Moving back above the .500 mark at 5-4, Roy-Hart bested Albion 16-6 in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game this afternoon.

Juliana Buscarino had a double and triple, Peyton May 2 doubles, Maria Peracciny 2 singles and a double and Hayleu Hillburn 2 singles to spark the offense for Roy-Hart.

Kenzie Snook and Anna Gillette both had 3 hits and Alana Irvine 2 for Albion, Irvine’s hits included a two-run homer and Gillette’s a double.

Albion is now 3-5 in N-O action.

Albion next hosts Newfane at 10 a.m. Saturday and Roy-Hart visits Medina at noon Saturday.

Snapping a season long 12 game losing streak, Barker blanked Holley 15-0 in a non league game this afternoon.

Aidan Voss went the distance on the mound for Barker allowing just 1 hit and striking out 15.

Voss also gad a big day at the plate banging out 3 hits, including a pair of doubles, and driving in 4 runs.

Ireland Brady also had 2 doubles and 2 RBI for the Raiders.

Avenging an earlier season loss, Lyndonville downed Byron-Bergen 7-1 in a Genesee Region League softball game this afternoon.

Trailing 1-0, Lyndonville rallied into the lead for good in the third  on an RBI double by Addison Dillenbeck and an RBI single by Brooke Robinson.

Brianna Smith tacked on an RBI single in the third to up the Lady Tigers led to 3-1.

Lyndonville finally broke the game open by scoring 4 times in the sixth on RBI singles by Brianna Krisher and Dillenbeck and a pair of errors.

Dillenbeck and Krisher both finished with 2 hits.

Haley Shaffer picked up the win in the circle scattering 6 hits and striking out 7.

Lyndonville, which lost to B-B 10-2 in the earlier meeting, improves to 7-2 in the league and 9-2 overall.

Kendall 8, Elba 6
Kendall trimmed Elba 8-6 in another G-R contest.

Danon O’Brien had a single, a double and an RBI in the sixth which gave Kendall a 7-6 lead.

Brooke Rodas also had a triple and winning pitcher Danielle Offhaus 2 hits for Kendall which is now 4-4 in the league. In the circle, Offhaus registered 11 strikeouts.

Kaelin Ball had 2 hits and Maddie Thompson a double and 2 RBI for Elba.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Thomas Russo hurled and hit Roy-Hart to a key win over Medina at Vets Park this afternoon.

Staying in the thick of the title race, Roy-Hart blanked Medina 3-0 in a key Niagara-Orleans League game at Vets Park this afternoon.

Thomas Russo had a big day both on the mound and at the plate to lead Roy-Hart. On the mound he scattered 3 hits and struck out 10. At the plate he belted a solo home run in the first inning and an RBI single in the third to give the Rams an early 2-0 lead. A double by Jake Gould set up the third inning scoring opportunity.

Dawson Draper plated Roy-Hart’s third run with a two out double in the fifth frame.

Medina also had a good early scoring chance getting two runners aboard in the first inning on a walk and a single by Aidan Paul. However, the Mustangs had the leadoff runner tagged out at home wiping out the scoring threat.

The Mustangs only other threat came in the sixth getting runners to second and third after a single by Tyler Kroening, a walk and a fly out. However, Russo quickly got out of trouble on an inning ending infield ground out.

Paul pitched six innings for the Mustangs giving up 4 hits and striking out 13.

Roy-Hart is now 6-2 and Medina 4-2 in the N-O title race as idle Akron, which is 4-1, takes over sole possession of first place.

Medina next visits Roy-Hart at 4:45 p.m. Monday.

Roy-Hart catcher Brayden Hy tags out Medina’s Julian Woodwortth at home plate during first inning action.

Regaining the .500 mark at 4-4, Roy-Hart defeated Wilson 17-8 in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game on the turf at Newfane this evening.

Adella Dukes had a grand slam home run to highlight the offense for Roy-Hart which also included triples by Maria Peracciny, Abby Fox and Emily Scott along with 2 singles each by Millie Owens and Lila Brigham.

Wilson did get a split on the day by downing Barker 10-8 in the first game as the Lakewomen scored 4 times in the sixth inning to erase an 8-6 deficit.

Wilson and Barker are now both 6-2.

Roy-Hart scored a sweep over Barker in Niagara-Orleans League track and field competition this afternoon as the Rams won the boys’ meet 73-67 and the girls’ 91-50.

Jack Johnson was a double winner in the 110 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles and Jayden Swygert in the 100 and High Jump for the Roy-Hart boys squad which improves to 2-1.

Mason Allee Castro was a triple winner in the 800, 1600 and 3200 and JP Mason in the Pole Vault, Long Jump and Triple Jump for Barker.

The Roy-Hart girls, which also improve to 2-1, were led by triple winner Julia Miles (100 Hurdles, 400 Hurdles, High Jump) and double winner Nadia White (400, Triple Jump).

Emma Evans won the 1500 and 3000 for Barker.

Wilson and Newfane split
Rivals Wilson and Newfane split in the other N-O meet. The Lakemen won the boys’ meet 73-68 and the Panthers took the girls’ competition 84 1/2-56 1/2.

Jayden Ruble was a double winner for the Wilson boys in the 1600 and 3200.

