The Kendall Crossfires – Orleans FC girls U15 team opened its Rochester District Youth Soccer League season with an 8-1 victory over Victor.

Sophia Picardo scored 5 goals to lead the way as Ryleigh Denning, Olivia Sawyer and Josie Maksymiu each netted 1.

Orleans FC next visits the Irondequoit Challenge on Thursday.

Contributed Photos – The Orleans Outlaws 12U team captured a tournament title in Niagara Falls.

The Orleans Outlaws 13U team claimed top honors at the Rochester Tournament.

The Orleans Outlaws kicked off the 2023 tournament baseball season with two tournament wins over the Memorial Day weekend.

The 12u and 13u teams went undefeated and compiled an 11-0-1 record overall. They battled the heat and excellent opposing teams to go 6-0 during the championship rounds Sunday.

The 12u team went to Niagara Falls and excelled with a 6-0 record, outscoring opponents 71-27.

The team mashed with a team batting average of .439, hitting a total of 13 homeruns over the weekend. Five players hit .500 or higher, including Sam Conte, Will Shultz, Mike Fedele, Brendan Merriman and Andrew D’Agostino, with Landon Feil contributing a .412 average. Noah Banks led the team with 3 home runs, with Jonathan Breese, Justyce Yapjoco, D’Agostino, Fedele, Merriman and Conte each contributing to the total.

Pitching and defense was stellar all weekend. Breese Conte, Shultz, D’Agostino, Merriman and Noah and Reed Woodruff worked together to hold teams to a .283 batting average and secure the victories on the mound. Yapjoco and Luke Hemmer caught the whole weekend, managing their staff to a 6-0 record.

The 12u team was solid all weekend beating teams from as far as Ontario Canada, Orchard Park and all greater Buffalo area teams.

Not to be outdone, the 13u team won the RHAA tournament with a 5-0-1 record.

The team battled strong Rochester area club teams outscoring opponents 59-11 with an astonishing 48 run differential over the weekend. The pitching staff allowed only 3 earned runs the whole weekend to opponents while every member of the Outlaws scored over the course of the weekend.

Offensively the team was led by Aidan Papaj, Grant Distaffen, Liam Watson, Logan Baravian, Nathan Patton and Rowlan Boyzuck, each with an average of .333 or higher with Papaj leading the way with a .692 average and 8 RBI. Boyzuck had 9 RBI and Kieran Hayes added 6, With Drew Prichard, Jordan Nucci and Luca D’Agostino scoring runs for the Outlaws.

Pitching was the highlight of the weekend with only 3 earned runs allowed. CJ D’Agostino, Papaj, Watson, Andrew Cole, Dwyer Boyzuck, and Rowlan Boyzuck pitched great all weekend with D’Agostino, Cole and Rowan Boyzuck not allowing a single earned run while they pitched. Papaj and D’Agostino combined to strike out 22 hitters during their time on the mound. Kieran Hayes managed the bulk of the catching responsibilities, guiding his pitching staff through the grueling weekend.

The weather is cooperating and Hickory Ridge is getting a lot of play from open golfers to leagues.

Reporting in first this past week was the Tuesday Ladies Night Out league. Atop the leaderboard for low gross was Aleta Martin with a 39 nudging out Deb Wood at 41. Martin also took low net in a tie with Cheryl Ferguson at 33 with Eileen Snyder at 34. Martin, Ferguson and Karen Berlew all posted birdies.

The Peter Sullivan Sr. league played early Thursday morning. Low gross was John True with a 77. Steve Novak posted an amazing 63 low net. Closest to the pin on number 18 was Jimmy Z at 5’ 10”. Closest second shot on number 7 was True at 27’. Skins were won by Duane Engle, Dana Vosburgh, Jeff Dobson and Gene Ashe. This Tuesday is a four man scramble followed by a the first of three league picnics and a banquet. It’s not too late to sign up for the league.

