coming playoffs and earn a promotion to the Championship Division for next year.

Peter Martillotta scored the game winner in the final minute off an assist from Caleb Suckow as Tyler Ribbeck made several big saves in goal on the evening to preserve the shutout.

Medina improves to 8-0-1 on the season good for a title clinching 25 points. The Mustangs will host second place Mandem in the regular season finale at 6 p.m. Sunday. Mandem is 6-0-3 on the season good for 21 points.

Ethan Leonard advances the ball up field for Medina ahead of a pair of Ukraine players.

Contributed Photo – The Medina Mustangs 17U team celebrates after capturing the I-90 Shootout Tournament championship this afternoon at Genesee Community College.

The Medina Mustangs 17U baseball team scored a pair of victories at Genesee Community College this afternoon to capture the I-90 Shootout Tournament championship.

Medina first downed the Greece Gladiators 4-3 in the semifinals to avenge an earlier round 6-3 loss on Saturday.

The Mustangs scored two quick runs in the first inning on an RBI triple by Carter Woodworth and an RBI single by Brody Fry, one in the third on a single by Jimmy Dieter and an RBI single by Colton Smith and once in the fourth on doubles by Konner Malcolm and Cam Noonan.

Lukas Grimes earned the win on the mound scattering 5 hits and striking out 6.

Medina then blanked the Elmira Elite 10-0 in the championship game as Woodworth hurled a two hitter with 6 strikeouts.

Medina again got off to a quick start scoring twice in the first inning on an error and an RBI single by Fry.

Fry also had a two-run double to highlight a three-run third inning which was set up by an error and singles by Smith and Vinny Gray.

The Mustangs locked up the win by scoring twice in the fourth on a steal of home and an RBI single by Grimes and three times in the fifth on RBI singles by Fry, Tyler Kroening and Kolton Fletcher.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green lines up a putt at this weekend’s Epson Tournament in Connecticut.

An up and down final round of one under par 71 today was good enough to earn Medina’s Melanie Green a share of second place at the Epson Pro Golf Tour’s Hartford Healthcare Women’s Championship in Connecticut.

A birdie on the final hole earned Green the one under par round and a four day tournament total of 8 under par 280.

She also registered birdies on the day on 5, 6, 11 and 15 to offset four bogeys.

Green opened the tourney with a 1 over par round of 73 on Thursday but rebounded with a 5 under par round of 67 on Friday with six birdies to make the cut. That set the stage for a 3 under par round of 69 on Saturday to move her into a share of fourth place and into title contention.

Green has now finished second, first and fourth in her last three Epson Tournaments.

Next she will compete in the Epson Tournament in Guilderland, N/Y. near Albany this coming week.

Elba ‘A’ edged rival Elba ‘B’ 5-2 in the Albion Midget League 12U Division playoff championship game on Saturday.

Liam Langiewicz had an RBI double in the fourth inning to tie the game. Nathan Buczak then banged out a big two-run double in the fifth frame to give Elba ‘A’ a 5-1 lead.

Buczak also picked up the win on the mound as he scattered 5 hits and struck out 15.

Brody Yark and Logan Bezon both had 2 hits, including a double, for Elba ‘B’.  Yark drove in a pair of runs.

On the mound, Yark and Luke Gaylord combined for a 4 hitter with 10 strikeouts.

No. 2 seeded Elba ‘A’ advanced to the title contest by edging No. 3 Barre 1-0 in the semifinals while No. 4 Elba ‘B’ upended top seeded Sandstone 10-3.

File Photo – Melanie Green

Keeping the momentum from Friday’s sparkling 5 under par round, Medina’s Melanie Green has now moved into a tie for fourth place at the Epson Pro Golf Tour’s Hartford Healthcare Women’s Championship in Connecticut.

Green fired a 3 under par round for 69 today for a three day total score of 209 just three shots back of the leader at 206.

On the day, Green had 4 birdies (on 2, 8, 9 and 14) against just one bogey.

She opened the tourney with a 1 over par round of 73 on Thursday but rebounded with a 5 under par round of 67 on Friday with six birdies to make the cut and set the stage for today’s surge into the top four.

The tournament, which is one of only four 72 hole events on the Epson Tour schedule, will conclude on Sunday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina second baseman Vinny Gray gets an out at second base during the Mustangs  I-90 Shootout Tournament game against the Greece Gladiators this morning.

