Avenging an earlier season loss, Holley downed visiting Medina 18-13 in a non league softball game this afternoon.

Leigha Walker, Tia Hoffarth, Layne Walker and Alyssa Wright each had 2 hits for Holley.

Alayna Smith had 3 doubles, Eva Lacy 3 hits and Rylee VanNostrand a double for Medina.

In a Genesee Region League game, Attica downed Oakfield-Alabama 14-9 as Elise Dressel had a key three run double in the second inning and had a key double play later in the contest.

In a Niagara-Orleans League contest, Akron defeated Albion 14-2.

Cami London, Kenzi Snook and Emma Foote each had a hit for Albion.

Albion split with host Akron in a Niagara-Orleans League track meet this afternoon.

Albion won the boys’ meet 116-25 and Akron took the girls’ competition 118-22.

The Albion boys had a trio of individual event double winners as Kwame Riley took the 100 and 200, Cencere Lowe the Long Jump and Triple Jump and Landin Chaffee the 1600 and 3200.

In the girls’ meet, Akron’s Sophia Jones took both the 100 and 200 and Albion’s S’koi Sanders the Long Jump and Triple Jump.

Barker and Newfane also split in the other N-O meet. The Raiders won the boys’ meet 78-62 and Newfane the girls’ 94-42.

Mason Allee Castro was a triple winner for the Barker boys in the 800, 1600 and 3200.

Ben Dickinson was a quadruple winner for Newfane in the 200, 400, Long Jump and High Jump.

In the girls’ meet for Newfane Stephanie Chunco was a triple winner in the 100, 200 and 400 while Anna Chunco doubled in the Long Jump and 400 Hurdles as did Kylie Bowman in the 1500 and 3000.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Putting together a strong finish, Medina High graduate and University of South Florida junior Melanie Green placed fourth at the American Athletic Conference golf championship tournament held this week at the Southern Hills Gold Club in Brooksville, Florida.

Birding three of the final four holes, Green shot a 70 on the final round Wednesday.

She finished with a three day tournament total score of five under par 211 after firing rounds of 67 and 74 over the first two days.

The top 10 finish was her eighth in 10 events during the Bulls 2022-23 season.

Green, who has earned American Athletic All Conference honors the past two years, led the Bulls to a fifth place finish in the tournament’s final team standings.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Haley Shaffer slides into third base as Kendall’s Lia Karson goes for the ball. The action took place during the host Lady Tigers win over the Lady Eagles this afternoon.

A big eight run third inning scoring burst keyed Lyndonville to a 16-1 win over visiting Lyndonville in a Genesee Region League softball game this afternoon.

Winning pitcher Haley Shaffer banged out a three-run triple to key that uprising. In the circle, she allowed 2 hits and struck out 6.

Lorelei Dillenbeck had 4 hits, including a double, Alexa Robinson 2, including a double, and Addison Dillenbeck 2 for the Lady Tigers.

In another G-R contest, Oakfield-Alabama used a 10 run second inning to key a 15-0 win over Holley.

Kendall’s Ella Christ is tagged out going to third by Lyndonville’s Brianna Krisher.

Roy-Hart 10, Medina 3
Erupting for 7 quick runs in the first inning, Roy-Hart went on to down visiting Medina 10-3 in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Abby Fox had a triple, Maria Peracciny and Hayley Hillburn doubles and Emily Scott and Adella Dukes singles during the decisive inning for the Lady Rams.

Alayna Smith and Lilah Class both had doubles and Samantha Heschke a pair of hits for Medina.

In the other N-O contests, Wilson downed Albion 15-1 and Akron bested Newfane 14-6.

N-O Tennis
In N-O tennis matches this afternoon, Barker downed Roy-Hart 5-1/2, Akron topped Newfane 4-1 and Wilson defeated Medina 5 1/2-0.

Matt Ryan, Levi Hauser and Daniel Goodwin scored singles win to lead the way for Barker.

Medina rolled to a 22-8 win over host Wilson in a Class D Division lacrosse game this evening.

