Ending a 30 plus year long title drought, Wilson downed visiting Medina 108-33 this afternoon to capture the Niagara-Orleans League girls track championship for the first time since 1992.

Finishing with a perfect 6-0 record Wilson got individual event double win efforts from Marissa Schultz in the Triple Jump and Pole Vault, Colleen Cliff in the Shotput and Discus and Savannah Jones in the 100 and 200.

The Wilson boys completed the sweep by besting Medina 108-32 as Jayden Ruble was a triple winner in the 400 Hurdles, 1600 and 3200 and Ryan Hough doubled in the Long Jump and Triple Jump, Brock Lepsch in the Shotput and Discus and Aidan Neumann in the 100 and 200.

Final N-O Track Standings
Boys – Albion 6-0, Newfane 5-1, Roy-Hart 4-2, Wilson 3-3, Medina 2-4, Barker 1-5, Akron 0-6
Girls – Wilson 6-0, Newfane 5-1, Akron 4-2, Albion 2-3-1, Roy-Hart 2-3-1, Barker 1-5, Medina 0-6

Defending champion Albion claimed outright possession of a second straight Niagara-Orleans League tennis title by downing Barker 4-1 this afternoon in the season finale.

Leo Bolton and Landon Graybill scored singles wins for Albion which finishes the league season at 11-1.

The Purple Eagles also got doubles wins from the duos of Oliver Beach – Jillian LeBaron and Kenadie Paten – Hanna Kumalac.

Barker got a doubles win by the team of Oscar Dergel – Aurora Wass.

Roy-Hart 3, Newfane 2
Roy-Hart edged Newfane 3-2 as Kaylie Churchill and Maria Trombley scored singles wins and the duo of Raegan Kern – Abby Glyshaw posted a doubles victory.

Roy-Hart is now 7-4 and Newfane 0-10.

Defending champion Barker rallied in the late innings to edge visiting Wilson 6-4 this afternoon and claim a share of a second straight Niagara-Orleans League softball championship.

Barker and Roy-Hart finish as N-O co-champions with identical 10-2 records.

Trailing 4-3, Barker rallied to take the lead for good by scoring three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on a two-run single by Madelina Pavlock followed by an RBI single by winning pitcher Madyson Flint. A single by Aine Davis and a double by Kaylee Stoll ignited the decisive two out rally which also included a single by Lexi Brazzell.

Wilson had taken a 4-3 lead in the top of the sixth inning on Wednesday on a home run by Ava Mielke before play was halted due to an injury. Barker got out of further trouble in that inning when play resumed this afternoon and then put together the game winning rally in the home half of the frame.

Earlier in the game, Wilson scored once in the first inning on a double by Mackenzie Hardy and twice in the fifth on a single by Emily Phillips and a double by Lucy Madan.

Barker also scored once in the third on a single by Flint and twice in the fourth on a two-run homer by Alina Riches.

Stoll and Flint both finished with 3 hits as Riches and Bazzell both had 2.

In the circle, Flint allowed 5 hits and struck out 12.

Final N-O Standings: Barker 10-2, Roy-Hart 10-2, Wilson 8-4, Albion 7-5, Akron 4-8, Newfane 3-9, Medina 0-12

Improving to 15-1 Kendall romped to a 12-0 run rule victory over Bishop Kearney this afternoon.

Kendall moved on top to stay with 4 quick runs in the first inning as Colby Hughes and Nic Cole both had RBI doubles and Sammy Conte an RBI single.

Hughes, Cole and Conte each finished with 4 hits.

Gavin Braun earned the win on the mound allowing 2 hits and striking out 8 in four innings of work.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Arnie Sturtevant hurled Lyndonville to a non league shutout win over Roy-Hart this afternoon.

All of the scoring took place in the first inning as Lyndonville downed visiting Roy-Hart 3-0 in a non league softball game this afternoon.

The Lady Tigers scored in the first inning on a two-run triple by Addison Dillenbeck and an error. A single by winning pitcher Arnie Sturtevant and a double by Brooke Robinson set up the opportunity.

Sturtevant, who also banged out a double at the plate, hurled a 1 hit shutout with 4 strikeouts in the circle.

Roy-Hart pitcher Abby Fox allowed 5 hits and struck out 6.

The Lady Tigers improve to 13-1 overall.

Albion 12, Notre Dame 3

Triples by Kenzi Snook, Alana Irvine and Lux Froman highlighted the attack for Albion in the 12-3 non league win over Notre Dame.

Froman had a total of 4 hits as Irvine and Kaitlyn Bennett both had 3 and Snook 2.

The Purple Eagles scored 4 runs in both the third and sixth innings and 3 in the fourth.

Medina 8, Holley 7

Medina trimmed host Holley 8-7 in a non league game as Savannah Jo Thompson had a home run, Lilah Class 2 hits and Eva Lacy had the game winning RBI on a fielders choice play in the sixth inning.

