Contributed Photo – Barker High senior Eddie Wasnock, who will  be attending SUNY Fredonia, is shown here with is mother, Kristen Wasnock, and Barker varsity baseball Coach Rob Mucha.

Barker Central School is pleased to announce that Randall “Eddie” Wasnock II will continue his baseball career at SUNY Fredonia this fall.

During his junior year in baseball, the New York State Sports Writers Association named him first team All-State Class C.  He also led the Raiders to the Class C Finals with a 7-2 record and .75 ERA and earned All-WNY Honorable Mention and First Team All-League recognition.

As a senior, Wasnock led the Raiders return to the sectional finals as the No. 1 seed and was All-League for the second year in a row.

A three sport athlete, Wasnock also earned second team  “B” East Division honors in football and in basketball, he was Honorable Mention Niagara-Orleans selection.

SUNY Fredonia assistant coach, Richard Adams said, “We are very excited to have Eddie becoming a Blue Devil. I look forward to working with him. He has a tremendous upside and is a quality young man.”

The bats were hot as the Pirates defeated Lyndonville’s Whipple Reality Thursday to open the Minor League playoffs.

Tyler Kroening, Aleks Seefelt, Sawyer Lilleby, Timmy Vazquez and Aaron Woodrow all went 3 for 3 while Lathan Miller added another hit in his three at bats.

Kroening’s home run in the second broke the game open for the Pirates in the second inning.

Woodrow, Lilleby and Vazquez held Whipple Reality to two runs while striking out 10 batters.

Photo by Tom Rivers: Tyler Gibson in action on the mound for Barre.

Barre defeated Carlton 18-0 and Rotary 6-3, Sandstone downed Vets 15-3 and St. Mary’s 9-6 and St. Mary’s topped Rotary twice by scores of 10-9 and 8-6 in Albion Midget League action this past week.

Front running Barre kept rolling by besting Carlton as Brad Martin struck out 9 and allowed only 3 hits over 5 inning.

Nate Gibson led the Barre offense with 2 doubles and a triple as Josh Bovenzi, Tyler Gibson and Cade Wolcott also all had multiple hits.

Barre broke the game open with a big 6 run fifth frame which included doubles by Wolcott and Nate Gibson.

Tyler Gibson drove in a total of 5 runs with an RBI single in the third inning and a grand slam home run in the fourth to lead Barre past Rotary.

Bovenzi also had three hits.

On the mound, Tyler Gibson and Wolcott combined to hurl a 3 hitter with 12 strikeouts.

Jake Hughson had 4 hits, including a two-run homer in the second inning, Caleb Fox 4 hits, including a pair of two-run doubles in the first and third frames and Elliott Trapiss 3 hits to spark Sandstone past Vets.

Chris Sacco picked up the win on the mound striking out 10.

Adrian Kingdollar had 2 home runs and Bobby Dysard 1 for Vets.

Sandstone built up an early 5-1 lead over St. Mary’s as Caleb Fox had a home run and Cencere Lowe a triple to key a 4 run first inning and Caden Uderitz added a solo homer in the second.

St. Mary’s rallied back to within one at 7-6 as Tommy Fox drove in 3 runs in the fifth.

Sandstone though answered with a pair of runs in the home half of the frame as Uderitz tripled and Sacco singled to lock up the win.

Uderitz, Fox, Sacco and Trapiss each had 2 hits for Sandstone.

St. Mary’s and the Rotary Lions on Thursday finished an 8-8 tie game from May 30. Rotary scored a run in the top of seventh, and St. Mary’s followed with 2 runs to win it. Jayce Ashton had an RBI single to make it 9-9, and Nick Radder brought in the winning run with a bases-loaded walk. Radder also got the win on the mound.

The teams then played their regularly scheduled game with Rotary jumping out to a 6-run lead after 2 innings, as Simon Ellison had the big hit, a high flyball double.  Ashton came on in relief for St. Mary’s and didn’t allow any more runs, striking out 10 in 4 1/3 innings.

Ashton also cleared the bases with a 3-run double to get St. Mary’s back in the game. Radder added an RBI double and Christian Swiercznski tied the game with a two-run double in the top of the sixth. Reuben Rivers put St. Mary’s ahead with a 2-run homer over the centerfield fence that broke a windshield.

