Carlton scored a pair of victories this past week in Albion Midget League action first edging Rotary 14-13 and then blanking Elba/Barre 5-0.

A fifth inning home run by Gavin Boyce provided the margin of victory for Carlton against Rotary.

Carlton also had a big nine run third inning highlighted by a three-run triple by Logan Grager and a two-run triple by Noah Kowalski.

Noah Harrison had a three-run home run and Issac Sugar a two-run triple for Rotary.

Boyce then hurled Carlton past Elba/Barre registering 15 strikeouts.

At the plate, Colin McMullen had a two-run triple.

For Elba/Barre Bing Zuber had a double.

In the other game, Sandstone shutout Elba/Barre 4-0 as Omer Fugate pitched a one hitter with 13 strikeouts.

Elliot Trapiss, Wesley LeFrois and Brayden LaMartino each had a pair of hits for Sandstone. Trapiss’ hits included a home run.

Sandstone is now 2-0, Carlton 2-1, Rotary 1-2 and Elba/Barre 0-3.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Addison Dillenbeck, shown here getting set to lay down a bunt, and her Lyndonville teammates will host Bolivar-Richburg Monday in the Section V Class C2 championship game.

Top seeded Lyndonville will host No. 3 Bolivar-Richburg in the Section V Class C2 softball championship game at 4:30 p.m. Monday.

This marks the seventh time in the last eight seasons that Lyndonville has advanced to the finals. Previously the Lady Tigers captured the sectional crown in both 2013 and 2019.

Lyndonville, which brings a school record 17-1 record into the title contest, advanced by downing No. 16 Red Creek 22-3 in the pre quarters, No. 8 Byron-Bergen 17-0 in the quarterfinals and No. 5 York 5-1 in the semifinals.

Bolivar-Richburg, which is 15-3, bested No. 14 Pavilion 14-0 in the pre quarters, No. 6 Cal-Mum 13-1 in the quarterfinals and  No. 2 Dundee/Bradford 12-3 in the semifinals.

The accent is certainly on youth for Lyndonville whose starting nine includes only one senior, catcher Chloe Stinson.  The Lady Tigers lineup has also had sophomore Haley Shaffer at pitcher, junior Gracie Johnson at first base, sophomore Brianna Krisher at second, sophomore Lorelei Dillenbeck at shortstop and junior Ella Lewis at third with junior Brynn Howell, eighth grader Addison Dillenbeck and seventh grader Brooke Robinson in the outfield.

N-O Baseball

Defending champion Medina, which has already clinched at least a share of the Niagara-Orleans League title, will look to lock up the crown outright with a win at Wilson (5-5) on Monday.

The Mustangs, now at 10-0 in the league and 11-0 overall, will then close out the N-O campaign by hosting the Lakemen on Tuesday.

Monday’s other N-O games will have runner-up Roy-Hart (7-2) hosting Albion (3-7) and Akron (6-3) hosting Newfane (4-6).

N-O Softball

Monday’s N-O softball match ups will have Medina (5-4) at Akron (10-0) and Roy-Hart (6-3) at Wilson (6-3). Akron has already locked up the N-O title.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Javon Jones readies to tag Akron’s Jake Klodzinski at home during the Purple Eagles loss to the host Tigers this afternoon.

A pair of early inning two out scoring bursts keyed Akron to an 8-4 win over visiting Albion this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League baseball game.

Akron took the lead for good by scoring four quick runs with two out in the first inning on a two-run double by Andrew Romesser and a two-run single by Jack Bower.

The Tigers made it 6-1 by scoring twice with two out in the second inning as Adam Mietz had an RBI single.

Jake Mazza added an RBI single in the fifth frame and Kyle Swift an RBI single in the sixth to round out the Tigers scoring.

Albion scored three times in the sixth highlighted by a two-run double by Damion Lattimer but could get no closer than 7-4.

Alex Gibson and Mason Bennett each had two hits on the day for the Purple Eagles.

Akron is now 6-3 and Albion 3-7.

The Purple Eagles next visit Roy-Hart and the Tigers host Newfane on Monday.

N-O Standings: Medina 10-0, Roy-Hart 7-2, Akron 6-3, Wilson 5-5, Newfane 4-6, Albion 3-7, Barker 0-12.

Akron’s Andrew Bower tags out Albion’s Damion Lattimer at third trying to stretch a double into a triple.

