Contributed Photo – Chris Goyette

Medina High graduate Chris Goyette has started his second year of competition in the Kansas Collegiate Baseball League.

Goyette, a pitcher who was among the league leaders in strikeouts per inning last summer, is playing for the Park City Rangers who are off to a 2-0 start on the young season.

Goyette is planning on continuing  his education and his baseball career at SUNY Brockport this fall.

Contributed Photos – The local players playing in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League include, from left, Tyler Gibson, Zach Johnson and Zach Fike.

A trio of local players are staying busy on the diamond this summer playing in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League.

Medina High graduate Zach Fike and Lyndonville grad Zach Johnson are playing for the Niagara Power while Albion High grad Tyler Gibson is playing for the Batavia Muckdogs.

This past season Fike played at Niagara County Community College, Johnson at Tiffin University and Gibson at Houghton College.

Due to air quality concerns because of smoke coming from wildfires in Canada, today’s Genesee Region League vs. Livingston County League Exceptional Seniors softball game has been postponed until Thursday at 5 p.m. at Genesee Community College.

Contributed Photo – The Futures captured top honors at the Aquinas Maroon and White Tournament over the weekend.

The Futures U15 baseball team captured championship honors at the Aquinas Maroon and White Tournament this past weekend.

On Friday the Futures, which is comprised mainly of players from Kendall and one from Lyndonville, defeated Greece Gladiators – Walter 13-0.

Nic Cole pitched the team to victory going five innings while allowing one hit and striking out seven. Ty Sherman pitched the last inning giving up one hit.

The offense was lead by Nicholas Sanna with two hits. Also collecting hits were Sherman, Vinnie D’Agostino, Colby Hughes, Jonny Conte, Mike Colucci, Gavin Deblase, and Colton Smith.

Saturday the Futures defeated the Greece Gladiators – Popielarz 13-4.

Gavin Braun picked out the victory allowing two hits and striking out 10. D’Agostino came on in relief and did not give up a hit while striking out two.

Hughes collected three hits to lead the Futures at the plate. D’Agostino, Cole, and Colucci had two hits apiece.

Sunday in the championship game the Futures bested Greece Gladiators – Bates 10-0.

Cole started and gave up one hit while striking out five in two innings of work. Colucci pitched the next two innings and did not allow any hits. Sanna finished the job on the mound also not giving up a hit.

The team was lead at the plate by Sanna and Colucci with two hits apiece. Sherman, Hughes, Conte, Anthony Abbatiello, Smith, and Aiden McDaniels had one hit each.

Contributed Photo – Aidan Paul

Medina High senior Aidan Paul was presented with the Section VI Sportsmanship Award for golf at this past weekend’s state tournament held at Elmira.

Paul qualified for the state championship tournament by tying for fourth place at the recent Section VI Tournament.

At the state tourney Paul rebounded from an opening round of 85 on Sunday with a closing round of 79 on Monday to finish with a 164 total.

Last fall Paul captured top honors at the Niagara-Orleans League Tournament.

It marks the second sport that Paul has participated in the state playoffs.

He was a member of the Mustangs baseball teams which reached the state playoffs during both the 2019 and 2022 seasons.

Banes and Jr. Wilson both scored wins in Medina Women’s Softball League action Monday evening but by very different margins.

Banes nipped White Birch 11-10 while Jr. Wilson shutout Poler’s Pub 12-0.

Breaking away from an 8-8 tie, Banes regained the lead for good by scoring three runs in the fourth inning on singles by Jen Masse, Rylee VanNostrand, Releigh McCabe, Judy Blaun, Morgan Allis, Connie Heschke and Sue Seefeldt.

Banes also got off to a fast start scoring 7 runs in the first inning on singles by Connie Heschke, Lindsay Chatt, Robin Blaun, Kathy Allen,  Amy Laventer, Masse and a sacrifice fly by VanNostrand.

White Birch got back into the game by scoring 5 runs in the third to knot the contest at 8-8.

Chatt, McCabe, Allen and Allis each finished with 2 hits for Banes.

For White Birch, Aubrey Lewis had two doubles, Maddy Boyle and Maddy Gardepe a triple and single, Alecia Hinkson a double and single and Anna Lewis two singles. Ella Lewis, Kenzi Muck, Mallory Albone and Jenahlee Riemer also each had a single.

Jr. Wilson 12, Poler’s Pub 0
Jr. Wilson’s put two runs on the board in the first on singles from Jessica Rosenbeck, Sara Flansburg and Jaclyn Rodriquez.

In the second inning,  Jr. Wilson’s added four more runs on  singles from Chasity Chinn, Sharon Korzelius, and Rosenbeck.

Singles from Rodriquez and Kaitlyn Miller, along with a two-run double in the third inning by Arden Brighton, added another four runs for Jr. Wilson’s. A two run triple in the fourth from Rodriquez then sealed the win.

Rodriquez finished with 3 hits, while Chinn, Rosenbeck, Flansburg, and Jodi Zacher all had two hits on the night.

For Poler’s Pub, Kelly Jo Pritchard and Nicci Nicholson each had one hit.