Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Camri King belted a home run during Medina’s win over rival Albion at Vets Park this afternoon.

Breaking away from a close game, Medina used two big late inning scoring bursts to lock up a 15-0 victory over visiting rival Albion this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League softball contest at Vets Park.

Leading 3-0, Medina erupted for five runs in the fifth inning highlighted by a three-run double by Ashlee Howell.

Cora Payne picked up the win in the circle for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs then put a lock on the win by exploding for seven runs in the sixth frame as Brandi Guild and Lacey Kenward both had doubles and Morgan Allis a triple.

Earlier, Medina scored once in the first on a sacrifice fly by Kenward and twice in the third on a two-run home run by Camri King.

Howell finished with 5 hits as Guild and King both had 3.

Cora Payne picked up the win in the circle for the Mustangs allowing 2 hits and striking out 7.

Kendall Derisley had both of Albion’s hits.

Medina is now 1-0 and Albion 1-1 in N-O action.

The other two scheduled N-O games, Roy-Hart vs. Newfane and Barker vs. Akron were both postponed as was the Lyndonville at Elba Genesee Region League contest.

In a non league game, Kendall defeated Monroe 14-1.

Brylie Hapeman makes contact at the plate for Albion.

Exploding out to a 9-1 first quarter lead, Medina went on to defeat visiting Gowanda 16-3 this afternoon in a Class D Division lacrosse game.

Chaise Prest scored 3 goals, Christian Silversmith, Tom Vasquez and Jacob McEwen 2 and Mitchell Silversmith 1 for Medina in the decisive opening period.

The Mustangs went on to lead by margins of 14-2 and the half and 15-3 at the three-quarter mark.

Christian Silversmith finished with 4 goals, Prest 3, Vasquez, Mitchell Silversmith, McEwen and Mark Reigle 2 and Zach Blount 1.

Now at 2-1 in the division and 3-4 overall, Medina next visits division leading Salamanca at 5:30 p.m. Friday.

Photos by Tom Rivers: Angel Rosario, left, hands off the baton to Kyle Pappalardo, who was the anchor of Albion’s winning 4 by 800 relay. Don Adams, right, calls off the times for the runners.

Will Schwarzmueller took first for Wilson in the 1600 and 3200.

Opening the Niagara-Orleans League track season on a high note Albion swept past visiting Wilson this afternoon winning the boys’ meet 108-33 and the girls’ competition 87-50.

Tre Yaskulski was a triple winner in the 110 Hurdles, High Jump and Triple Jump for the Albion boys which also got wins from Bril Johnson (100), Sam Sanchez (400), Ugene Harrison (200), Chase Carleton (Pole Vault), Payton Lake (Long Jump), Kirk Ellison (Shotput) and Nick Perry (Discus).

Will Schwarzmueller was a double winner for Wilson in the 1600 and 3200.

Kirsten Struble doubled in the 200 and 400 for the Albion girls which also got wins from Claire Squicciarini (100), Olivia Krenning (1500), Emma Mathes (800), Bri Haines (Pole Vault) and Phontasia Blackmon (Shotput).

Skylar Munnikhuysen was a triple winner for Wilson in the Long Jump, High Jump and Triple Jump.

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Improving to 2-1, Albion shutout host Barker 5 1/2-0 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match.

The Purple Eagles got wins from the singles trio of Matt Kovaleski, Carson Bader and Josh Riley and from the doubles teams of Matt Rowcliffe-Chase Froman, Katelynn Spierdowis-Andrew Caldwell and Josh DePoty-Zack Kilner.

Defending champion Akron stayed perfect at 4-0 by downing Wilson 5-1/2 as Nate Chubb, Will Chubb and Morgan Wdowka all scored singles wins for the Tigers.

In an N-O makeup match, Roy-Hart defeated Newfane 4 1/2-1.

Collin Dodge won at second singles and Dom Pericciny at third singles for Roy-Hart which also swept the three doubles matches with the duos of Michael and Jason Kuchey, Aspen Moore-Kayla Hagen and Jordyn Bobzein-Evan Dodge.

James Leibring won at first singles for Newfane.

In a Genesee Region League match, Attica defeated Holley 4-1. Cheyan Palmer won at second singles for the Hawks.

N-O Track
Barker, Akron split
The Barker boys defeated visiting Akron 75-66 to improve to 2-0 while the Akron girls claimed an 89-52 victory over the Lady Raiders.

Josh Weakland doubled in the 110 Hurdles and 100 and Steve Class in the 3200 and High Jump for the Barker boys as did Brice McClaine in the 400 and Triple Jump for Akron..

