Albion rallied for a 7-5 victory over visiting Newfane this afternoon to finish the Niagara-Orleans League baseball season at 7-5.

Trailing 5-1, Albion pulled even by scoring four times in the fourth inning ignited by a single by Thomas Furmanski and highlighted by a two out, two-run single by Alex Gibson.

The Purple Eagles then scored the deciding runs in the fifth again ignited by a single by Furmanski and highlighted by a two out, RBI single by Gibson.

Furmanski finished with a total of 3 hits and Gibson 2.

Furmanski also pitched the final two innings allowing no hits and striking out 3.

Newfane finishes the N-O season at 4-8.

Tennis
Holley wins sectional quarterfinal
Holley edged past Alexander 3-2 this afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Section V Class C team championships.

Holley got wins at the first two singles positions by Aaron Strathearn and Cheyan Palmer and from the second doubles to team of Erik Balys and Cory Puente.

In the Section VI singles championships, Akron’s Nate Chubb won a pair of matches to advance to the semifinals.

Track
In a key regular season ending clash of unbeatens, Newfane defeated Akron 86-55 to capture the N-O league girls track championship.

Kim Goerss won the 1500, 3000 and 400 for Newfane as Gina Shorter doubled in the 100 and 200, Ashlyn Joseph the 100 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles. and Mel Meyers the High Jump and Triple Jump.

Newfane finishes at 6-0 and Akron 5-1.

Newfane completed the sweep by winning the boys meet 97-42 as Reece Casinelli captured the 110 Hurdles, 100 and 800 and Tyler Cottrell the Long Jump and High Jump.

The Panthers finish at 4-2 and the Tigers 0-6.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Brandi Guild turns a double play as Newfane’s Amanda Gagnon slides into second base. The action took place during the Mustangs sectional win over the Lady Panthers this evening at Vets Park.

Scoring in every inning, No. 5 seeded Medina romped to a 17-0 victory over No. 12 Newfane in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 softball sectionals this evening at Vets Park.

The victory advances Medina to a quarterfinal contest on Thursday at No. 4 City Honors which defeated No. 13 CSAT 26-7.

Cora Payne hurled a two hit shutout for Medina with 9 strikeouts.

Cora Payne hurled a two hit shutout for the Mustangs.

Brandi Guild led Medina at the plate by banging out four hits including two doubles and a pair of triples. Morgan Allis and Ashlee Howell also both had two hits.

A third inning double play from Kenward to Guild to Brooklyn Brown highlighted the Mustangs defensive effort.

Medina scored a quick run in the first inning as Guild tripled and came home on a sacrifice fly by Lacey Kenward.

An RBI double by Allis and a run on a fielders choice play upped the lead to 3-0 in the second inning.

The Mustangs then began to pull away by scoring four times in the third inning on RBI doubles by Guild and Kenward, an error and an RBI sacrifice bunt by Brown for a 7-0 lead.

Medina capped off the win by erupting for 8 runs in the sixth inning  highlighted by a three run triple by Guild, an RBI double by Kenward and run producing singles by Camri King and Allis.

Tonawanda 8, Albion 7
In another Class B1 opener, No. 9 Albion dropped a narrow 8-7 decision at No. 8 Tonawanda.

Aly Knaak and Emani Poole both had 3 hits for Albion as Kendall Derisley and Brylie Hapeman both had 2. Derisley drove in a total of three runs and Poole two.

In a Class B2 opener Wilson defeated JFK 18-0.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Mitchell Silversmith looks to work away from two Newfane defenders during the Mustangs sectional win over the Panthers this afternoon at Vets Park.

Getting goal production from nine different players, No. 4 seeded Medina defeated No. 5 Newfane 18-9 in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class D lacrosse playoffs this afternoon at Vets Park.

The victory sends Medina into a semifinal meeting at top seeded Salamanca on Thursday.

Medina’s Mark Reigle tries to defend Newfane’s John Sylvies.

Zach Blount scored 4 goals to lead Medina’s scoring parade as Cayden Lilleby and Chaise Prest both netted 3, Mitchell Silversmith and Tommy Vasquez 2 and Cooper Fearby, Daniel Mandujuano, Mark Reigle and Austin Lovewell 1 each.

John Sylvies took game high scoring honors for Newfane with 7 goals.

