Barre downed Carlton 16-3 and St. Mary’s 12-11 this past week to improve to 5-3 in Albion Midget League competition.

Josh Bovenzi allowed only 4 hits and struck out 11 in six innings of work for Barre in  the win over Carlton.

At the plate for Barre, Bovenzi was 3 for 3. Nathan Gibson, Jason Conn, Jacob Neal, and Zach Vancott had 2 hits each.  Conn’s hits included a grand slam home run.

Dylan Narburgh went 3 for 3 for Carlton, including a double, and Dominic Jurs added the other hit.

Barre had another strong pitching performance against St. Mary’s as Conn struck out 13 over 5 innings and Bovenzi closed the game by striking out 3 batters in a row, stranding the tying and winning runs on base.

Gibson went 4 for 4, including two doubles for Barre. Bovenzi, Lucas Martin and Nick Harling had 2 hits each.

Nick Radder was 4 for 4 at the plate for St Mary’s with a home run that reached the 300-foot fence at St. Mary’s. He also had 2 doubles. Blake Preston added a triple.

Sandstone 7, Vets 4

Sandstone scored three times in the third inning on doubles by Seth Krenning and Nick Martino and then took the lead for good in the fourth on a two-run single by Krenning.

Vets closed to within one in the fifth on a two-run single by Brandon Nashburn but Sandstone got those back in the sixth as Elliott Trapiss doubled to help lock up the win. Earlier, Nashburn had a double to highlight a two-run third inning.

Krenning and Martino both had 2 hits for Sandstone as did Nashburn and Bryer Dysard for Vets.

Carlton 11, Sandstone 9

A big 8 run fifth inning uprising, which included hits by Dylan Narburgh and Lee Fleck, keyed the win for Carlton.

Sandstone scored 5 in the fourth as Martino had a home run, Cencere Lowe a triple and John Eibl a single.

Fleck and Caden Wilson both had 3 hits for Carlton.

Vets 7, Rotary 5

Nashburn had a two-run double and John Bianchi a two-run single to lead the way for Vets.  Nashburn also registered 14 strikeouts in 5 inning of work on the mound.

In the completion of a make-up game, Rotary edged Vets 16-15.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Brylie Hapeman looks to advance the ball up field for Albion during Sunday’s win over visiting Batavia as Lexi Wolck comes in to help.

Albion’s Abbie Pappalardo battles for control of the ball.

Coming from behind twice, Albion edged past visiting Batavia 4-3 Sunday evening in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U18 Division game.

Albion first rebounded from an early 1-0 deficit to pull even on a goal by Abigail Scanlan.

Batavia though quickly regained the lead on a breakaway goal.

However, Albion came battling back again behind a big scoring burst by Brylie Hapeman.

Hapeman scored before half-time to pull Albion back to within one at 3-2.

She then completed her hat-trick with a pair of second half goals to rally Albion into the narrow victory.

Quinn McCue helped to anchor the defense for Albion which improves to 2-1-1.

Previously Albion had defeated Fairport 3-0, tied Canandaigua 2-2 and lost to Gananda 3-2.

Albion next hosts Caledonia at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Alyson Knaak works the ball up field for Albion as Pappalardo supports.

The Niagara Nationals dropped a 14-4 decision to the Finger Lakes Falcons this afternoon in the semifinals of the Darien Lake Tournament.

Scoring in five different innings, the Falcons tallied 4 times in the second and five in the seventh.

Dave Belsito, Sam Murphy and Mitchell Holtz each had a pair of hits for the Nationals.

The Nationals advanced to the semis by blanking Team PAC 10-0 this morning as Trevor Luthart and Korey Canton combined to hurl a no hitter with 7 strikeouts.

Nate Sherman had 3 hits, including a double and 4 RBIs, to lead the way for the Nationals at the plate as Joe Dell’osi and Liam Ward both had 2 hits. Ward’s hits included a double.

The Nationals went 4-1 on the weekend.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s first team honorees Patrick Sheelar and Madigan Lang.

