A big late inning scoring burst earned No. 4 seed Lew-Port an 8-3 win over visiting No. 8 Albion in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class A2 baseball tournament.

Breaking away from a 3-3 deadlock, the Lancers put a lock on the win by erupting for 5 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning as winning pitcher Logan McNaney had a two-run triple, Brayden Anderson a two-run double and Jackson Rodriguez an RBI double.

Albion had jumped out to early leads of 2-0 on two-run homer by Nate Gibson in the first inning, and at 3-1 on an RBI single by Gavin Boyce in the second inning.

File Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Arnie Sturtevant.

Led by the no hit pitching effort of Arnie Sturtevant, top seeded Lyndonville blanked No. 4 Andover-Whitesville 12-0 in the semifinals of the Section V Class C softball tournament at Genesee Community College this afternoon.

Sturtevant, who also helped herself at the plate by banging out4 hits including a pair of doubles and a triple, was perfect in the circle with no hits and no walks with 6 strikeouts over the five innings of the run rule contest.

Brooke Robinson, Isabella Groves and Hannah Fox also each had a pair of hits for the Lady Tigers. Fox drove in a total of 4 runs.

Improving to 18-1, Lyndonville will now face No. 2 Avoca-Prattsburg for the Section V Class D2 championship at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Livonia. A-P downed No. 3 Elba 9-5 in the other semifinal.

Leading 1-0, Lyndonville broke the game open by erupting for 5 runs in the third inning highlighted by a two-run triple by Sturtevant and singles by Alexa Robinson, Groves and Rylan Townsend.

The Lady Tigers then put a lock on the victory by scoring 3 times in both the fourth and fifth innings. Fox had an RBI single in both innings and Sturtevant had a double in both frames.

Section VI Class C

Barker 3, Clymer-Sherman-Panama 1
Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, No. 2 seed Barker scored twice in the sixth inning on a two-run double by Melodi Murphy to edge visiting No. 6 Clymer-Sherman-Panama 3-1 this afternoon in the semifinals of the Section VI Class C softball tournament. Singles by winning pitcher Madyson Flint and Peyton Bradley set up the opportunity.

In the circle, Flint hurled a two hitter with 13 strikeouts.

Barker will now face No. 5 Falconer in the Class C championship game at 5 p.m. Friday at Olean. Falconer downed No. 1 Wilson 5-3 in the other semifinal.

Photo by CHeryl Wertman – Media’s Jimmy Dieter, shown here banging out a base hit during Sunday’s sectional open win over Newfane, and his Mustang teammates will host Fredonia in the Class B quarterfinals at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Vets Park.

It will be a very familiar postseason matchup as No. 2 seed defending champion Medina hosts No.10 Fredonia in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class B baseball tournament at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Vets Park.

It marks the third straight year that Medina and Fredonia have met in the sectionals.

In 2024 Medina nipped Fredonia 4-3 at Grand Island in a rain interrupted Class B championship game. Last year the Mustangs edged past the Hillbillies 2-1 in 9 innings in the Class B semifinals at Vets Park.

Medina, which is 16-2, opened sectional play on Sunday by thumping No. 15 Newfane 23-0 while Fredonia downed No. 7 Tonawanda 8-5.

The winner of Tuesday’s game will advance to Thursday’s Class B semifinal against the winner of the No. 3 Southwestern vs. No. 6 Springville contest.

Tuesday’s other Class B quarterfinals will have No. 5 Roy-Hart hosting No. 13 Cleveland Hill and No. 9 Akron at No. 1 JFK both at 5 p.m.

Roy-Hart downed No. 12 Alden 6-3 in the opening round while Cleve Hill topped No. 4 Lafayette 16-1 and Akron edged Silver Creek 12-10. JFK had the opening round bye.

The Class B semifinals are scheduled for Thursday and the finals for Saturday at 4 p.m. at Frontier High School.