Alexis Lujan had two singles, a double and 2 RBIs and Skylar Gallagher a single, a double and 2 RBIs for Holley.

Sam Heschke had 7 strikeouts in the circle for Medina and Madison Bonacci 5 strikeouts for Holley.

Elba 4, Kendall 2

Elba nipped Kendall 4-2 in a Genesee Region League game as a two-run double by Madalyn Marks in the bottom of the sixth inning snapped a 2-2 tie.

Kendall had tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the sixth on an RBI single by Ella Christ.

Barker vs. Wilson suspended

The Wilson at Barker Niagara-Orleans League game was suspended in the sixth inning due to an injury with Wilson leading 4-3.

The contest is scheduled to be resumed at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

Defending champion Albion clinched at least a tie for the Niagara-Orleans League tennis championship with a 4-1 victory over Newfane.

The Purple Eagles inprove to 10-1 heading into Thursday’s league finale against Barker which downed Akron 3-2 to go to 6-5.

Leo Bolton and Landon Graybill scored singles victories for Albion which also got doubles wins from the teams of Oliver Beach – Jillian LeBaron and Bradyn Whittier – Donovan Braley.

Barker got singles wins from Daniel Goodwin and Ryan Fisk and by the doubles team of Oscar Dergel – Aurora Wass.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Tyler Kroening slides safely into second base as Barker’s Isaac Monaco awaits the throw. The action took place during the Mustangs title clinching win at Vets Park this afternoon.

Defending champion Medina combined a 15-3 victory over Barker at Vets Park this afternoon with Roy-Hart’s 12-7 win over Albion to lock up outright possession of the Niagara-Orleans League baseball championship.

Medina, which has now captured the N-O title five of the last six seasons, improves to 10-0 in the league (15-1 overall). The Mustangs now hold a three game lead over runner-up Akron (7-3) with just two games remaining on the league schedule.

Breaking away from a scoreless deadlock, Medina scored 4 runs in the third inning on a two-run double by Brody Fry, an RBI triple by Aidan Papaj and a fielders choice play.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs upped the advantage to 7-0 with 3 runs in the fourth frame on a sacrifice fly by Fry, a fielders choice play and a bases loaded walk. A walk, a hit batter and a bunt single by Vinny Gray loaded the bases to set up the threat.  Fry also had an RBI single in the fifth to up the Medina lead to 8-0.

Barker got on the scoreboard with 3 runs in the top of the sixth on a pair of bases loaded walks and a passed ball.

However, Medina got those back with interest by scoring seven times in the bottom of the sixth highlighted by a three-run double by Preston Woodworth, to close out the run rule contest. Three bases loaded walks and a hit batter accounted for the other runs in the inning.

Vinny Gray had 3 hits on the day and Fry 2 for the Mustangs.

Preston Woodworth earned the win on the mound as he allowed no runs and no hits with 7 strikeouts over the first 5 innings.

Medina next hosts Wilson at 7 p.m. Friday at Vets Park.

Roy-Hart 12, Albion 7
Roy-Hart scored 6 quick runs in the first inning on just one hit to key the 12-7 win at Albion.

A leadoff single by Sean Mettler was the Rams only hit of the big inning as three hit batters, two wild pitches and a bases loaded walk accounted for the tallies.

RBI singles by Evan Poeller and Jared Hy in the fourth inning upped the Roy-Hart lead to 8-2.

Albion did battle back with 5 runs in the home half of the fourth on couple of errors, a fielders choice play and an RBI single by Kaiden Froman to cut the deficit to 8-7 but the Purple Eagles could not pull even. Singles by Andrew Boyce, Elliott Trapiss and Nate Gibson set up the threat.

Roy-Hart answered back with 4 runs in the fifth frame on a two-run single by RJ Townsend, an RBI double by Gavin Heideman and an RBI single by Lincoln Murray to up the lead to 12-7 and lock up the win.

Mettler had a pair of hits on the day for the Rams as did Trapiss and Froman for the Purple Eagles.

The loss drops Albion to 6-3 while Roy-Hart evens its N-O record at 5-5.

Akron 14, Newfane 2
Akron moved into the runner-up spot in the N-O standings at 7-3 with a 14-2 win over Newfane as Ryan Owen, Collin Miller and Jackson Schlabach each had a pair of hits.

N-O Standings
Medina 10-0, Akron 7-3, Albion 6-3, Roy-Hart 5-5, Barker 3-7, Wilson 2-8, Newfane 2-9.

Photos by Tom Rivers: Cencere Lowe, left, hands the baton to Isaiah Riley in Albion’s winning 4 by 100 relay. The other runners for Albion included Kwame Riley and Hunter Huscher.

Albion locked up a sixth straight Niagara-Orleans League boys track championship by besting host Newfane 90.5 – 50.5 this afternoon in a regular season ending match up of 5-0 teams.

