File Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Melanie Green

Putting together a second straight strong sub par round, Medina’s Melanie Green has surged into the top five at the LPGA Tour’s L.A. Championship Tournament at Los Angeles.

Green fired a 4 under par round of 68 today to increase her two day total to 9 under and move into a tie for fourth place with part of the field still on the course.

Green, who opened the tourney with a sizzling 5 under par 67 on Thursday, quickly moved to 7 under with birdies on 1 and 3.

However, back-to-back bogies on 6 and 7, erased that gain.

Rebounding, Green quickly battled back with a birdie on 8. Keeping the momentum she registered three birdies on the back 9 on 12, 14 and 16 to finish the day at 4 under 68.

The tournament continues on Saturday and will conclude on Sunday.

File Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Melanie Green

Getting off to a strong start, Medina’s Melanie Green fired a sizzling 5 under par round of 67 today on the opening round of the LPGA Tour’s LA Championship Tournament at Los Angeles.

Starting on the back nine, Green rebounded strongly from her only bogey of the day on No. 12.

She registered birdies on 14 and 16 to make the turn at one under par.

Keeping the momentum, Green then put together a key run of birdies on the front nine.

She registered a birdie on No.3 to go 2 under and then finished strong notching three straight birdies on 6, 7 and 8 to improve to 5 under.

Her round of 67 has her four shots back of the leader.

The tourney’s second round will be held on Friday after which the field will be cut.

Barker completed a sweep of Wilson by downing the visiting Lakemen 13-8 in a Niagara-Orleans League baseball game this afternoon.

Trailing 5-2, Barker took the lead for good by erupting for 6 runs in the fourth inning on doubles by JJ Prynn and Carson Schwab, 4 errors and a wild pitch.

Prynn, Logan Flint and Drew LeGreca each had a pair of hits.

Barker also downed Wilson 6-5 in the N-O season opener on Monday.

N-O Softball
Akron 18, Newfane 16 (9)
Akron outlasted Newfane 18-16 on a two-run single by Ashley Koziej in the ninth inning.

Akron is now 2-0 and Newfane 0-2 in N-O action.

Photos by Tom Rivers: Hunter Huscher runs the final leg of Albion’s winning 4-by-100 relay team in today’s meet at Akron. Huscher also won the 100 meter and 200 meter races for Albion.

Albion opened defense of its Niagara-Orleans League boys track championship by posting a rainy 99-18 victory over host Akron this afternoon.

The Purple Eagles were led by a trio of individual event double winners including Tristian Tilbe (1600 and 3200), Adam Burgio (110 Hurdles and 400) and Hunter Huscher (100 and 200)

Akron earned a split on the day by winning the girls meet 83-22 as Madison Reagan doubled in the 100 and 400 and Abby Bower in the 1500 and 3000.

Newfane and Wilson split
Rivals Newfane and Wilson split as the Panthers won the boys meet 71-66 and the Lakewomen took the girls meet 82-57.

Payton Wrightman was a double winner for the Newfane boys in the Pole Vault and High Jump.

Wilson’s Ryan Hough was a quadruple winner in the 100, 200, 110 Hurdles and Long Jump while his teammate Brock Lepsch was a triple winner in the Shotput, Discus and Triple Jump.

In the girls competition, Sophia Jones was a double winner for Wilson in the 100 and 200 while Eden Hillman was a quadruple winner for Newfane in the 800, 1500, 3000 and Pole Vault.

Barker sweeps Medina
Host Barker downed Medina 43-31 in a girls meet as Julia Kalyaycz doubled in the Shotput and Discus and Jordyn Kinne in the Long Jump and 100 Hurdles.

Talia Rupp was a double winner for Medina in the 1500 and 3000.

Barker also won the boys meet 78-62 as Luke Fay doubled in the 800 and 1600 and Anthony Taliaferro in the Long Jump and Triple Jump.

Bryson Ford won both the 110 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles for Medina.

(Left) Adam Burgio is shown sprinting in the 400 meter race, which he won for Albion. Burgio also was first in 110 meter hurdles. Most of the hurdles and the pole vault were cancelled due to the slippery and wet conditions. (Right) Cierra Johnson carries the baton as the first leg of the 4-by-100 for Albion’s girls track team.

Charles Warren runs the 1,600 meter race for Albion in a major downpour at Akron.

Contributed Photo – Aidan Paul

Medina High graduate Aidan Paul is off to a strong start on the mound for the High Point University baseball team.

