The Medina Mustangs FC soccer team played to a 3-3 tie with the Sahara Gunners in the Sahlen’s Cup 2nd/3rd Division regular season finale on Sunday at Sahlen’s Sportspark.

Andrew Incho scored two goals and Jesse Fergen one for Medina as Greg Husung had an assist.

Medina, which finishes the regular season at 4-2-1, will play in the 3rd vs. 4th place playoff game this coming Sunday at Sahlen’s Sports Park.

Medina finishes the regular season a game behind co-leaders Westside Blitz and Buffalo Brighten Stars which wound up with identical 5-2-0 records.

Contributed Photo – Gary Derwick

Hickory Ridge recorded its third hole in one of the season this past Thursday.

Playing in the Orange Ball Tournament for the Thursday Senior League Gary Derwick aced the 133 yard third hole using an 8 iron. His acceptance of the accolades bestowed upon him at the league picnic that day was legendary.

The Tuesday Night Ladies Night Out league has the first place team of Judy Schuth and Diane Hennekey putting a little room between themselves and the rest of the league with 75 points.

Cheryl Ferguson and Vicki Brawn hold second with 68.5 points.  Brenda Powers and Marcia Zambito are in third  with 68 points and Laurie Freeman and Linda Chrzan in fourth with 63 points.

Low gross was Deb Wood with 35 and Patty Phister snagged low net with a 28.  Birdies were had by Wood, Phister, Freeman and Karen Berlew.

It will be position round this week for the Men’s Thursday Night League and points for the top three teams are very tight.

Bennett and Budde lead with 208 points.  Dibley and Flansberg and Fisher and Hennekey are tied at 206 points each.  The Millers have 192 points and Drury and Nagy round out the top five with 184 points.

Gene Ashe and Guy Eaton shared low gross with a 39.  Bud Peglow and Jason Spencer had low net with 28 each.  Ashe had three birdies on the round.

Photos by Tom Rivers – In action on the mound during this past Thursday’s game at the Midget League Field were Lucas Powley for Rotary and Charlie Ward for St. Mary’s/Barre.

Rotary edged St. Mary’s/Barre 5-2 in a Orleans County Short Season League 12U Division baseball game this past Thursday at the Midget League Field.

Both pitchers, Lucas Powley for Rotary and Charlie Ward for St. Mary’s/Barre, went the distance on the mound with each registering 9 strikeouts.

Powley, Kaiden Froman and Noah Harrison each had two hits for Rotary.

Ward also had a hit for St. Mary’s/Barre.

Division leading Medina improved to 6-0 by downing host Elba 6-3 on Thursday.

Medina scored three times in both the third and sixth innings to build up a 6-0 lead.  Hadrian Batista and Ryan Pegelow both had a hit and scored in the fourth inning as did Joe Reese and Lathan McEwen-Miller in the sixth.

On the mound, Aleks Seefeldt had 7 strikeouts in three innings.

Sandstone had a big week scoring a pair of victories 15-2 over St. Mary’s/Barre and 12-7 over Carlton.

Josh Showberlein had three hits and Jonah Elsenheimer and Brayden Lindke two each in the win over St. Mary’s/Barre. Elsenheimer’s hits included a three-run triple which keyed a five run fourth inning and Lindke’a a two-run single in the sixth.

On the mound Elliott Trapiss registered 13 strikeouts for Sandstone.

Nate Gibson had a single and double for St. Mary’s Barre.

In a sea-saw battle, Sandstone erased a 7-6 deficit by scoring six times in the fifth inning to earn the win over Carlton.  A leadoff home run by Elsenheimer ignited that uprising which also included a two-run double by Trapiss and singles by Showberlein and Lindke.

Showberlein finished with 4 hits, Trapiss 3 and Elsenheimer and Lindke 2 each. Elsenheimer’s hits also include a three-run double in the first inning.

Noah Kowalski had 4 hits and Drew Boyce and Donovan Brayley 2 each for Carlton.  Kowalski’s hits included a triple to highlight a three-run first inning and a two-run double in the fifth which gave Carlton its last lead at 7-6.

Standings: Medina 6-0, Rotary 4-2, Carlton 3-2, Elba 2-4, Sandstone 2-4, At. Mary’s/Barre 0-5.

Tuesday’s Schedule (all games at 5:30 p.m.) – Rotary at Medina at Butts Park, Carlton vs. St.Mary’s/Barre at Barre, Sandstone at Elba.

Thursday’s Schedule (all games at 5:30 p.m.) – Rotary at Carlton, Elba vs. St. Mary’s/Barre at Barre, Sandstone at Medina at Butts Park.

Slipping out of first place, the Albion 15U squad dropped a doubleheader in GLOW League baseball action today at Williams Park in Batavia.

Albion first  lost 12-3 to Batavia and then 13-6 to GLOW to slip to 4-3-1 on the season.

