The Kendall baseball and Lyndonville softball teams will both be competing for Section V championships on Friday at Livonia.

Top seeded defending champion  Kendall will face No.2 Genesee Valley Belfast for the Class C2 baseball  championship at 5:30 p.m.

Top seeded Lyndonville will likewise take on No. 2 Avoca-Prattsburgh for the Class D2 softball title at 7:30 p.m.

Kendall, which is now 19-2, advanced by blanking No. 4 Perry 7-0 in the semifinals while Genesee Valley Belfast downed No. 3 Cal-Mum 14-4.

The victor will face the Class C1 champion (either No. 1 Gananda or No. 2 Notre Dame) early next week for the Section V Class C berth in the state tournament.

Lyndonville, which is now 18-1, reached the title contest by shutting out No. 4 Andover-Whitesville 12-0 in the semifinals while Avoca-Prattsburg downed No. 3 Elba 9-5.

The winner will then face the Class D1 champion (either No. 2 Oakfield-Alabama or No. 4 Fillmore) early next week for the Section V Class D berth in the state tournament.

Barker in title contest Friday

No. 2 seed Barker will face No. 5 Falconer at 5 p.m. Friday at Olean for the Section VI Class C softball championship and a berth in the state tournament.

Barker edged No. 6 Clymer-Sherman-Panama 3-1 in the semifinals while Falconer upended top seeded Wilson 4-3.

Kendall girls in title game Saturday
No. 3 seed Kendall will play in the Section V Class C2 softball championship game at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Livonia against top seeded Cal-Mum.

Kendall advanced by downing No. 10 Perry 9-3 in the semifinals while Cal-Mum topped No. 5 Warsaw 5-4.

The victor will advance to the Section V Class C state qualifier early next week against the Class C1 champion.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall third baseman Alea Barrett puts the tag on Perry’s Madelyn Monteleone during the host Lady Eagles semifinal sectional win this afternoon.

Scoring early and often, No. 3 seed Kendall downed No. 10 Perry 9-3 in the semifinal round of the Section V Class C2 softball tournament this afternoon at Kendall.

The victory propels Kendall into Saturday’s Class C2 championship game at 12:30 p.m. at Livonia against top seeded Cal-Mum which downed No. 5 Warsaw 5-4 in the other semifinal.

Perry did score a quick run in the top of the first inning on a double by Madelyn Monteleone but Kendall answered right back with 3 runs in the home half of the frame to take the lead for good.

A bases loaded walk, a bunt single by Sophia Picardo and a wild pitch plated those runs as two walks and a single by Teagan Shaw loaded the bases to set up the opportunity.

The Lady Eagles doubled their lead to 6-1 by scoring once in the second on an RBI single by Shaw and twice in the third on a two-run triple by Alayna Keirn.

Brooke Rodas followed up with a two-run home run to highlight a three run fourth inning boosting the advantage to 9-1.

Shaw and Picardo both finished with 3 hits as Keirn had 2.

Brooke Miller earned the win in the circle allowing 3 hits and striking out 2.

Kendall’sAlayna Kiern fist bumps Coach Jeff Parizek after banging out a two-run triple. At right, Teagan Shaw bangs out a single for one of her three hits.

Medina and Roy-Hart will both be competing in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class B baseball tournament on Thursday.

No. 2 seed Medina will host No. 3 Southwestern and No. 5 Roy-Hart will visit top seeded JFK, both at 5 p.m.

Medina and Southwestern have become virtually annual foes in the sectionals as this will be the fifth time in the last six years that the Mustangs and Trojans have met in the Class B competition.

Medina blanked Southwestern 4-0 in last year’s Class B final but the Trojans shutout the Mustangs 3-0 in the opening round of the 2023 tournament. Before that the Mustangs downed the Trojans 5-0 in the 2022 semifinals and 10-0 in the 2021 quarterfinals.

Medina advanced to Thursday’s semifinal by blanking No 10 Fredonia 8-0 while Southwestern downed No. 6 Springville 8-6.

The Mustangs bring a 17-2 record into Thursday’s contest while the Trojans are 15-3.

