The Woodroe Realty Blue Jays Blanked the Medina Athletics 5-0 in the first round of the playoffs Thursday.

Blue Jay pitching and defense only allowed one hit through 6 innings.  Brody Fry pitched the first 3 innings recording 8 strikeouts, Jimmy Dieter pitched 2 innings recorder 3 strikeouts, and Carter Woodworth pitched one inning recording 2 strikeouts.

For the A’s Lukas Grimes hit a nice bomb to right field for the A’s only hit, but William Tagg tracked down the ball and relayed to Preston Woodworth to keep the hit from becoming a home run.  The Blue Jay’s defense recorded all the other outs at first base on 4 batters that hit the ball.

The Blue Jays offense got off to slow start due to strong pitching by the A’s pitcher Grimes.

Dieter hit a nice single to start off the second inning followed by an RBI hit by Aidan Papaj.

William Tagg opened the third inning with a single, then Preston Woodworth hit a two-run home run.

In the fourth inning Carter Woodworth and Fry opened up scoring with 2 solo home run shots.  Aiden Wisniewski and Brady Christaansen each added a hit.

Next round of playoffs is Saturday at 10 a.m. at Butts Park against the Medina VFW Cubs.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Somerset’s Chauncy McKee dives into third base as Roy-Hart’s Brice Seddon tries to take the throw during this evening’s Midget ‘A’ League game at Gasport.

Improving to 2-1, Somerset edged past Roy-Hart (1-2) 4-2 in a Lockport Midget ‘A’ League game this evening at Gasport.

Eddie Wasnock went the distance on the mound for Somerset allowing only 2 hits and striking out 15.

Three Roy-Hart pitchers, Walker Samanka, Brice Seddon and Cam Meadows, combined on a 2 hitter with 10 strikeouts.

Somerset grabbed a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning without the benefit of a hit on a pair of errors after a hit batter and 2 walks loaded the bases.

Roy-Hart cut the deficit to 2-1 in the second on a wild pitch after three walks loaded the bases. Wasnock though got out of further trouble with a clutch inning ending strikeout.

Somerset got that run back with interest by scoring twice in the third on a wild pitch and a fielders choice play off the bat of Logan Harris. A single by Kyle MacDonald helped set up that threat.

Roy-Hart pulled to with 4-2 with a run in the third on a fielders choice play and later got a runner to third in the seventh after a triple by Seddon but Wasnock again notched a clutch strikeout to end the threat and the game.

Roy-Hart first baseman Wyatt Redburn stretches to take  the throw for an out on Somerset’s Logan Harris.

The Niagara Nationals U14 team knocked off Pennsylvania’s top entrant, Flood City, 11-8 today in the opening round of the Cap Classic at Pittsburgh.

Trailing 8-2, the Nationals rallied for 6 runs in the sixth inning and 3 more in the seventh to claim the win.

Trevor Luthart, the Nationals third pitcher of the day, shut Flood City out over the last two innings retiring 6 of the 7 batters he faced.

David Belsilo had 4 hits and Aiden Johnston 2 to lead the Nationals offense as Nate Sherman, Joe Dell’oso, Liam Ward, Chris Goyette, Sam Murphy and Mitchell Holtz each chopped in with 1.  Johnston and Dell’oso also shared in the pitching duties.

The Nationals continue tourney play with two games on Friday.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Medina Coach Chris Horgan, left,  is congratulated by Assistant Medina High Principal Kevin Laskey for receiving the state boys tennis Coach of the Year award.

Medina Coach Chris Horgan has been named state boys tennis Coach of the Year by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.

Horgan, who marked his 30th year as a coach this spring, guided the Mustangs to a second straight Niagara-Orleans League title and the fifth in the last six years.

“It’s a great honor and I’m very appreciative of it personally but really it is an award for our school’s tennis program and for all of the accomplishments of our players over the years,” he said.

Horgan has coached the Mustang netters for the past 17 years. His teams have compiled a 160-52 N-O record including a total of seven championships.

Prior to that he coached for 13 years (1981-1993) at Roy-Hart where his Rams teams compiled an N-O record of 124-46 and won five league titles.  Ironically three of those titles (1990, 1991 and 1992) were co-championships with Medina.

For many years he has also conducted the annual free summer tennis program for the Medina School District.

A late three goal scoring burst earned Tri Town a 6-3 win over Medina/Lyndonville in a Buffalo and Western New York Soccer League U17 Division game Wednesday evening at Lyndonville.

Breaking away from a 3-3 deadlock, Tri Town erupted for 3 goals in the final 8 minutes on an own goal, a rebound off a missed penalty shot and a breakaway to claim the win.

