Photos by Tom Rivers: Adam Burgio of Albion won the boys 400 meter hurdles in 59.68, with Christopher McOmber of Roy-Hart in second, and Bryson Ford of Medina in third. Burgio also won the 110 meter hurdles.

The regular season champion Albion boys track team took first place honors in five events at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League meet held at Wilson this afternoon.

Adam Burgio won both the 110 Hurdles (:15.96) and the 400 Hurdles (:59.68) for Albion as Austin Huscher captured the Long Jump (19-9.25) and Noah Harrison the Triple Jump (41-2.50).

Burgio, Harrison and Huscher also teamed up with Yohanel Harris to win the 400 Relay (:44.62).

Jonathan Dix of Medina is shown clearing 10 feet, 6 inches in the pole vault. He would eclipse 11 feet in winning first in the event.

Barker also scored five wins as Luke Fay won the 800 (2:06.19). Peyton Wagner the 1600 (4:55.42) and Gabe Nestoros the 3200 (10:44.96) The Bulldogs also took both the 1600 Relay (3:42.93) and the 3200 Relay (8:46.54).

Newfane’s Nasir Spencer was a triple winner in the 100 (:11.41), 200 (:23.41) and 400 (:50.78).

Wilson’s Brock Lepsch won the Discus (122-4).

Akron had Logan Meyers win the Steeplechase (11:28.49) and Quinn O’Malley the Pentathlon (2472).

Medina’s Jonathan Dix won the Pole Vault (11-0) and Roy-Hart’s Jakob West the Shotput (41-11).

Aurora Owczarczak of Medina won the girls meter race in 1:02.31 with Madigan Regan of Akron in second, and Addison Carr of Roy-Hart in third. Owczarczak also won the 100 and 200 meter races.

Akron dominated the girls meet winning a total of 10 events. Reece Addesa won both the 800 (2:28.11) and 1500 (5:06.99). Hannah Liss the Pentathlon (2084), Ava Lombard the 100 Hurdles (:17.83), Caylin Thomas-Wells the 400 Hurdles (1:10.65), Marissa Brege the Discus (106-5), Kylie Karmazyn the High Jump (4-8) and Brooke Milhollen the Pole Vault (8-0). The Lady Tigers also won both the 1600 Relay (4:23.69) and the 3200 Relay (10:50.15).

Medina’s Aurora Owczarczak was a triple winner in the 100 (:13.25), 200 (:27.57) and 400 (1:02.21).

Albion’s Sophia Wendt won the Triple Jump (32-6.5), Barker’s Jill Fisk the Long Jump (14-10.75), Newfane’s Eden Hillman the Steeplechase (7:52.03), Roy-Hart’s Julia Rohde the 3000 (11:43.94) and Wilson’s Colleen Cliffe the Shotput (34-9.75). Wilson also won the 400 Relay (:54.80).

(Left) Quinn O’Malley of Akron shown in the 1,500 meter race of the pentathlon won the overall event with 2,472 points, just ahead of Briley Allen of Medina with 2,431. (Right) Nasir Spencer of Newfane won the 400 meter race in 50.78 seconds. Aidan Neumann of Wilson came in second. Spencer also won the 100 and 200 meter races.

Caylin Thomas-Wells of Akron won the 400 meter hurdles in 1:10.65 with Mia Standish of Albion in second, and Eden Hillman of Newfane in third.

(Left) Luke Fay of Barker won the 800 meter race in 2:06.13. (Right) Julia Rohde of Roy-Hart won the 3000 meter race in 11:43.94, with her Roy-Hart teammate Marissa Bryant in second.

N-O Tennis

Today’s opening round of the annual N-O double tournament saw Barker defeat Roy-Hart 6-3, 6-2; Newfane edge Medina 7-6, 7-5 and Akron top Wilson 6-3, 6-3.

The tournament will conclude on Thursday beginning with the Barker vs. Albion and Newfane vs. Akron semifinal matches.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Luke Duffina goes to the net to score his fourth goal during the Mustangs sectional win over Tonawanda at Vets Park this evening.

