Making it seven wins in a row, Albion pounded out 19 hits in posting a 16-12 win over Akron in a Niagara-Orleans League baseball game this afternoon.

Viktor Snyder had 4 hits, Elliott Trapiss, Nate Gibson and Will Plummer 3 each and Gavin Boyce 2 to lead the attack for Albion which improves to 8-3 in N-O action.

Omar Fugate earned the win on the mound allowing 6 hits and striking out 6 in 6 innings of work.

Trailing 6-4, Albion rallied into the lead for good by erupting for 7 runs in the third inning as Plummer, Snyder and Kaiden Froman each had a two-run single and Fugate an RBI single.

The Purple Eagles tacked on three big runs in the top of the seventh inning as Snyder had a double, Plummer and Drew Pritchard singles and Fugate an RBI sacrifice fly.

Earlier Trapiss had an RBI single in the first inning and an RBI double in the second. Boyce also had a double and Gibson an RBI single in the fourth.

Albion will close out the N-O season by hosting Medina at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

Wilson downed Albion 10-2 this afternoon to earn a share of the Niagara-Orleans League softball championship.

Wilson and Barker finish the season as co-champions with identical 10-2 records.

Abbie Faery hit a two-run homer in the third inning to put Wilson on top to stay. Taylor Ernest then hit a two-run triple in the fifth inning to up the lead to 8-2.

Kaitlin Bennett had a pair of hits for Albion which slips to 3-8.

Akron 5, Newfane 4
Akron rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on a triple by Shannon Esmond and RBI singles by Madison Gates and Olivia Novak to edge Newfane 5-4.

Akron is now 6-5 and Newfane 2-9.

Oakfield-Alabama 18, Holley 3
Oakfield-Alabama downed Holley 18-3 in a Genesee Region League game.

Desiree McCormick drove in a pair of runs for Holley.

Barker reduced its magic number to earn at least a share of the Niagara-Orleans League tennis championship to 1 by posting a 3-2 win over Newfane this afternoon.

Improving to 10-1, Barker got a singles win by Daniel Goodwin who improves to 11-0, and doubles victories by the duos of Oscar Dergel – Luke Fay and Nick Heideman – Aurora Wass.

Albion 4, Medina 1
Albion downed rival Medina 4-1 as Landon Graybill won at first singles.

The Purple Eagles also swept the three doubles matches with wins by the duo of Bradyn Whittier – Hanna Kumalac, Kailee Anstey – Hunter Zambito and Nisi Beltran – Juan Gomez – Roblero.

Talia Rupp won at second singles for Medina.

Medina also dropped a 5-0 decision to Wilson on Monday.

Holley boosted its Genesee Region League tennis record to 4-7 with a 3-2 victory over Attica on Tuesday.

Cooper Wolf scored a singles win for the Hawks which also got victories for the doubles teams of Tarek Garrett – Josmar Hernandez and Carissa Klossner – Adyn Feiock.

The Hawks recently snapped a multi year losing streak with a 4-1 win over Wheatland-Chili.

Wolf and Dylan Warner scored singles victories in that match which also included doubles wins by the duos of Garrett – Hernandez and Klossner – Feiock.

The Lyndonville Athletic Hall of Fame will induct 3 new members in ceremonies on may 31st at 1 p.m. at the White Birch Golf Course.

The new inductees include the 1975 wrestling team, former basketball and baseball player Zach Johnson and former baseball coach Shane Price.

In addition, Julie Donald will also be officially accepting her induction this year. She was selected last year but was unable to attend due to a family obligation.

Contact Athletic Director Jimmy Zeliff at jzeliff@lcsdk12.org to purchase a ticket and RSVP by May 21st.

Contributed Photos – Lyndonville’s 1975 sectional champion wrestling team.

1975 Wrestling Team
The 1975 Wrestling team earned Lyndonville’s first ever Sectional title.

They finished the season with a 13-3 dual meet record. They also earned team titles at the Leroy Tournament and GR League tournament.

At the Class C Wrestling Championships, Lyndonville had 5 individual champions including Bob Large, Paul Suhr, Craig Barnard, Jim Broadwell and Jim Bell.

In the GR League Championship tournament, they finished with 3 champions in Ron Large, Jim Broadwell and Jim Bell and also had 7 other finalists.

Coached by Hall of Fame coach Fred Large, the Tigers’ roster included Ron Large, Norman Church, Bob Large, Mark Follman, Steve Gould, Jim Broadwell, Mike Jurnich, Paul Suhr, Craig Barnard, Jim Bell, Keith Stammler, Steve Culmo, Bill Jurnich, Tim Bentley and Jon Neal.

Zach Johnson

Zach Johnson (Class of 2019)
Zach Johnson was a 2019 graduate and an accomplished basketball and baseball player.

Putting up 826 points and 343 rebounds in his career, Zach was a GR League All-Star in basketball and a Ronald McDonald game participant in his senior year.

In baseball, Zach was a dominant pitcher, earning GR All-Star accolades in 2017, 2018 and 2019. At the plate, he earned the Ted Hettig Award, given to the Lyndonville baseball player with the highest batting average in league competition, hitting .431 on the season.

Zach dominated his senior season in baseball with a .69 ERA, 108 strikeouts and 12 hits allowed. That year he was named the GR Player of the Year and the Class C2 Player of the Year. Zach was also named to the All Decade team from 2010-2019.

Other Lyndonville accolades include the Alfred Schmitt award, the Doc Layer award and the Paul Howell Award. He also earned the Stan Sherwood Scholarship award given to one G-R male and female recipient for outstanding athletic performance, academics and citizenship.

