Rebounding from an opening round loss, the Niagara Nationals scored a pair of victories today in the East-West Battle baseball tournament being held in Central New York.

The Nationals dropped a narrow 1-0 decision to the Webster Warthogs in the tournament’s first game.

Bouncing back, the Nationals bested the WNY Titans 7-4 as Joe Dell’oso had 3 hits and Korey Canton 2.

The Nationals scored 2 quick runs in the first inning as Liam Ward banged out a triple. A double by Canton later highlighted a 2 run third inning.

Medina’s Brian Fry had 2 hits for the Titans.

The Nationals then nipped the Hayner Academy Barnstormers 8-7 in 8 innings.

The Nationals scored 3 times in the eighth to claim the win on a fielders choice play off the bat of Canton and RBI singles by Dell’oso and Ward.

Earlier, the Nationals scored 5 times in the second inning on a double by Sam Murphy and singles by Canton, Dell’oso, Ward and Mitchell Holtz.

The Nationals continue tourney competition at 9 a.m. Sunday.

The AnJo Bombers 16U couldn’t rally in a 6-2 loss to Montgomery Marlins 16U of Maryland on Friday in the Rochester Baseball Classic opener at SUNY Brockport.

The Marlins scored on a single by Nick Drengwitz and a sacrifice fly by Matthew Keane in the first inning, and a error in the second inning.

AnJo Bombers 16U lost despite out-hitting Montgomery Marlins 16U eight to six.

Joe Watson was on the pitcher’s mound for the Bombers. He surrendered four runs, two earned, on three hits over four innings, striking out one.  Karl Darling and Reed Albee entered the game from the bullpen, throwing one inning and one inning respectively.

The Bombers outhit the Marlins 8-6.  Darling and Mike DiCureia each had multiple hits for the Bombers.  Watson and Colin Fragale each also reached multiple times. DiCureia and Darling each collected two hits with Darling reaching four times.  The Bombers left 9 on the bases and just couldn’t squeeze in their runs.

Albion’s U18 girls soccer team faces a key hurdle in their quest for a Rochester District Youth Soccer League division title as they visit the front-running Lakefront Blue at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

Lakefront is currently in first place at 4-0-1 followed closely by Albion at 4-1-1 and Caledonia at 4-1.

Albion has already posted a 6-4 win over Caledonia in their only scheduled meeting while Caledonia and Lakefront have yet to play.

The Kendall U17 girls team will be looking to hold onto second place as they host third place Bloomfield at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The teams will also meet at Bloomfield on July 17.

Kendall is currently at 4-1-2 and Bloomfield at 4-2.

Both teams are well behind undefeated (7-0) division leading GVBBSC which earlier in the season downed Kendall 6-1 in their only scheduled meeting.

Other local teams doing well in Rochester District competition include the Kendall boys U14 team at 4-1-1, the Kendall girls U15 at 4-2-1 and the Albion girls U16 at 3-2-1.

Baseball
Wilson 7 Cayuga 2
Cameron Wollaber and Declan Faery both had 2 hits and Patrick Seeley drove in a pair of runs for Wilson in the 7-2 win over Cayuga on Thursday.  Wollaber and Seeley both had doubles.

On the mound, Faery hurled a 1 hitter with 6 strikeouts in 5 innings of work.

Three consecutive big scoring innings powered Lyndonville to a 16-3 victory over visiting Alden Thursday evening in a Tri County Babe Ruth League game.

Improving to 5-3 on the season, Lyndonville erupted for 6 runs in the second inning, 4 in the third and 5 in the fourth to take control.

Home runs by Rolland Balcerzak and Oskar Heinsler highlighted the fourth inning uprising.

Trenton Muck also had 3 hits on the evening for Lyndonville.

Balcerzak earned the win on the mound striking out 6 over four innings. Muck came on to hurl the final three frames striking out 4.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Liam Ward bangs out a hit during this evening’s win over visiting Akron.

Jumping out to a quick first inning lead, Albion went on to defeat visiting Akron 10-1 this evening in a key Tri County Babe Ruth League clash of unbeatens.

