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.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis, left, and Kendall’s Julie Coble have both earned All-State softball honors.

Two local players have been named to the Class C All-State softball squad.

Lyndonville junior shortstop Ella Lewis has been named to the third team and Kendall junior outfielder Julie Coble to the fifth team.

Two other Genesee Region League players have also earned All-State honors. Byron-Bergen sophomore pitcher Kendall Phillips has been named to the Class C fifth team and Notre Dame freshman shortstop Katie Landers to the Class D second team.

No Niagara-Orleans League players were named to the All-State squad.

The Albion Midget League playoffs are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Top seeded Sandstone will host No. 4 Barre/Elba and No. 2 Rotary will face No. 3 Carlton at the Midget League Field.

The two winners and the two losers will play next Tuesday. The losers bracket final will then be on Thursday with the championship game slated for next Saturday.

Thursday’s scheduled two regular season finale games were rained out.

A night game and a meeting with the defending division champion will highlight the home portion of Holley’s 8 man football schedule which was released by Section V this week.

Holley will host defending champion Red Jacket at 1:30 p.m. on October 2.

The Hawks will then have a night home game against Maple Grove at 7 p.m. October 8.

Holley’s other home contest will be against CG Finney at 1:30 p.m. on September 18.

The Hawks will open the season at Pembroke on September 10.

Holley’s other road games will be at Frewsburg on September 24, at Perry on October 15 and at South Seneca at October 22.

Holley went 1-4 this past spring in the “Fall 2” season which made up for football being postponed last fall due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Contributed Photo – Players and coaches of the AnJo Bombers 12U squad are shown here with their trophy and medals after capturing the Battle At The Falls Tournament this past weekend. In the front row are Drew Walker, Dominic Leo and Sean Mettler; Standing are Brayden Seitz, Mason Mikulski, Preston Woodworth, Graham Schultz, Shane Roneker, Brendan Sheldon, Evan Church along with Coaches Chris Mettler and Chris Walker

The Lockport AnJo Bombers 12U team won the Battle At The Falls Tournament hosted by Pitch and Hit this past weekend.

By winning the tournament, the team won a bid to the USABL World Series.

Entering Championship Sunday, the Bombers were the #1 seed after pool play wins against Diamond Pro Baseball of Rochester, Lancaster Dragons and the Buffalo Wings.

On Sunday, the Bombers defeated Diamond Pro Green in the Semi Finals and Diamond Pro Orange 11-4  in the Championship game.

The Bombers pitching staff gave up a total of only 8 runs for the five gamers of the tournament.

Off to a 2-1 start, the lineup for the Niagara Orleans League American Legion baseball team includes a trio of Medina players – pitcher Chris Goyette, shortstop Brian Fry and infielder/outfielder AJ Seefeldt.

Goyette picked up the win on the mound in the team’s 10-0 season opening victory over Lancaster as he hurled a 2 hitter with 6 strikeouts.

At the plate, Fry had a pair of triples and 5 RBI and Seefeldt a double.

The N-O squad then blanked Lake View 10-0 as Fry had a pair of hits and Seefeldt a double.

Most recently, the N-O dropped a 5-1 decision to Jurek Post on Wednesday as a double by Fry was one of the team’s five hits.

The N-O will visit Jurek again on Friday.