John Carlson and Brian Hofstra lead the Wednesday Night League at Hickory Ridge again this week but the standings are tightening up.

The teams of  Larry Palmer and Dave Rau and Ray Daniels and his partner Tim Hendrickson are only one and a half points behind the leaders.  Mark and Sam Hackenburg and Daryl Sklany and Dick Taylor round out the top five.  All five teams are within four points of one another.

Low Gross last week were Palmer and AJ Gifaldi with 43 each.  Loyd Denniston took low net with a 30.  Palmer led with 5 pars with Tim Hendrickson recording the only birdie in the round.

The race for the lead in the Thursday Men’s Traveling League is not as close with Ray Daniels and Ken Hinkson extending their league lead.

Pete Kaiser and his partner Steve Tipton are in second, Dave Fisher and Tom Hennekey are third, Patrick Drury and Gabe Nagy fourth and Adam Dresser and Ben Flansberg and the team of Josh Bennett and Scott Budde tied for fifth.

Daniels had low gross for the week with a 40.   Dresser’s 27 was good for low net. There was a birdie parade last week as Todd Draper, John Foos, Jake Froman and Patrick Drury each recorded one. Gifaldi led with 5 pars.

Contributed Photo, Roy-Hart senior Maddy Glena is shown here with her parents Claudia and Matt Glena as she signs a letter of intent to play softball at Medaille College.

Roy-Hart senior Maddy Glena has signed a letter of intent to continue her education and play softball at Medaille College.

A first team Niagara-Orleans League honoree this season at first base, she hit .603 with 5 doubles, 2 triples, 1 home run and 35 RBI’s.

A four-year varsity starter for the Lady Rams she had a defensive fielding percentage of .984 as she made 116 putouts.

The AnJo Bombers U16 team went 2-1 in the preliminary round of the Upstate Shootout Tournament today to earn the No. 1 seed in the Cal Ripken Jr. Bracket heading into Sunday’s competition

The Bombers first win came in dramatic fashion, a 2-1 walk-off victory over Rochester Cougars Elite 16U, on an RBI sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth by Zeke Callicutt.

The Bombers tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning when Karl Darling singled on a 2-1 count.

Joe Watson was on the pitcher’s mound for the Bombers. He went seven and two-thirds innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out eight.

AJ  Seefeldt and Darling each collected two hits to lead the Bombers.

The Bombers also posted an 11-5 win over the Rush-Henrietta Renegades snapping a 5-5 tie in the sixth inning sparked by an RBI single by Seefeldt.

Darling got the start for the Bombers allowing 2 hits with 4 strikeouts in two and two-thirds innings. Addison Christ came on in relief going 3 1/3, fanning seven and allowing no runs.

Reed Albee and Christ both had two hits to lead the Bombers.  Colin Fragale also ripped a double in the top of the sixth driving in two RBIs and scoring twice on the day. Mike DiCureia also drove in two.

The bats went quiet for the Niagara Nationals which bowed out of the Super 25 Tournament in Massachusetts today with a 1-2-1 record.

The Nationals opened the tourney on Friday with a 1-1 tie against the AP Academy. A sacrifice fly by Joe Dell’oso plated the equalizer in the sixth inning.

Chris Goyette went the distance on the mound allowing 6 hits and striking out 5. He also banged out a pair of hits.

The Nationals then picked up their lone win, a 4-3 victory over the Mavericks.

The Mavericks jumped out to a quick 3-0 first inning lead but the Nationals answered back with 4 tallies in the fifth to earn the win. A double by  Aiden Johnston and a single by Dell’oso highlighted the rally.

Sam Murphy picked up the win on the mound giving up 5 hits and striking out 8. He also banged out a triple as Dave Belsito added a pair of hits.

However, the Nationals managed just 3 hits in each of their next two games losing 3-0 to Nor’Eastern and 7-1 to the TB Braves to bow out of tourney competition.

The Medina Blue Jays scored a dominant win in the their first game of the playoffs 18-3 over the Braves on Thursday.

Bats came alive early as Josh Hilobuk, Julian Woodworth, Brandon Christiaansen all had hits to set the tone. Scoring 4 runs in the first inning and never looking back.

Hilobuk hit a grand slam in the fourth inning to increase the lead.

Joe Waters sealed the game with a 3 run triple.

Strong pitching performance from Christiaansen, Woodworth and  Hilobuk kept the Braves in check for the whole game.

The Medina-Lyndonville United U14 Soccer Club posted a 1-0 win over the Alden Avengers this week.

Cole Seefeldt in his first game returning from injury ripped a shot from just across mid field to register the only score early in the game.

A rotation of M-L United soccer players including Aidan Owczarczak, Will Roush, and Evan Gerdes aided goalie Zach Fike in the shutout.

M-L United then suffered a difficult, 4-0 loss to the Lockport Lightening the following day.  Trailing 1-0 at half, United gave up three goals in the second for the defeat.

Conner Bell, Bryson Costich, and Zaric Boyce all provided solid play in the midfield for United.

Photo by Tom Rivers: Lexi Wolck sprints with the ball toward the Caledonia goal during a 6-4 win for the Albion U18 soccer team on Thursday in Albion.

Improving to 3-1-1, Albion outlasted visiting Caledonia 6-4 Thursday evening in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U18 Division game.

Brylie Hapeman scored 3 goals to lead the Albion attack as Kendall Derisley, Abbie Pappalardo and Kenzi  Hapeman 1 each.  Byrie Hapeman, Mariah Plain and Abigail Scanlan each had a pair of assists.

Quinn McCue turned in a strong eftort in goal to anchor the Albion defense.

Albion next participates in the Fairport Tournament this weekend.

York 6, Kendall 1
Lizzie Sutphen scored the lone goal for Kendall in a 6-1 loss at York on Wednesday in a U17 Division game.

Scoring in five different innings, Albion posted an 11-4 victory over host Alexander Thursday to stay perfect at 5-0 in Tri County Babe Ruth League action.

Ryan Krenning, Patrick Ricker and Drew Caldwell each had 2 hits to lead Albion at the plate.

On the mound for Albion, Ricker struck out 9 over the first 4 innings and Thomas Furmanski fanned 8 over the final 3 frames.

Albion jumped out to an early 4-0 lead by scoring 3 times in the first inning, highlighted by a two-run single by Kyle Woolston, and once in the second on an error.

Hits by Krenning, Ricker and Caldwell helped to up the lead to 6-1 in the fourth inning.

Alexander did cut the deficit to 6-4 but could get no closer.

Albion pulled away for good by scoring once in the fifth on a double by Krenning and then 4 times in the sixth on 4 walks, an error and hits by Caldwell and Torin Irvine.

Albion next visits Lyndonville at 6 p.m. Tuesday.