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Rampage hands Force first softball loss
The Rampage softball team beat a previously undefeated (9-0) Evans Force team 7 – 3 in Metro league action Tuesday.
Evans took an early lead in the bottom of the first inning scoring one. Rampage tied the game up in the top of the third after a sacrifice bunt by Ashley Hill followed by a single by Samantha Choate.
Evans answered right back and scored two runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning. However, Rampage quickly retied the game at 3-3 in the top of the 4th after singles by Samantha Coakley and Izzy Schultz put two runners on base and Emily Metz came up big with a two-run double.
Rampage then took the lead for good in the 6th inning scoring 3 runs on singles by Alyssa Mayers, Coakley, Metz, and Megan Amacher.
Rampage added another run in the 7th inning after a single from Hill and triple from Choate.
Hanna Sobieraski went the distance on the mound striking out 3 and getting Evans to fly out 12 times including a diving catch at third by Hill. Rampage played a solid defensive game.
Kendall blanks Bloomfield in U17 soccer

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Sarah Harrington had an assist for Kendall in Tuesday evening’s win over visiting Bloomfield.
Maintaining a hold on second place, Kendall blanked visiting Bloomfield 3-0 Tuesday evening in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U17 Division 3 game.
Katie Pearson earned the shutout in goal as the Kendall defense was also anchored by the quartet of Lizzie Sutphen, Cierra Perrin, Sierra Apicella and Julie Coble.
T’Mia Kitchings scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Kendall in the first half off an assist from Liz Woodams.
Kendall then put a lock on the victory with a pair of unanswered second half goals as Grace Robinson scored off an assist from Julia Smith and then Smith tallied from Sarah Harrington.
The victory boosts Kendall’s record to 5-1-2 while fourth place Bloomfield slips to 4-4.
Kendall next visits Bloomfield in a rematch on July 17.
Lyndonville wins high scoring Tri County tilt
In a high scoring sea-saw affair, Lyndonville scored a 14-12 Tri County Babe Ruth League win over Akron Tuesday evening.
Lyndonville, which jumped out to an early 7-1 lead, had to rally from deficits of 8-7 and 10-8 to claim the win and improve to 6-3.
A two-run double by Anthony Moule in the fifth inning finally put Lyndonville back on top to stay at 12-10.
Rolland Balcerzak had a total of 4 hits for Lyndonville as Moule, Casey Winiecki and Trenton Muck each added 3.
Balcerzak picked up the win on the mound striking out 7 over the last three innings. Muck hurled the first 3 frames fanning 4.
Green makes cut at Junior PGA championship

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green
Melanie Green, who will be a junior at Medina High this fall, has made the cut at the 43rd annual girls Jr. PGA championship being held this week at Kearney Hill Golf Links in Lexington, Kentucky.
Green had a two day, 36 hole total of even par 144 to advance to the final two rounds on Wednesday and Thursday. She is 13 shots back of the leader.
Green opened with a one over par round of 73 on Monday as she made three birdies over the final five holes to overcome a double bogey and triple bogey earlier in the round.
Today Green posted a one under par round of 71.
She was at even par after 9 holes and then went to 2 under after birdies on 10 and 14. She then rebounded from bogeys at 16 and 17 with a birdie on 18 to finish the day one under.
Green, who captured both the Section VI and state high school championships during the past school year, qualified for the national tourney by winning the Western New York Jr. PGA tourney.
Undefeated Banes rallies to nip Jr Wilson

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jen Masse bangs out a hit during Banes come from behind win over Jr. Wilson Monday evening.
Rebounding from an early 3-0 deficit, Banes Machine Shop/Banes Plumbing rallied to edge past Jr Wilson 4-3 Monday evening to remain undefeated at 7-0 in Medina Women’s Softball League ‘A’ Division competition.
Jr Wilson scored once in the first inning and then twice in the second on an error to grab the early lead.
Banes began to rally with one run in the third inning on singles by Connie Heschke and Jen Masse and an error.
Banes then moved on top to stay by scoring three times in the fifth on hits by Patti Page, Heschke and Masse along with 2 errors.
Masse and Page both had 3 hits on the evening and Heschke 2.
Banes will next face runner-up Orleans Vets (5-1) next Monday at Jr. Wilson 1.
The loss drops Jr. Wilson to 3-4.
Wild Rochester Classic finishes for Bombers
Sunday was a wild one for the AnJo Bombers U16 team at the Rochester Classic.
First, the Bombers nipped Team PAC 15U 11-10 on a walk-off hit in the quarterfinals. Then the Bombers dropped an equally close 10-9 decision in the seventh inning to the Southern Tier Power in the semifinals.
The Bombers won the quarterfinal on a walk-off RBI single by Colin Fragale in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Thomas Furmanski took the win for the Bombers allowing no runs, hits or walks in one inning. Rylend Callicutt and Bryce Seddon entered the game out of the bullpen and helped to close out the game in relief for starter Joe Watson who left early due to injury.
The Bombers had 13 hits in the game. Karl Darling, Watson, Seddon, and Fragale each collected multiple hits. Darling went 3-for-5.
In the semifinals the Bombers lost on the final play of the game when Southern Tier scored on an error.
The Bombers lost despite out-hitting Southern Tier Power 9-5 and despite leading 7-0 to start the bottom of the sixth.
The Bombers tallied three runs in the sixth inning on a walk by Mike DiCureia and a single by Joe Watson.
Furmanski led things off on the pitcher’s mound for the Bombers. He went five innings, allowing five runs on four hits and striking out nine. Darling threw one and two-thirds innings in relief.
Medina booters get back on winning track

