Contributed Photo – Celebrating their title win are Medina Blue players and coaches including Assistant coach John Buondonno, Jack Buondonno, Bryson Heiligenthaler, Assistant coach Jeremy Bensley, Kellan Bensley, Wyatt Szatkowski, Anthony Stachewicz, Patrick Grollmes, Luke Hungerford, Emma Lilleby, Head coach Mike Gray, and Sam Gray. Missing from photo is Major Harris.

Medina Blue edged past Lyndonville Black 6-5 in extra innings in the Minor Division baseball championship game Tuesday evening,

Medina Blue, sponsored by Woodroe Realty, jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning sparked by a 2-run homerun off the bat of Sam Gray and an RBI double by Luke Hungerford scoring Patrick Grollmes.

Lyndonville took the lead in the top of the 6th inning by scoring 4 runs. In the bottom of the 6th, Medina tied the game with a triple from Bryson Heiligenthaler, scoring Hungerford and sending the game into extra innings.

Lyndonville once again took a 1 run lead in the top of the 7th inning. However, in the bottom of the 7th, Medina got 5 hits off the bats of Gray, Wyatt Szatkowski, Kellan Bensley, Anthony Stachewicz, and Grollmes to push across 2 runs to win the championship game.

Overall, Medina Blue totaled 16 hits including 4 each by Gray and Grollmes. Emma Lilleby and Hungerford had 2 hits a piece. Defensively, Jack Buondonno and Szatkowski made great plays.

Medina Blue Coach Mike Gray thanked his players, assistant coaches, players’ families, and all of the other Minors Division teams for a great season!

Banes and Jr. Wilson I both scored doubleheader sweeps in Medina Women’s Softball League action Monday evening.

Banes defeated White Birch 17-16 and NYSCOPBA 25-15 and Jr. Wilson I bested Hemp House/810 Meadworks 13-5 and White Birch 8-3.

Banes 17, White Birch 16
Banes scored 4 runs in the sixth inning to claim the narrow win. A home run by Morgan Allis ignited the uprising which also included a double by Lindsay Chatt, a single by Connie Heschke and a sacrifice fly by Kathy Allen which plated the game winning run.

Lindsay Chatt, Grace Masse and Sue Seefeldt each had 3 hits as Allen and Jami Chatt both had 2. Jami Chatt’s hits included a home run. Lindsay Chatt had 2 doubles and Masse and Seefeldt 1 each.

Banes 25, NYSCOPBA 15
Morgan Allis had a grand slam home run for Banes as Allen and Masse also both had homers. Allen and Amy Allis both had 3 hits.

Jr. Wilson 1 13, Hemp House/810 Meadworks 5
Hemp/810 came to the plate with hot bats in the top of the 1st inning, scoring two runs on five hits including a double from Melissa Pierce and Alisha Foss. Jr. Wilson’s answered with four runs in the bottom of the first on hits from Jessica Rosenbeck, Stormi Kruger, and a double off the bat of Jodi Zacher.

Jr. Wilson’s added three more runs in the third, and a two-run triple from Kruger highlighted a four run fourth inning to increase their lead by seven. Hemp/810 was held scoreless through four innings and then scored one run on a double from Kelly Jo Pritchard in the top of the seventh, but could not complete the comeback.

Jr. Wilson 1, 8, White Birch 3
In game two, Jr. Wilson’s jumped out to an early 3-0 lead after doubles from Jaclyn Guzdek and Kruger. Added three more runs in the third after a lead off single from Guzdek, a double from Sara Flansburg, and singles from Sharon Korzelius, Michele Crandall, and Connie Hornquist.

White Birch chipped away at the lead, scoring one run in the fourth, and two runs in the sixth. A single from Maddy Boyle and a home run from Alecia Hinkson in the sixth kept the game close. Jr. Wilson’s though scored two more runs in the top of the seventh to put the game away. Guzdek and Kruger both finished with three hits

.Jr. Wilson’s is now 6-2 in league play.

Contributed Photos – Finnegan McCue, left, scored the lone goal for Orleans FC in the win over Spencerport. At right, Jonathan Reyes gets past a Spencerport player.

The Orleans FC soccer team scored a key 1-0 win Monday evening over Spencerport which captured the Western New York State Cup championship last year.

Finnegan McCue scored the game’s lone goal off an assist from Pablo Rosario.

David Rosario controlled the middle with the help of Matthew Kania and Alonzo Figueroa.

Adrian Figueroa and Julian Biviano both shared a clean sheet making some big saves in goal.

The defensive unit of Ben O’Connor, Jonathan Reyes, William Kludt, Jesus Rosario, Leo Bolton and Adrian Mateos was a brick wall not letting anything get past them.

It was a busy week at Hickory Ridge with all leagues reporting including one new addition.

The new league which has been formed, the Hickory Hicks Golf League, plays on Saturday afternoons. Their first reporting shows John and Diane Colsanto in first place with 37 points. Melissa and Dave Cotter are in second with 38 points. Three teams are tied for third with 39 points each.

