Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Brody Fry, left, and Preston Woodworth combined to hurl Medina to a 2-1 eight inning win over Alden at Vets Park this afternoon.

Medina pushed across a run in the bottom of the eighth inning to nip Alden 2-1 in a season opening non league baseball game at Vets Park this afternoon.

A sacrifice fly by Preston Woodworth plated the winning run for the Mustangs. Carter Woodworth was hit by a pitch and Brody Fry singled to give the Mustangs runners at first and third setting up the threat.

Medina took a 1-0 lead in the sixth inning on a double by Carter Woodworth but Alden knotted the contest in the top of the seventh on an RBI triple by Kalen Czelusta.

Fry and Preston Woodworth split the pitching duties for the Mustangs allowing just 1 hit and striking out 14.

Medina next hosts Alexander in a non league game at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday.

In another non league opener Pembroke shutout host Albion 10-0.

Snapping a season opening three game losing streak, Medina used a huge third period scoring burst to key an 11-7 victory over host Depew in a Class D Division lacrosse game this evening.

Trailing 4-2 at the half, Medina erupted for 7 goals in the decisive third period to rally into the lead for good 9-6.

Gavin Dahlhaus, Jake Dunn and Cole Callard each scored 2 goals and Lucius Wagner 1 for Medina in the deciding period.

Callard and Dahlhaus also netted big insurance goals in the final period.

Wagner and Luke Duffina scored the Mustangs first two goals of the evening in the second quarter.

Dahlhaus and Callard both finished with 3 goals, Dunn and Wagner 2 and Duffina 1.

Medina next visits Lew-Port at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Roy-Hart downed Medina and Barker bested Newfane by the identical score of 4-1 to open Niagara-Orleans League tennis competition this afternoon.

Tyler Rothwell and Colin Cousins scored singles victories for Roy-Hart which also got wins from the doubles teams of Ella Martillotta – Emily Livergood and Ellie Trombley-Kaylie Churchill.

Medina’s point came on a win by the doubles team of Levon Fuller – Eli Bissinger.

Daniel Goodwin and Ryan Fisk earned singles victories for Barker which also got doubles wins from the duos of Aurora Wass – Oscar Dergel and Ella Taylor – Cherish Potter.

CSAT downed host Barker 18-7 in a non league baseball game this afternoon.

Noah Sandolfini, Isaac Monaco, Drew LaGreca, Logan Flint, Owen Harris and Tristen Garcia all had hits for Barker.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Izzy Perez slides into home as Holley catcher Serenity-Ann Rath awaits the ball. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the Lady Hawks at Vets Park this afternoon.

Medina outlasted Holley 20-19 in a free scoring non league girls softball game at Vets Park this afternoon.

A two-run single by Lilah Class in the bottom of the seventh inning provided the margin of victory for Medina.

Karlee Cau also had a double and triple, Izzy Perez a home run and a single, Eva Lacy a single and double and Class 3 singles for the Mustangs.

Holley jumped out to an early 9-2 lead by scoring 3 runs in the first inning and 6 more in the second sparked by singles by Lily Newman. Serenity-Ann Rath and Skylar Gallagher.

Medina got back in the game by scoring 4 runs in the third inning as Class and Perez had singles and Lacy a double and 4 in the fourth as Cau had a double and Lacy a single.

Madison Bonacci delivers a pitch for Holley.

A late inning scoring burst earned Albion a 6-5 win over visiting Batavia this afternoon in the Purple Eagles non league season opener.

Trailing 4-2, Albion rallied into the lead for good by scoring four runs in the sixth inning on a walk, a sacrifice bunt by Aubrielle Barry and a two-run single by winning pitcher Alana Irvine. Hits by Brynn Dugan, Lux Froman and Kaitlyn Bennett set up the threat.

Irvine finished with 3 hits and 3 RBI at the plate and registered 9 strikeouts in the circle.

Albion opens the Niagara-Orleans League season at home on Friday against defending champion Barker at 4:45 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Addison Dillenbeck slides safely into second base as Kendall’s Alea Barrett tries to make the tag. The action took place during the host Lady Tigers win this afternoon.

Lyndonville edged visiting Kendall 4-2 this afternoon in the Genesee Region League softball opener for both teams.

Arnie Sturtevant had a solo home run, Rylan Townsend a triple and Addison Dillenbeck 2 hits to lead the Lyndonville offense.

Teagan Shaw had 4 hits, including a double, and Ella Christ a solo home run to pace Kendall.

Lyndonville scored once in the first on the home run by Sturtevant, one in the third on a ground out by Sturtevant, which followed the triple by Townsend, once in the fourth on a wild pitch and once in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Alexa Robinson.

Kendall scored once in the second on the homer by Christ and once in the fifth on a single by Alea Barrett.

Arnie Sturtevant delivers a pitch for Lyndonville.

Kendall’s Ella Christ is congratulated by her teammates after hitting a home run.

Defending champion Barker blanked host Newfane 9-0 this afternoon to improve to 2-0 in Niagara-Orleans League softball competition.

Peyton Bradley hurled a no hitter with 12 strikeouts to lead the way for the Lady Bulldogs.

Madyson Flint had a double and triple and Kaylee Stoll two hits to lead Barker at the plate. Bradley, Madelina Pavlock and Alina Riches all added doubles for the Lady Bulldogs which scored in five different innings..

Newfane is now 0-1 in N-O action.

Jumping out to a nine goal first quarter lead, Salamanca went on to down visiting Medina 21-6 in a Class D Division lacrosse game this evening.

Jaxon Crouse scored 5 of his 6 goals in the decisive opening period which saw Salamanca grab an 11-2 lead.

Improving to 2-1 on the young season, the Warriors went on to lead by margins of 15-4 at the half and 18-4 after three quarters.

Cole Callard scored 3 goals, Gavin Dahlhaus 2 and Lucius Wagner 1 for Medina which slips to 0-3.

The Mustangs next visit Depew at 6 p.m. Friday.

It is not quite complete but a version of the Section VI Football Federation 2025 schedule has been released.

The schedule is incomplete as it does not list a game for Medina for week 8 and it will not include the traditional Medina vs. Albion rivalry game.

Since Medina’s decision to return to 11 man football, instead of switching to 8 man, came after work on the Section VI schedule had been started a couple of problems arose for schedule makers.

First, Medina’s return combined with the return of JFK after a year’s absence due to low numbers, gives the C North Division 9 teams instead of 8 as it previously had. Therefore, each team will now not be playing all of its C North opponents. In Medina’s case the Mustangs will not be playing Akron and Maritime.

Second, since the schedule was pretty much set there was no way to include the traditional Medina vs. Albion rivalry game. The schedule already had Albion facing its B 2 Division foe Maryvale in week 8 which has traditionally been “Rivalry Weekend”.

“Trying to put the Medina-Albion game back in would have meant reworking the entire B and C divisions schedule and they did not want to open that can of worms,” said Medina Athletic Director and varsity Football Coach Eric Valley who added “The administration from both Medina and Albion reached out to Section 6 in hopes that they could re-work the schedule to include the rivalry game.”

He noted that schedule makers are now looking at Batavia as a possible opponent for Medina for week 8.

Right now Medina, Albion and Barker/Roy-Hart are all scheduled to open the season on the road on September 5. The Mustangs would be at Silver Creek, the Purple Eagles at Lew-Port and Barker/Roy-Hart at Newfane.

The Mustangs home opener would be on Thursday September 18 against Barker/Roy-Hart. The Purple Eagles home opener would be on Friday September 19 against Lackawanna.