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Greg Husung had a goal and an assist for Medina in Sunday’s 4-1 soccer win against the host Moby Ducks.
Rebounding from their first loss of the season, Medina defeated the host Moby Ducks 4-1 Sunday to maintain a hold of second place in the Buffalo District Soccer League 3rd Division standings.
Bouncing back from a 2-0 loss to LaSalle, Medina improves to 7-1-1 with the victory and stays within a game of front-running 8-1 Tesla FC. Medina will host Tesla in a key regular season ending contest on on July 22 at 6:30 p.m. at Vets Park.
Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, Medina scored three unanswered second half goals as Barry Rogenmoser tallied on a header off a cross from Drew McMurray, Greg Husung off an assist from Jessie Fergen and Brian Anderson from Husung.
Fergen netted Medina’s lone first half goal off an assist from Trenton Jones.
The loss drops fifth place Moby Ducks to 5-3-1.
Rogenmoser now has 6 goals and 3 assists on the season, Brian Anderson 5 goals and 1 assists, Husung 4 goals and 4 assists and Fergen 2 goals and 4 assists.
Steven Anderson and Kristian Snyder also each have 5 goals on the season for Medina.
Albion grabs U18 soccer lead with key win

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall Derisley scored one of Albion’s goals in the key victory over host Lakefront Sunday evening.
Taking over first place, Albion posted a key 3-1 victory over former front-running Lakefront Sunday evening in a big Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U18 Division 2 game.
Albion improves to 5-1-1 with the victory while Lakefront slips into the runner-up spot at 4-1-1.
Albion grabbed a 1-0 first half lead as Lexi Wolck scored off an assist from Brylie Hapeman.
The advantage doubled to 2-0 in the second half as Kendall Derisley scored what proved to be the game winner off an assist from Abby Scanlan.
Lakefront cut the deficit to 2-1 with a penalty kick goal but Albion got that one right back when Scanlan netted a big insurance goal as Hapeman again added the assist.
Aly Knaak, Paige Derisley, Abbie Pappalardo and Quinn McCue anchored the defense as Samantha Howes earned the win in goal.
Albion next hosts Canandaigua at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Nationals bow in East-West quarterfinals
Avenging an earlier round loss, the Hayner Academy Barnstormers defeated the Niagara Nationals 12-3 today in the quarterfinal round of the East-West Battle baseball tournament being held in Central New York.
The Nationals stayed close at 4-3 by bunching 3 of their 4 hits into a three-run fourth inning on a double by Chris Goyette and singles by Dave Belsito and Sam Murphy.
The Barnstormers later put a lock on the win by erupting for 8 runs in the seventh inning.
Hickory Ridge weekly league results
The Women’s Tuesday Late League at Hickory Ridge had Deb Wood lead the way this past week with a low gross of 40. Linda Chrzan took low net honors with a 37. Wood had two birdies and Hennecky one.
Wood and Jan Palmer lead the league with 63 points. Aleta Martin and Hennecky are second with 59,5, Judy Schuth and Brenda Powers hold third place with 57 and Cheryl Ferguson and Vicki Brawn are in fourth with 56, Rounding out the top five are Deb Birkins and Patti Pfister with 50.5 points.
The Men’s Thursday Traveling League had Mike Hanlon and Josh Bennett sharing low gross with 41. Mike Hartman and Scooter Burgess each had low net of 29. It was a birdie parade with Ray Daniels, Chuck Prentice, Dave Fisher, Ben Flansburg, Pete Kaiser, Jim Stedman, AJ Gifaldi and Hanlon getting one each.
Daniels and Ken Hinkson continue to lead the league with 164 points. Kaiser and Steve Tipton are in second with 154. Adam Dreser and Flansburg hold the third spot with 136 with Fisher and Tom Hennecky just two points behind at 134. Making their first appearance in the top five this week is the team of Guy Eaton and Burgess who are at 132.





