Scoring in five different innings, the Niagara Nationals took third place honors in the Can-Am Tournament by downing the Niagara Expos 8-4 this afternoon at Niagara County Community College.

Winning pitcher Korey Canton and Chris Goyette both had two hits for the Nationals as Joe Dell’oso, Liam Ward, Nate Sherman, Dave Belsito, Aiden Johnston and Carson Harper each chipped in with 1.  Canton’s hits included a triple and Goyette’s a double.

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

The Nationals slipped into the losers bracket by dropping a narrow 5-4 decision to the Gators earlier in the day.

The Gators rallied for three runs in the seventh inning to claim the win.

Ward and Belsito both had a pair of hits. Ward’s hits included a triple as Belsito and Sam Murphy both had doubles.

Luthart pitched six innings allowing 4 hits with 5 strikeouts.

The Nationals will next compete in the Darien Lake Tournament beginning Friday.

Cubs 9, A’s 5
The Woodroe Realty Cubs defeated the A’s 9-5 as Camden Fike, Briley Allen and River Jones led the way with each banging out three hits on the day.

Fike had two doubles and scored three runs.  Allen had three RBI’s and Jones with two RBI’s.  Ethan Page had two hits, including a triple and three RBI’s.  Brennan Allen had two hits and scored twice.  Vinny Gray, Jude Lacy and Bradley Goyette added singles.

Cubs 8, Somerset Braves 2
The Woodroe Realty Cubs beat the Somerset Braves 7-2 as Briley Allen, Ethan Page and Vinny Gray, each had three hits.

One of Page’s hits was a triple and he had two RBI’s.  Allen also contributed two RBI’s.  Camden Fike had a single and scored two runs, as did Gray.  Brennan Allen, River Jones and Jude Lacy added singles.  Jones and Lacy each had a RBI.

Indians 8, Orioles 1
The Champs Mini Mart Indians downed the Medina Orioles 8-1 with a solid pitching performance by Lex Gray, Luke Duffina, and Aidan Papaj.

Big hits sparked the Indians offensive attack. Aidan Papaj went 2-3 with 3 RBI’s on a home run and a double and Gray 2-3 with 3 RBI’s on a double and a single, Clayton Wagner 3-3 with 3 singles and a RBI, along with singles from Luke Duffina RBI, Dylan Johnston, Zachary Graham and Jacob Duffina. Also reaching base was Lukin Szatkowski.

Yankees 4, Mets 1

The MTA Yankees won their fourth game in a row on Saturday downing the Bogan Tuttle Mets 4-1.  The Yankees played a very strong defensive game only allowing 2 hits over 6 innings.

Brody Fry pitched 3 shut out innings with 6 strikeouts, Cole Callard followed with 2 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts, and Tyler Kroening finished the game to secure the win.

Colton Smith and Cameron Kenward both had key catches on pop flies to stop the Mets rally.

Fry led hitting going 2 for 2 with 3 RBI’s and stole home for another run.  Callard added a hit and scored 2 runs and Kroening scored a run.

Mother Nature finally cooperated and the four Person Spring Mixer Tournament was finally played at Hickory Ridge after a weather postponement earlier in the season.

The tournament creates computer generated foursomes based on their GHIN handicaps with a golfer from each level selected for each team.

This was a scramble tournament with the foursome of Bill Connolly, Dona Hazen, Dick Taylor and Clark Brooks placing first with a score of 8 under par.

 Second place went to the team of AJ Hanaburgh, Laurie Freeman, Owen Toale and Bob (Socks) Butler with a score of 6 under par.

 For Connolly this was his second tournament win of the season as he also won the Hickory Ridge Cup a few weeks ago.

Next up for Hickory Ridge Golf Association members is the two person scramble scheduled for June 23.

Contributed Photos – Lyndonville’s varsity spring sports awards winners included, from left, Zach Johnson, Anna Lewis, Natalie Ostrowski, Gracie Johnson, Miranda Lembcke, Chase Stinson, Reese Raduns, Evan Horn, Jonathan Slingerland, and Oskar Heinsler.

