Staying in the thick of the league title race, defending champion Barker downed visiting Medina 12-0 in a Niagara-Orleans softball game this afternoon.

Barker improves to 8-2 in N-O action to remain just a game behind front-running (9-1) Roy-Hart which is playing at Albion this evening.
Barker will face Roy-Hart on Monday and then close out the N-O season against Wilson on Wednesday.

Madyson Flint hurled a 1 hitter with 14 strikeouts in the circle for Barker.

Madelina Pavlock banged out 4 hits and Flint 3 to lead the way at the plate as Barker erupted for 5 runs in both the third and fifth inning.

The loss drops Medina to 0-10.

Lyndonville bested host Kendall 7-1 this afternoon to remain undefeated at  9-0 in Genesee Region League softball action and improve to 11-1 overall.

Arnie Sturtevant hurled a 2 hitter with 8 strikeouts in the circle for the Lady Tigers.

Alexis Robinson had 3 hits, Brooke Robinson 2 including a double, Isabella Groves and RBI double and Elena Barry an RBI single to lead Lyndonville at the plate.

Alexander tops Holley
Alexander posted a doubleheader victory over Holley by scores of 8-3 and 11-1 in other G-R action.

Ali VanAmeron had 2 hits for Holley in the first game and Desire McCormack 2 in the second.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Preston Woodworth awaits the throw as Albion’s Chastin Styer dives back to first base. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the rival Purple Eagles at Vets Park this afternoon.

Scoring early and often Medina romped to a 19-0 win over rival Albion in a Niagara-Orleans League baseball game at Vets Park this afternoon.

Setting the tone, Medina erupted for 5 quick runs in the first inning on an RBI single by Preston Woodworth, a bases loaded hit batter, a wild pitch and a two run error. A hit batter, a single by Brody Fry and a walk loaded the bases to set up the opportunity.

The Mustangs tacked on a pair of runs in the second inning on an error and an RBI double by Preston Woodworth before breaking the contest wide open with a 9 run scoring burst in the third inning.

Aidan Papaj had a two-run double, Preston Woodworth and Carter Woodworth RBI doubles, Tyler Kroening a two-run single and Vinny Gray an RBI single to highlight that uprising. Singles by Ryleigh Culver, Kolton Fletcher and Kroening set up the opportunity.

The Mustangs capped off the big afternoon with three runs in the fourth frame on an RBI single by Fletcher and a two-run error.

Preston Woodworth finished with 3 hits as Kroening, Gray, Papaj, Fletcher and Carter Woodworth each had 2.

Fry picked up the win on the mound allowing 1 hit and striking out 9 over three and two-thirds innings of work. Gray and Cam Fike then each pitched two-thirds of an inning with 1 strikeout apiece and no hits.

The victory completed a home-and-home series sweep on back to back days for the Mustangs which also downed the Purple Eagles 17-2 on Thursday.

Medina is now 8-0 in the league and 13-0 overall while Albion is 5-2 in N-O action.

The Mustangs next host Wellsville in a non league game at 2 p.m. Saturday. The contest will be a rematch of last year’s Class B Far West Regional which saw the Mustangs down the Lions.

Roy-Hart 5, Newfane 1
Roy-Hart evened its N-O record at 4-4 with a 5-1 win over Newfane which slips to 2-7.

Gavin Heideman and Sean Mettler combined to hurl a no hitter for the Rams. Heideman struck out 13 in five innings of work and Mettler fanned 2 in two innings on the mound.

At the plate, Mettler had 3 hits and Heideman and RJ Townsend 2 each.

Albion catcher Nate Gibson tags out Medina’s Tyler Kroening at home plate.

Getting off to a fast start, Medina’s Melanie Green is tied for second place after today’s opening round of the Epson Tour’s Carlisle Arizona Women’s Golf Championship at Scottsdale, Arizona.

Green fired a 6 under par round of 65 to be just one shot off the pace.

On the day she had 6 birdies and an eagle which offset two bogeys.

The tourney will continue on Friday.

Green is coming off an 8th place finish at the Epson Tour’s tourney at Las Vegas last weekend.

Photos by Tom Rivers: Noah Harrison takes off in the long jump. He won the triple jump for Albion today against Barker.