Cayden Lilleby scored 8 goals, Josh Wilson 7, Cole Callard 4, Liam Castricone 2 and Jacob Rissew 1 for the Mustangs which led 6-3 after the first period, 12-8 at the half and 19-8 after three quarters.

Now 2-1 in the division and 4-2 overall, Medina next visits Salamanca at 11 Saturday morning.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina pitcher Aidan Paul carries Aidan Papaj off on his shoulders after Papaj banged out the game winning RBI single in the eighth inning for a 3-2 win over Albion at Vets Park this afternoon. The Mustangs also completed a 7-4 win over the Purple Eagles to finish a game suspended on Monday.

Medina swept to a pair of victories over rival Albion at Vets Park this afternoon to open the Niagara-Orleans League baseball season at 2-0.

Medina first nipped the Albion 3-2 in eight innings in the regularly scheduled game.

The Mustangs then completed the sweep by finishing up Monday’s game, which was halted by bad weather and field conditions at Albion, by posting a 7-4 victory.

Aidan Papaj drove in the winning run for the Mustangs in the opener by banging out a single with two out in the bottom of the eighth inning. He also drove in a run in the second inning with a sacrifice fly which gave the Mustangs a 2-0 lead.

Albion tied the game in the third inning on a two out, two-run triple by Jason Conn.

The contest was a pitchers duel as Medina’s Aidan Paul allowed just 2 hits and struck out 16 in seven and two-thirds innings of work on the mound and Albion’s Dallas Ecker scattered 5 hits and struck out 5 in six and one-third innings of work.

Albion catcher Nate Gibson also had a big game as he threw three runners out trying to steal second base.

In the second game, Medina held a 7-3 lead with two out in the bottom of the third inning when play resumed today. Albion did get the bases loaded in the frame but Medina pitcher Julian Woodworth got out of the jam with a clutch inning ending strikeout.

The Purple Eagles scored the only run over the last four innings in the sixth inning off a double play triggered by Medina shortstop Aiden Pitts which helped get the Mustangs out of a bases loaded jam.

Albion also turned a double play in the seventh inning started by shortstop Amari Jones.

Woodworth scattered 3 hits and struck out 6 over the final four and one-third innings.

Medina had scored 7 runs in the top of the third inning on Monday to erase a 2-0 deficit and key the win. The Mustangs scored on an RBI single by Carter Woodworth, a double steal, two wild pitches and three errors. Leadoff singles by Papaj and Aidan Paul ignited that uprising.

Newfane 3, Barker 1
Newfane trimmed Barker 3-1 in another pitchers duel. Newfane’s Aiden Perry threw 1 hitter with 9 strikeouts over the seven innings while Barker’s Aidan Voss allowed only 2 hits and struck out 9 over six and two-thirds innings.

Jon Beiter banged out what proved to be the game winning two-run single in the first inning.

Wilson 2, Roy-Hart 0
Pitching likewise dominated in Wilson’s 2-0 win over Roy-Hart. Wilson’s Tyler Johnston allowed 3 hits with 10 strikeouts over the seven innings while Roy-Hart’s Thomas Russo gave up just 1 hit and struck out 14 over six innings.

Wilson scored on an error and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Johnston.

Byron-Bergen 7, Kendall 5

Rallying from a 4-0 deficit, Byron-Bergen downed Kendall 7-5 in a Genesee Region League game.

Vinny D’Agostino, James Fox and Jacek Kwiatkowski each had 2 hits for Kendall. Fox had a two-run single, Zach Barrett a double and James Swift an RBI single in the third inning which put the Eagles up 4-0.

Niagara-Orleans League track and field competition got off to a chilly start this afternoon as Albion split at Barker and Wilson swept visiting Medina.

Albion defeated Barker 73-67 in the boys’ meet as Kyle Radder was a double winner in the 110 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles and Kwame Riley in the 100 and 200.

Mason Allee Castro was a triple winner for Barker in the 800, 1600 and 3200.

Barker bested Albion 91-48 in the girls’ meet as Jordan Kinne doubled in the 100 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles and Makayla Woock in the 800 and 1500.

