Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Four bogeys proved costly today as Medina’s Melanie Green has missed making the cut by just one shot at the Women’s PGA Championship which is being held at the Hazeltine Country Club in Chaska, Minnesota.

Green fired her second straight 1 over par round of 73 today. That left her with a two day total of 2 over par 146 but unfortunately the cut line was 1 over par.

Starting on the back nine, Green did get off to a strong start by birding the 10th hole to pull back to even for the tourney.

However, bogeys on 17, 1 and 2 erased that gain and put her to 3 over.

A birdie on 3 did improve her score to 2 over but a double bogey on 6 proved to be too much to overcome as it put her to 4 over with only three holes remaining.

She did rebound to notch birdies on 7 and 9 to get back to 2 over par but the rally fell one shot short of advancing to the weekend.

Contributed Photos – Recipients of the Pony Awards at this week’s annual Medina High Block ‘M’ sports banquet included, in front, Penelope Schalck, Lillian Maynard, Allie Frentz, Karlee Cau, Aurora Owczarczak and Aleeyah Martinez. In back are Hunter Walczak, Miles Arbegast, Cole Hughes, Luke Duffina, Preston Woodworth and Hadrian Batista.

The presentation of a number of special awards highlighted this week’s annual Medina High Block ‘M’ Athletic banquet.

Senior Luke Duffina received the Babe Ruth Award while freshmen Jude Lacy and Caliyah St. Louis received the Russell Houserman Awards.

The Larry Decker Memorial Scholarships were awarded to Mahri Harmer-Owen, Madison Farley, Kolton Fletcher, Vinny Gray, Penelope Schalck and Aurora Oczwarczak.

Luke Duffina received the Gary Gross Memorial Scholarship.

The Sargent Memorial Scholarship was presented to Vinny Gray.

Emiliana Batista and Lilah Class received the Boice/Ossont Scholarship.

The Barna Scholarship was awarded to Frankie Stephens and Luke Duffina.

Vinny Gray and Maggie Lonnen received the Mustang Heart Award.

The Niagara Orleans Scholarship was presented to Lilah Class and Luke Duffina.

The Pony Awards were presented to the following varsity student-athletes:

Field Hockey – Penelope Schalck; Football – Preston Woodworth; Cross-Country – Cole Hughes (Boys), Faith Baker-Austin (Girls); Fall Cheerleading – Aleeyah Martinez; Golf – Tyler Draper; Volleyball – Allie Frentz; Boys Soccer – Luke Duffina; Girls Soccer – Lillian Maynard.

Boys Swimming – Hunter Walczak; Girls Swimming – Madeline Mark; Wrestling – Luke Duffina (Boys) and Penelope Schalck (Girls); Boys Basketball – Preston Woodworth; Girls Basketball – Tatianna Maxon and Rhoswyn Oakes; Unified Bowling – Gunner Pitcher; Winter Cheerleading – Mahri Harmer-Owen.

Lacrosse – Miles Arbegast; Baseball – Hadrian Batista; Softball – Karlee Cau; Unified Basketball – Xavier Moyer; Tennis – Talia Rupp; Boys Track – Briley Allen; Girls Track – Aurora Owczarczak.

Two new members were inducted into the Mustangs Hall of Fame – former Medina coaches Sue O’Dea and Sue Holland. O’Dea coached the first Medina varsity Field Hockey and Softball teams while Holland coached Volleyball and Cheerleading.

Two new members were inducted into the Mustangs Athletic Hall of Fame former coaches Sue O’Dea, left, and Sue Holland.

Jude Lacy, left, received the Russell Houserman Award and Luke Duffina the Babe Ruth Award. Also receiving the Houserman award was Caliyah St. Louis.

Maggie Lonnen and Vinny Gray received the Mustang Heart Award.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall G-R All-Stars Nic Cole, left, and Vinnie D’Agostino.

A quartet of Kendall players have earned Genesee Region League baseball All-Star honors.

The Eagles honorees include senior third baseman/pitcher Vinnie D’Agostino, senior pitcher/first baseman Nic Cole, senior second baseman Jonny Conte and junior first baseman/pitcher CJ D’Agostino.

Cole and Vinnie D’Agostino are repeat honorees.

Eagles sophomore shortstop Sammy Conte also earned Honorable Mention.

Kendall mentor Tige Noni was named G-R Coach of the Year.

Vinnie D’Agostino, who was named G-R Player of the Year, hit .505 wirh 12 double, 4 triples, 3 home runs and 36 RBIs. On the mound he pitched 51.1 innings and had 80 strikeouts and a 0.955 earned run average.

Cole pitched 62.2 innings, registered 95 strikeouts and had a 0.894 ERA. At the plate, he had 4 doubles and drove in 22 runs.

CJ D’Agostino hit .452 and had 9 doubles, 5 triples, 2 home runs and 24 RBIs. He also pitched 34 innings and had 56 strikeouts and a 1.835 ERA.