Class A2
Albion to visit Lew-Port
Surging No. 8 seed Albion will visit No. 4 Lew-Port in the semifinals of the Section VI Class A2 tournament at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Albion, which started the Niagara-Orleans League season at 1-3 has won 9 of its last 10 games. The Purple Eagles went 7-1 to close the N-O season with an 8-4 record and then won the first two sectional outings 5-3 over Ni. 9 Dunkirk and 8-2 over No. 1 City Honors to advance to the semifinals.

Lew-Port edged No. 5 East Aurora 3-2 in the quarterfinals.

Section V Class C2
Kendall to host Perry
Top seeded Kendall will host No. 4 Perry at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the semifinal round of the Section V Class C2 baseball tournament.

Kendall, which is 18-2, downed Genesee Region League foe No. 8 seed Byron-Bergen 11-0 in the quarterfinals while Perry bested No. 5 Naples 14-4.

Tuesday’s other semifinal will have No. 6 Cal-Mum vs. No. 2 Genesee Valley-Belfast.

The championship game is scheduled for Friday.

Top seeded Lyndonville will face No. 4 Andover-Whitesville in the semifinal round of the Section V Class D2 softball tournament at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Genesee Community College.

Lyndonville, which is 17-1, blanked No. 8 Hinsdale 18-0 in the opening round while Andover-Whitesville downed No. 5 Hammondsport 12-8.

The other D2 semifinal will have No. 3 Elba vs. No. 2 Avoca-Prattsburgh.

The D2 final is scheduled for Friday.

Section VI Class C
Wilson and Barker will both be competing in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class C softball tournament on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Top seeded Wilson will host No. 5 Falconer and No. 2 Barker will host Clymer-Sherman-Panama.

The Class C final is scheduled for Friday at Olean.

No.3 seed Kendall outlasted No. 6 Bloomfield 12-9 in a Section V Class C2 softball tournament quarterfinal round game this afternoon.

Brynn Hardenbrook had 3 hits and Izzy D’Agostino, Teagan Shaw and Sophia Picardo 2 each to lead the offense for Kendall, which will next face No. 10 Perry in the semifinals on Wednesday. Perry upended No. 2 Bolivar-Richburg 3-2.

Kendall jumped out to an early 9-3 lead by scoring 5 runs in the second inning and 3 in the third. Singles by Hardenbrook and Picardo set up both uprisings as D’Agostino had an RBI single in both frames.

Two runs in the sixth inning on a bases loaded walk and an RBI single by Adrianna D’Agostino later helped lock up the win.

Section V Class D Baseball
Arkport/Canaseraga 12, Lyndonville 1
Top seeded Arkport/Canaseraga downed visiting No. 8 Lyndonville 12-1 in a Class D quarterfinal as Micah Marvin and Caden Carey combined to pitch a no hitter with 12 strikeouts.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Cam Fike bangs out a triple for Medina which romped to a 23-0 sectional win over Newfane at Vets Park this evening.

No.2 seed Medina opened defense of its Section VI Class B baseball championship by romping to a lopsided 23-0 five inning run rule victory over Newfane at Vets Park this evening.

The Mustangs wasted little time in taking control exploding for 9 runs in the second inning as Carlos Doval had a two-run single, Hadrian Batista and Kolton Fletcher RBI singles and Cam Fike an RBI sacrifice fly.

Keeping the momentum, Medina erupted for 7 runs in the third inning as Jimmy Dieter had a three-run double, Fike a two-run double and Aidan Papaj a two-run single.

The Mustangs capped off the win with 5 runs in the fourth frame as Preston Woodworth had a two-run double and Doval a two-run single.

Papaj, Fike, Batista, Dieter, Fletcher, Doval and Ryan Pegelow each finished with a pair of hits as the Mustangs had a total of 16 base raps. Fike’s hits included a triple.

Vinny Gray earned the win on the mound allowing only 1 hit with 6 strikeouts in 4 innings of work. Mason Berry came on to hurl the fifth inning and gave up no hits and struck out 3.

Medina will next host the winner of the No. 10 Fredonia vs. No. 7 Tonawanda game at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the quarterfinals.