Ben Dickinson was a quadruple winner for Newfane in the High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump and 400.

In the girls meet for Newfane Kylie Bowman won the 1500 and 3000, DeBiase the Long Jump and 100 and Broeker the Shotput and Discus.

Maddy Schultz took both the 100 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles and Addison Elia the 200 and 400 for Wilson.

N-O Tennis
Barker 4, Roy-Hart 1 /12
Sweeping the three singles matches, Barker went on to post a 4-1 1/2 win over Roy-Hart in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match this afternoon.

Matt Ryan, Daniel Goodwin and Levi Hauser scored the singles wins as Barker improves to 6-4 in N-O action.

The Raiders also got a win from the first doubles team of Lucas DerSarkissian – Tommy Harris.

Roy-Hart got doubles wins from the teams of Joshua Kennedy – Garrett Glyshaw and Ella Martillotta – Emily Livergood.

N-O Baseball
Akron 2, Wilson 1
Akron scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to nip Wilson 2-1 in a key Niagara-Orleans League baseball game this afternoon on the turf at Newfane.

A suicide squeeze bunt by Ryan Owen scored Dawson Stone with the winning run for the Tigers. Stone had reached on a single and advanced to third on sacrifice bunts by Vinny Consiglio and Jack Julicher.

Akron improves to 5-1 and moves into first place by a half game over idle Medina (4-1) as Wilson slips to 3-2 and into fourth place behind 5-2 Roy-Hart.

In a Genesee Region League game Byron-Bergen blanked Lyndonville 10-0.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Nick Harling won the High Jump during the Purple Eagles league title clinching win over host Medina this afternoon.

Capping off a fourth straight undefeated (6-0) Niagara-Orleans League boys track championship season Albion downed host Medina 89-33 this afternoon.

Kwame Riley was a double winner in the 100 and 200, Cencere Lowe in the Long Jump and Triple Jump and Myles Beach in the 1600 and 3200 to lead the way for Albion.

The Purple Eagles also got individual event wins from Finn McCue (400), Tye Talbot (400 Hurdles), Wesley Olles (800) and Nick Harling (High Jump).

Kaedon Cleveland won the 110 Hurdles and Trenton Morley the Pole Vault for Medina.

Medina earned a split on the day by downing Albion 69-50 in the girls’ meet.

Madeline Mark was a triple winner in the 800, 1500 and 3000 and Emiliana Batista doubled in the 400 and High Jump to spark Medina.

The Mustangs also got indiviudual event wins from Heyleigh Brewer (100), Aurora Owczaraczyk (200), Lydia Fox (Long Jump), Ellie Roath (100 Hurdles) and Penelope Schalck (400 Hurdles).

For Albion, Gina Sidari on the Pole Vault and S’koi Sanders the Triple Jump.

Albion’s Kwame Riley edged out Medina’s Bryson Costich in the 100. At right, Medina’s Heyleigh Brewer wins the 100.

Medina’s Lydia Fox scores a win in the Long Jump.

Contributed Photo – Payton Grabowski

Lyndonville senior Payton Grabowski will be continuing his education and his wrestling career at Niagara County Community College.

Grabowski is coming off a strong senior senior when he captured both the Section V Class B3 and overall Section V Division 2 (small schools) 172 lb. titles to qualify for the state championships.

He went 2-2 at the state championships finishing the season with a 46-9 record.

Grabowski, who was recently named to the All Greater Rochester Division 2 team, will major in Horticulture and Turf Management.

Roy-Hart downed host Medina 3-1 in a rain shortened Niagara-Orleans League tennis match this afternoon.

The Rams got wins from Quinn Brown at second singles, Tyler Rothwell at third singles and from the second doubles team of Emily Livergood – Ella Martillotta to improve to 2-7.

Medina’s Henry Rigerman won at first singles.

N-O Softball
Medina 35, Newfane 21
Baileigh McAdoo and Lorelei Sanders both had 4 hits, Iyla Lilleby 3 and Rylee VanNotrand and Sophia Goyette 2 each for Medina in a high scoring 35-21 N-O softball win at Newfane.

Lilleby’s hits included 2 home runs, McAdoo’s a triple and VanNostrand’s 2 doubles.

A marathon 14 run third inning put Medina on top to stay.

Avenging a narrow 2-1 loss on Monday, Akron used a huge first inning scoring burst to ignite a 14-8 win over Roy-Hart in a key Niagara-Orleans League game on the turf at Newfane this afternoon.

The Tigers took charge at the outset erupting for 9 runs in the decisive first inning as Alex Wik and Dawson Stone both had two-run singles and Jack Julicher and winning pitcher Drew Romesser RBI singles.

Romesser had a total of 3 hits and Julicher 2. On the mound, Romesser allowed 4 hits and struck out 7 over six innings.

Akron led 14-3 heading into the final inning when Roy-Hart scored 5 times as Jake Gould had a leadoff triple, Dawson Draper a two-run single and Rem Albee an RBI single.

The victory pulls Akron into a tie for first place with Medina at 4-1 in the tight four-way title race.

N-O Standings: Akron 4-1, Medina 4-1, Wilson 3-1, Roy-Hart 5-2, Albion 2-3, Newfane 2-4, Barker 0-8.