Albion’s first team All League honorees Victor Benjovsky and Matthew Kovaleski.

Albion, Medina and Roy-Hart have each placed two players on the first team of the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League tennis squad.

The first and second singles duo of junior Matthew Kovaleski and Victor Benjovsky represent Albion.

Medina likewise placed its first two singles players in senior Andrew Fuller and junior Pay Paull  as did Roy-Hart in seniors Patrick Sheelar and Madigan Lang.

Medina’s first team representatives Andrew Fuller and Ray Paull.

Kovaleski and Sheelar are both repeat first team honorees.

Interestingly, Akron, which captured its first N-O title with a near perfect 11-1 record, has only one first team selection, junior Nate Chubb. The Tigers first singles player, Chubb, who earned the N-O Player of the Year honor, is now a three-time first team selection.

Rounding out the first team are Newfane junior Danny Dy and Wilson eighth grader Joey Moote.

Akron led the way on the second team with four honorees including seniors Brandon Meek and Skyler Earle, sophomore Morgan Wdowka and eighth grader Will Chubb.

The second team honorees also include Medina senior Toby Kiebala, Roy-Hart senior Evan Birkemeier, Wilson senior Kyle Lyon, Barker junior Zander Israel and Newfane junior James Leibring.

Albion had a trio of Honorable Mention selections including seniors Hailey Bader and Elliot Neidert and eighth grader Carson Bader.

Medina also had three Honorable Mentions players including Cody Leno, Andrew Houseman and Haylee Seefeldt, all juniors.

Completing the Honorable Mention list are juniors Mia Olear and Jacob Hecko from Wilson, senior Zach Lundy and sophomore Matt Pusateri from Newfane, senior Maggie Leeds and sophomore Harry Fitzgerald from Akron, junior Chris Young and sophomore Jacob Harris from Barker and junior Mason Collins from Roy-Hart.

Staying unbeaten at 4-0, the Wilson U18 baseball team blanked the Cheektowaga Green 13-0 on Saturday.

Thomas Baia, Bryce Seddon and John Bender combined to hurl the shutout.

Bender also got the Wilson offense rolling with a two-run homer in the first inning.

Wilson later pulled away with 6 runs in the fourth as Bender, Baia, Seddon and Patrick Seeley all had RBI hits.

Bender, Declan Faery, Seeley, Baia and Luke Atlas each finished with 2 hits.

Mother nature cooperated last week with play in all leagues at Hickory Ridge.

The Wednesday Night League has John Carlson and Brian Hofstra at the top with 41 points followed by Larry Palmer and Dave Rau with 40, Gary Beattie and Jim Zambito with 37, Sam and Mark Hackenburg with 36.5 and Ray Daniels and Tim Hendrickson with 35.5 points to round out the top 5 teams.

Carlson led with 5 pars followed by Bill Connolly with 4.  Dave Petta and Ed Berlew had one birdie each.  Low Gross was Connolly with a 40 and low net was shared by Beattie, Carlson and Rau with 32 each.

The Thursday Night Men’s Traveling League saw continued strong play by Ray Daniels and Ken Hinkson as they lead again this week with 122 points.  Pete Kaiser and Steve Tipton follow with 116 points, Josh Bennett and Scott Budde with 100, Dave Fisher and Tom Hennekey with 92 and Patrick Drury and Gabe Nagy round out the top 5 with 86 points.

Three players shared a low gross of 43.  They are  Hinkson,  Budde and Mike Pilon.  Josh Carpenter was low net with 31.   Nagy led with 2 birdies while Guy Eaton had 5 pars.

The Niagara Nationals are off to a 3-0 start at the Darien Lakes Tournament this weekend.

The Nationals romped past the Rochester Cougars 16-2 on Friday evening and then downed the Rush-Henrietta Renegades 13-1 and the Kitchener, Ontario Panthers 5-2 today.

