Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Medina’s Melanie Green has qualified for next month’s U.S. Women’s Amateur Golf Tournament.

Green shot a 4 under par 68 to earn medalist honors today at a qualifier tournament in Ohio.

Green, who will be a junior at the University of South Florida this fall,  participated in the U.S. Women’s Open last month.

The U.S, Women’s Amateur will be held August 8-14 at Chambers Bay, University Place, Washington.

Locking up the regular season title, Sandstone scored three wins this past week in Albion Midget League action.

Improving to 11-0, Sandstone defeated Elba 16-1, Carlton 5-0 and Rotary 13-2.

In the other games reported, Carlton and Barre split. Carlton won the first meeting 13-1 and Barre the second 5-3. Elba also downed Barre 14-2.

Wesley LeFrois had a three run double while Garrett Smith, Drew Pritchard and Brayden LaMartina each added two run doubles to lead Sandstone past Elba. LeFrois finished with 4 hits, Smith, LaMartina and Eli Johnson 3 and Pritchard 2.

Omer Fugate then hurled a 1 hit shutout with 15 strikeouts for Sandstone against Carlton.

Carlton also got a strong pitching performance from Gavin Boyce who allowed only 4 hits and struck out 9.

In the win over Rotary, LeFrois had 3 hits including a two run double, Johnson 2 hits including a three run home run and Smith 2 hits and 2 RBIs.

Skyler Sanders had an RBI double for Rotary.

In Carlton’s win over Barre Noah Kowalski had 4 hits including a pair of doubles and a triple, as Jack Conn and Gavin Boyce both had 3 hits. Boyce also struck out 9 on the mound.

In the Barre win, Robbie Hickman had a key three run double in the fourth inning and Josh Wright registered 10 strikeouts in 4 innings. Conn had 3 hits, including a home run, and Hoyt Aina an RBI single for Carlton.

Elba was led by Tate Zuber with 2 triples and 13 strikeouts. Wright and Viktor Snyder both had 2 hits for Barre.

The Ladies Night Out League kicked off the week’s league competition at Hickory Ridge as Deb Wood had the low gross of 39. Barb Downs had low net with 28 followed closely by Cindy Roberts with 29. Barb Passarell recorded the only birdie on the night.

Linda Chrzan and Laurie Freeman lead the standings with 50 points. Deb Wood and Aleta Martin are in second with 47 points. Marcia Zambito and Margie Page hold down third place with 44.5 points.

No team standings were available for the Men’s Wednesday Night league. Low gross was AJ Gifaldi with 42. Gifaldi also posted low net with 35. Craig Hazen, Bill Connolly and Bob Wyant all scored birdies on the night.

The Thursday Senior League had Darryl Szklany closest to the pin on number 3. Dana Vosburgh had closest second shot on number 9. Birdie skins were recorded by Jim Zambito. John Gerhardt and Gene Ashe.

The Men’s Traveling league on Thursday has the team of Hanlon and Schrader leading the standing with 158 point. Cotter and Knaak are in second with 152 points. Cotter and Root hold third place with 150 points. Low gross for the night was Mike Hanlon with a 39. Low net was Chris Miller with a 27. Josh Bennett recorded two birdies.

When practice begins next month for the high school soccer soccer season both the Lyndonville and Medina squads will have a bit of a new look.

For the past four years Lyndonville has hosted a merged girls varsity soccer team with Medina competing in the Genesee Region League and Section V.

This coming season Medina will be returning to field its own team competing in the Niagara-Orleans League and Section VI. The Mustangs will be coached by Jeremy Leno who previously coached Medina’s boys JV team.

Lyndonville will again host a merged team but this time with Barker. It will compete in the G-R League and Section V. The Tigers will be coached by Lee Dillenbeck who has coached basketball and soccer at Lyndonville for many years.

Barker has had girls soccer for a number of years but was unable to field a varsity team last year due to insufficient number of players.

“It is a natural for us,” said Lyndonville Athletic Director Jim Zeliff. “It will be a benefit for both schools.”

Paul Zeppetella, who coached the Lyndonville/Medina team the last four years, has been named the new Kendall girls varsity coach.

For the past decade Medina has hosted a merged boys varsity soccer team with Lyndonville competing in the N-O League and Section VI.

This coming season both schools will be fielding their own teams.

Medina will continue to compete in the N-O League and Section VI. Lyndonville will return to competing in the G-R League and Section V as the Tigers did before the merger.

