Surviving a big last inning comeback bid, Albion held on to nip host Alden 8-7 in a GLOW League 18U Division baseball game Thursday evening.

Trailing 8-2, Alden rallied for five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on an error, two doubles and four singles but the rally fell just short.

Albion took the lead for good by scoring four quick runs in the first inning on an RBI single by Elliott Trapiss, an RBI sacrifice fly by Kaiden Froman, an error and a passed ball. A triple by Drew Boyce set up the opportunity.

A two-run single by Gavin Boyce later highlighted a three run third inning.

Albion plated what proved to be the game winning run in the fifth inning on an RBI single by Viktor Snyder.

Improving to 6-1-1, Albion will next host Avon in a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.

Tri Town 9, Lyndonville 0
In another GLOW 18U contest, Tri Town held Lyndonville hitless in posting a 9-0 win.

Tri Town scored three quick runs in the first inning and four more in the fourth.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Luke Gaylord slides into second base for Elba ‘B’ as Sandstone second baseman Bryce Saxton awaits the throw. The action took place during Wednesday’s semifinal game at Sandstone.

It will be an all Elba matchup Saturday for the Albion Midget League 12U Division playoff championship game.

In Wednesday evening’s semifinals, No. 4 seed Elba ‘B’ upended top seeded Sandstone 10-3 and No. 2 Elba ‘A’ nipped No. 3 Barre 1-0.

Jaxon Hall had 3 hits and Luke Gaylord and Carmine Augello 2 each to lead the Elba ‘B’ offense. Gaylord’s hits included a double.

On the mound, Brody York and Gaylord combined for 16 strikeouts.

For Sandstone, Blake Brown had a hit to drive in two runs in the fifth inning.

Putting together a big second half comeback, Roy-Hart rallied to earn a 3-3 tie with host Amherst in a Buffalo Youth Soccer League girls U19 Division game Tuesday evening.

Trailing 3-0 at the half, Roy-Hart came battling back as two goals by Maria Trombley ignited the rally. Ruth Walker followed up by scoring the tying goal.

Now at 1-3-2 on the season, Roy-Hart next hosts the Southern Tier FC next Tuesday.

A late inning rally fell just short as Albion dropped a narrow 5-4 decision to visiting Pavilion in a GLOW League 18U Division baseball game Tuesday evening.

Trailing 5-1, Albion cut the deficit to just one by rallying for three runs in the sixth inning on an RBI double by Gavin Boyce and RBI singles by Kaiden Froman and Drew Pritchard. However, Albion could not plate the equalizer as the bases were left loaded.

Pritchard, Elliott Trapiss and Drew Boyce each had a pair of hits on the evening as Albion out hit Pavilion 9-2.

Pritchard, Drew Boyce and Jayden Plummer combined to hurl the 2 hitter for Albion with a total of 14 strikeouts.

Albion, which next visits Alden on Thursday, is now 3-1-1.

Alden 7, Lyndonville 2
Lyndonville scored two quick runs in the first inning on a fielders choice play and a walk but could not cross home plate again as host Alden claimed a 7-2 win in another GLOW League contest.

A two-run single by Sam Dunlap evened the score in the second inning and Alden quickly moved on top to stay by scoring once in the third on a wild pitch and twice in the fourth on an error and a groundout.

CJ Dix had Lyndonville’s only hit as Alden hurlers registered 11 strikeouts.

Lyndonville, which next visits Tri-Town on Thursday, is now 0-4-1.

White Birch downed Parkitects 18-7 and Banes topped Dubby’s 16-1 in Medina Women’s Softball League ‘A’ Division action Monday evening.

White Birch 18, Parkitects 7
Pounding out 21 hits, White Birch improved to 7-1 with an 18-7 win over Parkitects.

Aubrey Lewis had a home run and a single, Ella Lewis a double and two singles, Bekah Hoffee a double and single and Maddy Boyle and Anna Lewis both had a double to lead the White Birch attack. Dana Cotriss also had 3 singles, Gracie Johnson, Stacy Buckland and Brynn Howell 2 singles and Kenzie Muck, Mallory Albone and Lily Kompe 1 single.

Tabby McBride and Brianna Smith both had a double and Kelsey Mest 2 singles for Parkitects.

Banes 16, Dubby’s 1
Connie Heschke, Lindsay Chatt and Kathy Allen each had 3 hits including a double, Morgan Allis 3 including a double and a home run, Robin Blaun a double and triple and Teri Scharlau 2 doubles to lead the way for Banes.

Banes took the lead for good by scoring 5 quick runs in the first inning as Allen and Krissy Scharlau had doubles and Lindsay Chatt and Allen singles.

Banes quickly upped the the lead to 11-1 with 6 more run in the second inning highlighted by a home run by Allis, a triple by Blaun and a double by Teri Scharlau.