Thursday Night Traveling league reports Barry Flansberg carding the low gross with a 40. Loyd Denniston and Scooter Burgess each had a 32 net. Birdies were had by Denniston, Kyle Smith, Tim Hollenbeck, Wes Bedford and Dave Cotter. Denniston and Draper lead the league with 68 points. Bennett and Budde and Molisani and Soria teams each 62. Hanlon and Schrader and Cotter and Knaak both have 58.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart third baseman Thomas Russo gets set to tag out Depew’s Jacob Scibetta during the Rams Section VI Class B title game loss to the Wildcats this afternoon at Sal Maglie Stadium in Niagara Falls.

A quick first inning scoring burst ignited Depew to a 10-0 victory over Roy-Hart in the Section VI Class B championship state qualifier game this afternoon at Sal Maglie Stadium in Niagara Falls.

Two-run singles by Anthony Weber and Chris Kanick gave Depew the quick 4-0 first inning lead. Two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases to set up the opportunity.

Roy-Hart first baseman Rem Albee hauls in a foul ball for an out.

The Wildcats upped the advantage to 7-0 in the third inning on an RBI single by Daniel Reese and a two-run single by Kanick.

Eric Woodley went the distance on the mound for Depew scattering 5 hits and striking out 7.

Roy-Hart did get two runners aboard with just one out in the top of the first inning on a single by Brayden Hy and a walk to Thomas Russo. However, Woodley quickly got out of trouble on a fly out to left field and a strikeout.

Russo doubled with two out in the third inning but could not advance as Depew rightfielder Jacob Scibetta made a great diving catch of a line drive to end the inning.

Roy-Hart’s last scoring threat came in the sixth as a double by Dawson Draper, a walk and a single by Rem Albee loaded the bases with just one out. Again the Wildcats defense rose to the challenge though by turning a timely inning ending double play triggered by Kanicki at second base.

Depew, which advanced to the Class B finale by downing Iroquois 3-1 in the B1 title contest, now advances to next Saturday’s Far West Regional with a 22-1 record. The Wildcats will face the Section V Class B winner either Palmyra-Macedon or Penn Yann.

Roy-Hart, which downed Fredonia 5-1 to win the Class B2 title and advance to the state qualifier contest, finishes the season with a 19-5 record.

Four Roy-Hart athletes earned top five finishes at the Section VI Class C track championship meet on Saturday at Southwestern.

Julia Miles placed second in the High Jump and third in both the 100 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles.

The Rams also had Alexis Cacciatore place 4th in the 400, Josiah Rodriguez 5th in the 1600 and Jack Johnson 5th in the 400 Hurdles.

Newfane’s Ben Dickinson had top five finishes in four events as he took 2nd in the Triple Jump, 3rd in the High Jump, 4th in the Long Jump and 5th in the 400.

The Panthers also had several athletes earn top five finishes in two events including Liam Betteridge (2nd in Steeplechase and 5th in 3200), Stephanie Chunco (2nd in 200 and fifth in 400), Kylie Bowman (2nd in 3000 and 4th in 1500) and Brianna Michalak (2nd in Pole Vault and 5th in Triple Jump).

Section VI Class D Meet
Barker’s Emma Evans placed first in the 3000 and took third in the 1500 at the Section VI Class D meet held on Friday at Randolph.

Barker also got 4th place finishes from Mason Allee Castro (1600), Zach Santarsiro (Shotput), Mikala Woock (1500) and Hailey Dodge (Pole Vault) as well as 5th place finishes from Jordan Leising (200) and Duke Redsteer (Discus).

Section V Class B2 meet
At the Section V Class B3 meet held at Attica, Holley had Allison Merle place 3rd in the 100 Hurdles and 4th in the 400 Hurdles, Sam Bates 3rd in the High Jump and Zoey Wolf 5th in the Pole Vault.

Kendall had Hannah Brundage place 4th in the 1500.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart catcher Ethan Kuzma puts the tag on Fredonia’s Charles Parker during the Rams Section VI Class B2 championship game win at Grand Island High School this afternoon.

