Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Dan Mandujano works to gain control of the ball for the Medina Mustangs FC during Sunday’s key game against the Buffalo Cosmos at Vets Park.

A tie wasn’t quite enough as the Medina Mustangs FC battled to a scoreless draw with the Buffalo Cosmos in a key regular season ending game at Vets Park Sunday evening to determine the Buffalo District Soccer League’s 3rd Division regular season champion.

By battling to a 0-0 tie the Mustangs and Cosmos finish the regular season tied for the division lead both with a total of 22 points. The Mustangs finish at 7-2-1 and the Cosmos 6-0-4.

However, league rules state that in the event of a tie the first tie breaker to determine the division champion is best goal differential. That tiebreaker gives the championship to the Cosmos which had a goal differential of 11 (24 goals scored and 13 allowed) just one better than the Mustangs which had a goal differential of 10 (23 goals scored and 13 goals allowed).

Both team now advance to the 3rd Division playoffs.

Contributed Photo – Cole Callard

Medina High sophomore placekicker Cole Callard has earned an invitation to the upcoming National Kicking Showcase which will be held at Austin, Texas.

Callard earned the invite after placing second in the field goal competition at the Kicking World Camp held recently at Columbus, Ohio.

His efforts at the camp included booting a 50 yard field goal.

Last fall as a freshman at Medina Callard competed in both varsity football and soccer for the Mustangs.

Callard was second in scoring on the soccer team with 7 goals and 7 assists.

On the football squad he kicked a field goal and an extra point.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Abby Scanlan scored two goals for the Holley Raptors in Thursday’s win at Victor.

Extending their hold on first place, the Holley Raptors blanked host Victor 3-0 Thursday evening in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U19 Division game.

Improving to 7-1 (21 points), the Raptors now hold a four point lead over runner-up Gananda (5-1-2, 17 points) in the two team title race with just two games remaining on the regular season. Gananda dropped a key 2-0 decision to third place Penfield (5-4-0, 15 points) on Wednesday.

The Raptors will visit Lakefront on July 30 and then close out the season against Gananda on August 2 at SUNY Brockport. Gananda’s other remaining game is against Lakefront on July 26.

Abby Scanlan scored 2 goals and Ella Fadale 1 for the Raptors in the win at Victor.

The Raptors jumped out to a 2-0 first half lead as Scanlan first scored off a corner kick by Nikki Creasey and then on a breakaway off a cross from Fadale.

Fadale netted the lone second half goal on a breakaway off an assist from Halee Passarell.

The Raptors played a man short for three-quarter of the game after a red card as Sydney Mulka, Aly Knaak and Scanlan shared in handling the goaltending duties to share in earning the shutout.

Contributed Photo – Barre Cubs players and coaches celebrate their championship victory. In the front row from are Kyler Bennett, Luke Snyder, Hudson Armer, Liam Saparito, Jace Wright, Jace DiMatteo, Dominic Heeks and Easton Neri. Not pictured Elliott Pettit. In back are coaches Dennis Saparito, Jeremy DiMatteo and Chris Smith.

Rebounding from an early deficit, the Barre Bears rallied to down Rotary 7-4 in the recent Albion Midget League 9U playoff championship game.

Rotary jumped out to a 2-0 first inning lead on base hits by Jeremy Lutes, Jackson Frasier and Ryan Coots.

After a pitching change in the second inning , Jace DiMatteo held Rotary to just two hits in 3 innings allowing for Barre to make a comeback.

In the bottom of the 3rd inning Barre rallied for 3 runs on hits from Hudson Armer, Luke Snyder, Kyler Bennett and Easton Neri.

Then in the bottom of the 5th Barre scored 4 insurance runs off of the bats of Liam Saparito and  Neri.

Rotary did mount a comeback in the bottom of the sixth on a home run by Jayden Rivera, a base hit by Frasier along with a run scoring double by Coots.

However, Armer was able to seal the win on the mound closing out the last batter and securing the championship for the Barre Cubs!

The ‘A’ League race really tightened up as Jr. Wilson 1 knocked Banes from the ranks of the undefeated by a score of 14-3 Monday evening in a key Medina Women’s Softball League game.

Jr. Wilson 1 also downed White Birch 16-8 in the opener of the doubleheader.

Jr. Wilson 1 is now 9-2 and Banes 10-1 with one week remaining in the regular season.

Jr. Wilson’s 1 16, White Birch 8
Jr. Wilson’s 1 scored three runs in the third, four in the fifth, and seven in the sixth to beat White Birch in game one.

