The Genesee County Spartans will open the semi pro football season with a non league game at the Watertown Red and Black at 7 p.m. Saturday.

The Spartans roster includes Lyndonville graduate Brooks Boyle, a linebacker/defensive back.

Batavia High grads Joe Canzoneri and Alex Rood are vying for the starting quarterback position.

The Spartans home opener will be June 17 on the new turf field at Genesee Commuity College.

Tomorrow’s game will be live streamed and the link to watch is: https://www.youtube.com/@steveweedprod/streams

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Colby Hughes slides into third base as Holley’s Zach Milner awaits the ball. The action took place during the Eagles win over the visiting Hawks this afternoon.

Scoring early and often, Kendall rolled to a 19-0 victory over visiting rival Holley in a regular season ending Genesee Region League game this afternoon.

Setting the tone, Kendall scored 4 quick runs in the first inning on an RBI double by Louis Conte, RBI singles by James Fox and Nick Cole and an RBI sacrifice fly by Jonathan Conte.

The Eagles biggest inning was a 14 run third frame highlighted by a three-run double by Cole, a two-run double by Jacek Kwiatkowski and a pair of RBI singles by Colby Hughes.

Hughes and Cole both finished with 3 hits.

On the mound, Kwiatkowski, Jimmie Swift and Nate Shaw combined to hurl a 1 hitter for the Eagles.

Kendall finishes the regular season at 12-4.

Kendall’s Jacek Kwiatkowski gets to second base as the ball eludes Holley’s Brenden Trowbridge and Ryan Dunn.

Wilson 16, Barker 1
Wilson closed out the Niagara-Orleans League season with a 16-1 win over Barker as Aidan Winslow had 4 hits, John Ernest 3 and Matthew Stoltzenberg, Tyler Johnston, Conner Ernest and Drew Dabill 2 each.

Final N-O Standings: Akron 11-1, Roy-Hart 9-3, Medina 8-4, Wilson 6-6, Albion 4-8, Newfane 4-8, Barker 0-12.

Roy-Hart 13, Maryvale 12

Ethan Kuzma and Dawson Draper both had 3 hits and Brayden Hy and Thomas Russo 2 each for Roy-Hart in a 13-12 non league win at Maryvale.

Newfane 4, Attica 2
Newfane trimmed Attica 4-2 in a non league contest as Cam Oudette went the distance on the mound.

Ben Dickinson and CJ Nagel both had doubles for the Panthers.

Lyndonville has earned the No. 2 seed for the upcoming  Section V Cass D1 softball playoffs.

The Lady Tigers will begin sectional competition on Tuesday against the winner of Friday’s first round game between No. 7 Genesee Valley/Belfast and No. 10 Arkport/Canaseraga.

In Class C1, No. 14 Holley will visit No. 3 Sodus in the opening round at 5 p.m. Friday.

In Class C2, No. 11 Kendall will travel to No. 6 Pavilion for a first round contest at 5 p.m. Friday.

Section VI Softball Playoffs
In a Section VI Class B2 playoff contest, No. 2 Fredonia blanked visiting No. 7 Roy-Hart 11-0 as Jordan Lucas pitched a no hitter with 17 strikeouts.

In another B2 contest, No. 4 Akron downed No. 5 Eden 11-8.

Seeded No. 4 Medina will open Section VI Class D lacrossse playoff competition by hosting No. 5 Gowanda at 5 p.m. on Wednesday May 24.

Medina, which brings an 11-5 record into the sectionals, bested Gowanda 20-11 during the regular season.

The winner will likely face top seeded East Aurora in the semifinals. East Aurora will host the winner of Friday’s opening round game betwen No. 9 Tonawanda and No. 8 Wilson in the quarterfinals on May 24.

Friday’s other first round contest will have No. 10 Newfane vs. No. 7 Eden. The winner will visit No. 2 Akron in the quarterfinals on May 24.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Aidan Paul

A fast start offensively combined with a strong pitching performance keyed Medina to a 6-0 win over host Newfane this evening to close out the Niagara-Orleans League baseball season.