Medina/Lyndonville had grabbed a 2-1 lead midway through the first half as Cory Bricourt scored at the 20 minute mark off an assist from Evan Silversmith and Trenton Jones tallied 5 minutes later on a header off a throw-in from Evan Horn.

Tri Town pulled even with a goal just before half-time and then regained a 3-2 advantage with a tally 15 minutes into the second half.

Medina/Lyndonville did rally back into a 3-3 tie when DaRon Bellan scored with 10 minutes remaining off an assist from Devin Rounds but Tri Town answered with the decisive 3 goal burst to claim the win.

The Dynamites had a 4 game winning streak snapped by a narrow 1-0 margin under the lights at Orchard Park Wednesday.

The Dynamites out hit Orchard Park 3-1 but left runners stranded at third base three times in the matchup of two usually high scoring teams.

Xander Payne and Ryan Mettler combined to hurl the 1 hitter for the Dynamites. Mettler, Iverson Poole and Javon Jones had the team’s only hits.

The Dynamites travel to Elma on Saturday for a league game against the EMW Tribe. Sunday, the Clarence Sunday league playoffs start with opponents yet to be decided.

The AnJo Bombers 14U baseball team defeated Clarence Red Raiders 7-5 in a back-and-forth affair on Wednesday.

The game was tied 5-5 with the Bombers batting in the bottom of the sixth when Carson Tatro singled driving in one run.

Clarence grabbed a quick the lead in the first inning as a wild pitch scored two runs.

Reed Albee, Juan Lebron, Colin Fragale, and Tatro each drove in one run to lead the Bombers.

Tatro also led the Bombers with two stolen bases, as they ran wild on the base paths with eight stolen bases.

AJ Seefeldt, Tatro and Albee combined for the win on the mound.

The Bombers are back in action Friday night at Brockport High School against New Era in the NY Gold Prospects Tourney.

Contributed Photo – Barker High senior Grayce Weller signs to play  field hockey at SUNY Brockport. Standing, from left, are her parents, Rich and Jamie Weller and Barker varsity field hockey Coach Jeff Costello.

Barker Central School is pleased to announce that Grayce Weller will continue her field hockey career at SUNY Brockport this fall and major in Biology.

Weller was selected first team Niagara-Orleans All-League and earned All-Western New York Honorable Mention for field hockey during her senior year campaign.

The Barker faithful will remember Weller for her deciding goal in the sectional finals this past fall.  After 60 minutes of scoreless regulation time and 0-0 ties after two 10-minute overtime sessions, Weller scored the final goal in the shootout to lead the Lady Raiders to victory over Akron in the Class C sectional finals.

For her work in the classroom and on the playing field, Weller received All WNY Scholar-Athlete honors this past fall.  She also ran track & field this past spring for the Lady Raiders.

SUNY Brockport coach, Krista Archambeau on Weller, “I’m very excited for Grayce to join our Field Hockey program at Brockport, and think she’s going to be a great addition to the team.”

Pounding out 15 hits, Albion’s U16 team outlasted Batavia 2 in a high scoring 17-11 Batavia League baseball game this evening.

Deyonci Farley and Patrick Ricker both had 3 hits and Drew Caldwell and Bryce Kelly 2 each to lead the Albion attack.

Farley belted a three-run home run and James Denencourt had a three-run triple to highlight a big 6 run second inning for Albion.  Farley also banged out a two-run homer in the fourth frame.

Albion also had a big 5 run sixth inning uprising which included two-run singles by both Ricker and Austin Aman and an RBI single by Mike Harling.

Denencourt and Ricker shared the pitching duties allowing a total of 8 hits.

Alex Rood hit a home run for Batavia 2.

Albion, which improves to 3-2, next faces Oakfield-Alabama on Saturday.

Contributed Photo – Jason Hellwig

Former Medina High School pitcher Jason Hellwig (Class of 2015) picked up his first win on the mound for the Sherrill Silversmiths of the New York Collegiate Baseball League, in an 8-5 victory over the Rome Generals this evening.

Hellwig held the Generals to 3 earned runs on 9 hits, striking out 7 over 7 innings pitched.

The Silversmiths are currently tied for first place at 9-5 in the Eastern Division of the NYCBL, which saw 4 former players taken in the 2017 MLB Draft earlier this month.

Hellwig has made 4 appearances for the Silversmiths, all of them starts, posting a 2.86 ERA and 14 strikeouts with only 3 walks in 22 innings of work. His strikeout and innings pitched numbers are both good for top 10 in the NYCBL.

This past spring, Hellwig helped lead Brockport to a third place finish in the SUNY Athletic Conference. He was second on the team in appearances with 14, making 5 starts and posting a 3.21 ERA in 33.2 innings during his sophomore season.