Contributed Photo – Scott Bradley

Lyndonville native and pro Triathlete Scott Bradley recently had a busy two week stretch of competition.

First, he competed in the Ironman 70.3 held on June 4 at Raleigh, North Carolina finishing 12th among the 25 the Male Pros and 15th out of 1.750 total entrants on the hot, humid day.

The event, which was a late addition to his schedule, saw him post times of 32:32 for the 1.2 mile swim, 2:10.35 for the 56 mile bike and 1:27.56 for the 13.1 (half marathon) run. He posted the sixth fastest bike time of the day which moses him up to 16th among the Pros. His run time then vaulted him into 12th.

Bradley next placed ninth out of 22 Male Pros and ninth overall among 1,935 entrants at the Ironman 70.3 Eagleman held on June 11 at Cambridge, Maryland.

He came out of the water 20th out of 22 Pros in 31:54 but climbed to ninth after posting the fifth fastest bike time of the day of 2:06.59. He held his ninth position after a run of 1:24.20 on another hot, humid day.

Prior to that he entered the Bristol Men’s Road Race held on May 28 at Bristol Mountain where he scored a first place finish covering the 41 mile, 4 loop race in a time of 1:54.31 besting the second place finisher by 1 minute and 39 seconds.

Bradley also competed in the Boston Marathon in April finishing 505th out of 27,222 runners in a time of 2:48.47. He qualified from his time in the Philadelphia Marathon in Novermber 2015.

Following the race, Bradley said,  “I don’t consider myself much of a runner and rarely get into stand alone running races, but running the Boston Marathon…was one of the most amazing race experiences of my life… Thank you, Boston!”

His schedule for the summer will see him racing  a 140.6 in Lake Placid in July, then Ironman 70.3’s in Dublin, Ireland and Salzburg, Austria in August.  The 70.3 he had scheduled in Tonsberg, Norway in August was cancelled so he replaced it with the race in Austria.

Bradley is the Assistant Principal at Byron-Bergen Junior-Senior High School.

A six run second inning ignited undefeated (8-0) LeRoy 1 to a 17-2 victory over Albion Wednesday in a Batavia League baseball game.

LeRoy 1, which had a total of 12 hits, later put a lock on the win by erupting for 8 runs in the sixth inning.

Ryan Krenning had 2 hits, including a home run, for Albion which also got singles from Mike Harling and Bryce Kelly.

Now at 3-3, Albion next faces LeRoy 2 on Saturday.

Contributed Photo – Blue Jays players and coaches celebrate their title win. In front are Steven Gobeli, William Tagg, Jimmy Dieter, Ethan Brown, Anthony Reese, and Aidan Papaj. In the second row are Carter Woodworth, Aiden Wisniewski, Preston Woodworth, Brody Fry, Brady Christaansen, Joseph Reese, and Colton Smith. In the top row are coaches Brian Christaansen, John Dieter, Shaun Smith, and Bo Gobeli.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Colton Smith bangs out a hit for the Blue Jays.

Completing an undefeated (13-0) season, the Woodroe Realty Blue Jays downed the Roy-Hart Yankees 9 -1 in the N-O Youth Baseball Minor Boys playoff championship game Wednesday evening at Buts Park.

The Blue Jays broke the game open early slugging out 3 runs in the first inning and 6 more in the third.

Brody Fry led the Jays attack with a two-run home run in the first inning and a two run double in the third. Aiden Wisniewski had 2 singles and 2 RBI’s, Jimmy Dieter a single and a double with 1 RBI, Brady Christaansen  a single and a double, Aidan Papaja single and 1 RBI, Carter Woodworth  a double and 1 RBI, Colton Smith a double and Preston Woodworth a single and triple. Joseph Reese, and Steven Gobeli each added a hit.

Fry pitched 3 scoreless innings logging 7 strikeouts,  Papaj pitched 2 strong innings and had 2 strikeouts, and Jimmy Dieter closed out the game and added a strikeout.

For the Yankees, Braden Ricker and Nick Preston each pitched well, and Garrett Glyshaw had the home run.

A pair of second half goals powered Medina/Lyndonville to a 2-0 victory over the visiting Lancaster-Depew Arsenal Wednesday evening in a Buffalo and Western New York Soccer League U17 Division game.

Snapping a scoreless deadlock, Evan Silversmith scored what proved to be the game winning goal 10 minutes into the second half.

Caelan Holland then added an insurance goal with 15 minutes remaining to lock up the victory as Medina/Lyndonville improves to 3-2-1.

U19 Division
Medina/Lyndonville dropped a 9-2 decision to the host Clarence Inferno Wednesday.

Medina/Lyndonville grabbed an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Kristian Snyder.

Clarence answered with a burst of 4 straight goals but Medina/Lyndonville stayed within 4-2 on a goal by Greg Husung.

