Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Aidan Papaj hurled a no hitter in the Mustangs win over Akron at Vets Park this evening.

For the second day in a row a dominating pitching performance has highlighted a Medina Niagara-Orleans League victory over Akron this time by a 15-0 score at Vets Park this evening.

Junior Aidan Papaj hurled a sparkling no hitter with 15 strikeouts and only 1 walk in the five inning run rule contest.

Papaj, Vinny Gray and Preston Woodworth each banged out a pair of hits to highlight the Mustangs offense.

Medina took control at the outset exploding for five runs in the first inning on an RBI triple by Papaj, an RBI single by Kolton Fletcher, an error, a wild pitch and a steal of home.

The Mustangs tacked on a solo run in the second inning as Gray tripled and came home on a sacrifice fly by Papaj.

Medina broke the game wide open with a six run scoring surge in the fourth inning on a two-run single by Gray, three bases loaded walks and a ground out.

The Mustangs capped off the win with three tallies in the fifth inning on a two-run double by Papaj and a hit batter.

Papaj’s gem followed up the no hit, 16 strikeout effort by Woodworth on Monday in a six inning 10-0 run rule win over Akron.

Now at 2-0 in the league, defending champion Medina will next visit rival Albion at 4:45 p.m. Friday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Gia Howard bangs out a three run double during the Mustangs win over Maryvale at Vets Park this afternoon.

Pounding out 18 hits, Medina outlasted Maryvale 23-14 in a non league softball game at Vets Park this afternoon.

A triple by Samantha Heschke along with doubles by Jenna Cecchini, Harmoni Wilson, Gia Howard, Peyton Allen and Molly Cook highlighted the attack for Medina which had four big scoring innings. Heschke had a total of 3 hits as Cecchini, Wilson and Howard each had 2.

The Mustangs scored 8 in the first inning, 4 in the second, 6 in the fourth and 5 in the fifth.

Savannah Jo Thompson registered 5 strikeouts in the circle in her first start for the Mustangs.

Oakfield-Alabama 10, Lyndonville 2
Nine errors proved costly as Lyndonville dropped a 10-2 decision at Oakfield-Alabama in the Lady Tigers Genesee Region League opener.

Alexa Robinson, Brooke Robinson, Emily Dill and Destinee Holmes each had a pair of hits for Lyndonville.

Elba 12, Kendall 9
Elba outlasted Kendall 12-9 in a G-R contest as Lauryn Hawkins, Madison Marks and Brea Smith each had 3 hits.

Brooke Rodas, Alea Barrett, Izzy D’Agostino and Teagan Shaw all had doubles for Kendall. D’Agostino had 2 hits.

Alexander 14, Holley 2
Skylar Gallagher, Alexis VanAmeron and Angellina Church each had 2 hits and Madison Bonacci registered 6 strikeouts in the circle for Holley in the 14-2 G-R loss to Alexander.

The newly merged Albion/Medina varsity football team will make its debut at Akron on Thursday September 3 according to the Section VI schedule that was released today.

The other road games for the Albion/Medina Rivals squad will be at Williamsville South on Friday Sept. 18, at Lew-Port on Friday Sept. 25 and at Maryvale on Thursday October 1.

The home games for Albion/Medina will be against Lake Shore on Friday Sept. 11, West Seneca East on Friday Oct. 9, Amherst on Friday Oct. 16 and McKinley on Friday Oct. 24.

Albion and Medina will each have two home games but which games will be at which school has not yet been determined.

All of the games are B1 Division contests except Akron.

Barker/Roy-Hart’s schedule
Home games for Barker/Roy-Hart will be against Newfane on Friday Sept. 4, Springville on Friday Sept. 25, JFK on Friday Oct. 2 and Cleveland Hill on Thursday Oct. 23.

Road games will be at Tonawanda on Friday Sept. 11, Eden on Friday Sept. 18, Akron on Friday Oct. 9 and Alden on Friday Oct. 16.

Elba nipped Barker 3-2 in a non league softball game this afternoon.

Madilyn Marks, Brooklyn Jachimowicz and Kaelin Ball each had 2 hits for Elba while Brea Smith scattered  7 hits and struck out 8 in the circle.

Madelina Pavlock and Elise Monaco both had 2 hits for Barker.

Batavia 13, Albion 3
Lux Froman had 2 hits and 2 RBIs, Aaliyah Jones 2 hits and Aubrielle Barry registered 7 strikeouts for Albion in the 13-3 non league loss to Batavia.