Medina jumped out to a 6-1 first quarter lead as Vasquez scored two goals and Lilleby, Blount, Silversmith and Prest one each.

Two goals each by Prest and Blount in the second period helped keep the Mustangs up by a 10-3 margin at the half.

Medina maintained a 13-5 advantage at the three-quarter mark after third period goals by Blount, Lilleby and Prest.

The lacrosse meeting was the first ever between the Mustangs and Panthers who are in their first season of varsity competition after several years at the club level.

The Mustangs are now 7-10.

Medina’s Chaise Prest takes a shot on goal.

Medina will play host to Newfane in an interesting Section VI lacrosse, softball playoff doubleheader on Tuesday at Vets Park.

The No. 4 seeded Medina lacrosse team will host No. 5 Newfane at 4:45 p.m. in a Class D quarterfinal contest.

It will mark the first ever lacrosse meeting between the Mustangs and Panthers who are in their first year of varsity competition. The winner will visit top seeded Salamanca on Thursday in the semifinals.

The No. 5 seeded Medina softball squad will then face No. 12 Newfane at 7 p.m. in a Class B1 opener. The victor will face the winner of the No. 13 CSAT vs. No. 4 City Honors contest on Thursday.

Medina defeated Newfane twice during the Niagara-Olreans League season by scores of 15-0 and 14-2.

In another Class B1 opener on Tuesday, No. 9 Albion will visit No. 9 Tonawanda at 4 :45 p.m. The winner will visit top seeded Olean on Thursday.

In Class B2, N-O champion Roy-Hart is seeded No. 2. The Lady Rams will face the winner of the No. 10 Southwestern vs. No. 7 Olmsted game on Thursday at Vets Park.

Also in Class B2, No. 6 Wilson will host No. 11 JFK on Tuesday and No. 4 Akron will host No. 5 Cleveland Hill on Thursday.

In Class C2, No .7 Barker visits No. 2 Maple Grove on Thursday.

Pitching was key in local high school baseball action this afternoon as Lyndonville blanked host Elba 7-0 in a Genesee Region League game and Roy-Hart edged past host Wilson 3-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League contest.

Rolland Balcerzak pitched a one hit shutout with 3 strikeouts for Lyndonville which improves to 12-0 in G-R action and 14-0 overall.

Kane Flynn banged out 3 hits and Zach Johnson 2 to lead the Tigers at the plate.

The Tigers scored the only two runs they needed as it turned out in the first inning on a double by Flynn and singles by Nate Dillenbeck and Johnson.

Flynn followed up with an RBI double in the second inning and Matt Hess had an RBI single in the third following a double by Oskar Heinsler.

Noah Heinsler added an RBI double in the sixth and Flynn capped off his big afternoon at the plate with a two-run single in the seventh. A single by Balcerzak and a walk set up that  opportunity.

Lyndonville next visits Notre Dame at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Roy-Hart 3, Wilson 1
Walker Samanka hurled a 3 hitter with 8 strikeouts for Roy-Hart which finishes the N-O season at 9-3.

The Rams scored once in the second as Samanka singled and came home on a wild pitch and twice in the seventh on a wild pitch and an RBI single by Noah Hardy. Three straight walks with two outs loaded the bases to set up the threat.

Steve Frerichs pitched the first six and two-thirds innings allowing 3 hits and striking out 9 for Wilson which winds up the N-O season at 5-7.

Newfane 5, Barker 1

Cade Littman went the distance on the mound hurling a 4 hitter leading Newfane (4-7) past Barker (0-12) 5-1.

Garrett Srock and Matt DiTullio both had 3 hits for the Panthers as Littman and Hunter Jurek had doubles.

Contributed Photo – Ian Wagner and Medina Coach Rob Dennis

Medina High junior Ian Wagner finished second at the Section VI golf championships this afternoon to earn a berth in the upcoming state championships.

Wagner lost on the first playoff hole to Aidan Shaw from Oachard Park for top honors in the tournament which was held at River Oaks on Grand Island.

Wagner, who won the Niagara-Orleans League tournament last fall, and Shaw were tied at 4 over after 18 holes and at 7 over after 27 holes forcing the playoff for first place honors.

“Ian played great today,” said Medina Coach Rob Dennis. “I’m so proud of him.”

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Ashlee Howell tries to reach base with a slap hit during the Mustangs loss at Akron this afternoon.