Staying perfect at 8-0, Albion took the lead for good by scoring twice in the first inning on a double by Liam Ward and a single by Zach Colacecchi. A leadoff triple by Patrick Ricker set up the threat.

Patrick Ricker delivers a pitch for Albion.

The lead doubled to 4-0 in the third inning on a solo home run by winning pitcher Thomas Furmanski and a run producing fielders choice play off the bat of Colacecchi.

Albion then broke the game open by tallying three times in the fourth frame on  single by Ward, a double by Furmanski and a triple by Drew Caldwell.  An error and a single by Ricker set up the opportunity.

A two-run single by Bailey Blanchard later highlighted a three-run sixth inning uprising as the first run came in on an error.

Caldwell finished with 3 hits as Ricker, Ward and Furmanski each had 2.

On the mound, Furmanski allowed 4 hits and struck out 13 in 5 innings of work.

Ricker hurled the final two frames allowing 2 hits and striking out 3. He got out of a no out, bases loaded jam in the seventh by registering 3 straight clutch strikeouts.

A fifth inning triple by Matt Iannarelli plated the lone run for Akron which slips to 6-1.

Just past the halfway point of the season both division races in the Medina Women’s Softball Legue remain tight.

In the ‘A’ Division, undefeated Banes (6-0) holds a one game lead over 5-1 Orleans Vets.

In the ‘B’ Division, Jr. Wilson II and Mariachi de Oro are tied for first place at 5-1 just a game ahead of 4-2 Hojack’s.

League competition resumes next Monday evening.

Standings
‘A’ Division: Banes 6-0, Orleans Vets 5-1, Medina Vets 3-3, Jr. Wilson I  NYSCOBA 1-5, Tats & Bats 0-6
‘B’ Division: Jr. Wilson II 5-1, Mariachi de Oro 5-1, Hojack’s 4-2, Buffalo Bio Diesel 2-4, Team Monte 2-4, Cusimano’s 0-6

Baseball
Wilson 14, Mmb 4
The Wilson Midget baseball team downed Mmb 14-4 Tuesday as Declan Faeary had 3 hits and John Bender and Anthony Dispenza 2 each. Bender drove in a total of 4 runs. Dispenza and Steve Frerichs shared in earning the win on the mound.

Two Barker High athletes, Casey A’Hearn (track) and Kylie Miller (softball), have been named to the Section VI All Western New York spring sports Scholar-Athlete Team for the second time.

An athlete must have a 90 plus average for the previous six semesters to qualify for the team.

Newfane has a trio of repeat honorees including Kyle Jurek (baseball), Alexis Littman (tennis) and Nick Thornton (track).

Akron’s Stephen Wagner (baseball) and Wilson’s Mac Musall (baseball) are also both repeat honorees.

Three Niagara-Orleans League athletes are three-time honorees including Akron’s Margo Henley (track), Newfane’s Zach Lundy (tennis) and Wilson’s Madeline Mocarski (softball).

The N-O’s first time honorees include Andrew Buyea (lacrosse), Abby Stone (softball) and Amanda Swader (track) from Akron; Joanna Elledge (track), Nathan Johnson (track) and Shea Munnikhuysen (track) from Wilson along with Samuel Auernhamer (track) from Newfane.

Medina dropped a narrow 2-0 decision to host LaSalle Sunday in a key Buffalo District Soccer League Division 3 game.

Medina is now in third place at 6-1-1 followed closely by LaSalle at 6-2.

Steven Anderson and Barry Rogenmoser currently lead Medina in scoring on the season each with 5 goals and 3 assists as Brian Anderson has 4 goals and Greg Husung 3 goals and 3 assists.

The youthful Medina-Lyndonville United U17 team has had a tough start to its Buffalo and Western New York Youth Soccer League season going 0-4 to date after bowing 5-0 to Lancaster-Depew, 1-0 to Kenmore, 4-0 to West Seneca and 1-0 to Orchard Park.

M-L United next hosts Cheektowaga on July 11 at Lyndonville.

