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Errors cost Somerset in loss to Orchard Park
Hampered by a rash of errors, Somerset dropped a 10-2 decision to host Orchard Park this evening in a Lockport Midget ‘A’ League game.
Breaking way from a 1-1 deadlock, Orchard Park capitalized on errors to score 5 runs in the third inning and 4 more in the sixth.
Somerset scored solo runs in the second and sixth innings on RBI singles by Evan Ecker and Dan Enget.
Ryan Voss and Preston Harris also had doubles and Logan Harris a single for Somerset’s other hits.
Now at 6-3, Somerset next hosts Albion at 6 p.m. Thursday.
On Monday, Tri City downed Roy-Hart 11-1 in another Midget ‘A’ contest.
Noah Draper and Steven Wagner had the only hits for Roy-Hart.
Two young Medina golfers in title contention at state Junior Amateur championships
Two young Medina golfers, Melanie Green and Ian Wagner, are in title contention after today’s opening round of the New York State Junior Amateur championships being held at Seven Oakes Country Club in Hamilton.
Green is in second place two shots off the pace after carding a 1 over par round of 73.
Wagner is four shots back after shooting a 3 over par round of 75.
The championships will conclude on Wednesday.
Medina duo earns All State lacrosse honors
Photo by Mike Wertman – Medina’s Brendan Luthart, left, and Jake Cotter have earned All-State lacrosse honors.
Two Medina High players, Jake Cotter and Brendan Luthart, have been named to the All State lacrosse squad.
Cotter, a June graduate who has accepted a lacrosse scholarship to Canisius College, and Luthart, who will be a senior this fall, have both been selected to the fifth team on the All State small schools squad.
Cotter scored a team high 69 goals and added 12 assists this past season. He finishes his varsity career as the Mustangs career goal scoring leader with 199 and 43 assists.
Luthart scored 55 goals and had a team high 34 assists this season increasing his career totals to 108 goals and 65 assists.
Both players previously earned all-Western New York honors.
Section VI Class D champion Akron also had a pair of players on the All-State small schools squad in Owen Hill on the first team and Weylon Abrams on the fourth team.
Banes rallies for 7th straight victory
Making it seven wins in a row, Banes Machine Shop/Banes Plumbing rallied late to defeat Just Us 12-9 Monday evening in a Medina Women’s Softball League game.
Trailing 9-5, Banes rallied for 7 runs in the top of the seventh inning on a triple by Robin Blaun, a double by Kathy Allen and singles by Amy Allis, Jessica Carpenter, Alisha Foss, Sue Seefeldt and Jen Masse to claim the win.
Banes also got off to a quick start scoring 3 times in the first inning on doubles by Connie Heschke and Allen along with singles by Blaun, Allis and Carpenter.
Just Us pulled evening the fifth frame but Banes regained a 5-3 advantage in the sixth at 5-3 on hits by Heschke, Seefeldt, Masse and Blaun.
Just Us answered with 6 runs in the home half of the frame to grab what proved to be a brief 9-5 lead.
Heschke finished with 4 hits as Allen and Blaun both had 3.
Banes improves to 7-2 with the win.
Kendall camp hosts pro soccer goalie
Contributed Photo – This afternoon the Kendall Recreation Soccer program hosted Coach Scott Vallow, former Rhinos Goalkeeper, former assistant coach of WNY Flash, and current assistant coach for N.C. Courage as he provided a high level goalkeeper camp to 15 Kendall kids ages 8-18. Here Vallow works on a drill with the young goalies.
Kendall girls tie in U16 soccer season finale
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Lizzie Sutphen, who had the three goal hat-trick, looks to pass the ball up field during this evening’s home field tie with Canandaigua.
An early 3 goal scoring burst proved to be enough to earn Kendall a 3-3 tie with visiting Canandaigua this evening in the Rochester District Youth Soccer League U16 Division season finale as the Crossfires finish at 3-4-5.
Lizzie Sutphen scored all three Kendall goals in the first 12 minutes as Grace Robinson earned the assist on the middle tally.
However, Canandaigua came battling back with 3 second half goals to earn the tie and improve to 5-2-4 with one game remaining.
Over the weekend Kendall placed second at the Brockport Tournament dropping a 2-0 decision to Livonia in the finals.
Kendall advanced to the title contest by nipping Brockport and Fairport by the identical margin of 1-0 as Sutphen netted both goals.
Kendall’s Lizzie Woodams works to get by a pair of Canandaigua defenders.
All-Star football game to include local players
Seven local players will be playing for the North squad in the 42nd annual Kensington Lions Club All-Star Football Classic at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Depew High School.
