Photos by Mike Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Kayla Brown, left, along with the Medina duo of Emily Kams and Alisha Scroger, right, have earned spots on the All-Western New York softball squad.

A total of five Niagara-Orleans League players have been named to the All-Western New York small schools softball squad.

Medina pitcher Emily Kams and Newfane catcher Olivia Littman, who are both June graduates, have earned first team honors as has Akron catcher Abby Stone, who will be a senior this fall.

In addition, Medina shortstop Alisha Scroger and Roy-Hart shortstop Kayla Brown, who will both be seniors this fall, have earned Honorable Mention.

Kams, who helped lead Medina to its first N-O title in 12 years and its first ever Section VI championship, registered 154 strikeouts in the circle. At the plate she it .464 with 3 doubles, 3 triples, 2 home runs and 27 RBIs.

Stone hit .564 with 6 doubles, 3 triples, 2 home runs and 16 RBIs.

Scroger hit .600 with 9 doubles, 7 triples, 1 home run and 33 RBIs.

Brown hit .531 with 6 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs and 27 RBIs.

A big 5 run fourth inning keyed Lyndonville to a 7-5 win over Albion this afternoon in a Batavia U16 League make-up game.

Zach Johnson, Roman Heinsley, Nate Dillenbeck and Rowan Balcerzak all had hits in the decisive frame which saw 3 runs score on an error.

Johnson and Dillenbeck both finished with 2 hits.

Kane Flynn and Oscar Heinsler shared in the mound duties for Lyndonville.

Deyonci Farley had 3 hits and Dylan Fox 2.  Farley’s hits included a two-run double highlighting a three-run second inning which also included a single by Patrick Ricker and 2 walks.

Albion, which is now 5-6, also recently downed Oakfield 14-2 in a rain shortended contest as Farley and Fox both had a pair of hits.

Limited to only five hits, the Niagara Nationals dropped a 9-1 decision to Lake Orion this afternoon in the semifinal round of the Gatorade Nationals Tournament at Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Lake Orion scored three times in the first, fifth and seventh innings.

The Nationals lone run came in the seventh on a double by David Belsito who had a pair of hits.

The Nationals advanced to the semis by downing the South Farmington Blues 13-3 this morning.

Doubles by Nate Sherman and Belsito helped to plate 3 quick first inning runs for the Nationals which then broke the game wide open with 9 runs in the second inning. A double by Carson Harper along with singles by Joe Dell’oso, Liam Ward, Aiden Johnston, Belsito, Trevor Luthart and Mitchell Holtz keyed that decisive uprising.

Luthart picked up the win on the mound  allowing 5 hits with 3 strikeouts.

The Nationals went 5-1 for the four day tournament.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Dylan Hillabush, Holley and Eddie Wasnock, Barker

Several local players have earned spots on the All-State baseball squad.

In Class C, Holley pitcher Dylan Hillabush has been named to the first team and Barker pitcher Eddie Wasnock to the second team. Both are June graduates.

In Class D, Lyndonville is represented by a trio of June graduates who helped lead the Tigers to the Section V Class D1 title this spring. They include first baseman Eric Neace who was named to the second team, pitcher/shortstop Mike Wells who was selected to the fourth team and pitcher/outfielder Jacob Hoffee who was named to the fifth team.

Also in Class D, Notre Dame placed junior shortstop Evan Bender on the third team and senior third baseman Dylan D’Alba on the fifth team.

In Class B, John Bender, who will be a senior at Wilson this fall, was named to the third team. He has also earned first team All-Western New York honors.

Hillabush, who will be pitching for Niagara University, hit .364 with 2 doubles, 1 home run and 6 RBIs this spring. On the mound he went 4-1 with 1 save, 66 strikeouts in 31 2/3 innings and a 0.884 earned run average.

Wasnock, who will be pitching at SUNY Fredonia, hit .433 with 3 doubles and 9 RBIs. He went 4-3 on the mound with a 2.05 era.

Neace hit .537 with 7 doubles, 4 home runs and 29 RBIs.

Wells went 6-1 on the mound and had 2 saves and a 1.14 era. At the plate, he hit .477 with 3 doubles, 1 triple and 26 RBIs.

Hoffee hit .523 with 12 doubles, 5 triples, 1 home run and 15 RBIs. He went 4-1 on the mound with a 2.65 era.

Bender hit .596 with 8 doubles ,1 triple and 4 home runs.

Mike Wells and Jacob Hoffee Lyndonville

John Bender, Wilson and Eric Neace, Lyndonville

A pair of five run innings keyed Lyndonville to a 16-6 win over Albion today in a Batavia U16 League baseball game.

A three-run triple by Kane Flynn highlighted a 5 run third inning.  Singles by Chase Stinson and Oscar Heinsler then keyed a 5 run seventh frame.

