Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Zach Fike, left, and Chris Goyette combined to hurl Medina to a shutout win over CSAT this afternoon in the opening round of the sectional playoffs at Vets Park.

Making a three run first inning scoring burst hold up, No. 3 seed Medina blanked No. 14 CSAT 3-0 in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 baseball playoffs at wind swept Vets Park this afternoon.

Run producing singles by AJ Seefeldt and winning pitcher Zach Fike along with an RBI sacrifice bunt by Joe Cecchini in the first inning proved to be all the Mustangs would need. A leadoff single by Brian Fry ignited that uprising which also included a single by Chris Goyette.  Fry and Cecchini both had two hits on the day.

Fike pitched the first five innings giving up just 1 hit and striking out 8. Goyette came on to hurl the final two frames allowing no hits and striking out 4.

The Medina defense turned a double play in the fifth inning from Fike to Goyette at second to Trevor Luthart at first.

CSAT did get two runners aboard in the sixth and seventh innings, both times on an error and a walk. However, Goyette got out of trouble with two strikeouts and a grounder back to the mound in the sixth and on a force out at third and a strikeout in the seventh.

Medina, which improves to 16-2, will next host  No. 12 Newfane, which upended No. 6 Tonawanda 7-2, in the B1 quarterfinals at 5 p.m. Friday.

The Woodroe Realty Medina Yankees improved to 4-0 on the season beating the Newfane Panthers 3-0 Tuesday in a Major Division game.

Brody Fry pitching was lights out with 9 straight strike outs for the first 3 innings.  Tyler Kroening had 4 strikeouts over the last 3 innings as the Yankees defense had a strong showing, Kolton Fletcher received the game ball for catching pop fly deep in the outfield to preserve the shut out.

At the plate, Kroening had a double and an RBI,  Fry  a triple and a RBI,  Fletcher got walked and stole 3 bases including home to score a run, Tyler Allen had a single, and Jimmy Dieter scored a run.

In another Major Division contest, the Somerset Reds defeated the Somerset Dodgers 9-6.

In Minor Division games, the Somerset Yankees defeated the Lyndonville Tigers 6-3 and the Lyndonville Twins downed the Medina Dodges 6-4.

Avenging an early season 9-8 loss, Notre Dame knocked visiting Lyndonville from the ranks of the unbeaten by a narrow 2-0 margin this evening in a Genesee Region League baseball game.

Andy Moore scattered 6 hits and struck out 7 on the mound for Notre Dame while Zach Johnson gave up only 3 hits and struck out 14 for Lyndonville.

Notre Dame’s runs both came in the fifth inning on a fielders choice play and an error after a hit batter, a walk and a single had loaded the bases.

Lyndonville had the bases loaded with just one out in the third inning and runners at first and second with no outs in the sixth but couldn’t capitalize.

“We just couldn’t get the big hit,” said Tigers Coach Shane Price.

Nathan Dillenbeck had a pair of doubles for the Tigers.

Now at 12-1 in the league and 14-1 overall, Lyndonville is scheduled to close out the regular season with a home game against CG Finney at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

Seeded No. 3, Niagara-Orleans League champion Medina will host No. 14 CSAT in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 baseball playoffs at 4 p.m. Thursday at Vets Park.

The victor will face the winner of the No. 11 Newfane vs. No. 6 Tonawanda game in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Also in Class B1, No. 9 Albion will visit No. 8 East Aurora at 4:45 p.m. Thursday. The winner will visit top seeded Springville on Friday.

Roy-Hart is the top seed in Class B2. The Rams will begin sectional play on Friday hosting the winner of Thursday’s  No. 9 JFK vs. No. 8 Wilson contest.

In Section VI Class B1 softball quarterfinal action on Thursday No. 5 Medina visits No. 4 City Honors.

Class B2 softball Thursday will have No. 10 Southwestern at No. 2 Roy-Hart, No. 6 Wilson at No. 3 Fredonia and No. 5 Cleve Hill at No. 4 Akron.

