Photos by Tom Rivers: Chris Shabazz runs the final leg for Albion’s winning 400 meter relay team today in Olean. The other members of the relay included Ozzie Matos, Jahmeek Riley and Tony Freeman.

Saleya Williams won the Triple Jump today for the Albion at the Section VI Class BB track meet in Olean.

The Albion boys and girls track teams both placed second at the Section VI Class BB track meet held this afternoon at Olean.

East Aurroa emerged as the team champion in both the boys  and girls competition.

The Albion boys got wins by Chris Shabazz in the High Jump and by the 400 Relay team of Shabazz, Ozzie Matos, Jahmeek Riley and Tony Freeman.

Shabazz also placed second in the Triple Jump as did Freeman in the 400 Hurdles, Dominic DiGiulio in the Shotput and Jahmeek Riley in the 100.

Albion’s 1600 Relay team of Freeman, Shkwe Riley, Junior Morales and Matos placed third as did Shkwe Riley in the 800.

The Albion girls had Saleya Williams win the Triple Jump.

The Purple Eagles also got second place finishes from Bri Haines in the Pole Vault and by the 400 Relay team of Abby Scanlan, Claire Squicciarini, Anna Zaczek and Honesty Little.

Squicciarini also placed third in both the 100 and 200 as did Williams in the Long Jump and Olivia Krenning in the 400.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Zaric Boyce and his Mustang teammates will visit Akron this afternoon to open the Section VI Class D playoffs.

Seeded No. 6 Medina will visit No. 3 Akron at 5 p.m. today in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class D lacrosse playoffs.

The Mustangs lost to the Tigers 14-1 this past week in the regular season finale.

Medina brings a 5-5 division record into the playoffs while Akron is 7-3.

The Medina vs. Akron winner will visit No. 2 Eden (8-2) in the semifinals on Tuesday.

Today’s other semifinal will have No. 5 Gowanda (5-5) and No. 4 Depew (7-3). The victor will visit top seeded Salamanca (9-1) on Tuesday in the semifinals.

The Meadworks Axe Throwing League completed its season this week and the final week’s results are as follows.

Total Team (both partners individual scores added together) 1 – Mother Chuckers 1820, 2 – Falco’s Mercenaries 1746, 3 – We Like Big Axes 1560, 4 – Pain in the Axe 1547, 5 – Celtic Bastards 1504, 6- Great Axpectations 1484, 7 – Bustin Axes 1309, 8 – Hack Job Moo Cows 1305, 9 – Axelorians 1265, 10 – David and Lisa Gnome 1265, 11 – Axes and Ohs 1238, 12 – Wenches 1185, 13 – Swoosh 1024, 14 – Bad Axes 1121, 15- Lizzie Bordens 1130, 16 – Miskatonic ReCreators 1080.

Duals (teammates throwing on same target at the same time) 1 – Mother Chuckers 828, 2 – Falco’s Mercenaries 735, 3 – Celtic Bastards 716, 4 – We Like Big Axes 658, 5 – Great Axpectations 655, 6 – Pain in the Axe 640, 7 – David and Lisa Gnome 589, 8 – Bustin Axes 580, 9 – Axelorians 580, 10 – Axes and Ohs 551, 11 – Wenches 546, 12 – Hack Job Moo Cows 529, 13 – Miskatonic ReCreators 471, 14 – Bad Axes 468, 15 – Swoosh 423, 16 – Lizzie Bordens 408.

Medina High senior Devin Griffin won the High Jump and placed second in the 100 Hurdles and sixth in the  Long Jump at the Section VI Class B track meet held today at Falconer.

The Mustangs also had Christian Drisdom place second in the High Jump, Arian Cayea second in the 1600, Ethan Stonebreaker third in the Shotput, Kaedon Cleveland third in the 400 Hurdles and fifth in the 110 Hurdles, Dontae Rhim fifth in the Long Jump and High Jump and Phallon Rivera placed fifth in the Shotput,

Roy-Hart had Brandin Allen place second in the 110 Hurdles, Nadia White third in the Triple Jump and Alexis Cacciatore third in the 400.

Akron’s Lauren Wagner won the 800.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Jessalynn Coen tags out Roy-Hart’s Shelby Wolfe at third base. The action took place during the Lady Rams win over the host Lady Raiders this afternoon.

Roy-Hart downed host Barker 6-2 this afternoon as the Lady Rams closed out the Niagara-Orleans League softball season with an 8-4 record.

Roy-Hart grabbed a 1-0 lead in the third inning as winning pitcher Reanna Perkins tripled and came home on an RBI single by Molly Russell.

That same combination clicked at the plate again in the third inning as Perkins doubled in two runs and Russell singled in one to up the Lady Rams advantage to 4-0.

Reanna Perkins bangs out a two-run double for Roy-Hart.

Roy-Hart tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the fifth inning on a two-run double by Juliana Buscarino for a 6-1 lead.

In the circle, Perkins gave up 2 hits and struck out 13.

Peyton Bradley accounted for both Barker runs with an RBI sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and an RBI single in the sixth.

The Lady Raiders finish the N-O season at 3-9.

Wilson 10, Medina 6

Wilson defeated visiting Medina 10-6 to finish in a tie with Roy-Hart for second place at 8-4.

Madelyn Seeley had a double and triple and Isabella Lembke a single and double to lead the way for Wilson which scored four runs in the fifth inning.

Hannah Kenward had a pair of hits for Medina which finishes the N-O season at 6-6.

