Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Preston Woodworth blanks Wilson.

Completing a perfect 12-0 league title campaign, Medina blanked host Wilson 7-0 this afternoon to close out the Niagara-Orleans baseball season.

Preston Woodworth hurled a 2 hit shutout with 11 strikeouts to lead the way for the Mustangs which improve to 17-1 overall.

Up 1-0 on an unearned first inning run, Medina opened up a little breathing room by scoring three times in the third inning on an RBI double by Brody Fry, a ground out and an error. A single by Tyler Kroening and a walk set up the threat.

The Mustangs tacked on one insurance run in the fifth on an error and two in the sixth on an RBI single by Carter Woodworth and a fielders choice play.

Medina will close out the regular season with non league road games at Kenmore West on Tuesday and at Lockport on Thursday.

Akron 12, Albion 8
A marathon 9 run late inning scoring burst keyed Akron to a 12-8 win over visiting Albion.

Trailing 3-1, Akron took the lead for good by scoring 9 runs in the fifth inning on two two-run errors, two run producing errors, a bases loaded walk and RBI singles by Hunter Haist and Ryan Owen.

Albion answered back with 5 runs in the top of the sixth om RBI singles by Seth Krenning, Andrew Boyce and Elliott Trapiss and a two-run error but could get no closer than 10-8. Nate Gibson, Gavin Boyce and Drew Pritchard also had hits during the Purple Eagles rally.

Gavin Boyce finished with 3 hits as Andrew Boyce, Trapiss and Pritchard each had 2.

Akron finishes the N-O season at 9-3 and Albion at 7-5.

Roy-Hart 11, Barker 1
Roy-Hart completed a 7-5 N-O season with an 11-1 win over visiting Barker as Gavin Heideman hurled a 1 hitter with 16 strikeouts.

RJ Townsend had 3 hits and John Brigham 2 to lead the Rams at the plate.

Roy-Hart scored 4 runs in the third inning as Evan Poeller had a two-run double and Townsend an RBI single and 4 more in the sixth as Brigham had a two-run double.

Final N-O Standings
Medina 12-0, Akron 9-3, Albion 7-5, Roy-Hart 7-5, Barker 3-9, Newfane 2-10, Wilson 2-10.

Making it three road wins in a row to open the season, the Medina Mustangs FC downed the Buffalo Night 4-1 in a Buffalo District Soccer League 1st Division game this evening at Sahlen’s Sports Park.

Cole Callard scored the three goal hat-trick for Medina one of which came on a penalty kick.

Nate Dillenbeck netted the other goal on a header off a corner from Kyan Mathieu.

Mathieu had 2 assists on the evening and Casey Winiecki 1.

Medina’s home opener will be next Sunday as the Mustangs host the Great White Buffalo at 6 p.m. at Vets Park.

Seeded No. 8 Albion will host No. 9 Cheektowaga at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the opening round of the Section VI Class A softball playoffs.

The victor will face the winner of Tuesday’s  No. 1 Williamsville South vs. No. 16 Kenmore East game in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

Medina, which is seeded No. 17 in Class B, will visit No. 16 Salamanca at 5 p.m. Monday. The winner will visit No. 1 Olmsted at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The other Class B openers involving Niagara-Orleans League teams at 5 p.m. Tuesday will have No. 12 Tonawanda at No. 5 Roy-Hart, No. 10 East Aurora at No. 7 Wilson, No. 13 Akron at No. 4 Alden and No. 3 Performing Arts at No. 14 Newfane.

Barker is seeded No. 1 in Class C and will host the winner of Tuesday’s game between No. 8 Gowanda and No. 9 Maple Grove/Panama at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Sandstone scored a pair of victories this past week to open  the Albion Midget League 12 U Division baseball season.

Sandstone first downed Elba B 5-0 as Nikko Russo registered 8 strikeouts on the mound.

Russo and Blake Brown both had key hits during a three run fifth inning which locked up the win.

Gia Zuber had a single and double for Elba B

Sandstone then bested Elks 11-4 as Jayce Torres had 3 hits and 4 RBIs and Brown a two-run single.

Kayden Donnelly had a two-run double for Elks.

Contributed Photos – Aidan Paul, left, and Gavyn Boyle

Two local players, Medina’s Aidan Paul and Roy-Hart’s Gavin Boyle, have helped the SUNY Niagara Thunderwolves capture the Region III baseball championship and earn a berth in the upcoming Junior College World Series.

Improving to 49-0 on the season, the Thunderwolves defeated Finger Lakes Community College 10-0, Herkimer 10-0 and Finger Lakes again 18-6 in the Region III playoffs.

Paul hurled a 3 hit shutout with 7 strikeouts in the opening win over Finger Lakes.

Boyle had 2 hits and 2 RBI in the win over Herkimer and then had a huge day in the finale against Finger Lakes banging out a double, triple and home run driving in a total of 7 runs.

