Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Aidan Papaj gets the force out at second base on Barker’s Tristen Garcia during the Mustangs win over the Raiders at Vets Park this afternoon.

Scoring early and often, Medina rolled to a 17-0 win over Barker in a Niagara-Orleans League game at Vets Park this afternoon.

Setting the tone, Medina scored 4 quick runs in the first inning on RBI triples by Aidan Paul and Aiden Pitts along with run producing sacrifices by Brody Fry and Aidan Papaj.

Paul quickly upped the lead to 7-0 by belting a three-run home run in the second inning as a leadoff double by Preston Woodworth and a walk set up the threat.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs erupted for 5 runs in the third inning on a two-run homer by Richard Keppler, an RBI triple by Julian Woodworth, an RBI double by Paul and an RBI single by Fry. to make it 12-0.

The Mustangs also scored 5 times in the fifth frame to close out the win highlighted by a three-run double by Julian Woodworth.

In all 9 of the Mustangs 14 hits were for extra bases.

Fry and Vinny Gray shared in the pitching duties for the Mustangs combining on a 4 hitter with 7 strikeouts.

Medina improves to 4-1 in the league while Barker slips to 0-8.

The Mustangs next host Roy-Hart at 4:30 p.m. Friday.

Barker’s Noah Sandolfini and Michael Kalyynycz collide while going for a fly ball as Sandolfini made the catch.

Richard Keppler gets congratulations from his Mustang teammates after hitting a third inning home run.

Getting goal production from eight players, Medina romped to a 19-2 victory over host Tonawanda in a Class D Division lacrosse game this afternoon.

Josh Wilson and Will Prest each scored 4 goals to lead the Medina attack. Dylan Lonnen and Cole Callard both added 3, Liam Castricone 2 and Ayden Johnson, Chris Leavitt and Lucius Wagner 1 each.

The Mustangs took charge at the outset jumping out to a 7-1 first quarter lead as Wilson and Prest each scored 3 goals during that stretch.

Medina maintained leads of 13-1 at the half and 16-1 at the three-quarter mark.

Now at 4-3 in the division and 6-4 overall, Medina next hosts Newfane at 7:15 p.m. Friday.

Contributed Photo -Lyndonville’s 1986 boys soccer team will be inducted into the Tigers Athletic Hall of Fame later this month.

Coach Wes Bradley and Josh Brabon will also be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Three new members will be inducted into the Lyndonville Athletic Hall of Fame during the third annual ceremonies at 2 p.m. May 28 at the White Birch.

The new inductees include the 1986 boys soccer team, long time soccer coach Wes Bradley and 2012 graduate Josh Brabon who excelled in both wrestling and baseball.

The soccer team, which was coached by Bradley, became Lyndonville’s first team to qualify for the state playoffs.

Keeping the momentum from claiming outright possession of a Genesee Region League division title for the first time, the Tigers went on to capture their first ever sectional championship blanking Belfast 2-0 for the D1 title. The Tigers went on to nip Richburg 2-1 on a last minute goal to claim the overall Section V Class D title and a berth in the stare playoffs. The Tigers were nipped 2-1 by North Collins in the Regionals.

Members of Coach Bradley’s team included Gary Bayne, Eric Bentley, Bruce Blanchard, Derek Dix (Co-Captain), Jeff Dix, Dave Donald (Co-Captain), John Donald, Kent Fischer, Scott Goodrich, Opie Harris, Jaime Harrold, Chris Hayes, Gary (Steve) Hibbard, Neil Hungerford, Kurt Leta, Bob Parker, Robbie Pawlik, John Pike, John Powley, Todd Reimer, Chris Seibert, Dan Soder, Keith Taylor, David Wells and Matt Woodworth.

Bradley coached the Tigers soccer squad from its inaugural season of 1976 through 2002. He was named Coach of the Year four times (1979, 1980, 1984 and 1988) and during his 27 years of coaching he had 31 players go on to play soccer at various college levels.

