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R-H grad earns All-American softball honors
Contributed Photo – Taylor Fry
Roy-Hart graduate Taylor Fry, who graduated from from Herkimer County Community College in May, has earned All-American softball honors.
Fry, an outfielder who helped lead the Herkimer Generals to a third place finish at the national championships, has been named to the NJCAA DIII Softball All-American First Team and to the NFCA NJCAA Division III All-American Team.
She also received the New Balance / NFCA Golden Shoe Award in recognition for her speed on the bases, having been caught stealing only once during the season. She is Herkimer’s first ever recipient of this award.
A Criminal Justice major who was named to the President’s List, Fry will continue her education and softball career at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa. in the fall.
Area lacrosse players honored at banquet
Contributed Photo – Two area lacrosse players were honored at the Buffalo News Borrelli Awards banquet Monday night. Medina’s Jake Cotter, left, and Akron’s Owen Hill were both honored for being named first team All-WNY by the Buffalo News. They are the only two class D players to receive this honor. Cotter, a first time selection, is headed to Canisius college to play lacrosse. Hill, a two-time selection, is verbally committed to the University of Albany after he graduates in 2018. Hill was also selected as the Buffalo Prep Talk Player of the Year and is a two-time All-American.
Fun at Soccer Camp
Photo by Mike Wertman – Over 50 youngsters in the first through seventh grades took part in the opening session of the annual Medina Soccer Camp this morning. The camp, which runs through Thursday, is organized by the coaches and players of the Medina High boys and girls varsity soccer teams. The camp utilizes a number of different stations to teach the basic skills of the game including ball control, passing, shooting and goaltending and each session concludes with a scrimmage.
Blue Jays top Cubs to gain playoff finals
Remaining undefeated, the Woodroe Realty Blue Jays posted their 11 straight win of the season by downing the VFW Cubs 18 -3 Saturday to advance to the playoff championship game.
Pounding out a total of 24 hits, the Blue Jays bats were on fire posting 6 runs each in the first, third and fifth innings.
Brody Fry led batting with 2 singles a home run and 5 RBI’s. Carter Woodworth had 2 doubles and a single with 3 RBI’s and Jimmy Dieter went 3 for 3 with 2 RBI’s. Brady Christaansen also had 2 singles and a double, Colton Smith 2 singles a double and 2 RBI’s, Aidan Papaj 2 singles and 1 RBI, Aiden Wisniewski 2 singles and a double with 2 RBI’s and Joseph Reese 2 singles and 3 RBI’s. Preston Woodworth and Steven Gobeli each added a hit.
Carter Woodworth, Dieter, and Papaj pitched strong for the Blue Jays logging 7 strikeouts over 5 innings.
Blue Jays head to championship game Wednesday Night 6 p.m. at Butts Park to face the Roy-Hart Yankees.
Barre has 3 win week in Albion Midget League
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Rotary second baseman Jacob Edwards looks to throw on to first as Bobby Dysard of Vets slides into second. The action took place during Rotary’s win this past week at the Midget League field.
Front-runing Barre scored three victories, 11-7 over St. Mary’s, 9-6 over Sandstone and 13-2 over Vets, this past week to improve to 11-0 in Albion Midget League competition.
The first two contests were close as Barre had to score 4 runs in the seventh to snap a 7-7 tie with St. Mary’s and then tallied twice in the fourth to break a 6-6 deadlock with Sandstone.
Tyler Gibson and Cade Wolcott both had multiple hit games for Barre against St. Mary’s. Wolcott drove in 4 runs.
St. Mary’s came back from a 7-3 deficit against Barre with Christian Swiercznski and Reuben Rivers both hitting 2-run doubles off Barre ace pitcher Tyler Gibson in the fifth inning. The game went into extra innings.
Gibson, Wolcott, Jason Conn, Austin Narburgh, Josh Bovenzi and Brad Martin all had multiple hit games for Barre against Sandstone. Narburgh’s hits included a triple and Martin’s a key two-run single.
Chris Sacco had a two-run double and Caleb Fox a pair of hits for Sandstone.
Wolcott drove in a total of 7 runs with a single and 2 doubles in Barre’s win over Vets. He plated 3 of the tallies during a big 6 run second inning.
On the mound, Wolcott pitched the first 4 innings allowing just 2 hits and striking out 9. Gibson came on to get the final 6 outs.
