Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Christian Silversmith scored three goals in Medina’s loss at Amherst this afternoon.

Able to manage just one goal in each period, Medina dropped a 12-4 decision at Amherst this afternoon in a non league lacrosse game.

Amherst built up leads of 3-1 after one period, 5-2 at the half and 8-3 at the three-quarter mark.

“All the credit to Amherst they played a very good game,” said Medina Coach Gordy Luthart. “They are fundamentally sound.”

Christian Silversmith scored 3 goals for Medina and Chaise Prest 1.

Silversmith now has a team leading 27 goals on the season as Brendan Luthart with 23 and Mason Lewis with 19 round out the Mustangs top three scorers.

Now at 4-4 overall, Medina next visits Wilson on Thursday for a Class D Division contest.

Rainy weather has washed out today’s second annual Jeff Evoy Memorial Scholarship baseball doubleheader at Medina’s Vets Park.

The games were to have matched Albion vs. Pambroke at 4 p.m. and Wilson vs. Medina at 7 p.m.

During his educational career as a teacher, coach and administrator Evoy, who passed away in 2016, served in the Albion, Medina and Pembroke districts.

No makeup date has been announced.

Softball
Mount Mercy 10, Medina 4
Mount Mercy defeated Medina 10-4 in a rain soaked non league softball game this morning at Vets Park.

Morgan Allis had a single and double and Hannah Hamilton a single for Medina.

The Roy-Hart vs. Albion and Wilson vs. Newfane Niagara-Orleans League games were both postponed due to the rain as was the Barker vs. Kendall non league contest.

Tennis

Kendall 4, Attica 1

Wins by the singles trio of Nate Warters, Ryan Barrett and Matt Murray led Kendall to a 4-1 victory over Attica Friday in a Genesee Region League tennis match.

Kendall also took the second doubles match with a win by the duo of Kari Harrier and Tory Raufeison.

Roy-Hart defeated Newfane 4-1 1/2 this afternoon to improve to 3-1 in Niagara-Orleans League tennis competition.

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

The Rams also took the first two doubles matches on wins by the duos of Cameron VanBuren-Noah Kindron and Mason Collins-Caleb Reith.

Newfane’s James Leibring won at second singles. Now at 1-5, the Panthers also took the third doubles with the duo of Nate Everett-Ben Pusateri.

In the day’s other match, Akron improved to 4-0 with a  3 1/2-2 win over Wilson (0-3).

Nate Chubb won at first singles and Morgan Wdowka at third singles to set the pace for Akron.

The Tigers took the second doubles match with Maggie Leeds and Harry Fitzgerald.

Wilson, won at second singles with Kyle Lyon and at first doubles with Jacob Hecko and Nate Jaques.

Medina blanked host Akron 3-0 this afternoon to bunch the Niagara-Orleans League baseball title race into an even tighter four way battle.

Albion downed Barker 5-3 at Genesee Community College and Roy-Hart nipped Newfane 7-6 in the other games.

Those results leave defending champion Roy-Hart at 5-1, Albion and Akron both at 5-2 and Medina at 4-2. Wilson also has only one loss but the Lakemen have completed only three games and are at 2-1.

Trevor Luthart pitched the shutout for Medina scattering 4 hits and striking out 6.

The Mustangs scored once in the first inning on an error and twice in the sixth on a single by Nate Sherman and a double by Brett Riemer.

Interestingly, the win exactly avenged a 3-0 Medina loss to Akron in the N-O season opener.

Medina will next host a key game against Wilson at 7 p.m. Saturday as part of the Jeff Evoy Memorial Scholarship doubleheader.  Wilson will then face another key matchup against Roy-Hart on Monday to first finish a suspended game and then to play the regularly scheduled contest.

Albion 5, Barker 3
Trailing 3-1, Albion took the lead for good by scoring three times in the fifth inning on a double by Liam Ward, a triple by Bryce Prtichard and a sacrifice by Thomas Furmanski. Fumanski also plated the Purple Eagles first run with a double in the opening frame.