Rotary had a strong pitching outing from Dallas Ecker and several sparkling defensive plays at shortstop by Jacob Edwards.

Standings: Barre 8-0, Sandstone 7-1, Vets 3-4, St. Mary’s 3-5, Carlton 1-6, Rotary 1-7.

Albion’s U16 baseball team rallied late to nip Batavia 1 by a narrow 9-8 margin this past week in Batavia League competition.

Trailing 8-6, Albion pulled even by scoring twice in the fifth inning on two walks and singles by Bryce Kelly and Deyonci Farley.

Albion then claimed the victory with a run in the sixth on a safey squeeze bunt by Zander Meakin after two walks and a single by James Denencourt had loaded the bases.

Earlier in the game Albion built up a 6-4 lead by scoring once in the first on a single by Patrick Ricker, twice in the second as Bailey Blanchard singled, once in the third on a wild pitch and twice in the fourth as Ryan Krenning doubled.

However, Batavia 1 put together a 4 run fifth inning uprising to grab what proved to be a short lived 8-6 lead.

Albion, which is now 2-1, also played to a 4-4 tie with Notre Dame in a contest which will be completed at a later date beginning in the 11th inning.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Champion Medina is represented on the first team of the Niagara-Orleans All-League tennis squad by this trio of, from left, Nick Bogan, Kristian Snyder and Mike Cardone.

A trio of players from champion Medina heads the first team of the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League tennis squad.

Representing Medina are seniors Kristian Snyder, Mike Cardone and Nick Bogan who manned the three singles spots for the Mustangs which went 12-0 to capture the N-O crown for the fifth time in the last six years.

Contributed Photos – Albion’s Matt Kovaleski, left, and Roy-Hart’s Patrick Sheelar

Snyder is a four-time first team honoree. Cardone was a second team selection last year.

Rounding out the first team are Akron seniors Nate Chubb and Jake Meyer, Albion sophomore Matt Kovaleski and Roy-Hart junior Patrick Sheelar along with the Wilson duo of senior Joey Hecko and junior Kyle Lyon.

Chubb, Hecko and Lyon are all repeat selections while Kovaleski was a second team honoree last year.

Albion led the second team with three selections including seniors Owen Foos and Emilie Barleben and sophomore Connor McQuillan.

Contributed Photos – Akron’s Nate Chubb, left, and Jake Meyer

The second team also includes Medina senior Kyla Leno, Barker senior Nick Fazzolari, Wilson senior Mike Pazik and Newfane junior Zach Lundy along with the Akron duo of senior Cierra Janis and junior Brandon Meek.

Medina also had a trio of Honorable Mention selections including juniors Andrew Fuller and Toby Kiebala and sophomore Ray Paull.

Wilson likewise had three Honorable Mention honorees including senior Alex Couturier, freshman Mia Olear and 7th grader Joey Moot.

Contributed Photos – Wilson’s Joey Hecko, left, and Kyle Lyon

The Honorable Mention honorees also include Roy-Hart junior Madigan Lang, Barker senior Jake Meister, Newfane senior Michele Schultz, Albion senior Donato Rosario and Akron 7th grader Will Chubb.

Final Standings: Medina 12-0, Akron 9-3, Albion 8-4, Wilson 7-5, Barker 3-9, Roy-Hart 3-9, Newfane 0-12.

Contributed Photo – Barker High senior Nate Luckman signs to play basketball at Niagara County Community College. Standing, from left, are his father and mother Dan and Tracey Luckman and NCCC Coach Bill Beilein who is also a Barker High graduate.

Barker Central School is pleased to announce that Nate Luckman will continue his basketball career at Niagara Country Community College under Coach Bill Beilein.

Luckman was selected first team All-League Niagara-Orleans for the second year in a row this past season.  He is also the fourth player in school history to score 1000th points in his career.

NCCC basketball coach and Barker alumnus, Bill Beilein was also a 1000th point scorer for the Raiders during his time as a player in the mid 1990’s. Interestingly, Coach Beilein played JV Basketball for Nate’s father, Dan Luckman from 1992-93.

