No. 6 seed Albion will host Niagara-Orleans League foe No 11 Newfane at 5 this afternoon in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 baseball playoffs.

The winner will then visit No. 3 Fredonia in the quarterfinals at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Albion defeated Newfane twice during the N-O season by scores of 13-2 and 14-3.

In Saturday’s Class B2 quarterfinals, No. 4 Medina will host N-O foe No. 5 Akron at 3 p.m. and No. 2 Roy-Hart will host the winner of today’s No. 10 Eden vs. No. 7 Gowanda game at noon.

Medina split with Akron during the N-O campaign by the identical score of 3-0.

Also in Class B2, No. 8 Wilson will host No. 9 WNY Maritime this afternoon at 5. The winner will visit top seeded Olmstead on Saturday at 1 p.m.

In Class C, No. 11 Barker visits No. 6 Portville  in the pre quarterfinals at noon Saturday.

The rain date for Saturday’s games is Sunday.

Tuning up for the upcoming sectional playoffs, Medina defeated host Lew-Port 18-7 this evening in an interdivisional lacrosse game.

Mason Lewis, Brendan Luthart and Christian Silversmith each scored 4 goals to lead the Medina attack.

In all the Mustangs got goal production from a total of seven players as DaRon Bellan and Ian Joseph both netted 2 and Chaise Prest and Zach Blount 1 each.

Leading by a narrow 3-2 margin, Medina began to pull away by outscoring Lew-Port 6-2 in the second period. Lewis, Luthart and Silversmith each netted a pair of goals during that stretch as the Mustangs opened up a 9-4 lead at the half.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs then put a lock on the win by outscoring the Lancers 7-2 in the third period.  Bellan and Joseph both tallied twice and Lewis, Silversmith and Blount once during that uprising upping the Mustangs advantage to 16-6.

Medina, which finishes the regular season at 8-8, will next host Gowanda at 5 p.m. next Wednesday in the semifinals of the Section VI Class D playoffs.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jalin Cooper heads toward a win in the 100 meter dash at this afternoon’s Niagara-Orleans All-League meet at Roy-Hart ahead of Albion’s Bril Johnson.

Albion had a quartet of winners during this afternoon’s second and final day of Niagara-Orleans All-League track meet competition at Roy-Hart.

In the boys competition for the Purple Eagles, Tre Yaskulski captured the 110 Hurdles (:15.62), Kirk Ellison the Shotput (43-2) and Nate Moore the Long Jump (20-9). In the girls competition, Bri Haines won the pole vault with a school record vault of 9-0.

Medina had a trio of first place finishers as Jalin Cooper won the 100 for the third straight year  (:11.34), Dan Heil took the 1600 (4:35.96) and Mason Pecoraro the Pentathlon (2387 points).

Newfane’s Reese Casinelli doubled in the 200 and 400 as did Akron’s Hailey Hall in the 100 and 200.

The top 3 finishers in the boys individual events included:
110 Hurdles – Tre Yaskulski (Alb), Trenton Crews (M), Connor Miller (M) :15.62.
400 Hurdles – Ian DiLorenzi (B), Crews (M), Miller (M) :59.02.
100 – Jalin Cooper (M), Bril Johnson (Alb), Jamie Larson (Ak) :11.34
200 – Reese Casinelli (N), Dominic Clementi (B), Malik Smith (B) :22.58
400 – Casinelli (N), Clementi (B), Sam Sanchez (Alb) :50.96
1600 – Dan Heil (M), Sam Auernhamer (N), Collin McCabe (N) 4:35.96
Shotput – Kirk Ellison (Alb), Trent Stymus (N), Marcus Kenline (Ak) 43-2
Long Jump – Nate Moore (Alb), Yaskulski (Alb), Andrew Boudeman (N) 20-9
High Jump – Jarred Fisher (W), Andrew Hadsell (W), James Essenburg (N), Aaron Curry (RH), Zach Richbart (B) 5-10
Pentathlon – Mason Pecoraro (M), Trevor Cleversley (Ak), Andrew Callaghan (B) 2387.
400 Relay – Newfane (Casinelli, Julian Nixon, Thorn Geise, Boudeman) :43.96
3200 Relay – Newfane (Auernhamer, McCabe, Noah Thornton, Robert Stevenson) 8:28.64.

