The Medina Mustangs FC dropped a 4-1 decision to the Meerkats FC Sunday in the Sahlen’s Cup 2nd/3ed Division third place playoff game at the Sahlen’s Sportspark.

Ted Marks scored the lone Medina goal.

Medina, which finished in third place during the regular season, winds up with a 4-2-2 overall record.

Meerkats finished in fourth place during the regular season.

In the playoff championship game the Westside Blitz downed the Buffalo Brighten Stars 3-1.

It is getting near the end of the leagues’ seasons at Hickory Ridge with some leagues finishing already

This past week the Monday Night League crowned their champion with Ryan Keller and Todd Cappotelli taking the honors with 174.5 points.  Frank Heinlein and Jim Carlson teamed up to finish second with 173 points.  The team of Gerald Furness and Ron Hering finished third with 160.5 points.  Don Young took low gross with a 41 and low net with 35.  Young and Scott Brooks recorded the only birdies.

The Monday Night Bar Guys League is winding down.  In the Senior division Mark Condolucci had low gross with a 41 while Darryl Szklany had how net with 37.

In the Junior division Geoff Christian shot 42 for low gross while Justin Penna took low net with 32.  Rod Finnefrock and Chris Smith had the only birdies on the night.

The Tuesday Ladies Night Out League is still tight at the top of the standings.  Judy Schuth and Dianne Hennekey are in first with 77.5 points with Cheryl Ferguson and Vicki Brawn only a half point behind with 77.  Deb Birkins and Patty Pfister hold down third with 71 points.

Deb Wood shot low gross with 42.  Jan Palmer recorded the low net with 36. Pfister and Wood recorded the only birdies for the round.

There will be a special playoff for the title for the Thursday Night Men’s League as the team of Dave Fisher and Tom Hennekey tied with the team of Dean Dibley and Barry Flansberg.  Both teams finished the season with 224 points and will have a nine hole playoff this week to determine the league champ.

Bennett and Budde finished the year in third place.  Low gross for the night was a tie between Barry Flansbeg and Ken Hinkson who both shot 43.  Tom Henneky had low gross with a 30.  The only birdies were by Hinkson who had two.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Sandstone catcher Omer Fugate puts the tag on Medina’s Breydin Lewis during Medina’s County League win at Butts Park on Thursday evening.

Maintaining a hold on first place, Medina downed Sandstone 10-0 Thursday evening in an Orleans County Short Season Baseball League 12 U Division baseball game at Butts Park.

Improving to 7-1, Medina got three shutout innings of pitching from both Ryan Pegelow, who registered 7 strikeouts, and Carlos Doval who fanned 5.

Ryan Pegelow delivers a pitch for Medina.

At the plate, Pegelow had a double to highlight a four run first inning which also included hits by Hadrian Batista and Aleks Seefeldt. Thomas Miesch had a bases clearing double in the fourth inning which also had hits by Pegeow, Seefeldt and Tim Vasquez. Joe Reese had a double in the fifth frame.

Omer Fugate had two hits for Sandstone.

Rotary stayed just a game off the pace at 6-2 by downing Carlton 19-5 on Thursday.

Four home runs highlighted the Rotary attack which were belted by Noah Harrison, Bryar Dyard, Landon Allis and Jackson Gilbert. Dysard also had a triple as Kaiden Froman and Kai Colmenero had doubles. Froman finished with a total of five hits, Dysard four, Gilbert three and Allis and Colmenero two each.

Sandstone gained a split on the week by downing Elba 8-7.

Josh Showberlein led the way at the plate with a run producing double in the first inning and a three-run single in the third which gave Sandstone an 8-3 lead.

On the mound, Fugate struck out 9 and did not walk a batter.

In another game, St. Mary’s/Barre edged Carlton 4-2.

The regular season will end this week and playoffs are scheduled for September 12.

Standings: Medina 7-1, Rotary 6-2, Carlton 3-5, Sandstone 3-5, Elba 3-5, St. Mary’s/Barre 2-6.

Tuesday: Medina vs. St. Mary’s/Barre at Barre, Rotary at Sandstone, Elba at Carlton, All games at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday: Elba vs. Rotary at the Midget League Field, Carlton at Medina, St. Mary’s/Barre at Sandstone, All games at 5:30 p.m.

Playoffs: The playoffs will be held on Saturday September 12 at the Midget League Field with the semifinals at 10 a.m and 1 p.m. and the finals at 4:p.m. The semifinals will match up the top four regular season finishing teams with No. 1 vs. No.4 and No. 2 vs. No. 3.

Contributed Photo – It was truly an intra squad Orleans County men’s softball Division I championship game in 1992 when Medina League champion Sub Delicious nipped Albion champ ERA Morrison 20-19 as most all of the players played on both teams during the regular season. In front are Terry Rich, Jefff Klips, Dan Marek, Frank Hildreth and Pete Panek. In the middle row are Dale Brooks, Chuck Hughson, Pete Madafferi, Mike Talbot, Bob Shaffer, Rex Snyder and Kevin Hamilton. In the back row are Mike Kent, Ivan Madafferi, Mike Hughson, Larry Hughson, Ken Snyder, Ted Lewis, Pete Villa and Brian Fry.

There really was no loser when Medina League Division I playoff champion Sub Delicious faced Albion Division I playoff victor ERA Morrison for the 1992 Orleans County men’s softball title at Medina’s Vets Park.