Paul, a sophomore is now 7-0 on the season on the mound with 58 strikeouts and an earned run average of 0.99.

Boyle, a sophomore outfielder, is hitting .397 with 17 doubles, 7 triples, 10 home runs and 54 runs batted in.

Rotary rallied late for an exciting 6-5 Albion Midget League win over Hamlin on Saturday.

Trailing 5-2 in the bottom of the fifth Rotary rallied as Jackson Fraiser belted a three-run double to tie the game and Remi Ebbs followed up with an RBI double for what proved to be the game winning run.

Ebbs then locked up the win as he registered 3 strikeouts in the top of the sixth to end the game. He had a big day on the mound allowing no hits and no earned runs while striking out 11 in five innings of work.

In the season opener Rotary dropped a 13-2 decision to Barre.

Mark Shomske had a double and also had a fine defensive game in the the outfield while Gavin O’Bracta and Remi Ebbs did a good job pitching.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green in action at the Utah Tournament

Posting her best Epson Pro Tour finish to date, Medina’s Melanie Green finished in a share of second place at the Copper Rock championship in Utah which wrapped up this afternoon.

Slowed by a bogey and a double bogey, Green posted a 1 over par round of 73 today to finish the three day tournament with a 12 under par total of 204 which was just one shot back of the leader.

Green opened the tournament with a 5 under par round of 67 on Thursday and then shot a sizzling 8 under par round of 64 on Friday to move into a share of the lead.

She had a total of 13 birdies and no bogeys over the first two rounds.

However, she had only 2 birdies today which were not quite enough to offset the bogey and double bogey resulting in the 1 over par round.

The next tourney on the Epson Tour schedule will be in Michigan June 6-8.

The host Lady Bulldogs took top honors at the Barker softball tournament by edging Oakfield-Alabama 5-3 in the championship game this afternoon.

Breaking away from a 2-2 deadlock, Barker scored the decisive three runs in the sixth inning on a double by Madelina Pavlock, singles by Peyton Bradley and Madyson Flint and a pair of errors. Flint was named the tourney’s MVP.

Barker’s other two runs came in the third inning as Kaylee Stoll and Lexi Brazzell had key singles.

Raine Denny accounted for Oakfield-Alabama’s runs with a two-run homer in the fifth inning and an RBI single in the seventh.

In the semifinals Barker trimmed Elba 7-5.

Brazzell had a two-run single to highlight a four run second inning for Barker. Flint later had a two-run double and Bradley an RBI double in the fourth frame for what proved to be the decisive three runs.

Brazzell had a total of 3 hits and Pavlock 2.

Oakfield-Alabama advanced to the finals by downing Lyndonville 6-1 in the other semifinal.

Lyndonville rebounded to defeat Elba 17-11 in the consolation game as Addison Dillenbeck had 4 hits including a double and two triples, Arnie Sturtevant 3 hits including a double and home run and Braelynn Dillenbeck 3 hits including a double.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Colton Smith steals second base as Elba’s Bradyn Jachimowicz covers the bag. The action took place during the Tigers home field loss to the Lancers today.

Leading by a narrow 3-2 margin, Elba scored 4 runs in the top of the seventh inning to earn a 7-2 win over host Lyndonville in a Genesee Region League baseball game this morning.

A two-run single by Elisas Lagunas Perez and Bing Zuber’s second double of the day highlighted the big last inning uprising for the Lancers which improve to 12-4..

Earlier, Elba scored once in the second on a double by Zuber and an error and twice in the fifth on an error.

Lyndonville tied the game at 1-1 with a run in the fourth inning as Colton Smith singled and came home on a sacrifice fly by Quinsey McClinsey.

The Tigers stayed close at 3-2 with a run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Jacob Pitcher which followed singles by Smith and Cole Moyle. Smith finished with a total of 3 hits.

Jacob Pitcher delivers a pitch for Lyndonville.

Scoring runs in bunches, Kendall improved to 17-1 overall by rolling to a 16-3 win over visiting Alexander in a Genesee Region League baseball game this morning.

Trailing 1-0, Kendall rallied into the lead for good by scoring twice in the home half of the first inning on an RBI single by Vinnie D’Agostino and an error.

The Kendall lead quickly increased to 5-1 in the second inning on an RBI single by Jonny Conte, an error and an RBI double by Colby Hughes.

The Eagles then broke the contest wide open by erupting for 6 runs in the third inning and 5 more in the fourth.

Mikey Colucci had a two-run single and Vinnie D’Agostino and Hughes run producing sacrifice flies in the third. CJ D’Agostino then had a two-run double and Hughes and Sammy Conte RBI singles in the fourth.

CJ D’Agostino and Hughes both finished with 2 hits.

Gavin Braun picked up the win on the mound allowing 3 hits and striking out 4 in 4 innings of work on the mound.