The top 3 finishers in the girls individual events included:
100 Hurdles – Grace Gerber (W), Ashlin Joseph (N), Natalie Menz (B), :16.98
400 Hurdles – Joseph (N), Margo Henley (Ak), Gerber (W) 1:07.16
100: Hailey Hall (Ak), Nadet Shorter (N), Emily Kelly (W) :13.05
200 – Hall (Ak), Kelly (W), Shorter (N) :27.66
400 – Makenzie O’Brien (Ak), Madison Jimerson (Ak), Kirsten Struble (Alb), 1:02.5
1500 – Kim Goerss (N), Alanna Holman (Alb), Anna Rickard (R-H) 5:17.84
Shotput – Amanda Swader (Ak), Shelby Ewald (b), Bella Armus (Ak) 33-8
Long Jump – Skylar Munnikhuysen (W), Olivia Carter (M), Emily Foltz (N) 15-11
High Jump – Kali Scharping (R-H), Skylar Munnikhuysen (W), Devin Griffin (M) 5-0
Pole Vault – Bri Haines (Alb), Madison Gancasz (B), Ellie Todd (R-H)  9-0
Pentathlon – Ellie Leeds (Ak), Megan Mietlicki (N), Maddie Colley (RH) 1773
400 Relay – Newfane (Joseph, Loren Boudeman, Shorter, Foltz) :51.95
3200 Relay – Akron (O’Brien, Henley, Jimerson, Loren Wagner) 10:12.62

Albion’s Tre Yaskulski in route to a win in the 110 Hurdles over the Medina duo of Trenton Crews center, and Connor Miller, left.

Closing out the regular season on a high note, Lyndonville ended host Alexander’s season long 14 game Genesee Region League winning streak by posting an 11-3 victory this afternoon.

Leading by a narrow 4-3 margin, Lyndonville put a lock on the victory by erupting for seven runs in the top of the seventh inning highlighted by an RBI triple by Ella Lewis, a two-run double by Miranda Lembcke, an RBI double by Megan Krisher and an RBI single by Stacy Buckland.

Gracie Johnson finished with 4 hits for the Lady Tigers and Lewis 2. Johnson’s hits included a triple.

Johnson and Lorelie Dillenbeck shared in the pitching duties in the circle for the Lady Tigers.

Lyndonville, which captured the G-R Division 2 title,  finishes the regular season at 13-1 in the league and 14-2 overall.

Baseball

Holley 15, Byron-Bergen 3

Holley romped past Byron-Bergen 15-3 in a G-R League game to improve to 8-7.

A three-run home run by Nick Schutz highlighted the contest for Holley as Ryan Andrews and Brandon Dillenbeck both had 3 hits and Sammy Lammes and Nate Towne 2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Morgan Allis slides into second base ahead of the throw to Olmsted shortstop Gabrielle McDuffie during the Mustangs sectional win this afternoon at Vets Park.

Erupting for eight runs in each of the first two innings. No. 4 seed Medina went on to defeat No. 5 Olmsted 20-2 this afternoon in a Section VI Class B2 quarterfinal softball game at Vets Park.

Top seeded Roy-Hart likewise used a big 12 run first inning scoring surge to key a 26-1 romp over No. 8 Gowanda at Akron.

Abi Neuman bangs out a hit for Medina.

That sets up a Medina vs. Roy-Hart B2 semifinal on Monday which is expected to be played at Akron.

A two-run double by Ryenn Oliver and a two-run single by Abi Neuman highlighted Medina’s eight run first inning which also benefitted from six walks.

Brandi Guild, Ashlee Howell, Oliver and winning pitcher Lacey Kenward then all had run producing hits in the second inning.

Morgan Allis also hit a solo home run for the Mustangs.

