Photos by Cheryl Wertman – First baseman Bailey Blanchard puts the tag on an Alexander runner during Albion’s home field semifinal playoff win this evening.

Albion defeated visiting Alexander 13-4 and Lyndonville downed host Akron Black 10-2 this evening in the semifinal round of the Tri County Babe Ruth League playoffs.

Top seeded Albon will now host No. 3 Lyndonville in the championship game at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Albion 13 Alexander 4
Albion took the lead for good at the outset by scoring 5 quick runs in the bottom of the first inning on 5 walks, a double by Patrick Ricker and singles by winning pitcher Thomas Furmanski and Austin Aman.

Thomas Furmanski registered 14 strikeouts on the mound and also hit a two-run homer for Albion.

Albion also had a 4 run fourth inning to up the lead to 11-4 on 3 walks, 2 wild pitches and a two-run single by Zach Colacecchi.

Furmanski tacked on a two-run home run in the fifth inning.

On the mound, Furmanski struck out 14 and allowed 3 hits over 5 innings.  Ricker hurled the final two frames striking out 4.

Lyndonville 10, Akron Black 2
Lyndonville likewise took the lead for good in the first inning by scoring 3 times on singles by  Trenton Muck and Oskar Heinsler and a pair of walks.

Up 4-1, Lyndonville pulled away for good by scoring 6 times in the fifth inning on a two-run triple by Oskar Heinsler, an RBI double by Alex Barry and singles by winning pitcher Rolland Balcerzak, Roman Heinsler and Jack Whipple.  Oskar Heinsler had 3 hits on the evening.

On the mound, Balcerzak scattered 8 hits and struck out 8.

The Niagara Nationals closed out pool play competition at the PG WWBA National championships in Georgia the same way they started, with a tie, this time a 2-2 deadlock with the Dig In Baseball team.

The Nationals scored 2 quick runs in the first inning without the benefit of a hit but could not cross home plate again.

Dave Belsito and Joe Dell’oso had the only hits for the Nationals which stranded runners at second and third in the seventh inning.

The Nationals finish the tourney competition with a 3-2-2 record.

Tri County semi pairings set
It will be Alexander at Albion and Lyndonville at Akron Black in the semifinals of the Tri County Babe Ruth League playoffs at 6 p.m. Thursday.

The winners advance to next Tuesday’s championship game.

In Tuesday’s quarterfinals, Lyndonville defeated Alden Curves 18-7, Akron Black nipped Oakfield 8-7, Alexander downed Akron Orange 6-3 and Albion won by forfeit over Alden Gold.

The 10u Roy-Hart Dynamites baseball team went 2-2 this past weekend in the Orchard Park Little League Tournament.

The Dynamites started off with a 12-7 loss to EMW Tribe then won the next two pool play games with a 14-2 win against Cayuga Heat and a 9-3 win against WNY Prospects.  They lost a close quarter final game to the number one seeded team, the Hamburg Dawgs 6-7.

The Dynamites were lead by pitchers  Brody Fry, Jax Brinley and Sean Mettler.

The Dynamites started strong with a 3-0 lead over the Dawgs.  In the bottom of the first, Hamburg scored to make it a 3-1 lead by the Dynamites only to relinquish it to being down 6-3 entering the top of the 6th.

Battling back in the sixth, Sean Mettler beat out an infield hit followed by Nate Gibson reaching on an error,  Brody Fry then hit a triple to plate the two runs to make it a one run ball game and Riley Culver hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score the tying run.  Nick Bucholtz had a single with two outs, John Peracciny cracked a double but the go ahead run was thrown out at the plate to end the inning.

The Dawgs had last ups and managed to score to win the game.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Barre’s Jacob Neal slides into third base during Tuesday’s playoff win over Vets. Defending for Vets are Payton Robinson and Logan Stoick.

The Barre Cubs defeated the visiting Vets 18 to 7 and Rotary trimmed St. Mary’s 4-2 Tuesday to open the first round of the playoffs in 12u Albion Midget League action.

Barre 18 Vets 7
A big 11 run first inning proved to be key for Barre.  A grand slam home run by Jason Conn and a three- run homer by Josh Bovenzi highlighted the inning that also included doubles by Nathan Gibson and Nick Harling and singles by Owen Bentley, Lucas Martin and Conn.

Bentley, Harling and Martin added singles in the second inning and Jacob Neal cleared the bases with a triple.

Conn, Bovenzi and Bentley finished the night with 3 hits each, as Gibson, Harling and Martin finished with 2 each.

Photo by Tom Rivers – Jacob Edwards was the winning pitcher on Tuesday, striking out 11 for the Rotary-Lions.

John Bianchi lead the way for Vets with 2 hits.  Bryer Dysard, Hunter Lonnen, Brandon Nashburn, Brody Vercruysse and Peyton Robinson also all had hits.

Barre will visit Carlton in the semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Rotary-Lions 4 St. Mary’s 2
The low-scoring game featured strong pitching from starters Jacob Edwards for Rotary-Lions and Nick Radder for St. Mary’s. Edwards struck out 11 in working into the fifth inning. Xavier Byrd came on to get the final outs for Rotary-Lions.

