Medina/Lyndonville earned a 1-1 tie at Avon Thursday evening in a rain shortened Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U18 Division game.

Lexi Wolck scored the M/L goal off a corner kick by Tessa Boyd.

Stormy weather forced the contest to be halted early in the second half.

M/L, which is now 1-4-2, next faces Livonia this evening at the Batavia Sports Park.

In another U18 contest, division leading Penfield (8-1) downed host Kendall (3-4-1) 2-0. That contest was also halted by stormy weather at half-time.

Girls U17
Fairport blanked the Albion Raptors 4-0 in a RDYSL U17 Division game.

Boys U15
Playing two players short, Medina-Lyndonville United dropped a narrow 1-0 decision to host Niagara-Falls in a Buffalo and Western New York Soccer League U15 Division game.

BATAVIA – You never know who will step up for the Batavia Muckdogs night to night. It’s the main reason the team is 17-9, sitting in first place in the Pinckney Division.

Thursday night, it was Jack Strunc’s turn, as the shortstop went 3-for-4 with two doubles to lead Batavia to a 5-2 win over the Lowell Spinners.

Lowell is now 17-8 and Friday night’s game in Batavia will determine who has the best overall record in the New York-Penn League.

“They have the best record coming in here but I think we show we can play with anyone,” said Strunc. “It doesn’t matter, we are confident no matter what division or who is at the top, these guys show up every single day, pitching and hitting.”

Strunc, who was drafted this year in the 25th round of the draft by the Miami Marlins, scored twice and drove in two runs to increase his average to .333 with the three-hit game.

“I’m trying to see the ball as long as possible, I’m not trying to do too much,” said Strunc. “I’m seeing a few more pitches than normal and I think that’s helping.”

Albert Guaimaro made three outstanding catches in right field including two running grabs near the fence to go with his RBI single at the plate. His defense kept runners from scoring in three innings.

Sean Reynolds, who is hitting .571 in his return to Batavia this week had a double and scored, Brayan Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a double and a RBI and Andrew Turner had a RBI single.

Pitching was strong again as Dakota Bennett picks up the win throwing five innings of shut out ball with three strikeouts and Geremy Galindez notched his second save, throwing a scoreless ninth with a strikeout. Easton Lucas started, striking out two in two innings and one of the new Muckdogs, Brock Love threw one scoreless inning with a strikeout. Love is a 34th round pick the Marlins from the 2019 draft and played at University of Alabama.

Staying perfect at 5-0, Medina-Lyndonville United U17 blanked host South Buffalo 6-0 Wednesday evening in a Buffalo and Western New York Soccer League game.

M-L United built up a commanding 4-0 half-time advantage. Nate Dillenbeck scored the first three goals and Sam Kingsbury followed up with the first of his two tallies.

M-L United capped off the win on second half goals by Kingsbury and Casey Winiecki.

Jacob Corser, Roman Heinsler and Jon Slingerland all chipped in with assists.

Aidan Owczarczak earned the shutout in goal as Jack Whipple, Evan Horn and Alex Barry anchored the defense.

Girls Soccer U15
Breaking away from a 0-0 halftime deadlock, host Attica went on to down Albion 2-0 in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League U15 Division game.

Albion is now 5-4-1.

Girls Soccer U18
Jumping out to a 2-0 first half lead, host Livonia went on to defeat visiting Kendall 5-0 in a RDYSL U18 Division game.

Kendall next hosts division leading Penfield at 6:30 this evening.

In another U18 contest, host Wayne blanked Medina/Lyndonville 5-0 on Tuesday.

The Albion 15U baseball team has come out swinging in the PONY I Brockport league. going 6-0 to date on the season.

Pitching duties are shared by Zach Colacecchi, Caleb Fox and Christopher Sacco who have proved to bestrong on the mound.

Catcher Caden Uderitz, third baseman Bryce Wilson, shortstop Austin Narburgh, second baseman Sacco, and first baseman Fox have been key to the infield play, while center fielder Jacob Hughson has played a key role in the out field along with Kyle Sidari, Dylan Narburgh, Jack Ludwick, Tommy Fox , Pom Siebert and Jason Conn.

Albion has been hot at the plate with all players registering hits.  Colacecchi had a home run during a win over Chili in June.

Albion’s latest win came Tuesday at Barre Town Park over Chili 16-4.

Albion’s next game is this evening at Barre Town Park.

Contributed Photo –  Sean Reynolds connects on a 3-run home run in the first inning against Lowell on Wednesday. Reynolds, a 2016 draft pick, has hit 33 minor league home runs.

BATAVIA – When the rest of the Miami Marlins prospects were being moved up and down a few weeks ago, Sean Reynolds stayed in Florida to refine his sweet swing and work on little things in his hitting approach.

