Strong pitching keyed the Albion Storm to a 7-1 fastpitch softball win over Geneseo this evening.

Anna Gillette pitched a no hitter with 16 strikeouts for the Storm as she and catcher Meadow Smith combined to make a lethal duo shutting out Geneseo hitters.

A the plate for the Storm Adriana D’Agostino went 2-2, Melia Prince 2-3, Gillette 2-2 with a double and Smith had a big double in the third.

The Storm next visits Pavilion Friday night.

Coming off a school record 18-0 regular season, Lyndonville has earned the top seed for the upcoming Section V Class C3 softball playoffs.

The Lady Tigers will host a quarterfinal round contest at 5 p.m. Monday against the winner of Friday’s opening round game between No. 8 Notre Dame (9-6) and No. 9 Alfred-Almond (7-6).

In Class C2, No. 3 seed Kendall (10-8) will also host a quarterfinal round game at 5 p.m. Monday against the winner of Friday’s opening round contest between No. 6 Pavilion and No. 11 Clyde-Savannah.

Also in Class C2, No. 10 Holley will visit No. 7 Campbell-Savona at 5 p.m. Friday in an opening round contest.

No. 3 seed Roy-Hart blanked visiting No. 6 JFK 8-0 this afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Section VI Class B2 softball playoffs.

Kaitlin Mettler had a home run and 2 singles, Peyton May 2 singles and Marissa Scott 2 singles to lead the Roy-Hart attack.

Reanna Perkins registered 8 strikeouts in the circle.

Roy-Hart will next visit No. 2 Fredonia in the semifinals on Tuesday. Fredonia ousted Akron 3-0.

In other B2 games top seeded Eden blanked visiting Medina 21-0 and Alden bested Newfane 13-1.

In Class C quarterfinals Randolph downed Barker 3-0 and Portville edged Wilson 6-4.

Photos by Tom Rivers: Jahmeek Riley of Albion won the high jump with 5-8.

Roy-Hart scored six wins during the boys’ portion of the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League track met held at Wilson this afternoon.

Trent Choate was a double winner in the 100 (:11.57) and 200 (:24.07) for Roy-Hart which also had Chris Ulrich win the 400 (:54.15), Brandin Allen the 400 Hurdles (1:00.51) and Ronan Klug the Steeplechase (12:04.29). Choate, Ulrich and Allen also teamed up with Landon Guild to give the Rams a win in the 1600 Relay (3:44.54).

Albion’s Jahmeek Riley won the High Jump (5-8) also also teamed up with Cencere Lowe, Auston Johnson and Ozzie Matos to give the Purple Eagles a victory in the 1600 Relay (3:44.54).

Trent Choate of Roy-Hart wins the 100 meter sprint in 11.57, ahead of Paul Smith of Wilson in 11.65 and Landen Guild of Roy-Hart in 11.79.

Barker’s Mason Allee Castro was a double winner in the 800 (2:09) and 1600 (4:50.13) while Newfane’s Simon Lingle doubled in the Shotput (37-4 3/4) and Discus (125-02) and Wilson’s Paul Smith in the Long Jump (20-5) and Triple Jump (39-8 1/2).

The other individual event winners included Newfane’s Max Czekja in the 110 Hurdles (:16.86), Akron’s Will Chubb in the 3200 (10:46.93), Wilson’s Jack Mahar in the Pole Vault (10-3) and Newfane’s Austin Burkard in the Pentathlon (1856).

Newfane’s foursome of Andrew Cuzzacrea, Connor Cuzzacrea, Alden Gibson and Gannon Gibson won the 3200 Relay (8:54.54).

Chris Ulrich of Roy-Hart (left) won the 400 meter run in 54.15. Mason Allee-Castro of Barker edges Connor Cuzzacrea of Newfane in the 800 meter race. Allee-Castro also won the 1,600 meter event.

Newfane dominated the girls’ competition winning 11 events.

The Lady Panthers had Cat Ersing win the 400 (1:03.75), Kylie Bowman the 1500 (5:11.09) and 3000 (11:47.41). Mel Meyers the High Jump (4-10) and Triple Jump (35-4), Shelby Nerber the Pole Vault (8-6), Lucy Ingro the Pentathlon (1679) and Leah Sigmann the Steeplechase (8:15.87).