N-O Tennis

Akron completed a 12-0 N-O title season with a 5-0 win over Newfane.

Akron 5, Newfane 0

First Singles: Will Chubb (Akron) d. Sam Capen 6-0, 6-1

Second Singles: Caleb Suckow (Akron) d. Connor Gunby 6-1, 6-0

Third Singles: Samantha Niescier (Akron) d. Alexander Ostrozinski 6-0, 6-0

First Doubles: Sean Brennan and Sean O’Shaughnessy (Akron) d. Lon Colley III and Luke Gunby 6-2, 6-0

Second Doubles: Kaly Lin and Isaac Cerasani (Akron) d. Alec Jex and Ashleigh Hughes 6-1, 6-1

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Noah Stern slides into second base ahead of a tag by Albion’s Amari Jones as Kyle Woolston backs up the play. The action took place during the Rams win over the Purple Eagles this afternoon at Gasport.

A lone first inning run proved to be just enough as Roy-Hart nipped Albion 1-0 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League game at Gasport.

Keeping the momentum, Roy-Hart then downed visiting Akron 8-3 to complete a 10-2 N-O campaign.

Thomas Russo III singled in the game’s only run for Roy-Hart against Albion  in the opening frame on Monday before stormy weather halted play early in the third inning.

When play resumed this afternoon in the third inning Russo pitched five innings of shutout ball for the Rams allowing 2 hits and striking out 7.

Albion, which finishes the N-O season at 3-9,  had a runner thrown out at home in the third and another thrown out at second in the fourth. Russo then faced only 10 batters over the last three innings striking out 7.

Roy-Hart left the bases loaded in the third and fifth innings.

Roy-Hart 8, Akron 3

Trailing 2-1, Roy-Hart took the lead for good against Akron by scoring five runs in the third inning.

Russo had three hits and John Conley two for the Rams. Russo’s hits included a triple while Conley, Noah Stern and Zach Durwiger all had doubles.

Ryan Mettler pitched five innings for the Rams allowing 5 hits and striking out 6.

Final N-O Standings: Medina 12-0, Roy-Hart 10-2, Akron 8-4, Wilson 5-7, Newfane 4-8, Albion 3-9, Barker 0-12.

Albion’s Alex Gibson dives back into first base ahead of the throw to Roy-Hart’s Hunter Babel.

Improving to 7-4, Roy-Hart edged host Albion 9-8 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game.

Reanna Perkins had a big night for Roy-Hart both in the circle with 11 strikeouts and at the plate with a home run and a triple.

Shelby Wolf, Maria Peracciny and Casey Wolf also had multiple hit games for the Lady Rams.

For Albion, Bryne Dysard had three hits, including a triple, Kenzi Hapeman two with a triple and Leah Pritchard registered 10 strikeouts in the circle.

Roy-Hart will close out the N-O season at home against Barker on Thursday while Albion, which is now 4-7, will finish at Newfane on Friday.

Medina 9, Barker 8

Medina likewise trimmed host Barker 9-8 this afternoon to improve to 6-5 in N-O action.

Hannah Kenward had a single, double and triple and Miriam Fike two singles and a double for Medina which also had Paige Adkins and Brooklyn Brown with triples and Tessa Boyce two singles.

Medina closes out the N-O season at Wilson on Thursday.

Akron 10, Wilson 1

Akron capped off an undefeated (12-0) N-O title season with a 10-1 victory over Wilson slips to 7-4.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Colvin Stalker brings the ball up field during the Mustangs loss to Depew this afternoon. Following the play for the Mustangs is Ollie Wilson.

Jumping out to a 7-0 first quarter lead, Depew went on to defeat Medina 18-2 this afternoon in a Class D Division lacrosse game at Vets Park.

The Wildcats went on to hold commanding leads of 13-1 at the half and 14-2 after three quarters.

Zaric Boyce and Mitchell Silversmith scored the goals for Medina which finishes the D Division season at 5-5.

Albion and Medina will both face new opponents to open the high school football season over the Labor Day weekend.

Albion will open the season at home on Friday September 3 against the merged Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville team which will be beginning its first season of 11 Man competition after playing 8 Man this past spring.

Medina will also open the season at home on September 3 against first time foe Bishop Timon.

Medina’s schedule includes three Saturday games while Albion and Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville each have one Thursday and one Saturday contest.

The traditional Albion vs. Medina game, which was not able to be played this spring, will be renewed on Friday October 22 as the Mustangs will host the Purple Eagles in the regular season finale.

Albion’s Schedule: Sept. 3 – Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville; Sept. 10  – at Maryvale; Sept. 17 – Wilson; Sept. 24 – at Burgard; Sept. 30 – Lew-Port; Oct. 8 – Cheektowaga; Oct. 16 – at Maritime; Oct. 22 – at Medina.

Medina’s Schedule: Sept. 3 – Timon; Sept. 11 – at Newfane; Sept. 18 –  at Lackawanna; Sept. 24 – Akron; Oct. 2 – at Cleveland Hill; Oct. 8 – at Wilson; Oct. 15 – Tonawanda; Oct. 22 – Albion.

Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville’s Schedule: Sept. 3 – at Albion; Sept. 10 – at Lew-Port; Sept. 18 – Maryvale; Sept. 24 – Maritime; Oct. 1 – at Burgard; Oct. 7 – Pioneer; Oct. 15 – at Cheektowaga; Oct. 22 – Lake Shore.