The Lockport Wildcats scored a 28-3 victory over the Genesee County Spartans in the Western Conference playoff of the Northeastern Football Alliance Saturday evening at Outwater Park in Lockport.

The win advances the Wildcats to the Alliance playoff championship game against the Eastern Conference champion Southern Tier Stallions.

The Wildcats improve to 9-0 in league play.

The Stallions finish the season at 6-3 with all three losses coming at the hands of the Wildcats.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Stacy Buckland tries to turn two for White Birch during this afternoon’s playoff championship victory over Banes.

A split in the final round was enough as White Birch bested Banes to capture the Medina Women’s Softball League ‘A’ Division playoff championship this afternoon at the Jr. Wilson fields.

Rebounding from a 9-3 loss to Banes in the first title round game, White Birch scored an 11-2 victory in the decisive second game to claim the crown and end Banes two year reign.

Trailing 1-0, White Birch rallied into the lead for good by scoring twice in the second inning on RBI singles by Brynn Howell and Dana Siffringer as hits by Kenzi Muck, Anna Lewis and Bekah Hoffee set up the opportunity.

The lead increased to 4-1 in the fifth frame on an RBI double by Aubrey Lewis and a fielders choice play off the bat of Maddie Boyle. Hits by Mallory Albone and Ella Lewis set up the threat.

White Birch then broke the contest wide open by erupting for 7 runs in the sixth inning as Stacy Buckland, Hoffee, Siffringer, Ella Lewis and Aubrey Lewis all had RBI hits and Albone an RBI sac fly. Hits by Muck and Anna Lewis ignited the uprising.

Muck and Anna Lewis both finished with 3 hits as Hoffee, Howell, Siffringer and Ella Lewis each had 2.

Defensively, White Birch turned three double plays two started by Ella Lewis at third base and one by Aubrey Lewis at shortstop.

Banes scored a quick run in the first on a single by Jamie Chatt but couldn’t cross home plate again until the sixth inning.

However, in the first game of the title round, Banes jumped out to a 7-1 lead in the first three innings.

Hits by Connie Heschke, Robin Blaun and Jamie Chatt and an error plated 2 runs in the first inning. A two-run single by Grace Capstick and an RBI single by Sue Seefeldt drove in three in the second. An RBI single by Morgan Allis and a sacrifce fly by Jen Masse then tacked on 2 more in the third.

Chatt finished with 3 hits as Heschke and Blaun both had 2.

White Birch advanced to the finals with a pair of winners bracket victories over Jr. Wilson 17-5 and Banes 14-2. Ella Lewis and Anna Lewis both had 3 hits including a triple in the win over Banes.

Banes rebounded with a 17-12 losers bracket win over Poler’s Pub to gain a berth in the finals.

Ella Lewis bangs out a hit for White Birch at the left as does Grace Capstick for Banes at the right.

Looking to avenge a pair of regular season losses, the Genesee County Spartans will visit the Lockport Wildcats in the Western Conference semifinal of the Northeastern Football Alliance semipro league at 7 p.m. Saturday at Outwater Park in Lockport.

The Spartans bring a 6-2 record into the semifinals with both of those coming at the hands of undefeated (8-0) Lockport by scores of 16-6 and 36-14.

The Spartans offensive weapons include Albion High graduate wide receiver Deyonci Farley.

The Medina Women’s Softball League ‘A’ Division will hold its playoffs on Saturday at the Jr. Wilson fields.

The action is scheduled to get underway at 8 a.m. with a make-up game between Banes (8-3) and Jr. Wilson (6-5) to determine the No. 1 seed.

Banes will earn the top seed with a win. However, a Banes loss will give White Birch (8-4) the top seed by virtue of winning the regular season series between the two teams.

The opening round of the double elimination playoffs is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. with the top seed facing Poler’s Pub (3-9) and the No. 2 seed taking on Jr. Wilson.

The winners bracket final is slated for 10:30 a.m., the losers bracket final for 11:45 a.m. and the championship game at 1 p.m. If necessary a second final round game will be played at 2:15 p.m.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

The final four holes proved disastrous as No. 2 seed Melanie Green dropped a narrow 1 up decision to No. 31 seed Rocio Tejedo today in the match play round of 32 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Green, who was 4 up with 6 holes to go, saw Tejedo cut that advantage in half with birdies on both the 13th and 14th holes.

The match then suddenly became tied as Green had a bogey on No. 15 and a double bogey on No. 17.

Green’s struggles continued on the decisive 18th hole which she bogeyed as Tejedo posted a par to claim the narrow win.

Green had built up an early 3 up lead by winning the 3rd, 5th and 7th holes.

She increased the lead to 4 up by winning the 11th hole and stayed 4 up after 12 but could not hold the big lead over the final 6 holes.

Green had advanced to the round of 32 by scoring sub par rounds of 70 and 69 in the opening two rounds of stroke play on Monday and Tuesday and then posting 4 and 3 win in the match play round of 64 on Wednesday.

Photo via The Golf Channel – Melanie Green after making the putt that closed out her round of 64 match play victory today at the U.S. Women’s Amateur championship.

Moving on top to stay with wins on the first two holes, Medina’s Melanie Green scored a 4 and 3 victory today on the opening round of match play competition at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Seeded No. 2, Green grabbed a quick 2 up lead over No. 63 seed Paula Martin Sampedro from Spain by winning the first two holes to open the round of 64 match.

Green quickly extended her advantage to 3 up after just 6 holes and to 4 up after 9 holes.

She closed out the victory by winning the 15th hole to go 4 up with just 3 holes to play.

Green will next face No. 31 seed Rocio Tejedo from Spain in the round of 32 match Thursday morning.

If successful she will advance to the round of 16 match on Thursday afternoon.

The quarterfinals are Friday, the semis on Saturday and the finals on Sunday.

Green advanced to the match play portion of the championship by carding sub par rounds of 70 and 69 in the stroke portion of the event on Monday and Tuesday.

That 139 total earned her second place in the stroke play competition and the No. 2 seed for the match play competition.

This is Green’s second appearance in the U.S. Women’s Amateur. She advanced to the round of 64 in 2022.

Closing out the season on a high note, Roy-Hart romped to a 6-0 victory over host Amherst in a Buffalo and WNY Youth Soccer League girls U19 Division game Tuesday evening.

Five players contributed to the goal production for Roy-Hart as Ella Liss netted 2 and Kaylie Churchill, Maria Trombley, Hannah Verratti and Grace Trombley each scored 1.

Roy-Hart, which was rebounding from a 3-0 loss to the Lockport Lightning on Monday, finishes the league season with a 4-5 record.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Improving on Monday’s strong opening round, Medina’s Melanie Green fired a 2 under par round of 69 today to finish the stroke play portion of the U.S. Women’s Amateur championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma in second place.

Green will now be one of the top seeds for the match play portion of the championship which begins on Wednesday. The field for the match play portion of the championship will be comprised of the low 64 scorers after the stroke play portion.

Setting the tone for her strong round today, Green, who started play on the 10th hole, birdied three of the first four holes to improve to -4 and gain a share of the lead.

Another birdie on her 13th hole again briefly moved Green into a share of the top spot at -4. She did bogey her 14th hole to slip back to -3 but pared the final four holes to keep that score.

Today’s round of 69 combined with Monday’s 70 gives her a 139 total for the stroke portion of the event.

The match play portion of the championship will have a round of 64 golfers on Wednesday. The field will continue to be cut with rounds of 32 and 16 on Thursday followed by the quarterfinals on Friday, semifinals on Saturday and the championship match on Sunday.