Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Adrian Kingdollar hurled a one hitter for Albion in this evening’s season opening win over Elba.

Jacob Hughson bangs out a hit to ignite Albion’s big six run first inning uprising.

Taking charge at the outset with a big six run first inning, the Albion 15U baseball team went on to defeat Elba 16-6 this evening in the season opening GLOW League game at Williams Park in Batavia.

A leadoff single by Jacob Hughson ignited Albion’s big first inning which was highlighted by a two-run double by Mason Bennett who had a total of 4 RBI on the evening.

Cade Wolcott also banged out a two-run double for Albion in the second inning.

Bennett, Wolcott and Javon Jones each finished with two hits and Caleb Fox one. Jones and Fox each drove in a run.

Adrian Kingdollar went the distance on the mound for Albion hurling a one hitter with 5 strikeouts.

Albion next faces Legion at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Williams Park.

The opponents are the same only the dates have changed.

That is the situation for the Section VI football schedule, a revised edition of which was released today.

Th revisions were made necessary after the recent decision by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) to push back the starting date for fall practice by a full month from August 24 to September 21.

That change in turn has pushed back the first week of games by a full month from the weekend of September 4 and 5 to the weekend of October 2 and 3. The final games of the eight week regular season will now be played on the weekend of November 20-21 which is the weekend before Thanksgiving.

The match ups will all  be the same and in the same order as on the original schedule as Albion will open at Batavia on Friday October 2 and Medina will open at home against East Aurora on Saturday October 3.

The Albion vs. Medina rivalry contest will be played at Medina on Friday November 6.

The sectional semifinals are now scheduled for the weekend of November 27 and 28 and the finals for the weekend of December 4 and 5.

Albion’s schedule is as follows with all games at 7 p.m.

Oct: 2 – at Batavia; 9 – Depew, 16 – at Maryvale, 23 – at Olean, 30 – Lake Shore

Nov.: 6 – at Medina, 13 – Dunkirk, 20 – Maritime

Medina’s schedule is as follows:

Oct. 3 – East Aurora, 1 p.m.; 9 – Williamsville East, 7 p.m.;  16 – Newfane, 7 p.m.; 23 – at Tonawanda, 7 p.m.; 31 – at Cleveland Hill, 2 p.m.

Nov.:6 – Albion, 7 p.m.; 13 – at Wilson, 7 p.m.; 19 – Akron, 7 p.m.

Continuing to get in plenty of work on the diamond, the Medina Mustangs 12U Travel team competed in the Canandaigua Tournament this past weekend.

Colton Smith and Vinny Gray led batting with 7 hits each over the weekend’s four games.  Brady Christaansen and Nate Gibson each had 6 hits; while Tyler Kroening, Preston Woodworth, and Luke Duffina each had 5 hits. Carter Woodworth added 4 hits, and Brody Fry 3 hits.

Good pitching efforts were turned in by Fry, Kroening, Preston Woodworth, Lukas Grimes, Gray, and Carter Woodworth.

“The team was very competitive over the course of four games and it was a very good learning experience,” said Coach John Dieter.

Medina went 0-4 in the tourney.

U10 openers washed out

Rain washed out Monday evening’s scheduled season opening games in the U10 Division of the new Orleans County Short Season Baseball League.

Those games included Medina Red vs. Carlton, Barre/Rotary vs. St. Mary’s and Elba vs. Medina Blue.

The U10 Division is also scheduled to play at 6 p.m Wednesday with Rotary/St. Mary’s at Carlton, Medina Red vs. Medina Blue at Butts Park and Barre at Sandstone.

The league’s U12 Division is scheduled to begin play at 6 this evening with Rotary vs. St. Mary’s/Barre at the Midget League Field, Sandstone at Carlton and Elba at Medina.

