Albion scored a pair  of victories at the Section VI Class B track and field championships held at Alden today.

The Purple Eagles 400 Relay quartet of Cencere Lowe, Isaiah Riley, Rashard Johnson and Finn McCue earned first place honors.

Lowe also won the Long Jump with a school record leap of 23-2 and placed third in both the Triple Jump and 100.

McCue also placed third in the 200.

The Purple Eagles also had Kyle Radder place second in the 110 Hurdles and Johnson fourth in the 400.

Medina’s Madelynn Rutledge took second in both the Long Jump and Triple Jump while Aurora Owczaraczyk third in the 200, Neveah Moss fourth in the Long Jump and Kaedon Cleveland fourth in the 110 Hurdles.

Scoring early and often top seeded Bolivar-Richburg downed visiting No. 4 Kendall 13-2 in the semifinal round of the Section V Class C2 baseball playoffs this afternoon.

Bolivar-Richburg moved on top to stay with by scoring four times in the second inning on a single, two errors, a sacrifice and a double.

The Wolverines later put a lock on the victory with a big five run fourth frame.

Kendall’s two runs came in the fourth inning on a fielders choice play off the bat of Nate Shaw and a double by Mikey Colucci. A walk and a single by Louis Conte set up the opportunity.

Section VI Class C
Wilson 3, Frewsburg 2
No. 5 seed Wilson nipped top seeded Frewsburg 3-2 in a Section VI Class C semifinal at Frewsburg.

Tyler Durow hit a two-run triple to highlight a three-run third inning for Wilson as Tyler Johnston scattered 7 hits and struck out 10 on the mound.

Section VI Class B
Fredonia 4, Portville 1
No. 2 seed Fredonia downed No. 3 Portville 4-1 in a Section VI Class B semifinal.

Fredonia will now face top seeded Medina for the Class B championship at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grand Island High School.

Lyndonville’s girls’ varsity softball team and girls’ track and field squad have both earned New York State Public High School Scholar-Athlete Team Awards by compiling a composite average of at least 90.

The Lady Tigers softball team had an overall team average of 98.05. Elena Barry, Addison Dillenbeck, Hannah Fox, Emma Freas, Isabella Groves, Kayli Miller, Alexa Robinson, Brooke Robinson and Rylan Townsend all had a third marking period GPA over 90%.

The Lady Tigers track and field team had an overall team average of 94.98. Sarah Corser, Arietta Metty, Emily Miner and Elizabeth Whipple all had a third marking period GPA over 90%.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Julian Woodworth slides into third base just ahead of a tag by Roy-Hart’s Dawson Draper during this evening’s Section VI Class B semifinal at Vets Park.

In a tight rivalry contest, top seeded Medina edged No. 4 Roy-Hart 3-1 in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class B baseball playoffs this evening at Vets Park.

Roy-Hart grabbed a lighting quick 1-0 lead on back-to-back doubles by Rem Albee and Brayden Hy to open the game. However, the Rams could not cross home plate again.

Medina rallied into a 2-1 lead by scoring twice in the second inning on an RBI single by Brandon Christiaansen and a passed ball as leadoff singles by Carter Woodworth and Richard Keppler ignited the rally.

The Mustangs later added a big insurance run in the sixth inning on a two-out RBI single by Ryleigh Culver.

Julian Woodworth pitched the first three and one-third innings for the Mustangs allowing 2 hits and striking out 4. Preston Woodworth came on to hurl the final three and two-third innings giving up no hits and striking out 9. He registered clutch strikeouts to end the fourth and fifth innings as Roy-Hart stranded a pair of runners in both frames. He then struck out two in the sixth inning and three in the seventh.

Improving to 18-1 overall Medina will next face the winner of the No. 2 Fredonia vs. No. 3 Portville semifinal in the Section VI Class B championship game at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grand Island High School.

Roy-Hart’s Evan Poeller goes high to get the out on Medina’s Vinny Gray at first base.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker catcher Anna Bowerman attempts the tag on Westfield’s Charley Matthews during this afternoon’s sectional semifinal game at Barker.

A quick three run first inning scoring burst sparked No. 5 seed Westfield to a 7-1 win over top seeded Barker in a Section VI Class C semifinal round softball playoff game at Barker this afternoon.

A single, two walks, an error and a fielders choice play plated the decisive opening inning runs for Westfield which went on to up the advantage to 7-0 with solo runs in the second and fourth frames and two in the third.

Barker’s lone run came on an RBI single by Arnie Sturtevant in the fifth inning.

Westfield pitcher Eva Gradzinski limited Barker to just 2 hits and struck out 7.

Barker third baseman Kaylee Stoll tries to tag out Westfield’s Arielle Corbett.

Contributed Photo – Russell Brunette puts up a shot for Medina during Tuesday’s home court win over Lockport.

The Medina Unified basketball team edged visiting Lockport 48-46 Tuesday to improve to 4-2 on the season.

Aiden Cherry scored 16 and Xavier Moyer 14 to lead Medina as Tryvon Shine added 8, Anthony Harrington 6 and Matt Kennedy 4.

Medina next hosts Williamsville in a playoff game next Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Wilson scored victories in both Section VI baseball and softball playoff competition today.

