Contributed Photos – McCarthy Lang, left, and Shelby Wolf

Two Roy-Hart graduates, Shelby Wolf and McCarthy Lang, have enjoyed outstanding spring sports seasons at Niagara County Community College.

Wolf, a sophomore first baseman on the Thunderwolves softball team, has earned first team All Region III honors.

A two year starter, she hit .438 this seaon with 19 doubles, 4 triples, 8 home runs and 62 RBI.

Lang, a sophomore and two year starter on the Thunderwolves golf team, recently took medalist honors at the Region III championships. The Thunderwolves first women’s regional medalist, she posted a two day total of 178 to win the tournament by 5 strokes.

She has qualified to make a return trip to the national championship tournament this month.

Nearly a dozen Orleans athletes have earned spots on the Genesee Region League boys and girls All-Star track teams.

Holley is represented by Vinny Golisano (High Jump), Riley Allen (Shotput), Drew Carlston (100, 200) and Samantha Bates (High Jump, Long Jump).

Kendall has placed Ben Brundage (800, 1600), Bruce Rasmusson (800, 1600) and Paige Hardenbrook (Discus, Shotput).

Lyndonville’s honorees include Josh Slingerland (100, Long Jump, Triple Jump), Kevin Travis (Discus, Shotput) and Annabelle Follman (Discus).

Seven other Orleans athletes received Honorable Mention.

They include Mason Merriam (1600, 3200) and Jailyn Bishop (100) from Holley; Chriss Nettles (100, 200, Triple Jump), Alex King (400), Hannah Brundage (800, 1500) and Somer Baker (100, Long Jump) from Kendall and Chyenne Tackley (Shotput, Discus) from Lyndonville.

Due to a schedule change, the Genesee County Spartans will open their semi pro football season at home by hosting the Buffalo based New York Falcons at 2 p.m. Saturday at Genesee Community College.

The Albion Midget League will get its season underway this evening with a pair of games.

Those 6 p.m. contests will have Barre at Carlton and Elba vs. Rotary at the Midget League Field. Sandstone draws the bye.

The official season opening ceremonies will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Midget League Field. They will be followed by a pair of 2 p.m. contests with Barre vs. Rotary at the Midget League Field and Elba at Sandstone as Carlton has the bye.

The Orleans FC boys soccer team scored a 7-0 victory over Pittsford this week.

Pablo Rosario had 3 goals, Finnegan McCue 2 and William Kludt and Alonzo Figueroa Fuentes 1 each. David Rosario also had 3 assists.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Medina High graduate and University of South Florida junior Melanie Green has capped off a record-setting season by being named to the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) 2022-23 Division I All-American Honorable Mention Team.

Green, who is one of only 50 student-athletes in the country selected for the prestigious recognition, becomes just the sixth USF Women’s Golf team member to be named to an All-American team and the first since 1999.

In 2022-23 Green led the Bulls to a record-breaking season and NCAA Regional appearance. She ranked No. 12 in the country in scoring average (71.03) and was the 39th-ranked player in the country overall according to Golfstat.

Green earned her third American Athletic All-Conference honor, becoming only the fourth Bull with three all-conference honors, and led the Bulls with eight top-10 finishes and 10 top-25 finishes.

Green made her second-consecutive NCAA appearance after qualifying for the NCAA Regional as an individual in 2022 and finishing tied for 27th.

Along the way, Green set seven USF individual season records and contributed to 16 USF team season records.

Green’s individual season records included: 71.03 Season Scoring Average; No. 12 National Scoring Rating; 22 Rounds of Par or Better; 60.1% Finish Percentage;113 Season Birdies;3.97 Par 4 Scoring and 4.78 Par 5 Scoring.

In addition, Green holds the USF career records for scoring average 72.13, Par or Better Rounds 46, Finish Percentage 84.1%, and is second with 258 career birdies.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Matthew Kennedy looks to put up a shot during the Mustangs Unified playoff game against visiting Olmsted Tuesday.

The Medina Unified Basketball team avenged last year’s last-second loss to Frederick Law Olmsted by defeating the visiting Owls 27-12 in a playoff game Tuesday evening..

Medina jumped out to an 8-2 lead after one quarter on baskets by Aiden Cherry, Avion Johnson, Tatianna Maxon and Xavier Moyer.

The Mustangs increased their lead to 14-4 by halftime, outscoring Olmsted 6-2 in the second period. Cherry, Johnson and Jackson Tuohey each scored a basket.

The balanced scoring for Medina continued in the third quarter with Johnson and Steven Secore each getting a bucket helping the Mustangs hold a 18-10 lead.

The Mustangs finished off the Owls by outscoring the visitors 9-2 in the final period. Johnson led the way with 5 points while Matthew Kennedy and Tuohey had two each.

For the game Johnson led Medina with 11 points. Cherry and Tuohey had four points while Kennedy, Maxon, Moyer and Secore all had two points.

Improving to 6-0. the Mustangs will finish the season at Lancaster High School this Friday, at 5:00. The opponent has yet to be determined.

Xavier Moyer puts up a shot for the Mustangs.

Contributed Photo – Lukas Grimes

The Medina Mustangs 15U baseball team defeated the Lancaster Knights 16-10 Sunday at Vets Park.

Cole Moyle went 3-4 with 2 doubles and a triple and 3 RBI’s as Vinny Gray added a triple and a RBI and Brady Christiaansen another RBI.

The remaining runs were unearned.

Gray pitched 4 innings striking out 6. Lukas Grimes hurled 2 innings striking out 4 and made 2 good defensive plays to get the outs at first base.

Ryan Pegelow and Briley Allen both pitched in the 7th inning to close out the game.