Joe Dell’oso and Chris Goyette both had 3 hits for the Nationals against the Cougars as Korey Canton, Dave Belsito and Mitchell Holtz each chipped in with 2. Canton’s hits included a triple and Belsito’s 2 doubles as Dell’oso and Nate Sherman also both had a double.

Belsito drove in a total of 4 runs, Goyette 3 and Dell’oso 2.

The Nationals tallied 6 times in both the second and fifth innings to key the win.

Belsito then had 3 hits, including a double and triple, against the Renegades as Sherman, Holtz and Sam Murphy each had a pair of base raps.

The Nationals put this one away early scoring 6 times in both the second and third innings.

On the mound, Holtz allowed 3 hits and struck out 3 in 5 innings of work.

Breaking away from a 2-2 deadlock, the Nationals claimed the win over the Panthers by scoring 3 times in the sixth inning on a triple by Dell’oso, doubles by Liam Ward and Sherman and a sacrifice by Goyette.

Trevor Luthart also had a double in the game for the Nationals.

Harper pitched 6 innings allowing 5 hits and striking out 5.

The tournament concludes on Sunday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Mason Lewis will be playing in next month’s all-star football game.

Six local players have been selected to play in the 43rd annual Kensington Lions All-Star High School Football Classic which will be held on July 25 at Williamsville South High School.

The local contingent includes Medina defensive back Mason Lewis, Roy-Hart tackle Sal Giolie, Akron running back/linebacker Jacob Sarow and Wilson tackle Matt Lang along with the Newfane  duo of running back/defensive back Zach Brown and lineman Connor Hill.

Lewis earned first team B-3 Division All-Star honors last fall as he made 72 tackles and had 3 interceptions on defense and 3 touchdown receptions on offense.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Medina’s first team D Division lacrosse All-Stars include, in front, DaRon Bellan and Christian Silversmith and in back Ian Joseph, Mason Lewis and Brendan Luthart.

Five Medina High lacrosse players have been named to the first team of the Section VI Class D Division All-Star squad.

That quintet includes midfielders Mason Lewis, Brendan Luthart and DaRon Bellan along with attacker Christian Silversmith and long stick middie/defender Ian Joseph. All are seniors except Silversmith who is a junior.

Lewis and Luthart are both repeat honorees.

Silversmith had 59 goals on the season, Luthart 55, Lewis 50, Bellan 14 and Joseph 8.  Luthart also had 45 assists and Lewis 38.

The Mustangs also had senior Luke Wilson and junior Blaire Prest, both defenders, earn spots on the second team.

In addition, sophomore defender Bobby Geiger and freshman attacker Zach Blount both received Honorable Mention.

Medina Coach Gordy Luthart was also honored by being named D Division Coach of the Year.

Indians 0, Cubs 0
In a pitchers dual the Champs Mini Mart Indians and the Woodroe Reality Cubs ended in a 0-0 tie this week.

Pitching for the Indians were Luke Duffina (3) innings giving up no hits, Aidan Papaj (2) innings allowing 1 hit and Lex Gray pitched 1 inning with no hits allowed. Combined the Indian pitchers had 13 strikeouts.

On a night that hits were hard to come by the Indians Gray had a triple, Papaj had a double, and Zach Graham had a single.

MTA Yankees 11, R-H Yankees 11
In a hard fought battle the MTA Yankees tied the Roy-Hart Yankees with a score of 11-11.

MTA Yankees Bats were led by Henry Rigerman who had a key triple in the 6th inning scoring 3 runs and Brody Fry who went 2 for 2 with a double and a single and scored 2 runs. Michael Chisler added 2 hits and scored 3 runs, Tyler Allen a hit, 1 RBI and scored 2 runs, Cameron Kenward  a hit and scored 2 runs, Cole Callard a single and stole home, and Jimmy Dieter a hit, a RBI, and scored what was the tying run off an RBI by Aiden Wisniewski.

Fry pitched 3 strong innings with 7 strikeouts, Callard added 4 strikeouts over 2 innings, and Tyler Kroening finished off the game 2 strikeouts to preserve the tie.