Baseball
Wilson 6, South Buffalo 0
The Wilson Midget baseball team blanked South Buffalo 6-0 Saturday as John Bender hurled a no hitter with 12 strikeouts in 4 innings of work on the mound.

Photo by Tom Rivers – Pom Seibert delivers a pitch for Albion Midget League leading Sandstone which earned its 10th win of the season this past week. He hurled Sandstone to a win over St. Mary’s.

Front-running Sandstone nipped Carlton 8-7 this past Thursday to earn its 10th Albion Midget League victory of the season.

Sandstone, which is now 10-2, also defeated St. Mary’s 8-2 earlier in the week.

Breaking away from a 5-5 deadlock, Sandstone regained the lead for good against Carlton by scoring 3 times in the fifth inning on singles by Seth Krenning and Nick Martino and a two-run double by Cencere Lowe.

Carlton though battled back to within one on a two-run home run by Finn McCue in the sixth inning.  Carlton then got the bases loaded before Sandstone shortstop Elliot Trapiss came up with a big defensive play to get the final out and preserve the win.

Earlier in the game Sandstone scored 3 times in the third inning as Krenning and Lowe both had doubles and then twice in the fourth on a two-run double by Martino.

Carlton tied the game at 5-5 with three tallies in the fifth highlighted by a two-run triple by Lee Fleck.

Martino had 4 hits and Lowe and Krenning 3 each for Sandstone while McCue and Fleck both had a pair of hits for Carlton.

In Sandstone’s win over St. Mary’s, Pom Seibert went the distance on the mound striking out 12.

At the plate, Krenning and Joey Schoeberlein both had 3 hits and Nolan Sullivan and Josh Schoeberlein 2.  Aaron Sugar had a pair of hits for St. Mary’s.

Joey and Josh Schoeberlein both had RBI singles to key a 4 run first inning scoring burst for Sandstone.  Krenning and Joey Schoeberlein then had RBI hits in the second inning as did Sullivan and Krenning in the fifth.

St. Mary’s scored twice in the fourth as Sugar and Blake Preton both had RBI hits.

Rotary 10, Barre 3
The Rotary/Lions handed the Barre Cubs their first loss in 6 games by a score of 10-3. A dominate pitching performance from Jacob Edwards sparked the win. He threw a complete game, striking out 13 Barre batters.

At the plate for Rotary, Caiden Froman and Xavier Byrd lead the way with 2 hits each. Will Plummer added another hit. Barre’s loan hit came off the bat of Josh Bovenzi with a 3 run home run.

Barre 4, St. Mary’s 1
Barre bounced back with a 4-1 win over St. Mary’s at the Town of Barre’s 200th anniversary celebration.

Nathan Gibson threw the full game for Barre, striking out 11 batters.

Barre scored all 4 runs in the 3rd inning on back to back singles by Jacob Neal and Gibson, a double by Jason Conn and a home run by Bovenzi.  Blake Preston was strong on the mound for St. Mary’s and provided 2 hits for them at the plate. Jack Kinter added 2 more hits and Xavier Penafiel another.

Standings: Sandstone 10-2, Barre 8-4, Carlton 7-5, Rotary 5-7, St. Mary’s 3-9, Vets 3-10.

AnJo Bombers 16U ran off with the lead late in the game in a 4-2 victory over WNY Prospects 18U in a College Showcase on Saturday in Orchard Park.

The Bombers were down 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning when Thomas Furmanski tripled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring three runs.

Furmanski led things off on the hill for AnJo Bombers 16U. He went five innings, allowing two runs on four hits and striking out five. Karl Darling pitched two scoreless in relief.

Defensively the Bombers shined with Colin Fragale making some impressive stretches at first and Joe Watson sealed the game throwing out two from the dish in the seventh.

The Bombers racked up ten hits on the day. Cade Littman and Zeke Callicutt each collected multiple hits for AnJo Bombers 16U. Callicutt and Littman each collected two hits to lead AnJo Bombers 16U.

WNY Prospects was sure-handed and didn’t commit a single error. Bock made the most plays with three.