Hailey Hall was a triple winner in the 100 Hurdles, 100 and 200 for the Akron girls as Kayla Murray doubled in the 1500 and 3000.

Shelby Ewald doubled for Barker in the Shotput and Discus

Newfane downs Roy-Hart
Host Newfane swept Roy-Hart 86-55 in the boys’ meet and 103-41 in the girls competition.

Newfane had a pair of triple winners in Reese Cassinelli (110 Hurdles, 400 hurdles, 200) and Kim Goerss (800, 1500, 3000).

Ozzy Moore was a double winner in the 1600 and 3200 for the Roy-Hart boys which also had Jacob Fritten win the Pole Vault, Ethan Lindke the Triple Jump, Will Rickard the High Jump and Mark Sanders the 100.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Zach Johnson bangs out a hit during the Tigers win over visiting Notre Dame this afternoon.

Lyndonville pushed across a run in the bottom of the sixth inning to edge past visiting Notre Dame 9-8 this afternoon in a wind swept Genesee Region League baseball opener.

Snapping an 8-8 tie, Lyndonville scored the game winner on a fielders choice play off the bat of Matt Hess. An error, a walk and a single by Devin Rounds loaded the bases to set up the threat.

Lyndonville pitcher Zach Johnson then locked up the win by retiring Notre Dame in order in the top of the seventh on an infield grounder and two strikeouts.

Notre Dame did grab a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first on two errors, a walk and a wild pitch.

Lyndonville though answered back with four runs in the second on an error, and RBI single by Hess and a two-run double by Kane Flynn to take a 4-1 lead. A single by Noah Heinsler ignited the uprising.

However, Notre Dame regained the lead at 6-4 by scoring twice in the third on a wild pitch and a walk and three times in the fourth on a double by Zach Cocking and two fielders choice plays.

The sea-saw battle continued as Lyndonville regained an 8-6 lead by scoring four times in the fifth on a double by Noah Heinsler, a bases loaded walk, a fielders choice play off the bat of Casey Winiecki and a wild pitch. A double by Johnson ignited the rally.

The Irish though pulled even one last time at 8-8 by scoring twice in the top of the sixth on an error.

That set the stage for the Tigers decisive tally in the home half of the sixth off the bat of Hess.

Noah Heinsler and Flynn both had a pair of hits on the day for the Tigers as did Cocking for the Irish.

Johnson pitched the first three innings striking out 9 and allowing 1 hit.  He then came back on to hurl the final inning and two-thirds with 3 more strikeouts and no hits.

Lyndonville next visits Oakfield-Alabama on Thursday.

In other G-R action, Oakfield-Alabama defeated Kendall 12-2 and Byron-Bergen downed Holley 8-3.

Softball

Oakfield-Alabama blanked Holley 11-0 and Notre Dame downed Kendall 24-9 in G-R softball action.

In a Niagara-Orleans League game, Wilson downed Barker 14-10.

Defending champion Roy-Hart defeated Akron 14-5 and Albion downed Barker 11-4 in Niagara-Orleans League softball openers this afternoon.

Leading 4-0, Roy-Hart broke the game wide open by erupting for 10 runs in the fifth inning highlighted by a grand slam home run by Maddie Fry.

Fry had 4 hits on the day and winning pitcher Sam Choate 3. In the circle, Choate struck out 7.

Leading by a narrow 4-3 margin, Albion put together a big seven run sixth inning scoring burst to lock up the win over Barker.  Aly Knaak had a two-run double and Bryne Dysard an RBI single to highlight that error filled inning.

Knaak and Dysard both had 2 hits on the day.

Depew 6, Medina 5 (8)
In a non league game, Depew nipped visiting Median 6-5 in 8 innings.

Medina tied the game at 5-5 in the fifth inning on a two-run double by Abi Neuman.

Lacey Kenward also had a double and triple for Medina which next hosts Albion on Wednesday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman Lyndonvlle’s Gracie Johnson slides into third base during the host Lady Tigers loss to Notre Dame this afternoon. The Notre Dame third baseman is Audrey Farrell.

A big error aided first inning scoring burst sparked Notre Dame to a 21-8 win over host Lyndonville this afternoon in a Genesee Region League softball lame.

Five errors and a two-run single by Callie McCulley highlighted the decisive opening inning surge which vaulted the Irish out to a quick 6-0 lead.

Notre Dame later put a lock on the win by exploding for 10 runs in the fifth inning to open up a 19-4 lead as Emma Finch had a two-run double and Abby Pingrey a two-run single.

Audrey Farrell finished with 4 hits, including a triple, and Montana Weidman 3 for the Irish.