The Mustangs took charge at the outset erupting for four quick runs in the first inning highlighted by a big two-run triple by Ryleigh Culver who had 2 hits on the night.

Aidan Paul did the rest on the mound for the Mustangs. He allowed the Panthers just 2 hits and struck out 17. He also helped himself at the plate with 2 hits, including a double, and an RBI.

Medina finishes the N-O season at 8-4 and Newfane at 4-8.

The final N-O game of the season will have Barker vs. Wilson on Thursday.

The Section VI playoff pairings will be announced on Saturday with the postseason slated to begin on Monday.

N-O standings: Akron 11-1, Roy-Hart 9-3, Medina 8-4, Wilson 5-6, Albion 4-8, Newfane 4-8, Barker 0-11.

Improving to 11-4, Kendall downed Alexander 8-4 in a Genesee Region League baseball game this afternoon.

Winning pitcher Zach Barrett banged out a key two out, two run double in the fourth inning to put Kendall up 4-0.

The Eagles then put a lock on the win by scoring four times in the sixth inning ignited by a single by Colby Hughes to up the lead to 8-0.

Barrett also scattered 5 hits and struck out 10 in six and two-thirds innings of work on the mound.

Kendall will close out the regular season by hosting rival Holley at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Softball
Kendall 17, Holley 1
Taigan Guerrero and Emma Quintern both had 3 hits and Lauren Pilon, Ella Christ and Brooke Rodas 2 each to lead Kendall to a 17-1 win over Holley.

In the circle, Danielle Offhaus hurled a 1 hitter with 7 strikeouts for the Lady Eagles.

Photos by Tom Rivers: Albion’s Kwame Riley crosses the finish just ahead of Bryson Costich of Medina and Logan Wolfe of Wilson in the 4×100 relay. Albion’s other relay runners included Cincere Lowe, Nick Harling and Auston Johnson.

Six individual event multiple winners highlighted the action at the annual Niagara-Orleans All League track meet held this afternoon at Wilson.

Ben Dickinson of Newfane won four events.

Heading that quintet was Newfane’s Ben Dickinson who was a quadruple winner in the 400 (:53.84), Long Jump (20-6 3/4), High Jump (5-10) and Triple Jump (43-0 3/4).

Barker’s Mason Allee Castro doubled in the 800 (2:09.04) and 1600 (4:44.86) as did Wilson’s Jaydan Ruble in the 3200 (10:39.85) and Steeplechase (10:46.84), Newfane’s Kylie Bowman in the 1500 (5:21.76) and 3000 (11:10.11), Akron’s Sophia Jones in the 100 (:13.38) and 200 (:27.53) and Wilson’s Madelaine Schultz in the 100 Hurdles (:16.17) and 400 Hurdles (1:11.20).

Albion’s quartet of Cincere Lowe, Kwame Riley, Nick Harling and Auston Johnson won the 400 Relay (:45.70). Riley also captured top honors in the 100 (:11.71).

Medina’s foursome of Gabe Mack, Jackson Moreland, Collin White and Mason Moreland won the 1600 Relay (3:47.66). Mason Moreland also won the 200 (:23.68). The Mustangs also had Kaedon Cleveland win the 110 Hurdles (:17.47).

Roy-Hart’s quartet of Ronan Klug, Josiah Rodriguez, Calvin Fournier and Andrew Waters won the 3200 Relay (9:07.48).

The Rams also captured both Pentatalon events with wins by Jack Johnson (2024 points) and Samantha Albright (1525 points).

Roy-Hart also had Julia Miles win the High Jump (4-8) and Nadia White the Triple Jump (33-2).

Barker also got wins from Brad Cantrell in the 400 Hurdles (1:07.83), Zachery Santarsiero (Shotput (42-0 1/2), Keira Dalton (Discus (95-1) and Lydia Samson in the Steeplechase (8:20.99).

Akron also had Jack Holland win the Discus (122-0), Madigan Regan the 800 (2:38.60), Isabelle Jones the Shotput (33-1) and Madison Brege the Pole Vault (8-0). The Lady Tigers foursome of Regan, Sophia Janik, Emily Snyder and Kailie Szczygielski also took the 3200 Relay (10:21.72).

