Deb Wood and Jan Palmer continue to lead the Tuesday Women’s Late League at Hickory Ridge with 83 points.  Linda Chrzan and Laurie Freeman are in second with 80 points with the teams of Aleta Martin-Diane Hennekey, Cheryl Ferguson-Vicki Brawn and Dona Hazen-Karen Berlew all tied with 74 points.

Wood again had low gross with 43 with Hennekey grabbing low net with a 32.

Men’s Wednesday League standings remain tight with Ray Daniels and Tim Hendrickson holding a one point league over John Carlson and Brian Hofstra.  Larry Palmer and Dave Rau occupy third with Gary Beattie-Jim Zambito in fourth and Mark and Sam Hackenburg in fifth.

Hendrickson led low gross with a 39 and shared low net with  Carlson with 35.

The Men’s Thursday Traveling League show Ray Daniels and Ken Hinkson with a 32 point lead over the second place team of Guy Eaton and Scooter Burgess.  Mike Church- Josh Carpenter and Pete Kaiser-Steve Tipton are tied for third with  Dave Fisher-Tom Hennekey in fifth.

Scott Budde had low gross honors with a 41 and Luke Wrobleski had low net with a 32.  Wrobleski also led with two birdies.

Medina Women’s Softball League playoff action got underway on Monday evening as Jr. Wilson and Medina Vets scored ‘A’ Division wins at Jr. Wilson.

No. 3 seed Jr. Wilson rallied to edge No. 6 NYSCOBA 10-8 and No. 4 Medina Vets nipped No. 5 Tats & Bats 8-7 in eight innings.

Medina Vets will now face top seeded Banes Machine Shop/Banes Plumbing and Jr. Wilson will take on No. 2 Orleans Vets when playoff action resumes at 8 a.m. Saturday at Jr. Wilson.

Jr. Wilson 10, NYSCOBA 8
NYSCOBA jumped out to a big early lead by scoring 2 runs in the first and 6 runs in the second but wouldn’t score again

Jr Wilson scored once in the second inning and then got back in the game by tallying five times in the fourth on singles by Jess Rosenbeck, Jodi Zacher, Amber Pratt, Michelle Crandall, Bri Guzdek, Sharon Korzelius, Molley Huber

Jr Wilson then moved on top by scoring  4 in the fifth frame on singles by Connie Hornquist, Crandall, Guzdek and a double by Zacher.

Medina Vets 8  Tats & Bats 7 (8)
Tats built up a 7-1 lead by scoring three times in both the first and second innings and once in the fifth.

However, Medina Vets battled back to knot the contest at 7-7 by tallying twice in the fifth, once in the sixth and then twice in the seventh  on a single by Jenny Arnett and a two-run homer run by Casey Flynn.

Medina Vets then pulled out the win by scoring once in the eighth on singles by Ashley Stawicki, Courtney Burdick and an RBI single by Von Wilson.

‘B’ Division

In the opening round of the ‘B’ Division playoffs, No. 3 HoJacks defeated No. 6 Cusimano’s 38-9 and No. 4 Team Monte edged No. 5 Buffalo Bio Diesel 12-11.

HoJacks and Team Monte advance to the next round on Saturday morning at Butts Park.

Contributed Photo – Zach Fike

Medina’s Zach Fike had a strong outing for the New York team over the weekend at a PBR (Prep Baseball Report) Jr. Futures Games tourney held at Westfield Indiana.

Fike, who will be a freshman at Medina high this fall, hurled a complete game shutout in leading New York to a 4-0 victory over Arizona.

Gavyn Boyle, who will be a freshman at Roy-Hart this fall, was also on the New York squad which went 2-2 in pool play at the tourney.

New York also defeated Florida 9-6 but lost to Kentucky and Illinois.

Fike and Boyle were both varsity starters for Medina and Roy-Hart this past spring.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Steven Anderson, right,  battles with a N.Y. Elite defender to gain control of the ball during this evening’s playoff semifinal game at Lyndonville.

