Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Lorelei Dillenbeck slides into third base as the throw comes to Red Creek’s Madyson Sanzotta. The action took place during the Lady Tigers home field sectional win this afternoon.

Jumping out to a commanding lead in the first two innings, top seeded Lyndonville went on to defeat visiting No. 16 Red Creek 22-3 this afternoon in the opening round of the Section V Class C2 softball playoffs.

Improving to 15-1, Lyndonville moved on top to stay by scoring five quick runs in the first inning as Ella Lewis, Lorelei Dillenbeck, winning pitcher Haley Shaffer, Brooke Robinson, Brynn Howell and Gracie Johnson all banged out hits.

The Lady Tigers then broke the contest wide open by exploding for 13 runs on 10 hits in the second inning to open up an 18-3 lead.

A triple by Chloe Stinson along with doubles by Lorelei Dillebeck and Robinson highlighted that uprising which also included two singles by Addison Dillenbeck and one each by Shaffer, Lorelei Dillenbeck, Howell, Johnson and Brianna Krisher.

Lorelei Dillenbeck finished with 4 hits as Lewis, Robinson, Johnson and Stinson each had 3 and Shaffer, Howell and Addison Dillenbeck 2 each.

In the circle, Shaffer allowed 3 hits and struck out 5 in four innings of work. Lorelei Dillenbeck came on to hurl the fifth inning of the run rule contest and retired the side in order.

Lyndonville will next host  No. 8 Byron-Bergen  in the quarterfinals at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Byron-Bergen ousted No. 9 Kendall 5-1. The Lady Tigers split a pair of games with the Lady Bees during the Genesee Region League season.

Byron-Bergen got a big three-run triple from Aly Ball in the third inning and a 10 strikeout effort in the circle from pitcher Kendall Phillips in the win over Kendall whose pitcher, Sara Mattle, had 5 strikeouts.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Molly Russell tags out Medina’s Carina Kingsbury at second base as Emily Scott backs up the play. The umpire is Bernie Froman. The action took place during the Lady Rams win over the Mustangs this evening at Vets Park.

A big early inning scoring burst keyed Roy-Hart to a 19-6 victory over Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game at Vets Park this evening.

Breaking away from a 1-1 tie, Roy-Hart took control by erupting for 11 runs in the third inning highlighted by a two-run double by Maria Peracciny, a two-run single by Emma Livergood, an RBI double by Shelby Wolf and an RBI single by winning pitcher Reanna Perkins.

Roy-Hart also scored five times in the sixth inning as Molly Russell and Peracciny both had two-run singles.

Perkins, who also banged out a solo home run in the fifth inning, struck out 12 in the circle.

Russell, Wolf, Peracciny, Perkins, Scott and Livergood each finished with two hits.

Paige Adkins had a two-run homer and Hannah Kenward a double and single for Medina.

Roy-Hart is now 6-3 and Medina 4-6.

Wilson 2, Albion 1

Wilson edged past visiting Albion 2-1 as Tori Pawlak had two hits.

Wilson is now 5-3 and Albion 4-5.

Section V games ppd.

The Red Creek at Lyndonville and Kendall at Byron-Bergen Section V Class C2 playoff games were postponed due to the rainy weather and are scheduled to be made up on Wednesday.

In a Class C 1 opening round game No. 3 Red Jacket defeated visiting No. 14 Holley 17-0.

N-O Baseball

Wilson 8, Newfane 2

Conner Ernest pitched a 4 hitter and Michael Miller and Noah Yernye both banged out a pair of hits to lead Wilson past rival Newfane 8-2.

Brady Harrington had a to-run single for Newfne.

Wilson is now 4-5 and Newfane 3-5.

The other two scheduled N-O games – Akron vs. Roy-Hart and Barker vs. Albion – were both postponed. The Barker at Albion game is scheduled to be made up on Wednesday.

Contributed Photos – Competing in the 450 Experts race on Sunday at the Crusaders Motorcycle Club course on Culvert Road were Hunter Bauer, Timmy Wells, Kyle Tambe and Brandon Newman.

It had been a year long drought since motorcycles were heard and seen throwing up the dirt at the Crusaders Motorcycle Club’s race course on Culvert Road, Medina due to the pandemic.

Sunday’s opening day of racing did not disappoint the limited capacity crowd despite the temperatures being in the high 80’s. The racers put on a great show with close racing in all classes although the main events and Grand Prix races were epic battles with top riders from around the area and the country.

Local riders Justin Jones and Brandon Newman came out victorious in the Open Expert and 450 Premiere Classes respectively, while Austin Luczak showed everyone the fast way around the track in the Grand Prix finale.