The local contingent includes Tyler Howard (C/DT) from Medina/Lyndonville, Kory Reynolds (TE/DE) and Jared Hollinger (OL/DL) from Albion; Collin Frey (OL/DL) from Akron, Albert Kramp (WR/S) and Trevor Tomtishen (OL/DL) from Newfane and Justin Daul (QB/LB) from Wilson.
Howard led the Mustangs in tackles (79), sacks (5.5)and fumble recoveries (4) last season while Reynolds had 270 yards receiving and 1 touchdown and 74 tackles for the Purple Eagles.
Albion girls claim U18 Division soccer title
Photos by Tom Rivers: Members of the Albion U18 soccer team are pictured after defeating a team from Alexander, 4-2, this evening in Batavia. The team won the division title with an 8-0-2 record. The team is led by assistant coach Shelby Sargent, back left, and head coach Jenna Mrzywka, back right.
Sarah Gregori of Albion moves the ball upfield vs. Batavia/Alexander today. Gregori scored two goals for Albion.
Albion bested host Batavia/Alexander 4-2 this evening to capture the Rochester District Soccer League girls U18 Division 3 championship.
Albion, which finishes the season undefeated at 8-0-2, built up a 3-1 half-time advantage on 2 goals by Sarah Gregori and one by Paige Derisley.
Catherine Thom chipped in with an insurance goal in the second half off an assist from Brylie Hapeman.
The Albion defense was anchored by the quartet of Vivian Rivers, Natalie DiCureia, Paige Derisley and Zoe Chatfield.
The contest was the final Albion soccer game for Catherine Thom and Vivian Rivers, who are headed to college. Rivers will be playing soccer for the Highlanders at Houghton College.
Nationals nipped in Beach Tourney title game
A late rally fell just short as the Niagara Nationals dropped a narrow 3-2 decision to the Virginia Renegades this afternoon in the championship game of the Sports at the Beach Tournament held at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Trailing 3-0, the Nationals got back in the game on a two-run homer by Aiden Johnston in the top of the sixth inning. A walk and an error put two more runners aboard after that but the Nationals could not score the equalizer.
The Nationals also left a runner stranded at third base in the third, fourth and fifth frames and went down in order in the seventh.
Nate Sherman, Liam Ward and David Bellsito each had a pair of hits for the Nationals.
The Renegades scored once in the fourth on two hits and then twice in the fifth on back-to-back home runs.
The Nationals advanced to the title game by nipping the N.J. Gamers 3-2.
Blanked on just 4 scattered hits through the first six innings, the Nationals rallied from a 2-0 deficit to claim the win on a three-run walk off home run by Sam Murphy in the bottom of the seventh. A single by Chris Goyette and a walk to Trevor Luthart set up the opportunity.
Goyette and Ward both had a pair of hits. Goyette also picked up the win on the mound scattering 5 hits and striking out 3.
The Gamers scored twice in the second inning.
Latest championship for Barre connects grandfather and grandson
Photos by Tom Rivers: Cade Wolcott and his grandfather Gil are pictured on Saturday after the Barre Cubs won their third straight Albion Midget League title, defeating Sandstone, 9-8. Gil was on Barre’s first team in 1956 and has kept his uniform.
Gil Wolcott played for Barre in 1956 when league started and Barre took first title
Gil Wolcott at age 12 when he played first base for the Barre Cubs.
BARRE – In 1956 Gil Wolcott signed up to play baseball for the Barre Cubs. There was a new league and Barre was one of six teams in what was then the Central Orleans Midget League.
Gil played first base for the Cubs, and the team won the championship. Gil, retired owner of Wolcott’s Dairy, has kept his uniform through the years.
“My mother saved everything,” he said with a smile.
The past three years he has watched his grandson, Cade Wolcott, play a key part for the Barre Cubs as the team has won three straight titles in what is now the Albion Midget League.
Barre won on Saturday, 9-8, over rival Sandstone Park. The teams have met in the finals the last three years.
Wolcott has a team picture from 1956 and he can still name all of his teammates.
He and his wife, Donna, don’t like the real close games, like Saturday’s nail-biter.
“My heart can’t take it,” Mrs. Wolcott said.
Their son Tim is one of the coaches for Barre.
Cade Wolcott swings the bat in a recent game for the Barre Cubs. His father Tim is the third base coach for Barre.
The Wolcotts like to see the close friendships among the players, even from the other teams. After Saturday’s games, the Barre and Sandstone players shook hands and some even hugged each other. Friends from other teams that were knocked out of the playoffs attended the championship game to cheer on their friends.
“We’ve enjoyed watching these kids all year and seeing them get better over years,” Mrs. Wolcott said.
Saturday was Cade’s last game as a Barre Cub. Next year he moves up to the full-size field as a 13-year-old. He was one of Barre’s top pitchers and hitters throughout the season.
