Contributed Photos – Aidan Paul and Gavyn Boyle.

Two local players – Medina graduate Aidan Paul and Roy-Hart’s Gavyn Boyle – who helped the SUNY Niagara baseball team to a school record 52-2 season and a fourth place finish at the national championships, have earned a number of postseason honors.

Boyle, a sophomore outfielder, has received SUNY Niagara’s President’s Cup, the schools’ most distinguished intercollegiate athletics award. Boyle, had a 3.97 grade point average and has earned an Associates degree in Business Administration.

Boyle, who hit .379 and had 18 doubles, 7 triples and 11 home runs and drove in 56 runs for the Thunderwolves has earned both first team All Western New York Athletic Conference and All Region III. He was also named the MVP of the Region III Tournament.

Paul, a sophomore pitcher has also earned first team All-Region III honors and was a second team All WNYAC selection.

He posted a 7-1 record on the mound with 62 strikeouts and a 1.21 earned run average.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Ryleigh Culver makes a foul ball catch for the Niagara-Orleans League near the Genesee Region League dugout during the N-O’s Senior game win at Vets Park this evening.

Scoring two quick runs in the first inning, the Niagara-Orleans League went on to shutout the Genesee Region League 7-0 in the Senior baseball game at Vets Park this evening.

An RBI double by Brody Fry (Medina) and a sacrifice fly by Carter Woodworth (Medina) put the N-O on top to stay in the opening inning.

The N-O went on to add one run in the fourth on an RBI single by Vinny Consiglio (Akron), two in the fifth on an RBI single by Ryleigh Culver (Medina) and a double steal play, one in the sixth on a ground out and one in the seventh on a wild pitch.

Six pitchers combined to hurl a 2 hit shutout with a total of 11 strikeouts for the N-O including Fry, Woodworth, Lukas Grimes (Medina), Ryan Owen (Akron), Anthony Consiglio (Akron) and Tyler Johnston (Wilson).

The N-O also turned a double play in the fourth inning by the Medina trio of Tyler Kroening at shortstop, Fry at second and Grimes at first.

Avery Watterson (Oakfield-Alabama) had a triple for the G-R in the seventh inning.

Akron’s Anthony Consiglio gets the out at second base on Lyndonville’s Jacob Pitcher.

Medina’s Lukas Grimes follows through. The catcher is Kendall’s Colby Hughes.

Pounding out 18 hits, White Birch downed Parkitects 15-2 in a Medina Women’s Softball ‘A’ League game Monday evening.

Anna Lewis had 3 singles and a double, Dana Cotriss 3 singles, Aubrey Lewis 2 doubles, Maddy Boyle and Bekah Hoffee 2 singles and Maddy Gardepe, Kenzi Muck, Stacy Buckland, Brynn Howell and Lily Kompe 1 single. Hoffee had a total of 3 RBIs and Gardepe 2.

For Parkitects, Brianna Pannicia, Kelsey Mest, Alisha Foss, Lorelei Sanders, Pam Schuner, Kennedy Clark and Jessie Lauer each had a hit.

In another game,  Jr Wilson bested Banes 21-5.

Jr. Wilson broke the game open early with 8 runs in the first inning and 7 in the third.

Lindsay Chatt and Morgan Allis both had 3 hits for Banes.

Contributed Photo – Curtis Foss

Contributed story by Mike Pettinella

Curtis Foss of Medina came within one strike of bowling series perfection on June 6 when he rolled 300-300-279–879 in the Friday Match Play League at Oak Orchard Bowl in Albion.

The short season “summer” league is certified through the United States Bowling Congress.

The high-revving right-hander tacked on another 279 in the fourth game on lanes 5-6 for an 1,158 four-game series which, according to USBC records, may be the second-best ever in New York State — behind Jay Diamond of Schenectady’s 1,177 in April 2005.

Bowlers in the nine-week league roll four games each night.

Foss, 37, a seven-time Genesee Region USBC Masters Tournament champion, fired 29 strikes in a row before leaving a 2-pin in the sixth frame of the third game. He converted the spare and then struck out for the 279.

