Tuning up for the playoffs, the Medina Mustangs FC downed host Lake Shore 4-1 Sunday evening to close out the Buffalo District Soccer League Division 3 regular season.

Nate Dillenbeck scored 2 goals for Medina as Elian Gonzalez and Casey Winiecki each netted 1.

Barry Rogenmoser, Mateo May and Greg Husung all had assists for the Mustangs.

Medina finishes in third place in Division 3 at 7-2-1 and will next host No. 6 Buffalo Night (5-5) in the playoff quarterfinals.

Closing out the regular season on a high note, the Holley Raptors trimmed Gananda 6-5 in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U19 game Sunday evening at Genesee Community College.

The Raptors jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first half as Sam Bates scored 3 goals off assists from Kiera Wilson, Nikki Creasey and Emma Brady.

Keeping the hot shooting touch, Bates also scored the 3 second half goals as Olivia Halpin had 2 assists and Mack Harmon 1.

The Raptors finish the season at 4-5-1.

The Tuesday Night Ladies Night Out league kicked this past week off at Hickory Ridge with a new face shooting low gross.

Taking low gross honors was Emily Ferguson who shot a 39. Low net went to Marcia Zambito with a 34 followed closely by Judy Schuth with a 36. Ferguson recorded the only birdie on the night.

Aleta Martin and Deb Wood continue to lead the standings with 64.5 points. Cheryl Ferguson and Vicki Brawn are in second with 60 points and Faye McNeil and Kathy Babbitt hold third with 52 points.

The Pete Sullivan Senior Golf League held its first day of league championship this past week. Scores were recorded but not reported as this is a two week event.

The next half of the league championship will be played on September 7 at which time the low gross and low net for the two events will be determined and recorded. Birdies were reported by Rich Turner who had four birds, John True with 3, and Jimmy Z, Gene Ashe, Dana Vosburgh and Elwyn Corser with one each.

The Thursday Mens Traveling League has the team of Flansberg and Stalker leading the pack with 196 points. Burgess and Eaton are in second with 186 points and Molisani and Soria with 184 points

Low gross was a tie between Kyle Smith and Wes Bedford with each shooting a 39. Low net was likewise a tie as Brian Payne, Zack Burgess and Pete Kaiser all posting a 30. Mike Hanlon and Randy Van Houten had two birdies each while Adam Dresser, Mike Farrell, Tim Hallenbeck, Scott Budde and Burgess each recorded one.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green gets set to tee off at the Epson Tour’s Twin Bridges Championship which was held this weekend at Guilderland, N.Y.

The only amateur in the field, Medina’s Melanie Green competed in the Epson Tour’s Twin Bridges Championship Tournament at Guilderland, N.Y. this weekend.

Green, who will be a senior at the University of South Florida this fall, made the cut by posting scores of 75 and 72 over the first two rounds on Friday and Saturday for a total of 147.

She then closed out the tournament today with a round of 73 to finish with a 7 over par total of 220 which was 13 shots off the pace.

Epson is the official qualifying tour of the LPGA tour.

Contributed Photos – Emma Starowitz, left, and Layne Walker are shown here in action for the Holley United U17 team which is vying for at least a share of the division title.

In the thick of the title race, undefeated Holley United will host the Brockport Blizzard in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U17 Division game at 6 p.m. Sunday at Genesee Community College.

Currently at 8-0-1, Holley is battling to gain at least a share of the title with the Cobras FC which have already finished the division season at 11-0-1. Holley and the Cobras tied 1-1 in their recent meeting.

In league play, Holley has outscored their opponents 32-5 as goalkeeper Layne Walker has registered 4 shutouts.

Offensively, Emma Starowitz leads Holley with 13 goals and 2 assists. Samantha Bates has 9 goals and 8 assists, Emma Brady 9 goals and 7 assists, Jailyn Bishop 5 goals and 5 assists and Mia Thom 3 goals and 3 assists to round out the top five scorers.

During the season Holley has also captured the Brockport U17 Tournament championship and finished second at the Niagara Pioneer U17 Tournament.

Contributed Photo – Jimmy Dieter

Medina Mustangs 15U baseball team started off the Battle of the Bats tournament in Hilton with a win over the 15U Penfield Patriots 13- 2 on Thursday evening.

Medina scored 13 runs over 5 innings to end the game per the tournament mercy rule.

