Clinching at least a tie for the regular season ‘A’ League title, undefeated Banes downed Hemp House/Meadworks 810 9-4 in Medina Women’s Softball League action Monday evening.

Jr. Wilson 1 stayed in the title chase at 8-2 by downing NYSCOPBA 28-7.

Morgan Allis had 3 hits and Jen Masse and Lindsay Chatt 2 each for Banes which improves to 10-0.

Banes took the lead for good by scoring 4 quick runs in the first inning as Connie Heschke, Lindsy Chatt and Jami Chatt had hits.

A three-run third inning, sparked by a leadoff single by Lindsay Chatt, later helped to lock up the win.

Jr. Wilson’s I – 28 NYSCOPBA – 7

Jr. Wilson’s I scored 10 runs in the second inning and 15 in the third en route to a run rule victory over NYSCOPBA.

Butchie Stockwell led the team with 4 hits, while Jacklyn Rodriquez, Stormi Kruger, Jodi Zacher, Penny Roath and Jessica Rosenbeck all had 3 hits. Rosenbeck’s hits included two home runs.

For NYSCOPBA, Chloe Stinson had 3 hits, including a triple, and Courtney Gaylord had 2 hits, including a home run.

Contributed Photo – Claire Squicciarini drives the ball up field for the Holley Raptors during Sunday’s win over LeRoy at GCC.

Taking over sole possession of first place, the Holley Raptors scored twice in each half to blank LeRoy 4-0 in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U19 game Sunday evening at Genesee Community College.

Improving to 5-1 (15) points the Raptors broke a tie for the top spot with idle Penfield which is 4-2 (12 points).

The Raptors will next visit Penfield in a key showdown contest for the division lead on Wednesday.

Ella Fadale had 2 goals and Abby Scanlan and Claire Squicciarini 1 each to lead the Raptors offense against LeRoy.

Scanlan, Nikki Creasey and Halee Passarell each had an assist as Sydney Mulka earned the shutout in goal.

The Raptors grabbed a 2-0 half-time advantage as Fadale scored off an assist from Scanlan and the Scanlan tallied from Creasey.

In the second half, Fadale scored from Passarell and Squicciarini added a goal on a free kick from 40 yards out.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Garrett Smith takes a healthy cut at the ball for Sandstone and Jack Conn delivers a pitch for Carlton during this past week’s Albion Midget League game won by Sandstone.

Albion Midget League playoff action will get underway at 6 p.m. Tuesday as top seed Sandstone hosts No. 4 Rotary and No. 2 Carlton entertains No. 3 Elba in the semifinals.

The championship game is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday.

In the regular season finales this past week, Sandstone rallied to down Carlton 13-3, Carlton rebounded to defeat Elba 18-8 and Rotary bested Barre 14-0.

A big 8 run fourth inning rally highlighted by two-run doubles by Omer Fugate and Eli Johnson keyed Sandstone’s comeback win.

Fugate, Johnson and Drew Pritchard each finished with a pair of hits.

Noah Kowalski had 3 hits and Corbin Piccirilli a two-run single for Carlton.

In Carlton’s win over Elba Kowalski and Gavin Boyce both had 3 hits including a pair of doubles and Jax Gotte a three-run home run.

Rotary was led by Skyler Sanders and Evan Coots both with 2 hits.

Tyler Siebert and Victor Snyder also both had 2 hits for Barre.

Final Regular Season Standings: Sandstone 12-0, Carlton 6-5, Elba 4-7-1, Rotary 4-7, Barre 2-9-1.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Nathan Dillenbeck gains control of the ball for the Medina Mustangs FC during this evening’s key win over the Buffalo Brighten Stars at Vets Park.

Scoring a dramatic goal in the final seconds the Medina Mustangs FC nipped the Buffalo Brighten Stars 3-2 at Vets Park this evening to take over sole possession of second place in the 3rd Division of the Buffalo and District Soccer League.

Steven Anderson scored on a direct kick with less than 10 seconds to go to give the Mustangs the exciting win.

The victory boosts the Mustangs record to 6-2 (18 points) as the Brighten Stars slip into third place at 4-1-3 (15 points).

The Brighten Stars grabbed a 1-0 lead midway through the first half but the Mustangs answered right back two minutes later on a goal by Ethan Leonard off an assist from Dan Mandujano.

The Mustangs then grabbed a 2-1 lead late in the first half as Nathan Dillenbeck scored as Greg Husung earned the assist.

The Brighten Stars rallied back into a 2-2 tie by scoring off a corner kick with less than 10 minutes to go in the second half.

That set the stage for Anderson’s dramatic game winning goal for the Mustangs just before time expired.

The Mustangs face Ukraine at Salen’s Sports Park next Sunday and will then host the front-running Buffalo Cosmos in the regular season finale on July 24 at Vets Park.

Greg Husung gets set to drive the ball up field for the Mustangs FC.

The Medina Rotary Club’s second annual Pickleball Tournament concluded this afternoon at the Medina High courts highlighted by the gold medal win by the team of Will Soos and Aaron Schreiber, defeating Sabel Bong and Tim Hayes in a close match, 11-9!