Maddie Fry, Maddy Glena, Mallory Steiner and Jayden Townsend each banged out 3 hits and Lexie Lovewell and Kayla Brown 2 to lead Roy-Hart’s 22 hit barrage.  Brown and Townsend both hit home runs. Brown had 5 RBIs and Lovewell and Steiner 3 each.

In the other B2 quarterfinals No. 2 Eden defeated No. 7 Wilson 16-3 and No. 6 Akron edged No. 3 Cleveland Hill 3-2.

In a Class B1 quarterfinal No. 2 Fredonia defeated visiting No. 7 Albion 11-1.

Natalie DiCureia had 2 hits for Albion as Lexi Wolck and Sierra Newton each had 1.

In Class C, Holland trimmed Barker 3-1.

Holley pushed across a run in the bottom of the eighth inning to nip visiting Northstar 6-5 this afternoon in a non league game as  the Hawks regain the .500 mark at 7-7.

Matt Skehan singled in Erick Balys with the winning run for Holley. Balys reached on a single  and advanced into scoring position on an error.

Skehan, Patrick Bower, Brandon Dillenbeck and Michael Passarell each had a pair of hits for the Hawks. Bower’s hits included a double.

In another G-R contest, Notre Dame shutout Kendall 6-0.

Wilson 7, Newfane 4
Wilson trimmed rival Newfane 7-4 this afternoon to finish the Niagara-Orleans League baseball season at 6-6.

John Bender banged out a three-run double to highlight the Wilson offense as Ian Evans added 2 hits, including a double, and Nate Fox 2 hits.

Newfane finishes the N-O season at 2-10.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Preston Flugel soars to a victory in the pole vault during this afternoon’s day 1 action at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League track meet at Roy-Hart.

Albion captured top honors in three events this afternoon during  the first day of competition at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League track meet at Roy-Hart.

Preston Flugel won the pole vault with a vault of 13-0 while Tre Yaskuski captured the Triple Jump (43-6) and Alanna Holman the 3000 (11:24).

The top three finishers in each of the individual events completed today as as follows:

Boys 800 – Collin McCabe (N), Dan Heil (M), Aiden Cayea (M) 2:02.9.
Boys 3200 – Sam Auernhamer (N), Jack Hill (M), Aiden Cayea (M) 10:17.
Boys Discus – Marcus Kenline (Ak), Nick Perry (Alb), Mason Secor (W) 118-11.
Boys Triple Jump – Tre Yaskulski (Alb), Andrew Boudeman (N), Marcell Wilson (W) 43-6.
Boys Pole Vault – Preston Flugel (Alb), Mark Coder (W), Jerico Chudy (Alb) 13-0.

Girls 800 – Kim Goerss (N), Vanessa Burkhart (N), Lauren Wagner (Ak) 2:26.68.
Girls 3000 – Alanna Holman (Alb), Anna Rickard (R-H), Cat Ersing (N) 11:24.
Girls Discus – Amanda Swader (Ak), Casey A’Hearn (B), Izzy Dinse (W) 104-10.
Girls Triple Jump – Skylar Munnikhuysen (W), Emily Foltz (N), Shea Munnikhuysen (W) 32-11.

Boys 1600 Relay – Newfane (Reese Casinelli, Collin McCabe, Andrew Boudeman, Ibrahim Umaru) 3:31.30 (school record).

Girls 1600 Relay – Akron (Makenzie O’Brien, Margo Henley, Caele Harsch, Madison Jimerson) 4:15.02.

The meet will conclude on Thursday at Roy-Hart with the field events beginning at 4 p.m. and the track events at 4:30 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Miranda Lembcke slides safely into home during the Lady Tigers win over visiting Kendall this afternoon. The Kendall catcher is Shianna Patten.

Scoring in five of six innings, Lyndonville posted a 15-0 victory over visiting Kendall this afternoon to improve to 12-1 in Genesee Region League softball competition (13-2 overall).

Leading 2-0, Lyndonville began to pull away by scoring four times in the third inning highlighted by a two-run single by Miranda Lembcke and a fielders choice play off the bat of Cassie Boyce.