That was because most all of the players were members of both teams during the regular season as Sub Delicious played on Tuesday night and Morrison’s on Friday. It proved to be a very good split of the two teams combined 20 man roster as the most interesting virtual intra squad contest saw Sub Delicious edge past Morrison’s 20-19.

In fact, the contest saw both teams share the same bench and the same scorebook.

The deciding two runs for Sub Delicious came in the bottom of the seventh inning on RBI singles by Terry Rich and Mike Hughson.

Earlier, Sub Delicious had jumped out to a big 11-1 lead after scoring eight times in the second inning highlighted by a two-run homer by Ivan Madafferi, triples by Mike Hughson and Larry Hughson and a two-run double by Rich.

Morrison’s though battled back to take a 15-14 lead after erupting for 10 runs in the fifth inning highlighted by two-run triples by Ken Snyder and Kevin Hamilton and a two-run single by Ted Lewis.

Sub Delicious answered back with four runs in the home half of the fifth to regain a 18-15 lead as a single by Mike Kent and a double by Jeff Klips sparked that rally.

However, Morrison’s regained the lead one last time at 19-18 by scoring four times in the top of the seventh on a sacrifice by Lewis, a solo homer by Brian Fry, a triple by Bob Shaffer and a single by Snyder.

The final rally though belonged to Sub Delicious which answered back with the deciding two runs in the bottom of the seventh

Mike Talbot, Larry Hughson, Rich and Mike Hughson each finished with four hits for Sub Delicious as did Lewis and Snyder for Morrison’s. Talbot’s hits included a towering three-run homer over the right field fence in the third inning.

Avenging an earlier season one run (7-6) loss, the GLOW squad bested the Albion 15U team 18-3 Wednesday evening in a GLOW League baseball game at Williams Park in Batavia.

GLOW took charge at the outset erupting for seven quick runs in the first inning.

Bryce Wilson had Albion’s lone hit.

The loss drops Albion to 5-4-1.

Albion will close out the season with a pair of games next week at Williams Park facing Batavia on Monday and Attica on Wednesday, both at 7:30 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jackson Gilbert takes a healthy cut for Rotary in Tuesday evening’s win over host Medina.

Moving into title contention, Rotary handed Medina its first loss of the season by a narrow 5-3 margin in a key Orleans County Short Season Baseball League 12U Division game Tuesday evening at Butts Park.

In avenging an earlier season loss, Rotary improves to 5-2 and pulls to within a game of Medina which is now 6-1.

Lucas Powley and Bryar Dysard each pitched three innings for Rotary and each registered 6 strikeouts.

Rotary jumped out to an early 5-0 lead by scoring three times in the first inning on a home run by Kaiden Froman and twice in the second inning on a hit by Powley.

Medina did rally late scoring once in the fifth inning on a home run by Ryan Pegelow and twice in the sixth but the comeback bid fell short.

Rotary next visits Carlton and Medina hosts Sandstone at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

LATHAM – The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) conducted two meetings today in response to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s August 24th announcement to begin preparing for the 2020 fall interscholastic athletics seasons on September 21st.

The eleven section executive directors, officers and NYSPHSAA staff met this morning, while the NYSPHSAA COVID-19 Task Force met this afternoon, for the fourth time, since the COVID-19 crisis began impacting high school athletics in New York State.

The meetings were held to examine and discuss the start of the fall sports seasons and analyze guidance from state officials.  The NYSPHSAA will continue to review guidance as recommendations and considerations are developed to aide schools with the implementation of interscholastic athletic programs.

“We are encouraged and appreciative of Governor Cuomo authorizing the start of the fall sports seasons for low and moderate risk sports and affording high risk sports the opportunity to begin practicing on September 21st,” said Dr. Robert Zayas, NYSPHSAA Executive Director. “As the governing body for interscholastic sports in NYS, our primary role will be to work with schools, coaches and parents to ensure recommended COVID-19 guidelines are practiced vigilantly for the safety and wellness of all student-athletes. Over 200,000 students participate in the fall high school sports seasons and yesterday’s announcement was certainly a positive step for all those athletes.”

“The leadership of NYSPHSAA and eleven sections realize there are challenges to overcome and questions to be addressed in an effort to provide a beneficial participation experience for student-athletes this fall,” said Paul Harrica, NYSPHSAA President and Chair of the COVID-19 Task Force. “Our primary goal is to get students back into an academic setting and then work on athletic participation opportunities.”

The NYSPHSAA’s staff, section executive directors and COVID-19 Task Force plan to meet again prior to the end of the week to continue discussions.

Decisions must be formulized to address the number of required practices student-athletes will need before participating in a scrimmage or contest, the maximum number of contests and games to be permitted during the season and the development of considerations for schools to utilize as interscholastic athletics return to schools and communities throughout the state.

Rebounding from a doubleheader loss on Saturday, the Albion 15U team bested Elba 15-10 Monday evening in a GLOW League baseball game at Williams Park in Batavia.

Albion got off to a fast start scoring four times in both the first and second innings. Javon Jones had a key double in the first inning as did Jacob Hughson in the second.

Hughson and Jones also both had hits to help key a three run third inning which provided what proved to be the winning run.

Jones and Hughson both finished with three hits as Finn McCue, Cade Wolcott and Mason Bennett also contributed hits.

Now at 5-3-1, Albion next faces GLOW at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Williams Park.