The No. 4 seed New York Elite trimmed top seeded Medina 3-1 in double overtime this evening in the semifinal round of the Buffalo District Soccer League Division 3 playoffs at Lyndonville.

Medina jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as Jessie Fergen scored off an assist from Ethan Leonard but could not find the net again.

The Elite battled back to knot the contest with a goal early in the second half.

That 1-1 deadlock stood up through the remainder of regulation time as Medina goalie Brody Fenton made a clutch diving save in the final five minutes.

Neither team could find the net in the first of two 15 minute overtime period.

However, the Elite finally broke that deadlock as Austin Crosby scored what proved to be the game winner at the outset of the second overtime period. The Elite later added an insurance tally with about three minutes remaining.

Medina had nipped the Elite by a narrow 1-0 margin during the regular season.

In its debut season, Medina captured the regular season title with a 9-1-1 record while the N.Y. Elite placed fourth with an 8-3 mark.

Kristian Snyder winds up to take a shot for Medina.

Contributed Photo – The core squad for the Clarence League champion AnJo Bombers U16 consisted of Reed Albee (Roy-Hart), Rylend Callicutt (Batavia), Zeke Callicutt (Albion), Addison Christ (Albion), Karl Darling (Roy-Hart), Mike DiCureia (Albion), Colin Fragale (Lockport), Tom Furmanski (Albion), Cade Littman (Newfane), AJ Seefeldt (Medina), Carson Tatro (Lockport), and Joe Watson (Lockport).  The Bombers were coaches by head coach Todd Fragale, and Asstant. Coaches Roger Furmanski and Jim Watson. 

The AnJo Bombers 16U clinched  Clarence League championship with a walk-off 7-6 victory over the Matthewson McCarthy Bandits. this past week.

Finishing the league season at 9-1 the Bombers got a superb relief pitching effort by Mike DiCureia who slammed the door shot after entering the game in the third inning.

The game ended in dramatic fashion with Colin Fragale scoring from second on a single by Liam Ward. Ward then stole third on a walk by Watson, and scored on the same play on an overthrow at third.

The Bombers broke onto the scoreboard early scoring on a double by Zeke Callicutt and a walk by Reed Albee in the first inning and a walk by AJ Seefeldt in the second inning.

MMB Bandits scored four runs in the second inning..

Rylend Callicutt started the game for the Bombers. He went two innings, allowing 6 hits and 6 runs while striking out 2. DiCureia  earned the win fin relief surrendering zero runs on two hits over five innings, striking out 7.

Fragale, Chris Goyette, DiCureia, Ward, and Callicutt each had a hit to lead the Bombers. Watson, Ward and Fragale each reached base three times with Fragale, Ward and DiCureia scoring twice apiece.

MMB Bandits totaled eight hits in the game.

Closing out the season on a high note, the Medina-Lyndonville United team defeated Cheektowaga 3-1 this past week in a Buffalo and Western New York Junior Soccer League U17 Division contest.

Going 4-1-1 over the last six games, United finishes the season in third place at 4-5-1.

United got on the board early when Chase Woodward scored at the 3 minute mark with the assist coming from Nate Dillenbeck.

Dillenbeck made the game 2-0 when he score a penalty kick at the 30 minute mark.  He then made it 3-0 as he found he net again at the 35 minute mark with the assist coming from Kody Leno.

Cheektowaga score their lone goal at the 78min on a penalty kick.

The annual Medina Women’s Softball League playoffs will begin this coming Monday with a pair of games in both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ Divisions.

In the ‘A’ Division, No. 3 seed Jr Wilson’s will face No. 6 NYSCOBA and No. 4 Medina Vets will take on No. 5 Tats & Bats. Both games will be at Jr. Wilson’s.

In the ‘B’ Division, the match ups will be No. 3 HoJack’s vs. No. 6 Cusimano’s and No. 4 Team Monte vs. No. 5 Buffalo Bio Diesel. Both games will be at Butts Park.

The remaining rounds of the playoffs will be held on August 11 with the ‘A’ Division playing at Jr Wilson’s and the ‘B’ Division at Butts Park.