Newfane also swept the three relays as Ainsley DeBaise, Ashlan Joseph, Gina Shorter and Meyers took the 400 (:53.21); Anna Chunco, Stephanie Chunco, Ersing and Joseph the 1600 (4:04.89) and Bowman, Isabella Pasquale, Ersing and Siegmann the 3200 (10:35.65).

Perris Benjamin (left) carries the baton on the first leg of Albion’s 4 by 100 meter relay team that came in third. Kylie Bowman of Newfane won the 3,000 meter run in 11:47.41. She also finished first in the 1,500.

Albion’s Abby Scanlan was a double winner in the 100 (:13.34) and 200 (:28.82) as was Wilson’s Madelaine Schultz in the 100 Hurdles (:16.65) and 400 Hurdles (1:13.36).

Medina got wins from Phallon Rivera in the Shotput (29-8 1/2) and from Madelynn Rutledge in the Long Jump (17-4 1/2 a school record).

Roy-Hart’s Nadia White took the 800 (2:33.76) and Akron’s Shea Masse the Discus (89-11). (Click Here for full results)

Lawson Wallworth of Roy-Hart and Junior Morales of Albion take the baton for their turn in the 4 by 800 meter relay. Newfane’s team was first followed by Albion and Roy-Hart in the event.

Ronan Klug of Roy-Hart won the 3,000 meter steeplechase in 12:04.29.

Madelaine Schultz of Wilson won the 400 meter hurdles in 1:13.36, with Anna Chunco of Newfane in second and Julia Miles of Roy-Hart in third.

Abby Scanlan, right, of Albion won the 100 meter sprint in 13.34 ahead of Sophia Jones of Akron who was second in 13.46. Sophia Albanese of Albion, left, was seventh in 13.95.

In a sea-saw battle Lyndonville outlasted Elba 12-10 in a free scoring Genesee Region League game this afternoon.

Trailing 10-9, the Tigers pulled out the win by scoring three times in the sixth inning on a two-run single by Justin Higgins an an RBI single by Jacob Pitcher.

Earlier, the Tigers scored six times in the fifth to take a brief 9-6 lead as Pitcher and Colton Smith had RBI hits.

Pitcher, Michael Marker and Trenton Muck each had a pair of hits on the day for Lyndonville which hosts Byron-Bergen on Friday to close out the G-R season.

In other G-R contests, Kendall downed Alexander 12-4 to finish the regular season at 12-6 and Attica defeated Holley 17-2.

James Fox had 2 hits for Kendall which used a four run fourth inning to key the win.

Two huge late inning scoring bursts rallied Albion to a wild 13-11 victory over host Akron this afternoon in the Niagara-Orleans League season finale.

Rebounding from deficits of 5-0 and 8-6, Albion rallied to earn the win by scoring 6 runs in the fifth inning and 7 more in the sixth.

Brendan Lebaron had a two-run single and Javon Jones an RBI double to highlight the sixth inning rally. Jones then had a two-run triple and Tyler Gibson an RBI single to key the seventh inning uprising.

Albion finishes the N-O season at 6-6 and Akron at 7-5.

Final N-O Standings: Roy-Hart 10-2, Medina 10-2, Akron 7-5, Albion 6-6, Newfane 4-8, Wilson 3-9, Barker 2-10.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Julian Woodworth scores ahead of a tag by Barker catcher Aidan Voss during the Mustangs win over the host Raiders this afternoon.

Capturing a share of a third straight title, Medina bested host Barker 16-0 this afternoon to close out the Niagara-Orleans League baseball season.

Medina and Roy-Hart emerge as co-champions as the teams finish the league campaign with identical 10-2 records. The N-O title in the is the fourth in the last seven years for Roy-Hart which previously claimed three consecutive championships during the 2016, 2017 and 2018 seasons. Medina followed up with titles during the 1019 and 2021 seasons. There was no spring season in 2020 due to Covid 19 restrictions.

Aidan Paul went the distance on the mound for Medina hurling a 2 hitter with 17 strikeouts including three in the second, fourth, fifth and seventh innings.

Joe Cecchini banged out three run producing doubles, Xander Payne had a triple, double and single, Zach Fike a double and single and Brody Fry a pair of singles to lead the Medina attack.

Leading by a narrow 3-0 margin, the Mustangs broke the contest wide open by erupting for 8 runs in the sixth inning. The uprising included a two-run double by Fike, a two-run single by Payne, an RBI double by Cecchini and an RBI single by Tyler Kroening.

