Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis beats the throw to second base as Byron-Bergen’s Emma Dormann awaits the throw. The action took place during the host Lady Tigers sectional win this afternoon.

A pair of big early inning scoring bursts powered top seeded Lyndonville to a 17-0 victory over visiting No. 8 Byron-Bergen this afternoon in the quarterfinal round of the Section V Class C2 softball playoffs.

Lyndonville broke the game open early by erupting for seven runs in the second inning on a two-run double by Ella Lewis, two-run singles by Brooke Robinson and Gracie Johnson and an RBI sacrifice fly by Lorelei Dillenbeck.

The Lady Tigers then put a firm lock on the run rule victory by exploding for 10 runs in the third inning. A three-run double by Lorelei Dillenbeck highlighted that uprising which also included a double by Addison Dillenbeck, two singles each by Johnson and Lewis and one by Brynn Howell.

Lewis finished with 4 hits, Robinson and Johnson 3 each and winning pitcher Haley Shaffer 2.

In the circle, Shaffer hurled a one hitter with two strikeouts.

Now at 16-1, Lyndonville will next host No. 5 York in the semifinals at 11 a.m. Saturday. York defeated No. 4 Oakfield-Alabama  5-2 in another quarterfinal contest.

Barker 25, Newfane 5

Barker defeated Newfane 25-5 in a Niagara-Orleans League game as Chloe Lee, Natalie Brandel and Lilly Monthony all had multiple hits. Lee’s hits included a two-run first inning home run.

Lyndonville’s Gracie Johnson stretches for the throw to get the out at first base on Byron-Bergen’s Lexi Vurraro.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Josh Wilson works to get by Wilson’s Carter Pytlik during the Mustangs win over the Lakemen at Vets Park this afternoon.

Improving to 5-3, Medina bested Wilson 14-8 this afternoon in a Class D Division lacrosse game at Vets Park.

Zach Blount scored 4 goals for the Mustangs as Josh Wilson, Mitchell Silversmith, Sam Kingsbury and Mark Reigle each added 2 and Zaric Boyce and Tasker Taylor 1 apiece.

Medina jumped out to a 5-1 lead at the half on goals by Boyce, Blount, Wilson, Silversmith and Reigle.

Wilson closed to within two at 8-6 after three quarters but Medina answered with a 6-2 scoring edge in the final period to lock up the win.

Blount and Kingsbury both netted a pair of goals during that stretch as Taylor and Wilson each had one.

Medina next hosts Akron on Monday.

Medina edged past Lockport 33-29 this evening in a Niagara and Orleans Counties League wrestling match as the Mustangs earned their first win of the season.

Dominic Callara, Rashawn Bloom and Conor Crandall all registered pins and Miles Hartway had a decision win to lead the Mustangs.

Albion swept to a doubleheader victory over Medina by the identical score of 5-0 this afternoon in Niagara-Orleans League tennis action.

Carson Bader, Leo Bolton and Josh DePoty all scored singles wins for Albion which improves to 7-4.

The Purple Eagles also got victories from the doubles teams of Clara Bolton-Charley London and Madelynn Snook-James Beach.

Section V playoffs

East Rochester defeated Holley 5-0 in a Section V Class C semifinal match.

Medina downed host Newfane 13-6 this afternoon to improve to 5-4 in Niagara-Orleans League softball competition.

Bri Raiser-Russell had a double and triple Brooklyn Brown three singles and Hannah Kenward two singles to lead the offense for Medina which scored in six of seven innings.

In other N-O action, Akron blanked host Albion 10-0 and Wilson defeated Barker 16-10.

Front-running Akron stayed perfect at 9-0 as Jenelle Kieffer pitched five innings giving up 3 hits and striking out 9 and Ella Hill banged out a double, triple and home run.

Bryne Dysard and Olivia Bieber both had a pair of hits for Albion which is now 4-6.

Photos by Tom Rivers – Albion’s Alex Zaczek heads to a win in the Pole Vault at today’s All-League meet at Wilson.

The Albion boys track team enjoyed a huge day as the Purple Eagles took first place honors in 10 events at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League track meet held today at Wilson.

Chris Shabazz was a triple winner in the Long Jump, High Jump and Triple Jump and Dominic DiGiulio doubled in the Shotput and Discus to lead the parade of Albion’s individual event winners. That group also included Tony Freeman in the 400 Hurdles, Reuben Rivers in the 3200 and Alex Zaczek in the Pole Vault.