In the ‘A’ Division that competition will begin at 8 a.m. with No. 1 seed Banes facing the Medina Vets/Tats & Bats winner and No. 2 Orleans Vets taking on the Jr Wilson/NYSCOBA victor.

In the ‘B’ Division, top seed Jr. Wilson will face the Team Monte/Buffalo Bio Diesel winner and No. 2 Mariachi will take on the HoJack/Cusimano victor.

The final regular season standings:
‘A’ Division: Banes 10-0, Orleans Vets 8-2, Jr. Wilson 5-5, Medina Vets 4-6, Tats & Bats 2-8, NYSCOBA 1-9
‘B’ Division: Jr. Wilson 8-2, Mariachi 7-3, HoJack’s 7-3, Team Monte 5-5, Buffalo Bio Diesel 3-7, Cusimano’s 0-10

Contributed Photos – The lineup for the Barker field hockey camp playoff champion Barker Strikers included, in front, Maicie May, Brianna Bachman, Madilyn Detschner, Anna Bowerman, Ella Fox and Alexis Weeks. In the back row are Madison Gancasz, Emily Wagner, Natalie Bruning, Courtney Hillman, Rachel Hurtgam, Kaedynce Schumacher and Megan Hotaling. Not pictured is Ciara Gregoire.

Barker’s annual 6 week long summer Field Hockey 7 on 7 Team Camp wrapped up Monday as the Barker Strikers downed the Niagara County Field Hockey Club 4-2 in the playoff championship game.

Rachel Hurtgam scored 2 goals and Natalie Bruning and Emily Wagner each netted 1 to lead the Strikers.

Lena Fazzolari and Katrina Clare scored for Niagara County.

Courtney Hillman came up with 3 big saves to keep the winners on top after several penalty corner chances in the second half.

The score was 2-1 at halftime and Niagara County came out in the second half and dominated play, but just couldn’t score. While pressing to score the equalizer they got caught with about 7:00 minutes left and gave up an insurance goal. In a similar situation with about 5:00 to go they gave up the 4th goal before scoring their 2nd with under 2:00 minutes left

In the semifinals the Strikers blanked the Roy-Hart Rams 4-0 and Niagara County downed M ‘n N (Medina and Newfane) 6-3.

Hurtgam again scored a pair of goals for the Strikers as Bruning and Anna Bowerman both tallied once. Hillman earned the shutout in goal.

Clare scored 3 goals to lead Niagara Count as Fazzolari, Alexa Zglinicki and Keira Dalton each added one.

Nicole Leverentz scored 2 goals and Alissa Zwelling 1 for M ‘n N.

The regular season leading Barker Strikers were the No. 1 seed for the playoffs. Niagara County was the No. 2 seed while M ‘n N was No. 3 and the Roy-Hart Rams No. 4.

The Niagara County Field Hockey Club squad included, in front, Ashlin Cole, Alexa Zglinicki, Mackenzie Dodge, Aaliyah Wheat and Miya Goodale. In the back row are Megan Wawrzynski, Anna Meyers, Lena Fazzolari, Keira Dalton, Katrina Clare and Erin Costello. Not pictured is Ella Gooding.

The lineup for the M ‘n N (Medina and Newfane) squad included, in front, Abby Blount, Elizabeth Klumpp, Addie Castricone and Jyla Lilleby. In the middle row are Madison Klumpp, Hannah Kenward, Sophia Cardone and Mia McCollum. In the back row are Alissa Zwelling, Nicole Leverentz, Sarah Nola and Alex Donovan.

The Roy-Hart squad included, in front, Stephanie Flowers, Ellery Brown, Justine Laverty, Carmela Huntington, Mandy Hill, Madison Brown and Abby Ander. Standing are Rebecca Berner, Gabby Smith, Linzie Michel, Cheyenne Stillwell, Jazmine Michel and Kenzie Rothwell. Not pictured are Jenna Gioeli and Jessica VanKeuren.