He was involved in the formation and administration of the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) Region 426 for Lyndonville, Medina and Roy-Hart from 1984-1999. He received the Section V Merit Award for soccer in 1989 and the Appreciation Award in 2-001.

Inducted into the SUNY Potsdam Sports Hall of Fame in 1996, he also coached track and field, volleyball, softball and basketball at Lyndonville before retiring in 2003.

Brabon captured sectional wrestling tiles in each of his five years on the Tigers varsity team. He was a two-time Section 5 place finisher taking 5th in 2011 and reaching the finals in 2012. He finished his career with 157 varsity wins.

Also a three year member of the varsity baseball team, he was named G-R Player of the Year and received Lyndonville’s Ted Hettig Award in both 2011 and 2012 which is given to the varsity baseball player with the highest league batting average.

Tickets for the banquet can be obtained by contacting Lyndonville Athletic Director Jim Zeliff at (585) 765-3143 or jzeliff@lcsdk12.org.

In a rainy late evening extra inning marathon, Albion knocked front-running Akron from the ranks of the unbeaten by a narrow 20-19 margin in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game Tuesday.

Albion pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as Cami London singled and came home on a passed ball.

London finished with a total of 4 hits, including a triple, as Leah Pawlak had 3 and Alison Gibson and winning pitcher Alana Irvine 2 each. Kenzi Snook also belted a grand slam home run in the fifth inning.

In the circle, Irvine struck out 9.

Akron is now 6-1 and Albion 3-4 in N-O action.

Elba 31, Holley 10
Lydia Ross and Madison Thompson both had 4 hits for Elba in the 31-10 Genesee Region League win over Holley which got 4 hits from Tia Hoffarth.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman -Aiden Cherry puts up a shot for the Medina Unified basketball team as Paige Miller and Katrina Arnold defend for Newfane during the host Mustangs 45-34 win today.

Jumping out to a 10-0 lead at the outset, the Medina Unified Basketball team went on to defeat visiting Newfane 45-34 today before a large crowd.

Aiden Cherry and Jackson Tuohey had four points each while Avion Johnson had two in the opening quarter.

The second quarter was a back-and-forth contest with each team scoring eight points. Steven Secore led Medina with four points. Avion Johnson and Tuohey both added two as Medina led 18-12 at the half.

The Mustangs exploded in the third quarter, scoring 19 points as Matthew Kennedy had the hot hand scoring 12. Tuohey had four and  Johnson hit a three-point shot. Medina led 37-22 going into the final period.

Newfane mounted a comeback in the final stanza, twice pulling within five points. However, Medina was able to hang on for the win. Russell Brunette, Johnson, Kennedy and Tuohey each had two points.

Kennedy led all scorers with 14 points. Tuohey had 12,Johnson 9, Cherry 4,Secore 4, and Brunette 2.

Medina is now 2-0 and takes on the Lockport Lions next Wednesday May 10th.

The Medina Unified squad received plenty of vocal support from members of the Mustangs baseball, lacrosse and softball teams.

Defending champion Albion posted a rainy 73-58 win over host Wilson this afternoon in a key late season Niagara-Orleans League boys track meet clash of unbeatens.

The Purple Eagles improve to 5-0 and the Lakemen slip to 3-1.

Cencere Lowe was a double winner in the Long Jump and Triple Jump for Albion which also had Finn McCue take the 400, Adrian Figueroa the 400 Hurdles, Kwame Riley the 200, Nick Harling the High Jump and Kyle Radder the 110 Hurdles.

Jayden Ruble doubled in the 1600 and 3200 and Jack Mahar in the Pole Vault and Shotput for Wilson.

Wilson downed Albion in the girls’ meet 92-49 as Marissa Schultz took both the Triple Jump and Pole Vault, Madeline Schultz the 100 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles, Bella Thrush the Long Jump and 100 and Addison Elia the 200 and 400.