The Purple Eagles are now 36-0 over the past six N-O title seasons.

Kyle Radder doubled in the High Jump and 110 Hurdles, Luke Bell in the Shotput and Discus, Cencere Lowe in the Long Jump and Triple Jump and Hunter Huscher in the 100 and 200 for Albion which also had Tye Talbot win the 400 and Jayden Lewis the 400 Hurdles.

Liam Betteridge was a triple winner for Newfane in the 800, 1600 and 3200.

Newfane gained a split on the day by downing Albion in the girls’ meet 85-56 as Eden Hillman was a triple winner in the 1500, 3000 and Pole Vault and Stephanie Chunco a double winner in the 100 and 800.

Mia Standish doubled in the 100 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles for Albion.

Adrian Figueroa-Fuentes sprints to the finish line in the 4 by 800 relay. Figueroa-Fuentes made up a lot of ground in the last stretch of the race to pull off a big come-from-behind win for Albion in the early going of today’s meet. He is cheered on in this photo by teammates Adam Burgio, left, and Matthew Bloom. Coach Mark Hryvniak is in back at right.

Roy-Hart splits with Wilson
Roy-Hart downed Wilson 84-57 in the boys’ meet as Braden Ricker doubled in the 100 and 200.

Ryan Hough was a triple winner in the 110 Hurdles, Long Jump and Triple Jump and Jayden Ruble doubled in the 1600 and 3200 for Wilson.

The Wilson girls stayed undefeated at 5-0 by downing Roy-Hart 86-55 as Savannah Jones doubled in the 100 and 200.

Roy-Hart had two double winners as Kylie McOmber won the 100 Hurdles and Triple Jump and Julia Rohde the 1500 and 3000.

Barker and Akron split
Barker topped Akron 80-50 in the boys’ meet as Anthony Taliaferro won he 200 and Triple Jump, Caleb Alexander the Shotput and Discus and Peyton Wagner in the 800 and 1600.

Quinn O’Malley was a triple winner for Akron in the 110 Hurdles, High Jump and Long Jump.

Akron won the girls’ meet 96-45 as Madigan Regan doubled in the 800 and 1500.

Jordyn Kinne doubled in the 100 Hurdles and Long Jump for Barker.

N-O Standings
Boys – Albion 6-0, Newfane 5-1, Roy-Hart 4-2, Medina 2-3, Wilson 2-3, Barker 1-5, Akron 0-6
Girls – Wilson 5-0, Newfane 5-1, Akron 4-2, Albion 2-3-1, Roy-Hart 2-3-1, Barker 1-5, Medina 0-5

Eden Hillman clears the 8-foot bar in the pole vault. She won that event and the 1500 and 3000 for Newfane in today’s meet versus Albion.

Completing a home-and-home season series sweep, Lyndonville downed host Notre Dame 8-1 in a Genesee Region League softball game this afternoon.

Trailing 1-0, Lyndonville rallied into the lead for good by scoring three times in the fourth inning ignited by the first of Addison Dillenbeck’s two triples and highlighted by a two-run single by Alexa Robinson.

The Lady Tigers later put a lock on the win by scoring 4 times in the sixth inning as Robinson banged out another two-run single.

Dillenbeck had a total of 3 hits and Robinson 2.

Arnie Sturtevant earned the win in the circle allowing only 3 hits and striking out 12.

Lyndonville is now 10-0 in the league and 12-1 overall.

In other G-R games, Oakfield-Alabama defeated Kendall 15-0 and Byron-Bergen downed Holley 16-4.

Akron 20, Medina 8
Erupting for 10 quick runs in the first inning, Akron went on to down visiting Medina 20-8 this afternoon in the Niagara-Orleans League softball finale for both teams.

Doubles by Kylie Mangione and Addison Massaro highlighted the big first inning for the Lady Tigers which wind up the N-O season at 4-8. Massaro had a total of 3 hits as Shannon Esmond and Kenadee Jonathan both had triples.

Lilah Class and Karlee Cau both had a pair of hits for Medina which finishes at 0-12.

Improving to 14-1, Kendall posted a 9-0 victory over Pembroke in a Genesee Region League baseball game this afternoon.

Kendall scored two quick runs in the first inning on an RBI double by Colby Hughes and an RBI single by Sammy Conte.

CJ D’Agosinto then upped the Eagles lead to 5-0 with an RBI sacrifice fly in the second inning and a two-run single in the sxith.

Kendall capped off the win with four runs in the top of the seventh on a two-run single by Jonny Conte, a wild pitch and an RBI single by Vinnie D’Agostino.

Nic Cole picked up the win on the mound allowing 4 hits and striking out 11 in six innings of work. Vinnie D’Agostino hurled the final frame giving up no hits and striking out 3.

Notre Dame 10, Lyndonville 0
Liam Burger hurled a one hitter and struck out 8 to lead Notre Dame to a 10-0 G-R win over visiting Lyndonville.