Medina defeated Barker 22-7 at Vets Park and Roy-Hart scored a raining 13-2 win over host Albion in Niagara-Orleans League softball action this afternoon.

Trailing 5-3, Medina rallied into the lead for good by scoring 13 runs in the fourth inning highlighted by two doubles by Lacey Kenward and one by Cora Payne.

Paige Adkins and Brooklyn Brown both had triples on the day for Medina.

Medina is now 7-3 and Barker 1-7.

Maddie Fry, Mallory Steiner, Ashley Hill and Sam Choate each had two hits for Roy-hart which broke away from a close 3-2 game by scoring four times in the fourth inning.

Reanna Perkins earned the win in the circle allowing 1 hit with 2 strikeouts in five innings of work.

Roy-hart stays unbeaten at 9-0 and Albion slips to 1-7.

Jumping out to a 4-0 first quarter lead, Medina went on to defeat host Lockport 12-2 this afternoon in a rainy regular season ending non league lacrosse game.

Christian Silversmith and Tommy Vasquez both scored a pair of goals in the opening period for Medina which went on to hold leads of 7-1 at the half and 9-1 after three quarters.

Vasquez finished with 4 goals as Christian Silversmith and Chaise Prest both had 3 and Mitchell Silversmith and Daniel Mandujuano each chipped in with 1.

The Mustangs finish the regular season with a 6-10 overall record.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Vincent Zona tries to bang out a hit in the heavy rain.

A heavy late afternoon rain came at just the wrong time causing the suspension of the Roy-Hart at Albion Niagara-Orleans League baseball game and the Kendall at Lyndonville Genesee Region League contest.

Kendall’s Brian Shaw bangs out a first inning single.

Roy-Hart had grabbed a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a home run by Charlie Bruning but play was halted in the bottom of the frame due to the rain and field conditions.

The contest is scheduled to be resumed at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Medina’s Vets Park.

Lyndonville held a 5-2 lead over Kendall when play was suspended in the bottom of the second inning.

Kendall had grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on a two-run single by Hunter Menze but Lyndonville answered back with five runs on two-run singles by Rolland Balcerzak and Casey Winiecki and a bases loaded walk.

The Kendall at Lyndonville softball, which was scheduled for a pair of five inning games, was also suspended early in the first contest.

Lyndonville’s Noah Heinsler tags out Kendall’s Mickey Gardner at third base.

Roy-Hart’s Charlie Brigham dives back into first base as Albion’s Isaiah Callicutt awaits the throw.

The Medina Unified Basketball team defeated Akron 40-23 on Tuesday to improve to 1-2 on the season.

Jackson Tuohey scored 12 points, Lincoln Pace 8, Andrew Owens 7, David Wiley 6,  Steven Secore 3  and Josh Calus 2.

Medina jumped out to a 15-6 first quarter lead as  Wiley scored 6.

The Mustangs maintained lead of 21-13 at the half and 30-19 after three-quarters. Owens scored 5 in the third.

Medina next hosts Pioneer at 5 p.m. Friday.

Medina defeated Albion and Roy-Hart downed Wilson by the identical score of 4 1/2-1 this afternoon to close out the Niagara-Orleans League tennis season.

Medina finishes the season at 9-3, Roy-Hart 8-4, Wilson 6-6 and Albion 3-9.

Ray Paull won at first singles and Kody Leno at third singles for Medina which also swept the three doubles matches on wins by the duos of Andrew Houseman-Jonathan Pietrafesa, Isaac Pace-Ben Zakes and Carter Green-Mark Barcena.

Carson Bader won at second singles for Albion.

Collin Dodge won at second singles and Dominic Pericciny at third singles for Roy-Hart.

The Rams also swept the doubles matches with wins by the teams of Michael and Jason Kuchey, Aspen Moore-Kayla Hagen and Mason Collins-Isabel Keirn.

Joey Moote won at first singles for Wilson.

In a Genesee Region League match, Alexander edged Kendall 3-2.

Nate Warters won at first singles and Ryan Barrett at second singles for Kendall.

Inching closer to locking up the title, Medina bested Akron 11-4 in a rainy Niagara-Orleans League baseball game at Vets Park this evening.

