Closing out the regular season on a high note, Roy-Hart downed host Hamburg 6-1 this afternoon in a non league game.

Four pitchers combined on a 4 hitter with 6 strikeouts for the Rams. Ryan Mettler pitched the first three innings. Brayden Hy then hurled two and Thomas Russo and Jake Gould one each against the Bulldogs.

Hy, Conley and Ethan Kuzma each banged out a pair of hits to lead the Rams at the plate.

A double by Conley ignited a big four run fourth inning up rising which helped to lock up the win.

Roy-Hart, which finishes the regular season at 16-4, next hosts Cleveland Hill in the opening round of the Section VI Class B2 playoffs at 5 p.m. Monday.

Medina, Roy-Hart and Albion will all open Section VI baseball playoff action at home on Monday at 5 p.m.

In Class B2, No. 6 seed Medina will host No. 11 JFK, No. 5 Roy-Hart will entertain No. 12 Cleveland Hill and No. 8 Akron will host Niagara-Orleans League foe No. 9 Newfane.

In Class B1 No. 8 Albion will host No. 9 Dunkirk.

In Class C No. 11 Barker will visit No. 6 Salamanca and No. 9 Wilson will travel to No. 8 Chautauqua Lake.

The victors will have little time to celebrate as the quarterfinal round is scheduled for Tuesday.

In fact, the entire Section VI playoffs have been jammed into an 8 day period as the semifinals are scheduled for Thursday, the finals for Saturday and the B1 vs. B2 state qualifier for next Monday.

The Medina vs. JFK winner will visit No. 3 Eden, the Roy-Hart vs. Cleve Hill winner will travel to No. 4 Fredonia and the Albion vs. Dunkirk winner will visit No. 1 City Honors in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s other quarterfinal round matchups involving N-O teams will have the Akron vs. Newfane winner at No. 1 Alden, the Barker vs. Salamanca winner at No. 3 Maple Grove and the Wilson vs. Chautauqua Lake winner at No. 1 Portville.

All four Lyndonville High spring varsity sports team have earned New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Team Awards

In helping to earn those honors the following students had an average of 90% or higher on their respective teams.

Baseball – Daniel Barry, Roman Heinsler, Michael Marker, Jacob Pitcher, Colton Smith, Maddox Stirk and Jack Whipple.

Softball – Ella Lewis, Gracie Johnson, Brynn Howell, Brianna Krisher, Haley Shaffer, Lorelei Dillenbeck, Addison Dillenbeck, Brooke Robinson, Isabella Groves

Girls Track and Field – Annabelle Follman, Aasiya Huzair, Alyssa Prine, Karlee Rounds and Elizabeth Whipple

Boys Track and Field – Phinn Cousins, Joshua Slingerland and Chyenne Tackley

Kendall bested Alexander 4-1 in a Genesee Region League tennis match this afternoon to improve to 8-5 overall on the season.

Devin Edick and Gabriel Preston scores singles wins for Kendall.

The Eagles also got victories from the doubles teams of Tobias Passer – Jonathan Esposito and Steven Strapp – Riley Diltz.

A late comeback bid fell just short as Lyndonville dropped a 6-4 decision to visiting Byron-Bergen in a Genesee Region League game this afternoon.

Trailing 6-0 Lyndonville came battling back with one run in the sixth inning and three more in the seventh but could not pull even with the Bees.

Maddox Stirk had an RBI single in the sixth inning and Michael Marker a two-run single in the seventh for the Tigers.

Stirk, Colton Smith and Justin Higgins each had a pair of hits on the day for the Tigers.

Section V softball playoffs

Top seeded Lyndonville will host a very familiar for when the Lady Tigers entertain No. 8 Notre Dame at 5 p.m. Monday in the quarterfinal round of the Section V Class C3 playoffs.

Notre Dame advanced by downing No. 9 Alfred-Almond 8-3 this afternoon.

Lyndonville downed Notre Dame twice during the Genesee Region League season by scores of 5-4 and 20-2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Richard Keppler slides into second base during the Mustangs non league win over LeRoy at Vets Park this afternoon.

Tuning up for next week’s Section VI playoffs, Medina posted a 9-2 victory over LeRoy in a non league game this afternoon at Vets Park.

Xander Payne went the distance on the mound for the Mustangs registering 17 strikeouts and scattering 5 hits. He struck out the side in the first, fourth and sixth innings.

Xander Payne registered 17 strikeouts for the Mustangs.

LeRoy did grab a brief 2-0 lead in the top of first inning but Payne got out of further trouble by notching two clutch inning ending strikeouts.

Medina then quickly tied the contest in the home half of the frame as a sacrifice fly by Aidan Paul plated one run and a wild pitch drove in the other.

The Mustangs then took the lead for good by erupting for five runs in the second inning as Joe Cecchini had a two-run double, Payne an RBI single and Paul a run producing sacrifice fly.

Two walks and a bunt single by Tyler Kroening loaded the bases to set up the opportunity.

Medina later tacked on two runs in the fourth on a triple by Paul and a sacrifice by Julian Woodworth.

The Mustangs finish the regular season with a 16-3 overall record.

The sectionals are scheduled to begin on Monday and the pairings will be announced at Saturday’s seeding meeting.

Roy-Hart 11, West Seneca West 2
Leading by a narrow 3-2 margin, Roy-Hart used a big six run sixth inning scoring burst to lock up an 11-2 non league win over host West Seneca West this afternoon.

Home runs by Dawson Draper and Thomas Russo, along with a two-run single by Brayden Hy, highlighted the decisive uprising which also included singles by Ethan Kuzma and Jay Heideman..

Hy capped off the Rams win with a two-run homer in the seventh.

Hy finished with a total of 4 hits and Russo 3.

A late rally fell just short as the Medina Unified basketball team dropped a narrow 28-26 decision at Akron Thursday to go to 3-1 on the season.

Akron jumped out to 10 point leads of 14-4 after the first quarter and 22-12 at the half.

Medina began to rally in the third quarter outscoring Akron 8-2 to cut the deficit to 24-20. Steven Secore, Matthew Kennedy, Brooke Shingleton and Thomas Miesch each had a basket during that stretch.

Keeping the momentum, Medina finally rallied into the lead at 26-24 with just under two minutes to go in the final quarter after baskets by Russell Brunnette, Secore and Jackson Tuohey.

However, Akron capitalized on two steals in the last 30 seconds to score four points and claim the narrow win.

Tuohey finished with 10 points, Miesch 6, Secore 4 and Kennedy, Brunnette and Shingelton 2 each.

Medina next visits Pembroke at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The week 7 standings for the Meadworks Axe Throwing League are as follows:

1 – Mother Chuckers, 2602; 2 – The Kill Shots, 2570; 3 – Pain in the Axe, 2478; 4 – Axing for Trouble, 2379; 5 – Lizzie Borden, 2306; 6 – Bustin Axes, 2210; 7 – Great Axepectations, 2185; 8 – Here for Pizza, 2176; 9 – Two Cord, 2125; 10 – Berserkers, 2041; 11 – Happy Hippies, 2028; 12 – Axing for a Fried, 1968; 13 – Swoosh, 1918; 14 – JackAxes, 1898; 15 – Bad Axes, 1859; 16 – Anger Management, 1833; 17 – Kiss our Axes, 1835; 18 – Axedentaal Fun, 1690; 19 – Axe About Us, 1586; 20 – Lillie Girls, 1572; 21 – Axe Like That, 1554; 22 – Smack My Axe, 1539; 23 – Mad Axes, 1413; 24 – The Slits, 1085