Jumping out to a 6-0 first quarter lead, West Seneca West went on to defeat visiting Medina 18-5 this afternoon in an interdivisional lacrosse game.

The Indians went on to hold leads of 12-3 at the half and 16-4 after three quarters.

Christian Silversmith and Brendan Luthart both scored 2 goals and Ian Joseph 1 for Medina.

Now at 7-8, Medina next visits Lew-Port at 7 p.m. Thursday in the regular season finale.

A perfect 12-0 Niagara-Orleans League championship season has earned Roy-Hart the No. 1 seed for the Section VI Class B2 softball playoffs.

The Lady Rams will open on Thursday against the winner of today’s contest between No. 8 Gowanda and No. 9 Southwestern.

Also in Class B2, No. 4 seed Medina will host No. 5 Olmsted in the quarterfinals at 4:45 p.m. Thursday. and No. 6 Akron will entertain No. 3 Cleveland Hill.

Today, No. 7 Wilson will host No. 10 JFK with the winner to visit No. 2 Eden on Thursday.

In Class B1, No. 7 Albion hosts No. 10 CSAT at 4:45 this afternoon. The winner will visit No. 2 Fredonia in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

Also today, No. 8 Newfane will host No. 9 Springville with the winner to visit No. 1 Olean on Thursday.

In Class C, No. 8 Barker will host No. 9 Holland at 4:45 p.m. Thursday with the victor visiting No. 1 Portville on May 21.

Unable to overcome a five goal halftime deficit, Medina dropped a 15-10 decision to Gananda this evening in a non league lacrosse game at Vets Park.

Gananda jumped out to leads of 5-2 after one period and 10-5 at the half as the closest Medina could get was to within two, 12-10, at the three-quarter mark.

Christian Silversmith had 4 goals and Brendan Luthart and Mason Lewis 3 each for Medina,

Now at 7-7, Medina next visits West Seneca West at 5 p.m. Tuesday in another non league contest.

Albion put together a huge rally in the bottom of the seventh inning to nip visiting Wilson 7-6 this afternoon to close out the Niagara-Orleans League baseball season.

Trailing 6-1, the Purple Eagles erupted for six runs in the decisive final frame to finish the regular season at 8-4 in the league and 12-4 overall.

An RBI triple by Liam Ward and a run producing wild pitch got Albion rolling in the final frame.

Consecutive RBI singles by Isaiah Callicutt, Michael DiCureia and Addison Christ then pulled the Purple Eagles at 6-6.

Then, following a single by Vinnie Zona, Austin Dugan drove in the winning run for the Purple Eagles with a successful squeeze bunt.

Ward and Callicutt both finished with a pair of hits.

Wilson, which is now 5-6 in the league, built up the 6-1 lead on a two-run single by Jackson Rotella in the first inning, a two-run home run by John Bender in the fourth and a two-run double by Tanner Feeley in the sixth.

Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 13, Lyndonville 10
Oakfield-Alabama/Elba pushed across three error aided runs in the seventh inning to outlast Lyndonville 13-10 in a Genesee Region League game.

Lyndonville had rallied from a 6-1 deficit to knot the contest at 6-6 by scoring five times in the fifth inning highlighted by two-run singles by Bryce Seddon and Zach Johnson.

The Tigers later retied the contest at 10-10 by scoring four times in the sixth on two-run singles by Russell Stephens and Luke Isaacson but could not take the lead.

Devin Rounds had 3 hits for the Tigers as Johnson and Oskar Heinsler both added 2.

Kendall 14, Barker 7
A big six run first inning scoring burst ignited Kendall to a 14-7 non league win over Barker.

A two-run double by Jeremy Browe highlighted that big Eagles scoring surge.

Mason Kuhn had 4 hits, including a pair of triples, for Kendall as Browe and Mickey Gardner both had 2 hits.

Attica 5, Holley 4
Matt Skehan had 4 hits, including a double, and Sammy Lammes registered 6 strikeouts on the mound for Holley in the narrow 5-4 G-R loss to Attica.

Softball
Roy-Hart 11, Grand Island 6
Maddie Fry had 4 hits and winning pitcher Mallory Steiner 2 for Roy-Hart in the 11-6 non league win at Grand Island.

Lyndonville 18, Notre Dame 3
Anna Lewis had 4 hits, including 2 home runs and 6 RBIs, Cassie Boyce 3 hits, including a double and 5 RBIs and Stacy Buckland 3 hits to lead Lyndonville past Notre Dame 18-3 in a G-R game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Chase Froman, left, and Nate Smith in action at first doubles for Albion during the Purple Eagles win over the Mustangs this afternoon.

Avenging an early season loss, Albion downed visiting rival Medina 3 1/2-2 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match.