Radder, Blake Preston and Jack Kinter combined to strike out 16 batters for St. Mary’s.

Kaiden Froman had 3 hits for Rotary-Lions, including a triple. Leah Pawlak singled and scored and Edwards also had two hits, including a double.

Xavier Penafiel had the lone hit for St. Mary’s, with Aaron Sugar and Isaac Sugar scoring the team’s runs.

Rotary next visits Sandstone in the semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville shortstop Roman Heinsler tries to avoid the slide into second base by an Alden runner during Lyndonville’s home field quarterfinal round playoff win this evening.

Trenton Muck delivers a pitch for Lyndonville.

A big 10 run first inning sparked Lyndonville to a 18-7 victory over the visiting Alden Curve this evening in the quarterfinal round of the Tri County Babe Ruth League playoffs.

Casey Winiecki had a leadoff double and a triple to highlight the big early scoring burst as Lyndonville rebounded strongly after Alden had tallied twice in the top of the first.

Oskar Heinsler finished with 4 hits for Lyndonville as Winiecki, winning pitcher Trenton Muck and Roman Heinsler each had 3 and Rolland Balcerzak 2.

Muck, whose hits included a double, struck out 14 on the mound.

Lyndonville will next face the winner of the Oakfield vs. Akron Black game in the semifinals on Thursday.

Top seeded Albion advanced via a forfeit win over the Alden Gold team which did not have enough players.  Albion will host the winner of the Alexander v.s Akron Orange game in the semifinals on Thursday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Mariah Plain looks to advance the ball up field as Kenzi Hapeman moves in to help during Albion’s title clinching win over visiting Fiarport this evening.

Brylie Hapeman scores Albion’s first goal.

Rebounding from a two goal second half deficit, Albion rallied to nip visiting Fairport 5-4 this evening to capture a Rochester District Soccer League girls U18 Division championship.

Trailing 4-2, Allbion rallied back into a tie as Brylie Hapeman scored from Kenzi Hapeman and then Mariah Plain scored on a direct kick.

Albion then scored the game winner with four minutes to go as Abi Scanlan tallied off an assist from Plain.

Albion had jumped out to a 2-1 lead at the half.

Brylie Hapeman, who topped the 20 goal mark for the 10 game season, netted both of those first half goals, the first coming after she stole the ball near the Fairport net and the second off an assist from Plain.

Albion finishes its title season with an 8-1-1 record.

Boys Soccer
Orchard Park 3, Medina-Lyndonville United 0
The Medina-Lyndonville United U17 team dropped a 3-0 decision to the Orchard Park FC Monday in a Buffalo and Western New York District Soccer League game.

The Niagara Nationals made one lone unearned run stand up for a victory this morning to improve to 3-2-1 in pool play at the PG WWBA National Championships being held in Georgia.

The Nationals nipped the Dulin Dodgers 1-0 on a bases loaded passed in the fourth inning. Three  walks loaded the bases to set up the opportunity.

The Nationals had only 2 hits, singles by Liam Ward and Chris Goyette.

The Dodgers did get the bases loaded on 3 singles in the seventh inning but the Nationals got out of the jam on a clutch game ending 8-8-6 double play from center fielder Joe Dell’oso to shortstop Korey Canton.

Casey Saucke went the distance on the mound allowing 7 hits with 4 strikeouts.

The Nationals will compete pool play with a game on Wednesday.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Putting together a strong closing 9 holes, Medina’s Melanie Green fired a 5 over par round of 76 today in the second and final day of stroke competition at the USGA girls Jr. Championships on the Poppy Hills course at Pebble Beach, California.

Hampered by bogeys, Green had a 4 over par 40 on her first 9 holes of the day but rebounded with a 1 over par 36 on the second nine to finish the day with a 76 and a two day total of 153. She had a birdie on her final hole.

She had a total of 7 birdies on the day to help off set a half a dozen bogeys or double bogeys.

The 64 low scores after the completion of today’s round advance to the match play portion of the tournament which begins Wednesday.

The start of today’s round was delayed by some 3 hours due to poor visibility.

Scoring 4 quick runs in the first inning, Banes Machine Shop/Banes Plumbing went on to defeat Orleans Vets 6-4 Monday to remain undefeated at 8-0 in the ‘A’ Division of the Medina Women’s Softball League.

A double by Amy Allis along with singles by Grace Masse, Hannah LaGrou, Jami Chatt and Patti Page plated the 4 first inning tallies for Banes.

Page had 2 hits on the evening including a double. Jen Masse also had a double.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Competing in a major national tournament for the second time in as many weeks, Medina’s Melanie Green opened competition today at the USGA Girls Jr. Championships being held on the Poppy Hills course at Pebble Beach in California.

Green posted a 6 over par round of 77 which included 11 pars, 1 birdie, 5 bogeys and 1 double bogey.

Stroke compeition will continue on Tuesday after which the field will be cut to the top 64 scores, including ties, for the match play portion of the tournament which begins on Wednesday.

Last week Green posted a 1 over par total of 289 at the Girls Jr. PGA Championships at Lexington, Kenturcky. She concluded that four day event with her best round of 69.