Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Starting on the mound in this evening’s Albion 10U Midget League playoff championship game were Garrett Smith for Sandstone and Viktor Snyder for Barre.

Sandstone edged past Barre 4-3 this evening in the Albion Midget League 10U Division playoff championship game at Sandstone.

Sandstone scored a quick run in the first inning on an RBI single by Eli Johnson and tacked on two more in the third on doubles by Garrett Smith and Rocco Sidari and a single by Tyler Siebert to make it 3-0.

Sandstone then scored what proved to be the game winner in the fourth inning as Nikko Russo singled and came home on a double by Smith.

Barre rallied for three runs in the sixth inning on an RBI double by Viktor Snyder and a two-run double by AJ Sullivan but the comeback bid fell just short.

A last inning rally fell just short as the Niagara Orleans League American Legion baseball team dropped narrow 7-6 decision to host Hamburg this evening.

The N-O squad scored for times in the seventh inning and had the bases loaded but Hamburg turned a double play to end the rally and claim the narrow win.

Brian Fry had a triple and AJ Seefeldt pitched two innings for the N-O squad which next competes in the District Tournament beginning on Saturday.

Top seeded Sandstone downed No. 3 Carlton 9-0 this evening to advance to Saturday’s Albion Midget League playoff championship game.

Omer Fugate hurled a one hit shutout with 13 strikeouts.

Drew Pritchard and Elliot Trapiss both had three hits to lead the Sandstone attack.

Sandstone took the lead for good in the first inning on a two-run single by Brayden LaMartina which followed singles by Pritchard and Trapiss.

Keeping the momentum, Sandstone quickly added four runs in the second inning as Pritchard and Fugate both banged out two-run singles.

A three run fourth inning, which featured a double by Pritchard and single by Trapiss, capped off the evening for Sandstone.

In a losers bracket contest Rotary was leading Barre/Elba in the fourth inning when stormy weather halted play. The contest is scheduled to be completed tomorrow evening. The winner will then take on Carlton on Thursday evening in the losers bracket final. The victor will advance to Saturday’s championship game.

A big third inning scoring burst keyed undefeated (7-0) Banes to a 15-3 win over 2 Short Kennels in a Medina Women’s Softball League game Monday.

Leading 3-0, Banes broke the game open by erupting for 8 runs in the third inning.

Doubles by Connie Heschke, Sue Seefeldt, Robin Blaun and Danielle Cervone ignited the decisive uprising which also included singles by Jen Masse, Jami Chatt, Rilegh McCabe and Kim Cervone.

Grace Masse also had a double during a two-run second inning as did Chatt during a two-run fourth frame.

Banes closed out the win with two runs in the fifth on a single by Grace Masse, a double by McCabe and  a single by Morgan Allis.

McCabe finished with three hits as Chatt, Blaun and Jen Masse each had two. Blaun’s hits were both doubles.

Banes next faces Village Spin at 6 p.m. next Monday at Jr. Wilson 1.

Bent Opera House wins

Bent Opera House played a strong well rounded game, plugging the win over Just Us.

It started with a fast scoring inning led by Melissa Prince and finished by Hayley Schmidt.

On the mound Jean Swiercznski was in the groove only allowing a few hits.

Melissa Prince went 4–4 followed by Kelly Jo Pritchard going 3-3 to cap off the hits.

Improving to 3-1, the Niagara Orleans League American Legion baseball team downed host Lancaster 11-2 this evening.

The N-O broke the contest opened with a big six run third inning which included an RBI single by AJ Seefeldt.

Brian Fry, who was walked three times, also scored a pair of runs.

Seefeldt also pitched the final two innings allowing no hits and striking out 2.

The N-O attack also had Josh Millville with 3 hits, including 2 doubles, and 3 RBI and Vincent Mauro with 2 doubles and 4 RBI.

The N-O next faces Hamburg on Wednesday.

Contributed Photo – Players and Coaches of the Medina Mustang 13U team are shown here after their last game Sunday at the Clarence Tournament.  In the front row are Vinny Gray, Colton Smith, Jimmy Dieter, and Kolton Fletcher.  In the second row are Coach John Dieter, Coach Shaun Smith, Lukas Grimes, Brody Fry, Ryan Pegelow, Tyler Kroening, Ryleigh Culver, Brady Chistiaansen, and Coach Mike Gray.  

The Medina Mustang 13U Travel Baseball team finished runner up in the Gold Bracket of the Town of Clarence 13U Tournament this past weekend.

When field conditions deteriorated on Sunday due to weather and caused the cancellation of the championship game, and champion was determined by seeding.

The Mustangs won a tight game on Saturday 7-6 against Lou Gehrig White, and then came back on Sunday with a 11-5 win against the EMW Tribe to make it to the championship before cancellation due to weather.

Pitching and defense were solid for the Mustangs throughout the tournament with a call out for Lukas Grimes for a great tournament performance.

The Medina Mustangs dropped a 4-1 decision to the host Kilimanjaro Bandits in a Buffalo District Soccer League 2nd Division game on Sunday.

Nathan Dillenbeck scored the Mustangs goal, his third of the season, off an assist from Ethan Leonard.

Tyler Ribbeck made several big saves in goal for the Mustangs which are now 3-5-1 on the season.

Girls U16 Soccer

Gates downed visiting Albion 4-0 Sunday in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U16 Division game.

Top seeded Sandstone downed No. 4 Barre/Elba 14-11 and No. 3 Carlton defeated No. 2 Rotary 8-2 Saturday in the opening round of the Albion Midget League playoffs.

Sandstone will now host Carlton and Rotary will take on Barre/Elba at the Midget League Feld in the next round at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Sandstone took the lead for good by scoring five runs in the second inning highlighted by a grand slam home run by Elliot Trapiss.

A two-run double by Jonah Elsenheimer and a solo homer by Trapiss then keyed a four-run fourth inning which also included singles by Omer Fugate and Brayden LaMartina.

Sandstone capped off the win by scoring three times in the fifth frame on a triple by Drew Pritchard and doubles by LaMartina and Elsenheimer.

Trapiss, who also registered 15 strikeouts on the mound, finished with two hits as did LaMartina and Elsenheimer.

For Barre/Elba, Bing Zuber had a two-run single in the third inning and a three-run triple which highlighted a six run sixth inning.

Carlton broke open a tight 3-2 game by erupting for five runs in the sixth inning highlighted by a three-run home run by Colin McMullen who also notched 10 strikeouts on the mound.

Earlier, Carlton scored twice in the second inning as Gavin Boyce had a key double.

Rotary also scored twice in the second on a double by Liam Leader.

Boyce finished with four hits and Noah Kowalski three.