Erupting for a total of 14 runs over the first three innings, Kendall went on to defeat Northstar 17-3 in a non league softball game this morning.

Maggie Zastrow, Brooke Rodas and Grace Robb each had 3 hits and Isabella D’Agostino 2 to lead the Kendall offense. Rodas and Zastrow both had doubles among their hits.

In the circle, Danielle Offhaus pitched a 3 hitter with 10 strikeouts for the Lady Eagles which improve to 7-10.

Holley dropped a pair of games 32-10 to East Rochester and 12-9 to Byron-Bergen.

Desiree McCormack had 3 hits against ER including a triple while Leigha Walker and Alexis Vanameron both had a pair of hits against B-B.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lukas Grimes delivers a pitch for Medina during the Mustangs non league win over City Honors at Vets Park this afternoon.

Improving to 14-1 overall, Medina downed City Honors (11-2) 5-1 in a non league baseball game at Vets Park this afternoon.

Lukas Grimes went the distance on the mound for the Mustangs allowing 3 hits and striking out 9.

Medina grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second inning as Preston Woodworth singled and came home on a sacrifice fly by Richard Keppler.

The Mustangs later put together a decisive  four run fifth inning scoring burst on an RBI single by Aidan Papaj, a passed ball and a two-run single by Brody Fry. A double by Ryan Pegelow ignited the key uprising.

City Honors’ lone run came in the seventh.

Medina next visits Wilson at 4:45 p.m. Monday as the Mustangs seek a win to claim sole possession of the Niagara-Orleans League title.

The Mustangs who are 9-1 in N-O action, have already clinched at least a tie for the title. The Lakemen and Roy-Hart, both at 7-3, are still in the title chase.

Medina will then host Wilson in the N-O season finale on Tuesday.

Williamsville East 5, Roy-Hart 4
Williamsville East nipped visiting Roy-Hart 5-4 in a non league contest as Carmen Panaro hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to earn the Flames the victory.

Roy-Hart had pulled ahead at 4-3 with a run in the top of the seventh on an RBI single by Jake Gould.

The Rams also grabbed an early 3-0 lead by scoring twice in the first inning on a home run by Brayden Hy and once in the second on a passed ball.

Now at 10-6 overall, Roy-Hart next hosts Barker at 4:45 p.m. Monday in an N-O contest.

Kendall erupted for five runs in the ninth inning to outlast Oakfield-Alabama 11-6 in a Genesee Region League game this afternoon.

Three errors and a pair of fielders choice plays drove in the decisive runs for the Eagles as two walks and a bunt single by Sammy Conte ignited the uprising.

The Eagles had tied the game at 6-6 with a run in the seventh inning on an error after singles by Jimmie Swift and Nate Shaw and an error had loaded the bases.

Earlier, Kendall jumped out to a 4-1 lead as Swift had a two-run single in the first inning and Jonny Conte a two-run single in the second.

CJ D’Agostino finished with 3 hits for the Eagles as Vinnie D’Agostino, Jonny Conte, Louis Conte and Swift each had 2.

Shaun Alexander had 5 hits for Oakfield-Alabama.

Barker capped off a perfect 12-0 Niagara-Orleans League softball championship season with a 4-2 victory over Roy-Hart this afternoon.

Peyton Bradley hurled a 2 hitter with 12 strikeouts in the circle for the Lady Bulldogs.

Rachel Sutter had RBI singles in both the second and fifth innings for Barker which also got RBI singles from Macie May in the fourth frame and Madyson Flint in the sixth.

The N-O championship is the third for Barker which claimed the title outright in 2003 with a perfect 14-0 record and then shared the crown with Wilson in 2007 as the two teams finished with identical 9-3 records.

Akron 5, Albion 3
Breaking away from a 3-3 deadlock, Akron nipped Albion as Shannon Esmond hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning.

In the circle for the Lady Tigers, Sloan Jonathan gave up 4 hits and struck out 11.

Cami London hit a two-run homer in the first inning to give Albion the early lead.

Akron will close out the N-O season by hosting Roy-Hart on Tuesday.

N-O Standings: Barker 12-0, Wilson 9-3, Roy-Hart 7-4, Albion 6-6, Akron 5-6, Medina 2-10, Newfane 0-12.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Preston Woodworth hurled a no hitter as Medina scored a five inning run rule victory over Barker at Vets Park this afternoon to clinch at least a tie for the Niagara-Orleans League championship.

Clinching at least a tie for the Niagara-Orleans League championship, Medina romped to a 16-0 five inning run rule victory over Barker this afternoon at Vets Park.

Improving to 9-1 in N-O action, Medina holds a two game lead over runners-up Wilson and Roy-Hart, both at 7-3, with two games remaining.

