Improving to 4-2, Albion defeated Roy-Hart (1-6) 4 1/2-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match this afternoon.

The Purple Eagles were led by singles wins by the trio of Carson Bader, Leo Bolton and James Beach.

Pounding out 19 hits, Albion bested Newfane 13-9 in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game this afternoon.

Kenzie Snook had 4 hits, Kenzi Hapeman 3 and Cami London, Janessa Lindsey, Aly Knaak and Leah Pritchard 2 each to lead the Albion attack. Snook and London both had triples and Hapeman drove in a total of 5 runs.

Julia Dumas had a home run for Newfane.

Barker 16, Wilson 7
Peyton Bradley struck out 9 in the circle and Natalie Brandel and Lilly Monthony were both multiple hitters to lead Barker past Wilson 16-7.

G-R League
Lyndonville defeated host Holley 26-1 and Byron-Bergen edged Kendall 6-4 in Genesee Region League action.

Brooke Robinson hurled a 2 hitter with four strikeouts in the circle and at the plate banged out 4 hits, including a pair of doubles and drove in 5 runs to lead Lyndonville past Holley.

Haley Shaffer also had 4 hits and drove in 3 runs and Lorelei Dillenbeck chipped in with 3 hits and 3 RBIs.

Lyndonville improves to 7-0.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Xander Payne slides into second base before Akron’s Jack Klodzinski can make the tag during this evening’s game at Vets Park.

Avenging an 8-6 loss on Tuesday, Medina blanked Akron 4-0 in a key Niagara-Orleans League baseball game at Vets Park this evening.

The win also vaults Roy-Hart, a 4-1 victor over Wilson, into sole possession of the N-O lead.

Roy-Hart is now 3-0 while Akron is 4-1 and Medina 3-1.

Zack Fike and Aidan Paul combined to hurl the shutout on the mound for Medina. Fike scattered 3 hits and struck out 7 over the first five and one-third innings. Paul came on and allowed no hits and struck out 3 over the final inning and two-thirds.

Defensively, the Mustangs defense turned a double play in the fourth inning from Hayden Woodroe in right field to Paul at first base.

Julian Woodworth bangs out a fifth inning single to drive in Medina’s first run.

Medina broke away from a scoreless deadlock by tallying three times in the fifth inning on RBI singles by Julian Woodworth, Paul and Joe Cecchini.

The Mustangs tacked on an insurance run in the sixth as Woodroe singled and came home on a single by Brandon Christiaansen.

Akron left runners stranded at second and third in the third and sixth innings and left two aboard in the fifth.

Medina next hosts Albion at 4:45 p.m. Friday.

Roy-Hart 4, Wilson 1
Roy-Hart broke away from a 1-1 tie with a pair of runs in the fourth inning on a two-run single by Ethan Kuzma.

Wilson grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on an RBI single by John Ernest but Roy-Hart quickly knotted the score in the home half of the frame on the first of Thomas Russo’s three hits.

The contest was a pitchers duel as Roy-Hart hurler Ryan Mettler allowed 4 hits and struck out 9 while Ernest likewise gave up 4 hits and struck out 7 for Wilson.

Barker 6, Newfane 0
Aidan Voss hurled a 4 hitter with 10 strikeouts and no walks to lead Barker to a 6-0 win over Newfane as the Raiders avenged an 11-4 loss earlier in the week.

Zach Hill had 2 hits and Jaret Black had an RBI single plating the first of Barker’s two third inning runs which proved to be more than enough.

Barker is now 1-5 and Newfane 2-4 in N-O action.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Trenton Muck and Holley’s Miles Lammes matched up on the mound this afternoon at Lyndonville.

A pair of four run innings keyed Lyndonville to a 10-2 win over visiting Holley in a Genesee Region League baseball game this afternoon.

Hits by Michael Marker, Jack Whipple, Maddox Stirk and Justin Higgins helped the Tigers plate four runs in the third inning. Higgins also had a hit during a four run fifth inning uprising.

Whipple, Marker and Higgins each finished with 2 hits.

Trenton Muck picked up the win on the mound for the Tigers striking out 10.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Cayden Lilleby, who scored seven goals, lets go with a shot as Jeff Wynes defends for Wilson during the contest at Vets Park this afternoon.

Coming from behind in the second half, Medina trimmed Wilson 9-8 in a Class D Division lacrosse game at Vets Park this afternoon.

Trailing 6-4 at the half, Medina rallied into a 7-6 lead midway through the third period after a burst of three straight goals by Cayden Lilleby.

Wilson though retied the game at 7-7 before the end of the period on a goal by Mason Branca.

Medina regained the lead for good at 8-7 on a goal by Lilleby with 5:33 to go in the fourth quarter. He later netted what proved to be the game winner with 1:36 remaining for a 9-7 Mustangs lead.

The Lakemen did answer with a goal by Branca with 1:19 remaining but could get no closer.

Lilleby, who finished with a total of 7 goals, and Zaric Boyce each tallied twice in the first half.

Branca had a total of 4 goals for Wilson.

Medina is now 4-6 overall.

Medina’s Dylan Lonnen brings the ball around the back of the net as Benjamin Wortkoetter defends for Wilson.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Medina High graduate and University of South Florida sophomore Melanie Green has earned American Athletic All Conference golf honors for the second year in a row.

