Medina Women’s Softball ‘A’ League playoff competition will continue with four games on Monday evening at the Jr. Wilson fields.

At 6 p.m. top seeded Jr. Wilson will face Katy’s/Parkitect in a winners bracket game and White Birch will take on Mr. Septic in a losers bracket contest.

Then at 7:15 p.m. the Jr. Wilson vs. Parkitect winner will take on Banes in the winners bracket semifinal. In addition, the White Birch vs. Mr. Septic winner will take on the Jr Wilson vs. Parkitect loser in the losers bracket semifinal.

The playoffs are scheduled to conclude on Monday evening August 10.

Nine proved to be the lucky number for the opposition as the Medina 15U baseball team dropped a pair of decisions today at the Western New York Summer Classic Tournament being held at West Seneca.

Medina first lost 9-4 to the Clarence Crushers and then 9-3 to the 716 Patriots.

The tournament will continue on Sunday.

Clarence Crushers 9, Medina 4
Leading by a narrow 5-4 margin, the Crushers put a lock on the win by scoring four times in the sixth inning on two triples, two errors and a wild pitch.

Earlier, Medina built up leads of 3-2 in the fourth inning and 4-3 in the fifth frame.

The Mustangs scored once in the third on a single by Shawn Robertson and a passed ball, twice in the fourth on an RBI single by Viktor Snyder and a passed ball and once in the fifth on an error following a single by Brayden Calabro.

716 Patriots 9, Medina 3
Three run scoring bursts in the first inning on three walks, two singles and a multi run error and in the fifth frame on a double, a ground out and a double keyed the 716 Patriots to the win.

Medina had grabbed a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a sacrifice fly by Mason Berry which followed singles by Jacob Duffina and Snyder.

An RBI sacrifice fly by Duffina, which followed two walks and a single by Brandon Floret Jr., pulled Medina to within 4-2 in the third inning but the Mustangs would get no closer.

Medina’s other run came in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Brayden LaMartina.

Round two proved to be a near instant replay of round one as Medina’s Melanie Green has missed the cut at the AIG British Women’s Open which is being played at the Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England.

Green who had a 5 over par 76 to open the tourney on Thursday, had a 6 over par 77 today to finish with an 11 over par total of 153.

Today she had 5 bogeys (on 3, 10, 12, 15 and 16), a double bogey on 5 and one birdie on 6 to miss the cut.

Contributed Photo – Next up for the Medina Mustangs FC will be a playoff semifinal round game against top seeded Buffalo Italia FC on Sunday at Sahlens Sports Park. In front are Aiden Prince, Jameson Eisenhauer, Trent Choate, Aidan Bligh, Greg Husung, Colton Smith, Jimmy Foley, Kyan Mathieu, Luke Duffina and Ollie Ardle. In back are Tyler Ribbeck, Noah Stern, Caleb Suckow, Zakary Rowekamp, Coby Albone, Trenton Jones, Peter Martillotta, Ethan Leonard and Cole Callard.

No. 6 seed Medina Mustangs FC will take on top seeded Buffalo Italia FC in the semifinals of the Buffalo District Soccer League Championship Division playoffs at 8 p.m. Sunday at Sahlen’s Sports Park.

Medina brings a 5-4-2 record into the semis while Buffalo Italia is 9-0-1.

The Mustangs tied 2-2 with Buffalo Italia in the regular season finale.

Medina advanced to the semis by downing the No. 3 seed Revolution FC 2-0 in the quarterfinals on a pair of second half goals by Peter Martillotta.

Sunday’s other semifinal will have No. 5 Sporting Cavs vs. No. 2 Ukraine.

The back nine proved disastrous for Medina’s Melanie Green at today’s first round of the AIG British Women’s Open being played at the Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England as she finished with a 5 over par 76.

Green was at even par on the front nine as she had a birdie on 1 and a bogey on 4.

However, the troublesome back nine saw her score soar to 5 over as she had four bogeys (12, 13, 15 and 17) and one double bogey (11) and only one birdie (16).