The Purple Eagles also won the 400 Relay with the foursome of Freeman, Shabazz, Auston Johnson and Ozzie Matos and the 1600 Relay with the quartet of Freeman, Matos, Junior Morales and Shkwe Riley.

Roy-Hart’s Nadia White edged out Newfane’s Rachel Chunco to win the 400.

The Albion girls had Bri Haines win the Pole Vault and Honesty Little the High Jump.

Arian Cayea won the 1600 and Devin Griffin the Pentathlon for Medina.

Roy-Hart’s Nadia White was a double winner in the 400 and Triple Jump.

The Akron girls had a pair of double winners as Lauren Wagner doubled took the 800 and 1500 and Beila Asmus the Shotput and Discus.

Newfane’s Ashlin Joseph won both the 100 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles.

The Newfane girls, which swept all three relays, also had Gina Shorter win the 100, Ainsly DeBiase the 200, Kylie Bowman the 3000 and Mel Myers the Long Jump.

The Wilson boys had Jared Jacques win the 100 Hurdles and Paul Smith the 100.

The Newfane boys had Dakoda Baker win the 200, Deuce Capen the 400 and Connor Puzzacree the 800.

Arian Cayea of Medina won the mile (1600 meters), while Reuben Rivers of Albion won the 2 mile (3200 meters) and Kylie Bowman of Newfane won the 3000 meters.

This group competes in the 2000 meter steeplechase and works through the water pit at the Wilson track. Leah Siegman of Newfane won the event, followed by Corinne Hill of Medina and Alanna Holman of Albion.

Connor Cuzzacrea of Newfane edges Sh’kwe Riley of Albion in the 800 meter race, 2:08.08 to 2:08.57. They were the top two among 15 runners in the event.

Albion’s Ozzie Matos takes the lead over Newfane’s Deuce Capen in the final leg of the 1600 Relay won by the Purple Eagles.

Gowanda rallied in the fourth quarter to edge past visiting Medina 16-14 this evening in a Class D Division lacrosse game that was delayed for an hour by lightning.

Medina led 7-6 at the half and 13-11 after three quarters but Gowanda rallied with a 5-1 scoring edge in the decisive final period to claim the win.

Mitchell Silversmith scored 5 goals to lead Medina as Zach Blount and Josh Wilson both had 3, Zaric Boyce 2 and Jacob Rissew 1.

Now at 4-3 in the division, Medina next hosts Wilson at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Roy-Hart rallied for three runs in the seventh inning to nip host Akron 6-5 and remain undefeated at 7-0 in Niagara-Orleans League competition.

Hits by Ethan Kuzma and Jake Gould set up the last ditch rally for Roy-Hart which scored one on a sacrifice by Noah Stern and twice on a two-out error.

Gavyn Boyle had a pair of doubles on the day for Roy-Hart as did David Kalinowski doe Akron.

Akron is now 4-3.

Roy-Hart next host undefeated (8-0) Medina in a key battle for first place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Gasport.

Albion 17, Barker 2

Making it three wins in a row after an 0-5 start to the N-O season, Albion bested visiting Barker 17-2.

Javon Jones had 3 hits for Albion as Tyler Gibson, Alex Gibson, Austin Aman, Kyle Woolston and Mason Bennett each had 2.

Jones, Tyler Gibson and Aman all had RBI singles to highlight a six run second inning.

Wilson 12, Newfane 3

Wilson regained the .500 mark at 5-5 in N-O action by downing rival Newfane 12-3 as Tyler Johnson picked up the win on the mound.

Wilson scored three quick runs in the first inning highlighted by a two-run double by Mike Miller and then six more in the second. Miller and John Ernest both finished with a pair of hits.

Albion downed Newfane 3-2 this afternoon to improve to 5-4 in Niagara-Orleans League tennis action.

Josh DePoty won at third singles for Albion which also got victories from the doubles teams of Clara Bolton-Charlie London and Madelyn Snook-Emily Graham.

In the other N-O matches, Barker trimmed Roy-Hart 3-2 and Wilson blanked Medina 5-0.

Nate Mazza-Ray won at first singles for Barker which also got wins from the doubles teams of Ell Gooding-Willard Nellist and Aidan Mescall-Carla Stoloski.

Roy-Hart got wins from Nik Gutierrez at second singles and Mya Quinn at third singles.

Section V Class C

Holley downed Warsaw 3-2 in a Section V Class C quarterfinal match.

A three set win by Cavan Bennage at first singles was the clincher for Holley whose other two points were won by the doubles teams of James Tette-Mason Neale and Kirssten Louisse Athoff-Ashanty Gonzalez.