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.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Sam Kingsbury puts a shot on the Depew goal during the Mustangs loss to the Wildcats this afternoon at Vets Park.

Trailing 6-3 Depew rallied to score four unanswered goals in the fourth quarter to nip Medina 7-6 in a Class D Division lacrosse game this evening at Vets Park.

Erasing an early 2-0 deficit, Medina had grabbed a 4-3 half-time lead after consecutive second quarter goals by Dylan Lonnen, Jacob Rissew, Josh Wilson and Will Prest.

The Mustangs maintained a 6-3 advantage after third period goals by Cayden Lilleby and Wilson but could not score in the decisive final period.

Now at 3-6 overall Medina next hosts Wilson at 5 p.m. Thursday.

A pair of five run innings keyed Lyndonville to a 10-5 Genesee Region League softball victory over visiting Byron-Bergen this afternoon.

Improving to 6-0 overall, Lyndonville took the lead for good by scoring five times in the second inning on a two-run double by Lorelei Dillenbeck and singles by Brooke Robinson, Bri Krisher and Brynn Howell.

The Lady Tigers later plated the decisive five runs in the fourth inning on a two-run single by Krisher, a double by Addy Dillenbeck and singles by Ella Lewis, Lorelei Dillenbeck and Bella Groves.

Robinson, Kisher, Addy Dillenbek, Loerelei Dillenbeck and Lewis each finished with 2 hits.

Haley Shaffter struck out 6 in the circle for the Lady Tigers.

Roy-Hart downed Albion 5-2 and Barker bested Medina 20-8 in Niagara-Orleans League softball action this afternoon.

Maria Peracciny had 2 hits and Reanna Perkins a double for Roy-Hart while Maya Knaak had a triple and Leah Pritchard a double for Albion.

Roy-Hart is now 5-0 and Albion 1-4.

Lilly Monthony had 4 hits and Natalie Brandel, Kaylee Stoll and Mia Herman each added 3 to lead the way for Barker.

Lily Carpenter, Miriam Fike and Rylee VanNostrand each had 2 hits for Medina.

Barker is now 2-1 and Medina 1-4.

N-O Track
Medina defeated host Akron 70-48 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys track meet this afternoon.

Kaedon Cleveland doubled in the 110 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles and Bryson Costich took both the 100 and Long Jump for Medina.

Will Chubb doubled in the 1600 and 3200 for Akron.

Akron defeated Medina in the girls meet 118-28.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina second baseman Tyler Kroening throws to first in an attempt to complete a double play. Akron’s Dawson Stone is out at second. Brody Fry (8) threw the ball from third base to start the play. The action took place during the rain suspended game at Vets Park this evening.

A key early season Niagara-Orleans League clash of unbeatens was interrupted by thunder and rain this evening at Vets Park.

Akron, which is 3-0 in N-O action, held an 8-4 lead over defending champion Medina (2-0) in the top of the fifth inning when the stormy weather halted play.

Medina shortstop Joe Cecchini tags out Akron’s Jeff Owen during a run down play.

The contest is scheduled to be resumed on Tuesday after the Depew at Medina lacrosse game which is slated to begin at 5:30 p.m.

Akron jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on an RBI single by Dawson Stone but Medina quickly pulled even in the home half of the frame as Xander Payne tripled and came home on a fielders choice play off the bat of Julian Woodworth.

The Tigers moved back out to a 5-1 lead by tallying four ties in the top of the fourth on a two-run double by Stone, an RBI single by Drew Romesser and a bases loaded hit batter.

The Mustangs though again came battling back this time with three runs in the home half of the inning on a two-run double by Payne and an RBI double by Woodworth to cut the deficit to 5-4. However, the Mustangs left two runners stranded after leaving the bases loaded in the third inning.

Akron kept the momentum scoring three more times in the top of the fifth on RBI singles by Jack Klodzinski, Stone and Vince Cosiglio to hike the lead to 8-5 before the stormy weather halted play.

Newfane 11, Barker 4
Gehrig Wilson had three hits and winning pitcher Brady Harrington, Tyler Baes, Josh Snyder and Kaiden Rose each chipped in with two to help spark Newfane (1-2) to an 11-4 win over Barker (0-4) in an N-O contest which was ended by the stormy weather in the sixth inning.

Akron’s Steven Doktor reaches to tag out Medina’s Aidan Paul at second base on a steal attempt.

Improving to 3-1, Holley blanked Elba 5-0 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League tennis match.

Cavan Bennage, Cora Bennage and James Tette all scored singles wins for Holley.

The Hawks also got victories from the doubles teams of Mason Neale – Zander Carpenter and Kirsstin-Louise Althoff – Ashanty Gonzalez.

Kendall 4, Byron-Bergen 1

Kendall improved to 4-0 by downing Byron-Bergen 4-1 in a G-R match as Devin Edick, Tobias Passer and Joshua Esposito all scored singles victories.

Barker 5, Roy-Hart 0
Barker improved its Niagara-Orleans League record to 3-2 by downing Roy-Hart (1-4) 5-0.

Nathan Meza-Ray, Matthew Ryan and Cameron Kiner scored singles wins for the Raiders which also got doubles victories by the duos of Willard Nellist – Aidan Mescall and Kevin Hadsell – Levi Hauser.