Luckman is also Barker’s all-time 3-point shooter making 176 3-point baskets in three seasons. During his senior year campaign, he was the leading scorer in the GR/NO Exceptional Senior All-Star game (24 points), First Team Orleans Hub, 2nd Team All-State Class C – New York State Sportswriters Association, Honorable Mention Centercourt WNY, and Honorable Mention All-WNY.

“Signing Nate is great for the NCCC Basketball Program,” said Coach Beilein. “He brings a high competitive level of play and knowledge for the game.  We are always looking for kids that love the game, have a great work ethic and have set personal basketball goals for themselves.  We are expecting Nate to knock down a ton of three’s for us as well as distribute and create shots for his fellow Thunderwolves.”

Photo by Mike Wertman – Medina’s first team Niagara-Orleans All-League honorees include, from left, Destiny Satkowski, Emily Kams and Alisha Scroger.

Photo by Mike Wertman- Roy-Hart is represented on the first team by this trio of, from left, Lexie Lovewell, Kayla Brown and Maddie Fry.

Contributed Photos – Akron’s first team honorees include, from left, Abby Stone, Neely Abrams and Mattie Klein.

Tri-champions Medina, Roy-Hart and Akron have each placed three players on the first team of the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League softball squad.

Medina, Roy-Hart and Akron shared the title at 9-3 while Newfane finished just a game off the pace at 8-4.

Medina, which ended a 12 year title drought, is represented by senior pitcher Emily Kams, junior shortstop Alisha Scroger and junior centerfielder Destiny Satkowski.

Roy-Hart, which earned a share of its third title in the last four years, placed junior shortstop Kayla Brown, sophomore catcher Maddie Fry and sophomore pitcher Lexie Lovewell.

Akron, which likewise earned a share of its third title in the last four years, is represented by the junior trio of pitcher Mattie Klein, catcher Abby Stone and third baseman Neely Abrams.

Newfane is represented by the sister duo of senior catcher Olivia Littman and junior first baseman Alexa Littman.

Rounding out the first team are Albion senior centerfielder Isabella Prest, Barker junior catcher Kylie Miller and Wilson senior shortstop Jen Darlark.

Contributed Photos – Barker’s Kylie Miller and Albion’s Isabella Prest

Kams, Brown, Fry, Klein, Stone, Olivia Littman and Darlak are all repeat first team honorees.

In the circle, Kams registered  154 strikeouts and had a 13-5 record with a 1.60 earned run average. At the plate she hit .464 with 27 RBIs, 13 doubles, 3 triple and 2 home runs.

Scroger hit .600 with 9 doubles, 7 triples, 1 home run and 33 RBIs and Satkowski hit .486 with 8 doubles, 6 triples, 3 home runs and 10 RBIs.

Brown hit .531 with 6 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs and 27 RBIs and Fry hit .478 with 1 double, 6 RBIs and 17 stolen bases.

In the circle, Lovewell went 6-3 overall with 26 strikeouts. At the plate, she hit .424 with 5 doubles, 3 triples, 2 hem runs and 15 RBIs.

Stone hit .564 with 6 doubles, 3 triples, 2 home runs and 16 RBIs. Abrams hit .318 with 13 RBIs, 1 double, 3 triples and 1 home run. Klein was 8-3 in the circle with 76 strikeouts and a 1.95 era. At the plate she hit .302 with 7 RBIs.

Olivia Littman hit .373 with 4 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs and 22 RBIs and Alexa Littman .318 with 5 doubles, 1 triple and 5 doubles.

Prest, who played centerfield the first half of the season and then shifted to shortstop, hit .371 with 1 double and 2 triples.

Miller hit .397 with 5 doubles and 6 RBIs.

Darlak hit .457 with 4 doubles, 5 triples, 1 home run and 12 RBIs.

The tri-champs each also placed two players on the second team including catcher Ashlee Howell and first baseman Brandi Guild, both sophomores, from Medina; junior second baseman Delaney Draper and freshman pitcher Samantha Choate from Roy-Hart and senior outfielder Sydney Leeds and sophomore shortstop Darion Jonathan from Akron.

