Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Nathan Dillenbeck delivers a pitch for Lyndonville during the Tigers win over visiting Kendall this afternoon.

Putting a lock on outright possession of the Division II championship, Lyndonville downed visiting Kendall 12-2 this afternoon in the completion of a suspended Genesee Region League baseball game.

Rolland Balcerzak and Nathan Dillenbeck combined to hurl a three hitter for Lyndonville which improves to 11-0 in the league and 13-0 overall.

Lyndonville built up a 5-2 lead after the first two innings, a stretch which saw Balcerzak and Casey Winiecki both drive in a pair of runs.

A double by Noah Heinsler in the third made it 6-2. The Tigers then put a lock on the 10 run rule win by  by erupting for six runs in the fourth inning highlighted by a three-run triple by Winiecki.

Hunter Menze singled in both of Kendall’s runs in the first inning.

Lyndnville next visits Elba on Monday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Alecia Hinkson slides into third base during the Lady Tigers division title clinching win over visiting Alexander this afternoon. The Alexander third baseman is Kayla Yax.

Scoring in each of the first six innings, Lyndonville defeated visiting Alexander 11-4 this afternoon to repeat as Genesee Region League Division 2 softball champions.

Alecia Hinkson led the Lady Tigers attack with four hits and four runs batted in. On defense, she also had four putouts in left field.

The Lady Tigers defense also turned a pair of key double plays from Cassie Boyce at third base to Stacy Buckland at first in the second and fourth innings.

Lyndonville scored solo runs in each of the first three innings on a double by Hinkson, a sacrifice fly by Lorelei Dillenbeck and a single by Hinkson.

The Lady Tigers then moved out to a 7-1 lead by scoring four times in the fourth on a two-run single by Hinkson, and RBI single by Gracie Johnson and an error.

Lyndonville capped off the win by scoring twice in the fifth on a triple by Dillenbeck and single by Johnson and then twice in the seventh on a two-run single by Chloe Stinson.

Stinson, Dillenbeck and Johnson each had a pair of hits on the day.

Improving to 9-1 in the league and 11-1 overall, Lyndonville next hosts Kendall in a doubleheader on Monday beginning at 4:30 p.m.

In a Niagara-Orleans League makeup game Akron (8-3) defeated Wilson (7-5) 9-2. Akron will next host Medina (8-3) in an N-O season finale on Monday at 4:45 p.m. to determine second place in the final standings.

The Woodroe Realty Medina Yankees improved to 3 and 0 on the season with a 7-6 victory over the Somerset Dodgers Saturday in a Major Division game.

Tyler Kroening pitched the first 3 innings and had 6 strikeouts. Cole Callard went the final 3 innings and also had 6 strikeouts.

At the plate, Kroening went 2 for 3 with 2 singles and scored 2 runs, Cole Callard walked twice and had a hit and scored 3 runs, Brody Fry had a double and 2 RBI’s, and Timothy Vasquez, TJ Champney, Kolton Fletcher, and Tyler Allen all added a hit.

Indians 9, Tigers 3
Due to a rain cancelation last Tuesday the Medina Indians  played a make-up game and won 9-3 against the Lyndonville Tigers in a Minor Division contest.

The Indians allowed 3 runs in the first inning then the pitching and defense settled down with strong pitching debuts by Clayton Wagner who hurled 3 innings and Jackson Reese  2 innings.

The Indians bats were hot with a big day at the plate scoring 9 unanswered runs with Jacob Duffina going 3-3 with 3 RBI’s on a triple and two singles. Treyden Rhim went 3-3 with an RBI on a double and two singles. Going 2-3 was Mason Berry with 2 RBI’s on a triple and a single, Zia Dix had 2 RBI’s from two singles, and Ryan Frentz and Clayton Wagner  both had a pair of singles.  Also contributing at the plate were Israel Delgado with an RBI single, Liam Garcia single, and Jackson Reese had a run scored.

Improving to 10-1 in the league and 12-1 overall, Lyndonville swept to a pair of Genesee Region softball victories this afternoon at Byron-Bergen.

Lyndonville first defeated Byron-Bergen 10-3 and then nipped Attica 6-5.

