Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Cole Callard puts a shot on goal during the Mustangs sectional loss to Gowanda at Vets Park this afternoon.

Avenging a regular season 20-11 loss, No. 5 seed Gowanda defeated No. 4 Medina 16-9 in a Section VI Class D quarterfinal round lacrosse playoff game this afternoon at Vets Park.

Gowanda held leads of 5-2 after the frist quarter, 10-6 at the half and 13-9 after three quarters.

Cayden Lilleby scored 4 goals and Cole Callard 2 for Medina which also got single goals from Josh Wilson, Will Prest and Lucius Wagner.

The Mustangs finish the season at 11-6.

No. 2 seed Lyndonville will host No. 3 Honeoye in a Section V Class D1 semifinal softball playoff game which will be played at Oakfield-Alabama at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Lyndonville defeated No. 7 Genesee Valley/Belfast 14-6 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday while Honeoye downed No. 6 Avoca/Prattsburg 8-6.

The winner will advance to the D1 title contest on Saturday at Fillmore.

The No. 6 seed Roy-Hart baseball team will host No. 7 Salamanca at 5 p.m. Thursday in the semfinals of the Section VI Class B2 playoffs.

Roy-Hart downed Niagara-Orleans League foe No. 3 Akron 9-1 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday while Salamanca ousted No. 2 Olmsted 16-3.

The victor will advance to Saturday’s B2 title game at Grand Island.

Also on Thursday, the No. 8 seed Barker baseball team will visit No. 4 Ellicottville in the Section VI Class D semifinals at 5 p.m..

This afternoon, No. 2 seed Barker softball squad will host No. 6 Sherman/Clymer at 5 p.m. in the semifinals of the Section VI Class D playoffs.

Contributed Photo – Brian Fry

Making school history, Medina High graduate and Toledo University sophomore Brian Fry has been named to the Mid America Conference All Defensive team.

Fry becomes just the fourth Toledo player to earn MAC All Defensive team honors.

A two-year starter at second base for Toledo, he had a fielding percentage of .995 this season which helped the Rockets set a school record with a team fielding average of .979.

At the plate, he hit . 273 with 8 doubles, 2 home runs and 20 runs driven in.

He is majoring in Middle Childhood Education.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Thomas Russo delivers a pitch during the Rams sectional win over Akron this afternoon.

It was a tight contest until the final inning as No. 6 seed Roy-Hart bested Niagara-Orleans League foe No. 3 Akron 9-1 in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class B2 baseball playoffs this afternoon at Akron.

Leading by a narrow 3-1 margin, Roy-Hart finally pulled away by erupting for 6 runs in the top of the seventh inning highlighted by a three-run home run by Dawson Draper, an RBI double by Brayden Hy and an RBI sacrifice fly by Zach Walker.

Thomas Russo went the distance on the mound for Roy-Hart allowing just 2 hits and striking out 11. He also helped himself at the plate by belting an RBI double in the first inning and an RBI triple in the fourth to help spark the Rams out to a 3-1 lead.

Hy and Ethan Kuzma both had 3 hits on the afternoon as Rem Albee and Russo each had 2. Kuzma and Albee both had singles to help key the run production in the fourth and seventh innings.

Akron’s lone run came on a bases loaded walk in the fourth inning.

Roy-Hart will next host No. 7 Salamanca in the semifinals on Thursday. Salamanca defeated No. 2 Olmsted 16-3.

Section VI Softball playoffs
Top seeded Akron blanked visiting No. 4 Southwestern 4-0 this afternoon in the semifinals of the Section VI Class B2 softball playoffs.

Melanie Holtz had a two-run triple for Akron whose other RBIs were plated by winning pitcher Mary Diggs and Sloan Jonathan.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Addison Dillenbeck gets congratulations from her teammates after hitting her second home run of the day during the Lady Tigers sectional win over Genesee Valley/Belfast this afternoon at Oakfield-Alabama.

Six extra base hits highlighted the attack as No. 2 seed Lyndonville defeated No. 7 Genesee Valley/Belfast 14-6 in the Section V Class D1 softball quarterfinals this afternoon at Oakfield-Alabama.

