Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Anchoring the lineup for the Holley softball squad this season will be this group of returnees. In front are Halee Passarell, Rachael Howard and Jade Hoffarth. In back are Sarah Klatt, Jocelyn Chilton and Maddy Marsh.

A veteran infield and battery anchor the lineup for the Holley softball squad which is looking to improve upon last year’s 3-11 Genesee Region League campaign.

That veteran group includes seniors Maddy March (pitcher), Jocelyn Chilton (catcher) and Sarah Klatt (first base) along with junior Jade Hoffarth (third base) and sophomores Rachael Howard (second base) and Halee Passarell (shortstop).

“We have some solid returnees so we are looking forward to being competitive in the G-R.” said Coach Amy Ostrom.

The Lady Hawks are scheduled to begin G-R competition at Pembroke on Tuesday.

Schedule
(Games at 4:30 p.m. unless noted)
April: 2 – at Pembroke, 4 – at Byron-Bergen, 5 – Mt. Mercy, 9 – Oakfield-Alabama, 11 – Attica, 22 – at Alexander, 26 – Wheatland-Chili, 29 – Elba, 30 – at Mt. Mercy.
May: 1 – Kendall, 3 – at Notre Dame, 6 – at Lyndonville, 8 – Pembroke, 10 – Byron-Bergen, 13 – at Oakfield-Alabama, 15 – at Attica, 17 – Alexander.

Contributed Photo – Alisha Scroger

Medina High graduate Alisha Scroger had a big day at the plate for the Niagara Community College softball team which swept a doubleheader from host Allegany College of Maryland today by scores of 18-2 and 14-0 to improve to 6-6 on the season.

Scroger, a freshman at NCCC, had a home run, double, 3 RBIs, 3 runs scored and 2 stolen bases in the opener.

Hitting over .400 for the season to date, Scroger then had 2 hits, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored in the second game.

The Thunerwolves next play a doubleheader on Saturday at Community College Baltimore County Catonsville.

CSAT bested a short handed Barker squad 17-4 this afternoon in a non league baseball game.

Barker, which was without two of its top three pitchers due to illness, trailed by only a 5-2 margin after four innings. However, CSAT scored 2 in the fifth and 10 in the sixth to pul away.

Cole Hanssen pitched the first four innings for Barker striking out 6 and allowing only one earned run.

Jaret Black had an RBI double for Barker which also got hits from Logan Harris and Aidan Voss.

Medina hosts softball scrimmage
In a six inning softball scrimmage at Vets Park, Camri King had a solo home run for Medina which dropped a narrow 4-3 decision to Iroquois.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading the Albion tennis team this season will be this quartet of veterans including Josh Riley, Carson Bader, Matt Rowcliffe and Matt Kovaleski.

Anchored by a quartet of veterans, Albion is prepping for the early starting Niagara-Orleans League tennis season which will see the Purple Eagles visiting Roy-Hart on April 3 and hosting Medina on April 5.

That veteran foursome includes senior Matt Kovaleski, juniors Josh Riley and Matt Rowcliffe and freshman Carson Bader.

Kovaleski earned first team N-O All-League honors last spring and Bader was an Honorable Mention selection.

The Purple Eagles graduation losses include first team N-O All-League honoree Victor Benjovsky, and Honorable Mention selections Elliott Neidert and Hailey Bader.

“It’s kind of wide open so we’ll have to see where things fall into place,” said Coach Jay Kovaleski. “The league looks to be pretty well spread out.”

Schedule
April: 3 – at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.; 5 – Medina, 4:30 p.m.; 8 – at Akron, 4 p.m.; 9 – at Barker, 4 p.m.; 10 – Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; 17 – Newfane, 4 p.m.; 18 – Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.; 29 – at Medina, 4 p.m.
May: 3 – at Wilson, 4 p.m.; 6 – Barker, 4 p.m.; 10 – at Newfane, 4 p.m.; 15 and 16 – N-O Doubles Tournament at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading Kendall into the upcoming softball season will be this group of returnees. In front are Autumn Woodward, Brittney Marks and Lizzie Sutphen. In back are Kelly Mayes, Sara Mattle and Anna Oakley.

Looking to rebound from last year’s 1-11 Genesee Region League campaign, Kendall returns a good nucleus of six veterans heading into the upcoming softball season.

The Lady Eagles veteran contingent includes seniors Kelly Mayes (first base), Anna Oakley (outfield) and Autumn Woodward (second base) along with juniors Lizzie Sutphen (outfield) and Brittney Marks (shortstop) and freshman Sara Mattle (pitcher).  The bats of Oakley, Marks and Mattle look to lead the offense.

“We have a good mix of veteran leadership and youth coming back this season,” said Coach Jeff Parizek. “We need to make the routine plays, take advantage of runners in scoring positions, and work hard day in and day out in a very competitive Genesee region. I truly feel that we will be playing our best softball when the time is right and will get stronger as year progresses!”

Kendall is scheduled to begin G-R competition at home on Tuesday against Wheatland-Chili.

Schedule
(Games at 4:30 p.m. unless noted)
April: 2- Wheatland-Chili, 9 – at Notre Dame, 10 – Monroe, 11 – at Lyndonville, 22 – Elba, 24 – at Oakfield-Alabama, 25 – Holley, 26 – Alexander, 29 – Byron-Bergen.
May: 1 – at Holley, 2 – at Monroe, 3 – Pembroke, 6 – at Attica, 8 – at Wheatland-Chili, 10 – at Lima Christian, 11 – at Northstar, 1 p.m., 13 – Notre Dame, 15 – Lyndonville, 17 – at Elba.