Pembroke 13, Holley 5
Taylor Bischoff had 3 hits, including a double and a home run, and Jayden Hootman registered 16 strikeouts in the circle for Pembroke in the `13-5 Genesee Region League win over Holley.

Charli Gearing had 2 hits and Madison Bonacci 8 strikeouts for Holley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Gavin Heideman had 3 hits and 3 RBIs to help the host Rams score a come-from-behind win over visiting Albion this afternoon.

A late inning rally earned Roy-Hart a narrow 5-4 come-from-behind win over visiting Albion this afternoon in the Niagara-Orleans League baseball opener for both teams.

Trailing 4-1, Roy-Hart rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on a two-run single by Gavin Heideman and a two-run double by Isaac Smith to claim the narrow win.

Heideman, who had a total of three hits on the day, also drove in the Rams only other run with an RBI single in the fourth inning.

Albion built up a 4-0 lead by scoring once in both the first and second innings on wild pitches and twice in the fourth on RBI singles by Nate Gibson and Kaiden Froman.

Gibson had three hits on the afternoon.

Albion next hosts Roy-Hart on Wednesday at 4:45 p.m.

Albion catcher Kaiden Froman puts the tag on Roy-Hart’s RJ Townsend at home plate. The tag out completed a double play started by a catch and on target throw by centerfielder Alakai Colmenero.

Roy-Hart shortstop Sean Mettler makes a throw to first base for an out as Isaac Smith backs up the play.

Undefeated (6-0) Kendall rolled to a five inning run rule 12-1 Genesee Region League baseball win over Attica today.

CJ D’Agostino earned the win on the mound allowing only 2 hits and striking out 7 over the five innings.

Jonny Conte banged out 4 hits and drove in 4 runs and Jacob Abrams had three hits to lead the Eagles at the plate.

The Eagles scored in each of the five innings ignited by a three run uprising in the first on a groundout, an error and an RBI single by Abrams.

Kendall added four runs in the second on RBI singles by Conte and Andrew D’Agostino, a sacrifice fly by Nic Cole and an error; two in the third on a single by Conte and a wild pitch; two in the fourth on a two-run single by Conte and one in the fifth on a home run by Vinnie D’Agostino.

Kendall next faces Livonia in a non league contest on Wednesday.

One big scoring inning proved to be just enough to earn Barker a 6-5 win over visiting Wilson in the Niagara-Orleans League baseball opener for both teams this afternoon.

The Bulldogs scored all six runs in the fourth inning on a two-run single by Grayson Prynn, RBI singles by Dominic Cimato and JJ Prynn and a pair of errors.

Wilson did make the finish exciting by rallying for two runs in the top of the seventh on a triple by Colten Nashwinter before Barker got the final out.

JJ Prynn pitched the first six and two-thirds innings for the Bulldogs allowing 4 hits and striking out 12.

Barker will next visit Wilson on Wednesday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Preston Woodworth hurled a no hitter to lead defending champion Medina to a 10-0 win over Akron in the Niagara-Orleans League opener at Vets Park this afternoon.

Highlighted by a dominating pitching performance by junior Preston Woodworth Medina opened defense of its Niagara-Orleans League baseball title by blanking Akron 10-0 at Vets Park this afternoon.

Woodworth hurled a no hitter with 16 strikeouts over the six innings of the run rule contest.

Woodworth also had a big day at the plate banging out three doubles and driving in a pair of runs. Hadrain Batista also had three hits including a double and two RBIs and Jimmy Dieter had a pair of hits and an RBI.

Medina moved on top to stay by scoring three quick runs in the first inning on back-to-back RBI doubles by Aidan Papaj and Woodworth followed by an RBI single by Batista. A leadoff double by Vinny Gray ignited that uprising.

The Mustangs added two runs in the third on RBI singles by Batista and Kolton Fletcher and two more in the fourth on a groundout and an RBI double by Woodwoth.

Ryan Pegelow belted a solo home run in the fifth inning for the Mustangs which closed out the win with a pair of runs in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Cam Fike and an RBI single by Dieter. The frame was also aided by doubles by Woodworth and Batista.

The Mustangs are next scheduled to host Akron at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Vets Park in a game that was originally slated to be played at Akron on Wednesday.

Medina’s Ryan Pegelow celebrates hitting a home run as he rounds second base.