Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Ethan Leonard gains control of the ball for the Medina Mustangs FC during this evening’s tie game with the Honey Badgers at Vets Park.

The Medina Mustangs FC rallied to earn a 2-2 tie with the Honey Badgers in a Buffalo District Soccer League 1st Division game this evening at Vets Park.

Down 1-0 early, Medina rallied for the tie as Nathan Dillenbeck scored both goals, one on a penalty kick and the other off an assist from Elian Gonzalez.

Improving to 5-0-1, Medina will next face the Chargers FC next Sunday at Sahlens Sports Park at 2 p.m.

Thomas Goetze battles to gain control of the ball for the Medina Mustangs FC.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Putting together back-to-back solid 4 under par rounds, Medina’s Melanie Green finished in a tie for sixth place at the Epson Pro Golf Tour’s Great Lakes Championship which finished this afternoon in Michigan.

Green, who opened the tourney with an even par round of 72 on Friday, moved into contention with a 4 under par round of 68 on Saturday as 6 birdies more than offset 2 bogeys.

Keeping the momentum, Green matched that 4 under par round of 68 today to finish with a 208 total four shots back of the tourney winner’s 204 total on rounds of 72. 66. 66.

In fact, Green was as much as 9 under par and only 2 shots off the pace after birdies on 3, 8, 9, 11 and 15. However, a bogey on 17 dropped her back to 8 under still enough to earn her a top six finish.

The top 10 finish was her third of the season.

Green will be competing in Michigan again next week at Epson’s Island Resort Championship.

Improving to 7-0, Sandstone downed Carlton 10-6 in a Albion Midget League 12U baseball game this past week.

Breaking away from a 6-6 tie, Sandstone regained the lead for good by scoring 4 runs in the third inning.

Nikko Russo earned the win on the mound registering 10 strikeouts in 5 innings of work.

Rowe Bouchey had a big day at the plate for Carlton banging out a double and a triple driving in a total of 4 runs.

In another score reported Barre downed Elks/Rotary 7-0.

Four local student-athletes have earned top 10 finishes at the Class C state track championships which concluded today at Middletown.

Roy-Hart’s Zachary Schultz placed second in the 400 Hurdles (:56.30), Medina’s Gordon Young fifth in the High Jump (6-1), Wilson’s Ryan Hough sixth in the Long Jump (21-10) and Roy-Hart’s Tysen McCaa seventh in the Triple Jump (40-4 3/4).

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Genesee Regon League All-Star quartet includes, from left, Addie Dillenbeck, Hannah Fox, Brooke Robinson and Arnie Sturtevant.

Division 2 co-champion Lyndonville has placed four players on the Genesee Region League All-Star softball team.

The Lady Tigers honored quartet includes senior catcher Addie Dillenbeck, junior infielder Brooke Robinson, sophomore infielder Hannah Fox and freshman pitcher Arnie Sturtevant.

Dillenbeck has also been named G-R Player of the Year.

In addition, Lyndonville Coach Joe Moore has been named G-R Coach of the Year. His Lady Tigers shared the G-R Division 2 title with Oakfield-Alabama at 11-1 and finished with an overall record of 19-3.

Dillenbeck hit .586 with 5 doubles, 11 triples, 2 home runs and 23 RBIs overall on the season.

Robinson hit .368 with 7 doubles, 1 home run and 17 RBIs.

Fox hit .362 with3 doubles and 18 RBIs.

Sturtevant went 14-0 in the circle with 104 strikeouts and a 1.19 earned run average. At the plate, she hit .469 with 13 doubles, 4 triples, 3 home runs and 25 RBIs.

Lyndonville Coach Joe Moore, shown here meeting with his infield, has been named G-R League Coach of the Year,

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s G-R All-Stars include, from left, Nic Cole, Gavin Braun, Colby Hughes and Vinnie D’Agostino.

Undefeated (12-0) champion Kendall has placed four players on the Genesee Region League All-Star baseball team.

The Eagles quartet includes senior catcher Colby Hughes, senior pitcher Gavin Braun, junior pitcher Nic Cole and junior shortstop Vinnie D’Agostino.

Kendall junior second baseman Jonny Conte has received Honorable Mention.

Hughes hit .559 with 11 doubles. Defensively he threw out 31 percent of the runners trying to steal.

Braun registered 61 strikeouts and had a 1.24 earned run average in 56.2 innings of work on the mound.

Cole notched 81 strikeouts and had a 1.90 earned run average in 55.1 innings of work.

D’Agostino hit .446 with 8 doubles and 31 runs scored.

Conte hit .341 with 16 RBIs and 32 runs scored.

Albion’s Purple Eagles 18U baseball team downed Tri Town 12-1 in the season opener this evening.

Elliott Trapiss led the Albion attack with 3 hits including a double and triple and 6 RBIs.

Drew Pritchard earned the win on the mound allowing only 1 hit and striking out 4 in four innings.

Albion wasted no time in taking charge by erupting four 4 runs in the first inning on a two-run triple by Nate Gibson and RBI singles by Trapiss and Kaiden Froman.

The Purple Eagles also scored 5 runs in the third inning as Trapiss had a three-run triple and Rocco Sidari an RBI single and three times in the fifth as Trapiss had a two-run double.

Albion will next visit Pavilion on Tuesday.

Contributed Photos – Rylee VanNostrand, left, Mia Herman, Natalie Brandel and Sidney Ziemendorf.

A quartet of former Niagara-Orleans League players on this spring’s SUNY Niagara softball team have earned post season honors.

Medina graduate sophomore middle infielder Rylee VanNostrand and Barker grad freshman pitcher/first baseman Natalie Brandel have both been named to the second team of the All Western New York Athletic Conference squad.

VanNostrand, who has also played soccer and basketball for the Thunderwolves, hit .304 with 7 doubles and 16 RBIs.

Brandel, who had 9 starts in the pitching circle, hit .389 with 6 doubles, 1 triple and 9 RBIs.

Barker grad freshman outfielder/shortstop Mia Herman has earned the team’s Coaches Award.

Wilson grad, freshman outfielder Sidney Ziemendorf has received the Thunderwolves Award.