Jessica Rosenbeck had a 3-run home run, Jaclyn Rodriguez and Chasity Chinn each had a triple, and Sharon Korzelius and Haley O’Dell a double. Jodi Zacher, Michele Crandall, and Sara Flansburg all finished with three hits a piece.

Jr. Wilson’s 1 14, Banes 3
The bats stayed hot in game two as Jr. Wilson’s 1 knocked off undefeated Banes to bring them within one game of first place in the A Division standings.

Banes got on the board early on a two run double from Lindsay Chatt in the top of the first.

Jr. Wilson’s answered with four runs in the bottom half of the first on hits from Rodriguez and Flansburg and a two run double from Stormi Kruger.

Jr. Wilson’s added six more runs in the bottom of the second on five singles and a double from Crandall. Kruger, Rosenbeck, Rodriguez and Flansburg all finished with three hits, and Zacher finished with two, including a double.

810 Meadworks/Hemp House 12, NYSCOPBA 8

810 Meadworks/HempHouse defeated NYSCOPBA 12-8 in Medina Women’s Softball League action Monday.

Rallying from an early deficit, 810 Meadworks/HempHouse answered back with runs scored by Melissa Prince, Alishia Foss, and Cathy Schmitt.

NYSCOPBA got a few more runs in the second and third innings but 810 Meadworks/HempHouse was able to pull ahead with hits scoring run from Bridget Tower, Schmitt, Jen Merle, Jayden Townsend and Jean Swiercznski.

810 Meadworks/HempHouse was able to play tight defense the rest of the game to secure the win.

Next week 810 Meadwork/HempHouse plays a double header starting at 6pm at Jr Wilson field 1.

Setting the stage for a key regular season ending title showdown, the Medina Mustangs blanked the host Ukraine FC 2-0 Sunday evening in a Buffalo District Soccer League 3rd Division game.

The victory improves Medina’s record to 7-2-0 (21 points) giving the Mustangs a share of first place with the Buffalo Cosmos which downed the Buffalo Brighten Stars 4-3. The Cosmos are 6-0-3 (21 points).

The Mustangs will now host the Cosmos at 6 p.m. Sunday at Vets Park in the regular season finale which will determine the division champion.

In the win over Ukraine FC, Nathan Dillenbeck scored what proved to be the game winning goal for the Mustangs just 10 minutes into the first half off an assist from Steven Anderson.

Greg Husung later scored the clinching goal with 15 minutes to go in the second half as Anderson again earned the assist.

Tyler Ribbeck earned the shutout in goal.

Last Thursday the Cosmos outlasted the Mustangs on penalty kicks in the quarterfinal round of the league’s Matthews Cup Tournament.

The Hickory Ridge Golf Association held a Members’ Tournament this past week. The tournament, called the 3-2-1 tournament featured teams of four that were put together by handicap.

On each par 5 the team had to record three players scores. At each par 4 they had to record two players scores and on each par three they could select one score to report.

The winning team of Larry Powers, Brenda Powers, Werner Stumpf and Gary Wood posted a 143. Second place was held by Craig Freeman, Dave Cotter, Marcia Zambito and Bob (Socks) Butler with a score of 150. Of note, Craig Freeman shot a 76 and Deb Wood a 77 to lead all scorers.

The Tuesday Ladies Night Out league shows Deb Wood with low gross of 37. Kathy Schuth had a 40. Low net was Marian Gerhardt with a remarkable net 25. Cindy Roberts posted a net 29. Ann Burton, Judy Schuth and Kathy Schuth all recorded birdies. No standings ere reported this week.

On the men’s side the Wednesday Night league has Tim Hendrickson shooting low gross with a 41. Larry Powers was low net with a 32. The Wyants lead the league with 51 points. Powers and Connolly are in second with 49.5 points while Berlew and Hazen hold third with 48.5 points.

The Mens’ Thursday Senior league saw some birdie shooting last week. Gary Wood, Jeff Dobson and Dan Morphet each recorded one. Jimmy Zambito had two and Dana Vosburgh posted five birdies to lead the birdie brigade. Closest to the pin second shot on number 2 was Vosburgh and Wood posted closest to the pin on number 9.

The Hickory Hicks report Lee Begy with closest to the pin on hole number 3. Karl Fellows had the longest putt on hole number 9. Leading once again is the team of John and Diane Colsanti with 36 points. Melissa and Dave Cotter are in second place with 38 points. Kevin and Tracy Klach, Ed and Judy Zehler and Steve Galante and Dave Marcolini are all tied with 39 points.