Roy-Hart, which is 14-2, shutout No. 13 Cleveland Hill 3-0 in the quarterfinals while JFK, which is 16-2, nipped No. 9 Akron 3-2 in 8 innings.

The Class B championship game is scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday at Frontier High School.

Hampered by low numbers the past couple of years Medina will now be joining up with Roy-Hart for girls varsity and JV soccer beginning this fall.

The merged Roy-Hart/Medina team will compete in the Niagara-Orleans League and will be a Class A team for Section VI competition.

The merger plan, which is for three years, looks to bolster the rosters for both schools.

For Medina, which has not had a JV team for several years and finished the final few games of last fall’s varsity season undermanned with less than 11 healthy players, it will provide an opportunity for its players to play on full varsity and JV teams.

For Roy-Hart, which returns only 10 players with varsity experience having graduated 8, including 7 starters, it will give the team depth and allows for a full JV team.

“We want to rebuild, to regroup,” said Medina Athletic Director Eric Valley. “We had the option to either keep struggling to field a full varsity team or to join up with Roy-Hart so we can have our players playing at the level they should be.”

Valley notes that some 15 students in grades 9-11 have indicated their interest to play for the new merged team.

“It will be a positive for both schools,” said Roy-Hart Athletic Director John Grzymala. “It gives the Medina kids a chance to compete on a full team. It will also give us some good overall depth for our program. I totally agree with Eric that you don’t want to have to move players up to the varsity before they are ready. This will allow them to play at the right level. The big thing is we want the kids to have the opportunity to play varsity soccer,”

Both schools are also looking to develop modified level teams.

This will now give the N-O League two merged teams for girls soccer with the other being Barker/Lyndonville.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Aidan Papaj hurled Medina to a shutout sectional win this afternoon at Vets Park.

A big early inning scoring burst keyed No. 2 seed Medina to an 8-0 victory over No. 10 Fredonia in the quarterfinals of the Section VI Class B baseball tournament this afternoon at Vets Park.

The victory propels Medina into the Class B semifinals against No. 3 Southwestern at Vets Park on Thursday. Southwestern downed No. 6 Springville 8-6 this afternoon. The Section VI website has the semifinal game scheduled for 5 p.m.

Leading 1-0, Medina broke the game open by erupting for 6 runs in the third inning on a two-run single by Preston Woodworth, an RBI single by Hadrian Batista, a pair of bases loaded walks and a wild pitch. A walk and a single by Vinny Gray set up the threat.

Woodworth also had an RBI double in the sixth inning to drive in the Mustangs final run.

Batista and Woodworth both finished with a pair of hits.

Aidan Papaj hurled a 2 hitter with 13 strikeouts as the Mustangs improve to 17-2.

Preston Woodworth, left, and Hadrian Batista both had key RBI hits for the Mustangs.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Evan Poeller hurls Roy-Hart to a shutout sectional win.

No. 5 seed Roy-Hart bested visiting No. 13 Cleveland Hill 3-0 in the quarterfinals of the Section VI Class B baseball tournament this afternoon as Evan Poeller hurled the shutout.

Poeller allowed only 2 hits and struck out 6 as the Rams advance to Thursday’s semifinal at top seeded JFK which nipped No. 9 Akron 3-2 in 8 innings in another quarterfinal this afternoon.

Hank Snyder led the Rams offense with a pair of hits including a double.

Roy-Hart, after leaving the bases loaded in the third inning scored what proved to be the game winner in the fourth frame as Snyder singled and came home on a wild pitch.

The Rams added a big insurance run in the fifth as Poeller singled and came home on an error, and another in the sixth on an error after three walks had loaded the bases.

Roy-Hart improves to 14-3 with the win.

Roy-Hart third baseman RJ Townsend makes a throw to first base to get the out on Cleveland Hill’s Xavier Westbrooks.

Contributed Photo – Vinnie D’Agostino was perfect on the mound for Kendall today in the sectional win over visiting Perry.

Sparked by the sparkling perfect game pitching performance of Vinnie D’Agostino, top seeded Kendall blanked visiting No. 4 Perry 7-0 this afternoon in the semifinals of the Section V Class C2 baseball tournament.

He registered a total of 12 strikeouts while allowing no hits and no walks over the seven innings.