Moving on top to stay with a three run first inning scoring burst on a string of four straight hits, Akron went on to defeat Medina 15-1 this afternoon in the Niagara-Orleans League softball season finale.

A two-run double by Lydia Blueye and an RBI single by Darion Jonathan highlighted the opening inning uprising for the Lady Tigers which quickly tacked on two more runs in the second inning.

Abi Neuman had two hits for Medina as Lacey Kenward and Paige Adkins each added one.

Defensively, the Mustangs turned a double play from Paige Adkins to Brandi Guild.

Akron finishes the N-O season in second place at 9-3 and Medina in third at 8-4.

Albion 8, Newfane 2

A grand slam home run by Lexi Wolck highlighted a big six run seventh inning scoring burst which powered Albion past Newfane 8-2 in another N-O contest.

Alexis Bentley and Kendall Derisley both added RBI singles during the decisive uprising.

Earlier, the Purple Eagles scored once in the third on a single by Brylie Hapeman and once in the fifth on a double by Paige Derisley.

Wolck, Paige Derisley and Kendall Derisley each had a pair of hits.

The Puple Eagles finish the N-O season at 4-8 and the Lady Panthers at 1-11.

Albion next visits Tonawanda on Tuesday in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 playoffs.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Gracie Johnson completes a double play at first base as Kendall’s Brittney Marks dives back to the bag. The action took place during the host Lady Tigers doubleheader victory this afternoon.

Lyndonville closed out the Genesee Region League softball  season by sweeping a doubleheader from visiting Kendall this afternoon by scores of 9-5 and 17-5.

A five run fourth inning uprising which included a two-run double by Gracie Johnson, an RBI double by Anna Lewis and RBI singles by Stacy Buckland and Alecia Hinkson keyed the Lady Tigers to the opening game win.

Johnson, Lewis, Hinkson, Chloe Stinson and Cassie Boyle each had two hits in the contest as the Lady Tigers finish the G-R season at 13-1 and improve to 15-1 overall.

In the second game, Lyndonville took the lead for good at 3–2 by scoring three times in the third inning on a two-run homer by Johnson and an error. Singles by Lorelei Dillenbeck and Stinson set up the threat.

The Lady Tigers then broke the contest wide open by exploding for nine runs in the fourth frame as Dillenbeck and Stinson both had two hits, Boyce a double and Lewis a single.

Boyce then hit a solo homer and Stinson had a two-run double to highlight a five run fifth inning.

Defensively, the Lady Tigers turned a pair of double plays, the first from Megan Krisher at second to Johnson at first and the second from Boyce at third to Johnson.

Julie Coble had a two-run single for Kendall as Brittney Marks and Sara Mattle both had RBI singles.

In a non league game Lima Christian defeated Holley 10-8.

Kendall catcher Julie Coble goes for a pop fly.

Kendall athletes set a pair of new school records at the Genesee Region League championship track meet on Saturday at Wheatland-Chili.

Ethan Kuhn set a new school record time of 1:02.82 with a second place finish in the 400 Hurdles and Derek Edick new a new school mark of 39-0.50 with a fourth place finish in the Triple Jump. Edick also placed fourth in the Long Jump.

Kuhn, Edick, Joseph Nettles and Nicholas Richards teamed up to place fourth in the 400 Relay and fifth in the 1600 Relay. Nettles also placed fourth in the 400.

In the girls competition, Alezya Brown placed fourth in the Triple Jump and Jenna Regan fifth in the Discus and sixth in the Shotput.

Holley’s Matt Hahn won the Discus (125-3) and placed third in the Shotput.

The Hawks quartet of KJ Biedlingmaier, Caleb Schultz, Ethan Hudzinski and Basile Guillo placed fifth in the 400 Relay.

For the Holley girls, Abrianna Kruger placed second in the 100 Hurdles, third in the Long Jump and fourth in both the 400 Hurdles and Pole Vault.

Julia Smith placed fourth in the 200, Ava Parr third in the High Jump and Allyson Skehan fifth in the Pole Vault.

The Lady Hawks also placed fifth in all three relays with Skyla Milazzo, Parr, Sarah Harrington and Autumn Bieber in the 3200, Parr, Bieber, Smith and Skehan in the 1600 and Ally Lyndaker, Smith, Parr and Milazzo in the 400.

Lyndonville’s Jon Slingerland placed fifth in the Pentathlon.