Medina-Lyndonville United U17 erased a 2-0 deficit to tie the Niagara Wheatfield Wolves 2-2 in a key Buffalo Western New York Junior Soccer League game today.

United fought off the Wolves with two goals in the final four minutes of play.

Jacob Corser provided the initial spark as he booted home United’s first goal, unassisted, after a skirmish in the box.

Three minutes later,  Jude Isaacson slotted a neat pass into the box for Nate Dillenbeck who hammered home the the equalizer.

M-L United is now 5-0-2 and N-W 5-0-1.

The two teams face off in a key rematch, in Lyndonville, on Monday night at 6:45 p.m.

AUBURN – The Batavia Muckdogs had a long day of travel and baseball Friday, but showed why they are in first place in the Pinckney Division with a 4-3, 4-1 sweep of the Auburn Doubledays.

Batavia scored three runs in the top of the final inning to stun Auburn in the first game.

With Auburn leading 3-1, Michael Hernandez singled in Andrew Turner when Dalvt Rosario hit a two-RBI double scoring Milton Smith II and Ronal Reynoso.

Roasario hit two doubles in the game and stole a base while J.D. Orr went 2-for-4 with his 16th stolen base of the season.

Turner, Jack Strunc each had a hit while Hernandez, the Muckdogs catcher, went 2-for-3.

The pitching Eli Villalobos, a righty from Long Beach State and a 14th round draft pick of the parent Miami Marlins in 2018, went 5.2 innings with three strikeouts and did not get the decision. Jonaiker Villalobos, a lefty from Venezuela, faced two batters, retired one and for the win to go to 1-0 on the season.

Evan Brabrand, a 9th round pick of the Marlins this year, made it a perfect seven on saves as he threw one inning of perfect baseball with two strikeouts to get his seventh win of the season in seven attempts.

In the second game, Jackson Rose, a 35th round pick of the Marlins in 2018 out of Minnesota, continued his strong season on the mound for manager Tom Lawless.

Rose went six strong innings with five strikeouts and gave up just two hits and did not walk a batter. Josh Simpson, who was taken in the 32nd round this season, had a perfect inning in relief, striking out two for his first save of the season. In five games this season, Simpson, a Columbia grad, has a 0.00 ERA.

Batavia (21-13) scored two in the first and two in the final inning to put the game away.

Hitting was contagious as Reynoso had two hits, a stolen base and a run and Turner had two hits and a run. Catcher Andres Sthormes had two hits.

While Nic Ready blasted a double, Troy Johnston had a RBI single, Brayan Hernandex (run) and Milton Smith II (run) had hits.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jack Whipple had the assist on the second Medina/Lyndonville goal.

A pair of first half goals earned Medina/Lyndonville United a 2-0 victory over host Wilson Thursday evening in the boys U15 Division of the Buffalo and Western New York Soccer League.

Sam Kingsbury scored what proved to be the game winner for M/L United off an assist from Mason Moreland.

Logan Gray then scored an insurance goal off a corner kick by Jack Whipple.

Jackson Moreland earned the shutout in goal.

The victory boots M-L United’s league record to 4-3.

M/L United will next face Akron on July 25 at 6:30 p.m. at Gasport.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Sarah Harrington scored Kendall’s first goal in the win over Chili.

Building up a 3-1 half-time advantage, Kendall went on to defeat visiting Chili 4-2 Thursday evening in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U18 Division game.

Sarah Harrington opened the scoring for Kendall and Grace Levett and Lizzie Woodams followed up with tallies before half-time. Alayna Steffen earned the assist on Woodam’s goal.

Grace Robinson then netted Kendall’s lone goal in the second half on a header off a direct kick by Woodams.

Improving to 4-4-1, Kendall will close out the season at Canandaigua on July 28.

Wayne 3, Medina/Lyndonville 1

In another U18 contest, Wayne downed Medina/Lyndonville 3-1 at Albion.

Lily Carpenter scored the lone Medina/Lyndonville goal in the second half off an assist from Olivia Carter.

Contributed Photo – Muckdogs shortstop Dalvy Rosario goes deep in the hole to throw out a runner by half a step on Thursday. Rosario went 3-for-5 with a RBI double.

BATAVIA – The Batavia Muckdogs almost mounted a last inning comeback as they fell short in a 5-4 loss to the Auburn Doubledays Thursday night at Dwyer Stadium.

Trailing 5-2 in the ninth, J.D. Orr led off with a walk, Dalvy Rosario hit a RBI double then Troy Johnston singled in Rosario. However, Pearson McMahan came in and struck out all three batters he faced for his third save of the season.

Both teams combined to leave a staggering 46 runners on base, 25 for Auburn, 21 for Batavia.

Batavia (19-13) remains in first place in the New York-Penn League Pinckney Division and will play at Auburn Friday at 7:05 p.m. before returning to Dwyer Saturday.

Rosario finished 3-for-5 with a run while Johnston, Jack Strunc and Dustin Skelton each had two hits. Nic Ready added a RBI double.

On the mound, Bryan Hoeing, a 2019 seventh round draft pick out of Louisville tossed three scoreless innings with a strikeout. His ERA remains 0.00 on the season. Edison Suriel had another strong outing with four strikeouts in two scoreless innings without allowing a hit.

The Muckdogs are at home on Saturday with fireworks at the ball park following the 7:05 p.m. game with Mahoning Valley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Emma Shay bangs out a home run for Sandstone during this evening’s semifinal win over St. Mary’s.

Carlton downed defending champion Barre 12-6 and Sandstone defeated St. Mary’s 13-2 this evening in the semifinals of the Albion Midget League playoffs.

