Staying perfect at 11-0, Akron defeated visiting Medina 3-2 1/2 this afternoon to lock up a second straight Niagara-Orleans League tennis championship.

Nate Chubb, Will Chubb and Morgan Wdowka scored singles win to earn the victory for the Tigers.

Medina took the three doubles matches on wins by the duos of Andrew Houseman-Jonathan Pietrafesa, Ben Zakes-Isaac Pace and Mark Barcena-Carther Green.

Medina is now 7-2.

Roy-Hart bested  Wilson 4 1/2-1 leaving both teams at 6-4 in N-O action.

Collin Dodge won at second singles and Michael Kuchey at third singles for Roy-Hart.

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

Wilson’s Joey Moote won at first singles.

Lyndonville nipped Byron-Bergen 7-6 and Kendall upended Oakfield-Alabama 10-6 in Genesee Region League baseball contests this afternoon.

Lyndonville erupted for five quick runs in the first inning on a two-run double by Rolland Balcerzak, an RBI double by Casey Winiecki and RBI singles by Noah Heinsler and Oskar Heinsler.

However, the game winner didn’t come until the sixth inning for the Tigers as Nathan Dillenbeck singled and came home on a triple by Zach Johnson.

Dillenbeck had a total of 3 hits as Winiecki and Oskar Heinsler both had 2.

Byron-Bergen scored once in the seventh and still had a runner on third before the Tigers closed out the win on a strikeout by Balcerzak.

Lyndonville is now 9-0 in the league and 10-0 overall.

Kendall 10,  Oakfield-Alabama 6
Trailing 6-5, Kendall rallied for three runs in the fourth inning on two walks and a rash of errors and two more in the fifth as Mason Kuhn had a big double to key the win over Oakfield-Alabama.

Kuhn, Hunter Menze, Brian Shaw, Mickey Gardner and Emmett Blosenhauer each had a pair of hits for the Eagles.

Kuhn pitched the first five innings and Gardner hurled the final two.

G-R Softball

Pembroke defeated Holley 20-1 and Wheatland-Chili downed Kenda11 8-5 in G-R softball action this afternoon.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Alex Gibson dives back to first base as Akron’s Jacob Mazza awaits the throw. The action took place during the Purple Eagles loss to the visiting Tigers this afternoon.

Building up an early 6-0 lead, Akron went on to thump host Albion 19-4 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Akron scored twice in each of the first three innings to take the 6-0 lead as Adam Mietz, Brandon Orr, David Kalinowski and Nick Pietrowski all banged out run producing hits during that stretch.

Albion did cut the deficit to 6-4 by scoring four times in the fifth inning on a two-run double by Bryce Pritchard, and RBI single by Rylend Callicutt and a fielders choice play off the bat of Liam Ward.

However, the Purple Eagles would get no closer as the Tigers answered right back with a huge  8 run sixth inning scoring burst to break the contest wide open. A two-run double by Pietrowski along with RBI doubles by Orr and Mietz highlighted that uprising which upped the lead to 14-4.

Orr finished with a total of 4 hits and Mietz 3.

Thomas Furmanski and Michael DiCureia both had 2 for Albion.

Mitchell Holtz went the distance on the mound for the Tigers allowing 7 hits and striking out 7.

Akron is now 4-3 and Albion 3-4 in N-O action.

Wilson 15, Barker 2
Wilson improved to 4-2 in the league by downing Barker 15-2 as Ian Evans hurled a no hitter with 11 strikeouts over the first five innings..

Steve Frerichs, Bobby Atlas and Thomas Baia each banged out 3 hits for the Lakemen.

The Medna/Lyndonville United U12 soccer team dropped a narrow 5-4 decision to the Niagara Wolfpack Tuesday in the season opener.

Cole Callard and Vinny Gray each scored two goals to lead the ML United offense while Luke Duffina had a strong effort on defense.

Holley defeated Pembroke 4-1 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League tennis match.

Holley swept the three singles matches with victories by Aaron Strathearn, Cheyan Palmer and Kristina Yaroshchuk.

The Hawks also got a win at second doubles from the duo of Eli Bibby and Cora Bennage.

Moving on top in the second period, Gananda went on to defeat visiting Medina 7-4 this afternoon in a non league lacrosse game.

Chase Prest, Cayden Lilleby, Cooper Fearby and Chrisitan Silversmith each scored a goal for Medina.

The Mustangs led 1-0 after one period but trailed 4-1 at the half and 6-3 at the three-quarter mark.

Now at 4-8 overall, Medina next visas Gowanda on Wednesday for a Class D Division game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Bri Haines soars to a win in the pole vault during this afternoon’s meet at Roy-Hart with a school record vault of 9-3.

Remaining undefeated at 5-0, Albion defeated host Roy-Hart 82-41 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League boys track meet.

Tre Yaskulski doubled in the 110 Hurdles and Triple Jump and Nate Moore in the High Jump and Long Jump for Albion which also got individual event wins from Ozzie Matos (400), Kyle Pappalardo (800), Sam Sanchez (200), Ugene Harrison (100) and Malachi Sugar (Pole Vault).

Ozzy Moore doubled in the 1600 and 3200 and Will Rickard took the 400 Hurdles for Roy-Hart which finishes the dual meet portion of the N-O season at 3-3.

Roy-Hart did gain a split on the day by downing Albion 71-52 in the girls meet to go to 3-3.

Anna Rickard doubled in the 1500 and 3000 and Nadia White in the 400 and Triple Jump for Roy-Hart as Bri Meaney took the 400 Hurdles and Kali Scharping the High Jump with a new school record leap of 5-3.