Flynn, Roman Heinsler and Oscar Heinsler each finished with 2 hits.

Albion scored 4 times in the fifth inning on singles by Ryan Krenning, Mike Harling and Drew Caldwell along with 4 walks and a sacrifice by Bryce Kelly.

The two teams are slated to meet again Sunday in a make-up contest.

The Niagara Nationals scored a pair of victories today to earn the No. 1 seed for Sunday’s championship round in the Gatorade Nationals Tournament at Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Improving to 4-0 at the tourney, the Nationals first blanked the Oakville, Ontario A’s 3-0 and then downed the Illinois Chargers 10-2.

Two runs in the first inning ignited the Nationals past Oakville. A triple by Nate Sherman sparked that uprising as Liam Ward and Aiden Johnston followed up with singles and David Belsito a double.

The Nationals other run came in the sixth as Trevor Luthart singled and came home on a single by Mitchell Holtz.  Luthart and Holtz both finished with a pair of hits.

Sam Murphy and Chris Goyette shared in pitching the shutout combining for 5 strikeouts and scattering 6 hits.

Two big innings then sparked the Nationals past the Chargers. A double by Ward and a single by Johnston highlighted a 5 run third inning. Doubles by Murphy and Johnston along with singles by Goyette and Luthart then keyed a 4 run fifth frame.

Carson Harper and Johnston shared there mound duties allowing 4 hits and striking out 5.

The Nationals will open the championship round of competition at 8 a.m. Sunday.

Photos by Tom Rivers – Bryce Wilson gets an enthusiastic greeting from his teammates after scoring the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning in an 11-10 victory over the Rotary Lions.

Barre capped off a 14-0 Albion Midget League regular season by downing St. Mary’s 12-7 this past week while runner-up Sandstone (10-3) bested Carlton 7-2 and Carlton nipped Rotary 11-10.

Barre got off to a fast start scoring 4 runs in the first inning on a triple by Jason Conn and singles by Tyler Gibson and Austin Narburgh and 5 times in the second as Cade Wolcott tripled and Gibson doubled.

Jayce Ashton had a triple and home run for St. Mary’s, driving in 5 runs. Reuben Rivers also launched a double that bounced over the fence.

Caleb Fox had a big day at the plate for Sandstone belting a three-run home run in the second inning and a two-run triple in the fifth. He finished with a total of 3 hits as Caden Uderitz, Jake Hughson and Kyle VanAmeron each had 2.  Van Ameron’s hits included a triple.

Jayden Allport hit a home run for Carlton.

Allport then had a huge night at the plate for Carlton against Rotary hitting a pair of home runs and driving in a total of 8 runs.

Finn McCue and Dylan Narburgh both added 2 hits and DeClan McCue a triple for Carlton.

Dallas Ecker had 4 hits and Mason Bennett and Simon Ellison 2 each for Rotary.  Bennett drove in a total of 5 runs.

The playoffs will begin on Tuesday as Carlton faces Vets and St. Mary’s takes on Rotary as Barre and Sandstone draw byes. The semifinals are slated for  Thursday and the championship game Saturday.

Standings: Barre 14-0, Sandstone 10-3, Vets 7-7, Rotary 4-10, St. Mary’s 4-10, Carlton 3-12.

Jayden Allport passes second base for one of his two home runs vs. Rotary Lions. Dallas Ecker looks for the throw for Rotary.

Riding the 1 hit, 9 strikeout pitching performance of the duo of Joe Dell’oso and Chris Goyette, the Niagara Nationals downed the Orion Chargers 9-1 this morning in the second round of the Gatorade Nationals Tournament at Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Trevor Luthart, Mitchell Holtz and Carson Harper each banged out a pair of hits to lead the Nationals offense.

The Nationals took the lead for good by scoring 4 times in the second inning as Harper had a triple and Holtz a single.

Hits by Luthart, Harper and Nate Sherman helped to plate 2 more runs in the fourth frame.

The Nationals also scored twice in the sixth as Holtz doubled and Hunter Briggs singled.

The Nationals next game is Saturday.

A pair of first half goals proved to be just enough as Albion posted a key 2-1 victory over host Brighton Thursday to take over first place in the U18 Division 3 of the Rochester District Youth Soccer League.

The victory boosts Albion’s record to 6-0-2 (20 points) as Brighton slips into second place at 6-2-0 (18 points). Both teams have two games remaining.

Mariah Plain scored Albion’s first goal off an initial shot by Brylie Hapeman.

Plain then found the net again to give Albion the 2-0 half-time advantage.

Brighton did cut the deficit to 2-1 in the second half but could not net the equalizer.

Hannah Ulmen anchored the Albion defense making several outstanding saves in goal throughout the contest.

“Each player had an amazing game and hung really tough throughout it all even though we were missing some key players,” said Coach Jenna Mrzywka. “I am extremely proud.”