Carlton and Sandstone will meet for the championship at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Midget League Field.

St. Mary’s shortstop Aaron Sugar gets a force out at second on Sandstone’s Makyell Walker.

Leading by a narrow 6-5 margin, Carlton pulled away for good as a two-run triple by Caidyn Wilson highlighted a three-run fourth inning and Finn McCue followed up with a three-run homer in the fifth.

McCue also hit a solo homer in the first inning and Drew Boyce had a two-run double in the second to help Carlton jump out to an early 6-3 lead.

Nathan Gibson had a two-run single in the first inning for Barre which added three runs in the third to cut the deficit to 6-5 but could get no closer.

Sandstone jumped out to an early 7-2 lead over St. Mary’ as a leadoff triple by Elliot Trapiss, a double by Cencere Lowe and a three-run home run by Emma Shay keyed a four-run first inning. A two-run triple by Seth Krenning and an RBI single by Lowe highlighted a three-run second.

Sandstone later scored twice in the fourth as Makyell Walker had a double and twice in the fifth as Lowe had a double.

Lowe and Trapiss both finished with 4 hits and Krenning 3.

Aaron Sugar had a double for St. Mary’s to key a two-run first inning. He also had an RBI single in the sixth..

Carlton second baseman Caidyn Wilson gets the out at second on Barre’s Miles Beach after taking from shortstop Finn McCue (17).

At left, Carlton centerfielder Noah Kowalski makes a nifty catch. At right, Barre’s Nathan Gibson bangs out a hit for one of his three RBI..

Contributed Photo – Dakota Bennett, an 11th round draft pick of the Miami Marlins picked up a win last night in an 11-0 win over Auburn for the Batavia Muckdogs.

BATAVIA – The Batavia Muckdogs have increased the lead in first place in the Pinckney Division to 3.0 over the West Virginia Black Bears, the Pirates affiliate in the New York-Penn League.

Batavia (19-12) hosts the Auburn Doubledays at 7:05 p.m. tonight at Dwyer Stadium.

The team, featuring mainly recent draft picks and signings by the parent club, the Miami Marlins, won 11-0 on Wednesday night over Auburn.

Three pitchers combined for a 3-hitter, each given dup just one hit.

Dakota Miller pitched five innings in relief to pick up the win. Miller, an 11th round draft pick of the Miami Marlins in 2017,  improve to 2-1 on the season. He struck out one, gave up a single hit and walked one.

Easton Lucas, a 15th round draft pick of the Marlins this year, threw the first three innings and struck out two, gave just one hit and no walks or runs. His ERA dropped to 2.35 on the season.

Joey Steele, another 2019 draft pick, kept his ERA at 0.00 as he threw the ninth innings, striking out two.

Muckdogs manager Tom Lawless gave two of his best hitters the night off, Milton Smith II (hitting a NYPL leading .402) and Sean Reynolds (two home runs, 33 home runs in three years).

However, the offense scored 11 runs led by the electric J.D. Orr, a 10th round 2019 draft pick out of Wright State.

Orr is second to Smith II in hitting for the lead league and had a triple and a double to increase his average to .357 while scoring three runs. He also drove in two runs, stole a base and walked.

Shortstop Dalvy Rosario tripled and drove in four runs on the night.

Troy Johnston, a 17th round draft pick out of Gonzaga this year, is now hitting .300 on the season as he went

Catcher Keegan Fish, a 13th round pick of the Marlins in 2018, went 2-for-3 wth two runs, Nic Ready belted a RBI double and Brayan Hernandez had a single and stole a base.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Charley London scored Albion’s first goal in Wednesday’s win over Scottsville.

Capping off the season on a high note, Albion downed visiting Scottsville 3-2 Wednesday evening in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U15 Division game.

Breaking away from a 1-1 half-time deadlock, Albion took charge as Aurora Serafin scored on a penalty kick and Josie Dusett tallied off an assist from Kayli Miller for a 3-1 lead.

Charley London scored Albion’s lone first half goal.

Serafin and Jessica Penna shared the goaltending duties.

Albion finishes the season at 7-4-1.

Boys U17
Medina-Lyndonville 1, Wilson 1
Medina-Lyndonville United rallied for a second half goal to gain a 1-1 tie with host Wilson in a Buffalo and Western New York Soccer League U17 Division contest.

M-L United erased a 1-0 deficit when Nathan Dillenbeck scored off an assist from Jack Whipple.

Now at 5-0-1, M-L United next visits undefeated (5-0) Niagara-Wheatfield on Saturday in a key contest for the division lead.

Rebounding from an early 1-0 deficit, the Albion Raptors came roaring back to defeat host Victor 5-2 Tuesday evening and improve to 6-3-1 in the girls U17 Division of the Rochester District Youth Soccer League.

The Raptors knotted the contest at 1-1 as Claire Squicciarini scored off a corner kick by Mariah Plain.

That ignited a big Albion scoring surge as Abby Scanlan netted three straight goals, all off assists from Plain, to vault the Raptors into a commanding 4-1 lead at the half.

Victor did cut the deficit a bit to4-2 early in the second half but Scanlan answered back with the clinching goal for the Raptors off an assist from Alexis Creasey.

The Raptors next host division leading Chili at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

U18 Division
Medina/Lyndonville 1, Canandaigua 1
Medina/Lyndonville likewise rallied from a 1-0 deficit to earn a 1-1 tie with host Canandaigua in  U18 Division game.

Willow Smith scored the M/L goal off an assist from Lexi Wolck.