Cole Moyle led batting with 2 hits, 4 RBI’s, and a run scored. Lucas Kimber homered, had 1 RBI and scored 3 runs and Briley Allen 2 hits, an RBI and a run scored.

Brady Christiaansen had a single, double, 3 runs scored and 2 RBI’s;, Ryan Pegelow a double and RBI; Colton Smith 2 hits, 1 RBI, and 2 runs scored; Kolton Fletcher 1 RBI, and Jimmy Dieter scored a run.

Lukas Grimes pitched 4 strong innings striking out 7 allowing 2 runs. Dieter closed game out with allowing no runs and had 1 stikeout.

Medina continues tournament play on Saturday with two back to back games starting at 9:30 a.m. in Hilton..

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Sophia Albanese drives the ball up field for the Holley Raptors ahead of a Chili Fusion defender during Thursday evening’s game at Genesee Community College.

A quick two goal scoring burst midway through the first half keyed the Chili Fusion to a 4-1 win over the Holley Raptors in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U19 game at Genesee Community College Thursday evening.

Ella Lewis scored the Raptors goal off an assist from Nikki Creasey.

The Fusion improve to 6-0 while the Raptors slip to 3-5-1.

The Raptors will close out the season by hosting Gananda at 8 p.m. Sunday at GCC.

It will be a new season with a new look team and a new nickname.

When this coming high school season kicks off on Labor Day weekend it will be the Roy-Hart/Barker Bulls football team taking to the field.

The Bulls nickname was selected by a vote of the returning Roy-Hart and Barker players.

The Bulls, which will be coached by CJ Knight, will open the season at home on September 1 against Burgard.

“I think we’ll be pretty good,” said Knight whose Bulls have been tuning up for the season by taking part in 7 on 7 camps at Medina and Williamsville North as well as the Newfane camp.

The past couple of years it was the tri school Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville team with the nickname the Silverbacks.

This coming season Lyndonville players have joined up with Holley which plays in the Section V 8 Man Division.

This marks the second time that Roy-Hart and Barker have combined for football. The two schools previously joined together from 2011-2017.

Roy-Hart then went it alone for the 2018 and 2019 seasons before becoming the tri school Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville team from 2020-2022 (note – because of the Covid 19 pandemic the 2020 season was played in the spring of 2021).

Contributed Photo – Jacob Bruning

Roy-Hart and Niagara University graduate Jacob Bruning earned his first professional baseball victory on Tuesday.

Bruning, who is pitching for State College, Pa. in the MLB Draft League, picked up the win in the Spikes 14-3 victory at Trenton.

Notching strikes on 23 of his 38 pitches, Bruning faced only 9 batters in two and a third innings of work on the mound to gain the win. He allowed only 1 hit, struck out 2 and walked 1.

Bruning, who helped pitch and hit Roy-Hart to the state semifinals his senior year, went on to play four years at Niagara and finished his collegiate career at the University of South Alabama.

Going 7-0 the Orleans Outlaws 12u baseball team recently captured top honor at the Blue Crab Classic Tournament held at the Ripken Experience complex in Aberdeen, Maryland.

Playing opponents from Canada, Massachusetts, Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania, the Outlaws outscored their opponents 96-11.

The team was led offensively by Noah Banks and Sam Conte, each hitting over .600 for the tournament, combining for 25 hits and 27 runs. Banks had 3 homeruns and 6 doubles, while Conte contributed 2 triples and 6 doubles. Joining the attack, a total of seven Outlaws hit over .500, including Andrew D’Agostino, Landon Feil, Justyce Yapjoco, Luke Hemmer and Reed Woodruff.

As good as the hitting was all week, the pitching may have been better. Seven different pitchers threw innings for the team, with Jonathan Breese leading the way with 8.1 innings allowing only 5 runs while striking out 17 hitters. Will Shultz, Woodruff, Feil, Conte, Banks and D’Agostino each contributed to the teams 47 strikeouts in 34 innings. Hemmer and Yapjoco did a great job behind the plate all week, while combining to catch every inning.

Not to be overshadowed, the defense performed superbly all week, committing only 4 errors in total. Michael Fedele was gold glove caliber at first base with multiple picks, including a huge pick during the final inning of the Championship game against the 11th ranked 12u team in the state.

The Outlaws next tournament is in Horseheads August 4-6 where 5 Outlaw teams are participating in a wood bat tournament. They then finish the season with the Outlaws tournament Aug. 11-13.