In game four, he converted two 10-pins — switched bowling balls from the Roto-Grip Loco that belonged to his late father, Robert Foss Jr., to the Storm HyRoad 40 — and then strung 10 consecutive strikes for another 279.

The huge effort raised his average in the league to 247. He averaged 235 in a full season league on Monday nights this season at the Albion facility.

Foss said that bowling on the same pair with his friends Melissa Metcalf, Shelby Hollenbeck and Ashlee Salisbury “kept it fun” and helped him to relax throughout the four games.

“Bowling with them helped keep me from getting as nervous as I thought I would be,” he said. “It was more of an excited nerves than the hot sweaty nerves. I just kept telling myself to take my time, take deep breaths and only bowl when I felt ready. I think most of the time they were all more nervous than me.”

Foss, who has a remarkable 77 perfect games and 57 800 series, said he knew he got the ball to the right a bit too much on lane 6 as he went for 30 strikes in a row.

“I got out to the right with too much speed and was just hoping to catch a miracle break, which it sort of was by only leaving the 2-pin,” he said, noting that he was laying the ball down between the third and fourth arrows and sending it out to around the sixth board.

He said the pressure of recording a 900 series was off at that point. He just kept putting the ball in the 1-3 pocket and finished with six more strikes for the 879 series.

“I really felt great the whole night. The ball was reading (the lanes) so well and the pins were just falling all night. It was an incredible feeling,” he added. “Drilling my own equipment now gives me an extra confidence and motivation to do the best I can.”

Foss runs the pro shop at Oak Orchard Lanes when not bowling in leagues at Oak Orchard Bowl and Transit Lanes in Williamsville.

The 879 series is the best ever at Oak Orchard Bowl – topping Robbie Hanks’ 848 in January 2023 — and the second highest ever in the GRUSBC, behind Rich Wagner’s 899 series at Mancuso Bowling Center on Feb. 11, 2021.

Foss previously rolled a 300 game in the Friday league on May 23 and a 299 on May 30.

The curtain will come down on the local high school baseball season Tuesday as Medina will host the Niagara-Orleans League vs. Genesee Region League Senior game at 7 p.m. at Vets Park.

The roster for the N-O squad (listed by school) is as follows:

Medina – Brody Fry, Tyler Kroening, Brady Christiaansen, Ryleigh Culver, Carter Woodworth and Lukas Grimes.

Albion – Andrew Boyce, Aaron Woodroe.

Akron – Vince Consiglio, Tony Consiglio, Ryan Owen.

Wilson – Tyler Johnston, Tyler Woolson, Austin Woodward.

The roster for the G-R team is as follows:

Lyndonville – Cole Moyle, Jacob Pitcher.

Kendall – Gavin Braun, Colby Hughes, Gio Rodriquez.

Alexander – Carson Leer.

Attica – Nate Killian,

Byron-Bergen – Martin McConnell, Jeremiah Romero.

Notre Dame – Chase Cummings, Liam Berger, Owen Bentley, Carson Daniels.

Oakfield-Alabama – Avery Watterson, David Schnaufer, Jack Cianfrini, Wesley Durham, Urian Perez, Aedyn Groth.

Pembroke – Jayden Bridge, Hayden Williams, Trey Newton, Kylan Ball, Landon Santini.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Casey Winiecki had two goals for Medina in tonight’s win.

Five players contributed goals as the Medina Mustangs FC romped to a 9-0 victory over the Niagara FC in a Buffalo District Soccer League 1st Division game at Vets Park this evening.

Improving to 5-0, the division leading Mustangs scored two quick goals in the first 10 minutes and enjoyed a 5-0 lead at halftime.

Nate Dillenbeck scored 3 goals to lead the Medina attack as Casey Winiecki and Cole Callard both netted 2 and Peter Martillotta and Elian Gonzalez 1 each.

David Gonzalez and Callard also both had 2 assists as Ethan Leonard, Dillenbeck, Steven Anderson, Aiden Prince and Aaron Feltz each had 1.