The Tigers will be coached by Joseph Smith who previously coached the Lyndonville boys JV team.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Quincy McClinsey, left, started on the mound for the Orange Tigers and Atticus Mank for the Black Tigers in the All Lyndonville Midget Division playoff championship game Thursday.

On a very special evening for Lyndonville youth baseball, the Lyndonville Orange Tigers nipped visiting Lyndonville Black Tigers 5-4 in the Major Division baseball championship game Thursday.

The Black Tigers, sponsored by Burger King, put up the first run of the game in the top of the first inning as Landon Markidis singled into centerfield and scored Shawn Robertson who walked, and stole second to setup the opportunity.

Lyndonville Black scored again in the top of the third inning as Gio Sabino scored from third on a centerfield single off the bat of Brandon Dill. Lane Woodworth of the Orange Tigers helped close out the top of third by connecting with Kam Kassay at second base to throw out two attempted steals.

The Orange Tigers, sponsored by Whipple Reality, got on the board in the bottom of the third inning tallying 2 runs. Zander Miller reached first with a walk and stole second base to setup the threat. Kassay singled into centerfield scoring Zander. A single off the bat of Maddox Smith scored Kassay who stole second and reached third on a passed ball making the score 2-2.

In the top of the fourth inning, with Black Tiger runners on first and second, Gayvn Draper caught a hard hit line drive in center field to stop the Black Tigers from scoring.

Amir Zimmerman scored the Black Tigers third run in the top of the fifth after being walked, stealing second and scoring off the bat of Logan Fonda who singled into centerfield. Draper made another great catch in centerfield to hold the Black Tigers to 1 run.

The Orange Tigers tallied three big runs in the bottom of the fifth inning as  Kassay banged out a home-run scoring Miller and Connor Newman, for a 5-3 Orange Tigers lead.

Lyndonville Black added 1 run in the top of the 6th as Dill scored from second base off a Markidis double to left center field. The score ended 5-4 at the middle of the 6th securing the championship win for the Lyndonville Orange Tigers.

For the game Lyndonville Black tallied 5 hits including Fonda with a single and a double, Dill a single, Markidis a single and a double. The Black Tigers pitching staff totaled 11 strikeouts, Atticus Mank with 6 and Markidis with 5.

The Orange Tigers tallied 9 hits including, Kassay with 2 singles and a home run, Smith 2 singles, Devon Babcock a single, Iziah Rodriquez a single, Thomas Blake a single, Jake Gidley a double. The Orange Tigers pitching staff totaled 9 strikeouts, Quincy McClinsey with 5 and Thomas Blake with 4.

Contributed Photo – Players from the Lyndonville Orange Tigers and Black Tigers teams get together for an awards ceremony after the title contest.

Contributed Photo – Players and coaches of the Lyndonville girls minors softball team celebrate earning the league title. In the front row are Dixie Nowicki, Caylin Scholes, Morgan Woodworth, Braelynn Dillenbeck, Elysse Dillenbeck, Sierra Frasier, Savannah Schroth and Pia Isaacson. In the second row are Coach Lee Dillenbeck, Madelyn Ingersoll, Alexis Mondoux, Josally Silversmith, Lila Belson, Leigha Kidney, Cylie DeLee, Abigail Alexander, Grace Fox and Coach Craig Isaacson. .

Compiling a perfect 10-0 record, the Lyndonville minors softball team (ages 9-11) has captured both the regular season and playoff tournament championships in the Minors Division of the Lyndonville, Medina, Roy-Hart, and Somerset Softball League.

The Tigers went 8-0 during the regular season to earn the No. 1 seed for the playoffs where they went 2-0 to claim the title.

The Tigers earned a bye in the first round after earning the top seed. They defeated Somerset #1 in the semi-finals 15-2 and then nipped Medina # 1 team in the championship game, earning a narrow victory by a score of 10-9 in the bottom of the 6th inning.

Home field advantage was key to the win, as the Tigers utilized their final at bat to break away from a tie. Morgan Woodworth had the game winning hit scoring Dixie Nowicki for the go ahead run to clinch the title.

Contributed Photo – Julie Coble advances the ball up field for the Holley Raptors during Tuesday’s win over the Lakefront Blue.

Making it three straight shutout victories the Holley Raptors blanked the Lakefront Blue 5-0 in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U19 game Tuesday evening at Genesee Community College.

Abby Scanlan and Alezya Brown each scored two goals and Halee Passarell one for the Raptors.

Nikki Creasey dished out two assists as Scanlan and Aly Knaak both had one.

Now at 3-1, the Raptors will next host the Cobras FC on July 7 at GCC looking to avenge their only loss.