The victory propels 19-2 Kendall into Friday’s Class C2 championship game against No. 2 Genesee Valley-Belfast at a site to be announced. Genesee Valley-Belfast downed No. 6 Cal-Mum 14-4 in the other semifinal.

Jonny Conte, CJ D’Agostino, Andrew Cole and Mikey Colucci each banged out a pair of hits to lead the Eagles offense.

Kendall scored the only 2 runs it needed as it turned out in the first inning on an RBI sacrifice fly by Vinnie D’Agostino and an RBI single by Cole. Singles by Conte and CJ D’Agostino set up the opportunity.

The Eagles tacked on 2 runs in the third on an RBI double by Vinnie D’Agostino and an RBI single by Cole, one in the fourth on an error and 2 in the sixth on an RBI single by CJ D’Agostino and a balk.

A big late inning scoring burst earned No. 4 seed Lew-Port an 8-3 win over visiting No. 8 Albion in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class A2 baseball tournament.

Breaking away from a 3-3 deadlock, the Lancers put a lock on the win by erupting for 5 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning as winning pitcher Logan McNaney had a two-run triple, Brayden Anderson a two-run double and Jackson Rodriguez an RBI double.

Albion had jumped out to early leads of 2-0 on two-run homer by Nate Gibson in the first inning, and at 3-1 on an RBI single by Gavin Boyce in the second inning.

File Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Arnie Sturtevant.

Led by the no hit pitching effort of Arnie Sturtevant, top seeded Lyndonville blanked No. 4 Andover-Whitesville 12-0 in the semifinals of the Section V Class C softball tournament at Genesee Community College this afternoon.

Sturtevant, who also helped herself at the plate by banging out4 hits including a pair of doubles and a triple, was perfect in the circle with no hits and no walks with 6 strikeouts over the five innings of the run rule contest.

Brooke Robinson, Isabella Groves and Hannah Fox also each had a pair of hits for the Lady Tigers. Fox drove in a total of 4 runs.

Improving to 18-1, Lyndonville will now face No. 2 Avoca-Prattsburg for the Section V Class D2 championship at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Livonia. A-P downed No. 3 Elba 9-5 in the other semifinal.

Leading 1-0, Lyndonville broke the game open by erupting for 5 runs in the third inning highlighted by a two-run triple by Sturtevant and singles by Alexa Robinson, Groves and Rylan Townsend.

The Lady Tigers then put a lock on the victory by scoring 3 times in both the fourth and fifth innings. Fox had an RBI single in both innings and Sturtevant had a double in both frames.

Section VI Class C

Barker 3, Clymer-Sherman-Panama 1
Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, No. 2 seed Barker scored twice in the sixth inning on a two-run double by Melodi Murphy to edge visiting No. 6 Clymer-Sherman-Panama 3-1 this afternoon in the semifinals of the Section VI Class C softball tournament. Singles by winning pitcher Madyson Flint and Peyton Bradley set up the opportunity.

In the circle, Flint hurled a two hitter with 13 strikeouts.

Barker will now face No. 5 Falconer in the Class C championship game at 5 p.m. Friday at Olean. Falconer downed No. 1 Wilson 5-3 in the other semifinal.

Photo by CHeryl Wertman – Media’s Jimmy Dieter, shown here banging out a base hit during Sunday’s sectional open win over Newfane, and his Mustang teammates will host Fredonia in the Class B quarterfinals at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Vets Park.

It will be a very familiar postseason matchup as No. 2 seed defending champion Medina hosts No.10 Fredonia in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class B baseball tournament at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Vets Park.

It marks the third straight year that Medina and Fredonia have met in the sectionals.

In 2024 Medina nipped Fredonia 4-3 at Grand Island in a rain interrupted Class B championship game. Last year the Mustangs edged past the Hillbillies 2-1 in 9 innings in the Class B semifinals at Vets Park.

Medina, which is 16-2, opened sectional play on Sunday by thumping No. 15 Newfane 23-0 while Fredonia downed No. 7 Tonawanda 8-5.

The winner of Tuesday’s game will advance to Thursday’s Class B semifinal against the winner of the No. 3 Southwestern vs. No. 6 Springville contest.

