U.S. Women’s Open Photo – Melanie Green

Rebounding strongly from a disastrous start, Medina’s Melanie Green posted an even par round of 72 today to make the cut at the U.S. Women’s Open being held at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.

Starting on the back 9, Green, who posted a 1 over par 72 on Thursday’s opening round, quickly saw her score soar to 4 over after a double bogey on 10 and a bogey on 11.

However, she came battling back with a clutch run of three birdies, on 12, 14 and 16, to get back to 1 over.

Green then pared the final 11 holes to finish the day at even par 71 for a two-day total of 1 over 143.

When she finished her round she was only 5 shots back of the leader.

The tournament will continue on Saturday and conclude on Sunday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Vinny Gray, left, and Kendall’s Andrew Cole and their Mustangs and Eagles teammates will be competing in state tournament Regional games at Frontier High School on Saturday.

Saturday will be a special doubleheader day for Orleans County baseball fans as Medina and Kendall will both be competing in the state tournament Regionals at Frontier High School.

Medina will face Oneonta (Section IV) in a Class B Regional at 1 p.m.

Kendall will then take on Beaver River (Section III) in a Class C Regional at 4 p.m.

The winners will advance to the state semifinals at Binghamton on Friday June 12.

The Medina game will be a rematch of last year’s Regional as Oneonta nipped the Mustangs 2-1.

Medina, which is 20-2, advanced by defeating Bath Haverling (Section V) 5-1 in a Sub Regional contest on Tuesday.

Oneonta, which is 16-5, romped past Bishop Ludden (Section III) 14-4 in another Sub Regional Tuesday.

The Kendall vs. Beaver River will be a matchup of teams on long winning streaks. The Eagles have won 10 in a row and the Beavers 9 straight.

Kendall, which is 22-2, advanced by shutting out Gowanda (Section VI) 8-0 in the Sub Regional on Tuesday. That victory avenged the Eagles 8-1 loss to the Panthers in last year’s regional.

Beaver River, which is 15-7, advanced by rolling past Charles O. Dickerson High from Trumansburg (Section IV) 14-1 in a Sub Regional on Tuesday.

Both Medina and Kendall have won five straight postseason games to reach the Regional.

A trip to the state semifinals would be the second in three years and the fourth overall for Medina and just the second ever for Kendall. The Eagles only other trip to the final four came in 1999.

Only one bogey interrupted an otherwise par round as Medina’s Melanie Green began competition at the U.S. Women’s Open with a 1 over par 72 today.

Green registered pars on 17 holes as the only bogey came on 14.

She is 6 shots back of the leader who is at 5 under.

The Open will continue on Friday after which the field will be cut for the two title deciding rounds on the weekend.

Making it two victories in as many days to open the season, Holley blanked host Penfield 7-0 Wednesday evening in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League U18 girls division game.

Carsyn Mogel scored the three goal hat-trick to lead the way for Holley.

Lily O’Brien, Kyla Burne, Jayna Burris and Ava Mosier each added a goal.

The Medina Mustangs 15U travel baseball team opened its season on Wednesday dropped a 4-1 decision to the MMB Bandits at Vets Park.

Breaking a 1-1 tie, the Bandits took the lead for good by scoring twice in the fourth inning on a single and 3 errors.

Jacob Duffina, Brayden LaMartina, Kaiden Hockenberry, Zachary Graham, Jackson Daigler and Brayden Calabro each had a hit for Medina.

Improving to 5-0, Elks/Rotary and Sandstone have both scored a pair of victories in Albion Midget League baseball action this week.

Elks/Rotary defeated Brockport 1  24-9 and Elba 2  7-4.

Sandstone downed Elba 2  14-1 and Elba 1  12-3.

Elks/Rotary 24, Brockport 1  9
Kayden Donnelly had 2 hits including a double and 5 RBIs, Ryan Coots had a hit and drove in 3 runs and Jordyn Williams a single for Elks/Rotary. Coots also had 5 strikeouts on the mound.

Elks/Rotary 7, Elba 2  4
Coots registered 9 strikeouts and Owen Beecher 4 for Elks/Rotary. Coots also had a triple and 3 RBIs, Kayden Chmylak a hit and 3 RBIs and Williams played a strong game defensively a third base.

Sandstone 14, Elba 2  1
Bryce Saxton had 4 hits and 5 RBIs and Giavanni LaMartina 2 hits including a 3 run double for Sandstone. Saxton also picked up the win on the mound registering 11 strikeouts.

Sandstone 12, Elba 1 3
Jayce Torres had a home run, LaMartina 3 hits including a pair of triples and Cooper Traxler 2 hits and 5 RBIs for Sandstone.

Contributed Photo – Mia Herman

Barker High graduate and SUNY Niagara sophomore Mia Herman has been named to the All Western New York Athletic Conference softball squad.

Herman, who has been a two-year starter in the outfield for the Thunderwolves, has been named to the All-WNYAC second team.

