Contributed Photo – Tim Lincoln

Tim Lincoln, who has coached the Medina High varsity volleyball team since 2008, has accepted the position of women’s volleyball coach at Genesee Community College.

“I’m excited for it,” said Lincoln. “It’s a new challenge and an exciting opportunity.”

Lincoln, who has also served as Niagara-Orleans League volleyball chairman and as the league’s Section VI volleyball committee representative, will continue teaching at Medina.

Medina Athletic Director Eric Valley said a new varsity volleyball coach will be named at the next Board of Education meeting.

Albion names new fall coaches

The Albion Board of Education recently made three fall varsity coaching appointments.

Albion graduate David Skrip was named varsity football coach, Caleb Orbaker boys varsity soccer coach and Bridgett Varin girls varsity soccer coach.

A last minute goal earned Medina/Lyndonville United a 2-2 tie with the Tonawanda Thunder Wednesday evening in a Buffalo and WNY District Soccer League boys U17 Division game.

Medina/Lyndonville United grabbed a 1-0 first half lead on a goal by Zaric Boyce.

However, due to an injury, M/L played with only 10 players for most of the second half and Tonawanda capitalized on the advantage to score a pair of goals to take a 2-1 lead.

M/L United though rallied to earn a 2-2 tie as Jack Whipple scored the equalizer in the final minute.

Getting back onto the winning track, the Albion Raptors shutout visiting Avon 7-0 Wednesday evening in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U19 Division game.

Rebounding from their first setback of the season, a 3-2 loss to front-running Penfield, the Raptors improve to 4-1 with the victory.

The Raptors jumped out to a commanding 4-0 lead at the half.

Nikki Creasey opened the scoring for the Raptors with a goal off assists from Abby Scanlan and Olivia Krenning.

Halee Passarell doubled the Raptors advantage with a goal from Claire Squicciarini and Krenning.

A pair of goals by Scanlan, the first off an assist from Squicciarini and the second from Krenning, gave the Raptors a 4-0 lead at the break.

Squicciarini opened the second half scoring with a goal off an assist from Olivia Radford.

Passarell then scored her second goal from Squicciarini.

Scanlan rounded out the scoring when she completed her three goal hat-trick off an assist from Passarell.

The Raptors next face Genesee United at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Genesee Community College.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina catcher Steven Gobeli puts the tag on Albion’s Oliver Tobias at home plate during this evening’s All-Star game at Sandstone Park which was won by Medina 9-7.

Scoring three quick runs in the top of the first inning the Medina All-Stars went on to trim host Albion 9-7 this evening in a 12U contest at Sandstone Park.

A single by Anthony Reese ignited Medina’s opening inning uprising as three bases loaded walks plated the runs.

Albion answered right back with two runs in the home half of the frame on singles by Oliver Tobias and Bing Zuber and an error but would get no closer.

Albion’s Wesley LeFrois goes to his knees to make a catch in right field.

Medina upped the advantage to 7-2 by scoring four times in the third inning as Hadrian Bautista and Preston Woodworth both had triples and Zach Graham a two-run double.

Albion picked up one run in the third on a fielders choice play but then left the bases loaded in the fourth.

Medina later scored what proved to be the decisive two runs in the top of the sixth on a single by Aleks Seefeldt, an RBI triple by Woodworth and a fielders choice play off the bat of Graham for a 9-3 lead.

Albion answered back with three runs in the home half of the inning  to cut the deficit to 9-6 on a bases loaded walk and a two-run single by Gavin Boyce. Singles by Noah Harrison and Colin McMullen and a walk loaded the bases to set up the threat.

Albion then got the first two batters aboard in the bottom of the seventh on an error and a single by Elliot Trapiss, his second hit of the contest, but could score only once on an RBI single by Colin McMllen, his third hit of the day.

The Medina lineup also included Timmy Vasquez, Carlos Doval, Lex Gray, Trey Rhim, Lathan McEwen-Miller, Brylee Allen and Tyler Raduns.

