Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Zach Fike hurled a no hitter to lead Medina to a key 9-0 win over Roy-Hart this afternoon at Gasport.

Sparked by the sparkling no hit pitching effort of Zach Fike, Medina knocked Roy-Hart from the ranks of the unbeaten by a 9-0 score at Gasport this afternoon to move back into the thick of the Niagara-Orleans League title race.

In notching the no hitter, Fike registered 16 strikeouts including at least two in each inning as the Mustangs avenged a 2-1 loss to the Rams on Wednesday.

Roy-Hart third baseman Brayden Hy makes a throw to first base for an out.

Improving to 6-2, Medina now pulls to within a half game of front-running Roy-Hart which is now 6-1.

The Mustangs scored the only run they would need as it turned out in the first inning as Xander Payne led off with a double and came home on a fielders choice play off the bat of Julian Woodworth.

Medina later broke the contest wide open by exploding for six runs in the fifth inning.

A leadoff single by Hayden Woodroe, a sacrifice bunt by Tyler Kroening and a single by Payne ignited that decisive uprising.

Woodworth then started the scoring spree with a two-run single. Fike followed up with a single and an error plated the third run of the frame.

Keeping the momentum, Aidan Paul followed up with an RBI single and Joe Cecchini a run producing triple as a wild pitch plated the final run.

Medina tacked on two more runs in the sixth inning as Payne led off with a triple and came home on a wild pitch and Paul banged out an RBI single.

Payne and Paul both finished with 3 hits and Woodroe 2.

Medina next travels to Wilson and Roy-Hart visits Barker on Monday.

Medina’s Joe Cecchini slides safely into home plate as Roy-Hart catcher Dawson Draper goes to get the throw.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lydia Fox in action for Medina in the Long Jump during the host Mustangs win over Wilson this afternoon.

Medina bested visiting Wilson 70-48 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls track meet this afternoon.

Maddy Rutledge was a triple winner in the 100, High Jump and Long Jump for Medina which is now 2-3.

The Mustangs also had Penelope Schalck win the 400, Ellie Roath the 200 and Maddy Mark the 3000.

Maddie Schultz won the 100 Hurdles, 400 Hurdles and Triple Jump for Wilson which is now 1-3.

The Medina vs. Wilson boys meet is incomplete as wet grounds prevented the holding of the Shotput and Discus. Wilson currently leads the meet 67.5-51.5.

The earlier season Newfane at Medina boys meet is also still incomplete as wet grounds again caused the postponement of the Shotput and Discus.

Kaedon Cleveland doubled in the 110 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles an Bryson Costich in the Long Jump and Triple Jump for Medina.

Paul Smith won both the 100 and 200 for Wilson.

The Roy-Hart boys earned a 70.5-70.5 tie with Newfane by virtue of a win by the 1600 Relay quartet of Chris Ulrich, Andrew Ossont, James Hedeman and Trent Choate.

Choate also was a double winner in the 100 and 200 as was Heideman in the 1600 and 3200.

Dom Wilson doubled for Newfane in the High Jump and Triple Jump.

Newfane downed Roy-Hart in the girls meet 102-42 as Mel Myers tripled in the Long Jump, High Jump and Triple Jump. The Lady Panthers also had Gina Shorter double in the 100 and 200 and Kat Ersing in the 800 and 1500.

Newfane stays undefeated at 5-0 with Akron which downed Barker 110-30. The Lady Panthers and Lady Tigers will meet in the title deciding regular season finale next week.

Akron had a trio of double winners in Sophia Jones (100, 200), Lauren Wagner (1500, 3000) and Samantha Bellis (High Jump. Triple Jump).

Akron downed Barker in the boys meet 72-60 as Chris Bergman tripled in the 100, 200 and 400 and Jonathan Steen doubled in the 110 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles.

Mason Allee Castro doubled in the 800 and 1600 and Dawson Donovan in the Long Jump and Triple Jump for Barker.

Isaac Pace competes in the High Jump for Medina.

Snapping a four game losing streak, Albion trimmed host Wilson 7-4 in a Niagara-Orleans League contest this afternoon.

Breaking away from a 4-4 deadlock, Albion scored the deciding three runs in the top of the sixth inning on a two-run double by Brendan LeBaron and a fielders choice play off the bat of Chris Sacco. A single by Caleb Fox and a bunt single by Javon Jones set up the opportunity.

Javon Jones, LeBaron, Tyler Gibson and winning pitcher Amari Jones each finished with a pair of hits.

On the mound, Amari Jones gave up 7 hits and struck out 13.

Wilson did get two runners aboard with just one out in the bottom of the seventh but Amari Jones registered two clutch strikeouts to get the Purple Eagles out of the jam and lock up the win.

Albion is now 2-4 and Wilson 2-5 in N-O action.

Akron 8, Newfane 1
Akron improved to 6-2 by downing Newfane 8-1 as Jack Klodzinski and Dawson Stone combined for 5 hits and 4 RBIs.

On the mound, River White threw a 4 hitter for the Tigers.

Barker blanked visiting Medina 5-0 this afternoon to improve to 5-4 in Niagara-Orleans League tennis competition.

Nathan Meza Ray, Matthew Ryan and Willard Nellist all scored singles wins for Barker.

The Raiders also got wins from the doubles teams of Levi Hauser – Cameron Kiner and Lucas DerSarkissian – Thomas Harris.

In another N-O match, defending champion Akron improved to 10-0 with a 4-1 victory over Wilson led by wins at the first two singles spots by Will Chubb and Caleb Suckow.

The Tigers also got doubles wins from the teams of Sean Brennan – Sean OShaughnessy and Will Akin – Mason Towlson.

