Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Luke Duffina drives to the goal against Depew defender Max Delano during the Mustangs loss to the Wildcats this evening at Vets Park.

A big 7-1 scoring edge over the middle two quarters keyed Depew to a 12-4 victory over Medina in a D Division lacrosse game this evening at Vets Park.

The decisive scoring surge vaulted the Wildcats out to leads of 5-1 at the half and 8-2 at the end of the third quarter.

Luke Duffina scored two goals for Medina as Landan Costich and Sawyer Lilleby each netted one.

Depew is now 2-1 and Medina 1-1 in the division.

Medina’s Brennan Allen sends the ball up field as Warren Triplet defends for Depew.

A pair of late inning runs earned CSAT a narrow 3-1 win over host Barker in a non league baseball game this afternoon.

Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, CSAT scored twice in the sixth inning on two singles, two walks and a hit batter to claim the win.

CSAT pitcher Ky’Mel Brundidge hurled a one hitter with 15 strikeouts.

JJ Prynn pitched the first five innings for Barker allowing just 1 hit and striking out 10.

Barker’s lone run came in the second inning on two walks, a sacrifice bunt by Prynn and an error.

A combination of wet fields and chilly temperatures has caused today’s slate of high school softball games to be postponed.

Those postponements include the Niagara-Orleans League Roy-Hart at Medina, Newfane at Albion and Barker at Wilson games along with the CSAT at Lyndonville non league contest.

The Tonawanda at Albion non league baseball game has also been postponed.

Sparked by a strong pitching performance, Kendall downed Oak Glen, West Virginia 5-1 Monday night in the Eagles first game at the Cal Ripken Experience at Myrtle Beach.

Nic Cole hurled a 4 hitter with 13 strikeouts for the Eagles.

Cole, Jonny Conte, CJ D’Agostino and Vinnie D’Agostino each banged out two hits to lead the offense.

Kendall moved on top to stay early by scoring solo runs in each of the first three innings.

In the first inning, CJ D’Agostino singled and came home on a single by Cole. Luca D’Agostino then had an RBI single in the second inning and an error plated the third inning tally which was set up by a single by Conte.

Kendall capped off the win with a pair of runs in the seventh on a triple by CJ D’Agostino and a single by Vinnie D’Agostino. A single by Conte set up the threat.

Kendall will next face Buckeye, Ohio at the Cal Ripken Experience on Thursday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Quincey McClinsey delivers a pitch for Lyndonville diring the Tigers league opening win over visiting Wheatland-Chili this afternoon.

Lyndonville opened the Genesee Region League baseball season on a high note this afternoon as the Tigers downed visiting Wheatland-Chili 14-4.

The Tigers scored 3 times in each of the first three innings and then put a lock on the win with 5 more in the fourth.

RBI hits by Austin Fonda and winning pitcher Quincey McClinsey highlighted the first inning scoring burst. Fonda and McClinsey also both had RBI hits in the big fourth inning.

McClinsey finished with 3 hits and 5 RBI and Fonda 2 hits and 3 RBI.

On the mound, McClinsey allowed 1 hit and struck out 7 in three and two-thirds innings of work.

Oakfield-Alabama 9, Albion 5
Trailing 5-3, Oakfield-Alabama rallied for 6 runs in the sixth inning to earn the non league win over visiting Albion.

The Hornets bunched four singles and a double into the decisive sixth inning uprising.

Kaiden Froman, Elliott Trapiss, Drew Prichard and Gavin Boyce each had a pair of hits for Albion.

Albion held leads of 3-0 and 5-3. Trapiss and Pritchard both had RBI hits in the fourth inning, Trapiss another RBI hit in the fifth and Pritchard and Viktor Snyder RBIs in the sixth.

Lyndonville’s Brandon Dill takes a throw at first base to get the out on Whealtland-Chili’s Sawyer Galajda.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Elise Monaco takes a throw at first base to get the out on Medina’s Savannah Jo Thmpson during the Lady Bulldogs league home opening win this afternoon.

Two big early inning scoring bursts keyed defending co-champion Barker to a 13-0 win over visiting Medina in the Niagara-Orleans League softball season opener this afternoon.

Barker took the lead for good with 4 runs in the second inning on RBI singles by Aine Davis and Madelina Pavlock and an error.

A big 7 run third inning then broke the contest wide open as Davis and Peyton Bradley had RBI hits.

Davis and Pavlock both finished with a pair of hits.

Madyson Flint dominated in the circle for Barker allowing only 1 hit and striking out 13.