Jonny Conte hit .419 and had 8 doubles and 22 RBIs.

Kendall G-R All-Stars Jonny Conte, left, and CJ D’Agostino.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Medina’s Melanie Green fired a 1 over par 73 today on the opening round of thr Women’s PGA Championship being held at the Hazeltine Country Club in Chaska, Minnesota.

Green got off to a rough start with a bogey on the first hole and a double bogey on the third to quickly soar to 3 over par.

However, she rebounded strongly with birdies on 8, 9 and 11 to get back to even par.

A bogey on 13 interrupted that rally and left her with a 1 over par round for the day.

When she finished her round she was 10 shots back of the leader at 9 under.

The tournament will continue on Friday after which the field will be cut setting the stage for the championship deciding rounds on Saturday and Sunday.

Barre has scored a pair of Albion Midget Baseball League victories this week downing Carlton 12-2 and Elks/Rotary 6-0.

Undefeated (12-0) Sandstone has also scored a 17-2 win over Vets.

Barre 12, Carlton 2
Finley Baird had 3 hits including a single, double and triple with 5 RBIs to lead the offense for Barre. He also earned the win on the mound striking out 7 in 4 innings of work.

Hits by Easton Neri, Chase Armer and Hudson Armer also keyed a 3 run third inning.

Barre 6, Elks/Rotary 0
Hudson Armer pitched the shutout for Barre .Home runs by Neri and Hudson Armer highlighted the offense.

Sandstone 17, Vets 2
Nikko Russo had 4 hits and 5 RBIs, Giavonni LaMartina 2 hits with a home run and 5 RBIs, Matt Colmenero a triple and 2 RBIs and Jace Torres 2 hits and 3 RBIs to lead the offense for Sandstone.

LaMartina also registered 8 strikeouts in 3 innings of work on the mound.

The Albion 14U baseball team defeated LeRoy 10-4 Wednesday to improve to 3-0 as Brody Furness and Evan Coots combined for a 2 hitter with 7 strikeouts.

A two-run single in the first inning by Brycen Potter ignited the offense for Albion which added 3 runs in the third inning on an RBI single by Robert Hickman, a passed ball and a wild pitch and 4 more in the third on singles by Furness and Jackson Frasier, two errors and a groundout.

The Medina 15U team evened its record at 3-3 by downing the Central Amherst Orange 7-6.

A two-run homer by Mason Berry in the sixth inning provided the margin of victory. He also pitched four and one-third innings allowing 2 hits and striking out 9.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion third baseman Gavin Boyce awaits the ball to try to make the tag for an out during Tuesday’s 18U home field win over Pavilion.

Nate Gibson hurled a no hitter for Albion.

Albion defeated visiting Pavilion 9-2 and Lyndonville dropped an 8-2 decision to visiting Alden/Attica in GLOW  18U Division baseball action Tuesday evening.

Nate Gibson pitched a no hitter with 18 strikeouts to highlight the victory for Albion.

Trailing 2-1, Albion took the lead for good by scoring three runs in the fourth inning on a triple by Gavin Boyce, a double by Elliott Trapiss and RBI singles by Gibson and Viktor Snyder.

Albion then put a lock on the win by scoring five times in the sixth inning on an error, singles by Alakai Colmenero, Trapiss and Snyder and a three-run double by Gibson.

Boyce, Trapiss, Gibson and Snyder each finished with a pair of hits.

Albion improves to 2-0.

Alden/Attica 8, Lyndonville 2
A big five run fourth inning scoring burst, which included three walks and a single keyed Alden/Attica to the win.

Kameron Kassay had two hits for Lyndonville as Austin Fonda and Quincey McClinsey each had one.

Quincey McClinsey gets set to bang out a base hit for Lyndonville.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Amir Zimmerman goes high for a header for Medina/Lyndonville during Tuesday’s U16 game against BU at Vets Park.

Putting together a big second half rally, the undefeated (5-0) BU team nipped the Medina/Lyndonville U16 squad in a Buffalo District Youth Soccer League game Tuesday evening at Vets Park.

Medina jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first half as Garrett Jones scored all three goals.

However, BU rallied with three unanswered goals in the second half to claim the win.

Girls U18
Greece blanked Holley 3-0 in a Rochester District Soccer League girls U18 Division game Tuesday evening.

Evan Stanton drives the ball up field for Medina/Lyndonville.

A late scoring surge earned the Aces a 12-8 win over the visiting Medina Mustangs 15U baseball team Tuesday evening.

Trailing 7-6, the Aces rallied to outscore Medina 6-1 over the final three innings to claim the win.

Medina had moved into the lead at 7-6 by scoring three runs in the third inning on a double by Zach Graham, a wild pitch and RBI singles by Shawn Robertson and Kaiden Hockenberry and once in the fourth on a ground out off the bat of Graham.

Graham, Robertson and Hockenberry each finished with a pair of hits.