Medina capped off the win by scoring five times in the seventh capped off by a two-run single by Vinny Gray.

Earlier, the Mustangs gradually built up a 3-0 lead by scoring once in the third on back-to-back doubles by Payne and Cecchini, once in the fourth on a fielders choice play off the bat of Richard Keppler and once in the fifth on a double by Cecchini which followed a triple by Payne.

Barker did mount the game’s first scoring threat getting two runners aboard with one out in the first inning but Paul bore down to register to clutch strikeouts to end the frame. Paul later registered a clutch inning ending strikeout in the fourth inning as the Raiders stranded a runner at third base.

Barker finishes the N-O season at 2-10.

Barker’s Isaac Monaco gets a force out at second base on Medina’s Brody Fry.

Completing a perfect 18-0 regular season, Lyndonville rolled to a 17-0 Genesee Region League softball victory at Elba this afternoon.

Lorelei Dillenbeck hurled a 3 hitter with 5 strikeouts in the circle for the Lady Tigers.

At the plate for Lyndonville, Gracie Johnson had 3 hits with 4 RBIs, Addy Dillenbeck 2 hits, including a triple, with 3 RBIs, Lorelei Dillenbeck a double with 3 RBIs and Haley Shaffer 2 hits, including a double, with 2 RBIs.

The Lady Tigers scored 5 times in both the fifth and sixth innings and 3 times in both the first and fourth frames.

Kendall 21, Pembroke 2

Kendall closed out a 10-8 regular season with a 21-2 G-R victory over visiting Pembroke.

Lauren Pilon and Shelby Kruger both had 4 hits, Julie Coble and Ella Christ 3 and winning pitcher Danielle Offhaus 2 to lead the Kendall offense. Coble’s hits included a pair of doubles and Pilon’s a triple.

In the circle, Offhaus scattered 6 hits and struck out 5 for her first varsity win.

Medina and Barker both scored victories in the opening round of the Section VI softball playoffs this afternoon.

No. 9 seed Medina nipped host No. 8 Cleveland Hill 15-11 in 8 innings in a Class B2 contest.

The Mustangs scored 4 times in the eighth inning to advance to Thursday’s quarterfinal at top seeded Eden. Iyla Lilleby and Miriam Fike both had hits to key the rally.

Lilleby finished with 4 hits, Gianna Greco 3 and Fike 2. Lilleby, Greco and Ki’Mani Poole all had hits to highlight a 6 run second inning.

In the circle, Faith Oberther registered 9 strikeouts.

Barker 16, Holland 3
Peyton Bradley had 3 hits, including a double and triple, and Natalie Brandel belted a two-run homer to highlight the offense for No. 5 seed Barker in the Class C victory over visiting No. 12 Holland.

Barker, which next visits No. 4 Randolph in the quarterfinals on Thursday, scored 5 times in both the third and fifth innings.

Brandel pitched the first 4 innings and struck out 4.

Springville 18, Albion 13
No. 10 seed Springville rallied for 10 runs in the seventh inning to outlast host No. 7 Albion in a Class B1 opener.

Mackenzie Snook and Aly Knaak both had 3 hits and Maya Knaak and Alison Gibosn 2 each for Albion. Snook’s hits included two triples with 5 RBIs as Aly Knaak drove in 3 runs.

Sectional Roundup
Niagara-Orleans League champion and third seeded Roy-Hart will host No. 6 JFK in a Class B2 quarterfinal at 5 p.m. Thursday. JFK ousted No. 11 Allegany-Limestone 11-2.

No. 7 Akron outlasted No. 10 Southwestern 10-9 in 12 innings and No. 12 Newfane downed No. 5 Olmsted 14-6 in other Class B2 contests.

In another Class C game No. 7 Wilson bested No. 10 Salamanca 13-4.

Barker shutout Roy-Hart 5-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match this afternoon.

Nathan Meza Ray, Matthew Ryan and Cameron Kiner all scored singles wins for Barker.

The Raiders also got wins from the doubles teams of Willard Nellist – Kevin Hadsell and Aidan Mescall – Levi Hauser.

Barker finishes the N-O season at 8-4 while Roy-Hart is 2-9.

G-R Tennis

In Genesee Region League tennis action Wheatland-Chili defeated Kendall 5-0, Notre Dame downed Holley 4-1 and Wheatland-Chili edged Oakfield-Alabama 3-2 to improve to 13-0..