Green placed in the top 10 in seven of 10 outings this season which was highlighted by her first collegiate tournament victory at the Trinity Forest Invitational.

She set USF single season school records with 19 rounds of par or better and 102 birdies.

In the season opening USA Intercollegiate Tournament she also set school records with a score of 205 and a round of 7 under par 65.

“Melanie is deserving of this honor because she has worked on improving every aspect of her game,” head coach Erika Brennan said in a school press release. “Mentally, she is just so tough between the ropes. She continues to elevate and is always looking for new things to study and new ways to get better. That tenacity is rare and she is a remarkable student-athlete.”

Green will next compete in the NCAA regional tournament at Tallahassee, Florida on May 9-11. She is the number two seed for the regional.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Faith Oberther delivers a pitch for Medina during this afternoon’s chilly softball game against Wilson at Vets Park.

Scoring early and often, Wilson posted a 20-10 win over Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game at chilly Vets Park this afternoon.

Rian Faery had 5 hits and Bella Lemke 4, including a home run, to lead the offense for Wilson which scored 4 times in the second, fourth and fifth innings and 6 in the third.

Faith Oberther had a double for Medina which had a 5 run fifth inning.

Wilson is now 3-2 and Medina 1-5.

A combination of cold weather and poor field conditions caused the other two scheduled N-O softball games (Albion vs. Newfane and Barker vs. Roy-Hart) and the three N-O baseball games (Medina vs. Akron, Wilson vs. Roy-Hart and Newfane vs. Barker) to all be postponed until 4:45 p.m. Thursday.

Photos by Tom Rivers – Albion’s Abby Scanlan and Roy-Hart’s Trent Choate are shown in route to scoring wins in the 200 at today’s meet at Roy-Hart.

Albion and host Roy-Hart both came away with a victory in a Niagara-Orleans League track meet this afternoon.

Defending champion Albion won the boys’ meet 73-63 and Roy-Hart took the girls’ competition 88-48.

The Albion boys were led by individual event winners Brian Spall (400 Hurdles), Jr. Morales (Pole Vault), Cencere Lowe (Long Jump), Dayne Aina (Shotput), Ricky Lilly (Discus) and Jahmeek Riley (High Jump).

The Roy-Hart boys had James Heideman double in the 1600 and 3200 and Trent Choate in the 100 and 200.

Albion is now 3-0 and Roy-Hart 0-1.

Nadia White was a triple winner for the Roy-Hart girls in the 800, Long Jump and Triple Jump while Albion’s Abby Scanlan doubled in the 100 and 200.

Roy-Hart is 1-0 and Albion 0-3.

Newfane sweeps Barker
Newfane bested Barker 92-48 in the boys’ meet and 124-17 in the girls’ competition.

Max Czekj doubled in the 110 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles for the Newfane boys.

The Newfane boys are 1-0 and Barker 0-3.

The Newfane girls had Mel Myers triple in the Long Jump, High Jump and Triple Jump as Gina Shorter doubled in the 100 and 200 and Kylie Bowman in the 1500 and 3000.

The Newfane girls are now 2-0 and Barker 2-1.

Barker (4-2) downed Newfane (2-3) 4-1 and Akron (7-0) blanked Roy-Hart (1-5) 5-0 in Niagara-Orleans League tennis matches today.

Wins by the singles trio of Nathan Meza Ray, Matthew Ryan and Cameron Kiner led the way for Barker.

Akron was likewise paced by singles wins by Will Chubb, Caleb Suckow and Emma Corbett.

In another N-O match, Wilson blanked Medina 5 1/2-0.

Softball
Kendall 15, East 0
Sara Mettle and Danielle Offhaus combined to pitch a one hitter with 10 strikes leading Kendall to a 15-0 non league win over East.

Grace Levett and Grace Robinson both had a pair of hits for the Lady Eagles.

Alexander downed Holley 19-1 in a Genesee Region League game.

In an N-O contest, Wilson nipped Akron 7-6.

Staying unbeaten at 4-0, Akron completed an 8-6 victory over Medina at Vets Park this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League baseball game that had been halted by rain and thunder in the fifth inning on Monday evening.

Akron pitcher Jack Klodzinski gave up 2 hits and struck out 4 over the final three innings this evening.

Medina hurler Aidan Paul allowed no hits and struck out 4 in his two and one-third innings on the mound.

The Mustangs did score once in the fifth as Brody Fry doubled and came home on a single by Hayden Woodroe and once in the seventh on an error but left runners stranded in each of the final three frames which were played in a light rain.

Medina, which visits Akron in a rematch on Wednesday, is now 2-1 in N-O action.

Roy-Hart 8, Wilson 0
Thomas Russo allowed 3 hits and struck out 18 in six and two-thirds innings on the mound to lead Roy-Hart past Wilson 8-0.

John Conley had 3 hits and Ethan Kuzma 2 to pace the Rams at the plate. Ryan Mettler, Brayden Hy and Jake Gould each chipped in with one.

Roy-Hart, which broke the game open with 4 runs in the second inning and 2 more in the third, is now 2-0 and Wilson 2-3 in the league.

Kendall 24, Holley 0
Louis Conte had 3 hits as Reuben Marquess, Colby Hughes, Jorden Ostrander,and Nate Shaw each had 2 to lead Kendall to a 24-0 Genesee Region League win over rival Holley.

In a non league game, Notre Dame blanked host Albion 12-0.