Photos by Cheryl Wertmn – Medina shortstop Joe Cecchini takes the throw at second  base to get a force out at second on Albion’s Tyler Gibson. Mustangs second baseman Tyler Kroening backs up the play. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the host Purple Eagles this afternoon.

Completing a home-and-home season series sweep, Medina blanked rival Albion 5-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League game this afternoon at Albion.

In the other N-O games, front-running Roy-Hart stayed undefeated at 5-0 by downing Newfane (1-5) 9-1 and Barker (2-5) upended Akron (5-2) 5-3.

Zach Fike hurled the shutout on the mound scattering 3 hits and striking out 12 as Medina improves to 5-1 in N-O action.

Xander Payne, Joe Cecchini and Aidan Paul each banged out a pair of hits to lead the Mustangs at the plate.

Breaking away from a scoreless deadlock, Medina grabbed a 3-0 lead in the third inning. Payne singled in the first run after an error and a sacrifice bunt by Tyler Kroening set up the opportunity. Then, after a sacrifice bunt by Hayden Woodroe, a walk and an intentional walk loaded the bases, Cecchini banged out a two run single.

The Mustangs tacked on two big insurance runs in the fifth inning on back-to-back RBI doubles by Fike and Paul. A leadoff single by Payne ignited the uprising.

Cade Wolcott had a double and Amari Jones and Javon Jones singles for Albion which slips to 1-4.

Albion’s Dallas Ecker tags out Medina’s Aidan Paul at third base.

Roy-Hart 9, Newfane 1
Ryan Mettler hurled a 3 hitter with 12 strikeouts for Roy-Hart while Brayden Hy led the way at the plate with 4 hits, including a double and triple, and 5 RBIs.

John Conley and Nathan Beyer also each had 2 hits and Mettler a double for the Rams which scored in five different innings.

Barker 5, Akron 3
Aidan Voss got out of a bases loaded jam in the seventh inning by registering two clutch game inning strikeouts to earn Barker the victory. He had a total of 8 strikeouts on the afternoon.

Voss, Drew Sandolfini and Noah Sandolfini each had a pair of hits for the Raiders.

Voss and Drew Sandolfini had RBI singles in the first inning to put Barker on top to stay.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Libby Snyder

Kendall High senior Libby Snyder has been named to the seventh team of the Class C All State basketball squad.

Snyder scored 273 points this past season for a 13.0 per game average.

She also had 263 rebounds, 107 blocks, 52 steals and 43 assists.

Wilson senior Bella Lemke earned Honorable Mention.

Lemke has also received Honorable Mention on the All-Western New York team as did Albion senior Abby Scanlan.

Lemke, who helped lead Wilson to the Niagara-Orleans League title, scored a league high 328 points and grabbed off 143 rebounds.

Scanlan, who was named N-O Player of the Year, scored 212 points (10.6 average) and also had 83 steals an 58 rebounds.

The All-State Class B boys squad had Roy-Hart senior Aidan Petrie receive Honorable Mention.

Petrie, who helped lead Roy-Hart to the N-O title, was named the league’s Player of the Year, He scored 335 points (18.6 ave.) and had 161 rebounds, 33 steals and 25 assists.

Coming from behind in the late innings, Kendall rallied to nip visiting Alexander 6-5 in a Genesee Region League game this afternoon.

Trailing 5-4, Kendall pulled even by scoring a run in the fifth inning as Nate Shaw singled and came home on a sacrifice fly by Louis Conte.

The Eagles then pulled out the win by scoring a run in the bottom of the seventh as Jorden Ostrander singled, advanced on a passed ball, and came home on a double by Shaw,

Alexander had scored three times in the fourth to grab the lead at 5-4.

Shaw finished with a total of 3 hits as Ostrander and James Fox each had 2.

Reuben Marquess registered 16 strikeouts and allowed only 4 hits in six and two-thirds innings of work on the mound for Kendall.

The Eagles improve to 4-2 on the season.

Putting together a late rally, Medina nipped LeRoy 11-10 in a non league softball game at Vets Park Friday night.

Trailing 10-7 Medina closed the gap by scoring twice in the sixth inning as Baileigh McAdoo and Ki’Mani Poole had hits.

