A late scoring surge earned Batavia 2 a 9-5 victory over Albion this evening in the opening round of the Batavia U16 League baseball playoffs.

Trailing 5-2, Batavia 2 rallied to score 4 runs in the fifth inning and 3 more in the sixth aided by 3 errors.

Albion jumped out to an early 3-0 lead by scoring once in the second on a single by Zander Meakin and twice in the third on a triple by Deyonci Farley and a fielders choice play. A single by Mike Harling helped set up that threat.

The Albion lead increased to 5-2 in the top of the fifth on an RBI double by Farley and an RBI single by Bryce Kelley after Dylan Fox had singled to ignite the uprising.

Farley and Fox both had a pair of hits.

Albion next plays in a consolation round game on Saturday.

Pounding out a total of 15 hits, Somerset downed host Tri City 10-5 this evening in a Lockport Midget ‘A’ League game.

Chauncey McKee had 4 hits, Preston Harris 3 and Devin Mangan and Kyle MacDonald 2 each to lead the attack for Somerset which improves to 5-2.  Harris and MacDonald both drove in 3 runs.

Breaking away from a 4-4 deadlock, Somerset took the lead for good by scoring 3 times in the sixth inning on a two-run single by Jacob Hoffee and an RBI single by MacDonald. A single by Mangan and a pair of walks also aided the rally.

Somerset then tacked on 3 insurance runs in the seventh on a two-run single by MacDonald and an RBI single by Mangan. A hit by Evan Ecker and a walk set up the threat.

Ecker picked up the win on the mound scattering 6 hits and striking out 8 over 6 innings.

Somerset next hosts Roy-Hart at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Bobby Dysard, who hit the game winning home run for Vets, slides safely into second base during this evening’s Albion Midget League playoff game as Carlton shortstop Finn McCue awaits the throw.

Bryar Dysard bangs out a hit for Vets.

Vets and St. Mary’s both scored exciting walk off hit victories this evening to open the Albion Midget League playoffs. Vets nipped Carlton 5-4 and St. Mary’s trimmed Rotary 6-5.

Bobby Dysard belted a walk off home run in the seventh inning to give Vets the win. He had a total of 4 hits on the evening and also pitched the seventh inning.

Adrian Kingdollar hurled the first six frames for Vets and also banged out a two-run double.

Brandon Nashburn added 2 hits and Luke Cornick an RBI single for Vets.

Carlton tied the game at 4-4 on a two-run homer by Bryce Wilson in the sixth inning.

St. Mary’s likewise scored a dramatic win on a two-run walk off triple by Jayce Ashton.

Ashton also pitched the complete game for St. Mary’s, striking out 15 batters.

St. Mary’s jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first on a 2-run double by Reuben Rivers, with Ashton then following with an RBI single.

Rotary tied the game at 3 in the fourth with a triple by Simon Ellison the big hit.

Rotary had grabbed a 5-4 lead in the fifth on an RBI hit by Mason Bennett.

Thursday’s semifinals will now have Vets at top seeded Barre and St. Mary’s at No. 2 Sandstone.

A sharp no hit pitching performance keyed the Niagara Nationals to an 8-0 victory over the Renegades in a Boys of Summer League game this evening at Attica.

Aiden Johnston pitched the first six and two thirds innings allowing no hits and striking out 8.  Mitchell Holtz completed the no hitter by coming on to get the final 2 outs.

Trevor Luthart had 2 hits for the Nationals as Johnston, Joe Dell’oso and David Belsito each drove in a pair of runs.

The Nationals scored twice in the first and fifth innings and then locked up the win with 3 more in the sixth as Sam Murphy and Holtz both had hits.

Banes Machine Shop/Banes Plumbing rallied from a 3-0 deficit to nip Jr. Wilson 5-3 Monday in a Medina Women’s Softball League game.

Banes scored twice in the fourth on hits by Jen Masse, Kathy Allen and Jamie Chatt and then three times in the fifth to take the lead for good as Robin Blaun  tripled.

Blaun and Allen both had a pair of hits for Banes while Sara Flansburg led J. Wilson with 3 hits.

