Posting a second straight sub par round, Medina’s Melanie Green has advanced to the match play portion of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship being played at Chambers Bay, University Place, Washington.

Green, who opened the stroke play portion of the championships with a two under par round of 71 on Monday, bettered that on Tuesday with a three under par round of 70.

She had 8 birdies on the day to more than offset three bogeys and a double bogey.

Her two day five under par total of 140 has earned her the No. 13 seed for the match play portion of the championship which begins today.

Green will face No. 52 Rachel Heck today in the round of 64 competition. The victor will advance to Thursday’s round of 32.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Medina’s Melanie Green is tied for 12th after Monday’s opening round of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Golf Championship being played at Chambers Bay, University Place, Washington.

Three birdies on the back nine helped Green post a two under par round of 71.

Green, who will be a junior at the University of South Florida this fall, is now four shots back of the leader.

The event continues a busy summer for Green who earlier competed in the U.S. Women’s Open Championship.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Morgan Allis bangs out a hit for Banes during Monday’s playoff win over Jr. Wilson 1.

Jumping out to an early seven run lead, top seeded Banes went on to defeat No. 2 Jr. Wilson 1 9-4 in the winners bracket final of the Medina Women’s Softball ‘A’ League playoffs Monday evening at Jr. Wilson.

White Birch stayed alive in the playoff title chase by blanking NYSCOBA 16-0 in a losers bracket contest.

Banes grabbed a quick 3-0 lead in the first inning highlighted by a two-run single by Jami Chatt.

The lead more than doubled to 7-0 after a four run second inning uprising which included singles by Rileigh McCabe, Morgan Allis, Patti Page, Sue Seefeldt and Lindsay Chatt.

Jr. Wilson answered back with four runs in the fourth frame to cut the deficit to 7-4 but could get no closer. A two-run home run by Sara Flansburg, an RBI triple by Stormi Kruger and an RBI single by Chasity Chinn keyed that rally.

Banes tacked on solo insurance runs in both the fifth and sixth innings on RBI singles by Lindsay Chatt and McCabe.

Allis, McCabe, Lindsay Chatt, Robin Blaun and Connie Heschke each finished with a pair of hits.

Chinn, Flansburg and Jodi Zacher each had 2 hits for Jr. Wilson 1.

Defensively, Flansburg turned a double play for Jr. Wilson 1 in the fifth inning.

Banes will now play in the championship game at noon on Saturday at Jr. Wilson.

Jr. Wilson 1 will play in the losers bracket final at 10:30 a.m. Saturday against the winner of the 9 a.m. game between White Birch and Hemp House/810 Meadworks.

White Birch 16, NYSCOBA 0
Eleven players contributed hits for White Birch in the win as Stacy Buckland and Alecia Hinkson both had a double and two singles, Mallory Albone 3 singles, Liz Bailey, Maddy Boyle and Alex Harling a single and double, Nakisha Jones and Dana Siffringer 2 singles and Kenzie Muck, Miranda Lembke and Brynn Howell each a single.

Muck also pitched a 3 hitter.

Kathy Quackenbush, Michelle Mault and Karen Leroy each had a hit for NYSCOBA.

Jr. Wilson 1 third baseman Jodi Zacher get set to put the tag on Robin Blaun of Banes.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Trenton Jones works to advance the ball up field for the Medina Mustangs FC during Sunday’s semifinal loss to the United Warriors at Vets Park.

Making a lone early goal stand up, the No. 3 seeded United Warriors nipped the No. 2 Medina Mustangs FC 1-0 in the semifinals of the Buffalo District Soccer League 3rd Division playoffs Sunday evening at Vets Park.

The Warriors scored the lone goal 10 minutes into the first half to advance to next Sunday’s championship game against the top seeded Buffalo Cosmos which downed the No. 4 Buffalo Brighten Stars 2-0 in the other semi.

The Mustangs battled back in the second half but couldn’t capitalize on several good scoring opportunities.

Tyler Ribbeck came up with several big saves in goal for the Mustangs to keep it a tight 1-0 game.

The Warriors, which also blanked Medina 2-0 in a regular season meeting, advances to the finals with a 7-1-4 record while the Mustangs finish at 7-3-1.

Colm Cooper works to gain control of the ball for the Mustangs FC.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Halee Passarell is one of many Holley Raptors who will be playing college soccer this fall.

Fresh from capturing a Rochester Youth Soccer League girls U19 Division championship no less than a dozen Holley Raptors players will next be playing college soccer this fall.

Those players, who helped the Raptors post a 9-1 U19 title season, will be playing at nine different colleges.

Claire Squicciarini and Abby Scanlan will be playing at Alfred University, Aly Knaak and Lily Miller at Alfred State, Julie Coble and Carly Burgess at Genesee Community College, Nikki Creasey at Buffalo State College, Sydney Mulka at Penn St. Harrisburg, Halee Passarell at Finger Lakes Community College, Kiera Wlson at Francisan College, Ella Fadale at Gannon and Maija Young at Monroe Community College.

Interestingly, Squicciarini and Scanlan will be facing Knaak and Miller early in the upcoming season when Alfred University hosts Alfred State, Creasey’s Buffalo State. team will also face Alfred State. Coble and Burgess will also see Young and Passarell as GCC’s schedule includes both FLCC and MCC.

