Scoring early and often, No. 4 seed Kendall romped to a 17-0 victory over No. 13 Alfred-Almond this afternoon in the opening round of the Section V Class C2 baseball playoffs.

Kendall took charge early erupting for 6 runs in the second inning highlighted by a three-run single by Vinnie D’Agostino.

A two-run single by CJ D’Agostino later highlighted a three-run fifth inning.

The Eagles closed out the win with a huge 7 run sixth inning which included a pair of RBI singles by Louis Conte along with one each by Jimmie Swift, Gio Rodriguez, Vinnie D’Agostino and Colby Hughes.

Louie Conte and Swift both finished with 3 his as Vinnie D’Agostino and Nate Shaw each had 2.

Swift picked up the win on the mound allowing just 1 hit with 10 strikeouts in five innings of work.

Kendall will next face the winner of Sunday’s No. 5 Alexander vs. No. 12 Byron-Bergen game in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Section VI Class A2

Dunkirk 10, Albion 0
Scoring in every inning, No. 7 seed Dunkirk posted a 10-0 win over No. 10 Albion in the opening round of the Section VI Class A2 playoffs this afternoon at Gowanda.

After scoring solo runs in each of the first two innings Dunkirk pulled away with four tallies in the third frame.

Nate Gibson had a pair of hits, including a double, for Albion which had just 5 hits on the day.

No. 8 seed Albion downed visiting No. 9 West Seneca East 13-11 today in the opening round of the Section VI Class A softball playoffs.

A big nine run third inning highlighted the Purple Eagles victory as Madison Hughson had a two-run homer, Kenzi Snook a two-run double, Lux Froman an RBI double and Alana Irvine and Aubriella Barry RBI singles.

Albion will next visit top seeded Williamsville South at noon on Sunday in the quarterfinals. South downed Kenmore East 13-1.

Class B1
No. 6 seed Akron downed No. 3 Olmsted 20-2 as Shannon Esmond had three hits including a double and triple with a total of 5 RBI. Sloan Jonathan added a home run, Olivia Nowak a triple and Ashlee Henning 2 doubles.

Class B2
In Class B2, No 2 Portville blanked No. 7 Roy-Hart 7-0 and No. 3 Wilson downed No. 6 JFK 11-4.

Class C
No. 9 Maple Grove downed No. 8 Frewsburg 13-6 to earn a trip to top seeded Barker at noon on Sunday in the Class C quarterfinals.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Ethan Kuzma slides safely back to first base just ahead of a tag attempt by Allegany-Limestone’s Collin Forrest during the Rams sectional win over the visiting Gators today.

Scoring three quick runs in the first inning, No. 4 seed Roy-Hart went on to down visiting No. 13 Allegany-Limestone 11-1 in a Section VI Class B opening round baseball playoff game today.

Gavin Heideman had a two-run double and Jake Gould an RBI double in the first inning to put Roy-Hart on top to stay.

The Rams later put a lock on the five inning run rule victory by erupting for 7 runs in the fifth frame as Gould had a two-run double and Heideman an RBI single.

Gould, Heideman and Rem Albee each finished with a pair of hits for Roy-Hart.

Ethan Kuzma earned the win on the mound allowing 2 hits and striking out 8 over 4 innings.

The contest was a rematch of last year’s sectional opener when the Rams nipped the visiting Gators 6-5.

Roy-Hart will next host No. 5 Southwestern in the quarterfinals on Monday. Southwestern ousted No. 12 Eden 11-3.

Akron 2, Salamanca 0
No. 8 Akron ousted visiting No. 9 Salamanca 2-0 as Denny Romesser pitched a 2 hitter with 12 strikeouts.

The Tigers scored once in the first on a sacrifice by Anthony Cosiglio and once in the fourth on a single by Hunter Haist.

Akron will next visit top seeded Medina in the quarterfinals on Monday.

Newfane 10, JFK 0
No. 7 Newfane shutout No. 10 JFK as Cam Perry hurled a one hitter with 7 strikeouts and Jon Beiter banged out a double and triple and drove in five runs.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville first baseman Bella Groves goes up to haul in the ball for an out during the Lady Tigers sectional loss to visiting Arkport-Canaseraga today.

No. 12 seed Arkport-Canaseraga pushed across three runs in the seventh inning on three errors to down No 5 Lyndonville 7-4 in a Section V Class D opening round softball playoff game today at Lyndonville.

