The Medina Mustangs 15U baseball team posted a 10-6 victory over the Lancaster Legends Sunday.

Ryan Pegelow started on the mound going 3 innings allowing only 1 run and striking out 6. Lukas Grimes pitched the remaining 4 innings striking out 8.

Grimes led the way hitting with a 3 run bases loaded double. Colton Smith went 2-4 at the plate and scored 2 runs and had 2 stolen bases. Vinny Gray had 3 stolen bases and scored 2 runs and Kolten Fletcher added a hit, stole 2 bases and scored 2 runs. Cole Moyle, Briley Allen, Pegelow, Brady Christiaansen each scored a run.

The annual Genesee Region League vs. Livingston County League Exceptional Senior softball game will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Genesee Community College.

The local players who have been selected for the game include Haley Shaffer, Lorelei Dillenbeck and Brianna Krisher from Lyndonville; Lauren Pilon, Taigan Guerrero and Emma Quintern from Kendall and Tia Hoffarth from Holley.

The G-R roster also includes Karli Houseknecht from Pembroke; Kendall Phillips, Alyssa Bsll and Emma Dormann from Byron-Bergen; Makenna Boyce from Alexander; Grace Snyder and Sara Baker from Attica; Sonji Warner and Kaydence Stehlar from Notre Dame; Emily Hoag from Elba and Lily Davis, Kathryn Raziano, Makena Reding and Josie Reding from Oakfield-Alabama.

The coaches for the G-R squad will be Lyndonville’s Joe Moore and Notre Dame’s Otis Thomas.

Contributed Photo – Kayden Donnelly of the Rotary/Elks team is congratulated by teammates Mason Rhoda, Leena Mengs and Jackson Fraiser after hitting a home run during Saturday’s win over Barre.

Rotary/Elks, Carlton and Sandstone all scored victories during the opening week of the Albion Midget League season.

Rotary/Elks nipped Barre 5-4, Carlton topped Barre 8-1 and Sandstone edged Elba 2-1 in 7 innings. Rotary/Elks also played to a 5-5 tie with Elba in 7 innings.

Kayden Donnelly and Wyatt Cook both had home runs and Gavin Brocta a single and 3 RBI for Rotary/Elks in the win over Barre.

On the mound, Cook registered 10 strikeouts and Evan Coots 9.

For Barre, Brodie Furness had 9 strikeouts and Tyler Seibert 7. Furness also had 2 hits.

Cook and Coots both had home runs and 2 RBI and Stryker Sanders a triple for Rotary/Elks against Elba. Sanders also notched 13 strikeouts on the mound.

Tate Zuber had a triple and Brody Gaylord a double for Elba. Zuber also had 8 strikeouts and Josh Baldwin 5.

Carlton was led offensively by Jack Conn with 2 hits including a home run and Caden Woolston with 2 hits including a two-run double.

Trailing 1-0, Sandstone rallied to tie the game against Elba with a run in the sixth inning on a hit by Bryce Saxton.

Sandstone then plated the game winner in the seventh on a single by Aiden Kelly. A hit by Brayden LaMartina ignited the rally.

Contributed Photo – Hickory Ridge Cup winners Marcia Zambito and Steve McIntyre.

The Hickory Ridge Cup was presented at the conclusion of the 18 hole tournament last week. The handicap event was broken down into mens’ and ladies’ divisions.

The mens’ division was won by Steve McIntyre who posted a net 68 narrowly edging out Jeff Dobson who scored a 70. On the ladies side Marcia Zambito was the winner leading the field with a net 73. Zambito bested Deb Wood who scored a 74.

In the Tuesday Night Ladies Night Out League a familiar name shows up again as the low gross for the night as Deb Wood had a low gross of 42. Aleta Martin had low net with a 41 followed closely by Karen Berlew who had a 43. Birdies were scored by Wood, Vicki Braun and Marcia Zambito.

Wood and Martin continue to lead the standings with 24 points. Patty Phister and Barb Passerell are in second with 22.5 points just sightly ahead of the team of Braun and Cheryl Ferguson who have 22 points.

The Peter Sullivan Sr. League held its first tournament of the league year on Thursday with a picnic that followed awarding prizes to the winners along with raffles. The event was a scratch tournament and the foursome of Gary Wood, Jimmy Zambito, Owen Toale and John True came in with an eye-popping scratch 10 under par 62 The round included a chip-in eagle by Wood on number one along with eight birdies with some great putting.

The Thursday Mens Traveling League shows a low gross again by Barry Flansberg with 39. Low net was Mike Hartmen who shows a 40. Zack Burgess led the birdie parade with three. Mike Hanlon, Scott Weatherwax and Dean Dibley each had one.

In the standings the team of Denniston and Draper still lead with 84 points. Molisano and Soria are in second with 80 points with the Millers team and Hanoln and Schrader are tied for third with 74 points each.

Contributed Photo – Paige Derisley

Albion High graduate and Genesee Community College sophomore Paige Derisley has been named to the Midstate Athletic Conference All Conference women’s lacrosse team.

Derisley, a midfielder, had 8 goals and 8 assists for GCC this past season.

The GCC lacrosse squad also included two Holley graduates, Tatum Gagne and Sara Kingdollar.

Derisley, Gagne and Kingdollar were all  two-sport athletes at GCC this year as they were also all members of the GCC women’s soccer team last fall.

Derisley also earned MSAC All-Conference honors in soccer. She helped GCC advance to the national tournament where she scored the game winning penalty kick goal in overtime in the quarterfinals.

Eight Niagara-Orleans League athletes earned top five finishes at the Section VI Division 2 track championships which concluded today at West Seneca.

Newfane’s Ben Dickinson placed second in the Triple Jump as did Akron’s Isabelle Jones in the Shotput.

Barker’s Keira Dalton took third in the Discus.

Roy-Hart’s Jayden Swygert placed fourth in the Triple Jump as did Wilson’s Madelaine Schultz in the 100 Hurdles and Jaydan Ruble in the 3000 Steeplechase.

Albion’s Cincere Lowe took fifth in the Long Jump as did Newfane’s Kylie Bowman in the 3000.

Contributed Photo – Medina players celebrate after capturing the Unified Basketball sectional title on Friday. In front are Alexis Lowery and Avion Johnson. In back are Coach Gary Scholes, Steven Secore, Matthew Kennedy, Xavier Moyer, Jackson Tuohey, Anthony Harrington, Russell Brunette and Aiden Cherry.

Completing an undefeated (7-0) season, the Medina Unified basketball defeated Tonawanda 36-24 in the sectional final at Lancaster Friday.

Avion Johnson and Xavier Moyer each scored 15 points and Jackson Tuohey 6 to account for all of the Mustangs scoring.

Medina grabbed a narorw 6-5 first quarter lead as Johnson scored 4 and Tuohey 2.

The Mustangs maintained a slender 15-13 advantage at the half as Johnson tallied 5 and Moyer 4 in the second quarter.

However, Tonawanda rallied in the third period outscoring Medina 9-6 to grab a 22-21 lead.

The Mustangs though came battling back in the decisive final quarter outscoring Tonawanda 15-2 to claim their first sectional title. Moyer led that rally with 9 points, several rebounds and 2 key steals. Tuohey added 4 points and Johnson 2.

After the game Moyer was given the Cross-Trainer Top Competitor Award and Johnson earned the Sportsmanship Award.