Getting multiple goal scoring efforts from a quartet of players, No. 8 seed Medina downed No. 9 Tonawanda 12-7 in the opening round of the Section VI Class D lacrosse tournament this evening at Vets Park.

Luke Duffina scored 4 goals, Sawyer Lilleby and Brennan Allen 3 each and Brayden Lewis 2 for Medina which will next visit top seeded East Aurora in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Medina jumped out to a 6-3 first quarter lead as Duffina and Lilleby both scored 2 goals and Allen and Lewis 1 each. The Mustangs last two goals came in the final 8 seconds, the first by Duffina and the second by Lilleby.

Tonawanda rallied into a 6-6 tie at the half as the Timberwolves outscored the Mustangs 3-0 in the second period.

However, Medina regained the lead for good at 10-6 by outpointing Tonawnada 4-0 in the thid period. Duffina had a pair of goals and Lewis and Allen 1 each during that stretch.

The Mustangs put a lock on the victory with a 2-1 scoring edge in the final period on goals by Allen and Lilleby.

Letting lose with goal scoring shots are Sawyer Lilleby, at left, and Brennan Allen.

The Medina, Roy-Hart, Lyndonville area has a total of six teams competing in the Buffalo & Western New York Junior Soccer League this season.

The Medina/Lyndonville United has boys teams in the U11, U13 and U16 Divisions.

The U11 team won its opener 8-2 over Springville as Easton Hodgins and Hollis Green each scored 3 goals and Jaxon Foley and Nathan White each netted 1.

The U13 team dropped a 5-1 decision to Lancaster in its opener.

The U16 team is scheduled to open at Akron on May 26.

On the girls side, the Lyndonville U12 team split in its first two games.

Lyndonville downed Concord 4-3 in the opener as Kourtney Robinson scored 3 goals and Kelli Hutchings 1.

Lyndonville then dropped a 5-2 decision to Tri-Town as Hutchings and Robinson each scored a goal.

Lyndonville will next host Wilson on June 1.

The Roy-Hart/Medina U16 team is scheduled to open on June 1 and the U19 team on May 26.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Melia Prince bangs out the first of her three hits as the Purple Eagles claimed a narrow 12-11 home field win over Dunkirk in the sectional opener this afternoon.

Surviving a scare, No. 8 seed Albion nipped No. 9 Dunkirk 12-11 in the opening round of the Section VI Class A2 softball tournament at Albion this afternoon.

Albion, which held on after building up leads of 9-0 and 12-7, will now visit No. 1 Iroquois in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

A huge 7 run third inning, highlighted by a double by Melia Prince and singles by Elizabeth Colmenero, Leah Pawlak and Lux Froman, helped the Purple Eagles build up the early 9-0 lead.

However, Dunkirk came rallying back to slice that lead to 9-7 as a two-run double by Camryn Krzanowicz capped off a 4 run fourth inning which ignited the comeback.

Rebounding, Albion scored 5 huge runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to go up 12-7 as a three-run triple by Pawlak keyed that uprising.

Dunkirk though made the finish exciting by scoring 4 times in the top of the seventh highlighted by a three-run triple by Gracie Grann to slice the Albion lead to just one at 12-11.

The Purple Eagles though weathered the storm as pitcher Aubrielle Barry registered two clutch strikeouts and then got the game’s finale out on a grounder back to the circle.

Prince finished with 3 hits, including a pair of doubles, and Pawlak 2.

Albion third baseman Leah Pawlak makes a throw to first at left. At right, Aaliyah Jones makes a catch in centerfield.

Alden 12, Medina 0
No. 2 seed Alden jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the first two innings to key a 12-0 win over No. 15 Medina in a Class B opener at Alden.

A triple by Brooklyn Jankowski and a two-run double by Molly Earsing keyed a 4 run first inning for Alden and a three-run homer by Ashley Eberth keyed a 5 run second inning.

Cordelia Mann hurled a 2 hitter with 9 strikeouts for Alden.