The Roy-Hart boys defeated Newfane 83-60 as Jack Johnson doubled in the 110 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles and Landon Guild in the 100 and 200.

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

Newfane bested Roy-Hart 76-60 in the girls’ meet as Kyle Bowman was a triple winner in the 800, 1500 and 3000.

Julia Miles was a double winner for Roy-Hart in the 100 Hurdles and High Jump.

The Akron at Medina meet was not completed due to the weather.

In the portion of the boys’ meet that was completed Medina had Jackson Moreland won both the 100 and 200 and Kaedon Cleveland the 110 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles.

For Medina in the portion of the girls’ meet that was complete Ellie Roath doubled in the 100 Hurdles and 200.

Improving to 7-2, Albion shutout Medina 5 1/2-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match this afternoon.

Leo Bolton, Aiden Miller and Mark Ames all scored singles victories to lead the way for Albion.

The Purple Eagles also got wins from the doubles teams of Clara Bolton – Oliver Beach, Jordan Marshall – Jason Anstey and Jackie Santiago Garcia – Joel Slack.

Scoring in dramatic walk off fashion in the bottom of the seventh inning, Roy-Hart posted a narrow 2-1 win over Akron in a key Niagara-Orleans League game on the turf at Newfane this afternoon.

Dawson Draper banged out a double with two out in the last of the seventh to drive in the winning run for the Rams which take over first place by a narrow margin in the tight four-way N-O title chase. A two-out double by Brayden Hy followed by an intentional walk to winning pitcher Thomas Russo set up the opportunity.

Hy also accounted for the Rams only other run as he tripled and came home on a passed ball in the first inning.

Hy, Draper and Jake Gould each finished with three hits for the Rams.

Akron rallied to tie the game at 1-1 in the sixth on an RBI single by Jack Julicher. A walk and Vincent Consiglio’s second single of the game set up the threat.

On the mound, Russo scattered 4 hits and struck out 11.

Roy-Hart is now 5-1 while Akron, Wilson and Medina are all deadlocked at 3-1.

Medina 4, Barker 0
Aidan Paul hurled a two hit shutout with 17 strikeouts to lead Medina past host Barker 4-0.

Aiden Pitts drove in what proved to be the game winner for Medina with a sacrifice in the first inning.

The Mustangs tacked on 3 runs in the second on sacrifices by Brody Fry and Richard Keppler and a single by Paul who had 2 hits on the day.

Aidan Voss struck out 5 in 6 innings of work on the mound for Barker which is now 0-7 in N-O action.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Janessa Lindsey reaches for the ball for a force out of Medina’s Eva Lacy at second base during this afternoon’s game at Vets Park which was won by the visiting Purple Eagles.

A big two out, early inning scoring burst sparked Albion to a 10-6 win over Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game at Vets Park this afternoon.

Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, Albion regained the lead for good by erupting for 5 runs with two out in the second inning on a two-run triple by Cami London, an RBI triple by Madison Hughson, a single by Alana Irvine and an error. A leadoff double by Janessa Lindsey ignited the uprising.

London also had a two-run double and Mackenzie Snook an RBI single in the fifth inning and Hughson an RBI single in the first.

Rylee VanNostrand had RBI singles in both the first and seventh innings for Medina which also got triples from Iyla Lilleby and Eva Lacy and an RBI single from Baileigh McAdoo in the third and an RBI single by Sophia Goyette in the sixth.

Albion is now 2-4 and Medina 1-6 in N-O action.

Roy-Hart 14, Newfane 0
Adella Dukes had a home run and a double, Kaitlin Mettler 2 singles and a triple, Peyton May a double and single and Abby Fox and Lila Brigham 2 singles each to lead the offense for Roy-Hart.

In the circle, Millie Owen registered 10 strikeouts for the Lady Rams.

Medina’s Rylee VanNostrand tags out Albion’s Alana Irvine who was trying to steal second as Sophia Goyette backs up the play.