Improving to 3-1, the Medina Mustangs FC defeated the Moby Ducks 6-2 Sunday in a Buffalo and District Soccer League 3rd Division game Sunday at West Seneca.

Nate Dillenbeck scored three goals for the Mustangs as Casey Winiecki, Ethan Leonard and Ryan Laruffa each netted one. Winiecki also had a pair of assists.

Earlier in the season, the Mustangs defeated nWO FC 1-0 on a goal by Steven Anderson and WNY United Reds 2-1 on goals by Anderson and Winiecki.

The Mustangs lone loss was by a 3-2 margin to Lake Shore FC as Anderson and Leonard each scored a goal.

Medina next hosts the United Warriors at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Contributed Photo – Deb Wood and Dick Taylor earned top honor at the Hickory Ridge Cup Tournament this weekend.

The Hickory Ridge Golf Association hosted the Hickory Ridge Cup tournament this weekend. The handicap event was played under beautiful blue skies.

Winning the women’s division was Deb Wood who had a gross 78 and net 71. Paula Knaak finished second with a gross of 99 with a net of 73.

Dick Taylor won the men’s division with a gross of 87 and a net of 70. Dave Cotter was in second with a net 81 and a gross 93.

Trophies will be handed out at the year end banquet.

Just two leagues reporting as weather played a role in limiting play last week.

The Tuesday Ladies Night Out league’s low gross was Deb Wood with a 37. Low net was Sue Miller with a 33. Deb Wood and Aleta Martin lead in points with 30. Marcia Zambito and Margie Paige hold down second with 24 points. Two teams are tied for third with 23.5 points. They are Paula Knaak and Melissa Cotter and the team of Patty Pfister and Barb Passeral.

The Men’s Traveling League that plays Thursday night had the team of Hanlon and Schrader leading with 86 points. Burgess and Eaton are in second place with 78 points followed closely by Cotter and Root who have 76 points. Low gross for the night was shared by Wes Bedford and Guy Eaton who each shot a 41. Corey Stalker was low net with a 30. Jason Schrader fired two birdies.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Retiring Lyndonville varsity baseball coach Shane Price with his two youngsters Emersyn and Gatlin.

For over 75 years now Lyndonville High has had a very successful program on the varsity baseball diamond and for the past 20 years the Tigers very successful run has continued under the leadership of Coach Shane Price.

In guiding the Tigers diamond family his teams have earned half a dozen Genesee Region League Division titles, 3 Section V championships and a trip to the state semifinals.

However, now he has decided to step away as the Tigers coach to be able to spend more time with his own personal family team as his two youngsters, Gatlin and Emersyn are now six and three. Gatlin is already playing T-Ball and has signed up for soccer.

“I love the game and love coaching,” he said. “The game will always be there but my kids will only be young once. I love being a dad (Dada or Daddy) and look forward to seeing them grow and running them around as they chase down their dreams.”

Baseball to be sure has been a huge part of his life since he was 12 and he credits three men for being key role models for him over the years – his coach at Hilton High Ory Mee, his father Thomas Price and his long time assistant coach at Lyndonville Mark Hughes.

“What do you say when you’ve been blessed,” he said. “Since the age of 12 I have chased around a little white ball with laces. I was very fortunate to have a great man, Coach Ory Mee, introduce me to the game in seventh grade. My father coached and ran me everywhere fostering my love of the game. And ever since I came to Lyndonville Mark has been that person who has always been there for me as a coach and a teacher.”

Wins and championships are to be sure special to any coach but for Price it has been his players and their futures that are most important.

“I don’t know where I would be without baseball,” he added. “I’ve had some great teams but more than that I’ve had some great kids. It’s what they go on to do in their lives that is the big thing and I’m pretty happy what they’ve done.”

Coach Shane Price on the diamond hitting infield practice.

A school record leap in the Long Jump has earned Medina High sophomore Madelynn Rutledge a trip to next weekend’s state track meet.