Addie Dillenbeck had a two-run home run and Kayli Miller a two-run single for Lyndonville which led 4-3 after four innings.

Cuba-Rushford 11, Kendall 9
No. 9 Cuba-Rushford trimmed 11-9 No. 8 Kendall in a Class C 2 sectional contest.

Brooke Rodas had a two-run double and Danielle Offhaus a two-run single to highlight a six run fourth inning which put Kendall up 9-7.

Cuba-Rushford rallied to tie the game with two runs in the sixth and then to claim the win with two more in the seventh.

Avon 9, Holley 0
No. 2 Avon blanked No. 15 Holley 9-0 in a Class C1 sectional opener.

Area sectional baseball and softball action got off to a soggy start today as the rainy weather caused 6 of the 9 scheduled games to be postponed until Saturday.

Here is an update of the rescheduled games and the three completed contests.

Section VI Baseball
Class A
No. 10 seed Albion will now visit No. 7 Dunkirk at 2 p.m. Saturday with the winner advancing to a Tuesday quarterfinal test at No. 2 Iroquois.

Class B
No. 4 Roy-Hart will now face No. 13 Allegany-Limestone at noon Saturday at Medina’s Vets Park. The victor will face the winner of the No. 5 Southwestern vs. No. 12 Eden game in the quarterfinals on Monday.

No. 8 Akron will host No. 9 Salamanca at 1 p.m. with the victor advancing to a quarterfinal contest at top seeded Medina on Monday.

No. 7 Newfane will host No. 10 JFK at 11 a.m.

Class C
In the lone baseball game to be completed No. 5 Wilson blanked Niagara-Orleans League foe No. 12 Barker 5-0 in a Class C contest. Tyler Johnston and Conner Ernest combined on a 2 hitter with 13 strikeouts for the Lakemen which will next visit No. 4 Holland on Tuesday.

Section VI Softball
Class A – No. 8 Albion will host No. 9 West Seneca East at noon on Saturday. The contest was started today but was halted by rain in the first inning.

Class B
In two completed games No. 7 Springville defeated No. 10 Newfane 16-4 and No. 8 Southwestern downed No. 9 Medina 21-4 in a contest played at Allegany-Limestone.

Section V Softball
Class C1
No. 15 Holley will visit No. 2 Avon at 10 a.m. Saturday.

In addition seven other area sectional games were already scheduled for Saturday. Those contests are as follows.

Section V Baseball
Class C2 – No. 4 Kendall will host No. 13 Caledonia-Mumford, 4 p.m.

Section V Softball
Class C2 – No. 8 Kendall will host No. 9 Cuba-Rushford at 11 a.m.

Class D – No. 5 Lyndonville will host No. 12 Arkport-Canaseraga at 11 a.m.

Section VI Softball
Class B1 – No. 6 Akron at No. 3 Olmsted, noon,
Class B2 – No. 7 Roy-Hart at No. 2 Portville and No. 6 JFK at No. 3 Wilson both at noon.
Class C – Top seeded Barker was scheduled to host the winner of today’s No. 8 Frewsburg vs. No. 9 Maple Grove contest. That game was not played so the new date for Barker’s opener has not been set.

Contributed Photo – Aiden Cherry makes a layup for Medina during Thursday’s win over visiting Newfane as Treyvon Shine and Xavier Moyer follow.

The Medina Unified basketball team improved to 3-2 with a 54-25 home court win over Newfane Thursday.

Xavier Moyer scored a game high 24 points to lead Medina as Aiden Cherry added 10, Matthew Kennedy 8, Russell Brunette 6, Anthony Harrington 4 and Lexi Lowery 2.

An expanded Albion Midget League will open its baseball season on Saturday.

The league has expanded from five to nine teams this year.

Returning league members Sandstone, Barre, Carlton, Rotary and Elba are being joined by a second team from Elba, two from Hamlin and one from Holley.

Season opening ceremonies will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Midget League Field followed by a 2 p.m. contest between Carlton and Rotary.

The other openers at 2:15 p.m. will have Holley at Sandstone, Barre at Elba ‘B’ and Hamlin ‘A’ vs. Hamlin ‘B’ as the Elba ‘A’ team draws the bye.

Each team will play a total of 12 regular season games this season. The playoff championship game is scheduled for July 13.