A big five run first inning scoring burst which featured a two-run single by Alecia Hinkson and singles by Gracie Johnson and winning pitcher Stacy Buckland sparked Lyndonville past Byron-Bergen.

The Lady Tigers also got an RBI single by Chloe Stinson in the fifth inning and a run producing double by Anna Lewis in the sixth before capping off the win with three tallies in the seventh as Megan Krisher, Stinson and Johnson all had doubles.

Johnson finished with three hits s Lewis and Stinson both had two.

Lyndonville then rallied from a 3-1 deficit to edge past Attica by scoring four times in the fifth on a two-run double by Natalie Ostrowski and singles by Stinson and Cassie Boyce, and once in the sixth on a hit batter, a key bunt by Buckland and an error.

Attica did score twice in the seventh and still had the bases loaded before Lyndonville got the final out on a popup to Lorelei Dillenbeck at shortstop.

In another G-R game, Oakfield-Alabama downed Holley 9-2.

Roy-Hart 23, Wilson 2
Roy-Hart completed a second straight 12-0 Niagara-Orleans League softball championship season by defeating Wilson 23-2 on a barrage of 27 hits.

Maddie Fry went 6 for 6 at the plate for the Lady Rams including two triples and a double.  Reanna Perkins and Lexie Lovewell both banged out 5 hits and winning pitcher Mallory Steiner 3. Perkins, who drove in a total of seven runs, had two home runs.

In the circle, Steiner struck out 9.

In other N-O make-up games, Akron (5-3) defeated Barker 13-7, Wilson (7-4) downed Newfane  8-2 and Newfane (1-9)  nipped Barker (1-11) 10-9.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Trevor Luthart hurled Medina past Wilson this evening at Vets Park locking up outright possession of the Niagara-Orleans League championship for the Mustangs.

Locking up outright possession of the Niagara-Orleans League baseball championship, Medina posted a 12-0 victory over Wilson this evening in the third annual Evoy Memorial game at Vets Park.

Finishing the league campaign at 10-2, Medina captures the N-O crown for the first time since 2015 ending Roy-Hart’s three year reign.

In the first game of the Evoy doubleheader, Albion defeated Pembroke 17-1.

The contests are held in memory of Jeff Evoy, who during his career as an educator including serving as a teacher, coach and administrator, served the communities of Albion, Pembroke and Medina. He passed away in 2016 while serving as Medina School District Superintendent.

Corey Saj bangs out a single driving in Medina’s first run. The Wilson catcher is Steven Frerichs.

Trevor Luthart picked up the win on the mound for the Mustangs hurling a three hit shutout with 10 strikeouts over the first six innings. Chris Goyette came on to pitch the seventh inning giving up one hit and striking out two.

Medina grabbed an early 3-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Corey Saj, an error and a double steal play. A one out walk and a bunt single by Luthart set up the opportunity.

The Mustangs doubled their lead to 6-0 in the fourth inning on a fielders choice play off the bat of Luthart, another double steal play and an error. A double by Joe Cecchini and a single by Zach Fike set up the threat.

In all Medina scored three times in four different innings.

An RBI sacrifice fly by Goyette, a run producing triple by Fike and an RBI single by Luthart made it 9-0 in the fifth frame.

A two-run single by Goyette and an RBI sacrifice fly by Cecchini rounded out the dozen run scoring parade for the Mustangs in the sixth. A single by Brian Fry, a hit batter an a walk loaded the bases setting up the opportunity.

Wilson is now 5-5 in N-O action.

Albion 17, Pembroke 1
Albion erupted for six runs in the first inning highlighted by a three-run triple by Bryce Pritchard, and seven more in the third, which featured a two-run double by Thomas Furmanski, to key the win over Pembroke.

Pritchard and Liam Ward both finished with 3 hits as Furmanski, Isaiah Callicutt and Ryan Krenning each had 2. Callicutt’s hits included a triple and Ward a pair of doubles.

Newfane 5, Wilson 4  (10 innings)

In the final game of the day, Newfane (3-7) nipped rival Wilson (5-6) in 10 innings as the Panthers winning tally came home on an error.

David Bunn picked up the win on the mound in relief of Tyler Oudette.  He had 12 strikeouts. At the plate, Bunn was 3-4 with 2 doubles. Matt DiTullio had two hits and Garrett Srock hit a double.