Winning pitcher Addison Christ helped himself by driving in an insurance run with a sixth inning single.

On the mound, Christ allowed 3 hits and struck out 4 in six innings of work. Ward hurled the final frame allowing no hits.

Preston Harris had a pair of hits for Barker which slips to 0-8.

Albion next faces Pembroke at 4 p.m. Saturday at Medina’s Vets Park as part of the Jeff Evoy Memorial Scholarship doubleheader.

Roy-Hart 7. Newfane 6
Trailing 4-1, Roy-Hart rallied for five runs in the fourth inning to take the lead for good. Walker Samanka had a two-run single, Al Xapsos and Charlie Bruning RBI singles and Noah Hardy a bunt for an RBI to key that uprising.

The Rams later added what proved to be the winning run in the fifth inning as Ben Schwab tripled and came home on a single by Charlie Brigham.

Newfane closed the gap to 7-6 by scoring once in the seventh. The Panthers still had two runners aboard but Rams relief hurler Charlie Bruning got out of the jam with a strikeout and a line out back to the mound to preserve the narrow win.

Xapsos finished with 3 hits as Schwab and Samanka both had 2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Sierra Newton bangs out a hit for Albion during this afternoon’s win at Barker. Kylie Miller is the Barker catcher.

Avenging an earlier season loss, Albion downed host Barker 28-3 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game.

Kendall Derisley had 5 hits, Paige Derisley 4, Brylie Hapeman and Natalie DiCureia 3 and Sierra Newton and Janae Doty 2 to lead the offense for Albion which improves to 2-4. Paige Derisley drove in a total of six runs and Kendall Derisley five.

In the circle, Ella Knaak struck out 4 for the Purple Eagles.

Albion scored 5 quick runs in the first inning and later broke the contest open with 7 in the fourth.

Roy-Hart 22, Newfane 0
Lexie Lovewell hurled a no hitter with 5 strikeouts to lead Roy-Hart past Newfane.

At the plate for the Lady Rams, Jamie Bower had a home run, Kayla Brown and Maddy Glena 4 hits and Lovewell 3.

Kendall 14, Lima Christian 13
Kendall rallied for 3 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Lima Christian 14-13 on RBI singles by Shianna Patten and Sara Mattle and an error. A double by Lizzie Sutphen ignited the rally with a double.

Kierstyn Christensen and Autumn Woodward both had 2 hits for Kendall and Adriana Passarell scored 3 times.

In the circle, Mattle struck out 3 to earn her second varsity win.

Albion’s Ella Knaak, left and Barker’s Jess Coen handled the pitching chores.

Medina defeated host Salamanca 19-8 this afternoon in a Class D Division lacrosse game.

Brendan Luthart and Christian Silversmith both scored 6 goals, Mason Lewis 3 and Tim Roy and DaRon Bellan 2 each to lead the way for Medina which improves to 3-2 in the division and 4-3 overall.

Leading 3-2 after one period, Medina extended its advantage to 8-5 at the half as Luthart and Silversmith both scored a pair of goals and Lewis one in the second period.

Luthart, Silversmith, Lewis and Roy then took turns finding the net in the third period as the Mustangs extended their lead to 12-6 at the three-quarter mark.

Improving to 4-1, Lyndonville defeated host Notre Dame 8-2 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League softball game.

Megan Krisher had a two-run triple to key a three-run second inning and Anna Lewis a two-run double in the sixth inning to highlight the Lyndonville offense. Natalie Ostrowski also had an RBI single in the third inning.

Krisher, Ostrowski, Gracie Johnson and Ella Lewis each had a pair of hits on the day.

Stacy Buckland picked up the win in the circle allowing 4 hits and striking out 2.

Roy-Hart 20, Barker 0
Winning pitcher Sam Choate, Ashley Hill, and Maddie Fry each drove in three runs to lead Roy-Hart to a 20-0 Niagara-Orleans League own over Barker.