A trio of players contributed goals as the Medina Mustangs FC downed the Buffalo Brighten Stars 3-1 Sunday at Sahlens Sportspark to take over first place in the 2nd/3rd Division of the Sahlen’s Cup League

Improving to 3-1, the Mustangs got goals from Ethan Leonard, Alex Allis and Jose Perez.

Leonard, Greg Husung and Tyler Arnold each had an assist.

The Mustangs now hold a half game lead over the Sahara Gunners and Meerkets which are both 2-1.

Medina next faces the Bangarang FC at Sunday at Sahlens Sportspark.

Last week was another busy one for the league golfers at Hickory Ridge.

The Monday Night Bar Guys Senior Division had Mark Condolucci with low gross of 42.  Dave Barton had low net of 32 and recorded the only birdie in the Senior Division.  In the Junior Division AJ Gifaldi had low gross of 41 while Dan Mawn had low net of 32.  Birdies were recorded by Gifaldi, Rod Finnefrock and Bernie Ruggeri.  No standings were reported last week.

The Tuesday Ladies Night Out League played the very difficult back nine.  Karen Berlew, Brenda Powers and Laurie Freeman all shared low gross of 50.  Freeman had low net of 40 with Berlew and Powers one stroke back at 41.  Olive Heffron recorded the only birdie on the day.  In the standings Judy Schuth and Diane Hennecky are in first place with 54 points.  Cheryl Ferguson and Vicki Brawn are close behind with 51.  Brenda Powers and Marcia Zambito hold down third with 48 points.

The Men’s Wednesday Night League has the team of Brooks and Snyder in first place with 61.5 points.  Taylor and Tyler and Pfister and Bessell are right on their heels with 61 points each.  Berlew and Hazen are in fourth with 56 points.  Low gross was Raymont Daniels with 37 and Mark Hackenburg had low net with 31.  Birdies were plentiful with Tim Hendrickson, Larry Powers, Lynn Tyler, Dave Petta, John Carlson, Brian Hofstra, Mark Hackenburg and Craig Hazen each recording one.

The Mixed Couples Friday Night Fun League reports the team of Jim and Marcia Zambito in first place with 373 points.  Dave and Melissa Cotter are in second with 375 points followed by Bill Fitzgerald and Faye McNeil in third with 388 .  John and Diane Colsanti with 391 points and Randy and Paula Knaak with 394 round out the top five.

The Senior and the Super Senior Club Championship is today.  The next tournament on the schedule for Hickory Ridge Golf Association is the 6-6-6 tournament scheduled for August 15.  Signup for that tournament is by August 12.  The two-person tournament is open to HRGA members and social golfers who are not members of HRGA but have a league handicap.  The format will be 6 holes of best ball, 6 holes of alternate shot and 6 holes of scramble.

Albion’s 15U baseball team will begin competing in the GLOW League this coming Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. against Elba at Williams Park in Batavia.

Albion will then face Legion at 7:30 p.m. Thursday also at Williams Park.

The six team GLOW League, which plays all of its games at Williams Park, also includes Batavia, Attica and GLOW.

The Albion roster includes Jacob Hughson, Mason Bennett, Vinnie Molisani, Javon Jones, Adrian Kingdollar, Jayden Allport, Dallas Ecker, Cade Wolcott, Chris Sacco, Caden Uderitz, Bryce Wilson, Caleb Fox, Dylan Narburgh and Finn McCue.

Albion’s schedule of games for the season at Williams Park is as follows:

August: 5- Elba, 5:30 p.m.; 6 – Legion, 7:30 p.m.; 10 – GLOW, 5:30 p.m.; 12 – Batavia, 7:30 p.m.; 18 – Attica, 7:30 p.m.; 20 – Legion, 5:30 p.m.; 22 – Batavia, 9 a.m. and GLOW, 1:30 p.m.; 24 – Elba, 7:30 p.m.; 26 – GLOW, 7:30 p.m.; 31 – Batavia, 7:30 p.m.

September: 2 – Attica, 7:30 p.m.