Photos by Tom Rivers: Hunter Huscher of Albion came from behind on the straightaway to win the 200 (:22.79), edging Marlon Barnaby of Health Sciences. Huscher also was second in the 100 at 11.55 seconds.

Albion had a trio of individual event winners at the Section VI Class B track championships held today at Alden.

Michelle Lauro-Ramirez won the Discus (109-3) for Albion and was second in the Shotput.

Cencere Lowe won the Long Jump (21-11), Hunter Huscher the 200 (:22.79) and Michelle Lauro-Ramirez the Discus (109-3).

Lowe also placed third in the Triple Jump and fifth in the 100 while Huscher took second in the 100.

The Albion boys team also had Luke Bell place 5th in both the Shotput and Discus, Tyler Cody 2nd in the High Jump, Ezra Bloom 4th in the High Jump. Tristian Tilbe 4th in the 3000 Steeplechase, Noah Harrison 5th in the Triple Jump, Omar Trejo 4th in the Pole Vault and Tye Talbot 5th in the Pole Vault.

Tilbe also teamed up with Myles Beach, Nate Wheling and Adrian Figueroa to place 3rd in the 3200 Relay.

The Albion girls also had Mia Standish place 3rd in the 400 Hurdles, Jordan Simmons 3rd in the High Jump and Sophia Wendt third in the Triple Jump.

The Medina boys had Gordon Young place 4th in the High Jump and Ryder Jones 5th in the 400 Hurdles.

Jones also teamed up with Cole Hughes, Aleks Seefeldt and Riley Tompkins to place second in the 3200 Relay.

Aurora Owczarczak placed 5th in both the 100 and 200 for the Medina girls as Talie Rupp took 4th in the 2000 Steeplechase and Penelope Schalck 5th in the Pole Vault.

Cincere Lowe of Albion won the long jump today at Sectionals in Alden with a leap of 21 feet, 11 inches.

Penelope Schalck took fifth in the pole vault for Medina.

Limited to only two hits top seeded Barker dropped a narrow 2-0 decision to No. 2 Chautauqua Lake in the championship game of the Section VI Class C softball playoffs this afternoon at Olean.

Chautauqua Lake scored solo runs in third and seventh innings both on errors.

Chautauqua Lake pitcher Cayzlee Johnson hurled the 2 hitter and registered 11 strikeouts.

In the circle for Barker Madyson Flint scattered 6 hits and stuck out 10.

Madelina Pavlock and Aine Davis each had a single to account for Barker’s hits.

Chautauqua Lake advances to next week’s Far West Regional with a 17-3 record while Barker finishes with a 17-6 mark.

The time for the Medina vs. Southwestern Section VI Class B championship baseball game has been changed.

The game will now be played at 10 a.m. Saturday at Frontier High School. It was originally scheduled for 4 p.m.

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Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Carter Woodworth, shown here banging out the winning hit in Thursday’s semifinal win, and his Mustangs teammates will next face Southwestern for the Class B title at 4 p.m. Saturday at Frontier High School.

Just as was the case in both the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, Medina will face a familiar foe in Saturday’s title contest as the top seeded Mustangs will take on No. 6 Southwestern for the Section VI Class B baseball championship at 4 p.m. at Frontier High School.

It will be the fourth time in five years that the Mustangs and Trojans have met in the sectionals.

Medina defeated Southwestern 10-0 in the 2021 Class B2 quarterfinals and 5-4 in the 2022 Class B2 semifinals.

In their most recent meeting, the Trojans blanked the Mustangs 3-0 in the 2023 Class B2 opening round.

Medina, which brings a 20-1 record into the finals, has advanced with a pair of narrow nail bitter victories where both times the winning run scored in the final inning.

Medina first nipped Niagara-Orleans League foe No. 9 seed Roy-Hart 3-2 in the quarterfinals by scoring a run with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Mustangs then needed nine innings to edge No. 4 Fredonia 2-1 in the semis scoring the tying run in the bottom of the seventh and the game winner in the bottom of the ninth.