The Purple Eagles margin of victory came at the third singles match as Elliot Neidert outlasted Medina’s Toby Kiebala 6-2, 6-7, 6-1.

Albion also got straight set wins at first singles by Matthew Kovaleski, 6-0, 6-1 over Andrew Fuller; at second doubles by Hailey and Carson Bader, 6-2, 6-3 over Jacob Houseman and Haylee Seefeldt, and at third doubles by Josh Riley and Matt Rowcliffe, 7-5, 6-1 over Mark Barcena and Sophia Cardone.

Medina got wins at second singles by Ray Paull, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 over Victor Benjovsky, and at first doubles by Kody Leno and Andrew Houseman, 6-3, 6-4 over Nate Smith and Chase Froman.

Albion finishes the N-O season at 8-4 while Medina slips to 6-4.

Roy-Hart 4 1/2, Wilson 1
Roy-Hart finished the N-O season in second place at 9-3 by downing Wilson 4 1/2-1 at Gasport.

Wins at first singles by Patrick Sheelar and at third singles by Evan Birekmeier led the way for Roy-Hart.

The Rams also got wins from the doubles teams over Cameron VanBuron-Noah Kindron, Mason Collins-Kody Hayes and Kayla Hagen-Caleb Reith.

Kyle Lyon won at second singles for Wilson which drops to 3-7.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Alex Allis drives in a run with this suicide squeeze bunt during the Mustangs win over Roy-Hart this afternoon at Gasport.

Rebounding from an early six run deficit, Medina came storming back to defeat champion Roy-Hart 13-6 in the Niagara-Orleans League baseball season finale this afternoon at Gasport.

Trailing 6-0, Medina rallied into the lead by exploding for seven runs in the fourth inning on RBI singles by Matt Saj and winning pitcher Chris Goyette, a hit batter, a bases loaded walk, a suicude squeeze bunt by Alex Allis and a two-run error.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs quickly built the advantage to 11-6 by scoring four times in the fifth frame on an RBI triple by Zach Fike, a wild pitch and a two-run single by Allis.

Chris Goyette went the distance on the mound for the Mustangs.

In avenging an earlier season 8-1 loss, the Mustangs later tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the seventh as Brian Fry came home on a double steal play and Brett Riemer banged out an RBI double.

Goyette went the distance on the mound for the Mustangs blanking the Rams on just 1 hit with 5 strikeouts over the final five innings.

Roy-Hart though did get off to a fast start scoring two quick runs in the first inning on RBI singles by Ben Schwab and Gavyn Boyle.

The Rams quickly made it 6-0 by tallying four times in the second inning on RBI singles by Charlie Bruning and Schwab, a run producing triple by Jake Bruning and a fielders choice play off the bat of Al Xapsos.

However, the Rams could not cross home plate again as Goyette and the Mustangs defense turned in a shutout the rest of the way.

Roy-Hart, which had already locked up a third straight N-O title, finishes the league campaign at 10-2 and Medina at 8-4.

Medina’s Brian Fry scores on a wild pitch as Roy-Hart hurler Walker Samanka comes in to cover home.

Improving to 2-0 on the young season, Medina blanked Celtic Classic 7-0 Sunday in a Buffalo District Soccer League game at Vets Park.

Barry Rogenmoser scored 2 goals as Greg Husung, Nick Schroeder, Kristian Snyder, Steven Anderson and Drew McMurray each netted one.

Rogenmoser, Jessie Fergen, Lucas Evans, Anderson, Alex Allis, Ethan Leonard and Chris Horgan all had assists.

The week before in the season opened Medina defeated Rust Belt United 6-0.

Steven Anderson, Brian Anderson, Leonard, Rogenmoser, Schroeder and Fergen all netted goals.

Rogenmoser, Troy Fidanza, Leonard, Husung and Horgan all had assists.

Contribute Photo – Connor Barleben

Albion High graduate and Ashland University senior outfielder Connor Barleben has earned second team  All Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball honors.

Barleben led the conference in slugging percentage (.671), was second in RBIs (51) and home runs (11), fourth in doubles (15) and ninth in batting average (.360).

He also earned GLIAC All-Tournament teams honors.

Ashland went 32-20 on the season and has qualified for the NCAA Division II tournament which begins on Thursday.

Avenging a 2-1 loss earlier in the season, Medina-Lyndonville United downed Cheektowaga Krytonite 4-1 this past weekend in the EPIC indoor soccer league.

United took a 1-0 lead into halftime on a Sam Kingsbury goal.

In the second half, United made it 2-0 when Bryson Costich scored just minutes into the half.

However, Krytonite battled back by scoring a goal of their own just minutes later.

Roman Heinsler put the game away though by scoring two goals in the final 10 minutes.

United finishes the season 5-4-2 record.