In the circle, Choate allowed only 3 hits and struck out 7.

Roy-Hart stays perfect at 6-0 in N-O action while Barker slips to 2-3.

Wilson 14, Albion 10

Anna Frerichs had 3 hits and Alycia Thompson  2 to lead Wilson (3-2) to a 14-10 win over Albion (1-50.

Kendall Derisley had 2 hits and Sierra Newton 3 RBIs for Albion.

Improving to 2-0, Newfane swept to a doubleheader Niagara-Orleans League track victory over Roy-Hart this afternoon winning the boys’ meet 103-33 and the girls’ competition 104-37.

Andrew Boudeman was a triple winner for the Newfane boys in the 100, Long Jump and Triple Jump. Reese Casinelli also doubled in the 200 and 400 and Sam Auernhamer in the 1600 and 3200 for the Panthers.

Kim Goerss tripled for the Newfane girls in the 800, 1500 and 3000 and Stephanie Nicholas doubled in the Shotput and Discus.

Barker, Akron split

The Barker boys defeated Akron 98.5-42.5 as Ian DiLorenzo tripled in the 110 Hurdles, 400 Hurdles and 3200 and Dominic Clementi doubled in the 200 and 400 and Andy Leising in the Pole Vault and Triple Jump.

Marcus Kenline doubled in the Shotput and Discus.

Akron defeated Barker 92.5-48.5 in the girls’ meet as Hailey Hall tripled in the 100, 200 and High Jump.

Golf
Kendall defeated Wheatland-Chili 330-360 in a Genesee Region League golf match at Hickory Ridge.

Jacob Esposito shot a 53 and Callahan Spear a 62 to lead the Eagles.

Tennis
Byron-Bergen downed Holley 4-1 in a G-R tennis match.

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

Wheatland-Chili downed Kendall 5-0 in another G-R match.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Shane Gerhardt scores for the Raiders during this afternoon’s loss to Roy-Hart. The Rams catcher is Noah Hardy.

Defending champion Roy-Hart closed in on gaining a share of the Niagara-Orleans League baseball lead by posting a 13-1 victory over Barker this afternoon at Gasport.

Improving to 4-1, the Rams now trail front-running Akron (5-1) by just a half game.

Walker Samanka delivers a pitch for Roy-Hart.

Leading 4-1, Roy-Hart broke the contest wide open by erupting for nine runs in the fifth inning highlighted by a two-run double by Charlie Bruning and a two-run single by Charlie Brigham. Jake Bruning also had a pair of singles and an RBI in the marathon frame as two bases loaded walks, an error and a fielders choice play off the bat of winning pitcher Walker Samanka plated the other tallies.

Earlier, the Rams scored twice in the third inning on a bases loaded walk and an error and twice in the fourth in the fourth on a bases loaded walk and a sacrifice by Al Xapsos.

Evan Ecker singled in Barker’s run in the fifth frame.

Samanaka pitched the first five innings for the Rams allowing 4 hits and striking out 9. Xapsos hurled the final two innings allowing 1 hit with 4 strikeouts.

Barker, which slips to 0-7, next faces Albion on Friday at Genesee Community College while Roy-Hart will host Newfane. Akron will host Medina in the other game.

Wilson 13, Newfane 6

Ian Evans had 3 hits and winning pitcher John Bender 2 to lead Wilson (2-1) to a 13-6 win over rival Newfane (1-5).

Lyndonville 13, Byron-Bergen 6

Zach Johnson allowed only 1 hit and struck out 13 in 6 innings of work on the mound to help Lyndonville post a 13-6 Genesee Region League win over Byron-Bergen and improve to 4-2.

Oskar Heinsler and Bryce Seddon both had a pair of hits for the Tigers.

Roy-Hart’s Charlie Bruning bangs out an RBI double. The Barker catcher is Preston Harris.