Banes capped off the scoring with 5 more in the third as Teri Scharlau, Blaun and Heschke all had doubles.

The win improves Banes record to 4-3.

Contributed Photo – Ellie Ebbs (13) leads a Holley rush up field during Monday evening’s win over visiting Victor. Following the play are Carsyn Mogle (3) and Veronica Flow (6)..

Reaching the halfway point of the season with a near perfect 5-0-1 record, Holley downed visiting Victor 3-2 in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U15 Division game Monday evening.

Audrianna Lana, Ellie Ebbs and Philomena Arnold each scored a goal for Holley.

Lana, Brianna Tomasino and Veronica Flow each had an assist.

The top four seeds all scored wins in the quarterfinal round of the Albion Midget League 12U Division baseball playoffs Monday evening.

Top seeded Sandstone downed No. 8 Holley ‘B’ 14-1, No. 2 Elba ‘A’ shutout No. 7 Holley ‘A’ 20-0, No. 3 Barre blanked No. 6 Elks/Rotary 10-0 and No. 4 Elba ‘B’ bested No. 5 Carlton 18-2.

The semifinals on Wednesday at 6 p.m. will have Elba ‘B’ at Sandstone and Barre at Elba ‘A’.

The championship game will be Saturday.

Nikko Russo had 4 hits, Giovanni LaMartina a two-run triple and Aiden Kelly 2 hits for Sandsteone.

Ethan Olles and Luke Snyder shared in pitching the shutout for Barre. Snyder also had a home run.

Brody Yark hurled a 2 hitter with 11 strikeouts for Elba ‘B’. At the plate, John Anderson and Luke Gaylord both had 2 hits and Logan Bezon a triple.

The landscape of area high school football has certainly changed especially when it comes to 8 Man football.

Four or five years ago 8 Man football seemed to be the answer and the future for schools struggling with low numbers of players.

However, that situation has changed rapidly as now all the 8 Man schools are either going back to play 11 Man football or are merging with another school leaving no 8 Man teams in either Section V or Section VI for this coming season.

One of those schools is Holley which after playing seven years of 8 Man is now returning to 11 Man football for this fall playing an independent schedule.

“I’m excited and the boys are excited. I think we’ll be competitive,” said new Hawks Coach Wyatt Wink. “It is going to be interesting for sure.”

Wink is looking for the Hawks to have a squad numbering 22 to 25 players. Again this year the Hawks varsity squad will also have players from Lyndonville.

“Going back to 11 Man means a bigger field, a lot more space, a couple of more linemen and another skill position player so more depth is needed,” added Wink.

The Hawks independent schedule includes games against some familiar foes including Notre Dame, Attica, CG Finney and Canisteo-Greenwood along with a couple of new foes in Cardinal O’Hara from Tonawanda and St. Mary’s of Lancaster.

The tentative schedule has Holley opening the season at O’Hara on September 6. The Hawks are also scheduled to host O’Hara on September 27.

Practice will begin on August 18 with a scrimmage against Red Jacket slated for August 30.

It has been 50 years since Lyndonville High fielded a football team.

In fact, Lyndonville’s last football team was the 1975 varsity squad.

However, that will change this fall as the Board of Education recently approved the addition of Modified ‘A’ Football (for players in grades 7-9) to the Tigers lineup of interscholastic sports teams.

Modified Football will join soccer as the school’s two fall sports for the Tigers boys student-athletes.

“Our goal is to build up our participation numbers and to make sure that both sports succeed,” said Athletic Director Jim Zeliff who notes that a football squad of 22 to 24 players is projected.

“Although this year’s graduating class numbered only 30 our seventh grade class numbers 56 so we are trending in the right direction,” added Zeliff. “The community’s youth football program numbers have been good and our varsity soccer team had a very solid season last fall so we think it is a good time to bring on another sport. We feel both sports can exist simultaneously. Our goal is to make sure that both succeed.”

No schedule has been set for the Modified team but practice for the fall season is scheduled to begin on August 18.

The Albion Midget League 12U Division playoffs will get underway on Monday with four quarterfinal round games at 6 p.m.

Sandstone, which posted the best regular season record of 11-1, is the No. 1 seed. Elba ‘A’ (10-4), Barre (9-3) and Elba ‘B’ (9-6) round out the top four seeds.

The quarterfinal matchups will have No. 8 Holley ‘B’ (4-7-1) at No. 1 Sandstone, No. 7 Holley ‘A’ (5-8-1) at No. 2 Elba ‘A’, No. 6 Elks/Rotary (6-8) at No. 3 Barre and No. 5 Carlton (8-5) at No. 4 Elba ‘B’.

The semifinals are scheduled for Wednesday at the higher seeds and the championship game for Saturday.