Tuesday’s other Class B quarterfinals will have No. 5 Roy-Hart hosting No. 13 Cleveland Hill and No. 9 Akron at No. 1 JFK both at 5 p.m.

Roy-Hart downed No. 12 Alden 6-3 in the opening round while Cleve Hill topped No. 4 Lafayette 16-1 and Akron edged Silver Creek 12-10. JFK had the opening round bye.

The Class B semifinals are scheduled for Thursday and the finals for Saturday at 4 p.m. at Frontier High School.

Class A2
Albion to visit Lew-Port
Surging No. 8 seed Albion will visit No. 4 Lew-Port in the semifinals of the Section VI Class A2 tournament at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Albion, which started the Niagara-Orleans League season at 1-3 has won 9 of its last 10 games. The Purple Eagles went 7-1 to close the N-O season with an 8-4 record and then won the first two sectional outings 5-3 over Ni. 9 Dunkirk and 8-2 over No. 1 City Honors to advance to the semifinals.

Lew-Port edged No. 5 East Aurora 3-2 in the quarterfinals.

Section V Class C2
Kendall to host Perry
Top seeded Kendall will host No. 4 Perry at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the semifinal round of the Section V Class C2 baseball tournament.

Kendall, which is 18-2, downed Genesee Region League foe No. 8 seed Byron-Bergen 11-0 in the quarterfinals while Perry bested No. 5 Naples 14-4.

Tuesday’s other semifinal will have No. 6 Cal-Mum vs. No. 2 Genesee Valley-Belfast.

The championship game is scheduled for Friday.

Top seeded Lyndonville will face No. 4 Andover-Whitesville in the semifinal round of the Section V Class D2 softball tournament at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Genesee Community College.

Lyndonville, which is 17-1, blanked No. 8 Hinsdale 18-0 in the opening round while Andover-Whitesville downed No. 5 Hammondsport 12-8.

The other D2 semifinal will have No. 3 Elba vs. No. 2 Avoca-Prattsburgh.

The D2 final is scheduled for Friday.

Section VI Class C
Wilson and Barker will both be competing in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class C softball tournament on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Top seeded Wilson will host No. 5 Falconer and No. 2 Barker will host Clymer-Sherman-Panama.

The Class C final is scheduled for Friday at Olean.

No.3 seed Kendall outlasted No. 6 Bloomfield 12-9 in a Section V Class C2 softball tournament quarterfinal round game this afternoon.

Brynn Hardenbrook had 3 hits and Izzy D’Agostino, Teagan Shaw and Sophia Picardo 2 each to lead the offense for Kendall, which will next face No. 10 Perry in the semifinals on Wednesday. Perry upended No. 2 Bolivar-Richburg 3-2.

Kendall jumped out to an early 9-3 lead by scoring 5 runs in the second inning and 3 in the third. Singles by Hardenbrook and Picardo set up both uprisings as D’Agostino had an RBI single in both frames.

Two runs in the sixth inning on a bases loaded walk and an RBI single by Adrianna D’Agostino later helped lock up the win.

Section V Class D Baseball
Arkport/Canaseraga 12, Lyndonville 1
Top seeded Arkport/Canaseraga downed visiting No. 8 Lyndonville 12-1 in a Class D quarterfinal as Micah Marvin and Caden Carey combined to pitch a no hitter with 12 strikeouts.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Cam Fike bangs out a triple for Medina which romped to a 23-0 sectional win over Newfane at Vets Park this evening.

No.2 seed Medina opened defense of its Section VI Class B baseball championship by romping to a lopsided 23-0 five inning run rule victory over Newfane at Vets Park this evening.

The Mustangs wasted little time in taking control exploding for 9 runs in the second inning as Carlos Doval had a two-run single, Hadrian Batista and Kolton Fletcher RBI singles and Cam Fike an RBI sacrifice fly.

Keeping the momentum, Medina erupted for 7 runs in the third inning as Jimmy Dieter had a three-run double, Fike a two-run double and Aidan Papaj a two-run single.

The Mustangs capped off the win with 5 runs in the fourth frame as Preston Woodworth had a two-run double and Doval a two-run single.