The Mustangs will next host the Honey Badgers at 6 p.m. next Sunday at Vets Park to begin the second half of the regular season.

Over 20 high school spring varsity sports teams in Orleans County have earned New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Team Awards by compiling a composite average of at least 90.

Albion has three honored teams including Softball, Tennis and Girls Track.

Holley has five honorees including Softball, Golf, Tennis, Girls Track and Unified Basketball.

Kendall has four honorees including Softball, Tennis, Boys Track and Unified Basketball.

Lyndonville has three including Softball, Boys Track and Girls Track.

Medina has six including Baseball, Softball, Lacrosse, Tennis, Boys Track and Girls Track.

Nearby Roy-Hart has three including Baseball, Softball and Tennis and Barker five including Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Boys Track and Girls Track.

Rounding out the N-O schools Akron has six including Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Flag Football, Boys Track and Girls Track; Newfane five including Softball, Tennis, Girls Lacrosse, Girls Track and Unified Basketball and Wilson six including Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Lacrosse, Boys Track and Girls Track.

Elks/Rotary downed Brockport 2 15-1 and Sandstone blanked Brockport 1 15-0 in Albion Midget League 12U Division games this past week.

Remi Ebbs threw a no hitter with 18 strikeouts for Elks/Rotary.

At the plate for Elks/ Rotary, Jackson Frasier had 3 hits including a double with 5 RBIs, Ebbs 2 hits and 3 RBIs, Matt Shomske 2 hits including a double and 2 RBIs and Kayden Donnelly 2 hits with 2 RBIs.

Nikko Russo pitched 4 innings for Sandstone and accounted for all 12 outs with 9 strikeouts and 3 putouts. Giovanni LaMartina pitched the final inning registering 3 strikeouts.

Russo, Jayce Torres, Bryce Saxton, Blake Brown and Aiden Kelly each banged out 2 hits. Torres had 4 RBIs and Saxton and Russo 3 each.

Contributed Photo – Gordon Young

Medina and Roy-Hart both had winners at the Section VI Class C Track and Field championships which concluded today at Falconer.

Medina’s Gordon Young won the High Jump with a height of 6-2.

Roy-Hart’s Braden Ricker won the 200 in a time of :22.57.

Roy-Hart also had Tysen McCaa win the Triple Jump with a leap of 42-7 1/2.

The Rams also had Zach Schultz place second in the 400 Hurdles.

Wilson’s Ryan Hough won the Long Jump (21-9 1/2) and also placed second in the 110 Hurdles.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Kolton Fletcher collides with Oneonta’s Bruce Mistler at second base during the Mustangs Regional loss to the Yellowjackets this afternoon at Frontier High School.

Stymied on just three hits and only one run, Section VI champion Medina dropped a narrow 2-1 decision to Section IV champion Oneonta in the Class B Far West Regional this afternoon at Frontier High School in Hamburg.

A two run home run by Brady Carr over the left field wall in the fifth inning provided the only scoring Oneonta needed.

Medina had grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Ryleigh Culver but the Mustangs could not cross home plate again.

Medina’s only other good scoring threat and only other hits came in the sixth inning. Aidan Papaj and Preston Woodworth led off with back-to-back singles but the Mustangs couldn’t capitalize. The Yellowjackets got out the jam on a double play triggered by third baseman Carr and an inning ending strikeout by Nolan Stark who had only 3 strikeouts on the day.

Oneonta also left the bases loaded in the second inning and runners stranded at second and third in the third frame as Medina pitcher Brody Fry bore down to register clutch inning ending strikeouts both times. Fry allowed only 4 hits and struck out 8 in six and one-third innings of work on the mound. Lukas Grimes came on to get the final two outs after Fry reached his pitch limit.

Medina, which was making its third appearance in the state playoffs in the last four years, finishes the season at 22-2 while Oneonta advances to the state semifinals with a 20-3 record.

Ryleigh Culver singled in Medina’s lone run.

Medina’s Brady Christiaansen hauls in a fly ball in right field.