Meganne Moore doubled in the High Jump and Triple Jump and S’koi Sanders in the 400 and Long Jump for Albion.

The Wilson boys defeated Medina 79-62 as Jayden Ruble doubled in the 1600 and 3200 and Michael Ruble in the 400 and Pole Vault.

Bryson Costich was a double winner for Medina in the Long Jump and Triple Jump.

The Wilson girls completed the sweep by downing Medina 82-51. Maddy Schultz was a triple winner in the High Jump, 100 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles while Marissa Schultz doubled in the Triple Jump and Pole Vault and Addison Elia in the 200 and 400.

Madison Mark was a double winner for Medina in the 1500 and 3000.

The Roy-Hart vs. Akron meet was postponed.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s James Fox steals second base ahead of the tag by Lyndonville’s Colton Smith during this afternoon’s Genesee Region League game which saw the Eagles down the host Tigers 15-0.

Pulling away with a big third inning scoring burst, Kendall went on to blank host Lyndonville 15-0 in a chilly Genesee Region League game this afternoon.

Leading 2-0, the Eagles broke the contest open by scoring 5 runs in the third inning sparked by a double by Nate Shaw and a single by James Swift.

Vinny D’Agostino had 2 hits on the day for Kendall which improves to 2-1 in the league.

Nick Cole earned the win on the mound for the Eagles allowing just 1 hit and striking out 4 in 4 innings of work on the mound.

Trenton Muck had the lone hit for Lyndonville which is now 1-2 in the league.

Kendall’s Zach Barrett takes aim at making solid contact.

Barker trimmed Wilson 6-5 to improve to 2-1 in Niagara-Orleans League softball competition.

Peyton Bradley hurled a 3 hitter with 14 strikeouts for Barker which at the plate got 2 hits from both Aaliyah Wheat and Mia Herman.

Rian Faery had a pair of triples for Wilson.

Medina 11, Newfane 1
Medina defeated Newfane 11-1 in a contest called after three innings.

Baileigh McAdoo and Lorelei Sanders both had 2 hits for Medina as winning pitcher Lilah Class had a triple and Rylee VanNostrand and Sophia Goyette doubles.

Notre Dame 9, Lyndonville 8
Trailing 8-3, Notre Dame rallied for 6 runs in the top of the seventh inning to nip host Lyndonville 8-7 in a Genesee Region League game.

Emma Sisson had a two-run single to highlight the decisive late rally for the Irish.

Lyndonville had built up the five run lead by scoring 4 times in the fifth inning as Haley Shaffer had a two-run double and Addison Dillenbeck a triple and twice in the sixth on RBI hits by Dillenbeck and Brianna Krisher. Dillenbeck finished with 3 hits and Krisher 2.

In another G-R contest, Alexander defeated Holley 16-0.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion catcher Caden Uderitz tags out Medina’s Brody Fry during this afternoon’s Niagara-Orleans League opener at Albion which was suspended by bad weather in the third inning with the Mustangs leading the Purple Eagles.

The Niagara-Orleans League baseball season got off to a soggy start this afternoon as rain and deteriorating field conditions caused play in the Medina at Albion game to be suspended in the third inning with the Mustangs leading the host Purple Eagles 7-3.

The two teams will conclude their N-O season opening home-and-home series at Medina on Wednesday. Today’s contest will be completed right after that game.

Albion grabbed a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a bases loaded walk and a fielders choice play.

Medina answered back with a big seven run scoring burst in the top of the third inning on an RBI single by Carter Woodworth, a double steal, two wild pitches and three errors. Leadoff singles by Aiden Papaj and Aidan Paul ignited that uprising which also included a double by Julian Woodworth..

Albion did score once in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by Jacob Hughson before play was halted.

Newfane downed Barker 19-2 in the lone N-O game completed as the Roy-Hart vs. Wilson contest was postponed.

In a Genesee Region League game, Notre Dame downed host Lyndonville 17-0.

Medina’s Aidan Paul slides into third base ahead of the tag by Chris Sacco.