On the baseball diamond, No. 5 seed Wilson downed No. 4 Holland 7-1 in a Class C quarterfinal contest.

On the mound, Tyler Johnston hurled 5 innings of no hit ball with 14 strikeouts while at the plate Ryan Hough banged out 3 hits.

The No. 3 seeded Wilson softball team defeated No. 2 Portville by the identical score of 7-1 in a Class B2 semifinal.

Rian Faery, Rowan Simpson and Lucy Madan each had a pair of hits for Wilson which will face top seeded Falconer in the B2 title contest on Thursday at Grand Island. Rian Faery and Abbie Faery both drove in a pair of runs.

In Section VI Class B1 softball playoff action No. 2 seed Depew downed No. 3 Akron 13-3.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall catcher Colby Hughes puts the tag on Alexander’s Nicholas Marzolf during the Eagles sectional win over the visiting Trojans this afternoon.

Four runs over the first two innings proved to be more than enough as No. 4 seed Kendall blanked visiting No. 5 Alexander 4-0 this afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Section V Class C2 baseball playoffs.

Kendall took a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning on a groundout off the bat of Louis Conte as leadoff singles by Vinnie D’Agostino and Jonny Conte set up the threat.

The Eagles quickly tacked on three more big runs in the second inning on RBI singles by Vinnie D’Agostino and Jonny Conte and a wild pitch.

Gavin Braun pitched the first four innings for the Eagles allowing 2 hits and striking out 4. Nic Cole came on to hurl the final three frames giving up 1 hit and fanning 5.

Defensively, the Eagles came up with a big 7-5-2 double play from CJ Agostino in left to Vinnie D’Agostino at third to Colby Hughes at catcher to keep Alexander off the scoreboard in the third inning.

Kendall next faces top seeded Bolivar-Richburg in the C2 semifinals on Thursday. Bolivar-Richburg ousted No. 9 Cuba-Rushford 8-1.

Kendall’s Vinnie D’Agostino steals third base before Alexander’s Nicholas Marzolf can get the ball.

File Photo – Erika Moeller delivers a pitch for Barker during the 2016 sectional playoffs.

Looking to earn a berth in the finals for the first time in nine years, top seeded Barker will host No. 5 Westfield in the Section VI Class C softball semifinals at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Barker’s last trip to the sectional finals was in 2016 when current Co-Coach Bill Moeller’s daughter Erika hurled three straight shutout wins in route to reaching the title contest.

During that clutch three game span Barker blanked Holland 8-0 as Moeller hurled a no hitter with 13 strikeouts, Cassadaga Valley 2-0 in the quarterfinals (3 hitter, 18 strikeouts) and 1-0 n 8 innings over Chautauqua Lake in the semifinals (3 hitter, 12 strikeouts).

Cleveland Hill then nipped Barker 2-0 in the Class C championship game despite a 2 hit, 8 strikeout performance by Moeller.

Barker brings a 17-4 record into Wednesday’s semifinals while Westfield is 14-5.

In the quarterfinals, Barker downed No. 8 Maple Grove 14-9 while Westfield nipped No. 4 Silver Creek 1-0.

The victor advances to the Class C title game which is scheduled for Tuesday, May 28 at 5 p.m. at Allegany-Limestone. The opponent will be the winner of Wednesday’s other semifinals between No. 2 Chautauqua Lake and No. 3 Gowanda which are both 15-3 on the season.

File Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart second baseman Ryan Mettler puts the tag on Medina’s Aidan Paul during the 2022 Section VI Class B2 championship game at Grand Island.

Continuing a recent series of key postseason meetings, top seeded Medina will host No. 4 Roy-Hart at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class B baseball playoffs at Vets Park.

It marks the fifth time in the last six seasons that the Mustangs and Rams have met in key late round sectional contest. The first four of those meetings were in title contests.

In 2018 Roy-Hart defeated Medina 4-2 in the Class B2 championship game and the Rams went on to reach the state semifinals.

Those roles were reversed in 2019 as the Mustangs downed the Rams 15-4 for the overall Section VI Class B title and a berth in the state playoffs. The Mustangs went on to advance to the state semis. Both teams captured Section VI class titles that season as Medina won the B1 crown and Roy-Hart the B2 championship.

There was no baseball season in 2020 because of the Covid 19 Pandemic.

When competition resumed in 2021 so did the Medina vs. Roy-Hart postseason rivalry and the Mustangs downed the Rams 7-0 for the Class B2 title.

That was the case again in 2022 as the Mustangs nipped the Rams 1-0 in the B-2 final.

That run of key postseason meetings ended in 2023 when the teams did not meet in the sectionals. However, the Rams did enjoy a banner postseason by capturing the Section VI Class B2 title by defeating Fredonia 5-1.

On Wednesday when the Mustangs and Rams renew that postseason rivalry they will be vying for a spot in the Section VI Class B championship game which will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grand Island High School. The opponent will be the winner of Wednesday’s other semifinal between No. 2 Fredonia and No. 3 Portville.

Medina and Roy-Hart split their two meetings during the Niagara-Orleans League season. The Rams won the first 3-2 and the Mustangs the rematch 5-0.

The Mustangs advanced to the semifinals by blanking N-O foe Akron 9-0 in the quarterfinals while the Rams shutout Southwestern by the nearly identical score of 10-0.