Lyndonville rolled past Pembroke 14-2 and Kendall romped past Wheatland-Chili 16-1 in Genesee Region League softball games this afternoon.

Arnie Sturtevant had 4 hits, including a pair of doubles, and Isabella Groves and Braelynn Dillenbeck both had 2 hits to lead the Lyndonville offense.

Sturtevant also picked up the win in the circle giving up only 2 hits and striking out 9 as the Lady Tiger improve to 7-1.

The Lady Tigers took charge by scoring 6 times in the third inning ignited by a triple by Natalie Rath. Sturtevant had a double and Alexa Robinson, Brooke Robinson and Dillenbeck singles during the uprising.

Kendall 16, Wheatland-Chili 1
Improving to 8-2, Kendall got 3 hits from Alayna Kiern and 2 each from Teagan Shaw and Sophia Picardo. Shaw’s hits include a triple as Izzy D’Ahgostino had a double.

Kourtney Marion earned the win in the circle allowing just 1 hit and striking out 3.

Kendall took charge at the outset scoring 5 runs in the first inning on a sacrifice fly, an error, a wild pitch and an RBI single by Kiern.

Shaw later had a two-run single and Brooke Rodas an RBI single during a 4 run third inning.

Kiern, Brynn Hardenbrook and Adrianna D’Agostino then all had RBI singles during a 5 run fourth inning uprising.

Roy-Hart 11, Wilson 5
Roy-Hart bested Wilson 11-5 in a Niagara-Orleans League game as Hayley Hillburn, Millie Owens, Grace Pearl and Peyton May each had 2 hits.

May had a two-run homer and Pearl an RBI triple to highlight 5 run second inning.

Lucy Madan, Abbie Faery, Katie Hardy and Kylee Elia each had 2 hits for Wilson.

Roy-Hart is now 3-2 and Wilson 5-2 in N-O action.

Barker 15, Albion 3
Improving to 7-1, Barker downed host Albion 15-3 this evening in an N-O contest.

Barker took the lead for good on a three-run home run by Elise Monaco in the first inning.

Barker later put a lock on the win by erupting for 10 runs in the fifth inning as Madyson Flint and Lexi Brazzell both had doubles and Fallyn Mescall, Aine Davis and Madelina Pavlock and Kaylee Stoll singles.

League leading Barker improves to 7-1 and Albion slips to 2-5.

Scoring runs in big bunches, Albion romped to an 18-4 victory at Newfane this afternoon to regain the .500 mark at 3-3 in Niagara-Orleans League baseball competition.

Albion jumped out to an early 8-0 lead by scoring four times in the first inning, highlighted by a three-run homer by Nate Gibson, and four times in the third, highlighted by a three-run double by Gavin Boyce.

The Purple Eagles then put a lock on the win by erupting for 8 runs in the fourth inning as Gibson had a two-run single and Eliott Trapiss and Kicker Wilson RBI singles.

Gibson had 3 hits and 6 RBIs, Boyce 3 hits and 4 RBIs and Viktor Snyder 2 hits.

Gibson also earned the win on the mound scattering 5 hits and striking out 7 in 4 innings of work.

Akron 14, Barker 2
Akron romped past Barker 14-2 as Collin Miller had 3 hits and Hunter Haist, Jackson Nice, Gavin Miller and Gavin Cottle 2 each.

Akron broke the game open by erupting for 7 runs in the fourth inning as Conlan Luck had an RBI triple, Nice and RBI double and Collin Miller and Jackson Schlabach RBI singles.

The Tigers also had a big 5 run sixth inning highlighted by a two-run single by Haist.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Mikey Colucci slides safely into second base as Lyndonville’s Austin Fonda gets set to take the throw. The action took place during the Eagles win over the host Tigers this afternoon.

Improving to 12-1 Kendall posted a 13-2 victory at Lyndonville this afternoon in a Genesee Region Leaague baseball game.

Kendall moved on top to stay by scoring 5 runs in the second inning highlighted by a three-run triple by CJ D’Agostino and an RBI single by Andrew Cole.

CJ D’Agostino also had an RBI single in the third inning as did Jonny Conte in the fourth. Sammy Conte then highlighted a three-run fifth inning with an RBI double.

CJ D’Agostino and Sammy Conte both finished with 3 hits as Jonny Conte, Vinnie D’Agostino and Mikey Colucci each had 2.

Atticus Mank had 2 hits for Lyndonville.

Lyndonville catcher Lane Woodworth gets set to put the tag on Kendall’s Jonny Conte at home plate.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Putting together a strong finish, Medina’s Melanie Green is within one shot of the lead at the end of today’s second round of the LPGA Tour’s Riviera Maya Open in Mexico.

Notching three clutch birdies over the final 6 holes (on 13, 14 and 18) Green posted a 2 under par round of 70 today to improve to 8 under for the tournament.

She now trails co-leaders Nelly Korda and Brianna Do, both at 9, under by just one stroke.

Green started the day at 6 under and in a share of the tourney lead.

She bogeyed the first hole but rebounded with a birdie on 5.

She again slipped to 5 under for the tourney with a bogey on 11 but again bounded back strongly with that late flurry of three birdies to improve to 8 under and move back into the thick of the race for the tourney title.