Gracie Johnson had 3 hits and Natalie Ostrowski 2 for Lyndonville which is now 1-1 in the league.

In another G-R game, Pembroke defeated Holley 10-1.

Medina defeated visiting Newfane 5-1/2 and defending champion Akron downed Albion 4 1/2-1 this afternoon in Niagara-Orleans League tennis action.

Ray Paull, Haylee Seeefeldt and Andrew Houseman all scored singles wins for Medina which also got doubles victories from the teams of Kody Lenno-Jonathan Pietrafesa and Carter Green-Ben Zakes.

Medina is now 2-0 and Newfane 0-1.

A sweep of the three singles matches by Nate Chubb, Will Chubb and Morgan Wdowka sparked Akron past Albion.

Albion took the second doubles with Andrew Caldwell and Katelynn Spierdowis.

Akron is now 3-0 and Albion 1-1.

In the Genesee Region League, Byron-Bergen defeated Holley 4-1. The Hawks lone point was earned by the doubles team of Erik Balys and Kory Puente

Roy-Hart opened defense of its Niagara-Orleans League baseball title with a 3-0 victory over Akron this afternoon.

In the other openers Albion defeated host Barker 13-3 and Medina downed host Newfane 13-1.

Charlie Bruning hurled a one hitter with 12 strikeouts for the Rams.

Roy-Hart scored once in the second inning on a single by Tom Russo and twice in the third on a single by Walker Samanka and a wild pitch.

Albion 13, Barker 3
Liam Ward and Bryce Pritchard both had 3 hits and Thomas Furmanski, Michael DiCureia, Vincent Zona and Isaiah Callicutt 2 each to lead the Albion attack in the 13-3 win at Barker.

Trailing 1-0, Albion took the lead for good by scoring five times in the fifth inning on RBI triples by Furmanski and Ward and run producing singles by DiCureia, Addison Christ and Zona.

Pritchard, Christ andy Ryland Callicutt shared in hurling a three hitter for the Purple Eagles.

Medina 13, Newfane 1
Chris Goyette had 3 hits and AJ Seefeldt and Joe Cecchini 2 to spark the offense for Medina in the 13-1 win at Newfane.

Seefeldt’s hits included a two-run double in the first inning which helped spark the Mustangs out to a quick 3-0 lead.

Trevor Luthart picked up the win on the mound allowing 2 hits and striking out 9 over the first five innings.

Medina next visits Albion on Wednesday.

Lacrosse
Pal-Mac 18, Medina 1
Pal-Mac defeated visiting Medina 18-1 in a non league lacrosse game today as Cayden Lilleby netted the Mustangs lone goal.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Veteran members of the Albion boys track team include, in front, Angel Rosario, Ugene Harrison, Briliance Johnson, Kevin Hllman and Chase Carleton. In back are Dominic Burton, Anthony Freeman, Nick Perry, Payton Lake, Kirk Ellison and Nate Moore.

Large veteran contingents anchor the lineups for both the Albion boys and girls track  teams which begin Niagara-Orleans League competition at home on Wednesday against Wilson.

Seniors Nate Moore, who won the Long Jump at last year’s N-O All-League meet, Tre Yaskulski, who captured the 110 Hurdles, and Kirk Ellison, who won the Shotput, along with juniors Briliance Johnson (2nd in 100), Nick Perry (2nd in Discus) and Sam Sanchez (3rd in 400) head the Purple Eagles key contingent also includes seniors Ugene Harrison and Payton Lake along with juniors Dominic Burton, Chase Carleton, Kevin Hillman, Angel Rosario, sophomore Anthony Freeman and freshman Reuben Rivers.

Anchoring the lineup for the Albion girls squad will be seniors Emma Mathes, Malory Adams and Kirsten Struble along with juniors Sophia Zambito and Ashlyn LeBaron, sophomores Alanna Holman, Claire Squicciarini and Honesty Little and freshman Brie Haines and Abby Scanlan. At the All-League meet, Holman won the 3000 and placed second in the 1500, Haines won the Pole Vault, Holman won the 3000 and placed second in the 1500 and Struble took third in the 400.

The Albion boys went 5-1 in N-O competition last spring and the girls 1-5.

Schedule
(Meets at 4:30 p.m.)
April: 10 – Wilson, 18 – Akron, 30 – Medina
May: 2 – Newfane, 7 – at Roy-Hart, 9 – at Barker, 15 and 16 at All-League meet

Veteran members of the Albion girls team includes, in front, Brie Haines, Emma Mathes and Malory Adams. In back are Abby Scanlan, Honesty Little, Sophia Zambito, Ashlyn LeBaron and Kirsten Struble.