Contributed Photo – Veteran members of the Holley tennis squad include, in front, Cheyan Palmer and Kristina Yaroshuck. In back are Elijah Bibby, Jake Peters and Aaron Strathearn.

Led by a group of five veterans, Holley is prepping to open the Genesee Region League tennis season at Attica on Monday.

That veteran quintet included Aaron Strathearn at first singles, Cheyan Palmer at second singles and Kristina Yaroshuck at third singles along with Elijah Bibby and Jake Peters who will move up to first doubles and playing second doubles last year.

Strathearn earned G-R All-Star honors last season.

Schedule
(Matches at 4 p.m.)
April: 1 – ar Attica, 3 – at Alexander, 5 – at Pembroke, 8 – Byron-Bergen, 12 – at Oakfield-Alabama, 24 – Notre Dame, 26 – at Wheatland-Chili, 29 – at Kendall.
May: 3 – Elba, 6 – Alexander, 7 – Pembroke, 10 – Attica, 15 – at Byron-Bergen.

Kendall’s Schedule
April: 1 –  Wheatland-Chili, 3 – Oakfield-Alabama, 8 – at Elba, 10 – at Notre Dame, 24 – Attica, 26 – at Pembroke, 29 – Holley.
May: 1 – Alexander, 3 – Byron-Bergen, 6 – at Oakfield-Alabama, 10 – at Wheatland-Chili, 15 – Elba, 17 – Notre Dame.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading Barker into the upcoming baseball season will be these five seniors. In font are Nick Brandt and Zach Richbart. In back are Daniel Ober, Preston Harris and Cole Hanssen.

Last spring with a squad which numbered just nine players, Barker struggled through an 0-12 Niagara-Orleans League baseball season.

Now with numbers improved the Raiders are taking aim at moving up in the N-O standings.

The Raiders lineup includes the veteran quintet of seniors Preston Harris (shortstop/pitcher), Daniel Ober (outfield) and Nick Brandy (third base/pitcher) and sophomores Logan Harris (second base) and Shane Gerhardt (first base/shortstop/pitcher) along with seniors Zach Richbart (outfield/pitcher) and Cole Hanssen (pitcher/first base), junior David Class (DH/outfield), sophomore Nate Heidemann (catcher) and freshmen Jaret Black (utility) and Aiden Voss (utility).

“We’ve got better numbers and we look to be better in all three phases of the game pitching, defense and hitting,” said Coach Rob Mucha.

The Raiders are scheduled to begin N-O competition at home against Albion on April 8.

Schedule
(Games at 4:45 unless noted)
March: 29 – CSAT, 4:30 p.m.
April: 2 – at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; 3 – Alexander, 4:30 p.m.; 5 – Holley, 4:30 p.m.; 6 – at Byron-Bergen, 12 p.m.; 8 – Albion; 10 – Akron; 11 – at Kendall, 4:30 p.m.; 12 – at Wilson; 17 – at Newfane; 29 – at Medina.
May: 1 – Roy-Hart; 3 – at Albion; 6 – at Akron; 8 – Wilson; 9 – at Pembroke, 4:30 p.m.; 13 – Newfane; 15 – Medina; 17 – at Roy-Hart; 21 – at Holley, 4:30 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina first baseman Trevor Luthart tries to put the tag on a Central Christian baserunner during the Mustangs win over the Crusaders this afternoon at Vets Park.

Pounding out 23  hits, including 14 of the extra base variety, Medina romped to a 31-4 win over Central Christian Academy in a non league season opening baseball game at Vets Park this afternoon.

The Mustangs attack included five hits by Brian Fry (including a home run and 2 doubles);  four by AJ Seefeldt (3 doubles); three by Trevor Luthart (double, triple), Austin Mosher (2 doubles) and Joe Cecchini (home run); two by Chris Goyette (double) and Nate Sherman (triple) and one by Matt Saj (double)..

Goyette also picked up the win on the mound allowing 2 hits and striking out 10 over the first four innings.

After picking up two runs on errors in the first inning and two more in the second on a double steal and an error, Medina got RBI doubles from Luthart and Mosher in the third to make it 6-0. Another double steal play and an RBI single by Goyete in the fourth made it 8-2.

A three-run homer by Cecchini then highlighted a five run fifth frame which made it 13-2.

The Mustangs then exploded for 18 runs in a marathon sixth frame including a two-run homer and two RBI singles by Fry, two-run triples by Luthart and Sherman, a two-run double by Matt Saj and RBI doubles by Seefeldt, Mosher and Goyette.

Medina next hosts a tournament on Saturday. The Mustangs will face Holley at 9 a.m. followed by Pembroke vs. Oakfield-Alabama. The consolation and championship games are slated for the afternoon.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Chaise Prest works around a Salamanca defender during the Mustangs loss to the visiting Warriors this afternoon.

Taking charge in the second quarter Salamanca went on to down host Medina 16-8 in the Class D Division lacrosse opener this afternoon.

Medina jumped out to a 4-3 first quarter lead on three goals by Mitchell Silversmith and one by Christian Silversmith.

However, Salamanca answered with a big 6- second period scoring edge to rally into a 9-5 half-time advantage.

The Warriors maintained a 13-8 led after three quarters.

Christian and Mitchell Silversmith each scored three goals on the day as Chaise Prest and Cayden Lilleby both added one.

Now at 0-2, Medina next visits Newark in a non league game on Saturday.