Photos by Cheryl Wertman – The Medina Mustangs FC duo of Peter Martillotta, left, and Ryan Laruffa try to get the ball away from a Munster FC player during Sunday’s win at Vets Park.

Six players contributed goals as the Medina Mustangs FC blanked Munster FC 6-0 in a Buffalo District Soccer League Division 3 game at Vets Park Sunday evening.

Making it four wins in a row the Mustangs got goals from Nate Dillenbeck, Peter Martillotta, Alex Allis, Elian Gonzalez, Steven Anderson and Aaron Feltz.

Greg Husung had two assists as Dillenbeck, Anderson, Ryan Laruffa and Gonzalez each had one.

Tyler Ribbeck earned the shutout in goal as the Mustangs improve to 5-1-1 on the season.

Greg Husung works to gain control of the ball for the Mustangs.

Contributed Photo – Ella Lewis, who scored both goals, drives the ball up field during the Holley Raptors win over the Cobras FC Sunday.

The Holley Raptors evened their Rochester District Youth Soccer League U19 Division record at 1-1 by downing the Cobras FC 2-1 Sunday evening.

Ella Lewis scored both of the Raptors goals in the first half as Nikki Creasey earned the assist on both tallies.

Sydney Mulka played the whole game in goal for the Raptors and made several big saves, including 1 on 1 stops, to anchor the Raptors defense.

Photo by Tom Rivers – Omer Fugate registers a strikeout to complete Sandstone’s narrow 10-9 win over Carlton this past week in Albion Midget League action.

Coming from behind twice, front-running Sandstone nipped Carlton 10-9 in Albion Midget League action this past week.

Carlton jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning on a grand slam home run by Jack Conn.

Sandstone answered with 5 runs in the second inning highlighted by a two-run single by Eli Johnson. However, Carlton quickly regained the lead at 9-5 with five runs in the third inning as Colson Braley had a two-run single.

Sandstone though battled back to claim the narrow win by scoring twice in both the third and fourth innings and once in the fifth. Rocco Sidari had an RBI double in the third as Elliott Slocum and Landyn Galligan had key hits in the fourth.

Omer Fugate turned in a key relief pitching job for Sandstone striking out 9 over the final 3 innings.

Improving to 6-0, Sandstone also scored a 11-0 win over Elba last week as Brayden LaMartina struck out 10 in four innings of work on the mound and Fugate 6 in two innings.

At the plate for Sandstone, Johnson had 4 hits, Sidari 3 and LaMartina and Fugate 2 each. LaMartina’s hits included a three-run double in the fourth inning which broke the contest open.

Contributed Photos – At left are N-O League Foundation Award honorees Randy Knaak and Doug Ames. At right are Coaches Sportsmanship Award recipients Grace Swick and Eric Gross.

Two former long time coaches and athletic directors -Randy Knaak from Albion and Doug Ames from Newfane – received the league’s Foundation Awards at the annual Niagara-Orleans Athletic League banquet this past week.

Knaak served as athletic director at Albion from 2009-2019. He coached swimming for 23 years, track for 20 and softball for 3.

Ames began teaching at Newfane in 1985 and became Athletic Director in 2005. He coaches golf for 33 years, wrestling for 20 and softball for 19.

The N-O Coaches Sportsmanship Awards were presented to Grace Swick from Roy-Hart and Eric Gross from Medina.

Swick has taught at Roy-Hart for 14 years and has coached basketball for 10 years and volleyball for 6.

Gross has taught at Medina for 23 years. He has coached wrestling for 27 years, football for 15, track for 10 and cross-country for 5.

Wilson Athletic Secretary Roxanne Benton was presented with the league’s Distinguished Service Award.

The 20 year coaching honorees were Pat Uveno who has coached wrestling, football and track at Albion and Justin Gerstung who has coached boys basketball at Akron.

Roy-Hart’s interscholastic sports year was capped off recently with ceremonies which included the presentation of over a dozen special awards to Ram student/athletes.

The Bill Holahan Volleyball Award was presented to Alexandria Stern.

Andrew Ossont received the Dave Brown Memorial Swimming Award.

The Stan Voss Memorial Baseball Award was presented to Thomas Russo III.

Nadia White received the John Jablonski Outstanding Track athlete Award.