Honesty Little was a double winner in the 100 Hurdles and Long Jump for Albion as Claire Squicciarini took the 100, Abby Scanlan the 200, Emma Mathes the 800 and Bri Haines the Pole Vault in a school record vault of 9-3.

Medina splits with Akron
The Medina boys defeated host Akron 77-55 as Trenton Crews doubled in the 110 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles and Caelan Holland in the 1600 and 800. The Mustangs also had Cameron Castanon win the 3200, Lincoln Pace the Shotput, Christian Drisdom the High Jump and Jarin Rhim the Long Jump.

The undefeated (4-0) Akron girls downed Medina 104-37.

Lauren Wagner doubled in the 800 and 1500 and Haley Hall in the 100 Hurdles and 100 for Akron.

Medina had a double winner in Olivia Carter who took the High Jump and Long Jump.

Newfane and Barker split

The Barker boys (3-2) nipped Newfane (2-2) 71-70 as Jacob Cirillo doubled in the 400 Hurdles and Pole Vault.

Reese Casinelli won the 100, 200 and 400 and Tyler Catrell took the Long Jump and Triple Jump.

The undefeated (4-0) Newfane girls downed Barker (2-3) 109-27 as Gina Shorter doubled in the 100 and 200, Kim Goerss in the 400 Hurdles and 3000 and Mel Myer in the Long Jump and Triple Jump.

Shelby Ewald doubled for Barker in the Shotput and Discus.

Diamond postponements
Morning rain caused the postponement of today’s schedule of the Kendall vs. Lyndonville, Barker vs. Albion and Roy-Hart vs. Akron baseball games as well as the Lyndonville vs. Byron-Bergen, Albion vs. Newfane and Akron vs. Barker softball contests. The Medina at Albion tennis match was also postponed.

Albion’s Ugene Harrison leads Roy-Hart’s Eli Ostrander and his Purple Eagles teammate Kendyll Hadick to the finish line in the 100.

Roy-Hart’s Jay Heideman takes the handoff from Ozzy Moore during the 3200 Relay.

Roy-Hart’s Jacob Fritton competes in the High Jump.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina shortstop Brian Fry turns a key double play by getting Albion’s Isaiah Callicutt out at second. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the Purple Eagles at Vets Park this evening.

Front-running Medina maintained a one game lead in the Niagra-Orleans League baseball title race by edging past rival Albion 3-1 this evening at Vets Park.

Trailing 1-0, Medina pulled even in the third inning on a double steal play after a single by Nate Sherman and an error set up the opportunity.

The Mustangs then took the lead for good by scoring twice in the fourth frame on a wild pitch and an error after a walk and a double by Zach Fike .

Albion’s lone run came in the second inning as Isaiah Callicutt singled and scored on a passed ball.

The Purple Eagles did get the first two runners aboard in the fourth inning on singles by Liam Ward and Callicutt but Medina got out of the jam as the Mustangs defense turned a clutch 4-6-3 double play from AJ Seefeldt to Brian Fry to Fike.

Trevor Luthart picked up the win on the mound for Medina scattering 5 hits and striking out 8.

Thomas Furmanski likewise pitched the entire game for Albion giving up 6 hits and striking out 8.

Fike and Seefeldt both had a pair of hits for Medina as did Callicutt and Ward for Albion.

The Mustangs improve to 7-1 in N-O competition while the Purple Eagles slips to 3-3.

Roy-Hart sweeps Newfane
Defending champion Roy-Hart scored a pair of shutout wins over visiting Newfane by scores of 3-0 and 6-0 to improve to 4-2.

Charlie Bruning picked up the win on the mound for the Rams in the opener giving up 4 hits and striking out 10.

The Rams scored once in the second inning on an error and twice in the sixth on RBI singles by Hunter Babel and Walker Samanka as a single by Bruning and sacrifice by Gavyn Boyle set up the threat.

Charlie Brigham then hurled a 2 hitter with 5 strikeouts for the Rams in the nightcap. He also helped himself out at the plate by banging out a two-run single to highlight a three run second inning uprising.

The Rams also scored three times in the fifth as Babel had an RBI single.

In the other N-O contest, Akron (3-3) downed Barker (0-6) 14-4.

Albion’s Bryce Pritchard tags out Medina’s Brian Fry at second base.

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Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Morgan Allis reaches second base before Albion’s Paige Derisley can apply the tag. The action took place during Medina’s 7-4 win over host Albion this afternoon.

A big first inning scoring burst keyed Medina to a 7-4 win over host Albion this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game.

Medina erupted for six runs in the decisive opening frame as hits by Abi Neuman and Cora Payne both drove in a pair of runs while base raps by Paige Adkins and Brooklyn Brown each plated one.

Albion did battle back scoring twice in the fifth on a double by Leah Pritchard and a single by Ryan Olles, once in the sixth on an error and once in the seventh on a triple by Brylie Hapeman but could get no closer than the final margin of 7-4.

Brown had three hits on the day for Medina and Hapeman two for Albion.

Lacey Kenward picked up the win in the circle for Medina scattering 7 hits and striking out 5.

Medina is now 5-2 in the league and Albion 1-5.

In the other N-O games, front-running Roy-Hart (7-0) defeated Newfane (0-4) 29-1 by banging out 25 hits and Akron (3-2) downed Barker (1-5) 14-11.

In  Genesee Region League action, Lyndonville blanked Holley 21-0 as Lorelei Dillenbeck hurled a two hitter with 4 strikeouts.

Lyndonville improves to 4-1 in the league and 6-1 overall.

In one other G-R contest, Attica defeated Kendall 16-3.

Albion’s Aly Knaak makes the tag at third base on Medina’s Brooklyn Brown who tried to stretch a double into a triple.