Contributed Photo – Ian Wagner

The Medina High golf team compiled a 12-0 record to capture a third straight Niagara-Orleans League championship.

The Mustangs have posted a 35-0-1 record over those past three title seasons.

Medina’s Ian Wagner won the All-League tournament individual title for the fourth straight year. His teammate, Aidan Paul finished second in the tournament.

Wagner went on to place second at the Section VI Tournament to earn a berth in the state championships.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Tre Yaskulski was a triple winner at the All-League meet for champion Albion.

The Albion boys track team captured the Niagara-Orleans League championship for the first time since 2010 with a 6-0 record.

Tre Yaskulski was a triple winner for the Purple Eagles at the All-League meet in the 110 Hurdles, Long Jump and Triple Jump as Nick Perry took the Discus, Chase Carleton the Pole Vault and Chris Shabazz the Pentathlon.

Newfane captured the N-O girls title. The Panthers also claimed both the N-O boys and girls cross-country championships.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Mandy Hill in action for Roy-Hart.

The Roy-Hart girls swim team captured the Niagara-League championship with a 10-0 record after sharing the crown with Akron in 2018.

The Channel Cats were led at the All-League meet by Mandy Hill who was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Freestyle and Kayla Hagen who doubled in the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke. They were also both on the winning 200 Medley and 400 Freestyle relay teams.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Zach Fike makes a save in goal for Medina/Lyndonville.

Ending a five year title drought, the Medina/Lyndonville boys soccer team captured the Niagara-Orleans League title with a 9-1 record (14-3 overall).

The Mustangs claimed the title with a late season 2-0 win over runner-up Roy-Hart on goals by Nate Dillenbeck and AJ Seefeldt, avenging an early season 3-1 loss.

The N-O title is the first for the Mustangs since 2014.

Akron won the N-O girls soccer championship.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jamie Bower makes a throw from third for Roy-Hart.

The Roy-Hart varsity softball team posted a second straight 12-0 Niagara-Orleans League championship season led by the first team All-League trio of catcher Maddie Fry, third baseman Jamie Bower and pitcher Mallory Steiner.

The Lady Rams won the title by three games over runner-up Akron (9-3).

In all the N-O title was the fourth in the last five years for the Lady Rams.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Nolan Sullivan of Sandstone puts the tag on Carlton’s Drew Boyce.

Carlton nipped Sandstone 1-0 for the Albion Midget League playoff championship as pitchers Drew Boyce and Finn McCue combined for 1 one hitter with 11 strikeouts. Boyce also scored the game’s lone run.

In the semifinals Carlton downed Barre 12-6 and Sandstone bested St. Mary’s 13-2.

In the Major Division championship game the Woodroe Realty Medina Yankees downed the Mark’s Pizzeria Medina Blue Jays 9-0. In the semis the Yankees downed the Somerset Reds 8-0.

All time Albion football great Tommy Colella was inducted into the Section VI Hall of Fame earlier this month.

Contributed Photo – Tommy Colella

Colella, who had previously been inducted into both the Greater Buffalo and Canisius College Halls of Fame, starred at Albion High in the mid 1930’s.

He led Albion to records of 6-0-2 in 1934, 6-1 in 1935 and 8-0-1 in 1936 when scored 22 touchdowns and a total of 137 points. He had a career total of 38 TDs.

He went on to star at Canisius College (1939-41) earning Little All America honors three times. His career stats at Canisius included 16 rushing touchdowns and 4 passing.

He then played eight years of professional football including three  with the Cleveland  (1946-48) when the Browns won the All America Football Conference (AAFC) championship each year

A running back, defensive back and punter, he led the Browns in interceptions in 1946 with 10 and had 6 more in 1947. He had a career total of 26 interceptions.

He also played with the Detroit Lions (1942-43) and  Cleveland Rams (1944-45) of the NFL and Buffalo Bills (1949) of the AAFC.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – MacKoy Hall, at left, picks up yardage for the Medina Broncos. At the right Jacob Rissew has a big gain for the Medina Stallions.

The Medina Broncos and Stallions both captured Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) playoff titles finishing with perfect 11-0 season records.

The Broncos nipped Newfane 6-0 in overtime to win the JV Division title and the Stallions downed Attica 20-6 to earn the Varsity Division crown in the championship games played at Vets Park..

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Devin Rounds makes a diving catch in the outfield for Lyndonville.

Lyndonville captured the Genesee Region League Division 2 baseball championship for the fifth time in the last six years with a 12-1 record.

Two close wins over Notre Dame by scores of 9-8 and 2-0 and one over Oakfield-Alabama by a narrow 5-4 margin keyed the Tigers to the division win.

Pitcher Zach Johnson, shortstop Nate Dillenbeck and utility player Kane Flynn represented the Tigers on the G-R All-Star team.

The Tigers, which compiled a 17-2 overall record, dropped a narrow 1-0 decision to Bolivar-Richburg in the Section V Class D1 title contest.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Grace Robinson works to gain control of the ball up field for Kendall.

The Kendall girls varsity soccer team captured the Genesee Region League Division 2 title with an 8-0 record.

In postseason play the Lady Eagles advanced to the Section V Class D1 final where they dropped a 3-0 decision to Fillmore which avenged a 2-1 loss to Kendall in the 2018 title contest.

The Lady Eagles finished with a 15-4 overall record.