Addison Dillenbeck had 3 hits, including 2 home runs, Lorelei Dillenbeck 3, including a double, winning pitcher Haley Shaffer 2, including a home run, Brooke Robinson 2, including a triple and Kayli Miller 2, including a double for the Lady Tigers.

Addison Dillenbeck’s first homer highlighted a three run third inning which put Lyndonville up 4-0.

Genesee Valley/Belfast pulled to within 4-3 in the top of the fourth but would get no closer as Lyndonville answered right back with a big six run uprising in the home half of the frame. A two-run homer by Shaffer, a two-run triple by Robinson and an RBI double by Lorelei Dillenbeck keyed that scoring burst.

The Lady Tigers tacked on 4 runs in the fifth as Addison Dillenbeck homered and Miller had an RBI double.

Shaffer registered 8 strikeouts in the circle.

Improving to 14-3, Lyndonville will next face No. 3 Honeoye in the semifinals on Thursday. Honeoye ousted No. 6 Avoca/Prattsburg 8-6.

Pitcher Haley Shaffer had 8 strikeouts in the circle and also belted a home run at the plate for the Lady Tigers.

Stealing the headline for the day, No. 8 seed Barker upended top seeded Maple Grove 8-5 in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class D baseball playoffs this afternoon at Maple Grove.

Barker pulled even at 4-4 with two runs in the fourth on an RBI single by Isaac Monaco and an RBI double by winning pitcher Aidan Voss.

The Raiders then moved on top to stay at 6-5 with two runs in the fifth on back-to-back doubles by Noah Sandolfini and Tristen Garcia followed by a single by Ireland Brady which plated what proved to be the game winning run.

Barker tacked on two big insurance runs in the sixth on an error and an RBI single by Voss.

On the mound, Voss scattered 6 hits and struck out 8.

Barker will next face the winner of the No. 4 Brocton vs. No. 5 Ellicottville game in the semifinals on Thursday.

It was a cold start as the Tuesday Ladies Night Out league played last week at Hickory Ridge. The league secretary reported they nearly froze and the scores showed golfers were struggling with the weather. Low gross was Deb Wood with a 42 with Kathy Babbit shooting a 48. Low net was Babbit with a 40 with Judy Schuth with a 41 and Cindy Roberts with a 42. Wood recorded the only birdie for the week.

Thursday wasn’t much better weather wise as the Peter Sullivan Sr. Golf league teed up early morning for 18 holes. Low gross was Rich Wheeler with 81. Jim Zambito and Ralph Dalton tied for low net at 72. Closest to the pin on number 11 was Jack Mang at 15 feet. Closest second shot on number 13 was Dave Marcolini with just a bit over 8 feet from the hole. Wheeler recorded two skins while Zambito and Gene Ashe each had one.

The Thursday Men’s Traveling League shows Low Denniston with both the low gross (43) and low net (30). Kyle Smith and Brian Payne both had birdies. The team of Cotter and Knaak are in first place in the standings. Close behind Bennett and Budde with 46 and the teams of Flansberg and Stalker and Denniston and Draper with 44.

Banes outlasted Polers Pub 10-9 in 8 innings and White Birch downed Jr. Wilson 1 14-7 in Medina Women’s Softball League action Monday evening..

Banes 10, Polers Pub 9 (8)
Polers scored 3 runs in the top of the eighth to take a 9-6 lead on a double by Schmitt a single by Scholes and a triple by Jen Merle.

However, Banes answered with 4 runs in the home half of the frame on 4 walks, and a pair of errors to claim the narrow win.

Banes had jumped out to an early 6-0 lead sparked by a 5 runs first inning on singles by Connie Heschke, Jami Chatt, Kathy Allen, Amy Lavender, Jen Masse, Patti Page and a double by Robin Blaun.

Polers though battled back to knot the contest at 6-6 by scoring one in the third on a single by Kelly Jo Pritchard, two in the sixth on singles by Price and Halle Deuil and a double by Schmitt and three in the seventh on a triple by Alisha Foss and hits by Ward and Amy Jessmer.

On the evening, Connie Heschke had 4 hits and Jen Masse and Morgan Allis 3 each for Banes.