Runners-up the last two years, Roy-Hart came away with top honors this time as the No. 6 seeded Rams defeated No. 4 Fredonia 5-1 in the Section VI Class B2 baseball championship game this afternoon at Grand Island High School.

Roy-Hart, which had lost in the B2 final to rival Medina both in 2021 and 2022, will now face B1 champion Depew for the overall Section VI Class B title and a berth in the state playoffs at 2 p.m. Monday at Sal Maglie Stadium in Niagara Falls.

“It’s been a while,” said Roy-Hart pitcher Thomas Russo who hurled a sparkling 2 hitter with 10 strikeouts. “We lost a couple of tough ones to Medina the last couple of years but this time we got it done. The extra time and extra work we put in paid off.”

“It feels great,” said Rams Coach Jim Heideman. “Tommy threw a gem and we played great defense behind him.”

Breaking away from a scoreless deadlock, Roy-Hart moved on top to stay on a clutch two out, two-run single by Zach Walker in the top of the fourth inning. Three walks loaded the bases to set up the threat.

Fredonia’s lone run came in the fifth inning on a wild pitch which cut the Roy-Hart lead to 2-1. Two walks and a single loaded the bases to set up the opportunity.

However, Roy-Hart got out of further trouble with a timely double play. Walker made a catch in right field for the second out. He then threw to Sean Mettler at second base who relayed the ball to catcher Ethan Kuzma who made the tag at home for the final out.

The Rams put a lock on the victory by scoring three times in the top of the seventh on two errors and a wild pitch to make it 5-1. Singles by Jake Gould, his second hit of the day, and Brayden Hy set up the threat.

Russo retired Fredonia in order over the final two innings to close out the win. He struck out the side in the sixth and then had his infield teammates Dawson Draper at third, Gould at shortstop and Mettler at second take turns turning ground balls into out in the bottom of the seventh to lock up the title.

Roy-Hart will now take a 19-4 record into Monday’s state qualifier against Depew which downed No. 9 Iroquois 3-1 in the B1 final.

Roy-Hart captains Brayden Hy, left, and Thomas Russo hold the sectional championship plaque high.

Roy-Hart’s Rem Albee slides into third base as Fredonia’s Owen Rush awaits the throw.

Roy-Hart’s Brayden Hy is congratulated by his teammates after scoring a seventh inning run.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville shortstop Lorelei Dillenbeck gets set to catch the ball as Notre Dame’s Katie Landers slides into second base. The action took place during this afternoon’s Section V Class D1 championship game at Fillmore which saw the Irish downed the Lady Tigers 5-2.

Scoring solo runs in five different innings, No. 4 seed Notre Dame downed No. 2 Lyndonville 5-2 in the Section V Class D1 softball championship game this afternoon at Fillmore High School.

Winning pitcher Loretta Sorochty, Emma Sisson, Kaydence Stehlar and Anna Penepento took turns driving in the runs for Notre Dame which tallied in every inning but the first and fourth.

In the circle, Sorochty allowed 5 hits and struck out 11.

Lyndonville’s scoring came in the seventh inning on a two-run single by Brianna Smith. A double by Haley Shaffer and a walk set up the threat.

Earlier, the Lady Tigers got runners to second and third with one out in the fourth inning after singles by Brooke Robinson and Lorelei Dillenbeck and a sacrifice by Brianna Krisher but could not capitalize as Sorochty registered two strikeouts to quickly get out of the jam.

Bella Groves had the other hit for Lyndonville which finishes the season at 15-4.

Several local bowlers were among those honored at the recent Genesee Region Bowling Association’s annual banquet.

The season leader honorees included:
Men’s High Series – Robbie Hanks, 848 (Oak Orchard Bowl)

Men’s High Average – Curtis Foss, 239 (Oak Orchard Bowl)

Women’s High Game – Alishia Foss, 300 (Mancuso Bowling Center)

The Association Tournament champions included:
Open Singles – Barbara Casavant (Oak Orchard Bowl)

In addition, two local bowlers, Alishia Foss and Gary Gilman, were re-elected to the Association’s Board of Directors.