Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Kane Flynn will be on the Genesee Region League team and Albion’s Isaiah Callicutt in the Niagara-Orleans League squad at Thursday’s annual senior game at Genesee Community College.

The annual Niagara-Orleans League vs. Genesee Region League senior baseball game will be held at Genesee Community College at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

The lineup for the N-O squad includes Vincent Zona, Bryce Pritchard and Isaiah Callicutt from Albion; Charlie Brigham and Walker Samanka from Roy-Hart; Brandon Orr, Jacob Siska, Dylan Krzykowski and Nicholas Pietrowski from Akron; Preston Harris and Cole Hanssen from Barker; Matt DiTullio from Newfane and Ian Evans and Steven Frerichs from Wilson.

The roster for the G-R team includes Zach Johnson and Kane Flynn from Lyndonville; Mickey Gardner and Hunter Menze from Kendall; Jarrod Ludwig from Pembroke;  Seth Doctor and Trevor Maier from Oakfield-Alabama; Takari Lang-Smith and Ryan Davis from Alexander; Zack Cocking and Tim Klotzbach from Notre Dame, Mitch Cook and Parker Widley from Attica; Peyton Armison from Byron-Bergen and Roger Barnes from Elba.

The senior softball game will also be held at 4:30 Thursday at GCC matching the G-R League vs. the Livingston County League.

Lyndonville will be represented by five players including Natalie Ostrowski, Anna Lewis, Stacy Buckland, Alecia Hinkson and Cassie Boyce.

Kendall will be represented by Kelly Mayes and Anna Oakley and Holley by Madison Marsh and Jocelyn Chilton.

The G-R lineup will also include Carson Marzolf, Lindsay Czechowski and Jordin Cecere from Alexander, Kacey Pearce from Attica, Rebecca Velasco from Byron-Bergen, Emma Finch, Gemma Bochicchio, Callie McCulley and Audrey Farrell from Notre Dame and Nissa Burch from Wheatland-Chili.

Erupting for a total of 10 runs in the first two innings, Banes Machine Shop/Banes Plumbing went on to defeat Tower Tattoo 15-6 Monday in a Medina Softball League game.

Singles by Sue Seefeldt, Kathy Allen, Amy Allis, Robin Blaun, Lindsay Chatt and Patti Page, along with doubles by Jami Chatt and Lexi Neuman, helped Banes plate six quick runs in the first inning.

Singles by Connie Heschke, Allen and Blaun and a triple by Allis then drove in four more in the second inning.

Banes also scored four in the fourth on singles by Page, Jessica Carpenter and Seefeldt.

Allen finished with 4 hits, Seefeldt 3  and  Allis 2 including a double.

Banes next game is June 10 at SHC against Kozy Kab.

The Medina-Lyndonville U12 United soccer team posted a 5-2 victory over the West Seneca Knights

Monday.

The Offense was led by Cole Callard who had 2 goals.  Caden Kingsbury was dominate on the field adding 1 goal.  Riley Tompkins added another goal off of a rebound.  Jimmy Dieter capped it off with a goal off of a penalty kick.

Brady Christiaansen with help from Kolton Fletcher and the defense, managed to hold the second place Knights to only 2 goals.

M-L’s next game will be June 10h vs Wilson Storm.

Contributed Photo – Chanyce Powell

Albion High graduate and SUNY Brockport sophomore Chanyce Powell has been named to the Academic All District team.

Powell, who has a 3.76 grade point average in Business Administration, competes in the Long Jump and Triple Jump for the Brockport indoor and outdoor track teams.

During the past academic year she placed second in the Triple Jump and 13th in the Long Jump at the SUNY Athletic Conference indoor championships.  She went on to place 7th in the Long Jump at the NCAA national championships to earn All America honors.

This spring she placed 12th in the Long Jump at the SUNYAC outdoor championships.

Boys H.S Golf
Medina High junior Ian Wagner fired a 76  Monday in the final round of the state golf championships at Cornell.

Wagner finished the two day tournament in 38th place out of 99 participants with a total score of 163.

Contributed Photos – Hogan Lang and Murphy Lang

Two Roy-Hart grads, Hogan Lang and Murphy Lang, will help lead the Niagara County Community College golf team into the National Junior College Athletic Association national championship golf tournament Tuesday through Friday at the Chautauqua Golf Club.

NCCC advanced to the national tournament after winning the Region III championship for the first tme since 1968.

Hogan Lang, who is a sophomore, placed second  overall at the Region III Tournament while Murphy Lang, who is a freshman, was ninth.

The NCCC squad also includes Nick Penna, a freshman from Albion.

Contributed Photo – Alisha Scroger

Medina High graduate and Niagara County Community College freshman Alisha Scroger has been named to the second team of the Region III All-Star softball squad.

Scroger, who started at shortstop for the Thunderwolves, set new school single season records for hits with 58 and runs scored with 51.

She also led the Thunderwolves in hitting with a .443 average, doubles with 18 and stolen bases with 27 and also had 21 RBI.

During her scholastic days at Medina, Scroger earned first team Niagara-Orleans All-League honors as both a junior and senior.

In the first game of the 2019 Albion Midget League season Barre defeated St. Mary’s 13-3 on Saturday.

A strong pitching performance from both teams kept the game close at 5-3 until Barre errupted for 8 runs in the final inning.  A leadoff single by Makenzie Snook, a single from Nathan Gibson and a home run  by Josh Bovenzi highlighted the inning.

Bovenzi’s last inning HR completed the cycle as he went 4 for 5 on the day with single, triple, double and HR.  Gibson finished with 2 hits.  Oliver Beach and Myles Beach also contributed hits for Barre.

Bovenzi and Gibson combined for 17 strikeouts and allowed just 3 hits.

Mason Giattino had 2 of St. Mary’s hits and Blake Preston added the third hit.  Preston had 8 strikeouts on the mound for St. Mary’s and Jack Kinter 6 strikeouts as they shared pitching duties.

The Woodroe Realty Medina Yankees defeated the  Somerset Braves 15 – 0 Saturday to improve to 6-0 in Major Division competition.

The Yankees were sparked by strong batting and base running.  Brody Fry had 2 home runs and 3 RBI’s and scored twice, Cole Callard went 3 for 3 and scored twice, Jimmy Dieter had 2 hits 1 RBI and scored 2 runs, Timothy Vasquez added a triple and scored a run, Tyler Allen had a double and RBI and scored a run, Kolton Fletcher added a hit and scored 2 runs, Joseph Reese had a hit and scored 2 runs, Milo Vidovich had a double and scored a run, Thedore Chapney had a single and scored a run, and Aiden Wisniewski and Colton Smith each added a run.

Cole Callard pitched 2 strong innings with 3 strikeouts after battling the flue early this week, and Tyler Allen pitched last 2 innings and had 4 strikeouts to preserve shutout.

In other Major Division games, the Medina Blue Jays defeated the Lyndonville Orioles 17-0, the Roy-Hart Yankees downed the Newfane Jr. Panthers 14-8, the Somerset Reds bested the Medina Cubs 12-9 and the Roy-Hart Red Sox tied with the Somerset Dodgers 14-14.

In the Minor Division, the Lyndonville Twins edged the Roy-Hart Yankees 6-5, the Medina Orioles downed the Lyndonville Giants 7-1, the Medina Athletics topped the Roy-Hart Red Sox 9-2 and the Medina Indians tied with the Somerset Yankees 3-3.