Contributed Photo – Melanie Green celebrates with the championship trophy after capturing the R&A Women’s Amateur championship today in Ireland.

Making a spectacular debut in international golf competition, Medina’s Melanie Green captured the championship at the R&A Women’s Amateur Championship which concluded this afternoon at Portmarnock, Ireland.

Trailing by four after eight holes and by one with four holes to go, Green came battling back to win the final three holes of today’s 36 hole match play championship match for a two up victory over Lorna McClymont from Scotland.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green concentrates on lining up a putt during today’s title round match.

She becomes the first American player to win the event since 1996.

“Lorna is an incredible player. Everyone I’ve played here are all great players,” said Green in a post match interview. “It’s such great golf. The tournament has a lot of history. It’s incredible to win it and to have my name on the trophy is ridiculous.”

In addition to winning the title, Green also earned a number of exemptions to future events including to the U.S. Women Amateur Open, the Augusta Women’s Amateur and the AIG Women’s Open at St. Andrews.

The event, which was formerly known as the British Women’s Open Amateur championship, was a week long event which began with two rounds of stroke play followed by six rounds of match-play competition.

Green finished tied for 12th after the opening two rounds of stroke play to advance to the match-play portion of the tournament.

In the first three rounds of match play she defeated Victoria Kristensen from Denmark 5 & 3, Liao Hsin Chun from Taipei 5 & 4 and Paula Martin Sampedro from Spain 6 & 5 to advance to the quarterfinals.

The quarterfinal match proved to be her closest as she needed two extra holed to edge Paula Schulz-Hanssen from Germany on the 20th hole.

Green then defeated Maria Eline Madseon from Denmark 3 & 1 in the semifinals to gain a spot in the championship match.

The tournament was a great tune-up on a links golf course for Green who will remain in Ireland to play for Team USA in the Arnold Palmer Cup tournament next weekend.

Barre downed Carlton 7-3 Thursday to improve to 10-1 in Albion Midget League 12U Division action.

Brody Furness had a solo home run in the first inning and Owen Legen a two-run homer to highlight a four run second inning to highlight the offense for Barre. Ethan Olles and Hudson Armer also both had hits in the second inning.

Luke Bedford pitched the whole game for Carlton registering 10 strikeouts. Caden Woolston also made several key plays on defense to save runs.

In other games reported from Thursday, Rotary downed Holley ‘A’ as Matthew Schomske and Kayden Donnelly both had 2 hits and Hamlin ‘A’ bested Sandstone 8-3.

The Dynamites 16U travel baseball team edged the East Coast Pipeline 6-4 in the opening round of the Lou Gehrig Iron Horse Tournament at Amherst Thursday evening.

The Dynamites scored 3 quick runs in the first inning on a walk, an error and a sacrifice bunt by Vinny Gray.

Two runs in the sixth inning on RBI singles by Ryleigh Culver and Nick Bucholtz later provided the margin of victory. Doubles by Evan Poeller and winning pitcher Brody Fry aided that key scoring burst.

East Coast did make the finish exciting by rallying for 2 runs in both the sixth and seventh innings.

Poeller and Fry both finished with 2 hits as Aiden Romesser, Tyler Kroening and Gavin Heideman each also had a hit for the Dynamites.

Fry pitched five and two-thirds innings giving up 4 hits and striking out 9.

Now at 3-1, the Dynamites will continue competition in the tourney on Saturday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Sophia Picardo drives  the ball up field for Kendall/Orleans FC during Thursday’s U17 win over visiting Batavia.

Getting goal production from seven players, Kendall/Orleans FC rolled to an 11-2 win over visiting Batavia in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League U17 Division girls game Thursday evening.

Sophia Picardo scored 3 goals to lead the Kendall/Orleans FC attack. Safia Scott and Allyson Fisher both netted 2 as Brynn Hardenbrook, Sam Webster, Stella Kwiatek and Halley Ball each chipped in with 1.

Taking charge at the outset, Kendall/Orleans FC scored 4 quick goals in the first 15 minutes. A direct kick goal by Picardo ignited that uprising which also included tallies by Fisher, Ball and Kwiatek.

Kendall/Orleans FC is now 5-1-1 on the season.

Brynn Hardenbrook of Kendall/Orleans FC works between two Batavia defenders.

Orleans FC U18 shutout Syracuse 2-0 in a Champions Conference boys soccer game Wednesday.

Lance Babcock and Isaiah Markel scored the goals for Orleans FC which is currently in second place in the conference.

Barre, Elks/Rotary, Sandstone and Elba ‘B’ all scored wins in Albion Midget League 12U Division baseball action Tuesday.

Barre 17, Holley ‘B’ 4
Barre scored 6 runs in both the first and second innings to take control early.

Hudson Armer, Jace Wright and Jacob Knowlton shared in handling the pitching duties for Barre.

Hits by Jeremy Rivera and Jackson Spencer helped plate 4 runs in the fourth inning for Holley ‘B’.

Elks/Rotary 7, Carlton 0
Evan Coots registered 16 strikeouts on the mound for Elks/Rotary

At the plate for Rotary, Jackson Frasier had 2 hits and Gavin O’Brocta and Michael McElwain 1 each.

Luke Bedford and Caden Woolston combined to register a total of 13 strikeouts on the mound for Carlton.

Oliver Beryle, Gavin Standish, Demetrius Ryan-Mincey and Hank Aina all had hits for Carlton.

Sandstone 15, Holley ‘A’ 0
Sandstone scored 6 runs in the second inning sparked by hits by Eli Spada and Eli Johnson. Spada and Johnson along with Bryce Saxton later all had hits during a 5 run fourth inning.

On the mound, Saxton and Giavoni LaMartina combined for 12 strikeouts.

Elba ‘B’ 8, Elba ‘A’ 2
Brody Yark pitched 6 innings of scoreless ball for Elba ‘B’ as Aiden Downs had a single and a home run to lead the offense.

Camden Reigle pitched 6 innings for Elba ‘A; and also hit a double.

12U Standings: Barre 9-1, Elks/Rotary 8-2, Hamlin ‘A’ 7-2, Elba ‘B’ 10-3. Carlton 5-4, Sandstone 5-5, Elba ‘A’ 2-8, Hamlin ‘B’ 2-8, Holley ‘B’ 1-5, Holley ‘A’ 0-9.

9U Standings: Carlton 8-2-1, Sandstone 7-2, Holley 6-3-1, Barre 5-4, Elba 4-5, Vets 4-5, Rotary 3-6, Hamlin 0-8.

The Kendall/Orleans FC played to a 2-2 tie with the Cobras Tuesday evening in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U17 Division game.

Sophia Picardo and Stella Kwiatek scored the goals for Kendall/Orleans FC.

Now at 4-1-1, Kendall/Orleans FC next hosts Batavia at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

A fast start and a strong finish earned the Kendall 17U team a 16-10 victory over the Greece Gladiators in a Monroe County Baseball Region game Tuesday evening.

Kendall erupted for 7 quick runs in the first inning as Jonas Rhodes had a two-run single and Jonny Conte, Colby Hughes, Louis Conte and CJ D’Agostino all had RBI singles.

A 5 run sixth inning later locked up the win as Gavin Braun, Gio Rodriguez and Jimmie Swift all had RBI singles.

Jonny Conte, D’Agostino and Louis Conte all finished with a pair of hits.

Improving to 4-2, Kendall next hosts the HFL Cougars at 6 this evening.