However, the Inferno again answered back, this time with a barrage of 5 straight goals, to lock up the win.

This past Sunday, Medina/Lyndonville earned a 1-1 tie with Akron as Snyder netted the lone goal in the first half.

Coming from behind in the second half, Medina nipped host Frontier 4-3 this evening in a Western New York Lacrosse League U16 Division game.

Trailing 3-1, Medina began to rally on a goal by  Sage Skinner, off an assist from Tom Vasquez.

Dan Mondujano then netted the typing goal and Christian Silversmith followed up with the game winner off an assist from Chase Prest.

Mitchell Silversmith scored Medina’s lone first half goal.

Frontier led 2-1 at the half.

Now at 1-1, Medina next hosts East Aurora at 6:30 p.m. on July 5.

Contributed Photo – Jalin Cooper

Jalin Cooper, who will be a senior at Medina High this fall, gave a verbal commitment this afternoon to accept a football scholarship from Toledo University.

The scholarship does not become finalized until Cooper signs on national signing day on February 7, 2018.

“Starting the recruiting process I didn’t really know what I was looking for. I found out quickly what I was NOT interested in,” said Cooper on announcing his decision on Twitter. “Logos, Colors, Reputations. Those things didn’t really matter to me. It’s not the logo that mattered, it was the pride and passion that mattered for people from that school. I was also looking for a school where I can grow the most not only as a student or athlete but as a person, as a man. So after that being said I’m 100 % committed to The University of Toledo.”

Toledo is a member of the Mid American Conference whose lineup also includes the University at Buffalo which also recruited Cooper.

Cooper scored 16 touchdowns and had over 1,200 all purpose yards last fall as he helped lead the Mustangs to the division title.  His career totals to date include 24 touchdowns and 2,010 all purpose yards.

He has also been a three year starter for the Mustangs varsity basketball team and in track he is a two-time Section VI champion in both the 100 and 200.

Exploding for a total of 15 runs in the first two innings, Banes Machine Shop/Banes Plumbing went on to defeat Albion Vets 18-5 Monday in a Medina Women’s Softball League game.

Banes took charge at the outset erupting for 9 runs in the first inning on doubles by Jen Masse and Jami Chatt along with singles by Sue Seefeldt, Amy Allis, Donna Bane and Alisha Foss.

A double by Allis and singles by Robin Blaun, Chatt and Sarah Surdel then helped to plate 6 more runs in the second inning.

Seefeldt and Chatt both finished with 3 hits as Allis, Blaun and Connie Heschke each added 2. Blaun’s hits included a triple.

Banes improves to 4-2 on the season.

Moving on top to stay with three quick first inning runs, the Niagara Nationals went on to defeat host EMW 10-2 this evening in a Boys of Summer League baseball game.

Singles by Liam Ward, Trevor Luthart and Dave Belsito along with a sacrifice by Aiden Johnston keyed the opening frame uprising. Belsito had a pair of hits on the night.

The Nationals later put a firm lock on the win by erupting of 6 runs in the seventh inning on 4 walks, an error,  a double by Joe Dell’oso and a single by Mitchell Holtz.

Holtz and Sam Murphy split the pitching duties allowing a total of 4 hits with 4 strikeouts.

The Nationals improve to 15-6.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion catcher Bryce Pritchard dives to put the tag on Somerset’s Jacob Hoffee during this evening’s Albion win at Somerset.

Albion pushed across a run in the seventh inning to edge past host Somerset 4-3 this evening in a Lockport Midget ‘A’ League baseball game.

JaQuess Harrison reached on a walk, stole second and came home with the decisive run for Albion on an RBI single by Vincent Zona.

The Albion defense then turned a key double play in the bottom of the seventh from winning pitcher Thomas Furmanski to Harrison at shortstop to Isaiah Callicutt at first after Eddie Wasnock had singled to open the frame for Somerset.  Zona then hauled in a fly ball in centerfield for the final out.

Albion also got off to a quick start scoring twice in the first inning on a single by Furmanski and a fielders choice play off the bat of of Callicutt. A leadoff double by Harrison and a walk set up the threat.

Albion made it 3-1 in the third as Bryce Pritchard doubled and came home on a sacrifice fly by Furmanski.

Somerset knotted the contest at 3-3 by scoring twice in the home half of the third on an RBI single by Chauncey McKee and a wild pitch.  Two walks and an error loaded the bases to set up the opportunity.

Somerset then got a leadoff double from Jacob Hoffee in the fourth but could not capitalize as a throw from Zona to Pritchard at catcher got a key out at home.

Furmanski, who allowed only 4 hits and struck out 5, blanked Somerset over the final three innings on two scattered singles by Ryan Voss in the fifth and Wasnock in the seventh.

Albion improves to 2-3 and Somerset slips to 1-2.

Somerset’s Dave Class slides into home just ahead of a tag by Albion pitcher Thomas Furmanski.