The tournament will continue on Friday after which the field will be cut for the weekend’s two title deciding rounds.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion first baseman Mason Snook puts the tag on Nunda’s Aiden Upright during Tuesday’s semifinal playoff game.

Stymied on just three hits, Albion dropped a narrow 3-2 decision to Nunda in the semifinals of the GLOW Baseball League 18U playoffs Tuesday evening at Albion.

Nunda built up a 3-0 lead by scoring one in the second inning on three singles and twice in the fourth on two singles, an error and a sacrifice fly.

Albion battled back with two runs in the fifth on an RBI single by Kaiden Froman and an error but could not score again. A triple by Nate Gibson set up that threat.

Albion’s only other hit was a second inning single by Rocco Sidari.

Gavin Boyce pitched the first six innings for Albion allowing 5 hits and striking out 10. Gibson hurled the final frame giving up no hits and fanning 3.

The loss was the first of the season for Albion which finishes at 7-1.

Albion’s Nate Gibson steals second as Nunda’s Aiden Upright awaits the throw,

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Garrett Jones drives the ball up field for Medina /Lyndonville against Clarence.

Clarence bested Medina/Lyndonville United 5-3 in a Buffalo District Youth Soccer League boys U16 game Tuesday evening at Vets Park.

Garrett Jones and Amire Zimmerman each scored a goal for Medina as the other tally came on an own goal off the Clarence goalie. Jace Grimes had an assist.

Steven Gobeli had a strong game in goal for Medina as did Adler Glass and Evan Stanton on defense.

Clarence improves to 5-3-1 while Medina is 4-4-1 with one road game next Tuesday upcoming to close out the season.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Ella Lewis bangs out a hit for White Birch.

Medina Women’s Softball League playoff competition got underway on Monday evening as Banes defeated Mr. Septic 18-11 and Katy’s/Parkitects downed White Birch 6-4.

Playoffs will continue next Monday night at 6 p.m. at Jr. Wilson as White Birch will face Mr. Septic and Parkitects will take on Jr. Wilson. Banes will play the Parkitects vs. Jr. Wilson winner at 7:15 p.m. There will also be a losers bracket game at 7:15.

Banes 18 Mr. Septic 11
Banes moved on top to stay by scoring six quick runs in the first inning on singles by Jami Chatt, Lindsay Chatt, Kathy Allen, Sue Seefeldt and Sophia Goyette.

Banes extended the lead to 14-4 by scoring 4 runs in both the the second and third  innings.

Singles by Jami Chatt and Lindsay Chatt, a sac fly by Morgan Allis, a double by Kathy Allen, a single by Sue Seefeldt and a double by Rileigh McCabe keyed the second inning uprising. Allis had a triple and Connie Heschke, Jami Chatt, Lindsay Chatt, Seefeldt and Amy Lavender all added singles in the third.

Jami Chatt fInished with 5 hits, Lindsay Chatt 4 including a double, Allis 3 including a triple and Kathy Allen 3 including a double.

Katy’s/Parkitects 6, White Birch 4
No. 5 seed Parkitects upended No. 2 seed White Birch, by a score of 6-4 scoring all 6 of their runs in the first inning.

The Birch scored once in the 2nd inning and another three in the third inning , but could get no closer.

There were runners stranded on the bases in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings, but the Birch could not capitalize on those runs scoring. The Birch ironically had 14 hits as opposed to Parkitects who only had 7 hits.

Hits from Parkitects included doubles by Robin Blaun and Kelsee Mest. Singles were hit by Jen Masse, Alishia Foss, KB Ball, Brianna Smith and Katy Wiesinger.

The Birch had two doubles by Ella Lewis and one double each by Maddy Boyle, Rebekah Hoffee and Stacy Buckland. Morgan Ralph had two singles as well as Dana Cotriss and Mallory Albone. Aubrey Lewis, Anna Lewis and Kenzie Muck all had one single.

White Birch 13. Banes 5
White Birch beat Banes 13-5 in a make up game due to rain during the regular season.