Southwestern, which is 13-6, likewise had a close call in the quarterfinals rallying for four runs in the top of the seventh inning to post a narrow 6-5 win over No. 3 Akron which left the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh. The Trojans then romped to a 17-6 win over No. 2 JFK in the semifinals sparked by a trio of four run scoring innings.

Saturday’s winner will advance to the new Sub Regional contest which is scheduled for Thursday at Dwyer Stadium against the Section V champion (either No. 1 seed Wellsville or No. 2 LeRoy). The winner will advance to next Saturday’s Regional against the Section IV champion (either Oneonta or Lansing). That winner will then advance to the state semifinals on June 13 in Binghamton.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Mikey Colucci and his Eagle teammates will face Genesee Valley/Belfast for the Section V Class C2 title on Friday evening at 7:30 at Dwyer Stadium.

Top seeded Kendall will face No. 2 Genesee Valley/Belfast in the Section V Class C2 baseball championship game at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Dwyer Stadium in Batavia.

Both teams bring 21-1 records into the title contest.

Genesee Valley/Belfast advanced by downing No. 3 Gananda 4-3 in the semifinals this evening.

Kendall topped Genesee Region League foe Oakfield-Alabama 3-2 in the other semifinal on Wednesday.

The Medina Mustangs FC dropped a narrow 4-3 decision on penalty kicks to LaSalle this evening in a Buffalo District Soccer League Wood Cup contest.

Medina tied the game at 2-2 on a penalty kick goal by Cole Callard.

Nate Dillenbeck also had a penalty kick goal for Medina whose other tally was scored by Aiden Prince off a corner by Elian Gonzalez.

Medina will open the home portion of its BDSL 1st Division season by hosting Great White Buffalo at 6 p.m. Sunday at Vets Park.

The Mustangs are off to a 3-0 start in 1st Division competition.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina catcher Ryleigh Culver gets the force out at home on Fredonia’ Ashton Putney during the Mustangs extra inning sectional semifinal win over the Hillbillies at Vets Park this evening,.

In an extra inning thriller, top seeded defending champion Medina edged past No. 4 Fredonia 2-1 in 9 innings in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class B baseball playoffs this evening at Vets Park.

The Mustangs scored the game winner in the bottom of the ninth as Aidan Papaj walked, stole second, went to third on a sacrifice fly by winning pitcher Preston Woodworth and came home on an infield single by Carter Woodworth.

Trailing 1-0, Medina rallied for a run on an error in the bottom of the seventh to send the contest into extra innings. Pinch runner Kolton Fletcher scored the tying run on the error after stealing second and third.

Fredonia’s run came in the fifth inning on a double by Brady Crawford.

The Hillbillies then got the bases loaded in the sixth inning on an error, a hit batter and a bunt single but Preston Woodworth bore down to get out of the big jam by registering two clutch inning ending strikeouts.

Preston Woodworth, who allowed only 3 hits and struck out 13 on the evening, also notched a clutch inning ending strikeout in the seventh as Fredonia left a runner stranded at third.

Medina left fielder Brody Fry then made a spectacular diving catch for the first out in the eighth which included another strikeout by Preston Woodworth who also had a pair of strikeouts in the top of the ninth.

Fredonia pitcher Ashton Putney likewise went the distance on the mound giving up just 2 hits and striking out 10.

Improving to to 20-1, Medina will next face No. 6 seed Southwestern in the Class B championship game at 4 p.m. Saturday at Frontier High School. Southwestern downed No. 2 JFK 17-6 in the other semifinal.

Medina second baseman Tyler Kroening gets set to put the tag on Fredonia’ Brady Crawford during a run down play which also involved Carter Woodworth (1) and Vinny Gray.

Medina’s Kolton Fletcher steals third as Fredonia’s AJ Kinney goes high to try and get the throw. Fletcher came home on the overthrow with the tying run in the bottom of the seventh inning.

In the pitching dual, both Fredonia’s Ashton Putney and Medina’s Preston Woodworth went the distance on the mound of the 9 inning thriller.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Rylan Townsend tags out Fillmore’s Mattie McCumiskey to compete a double play. The action took place during the Lady Tigers home field sectional loss this afternoon.