Five of the seven Niagara-Orleans League schools have earned either New York State Public High School Athletic Association School of Distinction or School of Excellence Awards for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Wilson has earned a School of Distinction Award which is given to a school which has 100 percent of its varsity teams earn Scholar/Athlete Team Awards by achieving a composite average of at least 90.

Medina, Roy-Hart, Akron and Newfane have all achieved School of Excellence Awards by having 75 percent of their varsity teams earn Scholar/Athlete Team honors.

In all across the state 86 schools earned School of Distinction Awards and 148 School of Excellence Awards.

“The School of Excellence and School of Distinction Awards highlight the best student-athletes in New York State”, said Dr. Robert Zayas, NYSPHSAA Executive Director. “For 234 member schools to be honored for their commitment to academics as well as athletics is a testament to the outstanding leadership and student-athletes we have in this state.”

It was another busy week of league action at Hickory Ridge starting off with the Tuesday Ladies Night Out league.

Low gross was Deb Wood with a 42 with Aleta Martin close behind with a 45. Paula Knaak led low net with a 34. Karen Berlew and Martin both had 37.

Five birdies on the back with Diane Hennekey, Carol Irwin, Laurie Freeman and Martin and Wood all shooting birdies on the tough back.

Linda Chrzan and Laurie Freeman lead the standings with 85.5 points. Wood and Martin are in second with 80 points with Marcia Zambito and Margie Page holding third with 71.5 points.

The Mens’ Thursday Night Traveling league shows a tie at the top with Hanlon and Schrader and the team of Cotter and Root each with 222 points. Cotter and Knaak are in third with 208 points while Dresser and Flansberg and the Millers each tied with 190 points.

Low gross on the night was Wes Bedford with a 39 while low net was shared by Jake Froman and Jim Peglow who each had a 29. Jake Cotter recorded the only birdie for the night.

The Hickory Hicks reported a low score of 36 by Steve Galante and Mark Corwin. Kevin and Tracy Klach were in second with a 38. Steve Barb Mc Ityre and John and Diane Colsani each recorded a 39.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Nikki Creasey had a goal an an assist in the Raptors season ending win.

Completing a near perfect 9-1 championship season, the Holley Raptors downed runner-up Gananda 3-2 Tuesday evening in the Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U19 Division finale at SUNY Brockport.

Abby Scanlan had two goals and Nikki Creasey a goal and an assist to spark the offense for the Raptors.

Gananda jumped out to a 1-0 lead but the Raptors rallied to tie the contest before halftime as Scanlan scored on a breakaway off a pass from Ella Fadale.

The Raptors then moved on top to stay by scoring the first two goals of the second half.

Scanlan scored the go ahead goal on a 30 yard shot off a pass from Creasey.

Creasey then netted what proved to be the game winning goal off an assist from Aly Knaak on a play started by a corner kick by Creasey.

Sydney Mulka earned the win in goal for the Raptors as she made several big saves in each half.

Gananda finishes in second place at 6-2-2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Alisha Foss of Hemp House/810 Meadworks, left, and Kaity Albone of White Birch bang out base hits during Monday evenings opening round of the Medina Women’s Softball ‘A; League playoffs at Jr. Wilson.

Medina Women’s Softball playoff action got underway Monday evening as top seeded Banes and No. 2 Jr. Wilson 1 both scored victories to advance to the ‘A’ League semifinals.

Banes downed Hemp House/810 Meadworks 11-4 and Jr. Wilson 1 bested NYSCOPBA 22-10.

The first game of the evening saw Hemp House/810 Meadowrks outlast White Birch 19-16. White Birch scored 6 quick runs in the top of the first but Hemp House answered right back with 4 in the home half of the frame to set the tone for the free scoring contest.

Leading the offense for Hemp House were Halle Deuil who went 4-4 with two stand up doubles, Bridget Tower 4-4 with a double and three singles and Heather Tower 3-4 with a double and two singles.

For White Birch, Stacy Buckland had a homerun, Kaity Albone 3 hits including a double and single, Liz Bailey a double and triple, Miranda Lembke a single and double and Maddy Boyle and Alex Harling both with a pair of singles.

Banes used a big 6 run sixth inning to earn the 11-4 win over Hemp House. Jen Masse had a triple in the uprising which also included doubles by Kathy Allen, Grace Masse and Patti Page.

Grace Masse finished with 3 doubles, Connie Heschke 2 triples, Jen Masse 2 hits and Robin Blaun 2 hits including a home run.

Jr. Wilson 1 scored eight runs on nine hits in the first, including doubles from Jaclyn Guzdek, Michele Crandall, Lizzy Zacher and Sara Flansburg, along with a triple from Stormi Kruger.

Jr. Wilson 1 added eight more runs in the third inning on a double from Kaitlyn Miller, a triple from Flansburg, and a 2-run home run from Jodi Zacher.

Flansburg and Kruger finished the night with four hits each, while Jessica Rosenbeck, Crandall and Miller all finished with three hits apiece. Courtney Gaylord and Brandi Guild had three hits each, while Kristin Guild chipped in with a double and triple for

The semifinals will be held next Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Jr. Wilson. A losers bracket game matching White Birch and NYSCOPBA will also be held at that same time at Jr. Wilson.

The remainder of the losers bracket games and the championship contest are scheduled for Saturday August 13 at Jr. Wilson.