Albion scored a sweep over visiting Barker in a Niagara-Orleans League track meet this afternoon.

The defending champion Albion boys squad downed Barker 94-47 to stay unbeaten at 5-0.

The Albion girls evened their N-O record at 2-2-1 by besting Barker 72-64.

Tye Talbot was a triple winner in the 200, 400 and Pole Vault and Cencere Lowe a double winner in the 100 and Long Jump to lead the Albion boys.

Hanna Olles was a double winner for the Albion girls in the Long Jump and Pole Vault.

Shelby Dauphinee doubled in the 1500 and 3000 and Mikayla King in the 100 and 200 for Barker.

(Left) Jordyn Kinne won the 100 meter hurdles for Barker. (Right) The Barker duo of Mikala Woock and Shelby Dauphinee took the top two spots in the 1500 meter race with Dauphinee in first.

Tye Talbot had a memorable final track meet at home as a senior. He is shown winning the 200 meter race and the pole vault. He also won the 400 meter run and was a member of the winning 4 by 400 relay team.

Medina and Akron split
Medina split with Akron winning the boys meet 100-39 and losing the girls’ contest 113-28.

Gordon Young was a triple winner for the Medina boys in the 100, Long Jump and High Jump.

Madigan Regan doubled in the 800 and 1500 and Kylie Karmazyn in the 100 Hurdles and High Jump for the Akron girls.

Rivals Newfane and Wilson split
Newfane downed rival Wilson 74-67 in the boys meet as Naz Spencer doubled in the 200 and 400 and Khalil Golden in the Shotput and Discus as the Panthers improve to 5-0.

Jayden Ruble was a triple winner for Wilson in the 400 Hurdles, 1600 and 3200.

The girls meet was a clash of unbeatens as Wilson (4-0) downed Newfane (4-1) 80-61.

Marissa Schultz doubled in the Triple Jump and Pole Vault and Savannah Jones in the 100 and 200 for Wilson.

Sam Broecker doubled in the Shotput and Discus and Eden Hillman in the 1500 and 3000 for Newfane.

Mia Standish takes the baton from Loralei Gailie for the last leg of Albion’s winning 4 by 400 relay team against Barker today.

Albion blanked rival Medina 5-0 and Roy-Hart edged Barker 3-2 in Niagara-Orleans League tennis matches this afternoon.

Leo Bolton and Landon Graybill won singles matches for defending champion Albion which improves to 7-1.

The Purple Eagles also got wins by the doubles teams of Oliver Beach – Jillian LeBaron, Bradyn Whittier – Donovan Braley and Kenadie Patten – Hanna Kumalac.

Improving to 5-2, Roy-Hart swept the three doubles matches on wins by the duos of Allie Trombley – Kaylie Churchill, Ella Martillotta – Emily Livergood and Reagan Kern – Maria Trombley.

Barker, which is now 4-4, took the two singles matches on wins by Daniel Goodwin and Ryan Fisk.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Aubrielle Barry scores on a run down play as the ball eludes Medina’s Sam Heschke. The action took place during the Purple Eagles win over the Mustangs at Vets Park this afternoon.

Albion blanked host Medina 16-0 and Roy-Hart downed Akron 11-8 in Niagara-Orleans League softball action this afternoon.

Alana Irvine hurled a one hitter with 6 strikeouts for Albion which improves to 6-4 in N-O competition.

Irvine and Cami London both had a pair of hits, including a double, to highlight the Purple Eagles offense.

Hayley Hillburn had 3 hits including a double and triple and Brooke Corser 3 including a triple, to lead the offense for Roy-Hart as Kaitlyn Mettler also had 2 hits, Abby Fox a two-run double and Savanna Holt a double.

Front running Roy-Hart is now 9-1.

Scoring three quick runs in the first inning, Lyndonville went on to shutout visiting Oakfield-Alabama 5-0 in a Genesee Region League softball game this afternoon.

A wild pitch, an RBI single by Hannah Fox and an error plated the three opening inning runs for the Lady Tigers as singles by Alexa Robinson and Brooke Robinson set up the opportunity.

