Contributed Photo – Medina Mustangs FC players celebrate after locking up  the division championship.

Making it seven wins in a row, the Medina Mustangs FC rallied past the host Celtic Brigade 3-1 Sunday to lock up the Buffalo District Soccer League 2nd Division regular season championship.

Trailing 1-0, Medina rallied for two goals late in the first half to key the win.

The Mustangs tied the game on a goal by Ryan Laruffa off a corner kick by Casey Winiecki.

Trent Jones then netted what proved to be the game winner as he stole the ball and scored on a breakaway.

Medina got an insurance goal late in the second half by Greg Husung off a pass from Kyan Mathieu.

Now at 8-2, Medina will close out the regular season with another game against the Celtic Brigade next Sunday at Kenmore West.

The title season is the second in a row for the Mustangs which last summer captured the 3rd Division playoff championship which earned the team a promotion to the 2nd Division.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Ethan Olles dives for the ball in centerfield to make an out for Barre during this afternoon’s playoff championship win over Hamlin ‘A’ at the Midget League Field.

Regular season front-runner Barre completed a sweep by capturing the Albion Midget League 12U Division playoff championship with an 11-1 victory over Hamlin ‘A’ this afternoon at the Midget League Field.

Hamlin ‘A’ took a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a triple by Mike Allen.

However, Barre answered right back with three runs in the home half of the first on a three-run triple by Luke Snyder to take the lead for good.

Barre then broke the game wide open by erupting for 8 runs in the fourth inning on a three-run triple by Hudson Armer and RBI hits by Owen Legan and Robbie Hickman.

Thailer Seibert pitched the first five innings for Barre allowing 1 hit and striking out 8. Brody Furness came on to hurl the sixth inning and complete the win.

Ryan Warner pitched the first three innings for Hamlin ‘A’ registering 8 strikeouts.

Barre’s Jacob Wright heads for home to score a run in the first inning as Hamlin ‘A’ catcher Hunter Mundt goes after the ball.

Starting on the mound in today’s title contest were Ryan Warner for Hamlin ‘A’ and Thailer Seibert for Barre.

For the second day in a row the Dynamites 16U Travel Team has scored a pair of victories at the Cap Classic Baseball Tournament which is being played in Cheektowaga.

The Dynamites first blanked the Royals Elite 8-0 this morning as Jax Brinley scattered 4 hits and struck out 4 over 5 innings.

Ryleigh Culver led the way at the plate with 3 hits.

The Dynamites scored 3 times in the fourth inning without the benefit of a hit as 3 errors keyed the uprising.

Brody Fry had an RBI single in the fifth inning and the Dynamites locked up the win with 4 more in the sixth as Evan Poeller had an RBI double and Culver an RBI single.

The Dynamites then downed the Lockport Storm 9-1 this afternoon as Gavin Heideman hurled a 3 hitter with 11 strikeouts.

The Dynamites scored once in the first on an error and twice in the second on a single by Ehren Pettapiece and a double by Poeller.

Three run scoring burst in both the third and fourth innings then broke the contest open. A two run error keyed the third inning scoring spurt. Fry then doubled in one run in the fourth and Culver singled in another.

Improving to 12-3, the two wins advance the Dynamites to Sunday’s semifinal and final rounds of competition.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

It was a rough last few second round holes this morning for Medina’s Melanie Green who has missed the cut at the Amundi Evian Championship which is being held at Evian-Les-Bains, France.

When stormy weather caused play to be halted in the second round Friday afternoon Green was 3 over par through 14 holes.

That put her 1 over for the tournament and just 1 shot back of the projected cut line of even par as she had posted a 2 under par 69 during Thursday’s opening round.

However, Green had three bogies and 1 birdie over her final 4 holes this morning to finish with a 5 over par 76 for the round .

She finished the tournament with a 3 over 145 total for her two rounds which was 3 shots over the cut line of even par.

The Amundi Evian Championship is one of the five majors on the LPGA schedule.

The Dynamites 16U Travel Team scored a pair of victories today to open competition in the Cap Classic Baseball Tournament being held in Cheektowaga.

The Dymnamites opened with a 12-0 run rule victory over the 716 Patriots.

A huge 8 run first inning quickly broke the contest wide open as Evan Poeller had a double, Ryleigh Culver a two-run double, Jax Brinley a two-run single and Vinny Gray an RBI single.

Tyler Kroening tacked on a two-run double to key a 4 run second inning.

The Dynamites then turned back a late inning rally to nip the Angels 4-3.

The Dynamites built up a 4-0 lead by scoring once in the first on a hit batter, twice in the fifth on singles by Culver and Brody Fry and once in the sixth on a ground out off the bat of Culver for what proved to be the game winner.

The Angels made the finish exciting by rallying for 3 runs in the seventh inning.

Improving to 10-3, the Dynamites will play two more games in the tournament on Saturday.

Stormy weather has caused play to be suspended late in today’s second round of the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian-Les-Bains, France in which Medina’s Melanie Green is competing as one of 8 amateurs in the 132 player field.

When play was suspended Green was 3 over par for the day after 14 holes after shooting a 2 under par 69 in Thursday’s opening round. She had 6 bogies and 3 birdies over the first 14 holes.

Currently 1 over for the tournament Green is 1 shot over the projected cutline of even par.

The field will be cut when the second round is completed Saturday morning. Green needs to pick up at least one shot over the final four holes to make the cut.