Lyndonville Athletic Director Lee Dillenbeck presents the Coaches Award to Miranda Lembcke and Brody Brown.

The presentation of a number of special awards highlighted this week’s annual Lyndonville High athletic banquet.

Miranda Lembcke and Brody Brown received the Coaches Award.

Lembcke also earned the Tri-Athlete Award for her participation in soccer (2013-16), volleyball (2017), basketball (2014-18) and softball (2014-18) as well as the Genesee Region League Scholar-Athlete Award.

The Babe Ruth Sportsmanship

Coach Shane Price presents the Ted Hettig Memorial Award (Highest point totals in baseball and softball) to Anna Lewis and Zach Johnson.

Award was presented to Bridget Barry and Thomas Culmo.

The Trevor Cook Athletic Award *Unsung Hero” went to Christopher Clark and Skyler Lear.

The Alfred L. Schmitt Memorial Award was presented to Lembcke and Brown, the “Bub” Meland Memorial Award to Paige Gardner and the “Doc” Layer Memorial Award to Luke Isaacson.

Coach Lee Dillenbeck presents the Paul Howell Memorial Award (Highest point totals in basketball) to Ella Lewis and Nathan Poler.

The Harold Dix Jr. Memorial Soccer Award went to Evan Horn and Grace Hayes; the Paul Howell Memorial Basketball Award to Nathan Poler and Ella Lewis; the Mike Fuller Memorial Wrestling Award to Chase Stinson and the Ted Hettig Memorial Baseball/Softball Award to Zachary Johnson and Anna Lewis.

The U.S. Army Scholar-Athlete Award went to Cassie Maynard and Michael Eckerd; the U.S. Air Force Award to Richard Forder and Josephine Joy and the U.S. Marine Corps Award to Norman McDonald and Victoria Newman.

For the Spring sports season Most Valuable awards were presented to Savannah Poler and Reese Raduns in Girls Track, Jonathan Slingerland and Evan Horn in Boys Track, Miranda Lembcke in Varsity Softball, Lorelei Dillenbeck in JV Softball, Zachary Johnson in Varsity Baseball and Dillon Burt-Hodgins in JV Baseball.

Most Improved Player Awards went to Carly Woodworth and Bridget Barry in Girls Track, Conner Bell and Brandon Baun in Boys Track, Gracie Johnson in Varsity Softball, Kaci Wittmeyer in JV Softball, Oskar Heinsler in Varsity Baseball and Alex Barry in JV Baseball.

The following two sport scholar athletes were recognized: Alexander Barry, Isaac Becker, Jacob Corser, Grace Hayes, Oskar Heinsler, Erin Kiefer, Megan Krisher, Anna Lewis, Ella Lewis, Anthony Moule, Kaylee Nesbitt, Natalie Ostrowski, Cameron Paniccia, Prezli Silversmith and Jack Whipple.

The following three sport scholar athletes were recognized: Rolland Balcerzak, Faith Chaffee, Lorelei Dillenbeck, Nathan Dillenbeck, Evan Horn, Miranda Lembcke, Jonathan Slingerland and Russell Stephens.

The JV spring sports awards winners included, from left, Lorelei Dillenbeck, Haley Shaffer, Russell Stephens, Alex Barry and Dillion Burt-Hodgins.

The Niagara Nationals defeated the Tri City Giants from Kitchener, Ontario 8-0 and the Tecumseh Thunder from Lake St. Claire, Ontario 1-0 today to open the Can-Am Tournament at Gasport.

In the opener against the Giants, Chris Goyette pitched a complete game allowing only 3 hits with 12 strikeouts.

At the plate, Dave Belsito had 3 hits and 5 RBIs, Nate Sherman 2 hits, including a triple and Trevor Luthart 2 hits.

The Nationals scored the lone run against the Thunder on a passed ball in the seventh inning.

Joe Dell’oso pitched 6 innings allowing 5 hits with 8 strikeouts while at the plate Belsito had a pair of hits.