The Albion squad also included Drew Pritchard, Liam Leader, Omer Fugate, Logan Scott-Grager and Wesley LeFrois.

The two All-Star teams will meet again at Medina’s Vets Park at 8 p.m. Saturday.

Mother Nature has not been kind to the league golfers at area courses.  A few leagues at Hickory Ridge have makeups needed to be done due to the rain.  Fortunately there are some results to be reported.

 The Hickory Ridge Golf Association two man best ball tournament scheduled for last week was rained out as well.

The latest results from the Tuesday Ladies Night Out league had Deb Wood with low gross of 45 with Vicki Brawn close behind with a 49.  Melissa Cotter had low net with a 37.  Birdies were hard to come by on the tough back nine.  Faye McNeil and Ann Barton lead the standings with 59.5 points.  Dona Haze and Karen Berlew are in second with 54 and Deb Wood and Jan Palmer hold down third with 50.5.

Ray Daniels and Tim Hendrickson lead the Wednesday Night Mens’ League with 65.5 points.  The father/son duo of the Dennistons are in second with 60 points followed closely by Bill Connolly and Larry Powers with 59.5.  Mark Bessell and Don Pfister are in fourth with 59 and Clark Brooks and Roger Rush hold down fifth with 52.5 points.  Low Gross for the day was Bob Wyant with a 40,  Wyant also had low net with a 34.  Hendrickson, Rush and Dick Taylor all recorded birdies,

The Thursday Mens Traveling League shoes Josh Bennett with low gross of 38.  Todd Arnold had low net with a 28.  Dave Cotter recorded two birdies.  The team of Barry and Froman continue to lead in the standings with 178 points.  Cotter and Knaak are in second with 172.  Burgess and Eaton and Soria and Spencer are tied for third with 168 points each.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Zach Fike, left, and Brian Fry have earned first team All-WNY baseball honors.

Niagara-Orleans League and Section VI Class B2 champion Medina has placed two players on the first team of the All Western New York baseball squad.

The Mustangs are represented by senior shortstop Brian Fry and junior pitcher Zach Fike on the team which was announced by Section VI.

Fry hit .463 with 12 doubles, 3 triples, one home run and 15 RBI.

Fike earned 8 wins on the mound with 77 strikeouts in 51 innings. At the plate, he hit .467 with 8 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs and 31 RBI.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Niagara-Orleans League’s AJ Seefeldt attempts to tag out Hambug’s Connor McMahon on a steal attempt during this evening’s American Legion district championship at Vets Park.

Hamburg swept to a doubleheader victory over the Niagara-Orleans League squad at Vets Park this evening to capture the American Legion District title.

The N-O squad had taken the first game of the best two out of three title series on the road on Sunday by downing Hamburg 7-0 .

Brian Fry delivers a pitch in relief work on the mound for the N-O squad during the first game.

Hamburg tied the series by taking the first game this evening 7-2.

All of Hamburg’s scoring came in the first two innings. A combination of three hits, two walks and a wild pitch plated three quick runs in the first inning. Three walks, an error, a wild pitch and a single then tacked on four more in the second for a commanding 7-0 lead.

A rash of stranded base runners proved costly for the  N-O, which scored once in the fourth on a fielders choice play and once in the seventh on a double by Josh Millville, The N-O left the bases loaded in both the sixth and seventh innings and also had a double play wipe out a bases loaded opportunity in the fifth. Brian Fry had a hit to help load the base in the fifth.

Hamburg then captured the district crown by scoring a narrow 3-2 win in the second game.

The N-O took an early 2-1 lead on a two-run double by AJ Seefeldt in the top of the second inning but could not cross home plate again.

Hamburg tied the game with a run in the bottom of the second and later plated the game winner in the fourth on a walk, a double and a sacrifice fly.

The winning tally came after the N-O had a runner thrown out at home in the top of the fourth as another runner was left stranded at third.

The N-O did get the bases loaded in the top of the seventh on a walk, a single by Seefeldt and another walk but could not capitalize as a strikeout ended the threat and sent Hamburg heading to the state playoffs.