Contributed Photo – Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, front row center, meets here with Anjo Bombers players and coaches after the team earned second place honors at the Cal Ripken Experience Tidal Wave National Tournament at Myrtle Beach.

The AnJo Bombers 13u travel baseball team recently finished second place overall at the Ripken Experience Tidal Wave Tournament played in Myrtle Beach South Carolina.

Coached by Jake Baes, Phil Schrader and Jason Boyle, the Bombers finished the five-day tournament with a 6-3 overall record, winning 3 consecutive single-elimination playoff games before losing in the tournament championship game.

“Despite the high heat and humidity, the Bombers played terrific baseball all week long to finish as runners-up in the eighteen team tournament,” said team spokesman Todd Fragale.

AnJo finished pool play games as the No. 7 seed with a 3-2 record, but then defeated the No. 10, No. 2 and No. 3 seeds on the road to the championship game.  The Bombers represented Western New York in scoring victories over teams from Missouri, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio and Florida.

In pool play the Bombers defeated the St. Louis, Mo. Prospects 8-2, API Select from Maryland 8-4 and Jet Box from Michigan 14-2 but lost to the Indiana Bandits 7-6 and the South Florida Young Guns 17-1.

The No. 7 seed Bombers then ousted No. 10 Pickerington Big Kats from Ohio 11-10 in a qualifying game.

The championship round then saw the Bombers defeat the Young Guns 5-3 in 9 innings in the quarterfinals and API Select 15-4 in the semis before dropping an 11-3 decision to HCYP Riders from Maryland in the title contest.

Gabe Schrader led the Bombers with a .435 batting average over all 9 games (10 for 23) including 2 doubles and a triple. He also led the team with 12 runs scored.

Gavyn Boyle batted .429, hit 2 home runs and led the team with 10 RBI. He also led the team with a .571 on base percentage.

Noah Hardy batted .412 in the tournament with 7 singles and pitched 4 strong innings in the semi-finals.

Nathan Lee’s speed led him to 6 base hits, a double and an in-the-park home run.

Tyler Baker led the Bombers with 5 stolen bases.

Josh Seyse led the pitching staff with 17 strikeouts and earned the win in the quarterfinals with a 9-inning complete game effort.

Joe Blackley knocked in 8 runs, scored 11 times and played amazing defense.

Michael Jarosz collected 3 hits and 3 RBI while playing perfect outfield defense.

Tyler Baes batted 2 for 3 in a big semifinals win.

Nick Martin pitched in 4 games with a team-leading 1.97 ERA.

Tim Obringer batted 3 for 3 in a one-run victory in first playoff game.

Trevor Heschke batted 2 for 3 in the semifinal game and did a terrific job playing catcher in heat and humidity.

Photo by Tom Rivers – Maia Pate pitches for the All Smiles Dentistry team on Saturday.

All Smiles Dentistry won 27-9 on Saturday against a combined team from Holley and Deer Done Right in Barre in an Orleans County Girls Softball League contest at Carlton.

All Smiles was led by winning pitcher Alison Gibson, who had 5 hits including a triple. Danielle Wyant had 4 hits, and the following had 3 hits in the game for All Smiles: Abby Whittenberg, Autumn Flugel, Eowyn Pate and Lucy Rivers. Cadence Hill also led the team by scoring 5 runs.

Alayna Flugel of Deer Done Right had 4 hits in the game. Abbie Collins and Bella Collins each had 3 hits for Holley, while McKinley Knight had 3 for Deer Done Right.

Lurana Jones had 2 hits including a double for Holley, and Julia Knight also had 2 hits for Deer Done Right.

The Lockport Midget ‘A’ League has released its lineup for Wednesday’s All-Star game which will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Gasport. Pre game ceremonies are slated for 7 p.m.

The All-Star squad, which will face a CEBA team will include Thomas Furmanski, JaQuess Harrison and Bryce Pritchard from Albion; Eddie Wasnock, Jacob Hoffee and Preston Harris from Somerset; Bryce Seddon, Donnie Voss and Karl Darling from Roy-Hart; Alex Drake, Brian Chatt and Como Sammaro from Tri-City (Lockport) and Patrick Milton, Jordan Lewis and Zach Tojek from Orchard Park.