Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Cayden Lilleby scored five goals to help spark Medina to a 10-6 win over Lockport at Vets Park this afternoon.

Avenging a season opening 10-7 loss, Medina defeated Lockport by a nearly identical margin of 10-6 in a non league lacrosse game at Vets Park this afternoon.

Cayden Lilleby scored 5 goals to lead the Medina attack. Josh Wilson added 2 as  Zaric Boyce, Dylan Lonnen and Jacob Rissew each chipped in with 1.

Medina grabbed a 3-2 first quarter lead on a pair of goals by Wilson and one by Lilleby.

The Mustangs upped the advantage to 6-3 at the half as Lilleby, Lonnen and Rissew took turns scoring goals in the second quarter.

Lockport did make things interesting by rallying back to within one at 6-5 by outscoring the Mustangs 2-0 in the third period.

However, the Mustangs answered the challenge by outscoring the Lions 4-1 in the final period to lock up the victory.

Lilleby led that surge with 3 goals as Boyce added 1.

Now at 3-4 overall, Medina next visits Grand Island in another non league contest at noon on Saturday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lorelei Dillenbeck gets congratulated by her teammates after belting a home run during Lyndonville’s non league win over visiting Akron this afternoon.

Scoring runs in bunches, Lyndonville outlasted visiting Akron 23-12 in a non league softball game this afternoon.

Breaking away from an 8-8 tie, Lyndonville regained the lead for good by scoring six runs in the bottom of the third inning as Addy Dillenbeck had an RBI triple and Gracie Johnson, Lorelei Dillenbeck and Bella Groves all added RBI singles.

Lyndonville also scored six runs in the first inning highlighted by a three-run double by Haley Shaffer and twice in the second on a two-run triple by Addy Dillenbeck.

The Lady Tigers put a lock on the win by scoring five times in the fifth inning as Lorelei Dillenbeck had a two-run homer, and four times in the sixth as Johnson and Brooke Robinson both had two-run singles.

Johnson and Lorelei Dillenbeck both had a total of 4 hits, Addy Dillenbeck and Robinson 3 and Shaffer, Ella Lewis and Groves 2 each.

Ashlee Henning had a big day at the plate for Akron banging out a two-run home run to highlight a four run second inning and a grand slam homer in the sixth.

The game begins a busy stretch of four games in three days for Lyndonville which hosts Notre Dame at 4:30 p.m. Friday and then entertains Wilson and Elba at 9 and 11 a.m. Saturday.

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

N-O Track
Wilson defeated Akron 91-49 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys track meet as Paul Smith was a quadruple winner in the 100, 200, Long Jump and Triple Jump.

William Chubb was a triple winner for Akron in the 800, 1600 and 3200.

Akron defeated Wilson 111-30 in the girls meet led by a quartet of double winners including Sophia Jones (100, 200), Lauren Wagner (1500, 3000), Shea Masse (Shotput, Discus) and Madison Brege (Long Jump, Pole Vault).

Maddy Schultz was a triple winner for Wilson in the 100 Hurdles, 400 Hurdles and High Jump.

A total of 10 teams are scheduled to compete this season in the Medina Women’s Softball League which has set its opening day for Monday May 9.

The league will be divided into two five team leagues with the A League playing at Jr. Wilsons and the B League at Butts Park.

The A League teams will include Banes. Jr. Wilson 1,The Hemp House/810 Meadworks, NYSCOPBA and White Birch.

The B League will be comprised of Jr. Wilson 2, Just Us, Lizzy & Lyric Boutique, Medina VFW and Mera Hair.

The league schedule is slated to be finalized on May 2.

The league officers for this season include President Kathy Riggs-Allen,  A League Vice-President Jessica Rosenbeck, B League Vice President Jen Hughes and Secretary/Treasurer Jenn Thom.

The Meadworks Axe League has completed the third of its 10 week regular season.

The current league standings are as follows:

1 – Mother Chuckers, 1109; 2 -The Kill Shots, 1091; 3 – Axing for Trouble, 994; 4 – Lizzie Borden, 987; 5 – Great Axepectations, 987; 6 – Two Cord, 914; 7 – Bustin Axes, 894; 8 – Happy Hippies, 870; 9 – JackAxes, 848; 10 – Pain in the Axe, 847; 11 – Berserkers, 838; 12 – Axing for a Friend, 819; 13 – Axe Like That, 811; 14 Swoosh, 775; 15 – Anger Management, 763; 16 – Smack My Axe, 761; 17 – Kiss our Axes, 742; 18 – Bad Axes, 720; 19 – Axe about Us, 671; 20 – Axedental Fun, 654; 21 – Lillie Girls, 649; 22 – Mad Axes, 606; 23 – Here for Pizza, 601; 24 – The Slits, 431.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Akron’s Nicholas Fry goes high to take a shot on goal as Colvin Stalker defends for Medina. Braley Abrams (28) moves in on the play for the Tigers. The action took place during Akron’s win over Medina this evening at Vets Park.

Front-running Akron bested Medina 20-4 at Vets Park this evening to stay perfect at 5-0 in Class D Division lacrosse action.

Akron built up a 10-4 lead at the half as Braley Abrams had 5 goals, Travis Fry 3 and Nicholas Fry 2 during that stretch.

The Tigers then broke the contest wide open by outscoring the Mustangs 7-0 in the third quarter to take a commanding 17-4 lead. Travis Fry netted 3 and Abrams 2 in the stanza.

Zaric Boyce and Cayden Lilleby both scored a pair of goals for Medina in the first half.

Medina next hosts Lockport in a non league game at 5 p.m. Friday.