The tournament will continue on Saturday and conclude on Sunday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Gavin Heideman slides into second base under the tag of Akron’s Jackson Schlabach during the Rams win over the Tigers at Vets Park this evening.

Scoring 5 quick runs in the first inning, front-running Roy-Hart went on to shutout Akron 10-0 at Vets Park this evening to improve to 8-0 in Niagara-Orleans League baseball competition.

A two-run double by RJ Townsend highlighted the decisive first inning for the Rams which also included RBI singles by winning pitcher Evan Poeller and Will Bundrock, a single by John Brigham and an RBI sacrifice fly by Isaac Smith.

Smith latter capped off the Rams win with a two-run homer in the fifth inning.

Poeller hurled the first 4 innings scattering 4 hits and striking out 7.

Akron left the bases loaded in both of the first two innings as Poeller registered clutch strikeouts to get out of the jams.

Roy-Hart next hosts runner-up Medina (5-0) in a key game at 4:45 p.m. Friday.

N-O Standings
Roy-Hart 8-0, Medina 5-0, Barker 4-4, Albion 2-3, Akron 2-4, Newfane 1-5, Wilson 1-7.

Roy-Hart’s Evan Poeller delivers a pitch as Akron’s Hunter Haist takes off for second base. Poeller notched clutch strikeouts to get out of bases loaded jams in both the first and second innings.

Building up an 11-1 half-time advantage, Gowanda went on to down visiting Medina 18-4 in a D Division lacrosse game this evening.

Gavin Dahlhaus had 2 goals for Medina as Jobi Wheeler and Deven Byrne each had 1. Dahlhaus and Clayton Wagner also both had an assist.

N-O Tennis
Akron 3, Medina 2
Akron edged Medina 3-2 in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match this afternoon as Whitley Koopman won at first singles for the Tigers.

Talia Rupp won at second singles for Medina which also got a victory by the doubles team of Levon Fuller and Eli Biesinger.

In another N-O match Wilson downed Albion 4-1.

Avenging an early season 9-0 loss, Albion knocked Akron from the ranks of the unbeaten by posting an 8-7 Niagara-Orleans League softball victory this afternoon.

Breaking away from a 3-3 tie, Albion rallied into the lead for good by scoring three times in the fifth inning on a single by Aubrielle Barry, a fielders choice play and three errors.

The Purple Eagles had also scored three runs in the third inning on an error and singles by Bailey Hickman, Melia Prince and Lux Froman.

Albion later added what proved to be the decisive two runs in the sixth inning on a single by Aaliyah Jones, an RBI double by Kaitlin Bennett and a ground out.

Akron made the finish exciting by rallying for 4 runs in the top of the seventh inning with two outs on four walks and an error.

Albion is now 2-4 and Akron 4-1 in N-O competition.

Barker 11, Newfane 5
Pounding out 16 hits, Barker downed Newfane 11-5 to improve to 6-1 and move into a slender N-O lead.

Kaylee Stoll and Elise Monaco both had 3 hits for Barker as Peyton Bradley, Lexi Brazzell, Fallyn Mescall and Aine Davis each had 2.

Trailing 4-2, Barker took the lead for good by scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the third inning on a double by Monaco, singles by Brazzell and Stoll and a passed ball.

Keeping the momentum, Barker increased its lead to 9-4 by scoring 4 times in the fourth inning on an RBI double by Monaco, a two-run single by Stoll and an RBI single by Brazzell.

Madyson Flint earned the win in the circle scattering 5 hits and striking out 16.

N-O Standings
Barker 6-1, Wilson 5-1, Akron 4-1, Roy-Hart 2-2, Albion 2-4, Newfane 1-6, Medina 0-5.

Improving to 3-1, Barker downed Akron 100-31 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys track meet this afternoon.

Barker had a quartet of individual event double winners including Donovan Hefferon (100, 200), Gabe Nestoros (1600, 3200), Luke Fay (400, 800) and Anthony Taliaferro (High Jump, Triple Jump).

Gaining a split on the day the Akron girls defeated Barker 113-28 to stay unbeaten at 3-0.

Madigan Regan was a triple winner for Akron in the 100, 200 and 400.

Golf
Kendall 203, Holley 264
Kendall bested rival Holley 203-264 to improve to 4-3 in Genesee Region League golf competition.

Michael Leasure took medalist honors for Kendall with a 48 as Austin LaMay added a 51 and Gavin Husereau and Chris Sce 52’s.

Golf Channel Photo – Melanie Green

Sparked by a sizzling first 9 holes, Medina’s Melanie Green finished her opening round of the LPGA Tour’s Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba, Mexico today with a 6 under par 66 and in first place when she came off the course.

Starting on the back nine, the red hot start saw her register birdies on 11, 13, 14, 17 and 18 as well as scoring a dramatic hole-in-one on 15 which was shown live on the Golf Channel.

That flurry of birdies offset a lone bogey on 12 and was good for a 6 under par 30 at the turn.

She maintained that 6 under score on the front nine as a birdie on 8 offset a bogey on 9.

When she finished her round, Green led the tourney by one shot with a large portion of the field still on the course.

The tournament will continue on Friday after which the field will be cut setting the stage for the final two rounds on Saturday and Sunday.