The victory boosts Medina’s N-O leading record to 8-2 with just two games remaining, against Barker on Wednesday and Wilson on Saturday, both at Vets Park. The loss drops Akron to 5-4 and into third place behind defending champion Roy-Hart and Wilson, both at 5-2.

Medina jumped out to a 4-0 lead by scoring one in the second inning on a fielders choice play off the bat of Xander Payne, once in the third on an error and twice in the fourth on an error and an RBI single by AJ Seefeldt,

Akron though battled back to briefly knot the contest at 4-4 by tallying four times in the fifth on an RBI single by David Kalinowski and three wild pitches.

However, Medina answered the challenge by scoring three times in the sixth on an RBI single by Chris Goyette and two wild pitches to regain the lead for good at 7-4.

The Mustangs then put a lock on the victory by scoring four times in the top of the seventh on an RBI single by Corey Saj, two bases loaded walks and a wild pitch.

It was Akron’s home game but was moved to Vets due to wet field conditions at Akron.

The Albion vs. Newfane and Roy-Hart vs. Barker games were both postponed due to the rainy weather.

Medina will host Barker at 7 p.m. Wednesday in what will be the Raiders home game. The other games will have Roy-Hart at Albion and Akron at Wilson.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Jamie Bower banged out two home runs and an RBI triple during the Lady Rams win over Medina at Vets Park this afternoon.

Defending champion Roy-Hart maintained a two game league lead by downing Medina 13-5 this afternoon in a key Niagara-Orleans softball game at Vets Park.

Roy-Hart stays unbeaten in N-O action at 8-0 while Medina slips three games off the pace at 6-3. Wilson at 5-2 and Akron at 4-2 are two games off the pace in the all important loss column.

Leading 1-0, Roy-Hart began to pull away by scoring three times in the third inning on an RBI triple by Jamie Bower and run producing singles by winning pitcher Mallory Steiner and Ashley Hill.

The Lady Rams then broke the contest open by erupting for seven runs in the fourth frame highlighted by a two-run home run by Bower and a solo homer by Steiner. Lexie Lovewell also banged out a two-run single and Shelby Wolf an RBI single. A single by Jayden Townsend and a double by Sam Choate set up the uprising.

Bower also belted another two-run home in the fifth inning following a double by Wolf.

Bower and Townsend both finished with 3 hits as Maddie Fry, Steiner, Hill and Wolf each had 2.

Ashlee Howell and Morgan Allis both had 3 hits for Medina as Lacey Kenward and Paige Adkins both had 2.

Morgan’s hits included a three-run triple which highlighted a four run fifth inning. Kenward’s hits included an RBI double in the sixth.

Rain washed out the Newfane at Albion doubleheader.

Medina’s Cora Payne tags out Roy-Hart’s Shelby Wolf at home plate.

The Medina-Lyndonville United U12 soccer team dropped a rain soaked 6-3 decision to the Wilson Storm on Monday evening.

Cole Callard and Vinny Gray led the offensive assault with Gray knocking in 2 goals and Callard driving in 1.

United also had strong offensive play by Riley Tompkins and a heroic effort in goal by Camden Fike who made many diving saves and put his body on the line to stop the offensive attack.

Contributed Photo – Brandon Grzywacz

Brandon Grzywacz, a member of Shelridge Country Club, won the WNYPGA Western New York Open today at Stafford Country Club.

Grzywacz, who is the first amateur to win the event, shot an even par round of 72 to win by a stroke over Taylor Page, a teaching pro at Pennfair.

Grzywacz shot 35 over the first nine holes and 37 over the second nine.

Unable to keep the momentum from a fast start the Medina lacrosse squad dropped a 17-10 decision to host Akron this afternoon in the Class D Division regular season finale.

Medina jumped out to a 3-0 lead at the outset on goals by Tommy Vasquez, Chaise Prest and Mitchell Silversmith.

However, Akron answered back with a 6-1 scoring edge to close the period and rally into the lead for good at 6-4.

The Tigers went on to maintain leads of 10-7 at the half and 12-8 after three quarters.

Vasquez, Prest and Mitchell Silversmith each finished with 2 goals as Cooper Fearby, Mark Reigle, Cayden Lilleby and Christian Silversmith each chipped in with 1.

Akron finishes the Class D Division season at 6-2 and Medina at 4-4.

The Mustangs will close out the regular season with a non league game at Lockport at 5 p.m. Wednesday.