Vinny Gray, at left, picked up the win on the mound for the Mustangs. At right Medina’s Preston Woodworth avoids the tag attempt by Newfane’s Bryce Kurtz during a run down.

Akron 12, Silver Creek 10
No. 9 Akron edged No. 8 Silver Creek 12-10 in another Class B opener.

A two-run double by Hunter Haist keyed a three-run seventh inning which provided the margin of victory for the Tigers.

Haist and Jackson Schlabach both finished with 3 hits and Gavin Miller 2.

Akron will next visit top seeded JFK in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Hank Snyder makes a run saving sliding catch in right field during the Rams sectional win over Alden at Vets Parkl this afternoon.

A three run fourth inning scoring burst keyed No. 5 seed Roy-Hart to a 6-3 victory over No. 12 Alden in the opening round of the Section VI Class B baseball tournament at Vets Park this afternoon.

Breaking away from a 3-3 deadlock, Roy-Hart scored 3 times in the decisive fourth frame on a two-run double by Gavin Heideman and an RBI single by Isaac Smith. A single by Will Bundrock started the uprising.

Earlier, the Rams scored once in the first on an RBI single by Heideman, once in the second on an RBI single by Sean Mettler and once in the third on an error.

Roy-Hart shortstop Sean Mettler turns a third inning double play after taking a throw from second baseman Isaac Smith. The Alden base runner is Aiden Jordan Helms.

Alden tied the game at 3-3 with solo runs in the first inning on a single by Michael Clifford, in the third on a wild pitch and in the fourth on an error.

Jared Hy earned the win on the mound for the Rams as he allowed 4 hits and struck out 5 in 6 innings of work. Smith came on to hurl the final frame giving up 1 hit and striking out 3.

Defensively, the Rams turned a double play in the third inning from Smith at second to Mettler at shortstop to John Brigham at first.

Roy-Hart will face the winner of Monday’s game between No. 4 Lafayette and No. 13 Cleveland Hill in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Roy-Hart pitcher Jared Hy helped himself out on the base paths by stealing third and later coming in to score a run. Ethan Schmitz is the Alden third baseman.

File Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Gavin Boyce

No. 8 seed Albion upended No. 1 seed City Honors 8-2 in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class A2 baseball tournament this afternoon in Buffalo.

The victory advances Albion to a semifinal contest at 5 p.m. Tuesday at No. 4 Lew-Port which ousted No. 5 East Aurora 3-2.

Leading by a narrow 3-2 margin, Albion put a lock on the victory by erupting for 5 runs in the top of the seventh inning on an RBI single by Nate Gibson, run producing sacrifice flies by Nick Luft and winning pitcher Gavin Boyce, an error and a fielders choice play. A triple by Elliot Trapiss ignited the decisive uprising.

Earlier, the Purple Eagles scored one in the first on an RBI single by Mason Snook, once in the third on a sacrifice bunt by Snook and once in the fourth on an RBI single by Boyce.

Boyce, Gibson, Will Plummer and Drew Pritchard each finished with a a pair of hits.

On the mound, Boyce scattered 3 hits and struck out 10 in six and one-third innings of work. Pritchard came on to get the final two outs on strikeouts.

Class C
No. 7 Portville edged No. 7 Barker 5-4 and No. 5 Brocton/Cassadaga Valley downed No. 12 Wilson 12-1 in Section VI Class C contests.

Brocton/Cassadaga Valley erupted for 9 runs in the second inning to key the win over Wilson.

A 4 run second inning on 3 walks, a single and a two-run doubled keyed the win for Postville.

Barker rallied for 3 runs in the seventh inning on RBI singles by Keagan Schaal and JJ Prynn and a run producing sacrifice fly by Drew LaGreca but saw the comeback bid fall just short.

Steady rain has caused today’s schedule of Section VI baseball tournament games to be moved to Sunday including six contests involving Niagara-Orleans League teams.

Vets Park will host a Class B doubleheader as No. 5 Roy-Hart will face No. 12 Alden at 1 p.m. and No. 2 Medina will host No. 15 Newfane at 5 p.m.