Papaj, Fike, Batista, Dieter, Fletcher, Doval and Ryan Pegelow each finished with a pair of hits as the Mustangs had a total of 16 base raps. Fike’s hits included a triple.

Vinny Gray earned the win on the mound allowing only 1 hit with 6 strikeouts in 4 innings of work. Mason Berry came on to hurl the fifth inning and gave up no hits and struck out 3.

Medina will next host the winner of the No. 10 Fredonia vs. No. 7 Tonawanda game at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the quarterfinals.

Vinny Gray, at left, picked up the win on the mound for the Mustangs. At right Medina’s Preston Woodworth avoids the tag attempt by Newfane’s Bryce Kurtz during a run down.

Akron 12, Silver Creek 10
No. 9 Akron edged No. 8 Silver Creek 12-10 in another Class B opener.

A two-run double by Hunter Haist keyed a three-run seventh inning which provided the margin of victory for the Tigers.

Haist and Jackson Schlabach both finished with 3 hits and Gavin Miller 2.

Akron will next visit top seeded JFK in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Hank Snyder makes a run saving sliding catch in right field during the Rams sectional win over Alden at Vets Parkl this afternoon.

A three run fourth inning scoring burst keyed No. 5 seed Roy-Hart to a 6-3 victory over No. 12 Alden in the opening round of the Section VI Class B baseball tournament at Vets Park this afternoon.

Breaking away from a 3-3 deadlock, Roy-Hart scored 3 times in the decisive fourth frame on a two-run double by Gavin Heideman and an RBI single by Isaac Smith. A single by Will Bundrock started the uprising.

Earlier, the Rams scored once in the first on an RBI single by Heideman, once in the second on an RBI single by Sean Mettler and once in the third on an error.

Roy-Hart shortstop Sean Mettler turns a third inning double play after taking a throw from second baseman Isaac Smith. The Alden base runner is Aiden Jordan Helms.

Alden tied the game at 3-3 with solo runs in the first inning on a single by Michael Clifford, in the third on a wild pitch and in the fourth on an error.

Jared Hy earned the win on the mound for the Rams as he allowed 4 hits and struck out 5 in 6 innings of work. Smith came on to hurl the final frame giving up 1 hit and striking out 3.

Defensively, the Rams turned a double play in the third inning from Smith at second to Mettler at shortstop to John Brigham at first.

Roy-Hart will face the winner of Monday’s game between No. 4 Lafayette and No. 13 Cleveland Hill in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Roy-Hart pitcher Jared Hy helped himself out on the base paths by stealing third and later coming in to score a run. Ethan Schmitz is the Alden third baseman.

File Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Gavin Boyce

No. 8 seed Albion upended No. 1 seed City Honors 8-2 in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class A2 baseball tournament this afternoon in Buffalo.

The victory advances Albion to a semifinal contest at 5 p.m. Tuesday at No. 4 Lew-Port which ousted No. 5 East Aurora 3-2.

Leading by a narrow 3-2 margin, Albion put a lock on the victory by erupting for 5 runs in the top of the seventh inning on an RBI single by Nate Gibson, run producing sacrifice flies by Nick Luft and winning pitcher Gavin Boyce, an error and a fielders choice play. A triple by Elliot Trapiss ignited the decisive uprising.

Earlier, the Purple Eagles scored one in the first on an RBI single by Mason Snook, once in the third on a sacrifice bunt by Snook and once in the fourth on an RBI single by Boyce.

Boyce, Gibson, Will Plummer and Drew Pritchard each finished with a a pair of hits.

On the mound, Boyce scattered 3 hits and struck out 10 in six and one-third innings of work. Pritchard came on to get the final two outs on strikeouts.

Class C
No. 7 Portville edged No. 7 Barker 5-4 and No. 5 Brocton/Cassadaga Valley downed No. 12 Wilson 12-1 in Section VI Class C contests.

Brocton/Cassadaga Valley erupted for 9 runs in the second inning to key the win over Wilson.

A 4 run second inning on 3 walks, a single and a two-run doubled keyed the win for Postville.

Barker rallied for 3 runs in the seventh inning on RBI singles by Keagan Schaal and JJ Prynn and a run producing sacrifice fly by Drew LaGreca but saw the comeback bid fall just short.