Batavia scored three quick runs in the first inning and four more in the second to key the opening game win.

Bryce Wilson had two hits in the game for Albion.

GLOW then scored in every inning to complete the sweep.

Cade Wolcott and Javon Jones both had a pair of hits for Albion. Wolcott’s hits included an RBI double in the first inning.

Albion next faces Elba at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Williams Park.

Contributed Photo – The duo of Richard Otto and Richard Showalter, at left, won the inaugural Shelridge Invitational Tournament in 1968. At the right is the runner-up team of Robert Breitsman and Merle Forberg.

Though the Open Tournament has taken its place on the event calendar, the Invitational Tournament was a feature part of the Shelridge golf season for over 40 years.

The honor of winning the inaugural Invitational Tournament in 1968 went to the team of Richard Otto and Richard Showalter. Otto also earned medalist honors with rounds of 78 and 76 for a two day total of 154.

Second place honors went to the team of Merle Forberg and Robert Breitsman as the duo of Dick Wilkins and Dick Hiwiller finished third.

Wilkins and Hiwiller in fact took a two shot lead at the end of the first day after firing a 65.

However, Otto and Showalter came on strong on day two with a round of 62 to win the tourney.

Rounding out the top 10 place finishers were the teams of Duane Johnson-Erwin Horwitz, Stanley Barry-Robert Whipple, Robert Gelder-Terry Furness, Paul Parsons-Jack Williams, Gerald Houseman-Roger Wolcott, Francis Piedmont-Jerry Penny and Richard Siedlecki-Bruce Foley.

The only back-to-back champions was the team of Larry Decker and Jim DuRei who took top honors in both 1986 and 1987. They also claimed the tourney title in 1994.

The Shelridge Open made its debut in 2012 and was won by the team of Jeff Marasco and Jeff Pohllman.

Avenging an early season loss, the Albion 15U baseball team tied Legion 7-7 this evening at Wiliams Park in Batavia to move into a tie for the GLOW League lead.

Albion and Legion are now tied for first place at 4-1-1.

Rallying from deficits of 4-0 and 6-1, Albion erupted for six runs in the forth inning to take a 7-6 lead as Caden Uderitz, Bryce Wilson, Dallas Ecker and Finn McCue all had key hits.

Legion, which downed Albion 12-3 in their earlier meeting, forced the tie by rallying for a run in the top of the seventh inning.

The Albion offense also included two hits by Caleb Fox and one by Javon Jones.

Fox also had a strong game on the mound allowing 2 hits with 8 strikeouts in four innings of work.

Albion next plays a doubleheader on Saturday at Williams Park facing Batavia at 8 a.m. and GLOW at 12:30 p.m.

Contributed Photos -In action for Medina are Nate Gibson at bat and Aidan Papaj at shortstop.

The Medina Mustang 12U Travel Team scored a 21-6 victory at Lancaster Wednesday evening.

Preston Woodworth led  Medina in batting going 4 for 4 with 2 singles a double and a triple, having 3 RBI’s and scoring 4 runs.

Brody Fry had a 3 run home run,  Tyler Kroening a single and a double, 2 RBI’s and scored 2 runs, Carter Woodworth a double and a single, RBI, and scored 2 runs and Nate Gibson a single and a double with an RBI and scored 2 runs.

Luke Duffina added 3 singles and scored twice, Jimmy Dieter, Vinny Gray, and Colton Smith each had a single and scored 2 runs each, Aidan Papaj added a RBI and Lukas Grimes and Brady Christaansen both added a run.

Tyler Kroening pitched 3 strong innings with 4 strikeouts, Lukas Grimes finished game with last 2 innings pitching 5 strikeouts.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Hadrian Batista delivers a pitch for Medina during Tuesday’s key win at Carlton.

In a key midseason clash of unbeatens, Medina bested host Carlton 8-3 Tussday evening to take over sole possession of first place in the U12 Division of the Orleans County Short Season Baseball League.

Carlton, which is now 3-1, jumped out to a quick 3-0 first inning lead ignited by a lead-off single by Noah Kowalski.

However, Medina got right back in the game by scoring twice in the second inning on an RBI single by Lathan McEwen-Miller and a fielders choice play off the bat of Breydin Lewis.

Medina, which improves to 5-0,  then rallied into the lead by scoring twice in the third inning on an RBI triple by Ryan Pegelow and a fielders choice play off the bat of Tim Vasquez.

An RBI single by Joe Reese made it 5-3 in the fourth frame and Medina then broke the contest open with three more in the fifth on an RBI single by Aleks Seefeldt and  a two run triple by Thomas Miesch.

A trio of pitchers combined to earn the win on the mound as Seefeldt struck out five over the first two innings, Hadrian Batista fanned six over the next three frames and Carlos Doval struck out two in the final inning.

Medina next travels to Elba and Carlton visits Sandstone at 6 p.m. Thursday.