A double by Savannah Jo Thompson and a single by Karlee Cau were Medina’s only hits.

Roy-Hart 4, Salamanca 3 (9)
No. 5 Roy-Hart edged No. 12 Salamanca 4-3 in 9 innings in another Class B contest.

The Lady Rams scored the game winner in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single by Hannah Verratti. A single by Peyton May and an error set up the opportunity.

Also in Class B, No. 10 Akron downed No. 7 Performing Arts 23-3 and No. 3 Allegany-Limestone blanked No. 14 Newfane 12-0.

Coming off a 17-2 regular season, Kendall has earned the No. 1 seed for the up coming Section V Class C2 baseball tournament.

The Eagles will host a quarterfinal round game at 5 p.m. Friday against the winner of Wednesday’s opening round game between No. 9 Dundee/Bradford and No. 8 Byron-Bergen.

Lyndonville is seeded No. 8 for the Class D tournament. The Tigers will host No. 9 CG Finney at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Lyndonville has earned the No.1 seed for the up coming Section V Class D2 softball tournament.

The Lady Tigers, which posted a 16-1 regular season record, will host a quarterfinal round game on Friday against the winner of Wednesday’s first round contest between No.9 Jasper-Troupsburg and No. 8 Hinsdale.

Kendall is seeded No. 3 in Class C2. The Lady Eagles will host a quarterfinal round game on Saturday against the winner of Thursday’s first round contest between No. 11 Byron-Bergen and No. 6 Bloomfield.

Holley is seeded No. 14 in Class C1 and will visit Genesee Region League foe No. 4 Pembroke on Thursday.

Times for the sectional games have not been announced.

White Birch edged Jr. Wilson 10-7 and Banes downed Parkitects 21-6 in Medina Women’s Softball League action Monday evening.

White Birch 10, Junior Wilson 7
White Birch had 16 hits and Junior Wilson 8.

Leading the charge for the former Lyndonville grads were Morgan Ralph with 4 hits -including a triple, double and 2 singles. Ella Lewis, Maddy Boyle, Stacy Buckland, Rebekah Hoffee all finished with two hits and Kenzie Muck , a double .

For Junior Wilson’s. Jodi Zacher and Jenn Thom both had 2hits.

Banes 21, Parkitects 6
Banes broke the game open early scoring 5 runs in the first inning and 11 in the second.

Jami Chatt had an RBI triple, Rileigh McCabe an RBI double and Kathy Allen a two-run single in the first inning. Patti Page and Morgan Allis then both had RBI doubles in the second inning as Page, Amy Lavender, Allis and Allen all had RBI singles. Chatt and Connie Heschke also both had a pair of singles during the big inning as Adrianna Long and Sue Seefeldt each had 1.

Chatt, Allis and McCabe each finished with 2 singles and a double, Page a single and 2 doubles, and Allen Lavender and Seefeldt with 3 singles each.

Grace Capstick and Lorelei Sanders both had doubles for Parkitects as Bree Smith had 3 singles and Teanna Church 2.

Barker completed just its second ever Niagara-Orleans League championship tennis season by downing Roy-Hart 4-1 this afternoon.

Barker, whose only other N-O tennis title came in 2009, finishes in a share of first place with Wilson at 11-1.

Daniel Goodwin completed a 12-0 season at first singles for Barker as did Colin Cousins at second singles for Roy-Hart.

Barker swept the three doubles matches with wins by the duos of Luke Fay – Oscar Dergel, Aurora Wass – Nick Heideman and Aaden Munn – Matthew Meza Ray.

Wilson closed ot the season with a 5-0 win over Akron.

Medina split a doubleheader with Newfane by the identical score of 3-2.

River Jones and Talia Rupp scored singles wins in both matches for Medina which also got a win by the doubles team of Levon Fuller – Paisley Pasnik.

Lacrosse
Starpoint 18, Medina 1
Starpoint downed visiting Medina 18-1 in a regular season ending interdivisional lacrosse game this evening.