Rutledge had the school record and state qualifying leap of 17-6 1/2 at the Section VI Division II state qualifier meet this afternoon where she placed third in the Long Jump.

She broke her own record of 17-4 1/2 which she set two weeks ago in winning the Long Jump at the Niagara-Orleans All-League meet.

Newfane’s Mel Meyers was the N-O League’s lone winner at the Section VI meet as she took top honors in the Triple Jump with a jump of 35-11 1/4.

Roy-Hart had Nadia White place third in the Triple Jump and fourth in the Long Jump and Brandin Allen third in the 400 Hurdles. Barker’s Keira Dalton placed third in the Discus.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

A rough start to today’s second round proved costly as Medina’s Melanie Green failed to make the cut at the 77th U.S. Women’s Open Golf Tournament being played at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina.

Green opened the round with bogeys on the first six holes but rebounded by putting together a strong back nine paring seven of the final nine holes.

She finished the day with a 7 over par 78 and had a two day score of 12 over par 154.

The projected cut line for the final two rounds, which will be played on Saturday and Sunday, is 3 over par.

The difficulty of the Pine Needles course was evident as former champion Michelle Wie West was 5 over for the day and finished with a two day total of 147 and former three-time champion Anika Sorenstram was 9 over on the day after 12 holes.

Contributed Photo – The Albion Storm’s lineup includes, in front, Leah Zastrow, Ella Cole, Brooke Miller, Adriana D’Agostino, Izzy D’Agostino, Anna Gillette and Katelyn Viza . In the back row are Alayna Keirn, Sophia Dash, Teagan Shaw, Melia Prince, Meadow Smith, Gia Howard and Madison Blount.

The Albion Storm knocked out some long balls Thursday evening in an 18-10 win at Attica.

Melia Prince went 2-2 with a double and the biggest, longest hit of the season- grand slam home run. Anna Gillette also went 2-2 with a double and Teagan Shaw was also 2-2 on the night. Storm knocked out 12 hits all together with Meadow Smith, Kate Viza, Brooke Miller, Gia Howard, Leah Zastrow, and Alayna Keirn collecting singles.

The defense was mixed up with the younger players getting extra time in the field and they played vey well.  Leah Zastrow started on the rubber and went 3 innings collecting 5 strikeouts and her defense allowed zero hits. Zastrow took two line drives right back at her for outs as well. Teagan Shaw pitched the last two innings and collected 4 strikeouts with only two hits allowed.

Storm travels to Akron next Thursday.

A second half comeback fell just short as the Medina Unified Basketball dropped a narrow 40-39 decision to Olmstead at the final buzzer in a season ending sectional playoff consolation game Thursday.

Olmstead raced out to a 10-4 first quarter lead. Malikiah McGill and Jackson Tuohey each had two points for the Medina.

The Mustangs started heating up in the second quarter by scoring eight points. However, Olmsted also scored eight points to maintain their six point lead at the half. McGill and Tuohey split Medina’s scoring with four points each.

Baskets came quickly and often in the third period. Medina scored eight baskets including two 3-pointers.
outscoring Olmsted 18-14 to pull within two going into the final stanza at 32-30. McGill led Medina with nine points, including a 3-pointer, while Logan Fiedner added another 3-pointer. Brennan Hinckley, Brooke Shingleton and Tuohey each had a 2-point basket.

The final quarter was a fairytale finish for Olmsted. Down by five points with just over two minutes remaining the Owls capitalized on two Medina turnovers to rally back to within one at 39-38 with 16 seconds remaining. The Owls then pulled out the win by scoring at the buzzer off another turnover.

Tuohey had four points to lead the Mustangs in the last quarter. McGill had three and Hinckley two.

McGill finished with 19, Tuohey 12, Hinckley 4, Fiedner 3 and Shingleton 2.

Medina finished the season with a 3-4 record.