The Mustangs then capped off the comeback by scoring twice in the bottom of the seventh to claim the win as McAdoo and Miriam Fike had hits.

McAdoo and Poole both finished with 3 hits as Fike and Faith Oberther both had 2.

Medina next visits rival Albion at 7:15 Monday evening for the Purple Eagles Strike Out Cancer game. Donations will be accepted for the Knights-Kaderli Fund which benefits those fighting cancer.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Henry Rigerman, left, and Albion’s James Beach in action at second singles during this afternoon’s match at Medina.

Improving to 5-2, Albion downed host Medina 3 1/2-2 in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match this afternoon.

Wins by Carson Bader at first singles, Aiden Miller at third singles and by the first doubles team of Emily Graham – Jordan Marshall provided the margin of victory for the Purple Eagles.

Henry Rigerman won at second singles for Medina.

In other N-O action, front-running Akron (8-0) trimmed Barker 3-2 and Newfane downed Roy-Hart 4-1.

Wins by Will Chubb at first singles, Caleb Suckow at second singles and by the first doubles team of Sean Brennan – Sean O’Shaughnessy earned Akron the victory.

Willard Nellist won at third singles and the duo of Kevin Hadsell – Eduardo Cabrera took second doubles for Barker which is now 4-3.

Connor Gunby and Ty Williams scored wins at the first two singles spots to spark Newfane to the victory.

Front-running Roy-Hart defeated Akron and Albion downed Barker by the identical score of 6-2 in Niagara-Orleans League softball action this afternoon.

Winning pitcher Reanna Perkins, who struck out 11, and Juliana Buscarino both hit home runs for Roy-Hart as Kaitlin Mettler added a pair of hits.

Roy-Hart is now 6-0 and Akron 3-3.

A 4 run fourth inning, which included hits by Kenzi Hapeman and Janessa Lindsey, highlighted Albion’s win as Leah Pritchard registered 8 strikeouts in the circle.

Lyndonville 7, Alexander 5
Improving to 8-0, Lyndonville trimmed Alexander 7-5 as Addy Dillenbeck had 4 hits and Gracie Johnson 2 at the plate and Haley Shaffer registered 7 strikeouts in the circle.

The Lady Tigers scored 4 runs in the third inning on a two-run single by Lorelei Dillenbeck and RBI singles by Shaffer and Addy Dillenbeck. Singles by Brynn Howell and Johnson ignited that uprising.

Two runs in the fifth inning, on a triple by Ella Lewis and a sacrifice by Shaffer, then provided the margin of victory. A single by Addy Dillenbeck started the uprising.

In other G-R games, Oakfield-Alabama downed Kendall 19-9 and Byron-Bergen defeated Holley 15-0.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina catcher Xander Payne tags out Albion’s Amari Jones in a third inning rundown play during the Mustangs win over the Purple Eagles this afternoon at Vets Park.

Pushing across a run in the bottom of the ninth inning, Medina nipped rival Albion 3-2 at Vets Park this afternoon to stay in the thick of a tight three-way Niagara-Orleans League title chase.

Zack Fike was hit by a pitch with two out and the bases loaded to force in the winning run in the home half of the ninth as Medina improves to 4-1 in N-O action.

In the day’s other two N-O games, front-running Roy-Hart improved to 4-0 by blanking Newfane 13-0 in five innings and Akron boosted its record to 5-1 by shutting out Barker by an identical score of 13-0.

Richard Keppler led off the ninth for Medina with a single, his third hit of the game. He advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Hayden Woodroe and to third on a wild pitch. An intentional walk and a hit batter then loaded the bases with two out setting the stage for Fike’s getting hit by a pitch to force in the winning run.

Albion had jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI triple by Tyler Gibson and an RBI sacrifice fly by Caleb Fox. A leadoff double by Amari Jones, the first of his three hits, ignited the uprising.

Medina though battled back to knot the contest by scoring once in the second on a single by Keppler and once in the fourth on a leadoff home run by Aidan Paul.

The Purple Eagles got the bases loaded in the fifth on singles by Chris Sacco and Jones and an intentional walk but the Mustangs got out of the jam on a clutch inning ending strikeout by Paul who pitched the first eight innings.