Mrs. Maureen Evoy and her children, Kelsey and Sean, show the autographed balls they were presented by the players prior to the start of the game.

Medina’s Brian Fry gets tagged on a double steal play which produced a run for the Mustangs. Wilson’s Jake Miller applies the tag as Declan Faery and Michael Miller back up the play.

Kendall split with host Byron-Bergen today in a Genesee Region League baseball doubleheader.

Kendall won the opener 11-0 in five innings and Byron-Bergen took the second contest 7-6 in nine innings.

Mickey Gardner hit a three run homer in the fourth inning and Mason Kuhn had a pair of hits for Kendall in the opener.

John Rath picked up the win on the mound allowing 2 hits and striking out 2.

In the second game, Kendall rallied into a 5-5 tie in the top of the seventh inning on a two run single by Rath.

The Eagles then took a 6-5 lead in the top of the ninth as Brian Shaw doubled and came home on an error.

However, Byron-Bergen pulled out the win by scoring twice in the bottom of the ninth on two singles and a double by Nick Baubie.

Earlier in the game, Kendall took a 3-2 lead on a two-run double by Hunter Menze in the fourth inning.

Kendall next visits Lyndonville at 3 p.m. Sunday to complete a suspended contest.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Michael DiCureia slides into third base as Roy-Hart’s Karl Darling awaits the ball. The action took place during the Purple Eagles win over the Rams this afternoon at Vets Park.

One big scoring inning combined with steady pitching and defense earned Albion a key 4-2 victory over defending champion Roy-Hart at Vets Park this afternoon clinching at least a tie for the Niagara-Orleans League baseball title for Medina.

The loss drops Roy-Hart to 8-3 and a game behind front-running Medina (9-2) with one game remaining for each team on the N-O schedule. Medina can now lockup outright possession of the title with a win over Wilson at 5 this afternoon at Vets Park in the annual Jeff Evoy Memorial game.

The contest was the completion of a suspended game which was started Wedensday in Albion but halted in the bottom of the first inning due to rain and wet grounds.

Thomas Furmanski, who hurled a two hitter, delivers a pitch for Albion.

Trailing 2-0, Albion bunched all of its runs into a big four run fourth inning on back to back run producing triples by Bryce Pritchard and Michael DiCureia followed by an RBI single by Michael Harling and an RBI double by Isaiah Callicutt. A double by winning pitcher Thomas Furmanski ignited the uprising which also included a single by Ryan Krenning.

On the mound, Furmanski hurled a two hitter with 5 strikeouts.

Defensively, the Purple Eagles got a big game from DiCureia in rightfield who made a fine running catch to end the fifth inning stranding a Roy-Hart runner at third base and then a nifty diving catch to end the sixth inning.

Roy-Hart’s two runs came on a Charlie Bruning home run in the first inning on Wednesday before play was halted.

Roy-Hart, which defeated Akron (7-5) 10-0 earlier in the morning in a makeup game, will now need a win over Wilson on Monday combined with a Lakemen victory over the Mustangs this afternoon to claim a share of the N-O title.

Albion is now 6-5 in N-O action with a makeup game  against Newfane still to play on Monday.

Roy-Hart 10, Akron 0
A big five run third inning highlighted by a two-run single by Tom Russo III and RBI singles by Noah Hardy and Gavyn Boyle, keyed Roy-Hart to the win over Akron.

The Rams also got a solo home run by Bruning in the forth inning.

Hardy and winning pitcher Walker Samanka both finished with 3 hits as Bruning and Boyle each had 2.

On the mound, Samanka hurled a 3 hitter with 2 strikeouts over the first five innings. Charlie Brigham pitched the final two innings giving up no hits and striking out 2.

Akron finishes the N-O season at 7-5.

Roy-Hart’s Tom Russo III tags out Albion’s Ryan Krenning at second base.

Albion’s Ryan Krenning dives back to first base ahead of the throw to Roy-Hart’s Walker Samanka.

The third annual Jeff Evoy Memorial doubleheader will highlight a busy schedule of five baseball games at Medina’s Vets Park on Saturday.

The twin bill will have Albion vs. Pembroke at 2 p.m. foliowed by Wilson vs. Medina at 5 p.m.