The N-O title is the third in the last four years for the Medina which will close out the N-O season with a key home-and-home series against Wilson on  Monday (at Wilson) and Tuesday (at Medina).

Preston Woodworth picked up the win on the mound for the Mustangs as he hurled a sparkling no hitter with 10 strikeouts.

Medina took a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning on a leadoff home run by Julian Woodworth and an RBI sacrifice fly by Brody Fry which plated Aidan Papaj who had tripled.

The Mustangs then broke the contest wide open by exploding for 8 runs in the second inning highlighted by a two-run double by Carter Woodworth and RBI doubles by Papaj, Ryleigh Culver and Richard Keppler.

Medina also had a big 6 run fourth frame as Fry and Preston Woodworth both singled in a pair of runs.

During this recent title surge the Mustangs captured the N-O championship outright in 2021 by going 12-0 and then shared the crown with Roy-Hart in 2022 as the two teams finished with identical 10-2 records.

Medina’s Vinny Gray slides into second base as Barker’s Isaac Monaco gets the ball.

Roy-Hart 12, Albion 4
Trailing 1-0, Roy-Hart used a 4 run s econd inning to take the lead for good against visiting Albion as the Rams went on to down the Purple Eagles 12-4.

Sean Mettler had a two-run single in the second as Isaac Smith and Rem Albee both added RBI singles.

The Rams tacked on a pair of runs in the third as Dawson Draper homered and Ethan Kuzma tripled and came home on an error.

Albion rallied back to cut the deficit to 6-4 by scoring three times in the fifth on a single by Andrew Boyce, a fielders choice and a passed ball as singles by Elliott Trapiss and Nate Gibson.

The Rams finally put a lock on the win by scoring 6 times in the sixth inning highlighted by a three-run triple by Jake Gould.

Draper had 2 hits on the day as did Trapiss and  Gibson for Albion which slips to 2-8.

Akron 4, Newfane 3
Akron pushed across a run in the bottom of the seventh inning on a sacrifice fly by winning pitcher Jack Julicher to nip Newfane 4-3.

Newfane had tied the game at 3-3 by scoring twice in the top of the seventh on a double by Aiden Parry and a single by Jon Beiter.

On the mound, Julicher allowed 4 hits and struck out 12.

N-O Standings: Medina 9-1, Roy-Hart 7-3, Wilson 7-3, Newfane 7-5, Akron 4-6, Albion 2-8, Barker 0-10

Contributed Photo – Lexi Lowery puts up a shot for the Medina Unified basketball team during Thursday’s home court win over Kenmore West.

Improving to 2-1, the Medina Unified basketball team defeated visiting Kenmore West 43-28 Thursday.

Xavier Moyer scored 16 points to lead Medina as Matt Kennedy added 8, Anthony Harrington 6, Treyvon Shine 4, Calyah St. Louis 3 and Russell Burnette, Aiden Cherry and Lexi Lowery 2 each.

Scoring two quick goals in the first 10 minutes, the Medina Mustangs FC opened the Buffalo District Soccer League’s Wood Cup competition with a 3-1 win over the Clarence Coyotes Thursday evening.

Elian Gonzalez, Steven Anderson and Nate Dillenbeck each scored a goal.

Anderson, Dillenbeck and Jack Whipple each earned an assist.

Contributed Photo – Tom Nasal became the 19th inductee into Roy-Hart’s Proud To Be A Ram Wall of Fame this week.

Former Roy-Hart cross-country and track star Tom Nasal (Class of 1968) was inducted into the Proud To Be A Ram Wall of Fame this week.

Nasal helped lead Roy-Hart to the Niagara-Orleans League cross-country championship during both the 1966 and 1967 seasons.

In 1967 he won both the N-O All-League and Section VI meets and placed fourth at the state meet.

Nasal also helped lead the Roy-Hart track teams to N-O titles during the 1966, 1967 and 1968 seasons and the Section VI title in both 1967 and 1968.

In 1968 he won the mile race at both the N-O All-League and the Section VI meets setting a Western New York record time of 4:24.

Following graduation he attended Buffalo State College where he placed first at the SUNYAC meet in 1969 and helped lead Buff State to the team title.

Barker captured top honors at the annual Niagara-Orleans League tennis doubles tournament which concluded today.

Barker’s duo of Lucas DerSarkissian and Daniel Goodwin defeated the Albion team of Mark Ames and Jordan Marshall 7-5, 6-3 in the finals.

Barker and Albion now both advance to the Section VI doubles tournament later this month.

In the semifinal matches, Barker downed Akron and Albion bested Wilson by the identical scores of 6-4, 6-3.