Contributed Photo – Jalin Cooper

Already a member of the Duquesne University football team, Medina High graduate Jalin Cooper has made a sparkling debut with the Dukes track team.

In his first race for the Dukes, Cooper won the 100 meter dash at Carnegie Mellon in the season opener a week ago in a time of :10.76 which is the fifth best all-time at Duquesne.

He also was a member of the winning 400 meter relay team which scored a win in a time of :41.27 which is fourth list all-time at Duquesne.

This past weekend Cooper had a personal best time of :22.30 in the 200 meter dash.

During his scholastic days at Medina Cooper earned all-league honors for the Mustangs in football, basketball and track. In track he earned top five finishes at the state championship meet in both the 100 and 200.

Niagara-Orleans League baseball and track competition will get underway this coming week.

On the baseball diamond, defending co-champions Medina and Roy-Hart will both open on the road at 4:45 p.m. Monday. The Mustangs will visit rival Albion and the Rams will travel to Wilson. Barker will visit Newfane in the other opener at Akron draws the bye.

Tuesday’s track openers will have Albion at Barker, Medina at Wilson and Akron at Roy-Hart. Because of the installation of a turf football field at Albion all of the Purple Eagles meets will be on the road this season.

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

Tuesday
Baseball – Kendall at Lyndonville, Oakfield-Alabama at Holley, 5 p.m.
Softball – Oakfield-Alabama at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.; Kendall at Notre Dame, 5 p.m.
Tennis – Roy-Hart at Newfane, Barker at Alexander, 4 p.m.
Track – Medina at Wilson, Albion at Barker, Akron at Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday
Baseball – Albion at Medina, Wilson at Roy-Hart, Newfane at Barker, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Medina at Roy-Hart, Wilson at Albion, Newfane at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, Lyndonville at Kendall, 5 p.m.
Tennis – Roy-Hart at Barker, Newfane at Akron, Wilson at Medina, Holley at Elba, Notre Dame at Kendall, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Wilson, 6 p.m.
Track – Lyndonville at Holley, 5 p.m.

Thursday
Baseball – Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville, Elba at Kendall, 5 p.m.
Softball – Medina at Holley, Lyndonville at Kendall, 5 p.m.
Tennis – Akron at Albion, Newfane at Barker, 4 p.m.
Track – Albion at Akron, Newfane at Barker, 4:30 p.m.

Friday
Baseball – Albion at Barker, Newfane at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Akron at Medina, Wilson at Roy-Hart, Barker at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.; Lyndonville at Byron-Bergen, Kendall a Elba, 5 p.m.
Tennis – Albion at Barker, Byron-Bergen at Holley, Kendall at Alexander, 4 p.m.

Saturday
Baseball – Attica at Lyndonville, Holley at Notre Dame, 11 a.m.
Softball – Albion at Wilson, 12 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Salamanca, 11 a.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Addison Dillenbeck slides safely into home ahead of a tag by Roy-Hart catcher Peyton May during the host Lady Tigers non league win this morning.

Scoring six runs in the first two innings, Lyndonville went on to down visiting Roy-Hart 8-1 in a non league softball game this morning.

Addison Dillenbeck had 4 hits, including a triple, and Lorelei Dillenbeck 2, including a triple, to lead the Lyndonville offense. Lorelei Dillenbeck also allowed 4 hits and struck out 8 in the circle.

Attica 15, Holley 2
Teanna Church and Caitlin Dobri both had a pair of hits for Holley in th 15-2 Genesee Region League loss to Attica.

Roy-Hart’s Juliana Buscarino tries to put the tag on Lyndonville’s Lorelei Dillenbeck at third base.

Baseball
Canisius 1, Medina 0
Canisius pushed across a run in the bottom of the 8th inning to nip visiting Medina 1-0 in a non league game this afternoon.

Aidan Paul scattered 6 hits and struck out 11 in six and two-thirds innings of work on the mound for the Mustangs.

Elba 2, Barker 0
Elba scored a pair of unearned runs in the seventh inning to edge Barker 2-0 in a non league contest.

Aidan Voss allowed only 2 hits and struck out 8 on the mound for Barker.

In a G-R contest, Notre Dame downed Kendall 6-1.

Improving to 2-1, Barker downed host Medina 5 1/2-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match this afternoon.

Matt Ryan, Levi Hauser and Daniel Goodwin scored singles wins for Barker.

The Raiders also got wins from the doubles teams of Tommy Harris – Luke DerSarkissian, Andrew Hillman – Cameron Hefferon and Madison Miller — Sara Meza Ray.

In another N-O match, Akron (3-0) downed Roy-Hart (0-3) 5-1/2.

Baseball

Attica downed Holley 11-1 in a Genesee Region League baseball game and Newfane blanked Lyndonville 12-0 in a non league cotnest.

Seth Janus singled in the lone run for Holley which also got hits from Miles Lammes and Eli Lang. Lammes also registered 9 strikeouts in 4 and a third innings of work on the mound.

A big second quarter scoring burst sparked East Aurora to a 19-7 win over visiting Medina in a Class D Division lacrosse game this afternoon.

Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, the Blue Devils outscored the Mustangs 9-2 in the decisive second period to open up a 10-3 advantage at the half.

Cayden Lilleby scored 4 goals as Josh Wilson, Jacob Rissew and Dylan Lonnen each netted 1 for Medina which is now 1-1 in the division and 3-2 overall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Iyla Lilleby slides into third base ahead of a tag by Albion’s Leah Pawlak. The action took place during the host Purple Eagles sea-saw one run win over the Mustangs this afternoon.

In a tight sea-saw battle, which featured no less than seven lead changes, Albion nipped visiting Medina 11-10 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game.