Akron 9, Albion 0
Akron blanked visiting Albion 9-0 in another N-O opener as Kenadee Jonathan hurled a 4 hitter with 9 strikeouts.

Akron went up 3-0 in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Jonathan and an RBI single by Madison Gates. RBI singles by Morgan Tomporowski and Mackenzie Tomporowski then keyed a 3 run fifth inning which upped the advantage to 6-0.

Wilson 12, Newfane 7

In the other N-O opener Wilson downed rival Newfane 12-7.

Medina’s Isabelle Perez makes a running catch in centerfield.

File Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Melanie Green

Three birdies on the back nine of today’s final round has earned Medina’s Melanie Green a solid 10 under par finish at the LPGA Tour’s Ford Championship Tournament at Phoenix.

Green started the day at 7 under and was still at that score after 10 holes.

However, she put together back-to-back clutch birdies on 11 and 12 to go 9 under and the tacked on a birdie at 17 for the second day in a row to finish the day with a 3 under 69.

She completed the tourney with a 10 under par total score of 278.

She had just one bogie on the day and 4 birdies to earn her third sub par round of the four day tournament.

She also had a 3 under par 69 to open the tourney on Thursday. She followed that up with a 5 under 67 on round two on Friday and a 1 over 73 on the third round on Saturday.

Green’s next LPGA Tour start will be at the LA Championship April 16-19 at Tarzana, California.

The calendar says it is a bit early but the Niagara-Orleans League softball season is scheduled to get underway on Monday with a full slate of three games at 4:45 p.m.

Those contests will have Medina at defending co-champion Barker, Albion at Akron and Wilson at Newfane.

Defending co-champion Roy-Hart, which has the bye on Monday, will visit Medina at 4:45 p.m.  Wednesday. The other two 4:45 p.m. games that afternoon will have Newfane at Albion and Barker at Wilson.

On the baseball diamond, Kendall will be playing a pair of games at Myrtle Beach on Monday and Thursday.

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Baseball – Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, 5 p.m.
Softball – Medina at Barker, Albion at Akron, Wilson at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.

Tuesday
Softball – Alexander at Barker, 4:45 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Akron, 7 p.m.

Wednesday
Baseball – CSAT at Barker, 4:45 p.m.; Tonawanda at Albion, Roy-Hart at Sweet Home. 5 p.m.
Softball – Roy-Hart at Medina, Newfane at Albion, Barker at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.; CSAT at Lyndonville, 5 p.m.
Lacrosse – Depew at Medina, 7 p.m.

Thursday
Baseball – Pembroke at Barker, 4:45 p.m.; Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama, 5 p.m.
Softball – Oakfield-Alabama at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.

Friday
Softball – Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, 5 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – The Lyndonville varsity baseball squad’s lineup includes, in front, Austin Fonda, Landon Markidis, Colton Smith, Devon Babcock and Shannon Withey. In back are Shawn Robertson, Brandon Dill, Quincey McClinsey, Thomas Blake, Atticus Mank and Will Arlington. Missing are Christopher Dix and Lane Woodworth.

Continuing to build, Lyndonville is prepping for its second season since returning to varsity baseball competition with a youthful but veteran laden lineup.

Seniors Austin Fonda (second base) and Colton Smith (shortstop) head the Tigers large veteran contingent which also includes juniors Quincey McClinsey (pitcher/third base), Atticus Mank (first base/pitcher), Landon Markidis (third base), Shannon Withey (outfield), Will Arlington and Thomas Blake along with sophomores Lane Woodworth (outfield), Brandon Dill (first base), Shawn Robertson (third base) and Devon Babcock (outfield).

The Tigers graduation losses from last spring’s return to varsity competition 1-16 team include Cole Moyle (catcher) and Jacob Pitcher (outfield/pitcher).

“We do have a large group back but it is a young team that needs to get more varsity experience,” said Coach Brad Hoffee.

The Tigers are scheduled to open the Genesee Region League season at home on Monday against Wheatland-Chili at 5 p.m.

It was a bit of an up and down day for Medina’s Melanie Green during today’s third round of the LPGA Tour’s Ford Championship Tournament at Phoenix.

Green posted a 1 over par round of 73 today to drop one stroke in the tournament standings slipping from 8 under to 7 under.

On the day she had four bogeys and three birdies.

A birdie on No. 12 put her back to 8 under but then back-to-back bogies on 13 and 14 dropped her to 6 under.

Regrouping, she registered a clutch birdie on 17 to go back to 7 under, a score which she will take into Sunday’s final round.

Green opened the tourney with a 3 under par round of 69 and followed that up with a strong 5 under par round of 67 on Friday to go to 8 under.