Contributed Photo – Vinny Gray on the mound for Medina.

The Medina Mustangs 15U baseball team shut out the 716 Patriots 9-0 in a Travel League game on Sunday at Vets Park.

Vinny Gray pitched 6 innings allowing no runs and had 12 strikeouts. Brady Christiaansen came in to finish game in the seventh inning and preserved the shut out.

Mustangs had great production from their bats scoring 2 runs in the first, second, third and sixth innings and another in the fifth.

Lex Gray led the batting for the Mustangs going 3 for 3 with a double and 3 RBI’s.

Vinny Gray added a double 1 RBI and scored 2 runs, Colton Smith a hit, a run scored and an RBI, Kolton Fletcher a double, a run, RBI and 3 stolen bases, Ryan Pegelow a hit, RBI and 2 runs scored and Christiaansen and Lukas Grimes both had a hit and RBI.

The Medina Mustangs opened the Buffalo District Soccer League Division 3 season with a 4-1 win over Buffalo Night today.

Medina jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half on an unassisted goal by Greg Husung and a penalty kick tally by Mateo May.

The Mustangs put a lock on the win with second half goals by Casey Winiecki, off an assist from Husung, and then by Husung on a breakaway from Coby Albone.

On Thursday, Medina dropped a season opening Matthews Cup game to Buffalo Night on penalty kicks.

Nate Dillenbeck and Winiecki scored goals for the Mustangs both off assists from Steven Anderson.

Sweeping a rare Sunday doubleheader, Kendall defeated Alexander 5-4 and Elba 15-0 in Genesee Region League baseball action today at Alexander.

Nick Cole picked up the win on the mound for Kendall against Alexander as he scattered 5 hits and struck out 11.

At the plate, Louis Conte had  3 hits, including a two-run hit in the fifth inning, which helped give the Eagles a 5-2 lead.

Zach Barrett then banged out 5 hits and Conte 3 for Kendall in the win over Elba.

James Fox earned the win on the mound allowing just 2 hits and striking out 10 in five innings of work.

Now at 6-2 in the league and 8-2 overall, Kendall next hosts Lyndonville at 5 p.m. Monday.

With just two weeks remaining in the regular season and five teams still in the title chase nearly every remaining game will have an impact on the race for the Niagara-Orleans League baseball championship.

Akron is currently in sole possession of first place at 5-1. The Tigers though hold a slender one game lead over a trio of two loss teams including Roy-Hart (6-2), Medina (4-2) and Wilson (3-2). Albion, which is 3-3, is also still in the title hunt.

All four teams facing a challenging week of at least four games.

Akron is scheduled to visit Wilson on Monday, Newfane on Wednesday, host Newfane on Friday and visit Medina on Saturday.

Roy-Hart will host Medina on Monday, Barker on Wednesday, visit Albion on Thursday and visit Barker on Friday.

Medina, in addition to the road game at Roy-Hart and the home game against Akron, has a home and home series against Wilson on Wednesday and Friday.

Wilson and Albion will also meet in a home and home series on Thursday and Saturday. The Purple Eagles will also visit Newfane on Monday.

The N-O softball title race is a three-way battle heading into the final full week.

Akron at 6-1 currently holds a narrow half game lead over Barker and Wilson which are both 6-2.

Akron has a very busy five game week vs. Medina on Monday, Wilson on Wednesday and Saturday, Newfane on Thursday and Barker on Friday.

Barker will face Newfane on Monday, Medina Wednesday, Roy-Hart Thursday and Akron Friday.

Wilson, in addition to the key home and home series against Akron, will face Medina on Thursday and Albion on Monday May 15 which is the day before the sectional seeding meeting.

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Baseball – Medina at Roy-Hart, Albion at Newfane, Akron at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.; Lyndonville at Kendall, Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, 5 p.m.
Softball – Medina at Akron, Newfane at Barker, 4:45 p.m.; Lyndonville at Kendall, Byron-Bergen at Holley, 5 p.m.
Tennis – Albion at Akron, Wilson at Barker, Holley at Pembroke, Kendall at Batavia, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Lockport, 5 p.m.

Tuesday
Baseball – Albion at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Finney, 4:30 p.m.; Oakfield-Alabama at Holley, 5 p.m.; Red Jacket at Albion, 5:15 p.m.; Akron at Newfane, 7 p.m.
Tennis – Akron at Wilson, 4 p.m.
Track – Medina at Newfane, Roy-Hart at Wilson, Barker at Akron, 4:45 p.m.