Boy are the Batavia Muckdogs glad.

In his first game with the team this season, Reynolds blasted two home runs, going 3-for-4 with five RBI’s and two runs scored Wednesday. The Muckdogs (16-9) downed the Lowell Spinners (17-7), 8-6.

Reynolds, a crowd favorite, is a 6-foot-7, 237-pound first baseman who hits from the left side and throws right handed. The fourth round pick of the Marlins in 2016 has crushed 33 home runs in his short minor league career. The 21-year-old hit 17 home runs in Batavia last season.

“I want to be a consistent hitter who can have power,” said Reynolds. “It felt good, obviously, two big ones tonight. When it happens, it’s always good.”

However, Reynolds was pleased with his RBI single in the seventh inning.

“My favorite hit of the three was the two-out, two-strike RBI single,” said Reynolds. “It is huge whenever you get a chance to add on late in a game against a good pen like that.”

As for being back in Batavia, Reynolds said, “The crowd was excited and I was excited to be back. You never want to get sent down per se, but wherever I am I am going to try to help teams win games …  That was fun.”

Lowell has the best overall record in the New York-Penn League and Batavia has the second best record, which is good enough for first place in the Pinckney Division.

With the Muckdogs trailing 6-5 following an extended fifth inning rally from their NYPL opponent, the Lowell Spinners, Reynolds came through with a blast for the ages, a two-run home run which regained the lead for Batavia and proved to be the difference in what eventually turned into an 8-6 win for the home team. The three-run, go-ahead moon shot, Reynolds’ second four-bagger of the game, followed his go-ahead three-run tater in the bottom of the first inning which came after a two-run first from Lowell. Both of Reynolds’ big flies came with two outs. His second home run came off the bat at 115 MPH.

Left fielder J.D. Orr, a 10th round Marlins draft pick this year, continued his torrid start to the season, finishing 3-for-4 with four runs scored and a stolen base while shortstop Dalvy Rosario (two runs), second baseman Jack Strung (25th round pick this year) and center fielder Milton Smith II (22nd round pick in 2018) also chipped in multi-hit games. Smith, the leading hitter in the NYPL is hitting .416 with Orr at .404 and chasing him at the second spot.

Batavia began the game trailing 2-0 after Lowell put up two-runs in the top of the first, but Reynolds’ blast in the bottom half of the frame gave the Muckdogs the lead until the fifth inning.

The Spinners struck for two runs during both their  half of the fourth and their half of the fifth, giving them a 6-5 lead heading to the bottom half of the inning. Then, Reynolds’ two-run blast during the Muckogs half of the fifth proved to be the difference, while Reynolds’ single in the seventh simply served as insurance.

Contributed Photo – Players and coaches of the Medina-Lyndonville United U12 soccer team include, in front, are Jimmy Dieter, Kolton Fletcher, Ethan Page and Luke Duffina. In the second row are Cole Callard, Caden Kingsbury, Brady Christiannsen, Cameron Kenward, Vinny Gray, Trenton Morley, Austin Seefeldt and Landan Costich. In the back are coaches Kristian Snyder, Coby Albone and Chad Callard. Missing from the photo are Camden Fike and Riley Tompkins

In the final game of the season, Medina-Lyndonville United ‘s U12 soccer team battled to a 2-2 tie with the West Seneca Knights.

M-L United was led by Cole Callard and Cameron Kenward who each had 1 goal.  Callard led the team this season finishing with 17 goals.

Brady Christiannsen fought hard in goal only allowing 2 goals 1 which was a penalty kick.

M-L United finished the season in second place.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Melanie Green tees off during her recent state title victory

Moving into the top 10, Medina’s Melanie Green had a big four under par second round today at the 44th Girls Junior PGA championship being held at the Keney Park Golf Course at Hartford, Connecticut.

Green, who shot an even par round of 70 on day one, shot a flawless (no bogeys) round of 66 today  for a two day total of 136. She went one under par with a 34 on the front nine and three under with a 32 on the back nine.

That score puts her in a tie for ninth place six shots behind tourney leader Rose Zhang from Irvine, California who had a 7 under par round of 63 for a two day total of 130.

Green moved to one under par after today’s first nine holes as she birdied No. 7.  She then moved into contention by notching three birdies on the back nine on holes 10, 13 and 17 to go four under par for the tourney.

Following tourney leader Zhang, there are two golfers tied at 9 under, one at 7 under, one at six under, three  at five under and four at four under including Green.

The tourney will conclude with 18 hole rounds on both Thursday and Friday.

Green, who successfully defended her Section VI and state high school championships this spring, qualified for the national championship by winning the Western New York Junior PGA title for the second year in a row.