Paul, who is a junior at High Point, has made 9 starts to date for the Panthers and has posted a 4-1 record with a total of 35 strikeouts in 42 innings of work. His won-loss record is second best among Panther pitchers.

In his most recent start, a 4-1 win over Radford, Paul allowed 3 hits and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts in 6 innings of work.

“An incredible job on the mound by Aidan, he did such a great job. He ran into a little bit of trouble in the second inning, ended up making a big pitch and getting out of that. All of a sudden he started to cruise for the next four innings. We played good defense behind him, and that was impressive,” said High Point Coach Joey Hammond in his post game comments.

His biggest strikeout total to date has been 6 in a 9-3 win over Presbyterian.

Paul had pitched for SUNY Niagara the past two years. He earned first team All-Region III honors his sophomore year as he helped hurl the Thunderwolves to a fourth place finish in the national tournament and a school record 52 victories.

High Point has compiled a 24-12 record to date including a 9-3 mark in the Big South Conference.

Barker blanked visiting Medina 5-0 in a season opening Niagara-Orleans League tennis match this afternoon.

Daniel Goodwin and Matthew Jordan scored singles wins for Barker.

Defending champion Albion’s opener at Akron was postponed until Friday.

Lacrosse
Stormy weather forced the postponement of the Wilson at Medina lacrosse game until May 7.

Golf
Scores in a Genesee Region League golf tri-match had Attica 171, Pembroke 211 and Holley 282.

Attica’s Luke Behrend was medalist with a 39 while Aiden Kelley was low for Holley with a 61.

Kendall pushed across a run in the top of the ninth inning to outlast host Livonia 6-5 in a non league baseball game this evening.

A triple by Vinnie D’Agostino drove in the winning run in the ninth for Kendall which improves to 7-0.

The Eagles rallied to tie the game at 5-5 by scoring three times in the seventh inning on an RBI single by Vinnie D’Agostino and a two-run double by Nic Cole.

Earlier, the Eagles scored once in the third on a triple by CJ D’Agostino and once in the fourth on an RBI single by Mikey Colucci.

Vinnie D’Agostino, who also picked up the win in relief, finished with 3 hits and CJ D’Agostino 2.

Notre Dame 26, Lyndonville 2
Exploding for 13 runs in the first inning on 6 singles, 4 walks and 2 errors, Notre Dame went on to down host Lyndonville 26-2 in a Genesee Region League game.

Jumping out to a 9-0 lead after two innings, Barker went on to down visiting Albion 13-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game this afternoon.

Barker scored four quick runs in the first inning on a two-run single by Naomi Bish, an RBI single by winning pitcher Madyson Flint and an error. Singles by Madelina Pavlock and Kaylee Stoll set up the threat.

Keeping the momentum, Barker erupted for five runs in the second inning on RBI singles by Bish and Fallyn Mescall, two bases loaded walks and a sacrifice bunt by Aine Davis.

Peyton Bradley hit a two-run homer in the third inning for Barker as doubles by Pavlock and Flint later highlighted a three run fifth inning.

Flint allowed 3 hits and struck out 9 in the circle

Flint and Pavlock both had 3 hits as Bradley, Stoll and Bish each had 2.

Albion scored in the fourth inning on a single by Sophia Bouchey.

Kendall 10, Holley 5
Kendall downed rival Holley 10-5 in a Genesee Region League game.

Brooke Rodas had 3 hits, including a double and triple, for Kendall as Izzy D’Agostino and Teagan Shaw both had 2.

The Lady Eagles jumped out to an early 6-0 lead by scoring three times in the first on a double by Rodas and a two-run error and three times in the second on a double by D’Agostino, a single by Shaw and a ground out.

Holley scored five times in the fourth to cut the deficit to 7-5 on two walks, two ground outs and a single by Skylar Gallagher who had a pair of hits on the day as did Madison Bonacci.

Kendall put a lock on the win by scoring three times in the sixth on a triple by Rodas, a single by Shaw and a ground out.

Medina 15, CSAT 3
Medina bested CSAT 15-3 in a non league game at Vets Park.

Up 2-0, Medina broke the game open with 6 runs in the second inning on singles by Lillian Maynard, Jenna Cecchini, Alexa Demmer and Harmoni Wilson and a three run error.

Samantha Heschke picked up the win in the circle scattering 5 hits and striking out 7.

Lockport 15, Roy-Hart 13
Abby Fox had 3 hits including a double, Grace Pearl 2 including a double and Peyton May a triple for Roy-Hart in the 15-13 non league loss to Lockport on Tuesday.