Wednesday
Baseball – Medina at Wilson, Barker at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.; Lyndonville at Notre Dame, Alexander at Holley, Byron-Bergen at Kendall, 5 p.m.; Akron at Newfane 7 p.m.
Softball – Akron at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.; Medina at Barker, Kendall at Pembroke, 5 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Albion, 7:15 p.m.
Tennis – Oakfield-Alabama at Holley, Kendall at Elba, 4 p.m.
Track – Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili, Holley and Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, 4:30 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Depew, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Baseball – Roy-Hart at Albion, 4:45 p.m.; Holley at Byron-Bergen, 5 p.m.
Softball – Wilson at Medina, Barker at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.; Lyndonville at Notre Dame, Holley at Alexander, Kendall at Byron-Bergen, 5 p.m.
Tennis – Kendall at Notre Dame 4 p.m.
Track – Barker at Medina, Akron at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.

Friday
Baseball – Wilson at Medina, Roy-Hart at Barker, Newfane at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Oakfield-Alabama at Lyndonville, 5 p.m.
Softball – Albion at Newfane, Barker at Akron, 4:45 p.m.
Lacrosse- Gowanda at Medina, 7:15 p.m.

Saturday
Baseball – Wilson at Albion, 10 a.m.; Attica at Lyndonville, TBA; Roy-Hart at Oakfield-Alabama, 1 p.m.; Akron at Medina, 5 p.m.
Softball – Barker at Holley, Wilson at Akron ,11 a.m.; Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama, 2 p.m.
Lacrosse – Bloomfield at Medina, 2 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Peyton May slides under the tag by Medina’s Sam Heschke during the Lady Rams win over the Mustangs this afternoon at Vets Park.

Making it three wins in as many days, Roy-Hart posted a 14-5 victory over Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game at Vets Park this afternoon.

Trailing 4-3, Roy-Hart rallied into the lead for good by scoring 6 runs in the fourth inning highlighted by a two-run single by Millie Owens and an RBI single by Alayna Kowalski.

Keeping the momentum, the Lady Rams boosted their lead to 14-4 by tallying 5 times in the fifth frame as Peyton May had a two-run single.

For Medina, Lorelei Sanders had a two-run double to cap off a 3 run first inning, Baileigh McAdoo had an RBI single in the sixth and Iyla Lilleby added a pair of hits.

Roy-Hart is now 6-4 and Medina 2-7 in N-O action.

Albion 17, Newfane 5
Banging out a total of 21 hits, Albion improved to 4-5 in N-O action by downing Newfane 17-5.

Kenzi Snook had a three-run homer and Alana Irvine 4 hits including two doubles and a triple to highlight the Albion attack which also included 3 hits and 3 RBI apiece by Alison Gibson and Emma Foote.

Medina infielders Sophia Goyette, left, and Iyla Lilleby collide as Goyette made the catch.

Two quick runs in the first inning ignited Lyndonville to a 12-2 victory over CSAT in a non league game today.

Justin Higgins belted a two-run home run in the first inning and also had a double in his second at bat.

Trenton Muck and Daniel Barry also both had 2 hits on the day for the Tigers.

Quincy McClinsey picked up the win on the mound scattering 3 hits and striking out 9.

Track

Roy-Hart had a trio of top three place finishers at today’s Batavia Invitational.

Jayden Swygert won the boys’ triple jump, Nadia White placed second in the girls’ Triple Jump and Julia Miles third in the girls’ High Jump.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Chris Leavitt puts a shot on goal for Medina during the Mustangs win over Newfane this evening at Vets Park.

Exploding out to a huge 11-0 first quarter lead, Medina went on to defeat Newfane 20-1 in a Class D Division lacrosse game this evening at Vets Park.

Improving to 5-3 in the division and 7-4 overall, Medina went on to lead by margins of 18-0 at the half and 19-1 after three quarters,

Cayden Lilleby scored 5 goals, Chris Leavitt 4, Josh Wilson 3 and Dylan Lonnen 2 to lead the Mustangs attack.

In all 11 players netted goals for the Mustangs as Cole Callard, Liam Castricone, Trey Skinner, Nathan Cavers, Noah Skinner and Lucius Wagner each chipped in with 1.

Medina next visits Lockport on Monday for a non league game.

Albion bunched all of its scoring into one big two out uprising to key a 5-2 win over Newfane in a Niagara-Orleans League game this afternoon.

The Purple Eagles erupted for 5 runs with two out in the third inning, a decisive uprising capped off by a three-run double by Javon Jones. A bases loaded walk and an error plated the first two runs. A single by winning pitcher Amari Jones got the inning going.

On the mound, Amari Jones hurled a 1 hitter with 10 strikeouts in six innings of work.

The loss drops Newfane to 2-5.