White Birch 14, Jr Wilson 1 7

The White Birch offense included 3 hits by Jenahlee Riemer, 2 each by Maddy Gardepe, Ella Lewis, Alecia Hinkson, Mackenzie Muck, Brynn Howell and Dana Siffringer along with a double by Maddy Boyle and a single by Aubrey Lewis.

For Jr. Wilson 1, Stormi Kruger had a double and Sara Flansburg, Jodi Zacher and Butchie Stockwell singles.

Completing a 5-0 regular season, the Medina Unified Basketball team came from behind to defeat host Pembroke 31-20 Monday.

Pembroke jumped out to leads of 6-4 after the first quarter and 16-14 at the half. Avion Johnson scored 5 and Jackson Tuoey 4 for Medina in the second quarter.

The game turned around in the third quarter. The Mustangs almost doubled their score while holding the Dragons to just two points to grab a 25-18 lead. Johnson and Tuohey both scoring four points. Matthew Kennedy and Xavier Moyer had two apiece.

The Mustangs closed out their regular season by outscoring the Dragons 6-2 in the final quarter Aiden Cherry, Steven Secore and Tuohey had two points each.

For the game Medina was led byTuohey with 12 points while Johnson added 9. Cherry, Anthony Harrington, Kennedy, Moyer and Secore had two points each.

Medina will now wait to see who they face in the first round of playoffs.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Jake Gould turns a double play during the Rams sectional opening win over visiting Allegany/Limestone this afternoon.

Coming from behind three times, No. 6 seed Roy-Hart edged past visiting No. 11 Allegany-Limestone 6-5 this afternoon to open the Section VI Class B2 baseball playoffs.

The victory advances the Rams to a quarterfinal meeting with Niagara-Orleans League rival Akron at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Akron, Roy-Hart split a pair of regular season meetings with N-O champion Akron which is seeded No. 3.

Trailing 5-4, Roy-Hart scored the decisive two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning on an RBI single by Ethan Kuzma and a passed ball. Singles by Brayden Hy and Thomas Russo set up the threat.

The inning before the Rams rallied from a 3-1 deficit into a brief 4-3 lead on an RBI single by Rem Albee and a two-run single by Zach Walker. Again it was singles by Hy and Russo which set up the opportunity.

Setting the tone for the sea-saw battle, Roy-Hart rebounded from a 1-0 deficit by scoring once in the home half of the first on an RBI single by Kuzma.

Russo finished with 3 hits as Hy and Kuzma both had 2.

Southwestern 3, Medina 0
In another Class B2 opener, No. 9 Southwestern blanked visiting No. 8 Medina 3-0.

The Trojans scored once in the first on a passed ball and then twice in the second on an error and a double.

Contributed Photo – Aidan Paul delivers a pitch for Medina against Southwestern.

Senior Aidan Paul hurled a 3 hitter with 12 strikeouts for Medina. He finishes his career with school records for most strikeouts in a season (140) and a career (308).

The Mustangs offense was stymied by a total of 15 strikeouts.

Aidan Papaj had 2 hits for the Mustangs.

Southwestern advances to a quarterfinal meeting with top seeded Springville/West Valley on Tuesday.

In another B2 contest, No. 5 Eden defeated No. 12 Newfane 7-5.

Class B1
East Aurora 6, Albion 4

No. 7 East Aurora trimmed visiting No. 10 Albion 6-4 as the Purple Eagles left the bases loaded in the seventh inning.

Albion scored twice in the first inning on a single by Dallas Ecker and an error, once in the second on a single by Jacob Hughson and an error and once in the third on a triple by Javon Jones and a sacrifice fly by Jack Kinter.

Javon Jones and Amari Jones both had 2 hits on the day.

Section V Playoffs
Lyndonville and Kendall bow
No. 5 seed Campbell-Savona downed No. 4 Kendall 8-2 in a Section V Class C2 quarterfinal game and No. 2 Avoca/Prattsburg bested No. 10 Lyndonville 12-1 in a Class D1 contest.

Kendall was limited to only 3 hits.

Trenton Muck had 3 hits and Colton Smith 2 to account for Lyndonville’s 5 hits.