The presentation of over a dozen special awards highlighted Roy-Hart’s annual end of the year athletics awards program on Monday.

Athlete of the Year awards were presented by the sports season. The recipients for the Fall season were Trent Choate (Boys Soccer) and Kara Choate (Girls Soccer). Amanda Hill (Girls Swimming) and Aidan Petrie (Boys Basketball) were honored for the Winter season and Reanna Perkins (Softball), Ryan Mettler (Baseball) and Jay Heideman (Track) for the Spring season.

Trent Choate and Kara Choate also received Niagara PAL awards.

Brooke Livergood and Zach Livergood were honored as Niagara-Orleans League Scholar Athletes. Brooke Livergood and Jacob Hagen also received the Section VI Project Play award.

Ava Owens and Brett Ricker received the Roy-Heart Award.

Marissa Scott received the Bill Holahan Award for Volleyball, Brooke Livergood the Dave Brown Memorial Award for Swimming, Ryan Mettler the Stan Voss Memorial Award for Baseball, Jay Heideman and Justine Laverty the John Jablonski Outstanding Track Athlete Award, Claire Halstead and John Conley the Dan Seefeldt Award, Jordan Terwilliger the Bruno Pacini Award, Reanna Perkins and Jacob Hagen the Wally Sidebottom Award of Excellence and Chris Ulrich and Molly Russell the Brian Weaver Memorial Award.

Contributed Photos – Mel Myers, Newfane and Paul Smith, Wilson.

Newfane’s Mel Myers and Wilson’s Paul Smith, both seniors, have been named the Niagara-Orleans League’s track Athletes of the Year.

Myers won the High Jump and the Triple Jump at the recent N-O All-League meet.

She also placed second in the Long Jump and was a member of Newfane’s winning 400 Relay team.

Smith, won both the Long Jump and the Triple Jump at the All-League meet.

He also placed second in both the 100 and 200.

Rain slowed Albion Midget League action last week as only one game was completed and two others suspended.

In the lone completed contest, Sandstone downed Elba 9-1.

A two-run single by Brayden LaMartina highlighted a four run first inning and a two-run double by Rocco Sidari keyed a four run second inning. Omer Fugate also had a pair of hits including a two-run double on the evening.

LaMartina and Drew Pritchard shared in the pitching duties combining for a one hitter.

The two suspended games have Carlton leading Barre 6-1 and Sandstone up on Barre 11-4.

Contributed Photo – Maddie Fry

This past season Roy-Hart graduate Maddie Fry played a key role in helping the Mercyhurst softball team to it best year ever.

Manning the key catcher’s position, Fry, who is a junior, helped Mercyhurst capture its first league championship, make its first NCAA Tournament appearance and earn a school record 32 wins.

Despite missing several games due to an injury, Fry led the Lakers with a .505 batting average and 56 hits. She scored 27 runs and stole 13 bases.

Her accomplishment’s earned Fry first team Pennsylvania Conference West Division honors for the second year in a row.

Fry, who is majoring in Early Childhood and Special Education, also earned several conference, regional and national postseason academic honors for her success in the classroom where she has compiled a 4.0 grade point average.

She received the PSAC Champion Scholar award for having the best grade point average in the conference tournament. Named to the Division 2 All Region second team she has also been named to the All American Academic third team.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman –  Albion’s duo of Leo Bolton and Carson Bader have earned first team N-O All-League tennis honors.

Six repeat selections head the first team of the Niagara-Orleans All-League tennis squad.

Senior Will Chubb and junior Caleb Suckow from four-time defending champion Akron head that large repeat contingent. That group also includes Wilson’s Joey Moote, Albion’s Carson Bader, Barker’s Nathan Meza Ray and Newfane’s Connor Gunby, all seniors.

Rounding out the first team are Akron seniors Sean Brennan and Sean Shaughnessy and Albion freshman Leo Bolton who were all second team honorees last year.

Earning second team honors are Medina senior Joe Lederhouse, Barker senior Willard Nellist and junior Matt Ryan, Roy-Hart senior Nik Gutierrez, Wilson seniors Evan McKinney and Connor Seider along with the Newfane trio of senior Ty Williams, sophomore Luke Gunby and freshman Miles Czekaj.

The Honorable Mention selections are as follows listed by school:

Akron – Will Akin (Jr.), Morgan Towson (Jr.) and freshman Samantha Niescier (Fr.)

Albion – James Beach (Sr.) and Charley London (Sr.)

Barker – Cameron Kiner (Sr.), Kevin Hadsell Jr. (Sr.) and Aidan Mescall (So.)

Newfane – Trevor Lange (Sr.) and Sarah Leibring (Sr.)

Roy-Hart – Jacob Hagen (Sr.), Chelsea Gutierrez (Sr.), Alex Stern (Jr.) and Sophea Allee (So.)

Wilson – Cassidy Wagner (Jr.) and Aubriana Cristiano (So.)

Contributed Photo – Medina High sophomore Madelynn Rutledge in action at today’s state championship meet where she placed fifth in the Division 2 Long Jump.

Medina High sophomore Madelynn Rutledge placed fifth in the Long Jump at the Division 2 (small schools) state track and field championships today at Cicero North High School near Syracuse.

Rutledge had a leap of 17-1 on her sixth and final attempt to earn fifth place honors.

She qualified for the state championships with a school record leap of 17-6 1/2 at last weekend’s Section VI state qualifier. That effort broke her own school record of 17-4 1/2 hich she set a couple of weeks early at the Niagara-Orleans All-League meet.

Some 30 local high school varsity spring sports squads have earned New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar/Athlete Team awards by compiling a composite average of at least 90.

Those teams. listed by school, are as follows:

Albion – Baseball Softball, Tennis and Girls Track

Barker – Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Boys Track and Girls Track

Holley – Softball, Tennis, Girls Track and Golf

Kendall – Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Boys Track and Girls Track

Lyndonville – Baseball, Softball, Boys Track and Girls Track

Medina – Baseball, Tennis, Boys Track and Girls Track

Roy-Hart – Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Boys Track and Girls Track

Rounding out the Niagara-Orleans League schools Akron had Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Boys Track and Girls Track; Newfane has Softball, Tennis, Girls Track and Girls Lacrosse and Wilson has Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Boys Track, Girls Track and Boys Lacrosse.

The Meadworks Axe Throwing League has completed its regular season. The championship bracket will be played at 6 p.m. next Wednesday with the top 12 teams competing for the championship title.

The final regular season standings are as follows:

1 – Mother Chuckers, 3703; 2 – The Kill Shots, 3568; 3 – Pain in the Axe, 3495; 4 – Axing for Trouble, 3408; 5 – Lizzie Borden, 3198; 6 – Bustin Axes, 3176; 7 – Great Axepectations, 3148; 8 – Two Cord, 3056; 9 – Here for Pizza, 3050; 10 – Happy Hippies, 2997; 11 – Berserkers, 2992; 12 – Axing for a Friend, 2861; 13 – Swoosh, 2912; 14 – Axe Like That, 2679; 15 – Kiss our Axes, 2644; 16 – Bad Axes, 2639; 17 – Smaxk My Axe, 2614; 18 – Anger Management, 2602; 19 – Axedental Fun, 2394; 20 – Lillie Girls, 2218; 21 – Axe About Us, 2216; 22 – Mad Axes, 2085; 23 – JackAxes, 1898; 24 – Slits, 1495.