Zach continued his baseball career at SUNY Niagara and Tiffin University in Ohio.

Shane Price

Shane Price
Shane Price coached the boys varsity baseball program in Lyndonville from 2002-2022, the 3rd baseball coach in program history following fellow Hall of Famers Arnie Hartsen and John Hayes.

Carrying on the winning tradition, Shane led his teams to seven Genesee Region league titles in 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019.

He won Sectional championships in 2011, 2013 and 2017 earning a Far West Regional title and State Semi-Finals appearance in 2011 and finishing 7th in the State in 2013.

For his efforts, Shane was named GR Coach of the Year 10 times, 2009-2011 and 2013-2019.

He also earned Section V Coach of the year honors in 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2019.

He was the GR Baseball Coordinator for 5 years and has served as Section V Baseball Coordinator from 2022-present.

He also coached JV boys basketball for 7 years.

The Albion Midget League will begin its milestone 70th season on Saturday with games in the 12U Division.

The 12U Division has a total of 11 teams this season divided into two divisions. The West Division includes Barre, Carlton, Rotary, Sandstone and Vets. The East Division includes Brockport 1, Brockport 2, Elba 1, Elba 2. Hamlin and Holley.

Saturday’s 1 p.m. openers will have Carlton at Rotary, Barre at Sandstone, Elba 1 at Elba 2, Brockport 1 at Brockport 2 and Holley at Hamlin as Vets has the bye.

The Midget League’s 9U Division, which has 9 teams this season, is scheduled to begin play next Tuesday.

Kendall boosted its Genesee Region League baseball record to 10-1 and to 15-2 overall by downing Pembroke 15-1 this afternoon.

Leading 5-1, Kendall broke the contest wide open by erupting for 10 runs in the fourth inning as winning pitcher Nic Cole had a three-run homer and CJ D’Agostino, Vinnie D’Agostino and Andrew Cole all had two-run doubles.

The Eagles took the lead for good by scoring 3 quick runs in the first inning as Sammy Conte had a two-run single.

CJ D’Agostino, Vinnie D’Agostino and Jonny Conte each finished with 3 hits as Sammy Conte and Andrew D’Agostino both had 2. Vinnie D’Agostino’s base raps included his milestone 100th career hit.

On the mound, Nic Cole scattered 4 hits and struck out 6.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Rhoswyn Oakes in action for Medina in the Long Jump during today’s home meet against Newfane.

Medina split with visiting Newfane in a Niagara-Orleans League track meet this afternoon.

Medina won the girls’ met 84.5-56.5 and Newfane took the boys’ competition 73-68.

Aurora Owczarczak was a triple winner for the Medina girls in the 100, 200 and 400 as Payton Denniston took the High Jump and Shotput, Saniyyaha Wilson the Discus and Caliyah St. Louis the Triple Jump.

Eden Hillman was a quadruple winner for Newfane in the 1500, 3000, 400 Hurdles and Pole Vault.

The Medina girls finish the regular season at 1-5 and Newfane at 0-6.

The Newfane boys were led by individual event double winners Traegan MacEvoy (800, 1600) and Isaac Zachery (High Jump, Long Jump).

Bryson Ford was a double winner for Medina in the 110 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles.

The Newfane boys wins up at 5-1 and Medina at 3-3.

Akron and Wilson split
Wilson defeated Akron 100-40 in the boys’ meet as Ryan Hough was a quadruple winner in the High Jump, Triple Jump, Long Jump and 110 Hurdles. Aidan Neumann was a triple winner in the 100, 200 and 400 and Brock Lepsch doubled in the Shotput and Discus.

The Wilson boys finish at 2-4 and Akron is at 0-5 with a make-up meet still to go against Roy-Hart on Thursday.

Akron won the girls’ meet 93-48 as Madigan Regan doubled in the 100 and 400.

Bella Thrush doubled for Wilson in the Long Jump and 200.

The Akron girls stay unbeaten at 5-0 and Wilson finishes at 4-2.

Roy-Hart and Barker split
The Roy-Hart girls downed Barker 84-57 as Julia Rohde doubled in the 1500 and 3000 and Lilly Pabon-Rosa in the Shotput and Discus.

Jordyn Kinne doubled for Barker in the High Jump and 100 Hurdles.

Barker won the boys meet 71-61.

Roy-Hart had a pair of double winners as Tysen McCaa took the Long Jump and Triple Jump and Chris McOmber the 110 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles.

N-O Standings
Boys: Albion 6-0, Newfane 5-1, Barker 4-2, Medina 3-3, Wilson 2-4, Akron 0-5, Roy-Hart 0-5.
Girls:  Akron 5-0, Roy-Hart 5-0, Wilson 4-2, Albion 3-3, Barker 2-4, Medina 1-5, Newfane 0-6.

Roy-Hart pushed across two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to nip Akron 10-9 in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game this afternoon.

The Lady Rams tied the game at 9-9 on an RBI single by Hannah Verratti and then scored the game winner on an RBI single by Brooke Corser. A triple by Peyton May ignited the rally.

Kylie Mangione had 4 hits and Addison Massaro 3 for Akron.

Roy-Hart is now 7-3 and Akron 5-5 in N-O action.

Albion 7, Newfane 3
Albion bested host Newfane 7-3 in a night game as Melia Prince had 3 hits, including a two-run home run and a total of 4 RBIs, Kaitlin Bennett a bases loaded 2 run single and Lux Froman and Aubrielle Barry each with a pair of hits.

Barry also registered 4 strikeouts in the circle.

Sweet Home 15, Barker 3
Sweet Home jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the first two innings in route to posting a 15-3 non league win over Barker.