Lorelei Dillenbeck delivers a pitch for Lyndonville.

The Lady Tigers later put a lock on the win by scoring five times in the fifth inning and four more in the sixth.

Stacy Buckland, Gracie Johnson and Ella Lewis all had RBI singles in the fifth.

A leadoff home run by Alecia Hinkson then ignited the sixth inning uprising which also featured a two-run single by Ella Lewis.

Lembcke finished with 3 hits as Lewis and Natalie Osrowski both had 2.  Lembcke and Lewis each drove in 3 runs.

In the circle, Lorelei Dillenbeck hurled a 1 hitter with 4 strikeouts for the Lady Tigers.

Lyndonville closes out the G-R season at Alexander on Thursday.

Indians 5, Roy-Hart Yankees 0
The Champs Mini Mart Indians blanked the  RoyHart Yankees 5-0 with a combined effort by pitchers  Luke Duffina, Lex Gray and Aidan Papaj as well as good defense plays by Duffina and Treyden Rhim.

Gray had a single and a triple with 3 RBI’s and Clayton Wagner single and a Double with 2 RBI’S to lead the Indians offense attack. Luke Duffina, Jacob Duffina, Treyden Rhim Mason Berry, and Zach Graham each had a single.

MTA Yankees 13, Somerset Dodgers 5
The MTA Yankees bested the Somerset Dodgers 13 -5 Tuesday as Brody Fry led batting 4 for 4 with 3 singles, 1 double and had 5 RBI’s. Cole Callard had 2 singles and scored a 2 runs and Jackson Schultz 2 hits and also scored 2 runs. Henry Rigerman added 2 singles and scored a run, Cameron Kenward had a double, a single, 1 RBI and scored a run, Michael Chisler a single and 1 RBI, Aiden Wisniewski a hit and scored 2 runs, Aidan Allen a hit and RBI, Colton Smith  a hit and scored a run, and Seth Micalizzo scored a run.

On the mound Fry pitched first 3  innings allowing only 1 run and striking out 6 batters.   Callard finished the game pitching 8 strikeouts over the last 3 innings.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Lexi Wolck slides safely into home during the host Purple Eagles sectional win over CSAT this afternoon.

Back-to-back marathon scoring innings keyed No. 7 seed Albion to a 29-8 victory over visiting No. 10 CSAT this afternoon in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 softball playoffs.

Leading 3-0, Albion broke the contest wide open by erupting for 9 runs in the third inning and 12 more in the fourth to roar away to a commanding 24-1 advantage.

Sierra Newton bangs out a base hit for Albion.

Brylie Hapeman, Natalie DiCureia and Sierra Newton all had run producing hits in the third inning which also featured half a dozen walks.

Hapeman then had a three-run double and an RBI single in the fourth as DiCureia and Emani Poole also both singled in runs.

Erin Doty picked up the win in the circle for the Purple Eagles.

Albion next visits No. 2 Fredonia in the B1 quarterfinals on Thursday.

Medina 8, Depew 6
A five run first inning sparked Medina to an 8-6 win over Depew at Vets Park in a non league game.

Ryenn Oliver drove in 3 runs and Camri King plated 2 in the decisive opening frame for the Mustangs.  King had a pair of doubles on the day.

The contest was a rematch of last year’s Section VI Class B state qualifier game which saw Depew down Medina 5-2.

Seeded no. 4, Medina next hosts No. 5 Olmsted in the quarterfinals of the Section VI Class B2 playoffs on Thursday.

Tennis
Byron-Bergen 4, Holley 1
Undefeated Byron-Bergen (6-0) downed Holley (6-2) 4-1 in a Genesee Region League tennis match.

Dalton Thurley and Steven Morgan earned Holley’s lone point at first doubles.

Weather causes postponements
The rainy weather earlier in the day washed out the Northstar vs. Lyndonville, Holley vs. Byron-Bergen and Wilson vs. Newfane baseball games; the Kendall vs. Notre Dame, Roy-Hart vs. Oakfield-Alabama and Holley vs. Pembroke softball contests and the Medina vs. Akron tennis match.