Current track champion Flyin’ Ryan Wells was sidelined by mechanical issues all day and Jones tangled with Luczak in the Grand Prix which forced him to sit and watch from the inside of the track for the remainder of the race.

Local phenom, Owen Flower, led the beginning laps but was not able to fend off the 450 Expert riders of Luczak and Wells at the checkered flag.

The next race will take place on June 20 with racing starting at 12:30 p.m. Their will be a limit of 500 spectators and tickets will be available at the front gate until sold out.

Results

50cc Shaft (4-8 age group): 1. Aidan Kirby, 2. Maxon Luczak, 3. Logan Petrie.

50cc Chain (4-8 age group): 1. Jace DiMatteo, 2. Owen Whiting, 3. Liam Pearl.

65cc: 1. Jude Lacy, 2. Bryson Hazel, 3. Dominik Tombari.

85cc (7-15 age group): 1. Brody Hazel, 2. Matthew Bertola, 3. Jude Lacy.

125-4 Stroke (7-15 age group): 1. Brody Hazel, 2. Matthew Bertola, 3. Jude Lacy.

125cc: 1. Justin Ball, 2. Tyler Brett, 3. Nick Klaes

250 Amateur: 1. Tyl Holmes, 2. Ryan Scavuzzo, 3. Justin Ball

Open Amateur: 1. Owen Flower, 2. Rodney Davis, 3. Zachery VanAmeron

Open Expert: 1. Justin Jones, 2. Austin Luczak, 3. Timmy Wells

450 Expert/Premiere: 1. Brandon Newman, 2. Timmy Wells, 3. Hunter Bauer

Seniors: 1. Ken Shaffer, 2. Jason Spearin, 3. Shawn Tambe

Grand Prix: 1. Austin Luczak, 2. Timmy Wells, 3. Owen Flower

Senior Race riders shown here are Jason Spearin, Ken Shaffer and Shawn Tambe.

Contributed Photo – Medina’s first team C North Division All-Stars include, from left, Xander Payne, Brian Fry, Robert Morehouse, Joe Cecchini and Chris Johnson. Missing from the photo is Tyler Chinn.

Champion Medina has placed six players on the first team and eight on the second team of the C North Division All-Star football squad.

Senior Brian Fry (RB/DB), who was named C North Offensive Player of the Year, heads Medina’s first team contingent which also includes seniors Tyler Chinn (WR/DB) and Robert Morehouse (OL/DL); juniors Xander Payne (QB) and Joe Cecchini (DL/TE) and sophomore Chris Johnson (DL/OL).

Fry led the Mustangs in both rushing with 700 yards and 10 touchdowns and receiving with 19 catches for 324 yards and 3 TDs. On defense he made 34 tackles, had 4 interceptions and 2 fumble recoveries.

Payne passed for 1,054 yards and 15 touchdowns.

Chinn caught 12 passes for 318 yards and 6 touchdowns.

Cecchini registered 7 sacks and had 15 tackles on defense and caught 13 passes for 143 yards and 2 touchdowns on offense.

Johnson made 21 tackles and had 2 fumble recoveries and Morehouse had 2 tackles for losses.

Medina’s second team honorees include seniors Corey Saj (RB), Mitchell Silversmith (OL) and Dontae Rhim (DB); juniors Cole Seefeldt (K), Jarin Rhim (DE) and Iverson Poole (DB) along with sophomores Dominic Larabee (DL) and Noah Skinner (LB).

The Mustangs also had a trio of Honorable Mention selections including Zach Oliver, Colvin Stalker and Hayden Woodroe, all juniors.

The remainder of the first team selections, listed by school, are as follows:

Akron – Adam Mietz (QB, Sr.), Aidan Smith (RB, Jr.), Mitchell Holtz (WR, Sr.), David Kalinowski (LB, Sr.). Kalinowski was named C North Defensive Player of the Year.

Newfane – Michael Carmer (OL, Sr.), Andy Lucinski (LB, Sr.).

Wilson – Ben Mahar (OL, Sr.), Anthony Dispenza (DL, Sr.), Chris Dispenza (LB, Jr.), Luke Atlas (DB, Jr.), Jared Jaques (DB, Sr.).

Cleveland Hill – Nate Cummings (RB, Sr.), Jamari Coleman (OL, So.), Aiden Schoenfelder (DL, Sr.), Justin Rojeck (P, Jr.)

Tonawanda – Dylan Carey (WR, Sr.), R.J. Wollcott (OL, Sr.), Hunter Hollack (K, Sr.), Josh Fisher (LB, Sr.)