Albion, which scored in every inning, plated the game winner with two out in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Madison Hughson snapping a 10-10 tie. A leadoff triple by winning pitcher Alana Irvine sparked the rally.

Three lead changes in the first three innings set the tone for the back-and-forth contest.

A two-run single by Cami London capped a three run second inning which put Albion up 4-2.

Medina though answered right back with four runs in the top of the third on a two-run single by Lilah Class and RBI singles by Baileigh McAdoo and Lorelei Sanders to regain a 6-4 lead. A fourth inning triple by Iyla Lilleby kept the Mustangs up 7-5.

Albion though quickly pulled even at 7-7 by scoring twice in the home half of the fourth on an error and a sacrifice fly by London. The Purple Eagles then went up 8-7 with an unearned run in the fifth.

Medina took the lead for the last time at 9-8 by scoring twice in the top of the sixth on RBI singles by Lilleby and McAdoo.

The Purple Eagles went back up 10-9 in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI triple by Maya Knaak and a fielders choice play off the bat of Leah Pawlak.

The Mustangs did pull even with a run in the top of the seventh on a fielders choice play off the bat of Breanne Demmer but could not regain the lead.

That set the stage of Albion’s walk off winning run in the last of the seventh on Hughson’s third single of the day.

Irvine, Abigail Wittenberg and Mackenzie Snook each had a pair of hits for the Purple Eagles.

Lilleby and Samantha Heschke both had 3 hits and McAdoo 2 for the Mustangs.

Albion is now 1-1 and Medina 0-1 in N-O action.

Albion second baseman Janessa Lindsey tries to turn a double play as Medina’s Baileigh McAdoo nears second base.

Akron 8, Barker 7
Elise Logan had 3 hits, including a three-run homer, to lead Akron to a narrow 8-7 win at Barker.

Natalie Brandel, Kaylee Stoll and Rachel Sutter each had multiple hits for Barker.

Akron is 2-0 and Barker 1-1 in the league.

Roy-Hart 31, Newfane 4
Kaitlin Metter had a home run, triple and 3 singles, Peyton May 3 singles, Maria Peracciny a double and single and Emily Scott 2 singles to lead Roy-Hart to a 31-4 win over Newfane.

Lyndonville 22, Elba 1
Lyndonville romped to a 22-1 Genesee Region League win at Elba as Lorelei Dillenbeck had 5 hits, including a triple, home run and 6 RBI. Alexa Robinson and Addison Dillenbeck each chipped in with 3 hits.

The Lady Tigers will next host Roy-Hart in a non league game at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Kendall opened the Genesee Region League baseball season on a high note by nipping host Attica 7-6 this afternoon.

James Fox, Louis Conte and Jonathan Conte each had a pair of hits for Kendall which scored what proved to be the decisive two runs in the sixth inning on an error.

Nick Cole earned the win on the mound for the Eagles allowing 4 hits and striking out 5 in three and a third innings of work.

In a non league contest, Barker dropped a 12-1 decision to visiting Alexander.

Lucas Kimber had a double for the Raiders.

G-R Softball

Pembroke downed Holley 19-3 in a G-R softball game.

Barker edged past Albion 3-2 1/2 in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match this afternoon.

Levi Hauser and Daniel Goodwin scored singles wins for Barker which also got a victory from the first doubles team of Tom Harris and Lucas DerSarkissian.

Leo Bolton won at first singles for Albion which also got wins from the doubles teams of Jordan Marshall – Jason Anstey and Ethan Merrill – Joel Slack.

In another N-O match, Wilson downed Roy-Hart 5-0.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Chris Sacco slides into third base ahead of a tag by Notre Dame’s Jaden Sherwood during the Purple Eagles narrow loss to the Irish this afternoon at Dwyer Stadium.

Hits and runs were hard to come by as Notre Dame nipped Albion 2-1 in a non league pitchers duel this afternoon at Batavia’s Dwyer Stadium.

Bryce Berry hurled a one hitter with 16 strikeouts and also banged out three hits to lead the way for Notre Dame.

Amari Jones likewise went the distance on the mound for Albion scattering 4 hits and striking out 4. He also triggered a double play in the fifth inning, picked a runner off second in the first and also had the Purple Eagles lone base hit.

Albion grabbed a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning as Chris Sacco walked, advanced on a single by Jones and came home on a wild pitch.

However, the Purple Eagles could not score again as Berry allowed just one walk the rest of the way as he retired 19 of the final 20 batters he faced.

Notre Dame tied the game in the fourth inning as Berry singled, stole second and came home on a fielders choice play off the bat of Jaden Sherwood.

The Irish then scored the game winner in the sixth as Berry singled and scored on an error.

Albion next hosts Medina on Monday to open the Niagara-Orleans League season.

Albion’s Javon Jones tags out Notre Dame’s Bryce Berry on an early inning pick off play.

Albion pitcher Amari Jones goes a long way to catch a foul ball just ahead of Purple Eagles catcher Nate Gibson.

Getting goal production from nine players, Medina rolled to a 19-4 victory over host Sweet Home in a non league lacrosse game this evening.

Cayden Lilleby and Josh Wilson both scored 4 goals to lead the Mustangs scoring parade as Cole Callard added 3, Will Prest and Lucius Wagner 2 and Dylan Lonnen, Liam Castricone,  Ayden Johnson and Jacob Rissew 1 each.

Leading 2-1, the Mustangs broke the contest wide open by outscoring the Panthers 9-1 in the second quarter to open up a commanding 11-2 half-time advantage.

Improving to 3-1, Medina next visits East Aurora at 5:30 p.m. Friday for a Class D Division contest.