Starting off the week was the Ladies Night Out league on Tuesday. Low gross was Deb Wood with a 39. Patty Pfister had low net with 35. Wood recorded two birdies, Pfister and Aleta Martin one each. The standings have Margie Page and Marcia Zambito leading with 41 points. Wood and Martin are in second with 39.5. Paula Knaak and Melissa Cotter hold third with 37 points.

The Wednesday Night Mens’ league has Larry Powers and Bill Connolly leading the standings with 35 points. Clark Brooks and Dick Taylor are in second with 33.5 points. AJ Gifaldi and Dave Polisoto are in third with 31.5 points. Low gross was recorded by Raymont Daniels with a 39. Polisoto had low net with a 31. Larry Swanger, Tim Hendrickson and Gifaldi each reported a birdie.

The Thursday Morning Senior league had no skin birdies or eagles. There will be a carryover to next week. Closest to the pin on number 6 was Dick Taylor with 7 feet, 6 inches. Closest second shot on 13 was Dave Marcolini at 5 feet, 2 inches.

The Men’s Traveling league that also plays on Thursday has a low gross of 41 by Scott Budde. Low net was a 31 by Adam Dresser. Birdies were recorded by Barry Flansberg and Ken Hinkson. The teams of Hanlon and Schrader and Cotter and Root lead the standings with 142 points. Third place is held by the team of Knaak and Cotter with 128 points.

The next Hickory Ridge Golf Association tournament is scheduled for July 17. The 3-2-1 tournament is a foursome event with teams being formed by the association. It is open to golf association members and social golfers with a league handicap. More information and signup in the pro shop by July 7th.

With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Albion Midget League is heading into the stretch run with Sandstone currently leading the standings at 8-0 followed by Carlton 4-3-1, Elba 3-4-1, Rotary 2-6 and Barre 0-8.

Last week Sandstone downed Barre 11-0 as Wesley LeFrois had 3 hits, including a pair of triples, and Drew Pritchard 2 with a triple. LeFrois also had 3 hits as Sandstone bested Barre 15-5 in the completion of a suspended game.

The upcoming league playoffs are scheduled to be capped off by the championship game on July 16.

Getting goal production from four players, the Medina Mustangs FC downed Tonawanda United 4-2 at Vets Park Sunday evening in Buffalo District Soccer League 3rd Division game.

A goal by Ethan Leonard off an assist from Nathan Dillenbeck opened the Medina scoring. The two then reversed roles as Dillenbeck scored from Leonard.

Rounding out the Mustangs scoring Grayson Dolata tallied off an assist from Carson Zgoda and Greg Husung scored from Jack Whipple.

Colby Albone earned the win in goal.

Now in second place in the division with a 5-2 record, the Mustangs will next host the third place Buffalo Brighten Stars on July 10.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – All-State softball honorees Reanna Perkins from Roy-Hart and Ella Lewis from Lyndonville.

Two local players, Lyndonville third baseman Ella Lewis and Roy-Hart pitcher Reanna Perkins, both seniors, have earned All-State softball honors.

Lewis has been named to the Class C fourth team and Perkins to the Class B third team.

Lewis, who helped Lyndonville capture a Genesee Region League title with a 14-0 record, has also earned All-Greater Rochester honors.

Perkins, who hurled Roy-Hart to a 12-0 Niagara-Orleans League title season, has also received All-Western New York honors.

In the circle, Perkins registered 165 strikeouts and had an earned run average of 1.826. At the plate she hit .500 with 6 doubles, 3 triples, 10 home runs and 32 RBIs.

Lewis hit .424 with 6 doubles, 7 triples, 2 home runs, 36 RBIs and 19 stolen bases.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Samantha Albright and Aiden Petrie helped Roy-Hart win the Niagara-Orleans volleyball and boys basketball titles which were two of the seven league championships the Rams earned this past school year.

It was “The Year of the Ram” in Niagara-Orleans varsity competition this past school year as Roy-Hart captured no less than seven league championships.

The Rams set the tone for the banner year in the fall by claiming the boys soccer, girls soccer and volleyball championships.

The titles were the second in a row for both soccer teams but was the first since 2009 for the volleyball squad.

The girls soccer team went on to capture its first ever sectional championship.

All three teams had the N-O Player of the Year including Kara Choate (girls soccer), Peter Martillotta (boys soccer) and Samantha Albright (volleyball).

During the winner season Roy-Hart made it three straight N-O boys swim championships as the Channel Cats shared the crown with Medina.

Ending a long drought the boys basketball team also captured its first N-O championship since the 1995-96 campaign. Rams senior Aiden Petrie earned N-O Player of the Year honors.

This spring Roy-Hart captured the N-O softball championship for the third time in the last four years.

The Roy-Hart baseball team earned its first N-O title since 2018 as the Rams shared the championship with Medina.

Both Rams diamond squads had the N-O Player of the year in Reanna Perkins and Thomas Russo.

Akron and Newfane each captured four N-O titles. The Tigers claimed the golf, field hockey, girls swimming and tennis titles while the Panthers claimed the boys and girls cross-country, wrestling and girls track championships.

Rounding out the list of champions Medina shared both the boys swim and baseball titles while Albion won the boys track crown and Wilson the girls basketball championship.