Zaric Boyce puts a shot on goal for Medina as Kiernan Regan defends for Akron.

Albion defeated Wilson 3-2 and Roy-Hart bested Medina 4-1 in Niagara-Orleans League tennis matches this afternoon.

Leo Bolton won at second singles for Albion which also got wins from the doubles teams of Charley London – Clara Bolton and Oliver Beach – Aiden Miller.

Albion is now 3-2 and Wilson 1-2.

Joey Moote won at first singles for Wilson.

Nik Gutierrez won at first singles and Jacob Hagen at third singles for Roy-Hart which also got wins from the doubles teams of Cassidy Ohol – Alex Stern and Sophi Allee – Vivian Dent.

Henry Rigerman won at second singles for Medina.

Roy-Hart is now 1-2 and Medina 0-4.

Albion is now 1-3 and Wilson 1-2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Peyton May slides safely into home plate ahead of a tag by Medina catcher Baileigh McAdoo during the Lady Rams win over the Mustangs at Vets Park this afternoon.

Keyed by a big fourth inning rally, Roy-Hart went on to defeat Medina 15-3 this afternoon at Vets Park to improve to 4-0 in Niagara-Orleans League softball action.

In the other N-O contest, Albion romped to a 17-5 victory at Wilson.

Trailing 3-1, Roy-Hart rallied into the lead for good by scoring five runs in the fourth inning as Juliana Buscarino had a two-run single and Maria Peracciny an RBI single.

Keeping the momentum, the Lady Rams built the advantage to 15-3 by scoring three times in the fifth inning and six more in the sixth. Buscarino, who had an RBI single to cap off the fifth inning uprising, had another two-run single in the sixth as winning pitcher Reanna Perkins added an RBII double and Marissa Scott an RBI single.

Buscarino and Lila Brigham both finished with 3 hits and Perkins 2.

In the circle, Perkins allowed 5 hits and struck out 16.

Faith Oberther banged out a pair of triples and Lily Carpenter had a pair of singles for Medina. Oberther’s first triple plated two runs to highlight three run third inning which gave the Mustangs a 3-1 lead.

Medina is now 1-2.

Albion 17, Wilson 8
A big second inning scoring surge sparked Albion to a 17-5 win over Wilson.

Bases loaded two-run singles by Maya Knaak and Aly Knaak keyed a six run second inning which got the Purple Eagles off and rolling.

Maya Knaak, Aly Knaak, Cami London and Mackenzie Snook each finished with two hits. London had two doubles and 5 RBIs.

Baseball
Notre Dame defeated visiting Lyndonville 10-0 in a Genesee Region League game as Bryceton Berry hurled a no hitter with 15 strikeouts.

In an N-O contest, Akron broke away from a 2-2 deadlock by scoring four times in the seventh inning on a sacrifice fly by Jeff Owens, an RBI double by winning pitcher Jack Klodzinski and RBI singles by Drew Romesser and Dawson Stone to edge Wilson 6-2.

On the mound, Klodzinski allowed 4 hits and struck out 11. He also had a total of 3 hits at the plate.

Medina third baseman Rylee VanNostrand tags out Roy-Hart’s Marissa Scott as shortstop Miriam Fike backs up the play.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Medina High graduate and University of South Florida sophomore Melanie Green placed sixth at the American Athletic Conference golf tournament which concluded today at Pinehurst, North Carolina.

Green posted a three day total score of 7 over par 223 on rounds of 75-73-75.

She finished four shots behind the tournament champion Kennedy Pedigo of SMU who had a 3 over par 219 total.

The top 10 finish was Green’s seventh in 10 events this season.

She finishes the season with new USF records of 19 rounds of par or under and a season average of 71.5.

Green led the scorers for South Florida which finished fifth in the team standings.

Tulsa captured the team championship.

Contributed Photos – Shelby Wolf, left, and Morgan Allis.

Two local players, Roy-Hart graduate Shelby Wolf and Medina grad Morgan Allis, are having fine seasons as freshmen members of the Niagara Community College softball team.

Wolf is hitting .349 with 7 doubles, 1 triple and 11 RBIs.

Allis has banged out 2 doubles, 3 triples and driven in 13 runs while hitting .233.

Most recently Wolf had 2 doubles, an RBI and 3 runs scored in the second half of a doubleheader to help NCCC claim a 9-5 win over Jefferson Community College and gain a split on the day. In the first game, Allis had a two-run triple and Wolf a pair of RBIs.

The local duo also helped NCCC score a sweep of Genesee Community College recently by scores of 10-1 and 4-2. In the opener Allis had a double and triple and 2 RBI and Wolf 2 hits and an RBI. Wolf also had a pair of hits and 3 RBIs in the second game.

NCCC is currently 7-1 in regional competition and 11-12 overall.

Contributed Photo – Zach Blount

Medina High graduate Zach Blount has earned Hilbert College’s Athlete of the Week honor.

Blount, who is a freshman midfielder on the Hilbert lacrosse team, was honored after helping spark the Hawks to a 20-3 romp over rival Medaille.

He was a perfect 7 of 7 in earning faceoffs in the contest and also had a goal and 5 assists.

Blount followed that up with a 2 goal, 5 assist effort in the Hawks 26-1 victory over LaRoche College of Pittsburgh.

On the season, Blount has scored 8 goals and dished out 16 assists.

Hilbert is now 2-2 in the United East Conference and 3-4 overall.

During his scholastic days at Medina, Blount had 53 goals and 79 assists during his four year varsity career. He had 22 goals and 18 assists his senior year as he earned first team D Division All-Star honors.