In Class C2, No. 7 Barker will visit No. 2 Maple Grove Thursday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Josh Calus puts up a shot as Ronnie Awtry and Jomariel Rodriguez defend for Lockport. The action took place during the Mustangs loss to the visiting Lions this afternoon.

Jumping out to a 17-4 first quarter lead, Lockport went on to defeat host Medina 50-36  in a Unified Basketball game this afternoon.

Luke Menges scored 10 points and Evon Abrahams, Mike LaBelle and Shamar White each had 8 for the Lions which went on to lead by margins of 25-18 at the half and 38-26 after three quarters.

Lincoln Pace scored 12 and Josh Calus 11 to lead the way for the Mustangs as Tom Biaselli had 6, Dave Wiley 3 and Andrew Owens and Jackson Tuohey 2 each.

Bobby Vidovich puts up a shot for Medina as Hannah Berry moves in for Lockport.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green successfully defended her Section VI golf title this afternoon at the Arrowhead Golf Club.

Continuing a very impressive streak, Medina High junior Melanie Green captured her third straight Section VI golf championship this afternoon in competition at Arrowhead Golf Club.

Green fired an 18 hole total of 77 to post a convincing victory as she won by 11 strokes. The margin of victory was similar to last year when she won by 13 strokes.

Green now advances to the state championships where she will be defending her title.

It will mark her third straight appearance at the state championships where she finished third as a freshman before capturing the title last spring.

The state championship is scheduled for June 1 at Deerfield Country Club near Brockport.

Medina edged past host Williamville East 56-55 in a Unified basketball game Monday.

Josh Calus scored 18, Tom Biaselli 12, Lincoln Pace 10 and Steven Secore 6 on two threes to lead the way for Medina.

Medina next hosts Lockport at 5 this afternoon.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lorelei Dillenbeck and her Lyndonville teammates have earned the top seed for the upcoming softball sectional playoffs.

A near perfect 15-1 regular season record has earned Lyndonville the No. 1 seed for the upcoming Section V Class C3 softball playoffs.

The Lady Tigers will begin sectional competition at home at 1 p.m. Saturday against the winner of Thursday’s No. 9 Clyde-Savannah (4-14) at No. 8 Oakfield-Alabama (5-14) prequarterfinal game.

In Class C1, No. 11 Holley (4-14) will visit No. 6 North Rose-Wolcott (8-7) at 4:30 p.m. Thursday with the winner to travel to No. 3 Williamson (14-3) at 1 p.m. Saturday.

In Class D1, No. 10 Kendall (5-11) will visit No. 7 Avoca-Prattsburg (9-5) at 4:30 p.m. Thursday with the victor facing No. 2 Honeoye (13-4) at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Scoring in every inning, Banes defeated Jr Wilson 16-10 in the Medina Women’s Softball League season opener on Monday.

Connie Heschke, Kathy Allen and Jami Chatt each banged out 3 hits and Patti Page 2 to lead the Banes attack.

Banes grabbed a 3-2 lead in the first inning on singles by Heschke, Jen Masse, Allen and Chatt.

A solo home run by Chatt in the third inning upped the lead to 5-3 but Jr Wilson scored three in the fourth to pull even at 6-6.

Banes regained the lead for good at 10-6 by scoring four time in the fifth on a double by Robin Blaun and singles by Allen, Chatt and Amy Allis.

Five more runs in the sixth on a double by Allen and singles by Heschke, Sue Seefeldt and Masse then put a lock on the win for Banes which next faces Orleans Vets on June 3.

Contributed Photo – Cameron Kenward drives in for an offensive attack for Medina-Lyndonville United U12.

Three players scored goals for the Medina-Lyndonville United U12 soccer team in a 4-0 victory over the Akron Predators Monday.

Cole Callard led the offense with 2 goals.  Austin Seefeldt knocked in 1 and Jimmy Dieter couldn’t be stopped to seal the victory with the final goal.

In goal, Brady Christiannsen shutdown the Akron attack with help from Trenton Morley on defense to shutout the Predators.

Next game will be June 3rd vs West Seneca Knights