Akron also shutout Newfane 5-0 on Wednesday and Wilson nipped Albion 3-2.

Chubb, Suckow and Emma Corbett all scores singles wins to lead Akron.

Joey Moote took first singles, Connor Seider third singes and Paul Gast – Taylor Godd Brown second doubles for Wilson.

Leo Bolton won at second singles and the duo of Charley London – Aiden Miller took second doubles for Albion.

Lyndonville bested host Oakfield-Alabama 13-2 in a Genesee Region League softball clash of unbeatens this afternoon.

Addy Dillenbeck had 4 hits, Gracie Johnson 3 and Ella Lewis, Haley Shaffer and Bri Krisher 2 each for Lyndonville which improves to 10-0 as Oakfield-Alabama slips to 7-1. Dillenbeck, Lewis, Shaffer and Krisher each drove in a pair of runs.

Breaking away from a 2-2 deadlock, Lyndonvile took the lead for good by scoring twice in the fourth inning on a triple by Johnson and a single by Dillenbeck.

The Lady Tigers then pulled away by scoring five times in the sixth inning as Krisher had a two-run single, Dillenbeck and RBI double and Johnson and Shaffer singles.

Shaffer picked up the win in the circle scattering 7 hits and striking out 6.

Kendall 20, Elba 5
Julie Coble had 3 hits and Grace Levett and Taigan Guerrero 2 each to lead the attack for Kendall in a 20-5 G-R win over Elba. Levett’s hits included a triple and Coble’s a double. Coble drove in a total of 4 runs and Levett 3.

Holley 20, Monroe 2

Hailey Herring had 3 hits, AJ Botello 3 hits including two doubles and 4 RBIs and Tia Hoffarth 2 hits including a double and triple and 5 RBIs to lead Holley to a 20-2 non league win over Monroe.

Akron 15, Albion 12
In a free scoring back-and-forth contest which featured a total of 39 hits, Akron outlasted visiting Albion 15-12 in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Mackenzie Snook, Cami London, Kenzi Hapeman and Aly Knaak each had 3 hits for Albion as Leah Pritchard and Janessa Lindsey both had 2. London’s hits included a two-run homer, Knaak’s a double and triple and Pritchard’s a triple. Pritchard also registered 3 strikeouts in the circle to reach the 200 career strikeout mark.

Akron is now 4-4 and Albion 4-5 in N-O action.

Wilson 15, Medina 2
Bella Lemke and Juliana Levesque both had 3 hits and Rian Faery and Sam Herlan 2 each to lead Wilson past visiting Medina 15-2 in another N-O contest.

Contributed Photo – James Fox

Pulling away in the third inning, Kendall shutout Elba 7-0 in a Genesee Region League game this afternoon.

Leading 1-0, Kendall erupted for 4 runs in he third inning om a two-run error, an RBI single by Jorden Ostrander and a run producing fielders choice play off the bat of Jimmy Swift.

Singles by Colby Hughes and Reuben Marquess set up the opportunity.

Marquess finished with a total of 4 hits and Ostrander 2.

James Fox picked up the win on the mound for the Eagles scattering 4 hits and striking out 11.

Front-running Akron downed visiting Medina 17-5 this afternoon to improve to 7-0 in Class D Division lacrosse competition.

Akron held leads of 3-1 after the first quarter, 7-3 at the half and 12-5 at the three-quarter mark.

Josh Wilson and Cayden Lilleby each scored 2 goals and Zaric Boyce 1 for Medina which is now 2-5 in division play.

The Mustangs next visit Eden on Tuesday.

Kendall downed Notre Dame 71.5-32.5 in a Genesee Region League girls’ track meet Wednesday.

Notre Dame did get a split on the day by winning the boys’ meet 73-40.

For the Kendall girls, Leanne Clay won the 100 Hurdles, 400 Hurdles and 100; Aleyza Brown the Long Jump, Triple Jump and 200, Hannah Brundage the 800 and 1500 and Rebeka Nickerson the 400 and Discus.

In the boys’ meet, Ben Brundage won the 800 and 1600 for Kendall and Brodie Schie took the Long Jump, High Jump and Triple Jump for Notre Dame.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Medina High graduate Melanie Green has qualified for the upcoming U.S. Women’s Open.

Green earned a spot in the major event by finishing second at a qualifying tournament held over the past two days at Forest Country Club in Florida.

She posted a score of 138 for the tourney on rounds of 68 and 70.

Green is coming off a strong sophomore season at the University of South Florida where she earned American Athletic All Conference honors for the second year in a row.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Thomas Russo pitched and hit Roy-Hart to a key win over Medina at Vets Park this evening.

Sparked both on the mound and at the plate by junior Thomas Russo, Roy-Hart posted a key 2-1 victory over Medina at Vets Park this evening to open up a two game lead in the Niagara-Orleans League title race.

Staying undefeated at 6-0 Roy-Hart now holds a two game lead over Medina and Akron, both at 5-2.

On the mound, Russo hurled a 4 hitter with 17 strikeouts.

At the plate, he drove in both Roy-Hart runs with a triple in the fourth inning and a double in the sixth. Both hits drove in Brayden Hy who had reached on a single each time.

Medina’s lone run came in the bottom of the sixth inning on a double by Zach Fike who had three of the Mustangs hits.

Russo got out of further trouble in the sixth with an inning ending strikeout and then closed out the victory by striking out the side in the seventh.

Medina pitcher Aidan Paul also had a strong outing on the mound allowing 4 hits with 14 strikeouts.

The two teams will meet again at Gasport on Friday at 4:45 p.m.

Medina catcher Xander Payne tags out Roy-Hart’s Thomas Russo at home.