The Medina Mustangs are off to a 2-1 start at the I-90 17U Shootout Tournament being held this weekend at Batavia.

Medina opened with a 20-1 win over Glow Legion on Friday .

A big six run first inning, which included a two-run single by Lukas Grimes and a single by Konner Malcolm, highlighted that uprising.

Medina later closed out the win with 10 runs in the fifth frame.

Grimes, Colton Smith, Carter Woodworth and Cam Noonan each had 2 hits.

On the mound. Grimes allowed only two hits and struck out 7 in 4 innings of work.

Medina then lost 6-3 to the Greece Gladiators this morning.

Smith had a two-run single in the third inning and Grimes a double for Medina which had a total of only 6 hits.

Rebounding, Medina blanked Avon 12-0 as Vinny Gray and Woodworth both had 3 hits.

Jackson Prynn and Jimmy Dieter combed to hurl the shutout allowing no hits and striking out 6.

Medina scored two quick runs in the first inning on a single by Gray and a sacrifice fly by Prynn and twice in the second keyed by singles by Dieter and Smith.

Medina then broke the game open with five runs in the third inning ignited by a triple by Gray and highlighted by a two-run single by Grimes.

The Mustangs capped off the win with four runs in the fourth as Woodworth and Noonan both had two-run singles.

The tournament will conclude on Sunday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kaiden Froman, left, picked up the win on the mound in Albion’s come-from-behind win over Avon today. At right Albion catcher Nate Gibson tries to make the tag at home.

Trailing 4-0, Albion rallied to edge Avon 6-4 in a GLOW League 18U Division baseball game this morning.

Albion rallied to score twice in the second inning on a two-run single by Jack Conn, once in the third on a sacrifice fly by Elliott Trapiss and three times in the fourth on two walks, a two-run single by Omer Fugate, single by Conn and an error.

Conn and Nate Gibson both had a pair of hits.

On the mound, Froman, who earned the win, and Drew Pritchard combined to hurl a 2 hitter with 4 strikeouts.

Elmire Elite 9, Albion 7
The Elite scored twice in the seventh inning to nip Albion 9-1 this afternoon in an exhibition game.

Albion had rallied to tie the game at 7-7 by scoring five times in the fourth inning on a double by Aaron Woodrow and singles by Drew Boyce, Trapiss, Gibson and Froman.

Boyce, Trapiss and Froman each finished with a pair of hits.

Albion is now 7-2-1.

The Village of Albion Recreation Department will be holding free baseball and volleyball camps over the next two weeks.

The baseball camp will run from Monday July 14 to Friday July 18 from 10 a.m. to noon at the varsity baseball field.

The camp. which is open to students entering grades 3 – 10, will include instruction on hitting, fielding, bunting, throwing, infield, outfield and baserunning.

The volleyball camp will run from Monday July 21 to Friday July 25 from 9 a,m, to noon at the high school.

The camp, which is for students in grades 6-12, will include skill drills, match situations and scrimmages.

No experience is necessary to participate in either camp and there is no pre registration.

Putting together a sparkling second round today, Medina’s Melanie Green is now 4 shots under par at the halfway point of the Epson Pro Golf Tour’s Hartford Healthcare Women’s Championship in Connecticut.

Rebounding from a 1 over par round of 73 on Thursday, Green fired a 5 under par round of 67 today for a two day total of 140.

She had six birdies (on 3, 4, 5, 8, 11 and 14) which more than offset just one bogey.

Green is currently tied for 13th seven shots back of the leader’s 133 total.

The 72 hole tourney continues Saturday and will conclude on Sunday.

The Medina Mustangs FC downed the Hamburg Monarchs 3-2 Thursday evening in the quarterfinals of the Buffalo District Soccer League’s Wood Cup Tournament.

Nate Dillenbeck scored two goals and Trent Choate netted the game winner for Medina.

Cole Callard had two assists and Aiden Prince one for the Mustangs.

Medina next hosts Ukraine in a BDSL 1st Division game at 6 p.m. Sunday at Vets Park.

Medina is currently in first place with a 7-0-1 record while Ukraine is tied for fourth at 3-2-3. A win would clinch the 1st Division regular season title for the Mustangs.