Runs proved hard to come by as top seeded Lyndonville dropped a narrow 2-1 decision to No. 4 Fillmore in the semifinal round of the Section V Class D softball playoffs this afternoon at Lyndonville.

Fillmore pitcher Mylee Miller helped her self at the plate by driving in both of the Eagles runs with RBI singles in the first and third innings. In the circle she allowed 4 hits and struck out 8.

Lyndonville pitcher Arnie Sturtevant likewise had a strong outing in the circle scattering 6 hits and striking out 7.

Lyndonville’s lone run came in the first inning on a single by Hannah Fox after Sturtevant had led off with a single. Alexa Robinson followed up with a double but was left stranded. Fox had 2 hits on the day.

Defensively, the Lady Tigers turned a double play in the fifth inning from shortstop Brooke Robinson to first baseman Isabella Groves to second baseman Rylan Townsend.

The Lady Tigers, which finish the season at 19-3, had just one hit after the first inning.

Fillmore advances to the Class D finals with a 16-4 record.

Lyndonville’s Isabella Groves tags out Fillmore’s Tenlee Miller at first base.

Lyndonville’s Hannah Fox is out at home after colliding with Fillmore catcher Morghyn Ross.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Madelina Pavlock, shown here covering first base, and her Lady Bulldogs teammates will face Chautauqua Lake the the Section VI Class C championship game on Friday at Olean.

Seeking a first Section VI softball title top seeded Barker will face No. 2 Chautauqua Lake in the Class C championship game at 5 p.m. Friday at Olean Middle School.

Barker brings a 17-5 record into the title contest while Chautauqua Lake is 16-3.

Barker has won a pair of thrillers to advance to the finals edging No. 8 Gowanda 3-2 in the quarterfinals and No. 5 Falconer 1-0 in the semis.

Gowanda has scored a pair of lopsided 13-1 wins over No. 7 Portville in the quarterfinals and No. 6 Randolph in the semis.

The victor at Olean advances to the Far West Regional of the state playoffs.

Barker last reached the Section VI Class C finals in 2016 dropping a close 2-0 decision to Cleveland Hill.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Sammy Conte gets congratulations from his Kendall teammates Colby Hughes, Jonny Conte and Vinnie D’Agostino after driving in the winning run in dramatic fashion in the bottom of the seventh inning giving the Eagles a 3-2 sectional win over visiting Oakfield-Alabama.

Scoring a run in dramatic fashion with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning, top seeded Kendall nipped Genesee Region League foe No. 5 seed Oakfield-Alabama 3-2 in the semifinal round of the Section V Class C2 baseball playoffs this afternoon at Kendall.

A single by Sammy Conte drove in the decisive run giving Kendall the thrilling walk off victory. A single by Mikey Colucci and two intentional walks loaded the bases setting the stage for Conte’s game winning hit.

Earlier, Kendall jumped out to a 2-0 lead. The Eagles scored once in the first inning on back-to-back triples by CJ D’Agostino and Vinnie D’Agostino. That duo did it again in the fifth frame. This time back-to-back doubles by CJ D’Agostino and Vinnie D’Agostino plated the Eagles second run.

CJ D’Agostino finished with 3 hits and Vinnie D’Agostino 2 and a pair of RBIs.

Oakfield-Alabama battled back to knot the contest in the sixth inning on a two-run single by Hunter Tobolski.

Nic Cole went the distance on the mound for Kendall allowing only 3 hits, all of which came in the sixth inning, and striking out 10.

Improving to 21-1, Kendall will next face the winner of the No. 3 Gananda vs. No. 3 Genesee Valley-Belfast semifinal in the championship game which the Section V website has scheduled for Friday.

Nic Cole went the distance on the mound for Kendall.

Kendall catcher Colby Hughes makes a catch near the Oakfield-Alabama dugout.

Kendall’s CJ D’Agostino sprints to third base after banging out a first inning triple.