The Birch had 16 hits which included a double and two singles from Ella Lewis, a single and double from Anna Lewis and a single and double from Morgan Ralph. Stacy Buckland had three singles, Rebekah Hoffee had two singles and Aubrey Lewis, Kenzie Muck, Dana Cotriss and Mallory Albone all had one single.

Connie Heschke had 4 hits, Sophia Goyette had 3 and Morgan Allis a triple for Banes.

File Photo by Cheryl Wertmn – Peter Martillotta scored both Medina FC goals.

Avenging a season opening 5-0 loss, the No. 6 seed Medina Mustangs FC upended No. 3 Revolution FC 2-0 in the quarterfinal round of the Buffalo District Soccer League Championship Division playoffs Sunday afternoon at Nichols.

Breaking away from a 0-0 deadlock, Medina FC scored two unanswered goals in the second half to earn the win and advance to next Sunday’s semifinal against top seeded Buffalo Italia.

Peter Martilotta scored both goals, his 6th and 7th of the season, off assists from Aiden Prince and Cole Callard.

Anchoring the defense for Medina FC was Tyler Ribbeck who earned the shutout in goal.

Medina FC improves to 5-4-2 while Revolution FC ends the season at 7-4.

The Mustangs in fact have gone 5-1-2 over the last 8 games after an 0-3 start to the season when the team was playing shorthanded.

Medina FC played to a 2-2 tie with Buffalo Italia in the regular season finale.

Regular season champion Buffalo Italia brings a 9-0-1 record into the semifinal round..

Posteason playoff action gets underway for Medina FC on Sunday as the No. 6 seeded Mustangs visit No. 3 Revolution FC in a Buffalo District Soccer League Championship Division quarterfinal round game at 4 p.m. at Nichols.

Medina brings a 4-4-2 record into the playoffs while Revolution FC is 7-3.

Medina dropped a 5-0 decision to Revolution FC in the season opener when the Mustangs were shorthanded.

The Mustangs are on a bit of a roll heading into the playoffs having gone 4-1-2 over the last seven games after the 0-3 shorthanded start to the season.

The victor will face top seeded Buffalo Italia (9-0-1) in the semifinals.

Sunday’s other quarterfinal will have No. 5 Sporting Cavs (4-4-2) vs. Queen City Gunners (5-4-1) at Nichols at 6 p.m. The victor will face No. 2 Ukraine (8-1-0) in the semifinals.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Unable to keep the momentum from a fast start, Medina’s Melanie Green carded a 2 over par 74 on today’s second round of the LPGA Tour’s Scottish Open.

The 74 gave her a two day total of 9 over par 153 which missed the cut line of 6 over.

Green, who started the day at 7 over after Thursday’s 79, quickly improved to 4 over after registering birdies on 3, 5 and 7.

However, those gains were quickly erased by bogeys on 8, 9 and 12 which put her back to 7 over.

Green’s hopes of making it to the weekend were then dashed by a disastrous triple bogey on 15 which ballooned her tourney total to 10 over.

She did finish on a positive note though with a birdie on 17 for a 2 over round of 74 and a two day total of 9 over 153.

The Village of Albion Recreation Department will be sponsoring a free Tennis Camp at the Albion Central School’s tennis courts next week (July 27-31) from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. each day.

Players do not need tennis experience to join this free summer event. Tennis balls will be provided. Players are encouraged to bring their own tennis racquet. However if you do not have your own racquet one may be provided.

There is no pre-registration for this camp. Walk up registration will be at the beginning of the camp. An adult does not need to be at registration but encouraged.

Basic tennis skills will be taught to the beginners along with tennis drills and low level tennis competitive match situations. Scoring, rule and regulations will be taught along with tennis strategies.

Experienced tennis players will have an opportunity to drill and play matches throughout the two weeks.

This camp is for beginners to advanced tennis players of all ages.

The Tennis Camp will be postponed on any day related to bad weather.

Completing a home and home season series sweep, the Cobras FC downed Holley 6-1 Wednesday evening to close out the Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U18 Division season.

Holley, whose only two losses were to the Cobras, finishes at 8-2.

Veronica Flow scored the Holley goal off an assist from Hannah Dill.