Grace Parker and Quinn Brown received the Dan Seefeldt Award.

The Walter Kowalski Award was presented to Jackson Webber.

Maximillian Stern and Amelia Konstanty received the Wally Sidebottom Memorial Award of Excellence.

The Ram Pride Award was presented to Zackary Walker, Cheyenne Stilwell, Makenna Elsenheimer and Juliana Buscarino.

Andrew Waters received the Connor Callaghan Memorial Award.

The Brian Weaver Memorial Award was presented to Evan Gerdes and Samantha Albright.

Lucas Drees received the Bruno Pacini Football Award.

Nadia White and Andrew Waters received the Project Play – Buffalo News/Section VI Award.

The Niagara PAL Award was presented to Nadia White and Thomas Russo III.

Nadia White, Maximillian Stern and Andrew  Waters received Section VI Scholar-Athlete Awards.

The N-O League Scholar-Athlete Award was presented to Andrew Waters and Nadia White.

Nadia White received a six year Varsity Sport Award while Thomas Russo III, Alexis Cacciatore, Lawson Wallworth and Sophia Santella all received five year awards.

The Fall Season Athlete of the Year Awards were presented to Peter Martillotta (Soccer), Nadia White (Soccer) and Grace Parker (Soccer).

Jamel Johnson Jr. (Basketball) and Julia Miles (Swimming) reeived the Winter Season Athlete of the Year Awards.

The Spring Season Athlete of the Year Awards were presented to Thomas Russo III (Baseball) and Nadia White (Track).

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s G-R baseball All-Stars Louie Conte, left, and James Fox.

Four Orleans County players have earned spots on the Genesee Region League All-Star baseball team.

That quartet includes juniors Louie Conte and James Fox from Kendall, along with Holley senior Miles Lammes and Lyndonville senior Trenton Muck.

Kendall freshman Nic Cole received Honorable Mention.

The All-Star team also includes Trenton Woods and Sean Pietrzykowski from Alexander; Wyatt Brayman, Dan Bialek and Ethan Meyer; Martin MacConnel and Gianni Ferrar from Byron-Bergen; Connor Scott from Elba; Chase Guzdek from Pembroke; Colton Yasses, Brayden Smith, Bodie Hyde, Aiden Warner and David Schnaufer from Oakfield-Alabama and Bryceton Berry, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Jay Antinore and Jaden Sherwood from Notre Dame.

Holley’s Miles Lammes, left, and Lyndonville’s Trenton Muck.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville G-R All-Stars Brianna Krisher, left, and Haley Shaffer

Lyndonville All-Stars Addison Dillenbeck, left, and Lorelei Dillenbeck

Four players from Lyndonville’s Division II championship team have earned Genesee Region League softball All-Star honors.

That quartet includes seniors Haley Shaffer (pitcher/catcher), Lorelei Dillenbeck (shortstop/pitcher)and Brianna Krisher (third base) and sophomore Addison Dillenbeck (centerfield).

Holley senior pitcher Tia Hoffarth and junior catcher Leigha Walker have also earned All-Star honors as has Kendall senior infielder Lauren Pilon.

Holley G-R All-Stars Leigha Walker, left, and Tia Hoffarth and Kendall All-Star Lauren Pilon.

Kendall senior outfielder Taigan Guerrero and freshman catcher Brooke Rodas have both earned Honorable Mention.

The All-Star team also includes Melissa Sawyer, Emily Pietrzykowski and Madison Boyce from Alexander; Reagan Schneider from Pembroke; Elise Dressel and Maddie Robinson from Attica; Kendall Phillips and Alyssa Ball from Byron-Bergen; Mia Treleaven, Katie Landers and Loretta Sorochty from Notre Dame; Makena Reding, Lily Davis, Caitlin Ryan and Piper Hyde from Oakfield-Alabama and Lydia Ross from Elda.

Phillips was named G-R Player of the Year.

The list of Honorable Mention players also includes Olivia Delelys and Makenna Boyce from Alexander; Grace Snyder, Morgan Jackson and Sam Baker from Attica; Emma Dormann from Byron-Bergen; Kaydence Stehlar and Sonji Warner from Notre Dame; Madalyn Hall and Emily Hoag from Elba and Aleena Maynard and Karli Houseknecht from Pembroke.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Thomas Russo earns Pitcher of the Year honors.