On the season, she hit .338 with 2 doubles, 15 runs batted in, 11 stolen bases and 25 runs scored.

During her scholastic days at Barker she earned first team Niagara-Orleans All League honors her senior year.

The Thunderwolves posted a 13-20 overall record and competed in the National Junior College Athletic Association Region III Sub Regional. It was the Thunderwolves first double digit win season and first playoff appearance since 2023.

The Holley U18 girls team nipped visiting Greece 1-0 in a season opening Rochester District Youth Soccer League game Tuesday evening.

Veronia Flow scored the game’s lone goal off an assist from Carsyn Mogel.

Zoey Warner, who earned the shutout in goal, made two great saves.

Holley will next visit Penfield this evening.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina first baseman Cam Fike stretches to get the out on Bath Haverling’s Dylan Wenban during the Mustangs state Sub Regional victory this evening at Frontier High.

Clearing state baseball tournament hurdle No. 1, Medina downed Bath Haverling 5-1 in a Class B Sub Regional contest this evening at Frontier High School.

Preston Woodworth hurled a 1 hitter with 10 strikeouts on the mound for the Mustangs. “My fastball was working pretty well,” he said. “I was starting them with the fastball and putting them away with the slider.”

Preston Woodworth hurled a 1 hitter for the Mustangs.

Offensively, 8 players contributed to the Mustangs attack as Hadrian Batista had 2 hits and Aidan Papaj, Vinny Gray, Woodworth, Cam Fike, Kolton Fletcher, Carlos Doval and Ryan Pegelow each had 1.

“We’re putting the ball in play,” said Woodworth. “We’ve really improved so much.”

“We got it done,” added Papaj of the balanced offense. “We definitely picked it up for sure.”

Medina took the lead for good by scoring two quick runs in the first inning on RBI doubles by Woodworth and Fike.

“This win is a big step for us,” said Fike.

The Mustangs tacked on solo runs in the second inning on an RBI single by Gray, in the fifth on an RBI double by Doval and in the sixth on an RBI sacrifice fly by Fike. A single by Pegelow helped set up the second inning tally as did a single by Batista in the fifth.

Haverling’s run came on a balk call with two out in the seventh inning.

Medina will next face a familiar foe in the state Class B quarterfinals on Saturday at 1 p.m. back at Frontier High as the Mustangs will take on Oneonta (Section IV). Oneonta nipped the Mustangs 2-1 in last year’s regional at Frontier High. Oneonta defeated Bishop Ludden (Section III)  14-4 in another Sub Regional today.

Medina’s Ryan Pegelow is safe at second base before Haverling’s Dylan Wenban could get the ball.

Medina’s Aidan Papaj dives back to first base as Haverling’s Lukas Wightman awaits the throw.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Sammy Conte tries to turn a double play during this afternoon’s state Sub Regional victory. He got the out on Gowanda’s Seth Geiger as Jonny Conte backs up the play.

Avenging an 8-1 loss in last year’s regional, Kendall bested Gowanda by a similar score of 8-0 in a Class C state baseball tournament Sub Regional contest this afternoon at Hamburg High School.

Nic Cole hurled the shutout scattering 5 hits and striking out 7. He registered his milestone 300th career strikeout in the fifth inning.

“I was mixing them really well,” said Cole of his pitches.

Nic Cole hurled Kendall to the shutout win.

Vinnie D’Agostino banged out 3 hits, CJ D’Agostino and Sammy Conte 2 each and Jacob Abrams, Cole and Mikey Colucci 1 each to lead the Eagles offense.

“It feels great,” said Vinnie D’Agostino of the win. “We really wanted revenge.”

The Eagles scored the only run they would need as it turned out in the second inning on an RBI sacrifice fly by Andrew D’Agostino. An error, a single by Abrams and a walk had loaded the bases to set up the opportunity.

Kendall then opened up some breathing room by erupting for 4 runs in the third inning on a two-run error, a bases loaded walk and an RBI sacrifice fly by Andrew D’Agostino. Singles by Vinnie D’Agostino and Sammy Conte and an error loaded the bases to set up the threat.

‘”That was really big getting those four runs,” said Cole.

The Eagles later capped off the win with 3 runs in the top of the seventh inning on RBI singles by Andrew D’Agostino and Vinnie D’Agostino and a wild pitch. A single by Cole and a double by Colucci set up the scoring chance.

The victory propels Kendall into Saturday’s state quarterfinal game against Beaver River (Section III) at 4 p.m. at Frontier High School. Beaver River downed Charles O. Dickerson High from Trumansburg (Section IV) 14-1 in another Sub Regional today.

Kendall third baseman Vinnie D’Agostino tags out Gowanda’s Kyan Austin trying to go to third.

Kendall’s Mikey Colucci dives safely back to second base on a run down play avoiding the tag attempt by Gowanda’s Nich Smuda.