Albion later left two runners stranded in both the eighth and ninth innings. A single by Jacob Hughson and an intentional walk put two aboard in the eighth but again Paul registered a clutch inning ending strikeout. Then in the ninth, a single by Cade Wolcott and an intentional walk put two runners aboard but the Mustangs got out of the jam on an infield ground out to shortstop Joe Cecchini.

Medina did threaten with two out in the eighth after a double by Cecchini but Gibson, who came on in relief of Jones in the eighth, registered a clutch inning ending strikeout.

Defensively both teams turned a double play. Medina’s DP came in the third from Brody Fry at third to Tyler Kroening at second to Fike at first. Albion’s came in the fifth from Gibson at shortstop to Fox at first.

The loss drops Albion to 1-3 in N-O action.

The two teams will meet again at Albion at 4:45 p.m. Monday.

Albion’s Dallas Ecker gets a force out on Medina’s Brody Fry at third base.

Roy-Hart 13, Newfane 0
John Conley banged out 3 hits, Jake Gould and Jay Heideman 2 and Ryan Mettler, Brayden Hy, Thomas Russo and Dawson Draper 1 each to power Roy-Hart to the five inning win.

Heideman’s hits included two doubles as Gould, Russo an Draper also each had a two bagger.

On the mound, Russo pitched the first four innings allowing 1 hit and striking out 9. Hy hurled the final frame giving up no hits and striking out 1.

Newfane is now 1-4.

Akron 13, Barker 0
Dawson Stone and Drew Romesser combined for 6 of Akron’s 14 hits and Jack Klodzinski registered 7 strikeouts in 4 innings of work on the mound.

Making the most of an opportunity to play at Cooperstown’s historic Doubleday Field, Holley trimmed Genesee Region League foe Alexander 5-4 this morning.

Erik Lang singled in what proved to be the winning run for Holley in the fifth inning. A walk and a single by winning pitcher Broek Ostrom set up the opportunity.

Earlier, the Hawks scored twice in both the first and fourth innings. Miles Lammes had an RBI double in the first inning and Zach Milner singled in the fourth.

Lang and Lammes both finished with a pair of hits.

On the mound, Ostrom registered 8 strikeouts over the first six innings.

In a non league game, Oakfield-Alabama downed host Kendall 11-1 as Kyle Porter hurled a 3 hitter with 11 strikeouts.

Photo by Tom Rivers – Albion’s Cencere Lowe carries the baton on the first leg of the 400 Relay during the host Purple Eagles win over Newfane this afternoon.

Improving to 3-0 the defending  champion Albion boys track team defeated visiting Newfane 91-50 in a Niagara-Orleans League meet this afternoon.

Jahmeek Riley doubled in the 100 and High Jump and Cencere Lowe in the Long Jump and Triple Jump to lead the way for Albion.

The Purple Eagles also got individual event wins from Sh’kwe Riley (400), Brian Spall (400 Hurdles), Ozzie Matos (200), Brendan LeBaron (Shotput) and Ellwood Hafner (Pole Vault).

Newfane got a split on the day by downing Albion 109-32 in the girls’ meet.

Mel Myers was a triple winner in the Long Jump, High Jump and Triple Jump and Leah Siegmann doubled in the 1500 and 3000.

Abby Scanlan was a double winner for Albion in the 100 and 200.

Roy-Hart and Akron split
Five individual event double winners sparked the Roy-Hart boys to a 99-39 win over host Akron.

The Rams double winners included Jay Heideman (1600, 3200), Trent Choate (200, Long Jump), Chris Ulrich (400, Triple Jump), Brandin Allen (110 Hurdles, 400 Hurdles) and Landen Guild (100, High Jump).

Akron gained a split by winning the girls’ meet 105-36 as Sam Bellis doubled in the High Jump and Long Jump and Sophia Jones in the 100 and 200.

Nadia White was a double winner for Roy-Hart in the 800 and Triple Jump.

Wilson sweeps Barker
Wilson defeated Barker 91-46 in the boys’ meet and 72-64 in the girls’ competition.

Paul Smith was a quadruple winner for the Wilson boys in the 100, 200, Long Jump and Triple Jump.

Mason Allee Castro doubled for Barker in the 1600 and 3200.

Maddie Schultz won both the 100 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles for the Wilson girls.