Capping off a big senior season, Roy-Hart’s Thomas Russo has been named the All Western New Yok baseball team’s small schools Pitcher of the Year.

A two-time Niagara-Orleans League Player of the Year honoree and a three-time first team N-O All-League selection, Russo posted a 6-1 record on the mound with 118 strikeouts and a 0.35 earned run average this season. At the plate, he hit .507 with 11 doubles, 5 triples, 3 home runs and 22 RBI.

Akron senior pitcher Andrew Romesser earned first team All-WNY small school honors while Medina senior pitcher Aidan Paul and Roy-Hart junior outfielder Brayden Hy were both second team selections. Wilson sophomore pitcher Tyler Johnston received Honorable Mention.

Romesser had 55 strikeouts and a 2.43 era on the mound and a .408 average with 12 RBI at the plate.

Paul had a school record 140 strikeouts and a 1.13 era. At the plate, he hit .414 with 7 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs and 13 RBI.

Hy hit .452 with 8 doubles, 4 triples, 3 home runs and 24 RBI. He also had a 3-1 record with 44 strikeouts on the mound.

Johnston had 97 strikeouts and a 1.42 era. He also hit .340 with 4 doubles and 11 RBI.

All-WNY honorees include, from left, Akron’s Andrew Romessser, Medina’s Aidan Paul and Roy-Hart’s Brayden Hy.

Poler’s Pub handed Banes it first loss of the young season by a score of 12-3 in Medina Women’s Softball League action Monday evening.

Poler’s Pub got the first run by Cathy Schmitt off a hit by Halle Deuil. In the second inning Poler’s Pub had hits by Randi Scholes, Jean Swiercznski, Melissa Prince, Bridget Tower and Alishia Foss.

In the bottom of the third Lindsay Ward started off the inning with a stand up double, Swiercznski added another hit to score Ward. Poler’s Pub continued to play solid defense from the fourth to six inning keeping the score 6-1.

In the six inning Poler’s Pub strung more hits to take a bigger lead. Hits were led by Prince, Tower, Schmitt, Foss, Deuil, Ward, Swiercznski and Pam Schuner scoring another 6 runs in that inning.

Swiercznski finished 3-3 and scoring 2 runs, Prince 4-4 scoring 2 runs and Foss 4-4.

Banes scored one in the third on a double by Rileigh McCabe and a single by Connie Heschke and twice in the seventh on singles by Amy Laventer, Rylee VanNostrand, McCabe and Jen Masse.

McCabe, Masse, Jami Chatt and Kathy Allen each finished with 2 hits. McCabe also had a big game defensively at third base making 9 of the 18 outs.

Jr. Wilson 24, White Birch 16

In a back and forth scoring affair, Jr. Wilson downed White Birch 24-16!

White Birch scored four runs in the top of the first off hits from Alecia Hinkson, Aubrey Lewis, Kenzie Muck, and Jenalee Riemer. Jr. Wilson answered back with two runs in the bottom of the 1st on a two run home run from Stormi Kruger.

In the second, White Birch scored 5 runs on six hits, but Jr. Wilson’s would come back and score seven runs after hits from Michele Crandall, Bri Guzdek, and Penny Roath. With the bases loaded, Stormi Kruger then delivered a grand slam to tie the game.

Breaking the game open in the 4th, Jr. Wilson’s scored 11 runs, highlighted by a double from Chasity Chinn, and singles from Jessica Rosenbeck, Arden Brighton, Guzdek, Roath, Crandall, and Kruger

Both teams scored four runs in the 6th, but three fly-outs in the top of the seventh ended the game for White Birch.

Kruger finished the night with four hits and eight RBIs. Rosenbeck and Crandall both had four hits, while Chinn, Crandall, and Roath finished with three hits, and Guzdek, Jaclyn Rodriquez, and Sara Flansburg had two.

For White Birch, Hinkson and Maddy Gardepe each had a double and 2 singles, Ella Lewis a double and single, Muck 2 singles, Aubrey Lewis and Maddy Boyle 2 singls and Riemer, Mallory Albone, Brynn Howell and Anna Lewis 1 single each.