A quartet of Kendall athletes placed at the Section V Class B3 track meet held at Cal-Mum today.

Kendall had Derek Edick place second in the Triple Jump and fourth in the Long Jump, Alezya Brown fourth in the Triple Jump, Hannah Brundage fourth in the 1500 and Ethan Kuhn sixth in both the 100 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles.

Holley had Allyson Skehan place third in the 400 Hurdles and Maddie St. John fifth in the Discus.

Lyndonville’s Josh Slingerland took third in the 800.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Joe Cecchini, left, celebrates with his teammates after hitting a home run during the Mustangs key win over Roy-Hart this morning at Vets Park.

Clinching at least a tie for the title, defending champion Medina downed Roy-Hart 9-1 this morning in a key Niagara-Orleans League baseball game at Vets Park.

Medina, which took over sole possession of first place with a 9-0 win at Roy-Hart on Thursday, stays undefeated in N-O action at 10-0 while the runner-up Rams slip to 7-2.

Xander Payne went the distance on the mound for Medina scattering 5 hits and striking out 7.

Alex Doval bangs out a hit for Medina.

Medina jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a two-run double by Aiden Paul. Two walks followed by a sacrifice bunt by Alex Doval put runners at second and third setting up the opportunity.

Roy-Hart did cut the deficit to 2-1 in the top of the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Jake Gould but the Rams could not cross home plate again.

The Mustangs got that run back with interest in the home half of the fourth by scoring three times to open up a 5-1 advantage.

A leadoff home run by Joe Cecchini into the grandstand in left field ignited that uprising. A single by Doval, a walk and a bunt single by Corey Saj then loaded the bases and Brian Fry capitalized on the opportunity by banging out a two-run double to cap off the key frame.

The Mustangs picked up a solo run in the fifth as Zack Fike doubled and came home on a wild pitch and then capped off the victory with three tallies in the sixth.

AJ Seefeldt had an RBI double and Fike followed up with a two-run double during that uprising which was ignited by a double by Payne.

Medina will close out the N-O season by visiting Wilson on Monday and then hosting the Lakemen on Tuesday.

Roy-Hart has a home and home series against Albion on Monday and Tuesday and then a makeup contest against Akron on Wednesday..

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Chloe Stinson slides safely into second base on her double before York’s Alaina Englert can make the tag. The action took place during the host Lady Tigers sectional semifinal win this morning.

Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock. top seeded Lyndonville used a three run fourth inning scoring burst to key a 5-1 victory over visiting No. 5 York this morning in the semifinals of the Section V Class C2 softball playoffs.

Addison Dillenbeck singled in two runs and Brooke Robinson one in the decisive fourth inning as a walk and a single by winning pitcher Haley Shaffer set up the opportunity.

Haley Shaffer delivers a pitch for Lyndonville.

Improving to 17-1, the Lady Tigers added an insurance run in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly by Ella Lewis

York did get the first two runners aboard in the top of the seventh but couldn’t capitalize as Shaffer retried the next three batters in order on an infield popup, a strikeout and a fly out. She scattered 6 hits and struck out 6 on the day.

York jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning on a double by Emily Wallace.

Lyndonville though pulled even in the second inning as Chloe Stinson doubled and came home on a single by Robinson who had a total of three hits.

Lyndonville will now host the Section V Class C2 championship game on Monday against  No. 3 Bolivar-Richburg which defeated No. 2 Dundee/Bradford 12-3 in the other semifinal.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Austin Mosher and Lyndonville’s Brianna Krisher and their Mustang and Lady Tiger teammates will face key diamond contests on Saturday morning.

Top seeded Lyndonville will host No. 5 York in the semifinals of the Section V Class C2 softball playoffs at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Now at 16-1 on the season, Lyndonville advanced by blanking Genesee Region League foe Byron-Bergen 17-0 in the quarterfinals.

York, which trimmed No. 4 Oakfield-Alabama 5-2 in the quarterfinals, brings an 11-6 record into the semis.

The victor will face the winner of the Dundee/Bradford vs. Bolivar-Richburg semifinal in the championship game Monday on the home field of the highest remaining seed.

The Medina baseball team will look to maintain sole possession of the Niagara-Orleans League lead by hosting runner-up Roy-Hart at 11 a.m. Saturday at Vets Park.

Medina is now 9-0 and Roy-Hart 7-1 in N-O competition.