The Pickleball Tournament had the following winners, listed by event:

MEN’S DOUBLES ADVANCED MEDALISTS:
Gold – Lucas Cherry (Titusville, PA) and Steve Bittinger
(Sherman, NY)
Silver – Scott Read (East Amherst, NY) and Alan Pawlinski (Lockport, NY)
Bronze – Tom Hayes (Williamsville, NY) and James Stevens
(Tonawanda, NY)

WOMEN’S DOUBLES INTERMEDIATE MEDALISTS:
Gold – Karen Redding (Buffalo, NY) and Hannah Munley (Buffalo, NY)
Silver – Jody Gillette (Spencerport, NY) and Christy Cotton (Grand Rapids, MI)
Bronze – Holly Christiano (BUFFALO, NY) and Cori Moses (Eden, NY)

MEN’S DOUBLES INTERMEDIATE MEDALISTS:
Gold – Will Soos (Buffalo, NY) and Aaron Schreiber (Amherst, NY)
Silver – Sabel Bong (Groton, NY) and Tim Hayes (Massena, NY)
Bronze – Kevin Ormsby (Niagara Falls, NY) and Travis Lodyga (Williamsville, NY)

WOMEN’S DOUBLES BEGINNER MEDALISTS:
Gold – Tracie Czebatol (Hilton, NY) and Michelle Mccue (Rochester, NY)
Silver – Bonnie FischerFolger (Lancaster, NY) and Christine Siminski (West Seneca, NY)
Bronze – Amy Murray (Amherst, NY) and Nancy Munley (Buffalo, NY)

MEN’S DOUBLES BEGINNER MEDALISTS:
Gold – Shaun Swansin (Brockport, NY) and Erik Harkins (Rochester, NY)
Silver – Zachary Neal (Albion, NY) and Ron Garwood (Barker, NY)
Bronze – Paul Burek (Spencerport, NY) and Gregory Pitts (Rochester, NY)

Contributed Photos – Finnegan McCue of Orleans FC gets past the Lakefronts defense to add to the scoresheet.

Avenging an earlier season loss, Orleans FC romped past Lakefront FC 5-1 in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League boys U16 Division game Thursday evening.

Pablo Rosario scored two goals for Orleans FC assisted by David Rosario.

Orleans FC also had Finnegan McCue score a goal assisted by Pablo Rosario, Alonzo Figueroa got on the score sheet off the pass from David Rosario and Leo Bolton closed out the win with a goal.

The Orleans FC defense and keepers did a great job holding the line.

Lakefront FC had won the league opener 2-1 as Orleans FC had only 9 players and no subs.

David Rosario takes a shot for Orleans FC.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Abby Scanlan drives the ball up field for the Holley Raptors during Thursday evening’s win over the Cobra FC at GCC.

Avenging a season opening 3-0 loss, the Holley Raptors romped to an 8-1 victory over the Cobras FC in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U19 Division game Thursday evening at Genesee Community College.

The Raptors improve to 4-1-0 (12 points) and move into a tie for first place with Penfield (4-2-0) 12 points for the division lead.

Maija Young had 3 goals and Abby Scanlan 2 for the Raptors as Carly Burgess, Ella Fadale and Alezya Brown 1 each.

Young, Brown and Claire Squicciarini each added 2 assists as Burgess and Nikki Creasey both chipped in with 1.

Breaking away from a scoreless deadlock, a quick two goal scoring burst midway through the first half ignited the Raptors offense. Burgess scored the first goal off an assist from Brown and Fadale quickly followed up with another tally off a corner by Young.

The Raptors doubled their advantage to 4-0 at the half on goals by Brown, off an assist from Squicciarini, and Young.

Scanlan and Young then each scored a pair of goals in the second half to close out the win. Young, Burgess, Brown and Creasey took turns earning assists during that stretch.

The Raptors next host LeRoy (2-3) at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at GCC and will then face Penfield next Wednesday.

Alezya Brown passes the ball to Abby Scanlan to lead a Holley Raptors rush.

With the Medina Women’s Softball League heading into the stretch run of the regular season Banes currently holds a two game lead in the ‘A’ League while Just Us and Medina VFW are tied for the ‘B’ League lead.

Banes, which is undefeated at 9-0 in the ‘A’ League with three games to go, holds a two game edge over runner-up Jr. Wilson 1 at 6-2 followed by Hemp House/810 Meadworks 4-4, White Birch 1-7 and NYSCOPBA 0-7.

Banes will face Jr. Wilson 1 on July 18.

In the ‘B’ League, Just Us and Medina VFW are deadlocked for the top spot at 6-2 with four games remaining. They are followed by Mera Hair Co.and Lizzy & Lyric both at 3-5 and Jr. Wilson 2 at 2-6.

Just Us and Medina VFW will meet on July 25.

Following a week off for the July 4 holiday, the league will resume play next Monday with Jr. Wilson 1 vs. NYSCOPBA (6 p.m. Jr. Wilson 1), White Birch vs. NYSCOPBA (7 p.m. Jr. Wilson 1), Banes vs. Hemp/810 (6:30 p.m. Jr. Wilson 2), Lizzy & Lyric vs. Mera Hair (6 p.m. Butts 1), Medina VFW vs. Mera Hair (7 p.m. Butts 1) and Jr. Wilson 2 vs. Just Us (6:30 p.m. Butts 3).