Photo by Tom Rivers – Thomas Furmanski delivers a pitch for Albion during the season opening win over Lyndonville.

Albion bested visiting Lyndonville 7-4 in the Tri County Babe Ruth League season opening baseball game on Thursday.

Thomas Furmanski picked up the win on the mound for Albion striking out 13 in six innings of work. Patrick Ricker struck out 3 in the seventh inning.

Albion took a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning as Furmanski homered and Kyle Woolston had an RBI single following a hit by Drew Caldwell.

The Albion lead jumped to 7-1 in the fifth frame as Austin Aman had a two-run single and Bailey Blanchard an RBI double.

Lyndonville scored three times in the final frame on a single by Anthony Moule, a double by Roman Heinsler and a two-run single by Maddox Stirk.

Wilson scores Midget A wins
Wilson opened Lockport Midget A League competition this past week by defeating Midtown 9-8 and Cheektowaga 7-5.

John Bender had 2 hits including a double with 4 RBIs for Wilson against Midtown as Bryce Seddon and Anthony Dispenza both had doubles.

Seddon, Dedan Faery and Steven Frerichs shared in earning the win on the mound.

A four run first inning then sparked Wilson past Cheektowaga.

Faery and Atlas both had a pair of hits as Seddon and Frerichs both drove in 2 runs.

The AnJo Bombers 16U built a seven-run lead in the third inning and then held off Northtown  Wildcats  15U’s charge for an 8-6 victory on Wednesday.

The Wildcats scored six runs in the failed comeback on a single by Ryan Stark in the third, a sacrifice fly by Tommy Binda in the third, a groundout by Nick Tiberi in the sixth, a single by Garen Faut in the seventh, and a walk by Binda in the seventh.

The Bombers opened up scoring in the second inning.  Cade Littman singled on a 2-0 count, scoring two runs.

The Bombers notched four runs in the third inning.  Colin Fragale, Joe Watson, and Littman all moved runners across the plate with RBIs in the inning.

Watson led things off on the mound for the Bombers. He went three innings, allowing two runs on two hits and striking out one. Reed Albee didn’t allow an earned run in three innings of relief.

The Bombers saw the ball well today, racking up 12 hits in the game.  Thomas Furmanski, Zeke Callicutt, Fragale, and Littman all managed multiple hits.  Furmanski went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead the way at the plate.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley pitcher Kassandra Norman and Lyndonvile catcher Miranda Lembcke were batterymates for the Genesee Region League in today’s senior game against the Livingston County League at Genesee Community College.

Two big back-to-back scoring innings keyed the Livingston County League to a 15-5 victory over the Genesee Region League in the annual senior softball game between the conferences this afternoon at Genesee Community College.

Trailing 3-2, Livingston County regained the lead for good by scoring five times in the third inning as a trio of errors plated four of the tallies.

Holley’s Madison Papaj hits a sacrifice fly to drive in a run for the G-R.

The Livingston lead quickly increased to 11-3 after  four run fourth inning highlighted by a two-run single by Andrea Coyle and an RBI single by Meghan Mietlicki, both from Caledonia-Mumford.  Mietlicki also had RBI singles to key two run scoring bursts in both the first and sixth innings.

The G-R took its only lead at 3-2 by scoring 3 times in the second inning on hits by Kylie Schlagenhauf,  Alexa Cory and Serina Velletta, all from Oakfield-Alabama, and Kassandra Norman from Holley and an error.

The G-R’s other two runs came in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly by Madison Papaj from Holley and an RBI single by Velletta. A triple by Anna Kabel of Notre Dame ignited the uprising which also included hits by Norman and Schlagenhauf.

Norman went the distance in the circle for the G-R, which had only nine players on hand for the contest, registering 6 strikeouts.

The G-R lineup also included Miranda Lembcke from Lyndonville and Emily Keeler and Kimmy Keeler from Notre Dame.

Kylie Schlagenhauf of Oakfield-Alabama is tagged out at third base by Rachel Evans of Perry.