The contests honor the memory of Jeff Evoy who  during his career as an educator, including as a coach, teacher and administrator, served the Albion, Pembroke and Medina communities. He passed away in 2016 while serving as Medina School District Superintendent. Proceeds will go to the Evoy Memorial Scholarship fund.

The Wilson vs. Medina game is a key one in the Niagara-Orleans League title race as the Mustangs need a win to clinch at least a tie for the title. The Mustangs are currently 9-2 in N-O action while the Lakemen are 5-4.

The other three N-O contests on tap will have Roy-Hart vs. Akron at 9 a.m., Roy-Hart vs. Albion at 11:30 a.m. and Newfane vs. Wilson at 7:30 p.m.

Defending champion Roy-Hart, which is currently at 7-2, needs a pair of wins over Akron and Albion to pull even with Medina at 9-2 atop the N-O standings heading into the Mustangs game against the Lakemen. Ironically, Roy-Hart’s remaining N-O contest will also be against Wilson on Monday.

Staying in the thick of the Niagara-Orleans League baseball title race, defending champion Roy-Hart swept a doubleheader from Barker this evening by scores of 7-0 and 16-1 to improve to 7-2.

Tom Russo III had a big three run double in the third inning and an RBI single in the sixth to key the Roy-Hart offense in the opener.

Karl Darling picked up the win on the mound allowing 1 hit with 8 strikeouts in four innings of work.

In the second game, Russo had a three-run double in the first inning and Gavyn Boyle a two-run triple in the second to help spark the Rams out to an early 7-0 lead.

Charlie Bruning later had an RBI triple and Boyle and RBI double to highlight a six run fourth inning.

Roy-Hart now faces a key doubleheader on Saturday at Medina’s Vets Park taking on Akron at 9 a.m. and Albion at 11:30 a.m.

Newfane 7, Albion 2
Albion managed only three hits in the 7-2 loss at Newfane.

Thomas Furmanski had  two hits and drove in both of the Purple Eagles runs in the top of the third inning for a brief 2-0 lead.

Garrett Srock picked up the win on the mound for Newfane striking out 8. He also had three hits including a double.

Cade Littman also had 3 hits including a pair of doubles, for the Panthers as Tyler Oudette and Hunter Jurek each chipped in with a pair of hits and Caden Gibson a double.

Alexander 5, Holley 4
Alexander edged past Holley 5-4 in a Genesee Region League game played at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown.

Avenging their only loss to date, Lyndonville edged past host Notre Dame 8-7 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League softball game.

A two-run triple by Alecia Hinksno in the sixth inning provided the margin of victory for Lyndonville which lost to Notre Dame 21-8 early in the season.

Earlier in the game, the Lady Tigers scored twice in the fourth inning as Hinkson doubled and Lorelei Dillenbeck singled and then three times in the fifth on a two-run single by Hinkson and a fielders choice play off the bat of Chloe Stinson.

Stacy Buckland picked up the win in relief in the circle allowing only two runs over the final four innings.

Lyndonville, which is now 8-1 in the league and 10-1 overall, will next face Byron-Bergen and Attica in a doubleheader on Saturday at Bergen beginning at 1 p.m. Then on Sunday the Lady Tigers will host Alexander at 2 p.m.

In other G-R action, Alexander blanked Holley 18-0 and Elba defeated Kendall 11-6.

Roy-Hart 18, Barker 1
Defending champion Roy-Hart improved to 11-0 in Niagara-Orleans League competition with an 18-1 win over Barker.

Reanna Perkins had 4 hits, including a home run and 4 RBIs, and Jayden Townsend 3 hits to lead the Lady Rams attack.

Sam Choate picked up the win in the circle registering 8 strikeouts.

Roy-Hart will close out the N-O season at Wilson on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Wilson 17, Albion 8
Wilson bested Albion 17-8 to go to 6-3 in N-O action as Emilee Muoio banged out a double and triple.

Brylie Hapeman had 3 hits and Aly Knaak 2 for Albion which slips to 3-8.

Akron 7, Newfane 2
Akron (5-3) downed Newfane (0-8) 7-2 as Darion Jonathan banged out a pair of triples and Jenelle Kieffer struck out 11 in the circle.