Seeded No. 8, Medina will open Section VI Class D lacrosse playoff action by hosting No. 9 Tonawanda in a pre-quarterfinal round game at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Vets Park.

Medina went 2-7 in the D Division and 2-11 overall during the regular season while Tonawanda was 1-8, 2-13.

The Mustangs downed the Timberwolves 5-2 in the season opener.

The victor will visit top seeded East Aurora in the quarterfinals on Friday.

The other Class D pre-quarterfinal game will have No. 10 Newfane (0-9, 0-13) at No. 7 Depew (4-5, 5-11) at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The winner will visit No. 2 Akron on Friday.

It was a long trip to Olean Sunday as the Medina Mustangs FC dropped a 4-0 decision to the Cattaraugus County FC in a Buffalo District Soccer League Championship Division game played at St. Bonaventure.

The loss drops Medina FC, which has been short handed so fa this season, to 0-3.

The Mustangs will next face the Rance FC on May 31 at Sahlen’s Sports Park.

Seeded No. 8, Albion will host No. 9 Dunkirk at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the pre-quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class A2 softball playoffs.

The victor will then visit top seeded Iroquois in the semifinals at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Tuesday’s Class B pre-quarterfinal matchups will have No. 5 Roy-Hart hosting No. 12 Salamanca, No. 15 Medina at No. 2 Alden, No. 10 Akron at No 7 Performing Arts and No. 14 Newfane at No. 3 Allegany-Limestone all at 5 p.m.

In Class C both top seeded Wilson and No. 2 Barker have drawn first round byes.

On Thursday at 5 p.m., Wilson will host the winner of Tuesday’s No. 9 Portville vs. No. 8 Gowanda game and Barker will host the winner of the No. 10 Westfield vs. No. 7 Silver Creek contest.

The local high school sports scene will see the wrap-up of the regular season and the start of sectional competition this coming week.

Monday will be the last full day of the regular season.

Monday’s baseball action will have Medina at Nichols (5:45 p.m.), Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama (5 p.m.) and Byron-Bergen at Kendall (5 p.m.).

Softball competition will have Lyndonville playing a doubleheader at Elba as the Lady Tigers will face Elba at 4:30 p.m. and Notre Dame at 6:30 p.m. Kendall will also visit Aquinas at 5 p.m.

Tennis matches will have Medina vs. Newfane and Roy-Hart vs. Barker at 4:15 p.m.

The Medina lacrosse squad will visit Starpoint at 7:30 p.m.

The annual Niagara-Orleans All League track meet will be held at Wilson at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

The Section V baseball and softball seeding meetings will be held on Tuesday. The Section VI baseball seeding meeting will be held on Thursday while the softball meeting is scheduled for today.

Jumping out to a 14-0 half-time lead, Bloomfield went on to down visiting Medina 16-3 in a non league lacrosse game this afternoon.

Brennan Allen, Adler Class and Sawyer Lilleby each scored a goal for Medina.

The Mustangs will close out the regular season with an inter divisional game at Starpoint Monday evening at 7:30.

A five run second inning keyed Roy-Hart to an 8-4 victory over Akron this morning to close out the Niagara-Orleans League softball season.

Hayley Hillburn had a single and a double and 3 RBIs, winning pitcher Abby Fox a single and double, Alayna Kowalski a double, Grace Pearl 2 singles and Madelyn Totah a single to lead the offense for Roy-Hart.

Fox registered 9 strikeouts in the circle.

Addison Massaro had 3 hits for Akron as Kylie Mangione and Kenadee Jonathan both had 2.

Making it three wins in a row, Roy-Hart finishes the N-O season in the runner-up spot at 9-3 and Akron at 6-6.

Final N-O Standings
Barker 10-2, Wilson 10-2, Roy-Hart 9-3, Akron 6-6, Albion 4-8, Newfane 2-10, Medina 1-11.

Lockport 5, Barker 3
A four run first inning sparked Lockport to a 5-3 win over Barker in a non league game.

Madyson Flint and Peyton Bradley both had a pair of hits for Barker.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina first baseman Cam Fike puts the tag on Albion’s Nate Gibson during the Mustangs win over the host Purple Eagles this morning.

Medina capped off an undefeated (12-0) Niagara-Orleans League championship baseball season by posting a 10-1 victory over rival Albion this morning at Albion.

Medina moved on top to stay by scoring 3 quick runs in the first inning on a two-run single by Jimmy Dieter and an RBI single by Preston Woodworth as a pair of leadoff walks set up the threat.

The Mustangs also tallied 3 times in the fourth to make it 6-1 highlighted by a two-run single by Hadrian Batista.

Medina put a lock on the win by scoring 4 times in the sixth inning as Woodworth had a two-run double.

Albion’s run came in the first inning as Eliott Trapiss and Nate Gibson had singles.

Aidan Papaj went the distance on the mound for the Mustangs allowing 2 hits and striking out 9.

Now at 15-1 overall, Medina will next visit Nichols in a non league game on Monday.

Albion, which had a seven league game win streak snapped, finishes the N-O campaign at 8-4.

Final N-O Standings
Medina 12-0, Roy-Hart 10-2, Albion 8-4, Akron 6-6, Barker 4-8, Newfane 1-11, Wilson 1-11.

Williamsville East 7, Roy-Hart 3
A 5 run third inning keyed Williamsville East to a rain shortened 7-3 non league win over visiting Roy-Hart.

Roy-Hart’s 3 runs came in the top of the third on a two-run single by Evan Poeller and an RBI single by Hank Snyder.

Albion’s Gavin Boyce is safe at second base as Medina’s Carlos Doval goes high to try and snag the ball.

Lyndonville scored in all six innings to post a 15-5 victory over host Mt. Morris in a non league baseball game.

Colton Smith and Devin Babcock each had 3 hits and Shawn Robertson 2 to lead the Tigers at the plate.

Quincey McClinsey earned the win on the mound allowing 3 hits and striking out 14 in 5 innings of work.

Singles by Smith and Babock ignited a three-run first inning for Lyndonville.

McClinsey then had a two-run single in the second inning following a double by Smith and a single by Babcock.

Keeping their momentum, Smith and Babcock then both had RBI singles to ignite a 5 run third inning.

Robertson and Attius Mank later both had triples during two-run fifth frame. Robertson then capped off the Tigers win with a two-run single in the sixth.

The Tigers improve to 7-10.

Scoring in five different innings, Kendall posted a 10-3 victory over Alexander in a Genesee Region League baseball game this afternoon.

Vinnie D’Agostino had a big day both on the mound and at the plate for the Eagles. On the mound he scattered 5 hits and struck out 9 in five innings of work. At the plate he had a pair of hits and drove in 4 runs.

CJ D’Agostino got Kendall off and rolling with a two-run homer in the first inning.

Vinnie D’Agostino then had a two-run triple to highlight a three-run third inning and a two-run single to key a four-run fifth frame.

Jonny Conte tacked on an RBI double in the sixth.

Kendall is now 11-1 in the league and 16-2 overall.