The Mustangs took over sole possession of first place by defeating the Rams 9-0 on Thursday evening at Gasport.

In another N-O game Saturday, Akron (5-3) will host Albion (3-6) at 3 p.m.

N-O Standings: Medina 9-0, Roy-Hart 7-1, Akron 5-3, Wilson 5-5, Newfane 4-6, Albion 3-6, Barker 0-12.

Amherst 13, Wilson 5

A six run second inning sparked Amherst to a 13-5 non league win over visiting Wilson this afternoon.

Mike Miller had three hits, including a double, and Chris Dispenza two, also including a double, for Wilson which next hosts Medina in an N-O game on Monday.

N-O Softball

Akron 16, Newfane 1

Undefeated (10-0) Akron locked up outright possession of the N-O championship with a 16-1 win over Newfane (0-11) this afternoon.

N-O Standings: Akron 10-0, Roy-Hart 6-3, Wilson 6-3, Medina 5-4, Albion 4-6, Barker 3-7, Newfane 0-11

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Halee Passarell and Nathan Dillenbeck

Holley’s Halee Pasarell and Lyndonville’s Nathan Dillenbeck, both seniors, have received the Genesee Region League’s Stan Sherwood Memorial Award.

Passarell has been a multi year starter in soccer, basketball and softball for Holley as has Dillenbeck in soccer, basketball and baseball for Lyndonville.

The award is given in memory of Stan Sherwood who was a physical edcation/health teacher and coach at Elba for 33 years.

G-R officials note that both through his teaching and coaching Sherwood taught students “not only the skills necessary for a particular sport, but the values required in life to be successful.”

Contributed Photo – Anna Gillette delivers a pitch for the Albion Storm.

The Batavia Black scored a 18-6 win over the Albion Storm softball team Thursday evening.

Anna Gillette started on the mound for the Storm and went two and a half innings with 6 strikeouts and one hit. Anna Grillo to get through the rest of the 3rd inning.

Kait Bennett pitched the 4th inning picking up two strikeouts. Anna Gillette came back in to close the game in the 5th and 6th inning picking up another 6 strikeouts allowing only an additional two hits.

At the plate the Storm couldn’t wake the bats up enough and ended up with 5 hits. Melia Prince went 2-2 with a pair of singles. Gillette, Nathalia Coley, and Meadow Smith all had a single a piece.

The Storm’s last game will be Tuesday at home against Batavia Yellow.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Aiden Paul slides into home before Roy-Hart catcher Noah Stern gets the ball. The action took place during the Mustangs key win over the Rams at Gasport this evening.

In a key late season clash of unbeatens, defending champion Medina blanked Roy-Hart 9-0 at Gasport this evening to take over sole possession of the Niagara-Orleans League lead.

Medina, which will host Roy-Hart in a rematch at 11 a.m. Saturday at Vets Park, stays unbeaten at 9-0 (10-0 overall) while the Rams slip to 7-1.

Zach Fike went the distance on the mound for Medina hurling a one hitter with 9 strikeouts.

Roy-Hart’s lone hit was a first inning double by Gavyn Boyle but he was tagged out at second on a nice relay from Corey Saj to Brian Fry to Aiden Paul.

Medina had grabbed a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on an RBI triple by Fike and a run producing single by Joe Cecchini.

The Mustangs quickly made it 4-0 in the second inning on two out RBI singles by Fry and Fike as a single by Xander Payne started the uprising.

Fry later had an RBI triple in the fourth inning and an error plated a solo run in the sixth upping the Medina lead to 6-0.

The Mustangs capped off the win with three tallies in the seventh on a balk, an error and a sacrifice by Paul. A walk and singles by Cecchini and Austin Mosher loaded the bases to set up the opportunity.

Akron 15, Albion 2

Improving to 5-3, Akron downed Albion (3-6) 15-2 as Jake Mazza had 4 hits including two triples and six RBIs.

Winning pitcher Jack Klodzinski, Adam Mietz and Mitch Holtz each added 2 hits for the Tigers.

Newfane 17, Barker 7

Brady Harrington pitched a complete game with 11 strikeouts to lead Newfane (4-6) past Barker (0-12).

Cade Littman hit a two-run home run for the Panthers as Gehrig Wilson had 4 hits and Trevor Heschke and Tyler Baes 3 each.

Medina’s Austin Mosher is tagged out a third base by Roy-Hart’s Ryan Mettler.