The Lady Tigers added a pair of insurance runs in the fifth inning on a two-run double by Isabella Groves.

Arnie Sturtevant earned the win in the circle allowing 3 hits and striking out 4.

The Lady Tigers also had several big defensive plays. Alexa Robinson in centerfield triggered an early inning double play and later fired a strike to catcher Addison Dillenbeck to get the final out of the game at home. Emma Freas also had a big play at third base.

Lyndonville is now 8-0 in the league and 10-1 overall.

Holley 23, Lima Christian 2
Holley romped to a 23-2 non league win over Lima Christian as winning pitcher Madison Bonacci had 3 hits including a double and 4 RBIs, Ali VanAmeron 4 hits including a double, triple and 6 RBIs, Kylee Dann 3 hits and Alexis Lujan 3 hits.

In the circle, Bonacci had 7 strikeouts.

Kendall 5, Elba 1
Kendall downed Elba 5-1 in another G-R contest as Brooke Rodas had a pair of doubles and 3BIs and Teagan Shaw 2 singles.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Aidan Papaj dives into third base ahead of the throw to Albion’s Gavin Boyce during the Mustangs win over the Purple Eagles this afternoon.

Two big back-to-back early inning scoring bursts sparked Medina to a 17-2 win over rival Albion in a key Niagara-Orleans League baseball clash of unbeatens at Albion this afternoon.

Trailing 2-0, Medina took the lead for good by erupting for six runs in the second inning on a three-run double by Carter Woodworth, a two-run single by Aidan Papaj and an RBI single by Brody Fry. Two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases to set up the threat.

The Mustangs quickly boosted the advantage to 12-2 by scoring six more runs in the third inning highlighted by a two-run double by Carter Woodworth and RBI singles by Hadrian Batista and Tyler Kroening.

Medina tacked on three runs in the fourth inning as winning pitcher Preston Woodworth had an RBI single and Carter Woodworth an RBI sacrifice fly and two in the fifth frame on a two-run single by Brady Christiaansen.

Preston Woodworth finished with 3 hits and Papaj, Kroening and Carter Woodworth 2 each.

On the mound, Preston Woodworth allowed only 1 hit and struck out 6 over the five innings of the run rule contest.

Albion’s two runs came in the first inning on an error.

Medina is now 7-0 and Albion 5-1 in N-O action.

The Mustangs will now host the Purple Eagles in the second half of the home-and-home series at 4:45 p.m. Friday at Vets Park.

Barker 10, Wilson 9
Barker trimmed Wilson 10-9 in the other N-O contest to improve to 3-5.

Barker scored 3 runs in the sixth inning and 2 in the top of the seventh on an error and a sacrifice fly to build up a 10-5 lead.

Noah Sandolfini and Ireland Brady both had 2 hits for Barker.

Oakfield-Alabama 11, Lyndonville 0
Oakfield-Alabama scored 4 quick runs in the first inning and six more in the fourth to key an 11-0 win over Lyndonville in a Genesee Region League game.

Defending champion Barker posted a 15-1 win over Wilson in a key Niagara-Orleans League softball game this afternoon.

Barker improves to 7-2 with the victory while Wilson slips into third place at 7-3.

Roy-Hart maintained a hold on first place by defeating Newfane 12-3 to improve to 8-1.

Barker took the lead for good by scoring four times in the second inning on a two-run double by Madelina Pavlock and a two-run single by Elise Monaco.

The Lady Bulldogs went on to score 5 runs in the third inning and 3 more in both the fourth and fifth frames.

Monaco finished with 3 hits as Pavlock, Kaylee Stoll, Peyton Bradley, Fallyn Mescall and winning pitcher Madyson Flint each had 2. Mescall’s hits included a triple as Stoll and Flint also both had doubles.

In the circle, Flint scattered 4 hits and struck out 9.

Roy-Hart 12, Newfane 3
Front running Roy-Hart boosted its N-O record to 8-1 with a 12-3 victory over Newfane as Kaitlyn Mettler had two triples, Peyton May a triple and 2 RBIs and Millie Owens and Alayna Kowalski 2 singles apiece.

Abby Fox registered 6 strikeouts in the circle for the Lady Rams.