Wilson’s quartet of Madelaine Schultz, Isabella Thrush, Marisa Schultz and Addison Elia won the 400 Relay (:53.24).

Newfane also had Jaxon Dembrowski win the Pole Vault (11-3), Cat Ersing win the 400 (1:03.66) and Ainsley DeBaise the Long Jump (16-0). Ersing also teamed up with Anna Chunco, Stephanie Chunco and Hayden Kopp to win the 1600 Relay (4:17.22).

(Left) Madelaine Schultz of Wilson won the 400 meter hurdles with a personal best of 1:11.20. (Right) Kylie Bowman of Newfane and Emma Evans of Barker battled in the girls 3000 meter run. Bowman won the race in 11:10.11, just ahead of Evans at 11:12.36.

Jackson Moreland is thrilled after crossing the finish line as the anchor in Medina’s winning 1600 meter relay team that also included Gabe Mack, Collin White and Mason Moreland. Behind him are Keegan Foxvog of Wilson in second and Finn McCue of Albion in third.

(Left) Lydia Samson of Barker won the girls 2000 meter steeplechase in 8:20.99. (Right) Ronan King runs the anchor leg for Roy-Hart’s winning 4×800 meter relay team that also included Josiah Rodriguez, Calvin Fournier and Andre Waters.

Mason Allee-Castro of Barker and Jaydan Ruble were next to each other for the first three laps of the boys 1600 meter run. Allee-Castro pulled away in the last lap and won in 4:44.86 with Ruble coming in second. Allee-Castro also won the 800. Ruble won the steeplechase and the 3200.

Sophia Jones of Akron won the girls 100 meter dash in 13.38. She also took first in the 200 meters.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Jack Kinter tags out Akron’s Vince Consiglio at third base during the host Purple Eagles loss to the Tigers this afternoon.

Completing an 11-1 league championship campaign, Akron downed host Albion 9-2 this afternoon to close out the Niagara-Orleans baseball season.

Andrew Romesser went the distance on the mound for Akron scattering 8 hits and striking out 6. He also helped himself at the plate by banging out 3 hits.

Dawson Stone and Vince Consiglio also both had a pair of hits for the Tigers.

Amari Jones had 3 hits for Albion.

Akron jumped out to an early 3-0 lead by scoring twice in the second inning on a double by Ryan Owen and a single by Romesser and once in the third on a double by Jack Julicher.

Albion did cut the deficit to 3-2 by scoring twice in the third on a two-run single by Jack Kinter but the Purple Eagles could not cross home plate again. Singles by Nate Gibson, Amari Jones and Javon Jones loaded the bases to set up that threat.

Akron pulled away by scoring twice in the fifth on a double by Consiglio and a wild pitch and then four times in the sixth on a single by Dawson Stone, a sacrifice fly, a wild pitch and an error.

Albion finishes the N-O season at 4-8.

Akron’s Steven Doktor tags out Albion’s Jack Kinter in a rundown play as Denny Romesser covers second base.

No. 7 seed Roy-Hart romped to a 11-1 win over visiting No. 10 Clevelnd Hill this afternoon in the opening round of the Section VI Class B2 softball playoffs.

Kaitlin Mettler had 3 hits and Adella Dukes and Lila Brigham 2 each to lead the Roy-Hart attack as Abby Fox picked up the win in the circle. Metttler drove in 3 runs.

Roy-Hart will next visit No. 2 Fredonia on Thursday.

Also in Class B2, No. 8 Southwestern ousted visiting No. 9 Medina 13-0.

Iyla Lilleby, Lorelei Sanders and Alana Smith had the only hits for Medina.

In Class B1, No. 8 Cheektowaga pushed across a run in the 8th inning on an RBI single by Aubrey Duval to nip visiting No. 8 Albion 7-6.

Cami London hit two solo home runs for Albion as Alana Irvine, Aubrielle Barry. Abby Wittenberg had 2 hits and Emma Foote 1.