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Rylee VanNostrand tags out Albion’s Hannah Hinkley at third base for the final out of the Mustangs come-from-behind win over the Purple Eagles this afternoon at Vets Park.

Coming from behind in the late innings, Medina trimmed rival Albion 8-6 in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game this afternoon at Vets Park.

Trailing 5-1, Medina got back into the game by scoring three times in the fifth inning as Hannah Kenward had an RBI single.

The Mustangs then took the lead for good at 8-5 by scoring four times in the sixth as Miriam Fike and Kenward both had doubles and Brionna Raiser-Russell  and Brooklyn Brown singles.

Albion took a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning as Faith Woody had a double.

Medina is now 4-3 and Albion 4-4.

Roy-Hart 10, Newfane 0

Roy-Hart improved to 5-3 by blanking Newfane 10-0 as Reanna Perkins pitched a one hitter with 18 strikeouts.

Molly Russell, Shelby Wolf, Ellie James and Juliana Buscarino each had a pair of hits for the Lady Rams.  Wolf’s hits included a triple and James’ a double.

Akron 10, Barker 1

Front-running Akron stayed perfect at 8-0 with a 10-1 win over Barker.

Medina’s Brionna Raiser-Russell dives into third base as Albion’s Aly Knaak awaits the throw.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Rolland Balcerzak dives into second base after banging out a double as Geneseo’s Sean McCaughey looks for the ball. The action took place during the host Tgiers sectional loss to the Blue Devils this afternoon.

Eight errors and nine stranded base runners proved to be a fatal combination for No. 2 seed Lyndonville as the Tigers were upended 7-5 by visiting No. 15 Geneseo this afternoon in a Section V Class C2 pre quarterfinal round game.

Geneseo jumped out to an early 3-0 lead by scoring once in the first on an error and twice in the third on a single by Nicholas Staley and a sacrifice fly.

Lyndonville though answered back to score four time in the home half of the third on an RBI double by Rolland Balcerzak, a fielders choice play and two errors to give the Tigers what proved to be their only lead at 4-3. Singles by Anthony Moule and Casey Winiecki set up that threat.

The Blue Devils pulled even with an unearned run in the fourth and then regained the lead for good with two unearned runs in the sixth and one more in the seventh.

Lyndonville’s only other run came in the bottom of the seventh as the Tigers left two runners stranded in each of the final three innings.

Nathan Dillenbeck banged out a two out triple for Lyndonville in the opening inning but was left stranded setting an ominous tone for the Tigers.

The Tigers finish the season at 11-4.

Class B2

No. 7 Mynderse downed visiting No. 10 Holley-Kendall 20-2 in a Class B2 pre quarterfinal contest.

Lyndonville’s Anthony Moule dives back to first base as Geneseo’s Ethan Bennett takes the throw from pitcher Zach Bzduch.

Scoring in six of the seven innings, Albion downed host Barker 16-2 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League baseball game.

Damion Lattimer banged out 3 hits for the Purple Eagles as Javon Jones, winning pitcher Tyler Gibson, Austin Aman and Bailey Blanchard each had 2.

Gibson allowed only 1 hit and struck out 12 in five innings of work on the mound.

Now at 2-5 in the league, Albion will next host Barker (0-10) in the second half of the home-and-home series on Tuesday.

Tennis

Barker (4-6) 3, Newfane (2-5) 2

First Singles: Sam Capen (Newfane) d. Nathan Meza Ray 5-7, 6-3, 6-3

Second Singles: Connor Gunby (Newfane) d. Keith Robison 6-0, 6-4

Third Singles: Cameron Kiner (Barker) d. Alexander Ostrozinski 6-0, 6-1

First Doubles: Ella Gooding and Williard Nellist (Barker) d. Luke Gunby and Lon Colley III( 6-0, 6-2

Second Doubles: Carla Stoloski and Aidan Mescall (Barker) d. Madison Lawton and Ashleigh Hughes 6-2, 6-1

Jumping out to a five goal first quarter lead, Medina went on to defeat host Newfane 18-3 this afternoon in a Class D Division lacrosse game.

Up 7-2 at the end of the opening period, the Mustangs went on to outscore the Panthers 8-0 in the second quarter to open up a commanding 15-2 lead at the half.

Mitchell Silversmth scored 7 goals to spearhead the Medina attack. Sam Kingsbury, Zaric Boyce, Zach Blount and Josh Wilson each netted 2 as Jacob Rissew, Will Prest and Tasker Taylor each chipped in with 1.

Improving to 4-2 in the diivison, Medina next visits Gowanda on Wednesday and hosts Wilson on Wednesday.