The Vets topped St. Mary’s, 13-2, on Thursday. Adrian Kingdollar pitched a complete game for the Vets and also hit a home run. Bobby Dysard had three hits, including a triple, and Seth Janus and Bryer Dysard both had four singles.
Nick Radder hit a long double for St. Mary’s to bring in a run with Nick Andrews got the other run home with an RBI single. Kyle Radder had three hits in his first start for St. Mary’s.
Niagara Nationals ousted from Cap Classic
Limited to only 2 hits, the Niagara Nationals dropped a 6-0 decision to the Ohio Athletics Bees this morning to open the championship round of the Cap Classic in Pittsburgh.
The Bees, which also downed the Nationals 5-3 early in the tournament, scored twice in the second inning, once in the third and three times in the fifth.
David Belsito and Mitchel Holtz had the only hits for the Nationals.
Upstate Showdown
The previous week the Nationals competed in the Upstate Showdown Tournament bowing in the semifinals to the Gaffer 8-7 in 10 innings.
Nate Sherman and Joe Dell’oso both had a pair of hits for the Nationals.
Earlier in the tourney the Nationals defeated Webster 23-0 and Team Valle 9-2.
Sherman, Dell’oso, Liam Ward, Belsito, Trevor Luthart and Carson Harper each had 3 hits and Chris Goyette 2 in the win over Webster.
Belsito and Goyette then each had a pair of hits in the win over Team Valle as the Nationals scored 3 times in the second inning an twice in the third, fourth and fifth frames.
Nationals advance to Cap Classic title round
A big seven run second inning scoring burst powered the Niagara Nationals to a 9-1 victory over Team All American from Trafford, Pa. today and into Sunday’s championship round at the Cap Classic in Pittsburgh.
Hits by Nate Sherman, Joe Dell’oso and Aiden Johnston, along with 4 walks, keyed the big uprising as the Nationals improve to 2-1 in the tournament. Dell’oso had 2 hits on the day.
Carson Harper went the distance on the mound for the Nationals allowing only 2 hits and striking out 1.
The Nationals are seeded 10th for the 12 team championship round.
Ride For Roswell passes through Orleans
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Thousands of bikers took part in the 22nd annual Ride For Roswell today across Western New York. Here two of the riders are shown crossing the Marshall Road canal bridge during the 102 miles ride which included parts of Erie, Niagara and Orleans counties. In all some 7,380 riders took part in the event which raised a whopping $4.6 million to support Roswell Park and the fight against cancer.
Bees sting Nationals at Pitt Tourney
Limited to just 3 hits, the Niagara Nationals dropped narrow 5-3 decision to the Ohio Athletics Bees this afternoon in the second round of the Cap Classic Tournament at Pittsburgh.
The Nationals jumped out to an early 3-0 lead by scoring twice in the first inning and once in the second aided by hits from Aiden Johnston and Carson Harper.
However, the Nationals were blanked on just 1 more hit, a single by David Belsito, the rest of the way as the Bees rallied for 2 runs in the fourth inning and 3 more in the fifth to claim the win in the contest which was halted by rain after six innings.
Now at 1-1 in the tourney, the Nationals had their second scheduled game rained out and will now likely play twice on Saturday.
Dewart to play field hockey at Nazareth
Contributed Photo – Barker High senior Lydia Dewart signs to play field hockey at Nazareth College. Standing, from left, are her parents Jon and Amy Dewart, Nazareth Coach Tarah Christenson and Barker varsity field hockey Coach Jeff Costello.
Barker Central School is pleased to announce that Lydia Dewart will continue her field hockey career at Nazareth College this fall and major in Occupational Therapy.
As a senior Dewart was selected All-State, first team All Western New York, and first team Niagara-Orleans All-League for field hockey. She also helped guide her team to the Class C Sectional championship.
Throughout her field hockey career, she played on two Niagara Orleans League champion teams, three Class C Section VI champion teams, and one Far West Regional champion team.
Dewart also played basketball where she earned Honorable Mention Niagara-Orleans honors and she is a school record holder in the 800M run for track & field.
She was the recipient of multiple scholar athlete awards including recently earning All WNY Scholar Athlete honors for the sport of track & field.
Nazareth College coach, Tarah Christenson said of Dewart, “We’re so very excited to welcome Lydia to Nazareth this August and I’m thrilled to continue coaching her through the collegiate years, where the Barker coaching staff has left off. She’s fantastic and her family, school and the Barker Field Hockey program has much to be proud of, with Lydia as a student-athlete.”