Newfane also placed the senior duo of shortstop Teagan Volpe and outfielder Caitlin Chunco on the second team which also includes Albion junior third baseman Natalie DiCureia, Barker senior pitcher/second baseman Abby Bachman and Wilson freshman catcher Emiliee Muoio.

First Team
Akron – Abby Stone, C, Jr.; Mattie Klein, P, Jr.; Neely Abrams, 3B, Jr.
Medina – Emily Kams, P, Sr.; Alisha Scroger, SS, Jr.; Destiny Satkowski, CF, Jr.
Roy-Hart – Kayla Brown, SS, Jr.; Maddie Fry, C, So.; Lexie Lovewell, P, So.
Newfane – Olivia Littman, C, Sr.; Alexa Littman, 1B, Jr.
Albion – Isabella Prest, CF, Sr.
Barker – Kylie Miller, C, Jr.
Wilson – Jen Darlak, SS, Sr.

Second Team
Akron – Darion Jonathon, SS, So.; Sydney Leeds, CF, Sr.
Medina – Ashlee Howell, C, So.; Brandi Guild, 1B, So.
Roy-Hart – Samantha Choate, P, Fr.; Delaney Draper, 2B, Jr.
Newfane – Teagan Volpe, 3B/SS, Sr.; Caitlin Chunco, LF, Sr.
Albion – Natalie DiCureia, 3B, Jr.
Barker – Abby Bachman, P.2B, Sr.
Wilson – Emily Muoio, C, Fr.

Honorable Mention
Akron – Brittany Hudson, lB, Sr.; Shaylie Carberry, 2B, Sr.; Helena Hill, OF, So.
Medina – Morgan Allis, 3B, Fr.; Alyssa Beyer, OF, Jr.
Roy-Hart – Maddy Glena, 1B, Jr.
Newfane – Cassidy Geise, P, Sr.; Leann Schermerhorn, OF, Jr.
Albion – Brylie Hapeman, 2B, So.; Sierra Newton, 1B, So.; Skyler Smith, P, Sr.
Barker – Alexis Stratton, 2B, Jr.; Eadie Fuerch, B, St.; Emily Annable, 3B; Jr.
Wilson – Kira Zappy, P, Sr.

Turning back a last inning challenge, Albion downed visiting Barker 4-1 this evening leaving both teams at 1-1 in Lockport Midget ‘A’ League competition.

Albion built up a 4-0 lead by scoring twice in the second inning on an RBI single by Nate Fearby and an error and then once in both the fourth and fifth frames on errors.

Barker rallied in the seventh ignited by a double by Devan Mangan and a walk. A  double by Jacob Hoffee then put Barker on the scoreboard and another walk loaded the bases.

However, Albion got out of the jam as Bryce Pritchard registered 2 clutch strikeouts to end the rally and the game. On the night Pritchard allowed 2 hits and struck out 12.

Hoffee likewise went the distance on the mound for Barker giving up 3 hits and striking out 13.

Albion next hosts Orchard Park on Monday and Barker visits Roy-Hart next Thursday.

The AnJo Bombers 14U defeated Lou Gehrig Red 3-0 on Wednesday at Roy Hart as two pitchers combined to throw a shutout.

Matt Bradley pitched six innings yielding 4 hits with 1 walk and 6 strikeouts. Carson Tatro closed out the game in the seventh on ten pitches.

The Bombers took a quick lead in the first inning scoring twice as Cade Littman doubled with two outs.

Tom Furmanski was 3 for 3 at the plate for the Bombers which were sure-handed in the field and didn’t commit a single error. Joe Watson had the most chances in the field with seven at the plate followed by Colin Fragale at first.  Juan Lebron made an exceptional catch on a moon shot that he tracked down with his speed.

The Bombers next face the Lewiston Predators at Washuta Park in WNY Boys of Summer action on Thursday. The Bombers are 2-1 in Boys of Summer action.

Soccer
Medina U17 lost 4-0 to the Roy-Hart Rams Wednesday in Western New York Junior Soccer League action. Medina U19 also lost 8-1 to the Niagara-Wheatfield Storm as Kristian Snyder scored the lone goal.