The Spartans built up an 8-0 half-time advantage.

Gavin Dahlhaus scored the Medina goal off an assist from Landan Costich.

Lyndonville closed out the Genesee Region League softball season by scoring a doubleheader sweep today at Elba.

The Lady Tigers first rallied past Elba 7-5 and then downed Notre Dame 15-3 to finish the regular season with a 13-1 league record and a 16-1 overall mark.

Lyndonville 7, Elba 5
Trailing 5-0, Lyndonville began to battle back by scoring twice in the third inning on an RBI single by Brooke Robinson and an RBI triple by winning pitcher Arnie Sturtevant.

The Lady Tigers then rallied into the lead for good at 6-5 by scoring 4 times in the fifth frame on an RBI double by Isabella Groves, RBI singles by Hannah Fox and Braelynn Dillenbeck and an error.

Brooke Robinson also tacked on an RBI double in the sixth inning.

In the circle, Sturtevant scattered 7 hits and struck out 6.

Lyndonville 15, Notre Dame 3
Two big scoring innings powered Lyndonville past Notre Dame 15-3.

Lyndonville erupted for 7 big runs in the first inning highlighted by a two-run triple by Morgan Woodworth.

The Lady Tigers later locked up the win with an 8 run fifth inning which included a two-run single by Alexa Robinson and RBI doubles by Fox and Dillenbeck and RBI singles by Brooke Robinson and Rylan Townsend.

Dillenbeck finished with 3 hits as Alexa Robinson, Brooke Robinson, Fox and Townsend each had 2.

Sturtevant hurled a 4 hitter with 8 strikeouts.

Kendall 7, Aquinas 4
Kendall scored 4 times in the seventh inning on a two-run error and a pair of bases loaded walks to lock up the 7-4 non league win over Aquinas and complete a 13-7 regular season.

The Lady Eagles also got a two-run triple by Sophia Picardo in the fourth inning.

Alea Barrett and Brooke Rodas both had a pair of hits for the Lady Eagles.

Cheryl Wertman File Photo – Nic Cole

Kendall wrapped up the Genesee Region League baseball season on a high note by romping past Byron-Bergen 16-1 this afternoon.

A quartet of pitchers including Nic Cole, Andrew Cole, Sammy Conte and Jacob Abrams combined to hurl a 2 hitter with 7 strikeouts for the Eagles. Nic Cole, who hurled the first two innings, struck out 3 and became the Eagles career strikeout leader with 277.

Jonny Conte, Vinnie D’Agostino, Sammy Conte, Luca D’Agostino and Abrams each banged out a pair of hits to lead the Eagles at the plate.

Kendall moved on top to stay by scoring 4 quick runs in the first inning as Sammy Conte and Abrams both had RBI singles. A single by Jonny Conte and a double by Vinnie D’Agostino ignited the uprising.

Keeping the momentum, the Eagles added 5 runs in the second as Sammy Conte had a two-run single. Singles by CJ D’Agostino and Vinnie D’Agostino and a walk set up the opportunity.

Abrams also had a two-run double and Luca D’Agostino an RBI single in the third.

Kendall finishes the regular season at 12-1 in G-R action and 17-2 overall.

Nichols 4, Medina 3
A last inning rally fell just short as Medina dropped a 4-3 decision at Nichols in a non league game this afternoon.

Trailing 4-2, Medina scored once in the top of the seventh on an RBI sacrifice fly by Vinny Gray, which followed a single by Carlos Doval and a sacrifice bunt by Jacob Duffina. However, the Mustangs could not plate the equalizer as they left runners standed at second and third.

Medina, which had a 15 game win streak snapped, also scored twice in the first inning on an RBI triple by Aidan Papaj and a wild pitch.

Nichols scored all 4 of its runs in the third inning on a double, 4 singles, an error and a walk.

Tonawanda 13, Barker 3
Leading by a narrow 3-2 margin, Tonawanda erupted for 8 runs in the third inning on 6 singles and a pair of errors to key a 13-3 non league win over Barker.