Scoring early and often Albion downed host Lyndonville 14-3 in a GLOW League 18U Division baseball game Tuesday evening.

Improving to 7-0, Albion took the lead for good by scoring three quick runs in the first inning sparked by a double by Gavin Boyce and highlighted by an RBI single by Elliott Trapiss.

Lyndonville did answer with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first as Austin Fonda and Kameron Kassey had singles but could get no closer.

Albion scored twice in the second inning on a walk, a single by Jack Conn and an error and then began to pull away with five runs in the third inning. Nick Luft singled in a couple of runs to key that uprising which was ignited by a single by Kaiden Froman and two walks.

Albion capped off the win with four runs in the fourth as two walks and a single by Boyce set up that threat.

Boyce finished with 2 hits as did Fonda and Kasey for Lyndonville.

Rocco Sidari earned the win on the mound giving up 4 hits and striking out 9 in 4 innings of work.

White Birch 14, Mera Hair 1
White Birch took just 4.5 innings to mercy Mera Hair 14-1 in Medina Women’s Softball League action Monday evening.

The Birch had 18 hits which included two home runs from Ella Lewis, one from Aubrey Lewis and one by Stacy Buckland.

Aubrey Lewis also had a triple and Buckland added a single. Morgan Ralph had a triple and a double, while Maddy Boyle had a double. Anna Lewis was 3 for 3 at the plate with three singles. Kenzie Muck and Rebekah Hoffee both had two singles and Dana Cotriss and Mallory Albone each had a single.

Mera Hair had five hits including a double by Janessa Lindsey. Jessica Demmer and Kelsey Matuszak both added singles.

The Birch is now 5-2

Jr. Wilson 21, Parkitect 14
Stormi Beach and Alysssa Robarge both had 4 hits and Jessica Rosenbeck and Sara Flansburg 3 each to lead Jr. Wilson past Parkitect.

Bree Smith had 3 hits for Parkitect as KB Ball and Kennedy Clark both had 2.

Mr. Septic 28, Banes 9
Playing two players short Banes lost to Mr. Septic which scored 15 in the first inning and 5 in both the second and third frames.

Lindsay Chatt had 4 hits including a home run for Banes as Connie Heschke, Jami Chatt and Teri Schrlau each had 3.

Amy Allis turned a double play from 2nd base in the 2nd inning for Banes which is 4-4,

A quick three run first inning scoring bursst ignited Albion to a 10-0 win over Warsaw in a GLOW League 14U Division baseball game Monday evening.

An RBI single by winning pitcher Robert Hickman keyed that uprising. On the mound, Hickman allowed 2 hits and struck out 8 in four innings of work.

Improving to 7-0, Albion put a lock on the win by erupting for 5 runs in the third inning as Brody Furness had an RBI double, Blake Brown and Jace DiMatteo singles and Hickman an RBI sacrifice fly.

Jackson Frasier capped off the scoring with a two-run single in the fifth inning.

Brown, Hickman and Frasier each finished with a pair of hits.

Going 2-1 on the weekend, Holley placed second at the Niagara U17 girls soccer tournament.

Holley opened with a pair of victories on Saturday by scores of 6-2 over Hamburg and 3-0 over Grand Island.

Elise Faix scored 3 goals, Addyson Ewing 2 and Hannah Dill 1 against Hamburg. Faix also had 2 assists as Ewing, Kyla Burne and Carsyn Mogle each had 1.

Faix then had 2 goals and Dill 1 in the win over Grand Island.

The defense was sparked in both games by Brianna Tomasino, Riley Sweet, Burne, Aiyana Stevens and Eden Payne.

In the championship game on Sunday Holley dropped a 6-3 decision to Niagara.

Faix scored 2 goals and Mogle 1.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Peter Martillotta drives the ball up field for the Medina Mustangs FC during Sunday evening’s key league win over Mes Que FC at Vets Park.

Staying in the hunt for a playoff berth, the Medina Mustangs FC downed Mes Que FC 6-2 in a Buffalo District Soccer League Championship Division game at Vets Park Sunday evening.

Cole Callard scored three goals, off assists from Peter Martillotta, Jameson Eisenhauer and Aidan Bligh to lead the way for Medina.

The Mustangs also got goals by Greg Hughson from Callard, Eisenhauer from Noah Stern and Martillotta from Callard.

Improving to 4-4-1, Medina will now close out the regular season with a key game against undefeated (8-0) division leading Buffalo Italia at 6 p.m. Sunday at Vets Park.

Medina 15U has dropped a pair of games to complete competition in a Niagara Falls area baseball tournament.

Medina dropped a narrow 10-8 decision to 5T on Saturday and was then downed 11-2 today by Smash It.

Against 5T, Medina got an RBI single from Mason Berry in the third inning, an RBI double by Jaden Luxon and an RBI single by Jackson Daigler in the fourth and a two-run single by Shawn Robertson in the fifth.

The 5T team pulled out the win by scoring three times with two outs in the sixth inning on a double, an error and a single.

Today Medina managed only 3 hits in the loss to Smash It as Viktor Snyder, Jacob Duffina and Robertson all had singles.

Smash It scored twice in both the first and second innings and then four times in the third to key the win.

Medina is next scheduled to compete in a Cooperstown area tournament next weekend.

Plagued by a big rash of bogeys, Medina’s Melanie Green had a rough 5 over par 76 on today’s final round at the LPGA Tour’s Amundi-Evian Championship being held at Evian-les-Bains, France.

Green had six bogeys, on 6, 8, 12, 13, 16 and 18, as well as a double bogey on 3. It was a rash of trouble that three birdies on 3, 9 and 15 could not overcome.

Green entered the final round at 4 under par after rounds of even par 71 on Thursday, 1 under 70 on Friday and 3 under 68 on Saturday.

She finishes the tournament with a 1 over par total of 285.

Next up on the LPGA Tour is the Scottish Open July 23-26.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Starting on the mound at Saturday’s Albion Midget League 12U championship game were Giovanni LaMartina for Sandstone, left, and Remi Ebbs for Elks/Rotary.

Elks/Rotary captured the Albion Midget League 12U Division playoff championship by edging Sandstone 3-0 Saturday afternoon at Sandstone.

A big two-run single by Remi Ebbs in the third inning proved to be the game winning hit for Elks/Rotary.

Elks/Rotary added an insurance run in the fifth frame on a fielders choice play off the bat of Kayden Donnelly.

Ebbs also had a big day on the mound as he struck out 15.

Giovanni LaMartina and Nikko Russo shared the pitching duties for Sandstone registering a total of 11 strikeouts.

No. 3 seed Elks Rotary advanced to the chsmpionship game by downing No. 6 Holley 14-2 in the quarterfinals and No. 2 Barre 11-10 in the semifinals.

Top seeded Sandstone, which went 13-0 during the regular season, advanced by defeating No. 8 Vets 12-5 in the quarterfinals and No. 5 Elba 1 14-2 in the semifinals.