Also in Class B, No. 9 Akron will face No. 8 Silver Creek at Gowanda at 3:30 p.m.

In Class A2, No. 8 Albion will face No. 1 City Honors at noon at Okell Park in Buffalo.

In Class C, No. 10 Barker will face No. 7 Portville at Allegany-Limestone at 11 a.m. and No. 12 Wilson will take on No. 5 Brocton/Cassadaga Valley at noon at Gowanda.

The Section V Class D2 baseball  game between No. 8 Lyndonville and No. 1 Arkport-Canaseraga has been moved to 2 p.m. Sunday at Arkport.

In addition, the Section V Class C2 softball game between No. 6 Bloomfield and No. 3 Kendall has been moved to 10 a.m. Sunday at Kendall.

All six Medina High spring sports varsity teams have earned New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Team Awards by compiling a composite average of at least 90.

Those teams and their averages include Softball (96.997), Tennis (96.289), Girls Track (93.388), Lacrosse (93.065), Baseball (91.948) and Boys Track (90.105).

Contributed Photos – SOFTBALL – Bottom row: Karlee Cau, Jenna Cecchini, Isabelle Perez, Aspyn Garley, Analeah Fidanza Battle, Alexa Demmer and Savannah Jo Thompson. Top row: Harmoni Wilson, Peyton Allen, Lilah Class, Madison Watts and Lily Maynard. Missing are Molly Cook, Samantha Heschke and Gia Howard.

TENNIS – Bottom row: Henry Fuller, Anthony Anelli, Hattison Ribbeck Farley, Tony Anelli, Paisley Pasnik and Marlaina Neroni. Top row: Levon Fuller, River Jones, Talia Rupp, Amelia Rodden and Grace Smith. Missing are Eli Biesinger and Lily Eggleston.

GIRLS TRACK – Bottom row: Payton Eggleston, Neveah Kimori, Lily Hungerford, Charlotte McGrath, Lauren Allis, Olivia Maynard, Rhoswyn Oakes, Alex Klinzing, Asialynn Neuhaus, Ty’Sharri Crossley and Heather Daniels. Top row: Faith Sunday, Amelia Stalker, Jenelle Stalker, Caliyah St. Louis, Cayla Seever, Payton Denniston, Grace Keppler, Gabriella Velez and Talia Rupp. Missing are Lucia DiCureia, Jaylani Dieter, Ashlyn Fisk, Ellen Hall, McKinlee Hughes, Chloe Luxon, Skielair Montgomery, Aurora Owczarczak, Hannah Richardson, Anna Saj and Saniyyaha Wilson.

LACROSSE – Bottom row: Chris Mulcahy, Sawyer Lilleby, Luke Duffina, Madison Farley, Lyla Page, Davi Mucoucah and Landan Costich. Top row: Gavin Dahlhaus, Clayton Wagner, Brennan Allen, Jobi Wheeler, Matt Jacobs, Breydin Lewis and Frankie Stephens. Missing are Miles Arbegast, Deven Byrne, Teagan Meland and Tim Vasquez.

BASEBALL – Bottom row: Vincent Gray, Jimmy Dieter, Kolton Fletcher, Ryan Pegelow and Carlos Doval. Top row: Hadrian Batista, Preston Woodworth, Aidan Papaj and Camden Fike. Missing are Lathan McEwen Miller and Steven Gobeli.

BOYS TRACK – Bottom row: Cole Hughes, Aleksandr Seefeldt, Lukin Szatkowski, Briley Allen, Roman Maksimchuk, Tim Zeiner, Oscar Lopez and Logan Quackenbush. Top row: Nate Surdel, Bryson Ford, Israel Delgado, Colin Pooler, Owen Sargent, Jackson Reese, Jonathan Dix amd Jude Lacy. Missing are Niall Boyle, Brandon Brueckner, Luke Duffina, Avion Johnson, Jerrell Nealy, Jordan Olsen, Antonio Rizzo, Kendrick Russaw, Nathanael Rutledge, Aurelius Schalck and Hunter Walczak.