Photo by Tom Rivers – Cade Wolcott delivers a pitch for Barre in the win over St. Mary’s.

It was a busy but very successful week of competition in the Albion Midget League for Barre which scored three victories 6-0 over Carlton, 6-0 over Sandstone and 18-2 over St. Mary’s.

Brad Martin picked up the win on the mound for Barre in the win over Carlton allowing only 1 hit and striking out 7 over 4 innings. Cade Wolcott came on to register the final 6 outs. Martin, Tyler Gibson, Owen Bentley, Nick Harling and Nate Gibson all had hits for Barre which broke the game open with 5 runs in the fifth inning.

Tyler Gibson hurled a 3 hitter with 15 strikeouts in Barre’s win over Sandstone. He also banged out 3 hits and drove in 4 runs. Wolcott also had a multiple hit game.

A big 9 run fourth inning highlighted Barre’s win over St. Mary’s. Tyler Gibson and Josh Bovenzi had multiple hits while Wolcott and Benntley each drove in 3 runs. On the mound, Wolcott allowed no hits over 4 innings as Austin Narburgh and Jason Conn came on to get the final 6 outs.

Sandstone wins two
Sandstone improved to 4-1 by scoring a pair of wins, 6-3  over Vets and 7-5 over Carlton.

A three-run fifth inning on a double by Kyle VanAmeron, a single by Caleb Fox and a pair of walks provided the margin of victory for Sandstone against Vets.  Fox, Chris Sacco, Jake Hughson and Elliott Trapiss also had hits during a two-run third inning and Hughson a double to help plate a run in the fourth.

Doubles by Bobby Dysard and Brandon Nashburn helped drive in 2 early runs for Vets. Dysard also had a triple.

Trailing, 4-3, Sandstone scored 4 runs in the third inning as Hughson had a home run and Caden Uderitz a double to key the win over Carlton. Fox also had a two-run homer to highlight a three-run first inning. Hughson finished with 3 hits and Uderitz 2.

Bryce Wilson had a home run to key a three-run first inning for Carlton. He had a total of 3 hits including an RBI single in the second which gave Carlton a 4-3 lead.

Rotary Lions 8, St. Mary’s 8
Rotary Lions and St. Mary’s tied with 8 runs each after 6 innings. The game was halted due to darkness and will continue the next time the teams play.

St. Mary’s jumped out to an early lead, highlighted by a 2-run home run from Reuben Rivers. He also added a double and key RBI single later in the game. Christian Swiercznski and Nick Andrews had three hits for St. Mary’s, and Jayce Ashton had two hits including a 2-run double. Tommy Fox also had a 2-run single for St. Mary’s.

Dallas Ecker reached base four times and scored four runs for Rotary. Mason Bennett also reached base four times. Simon Ellison had three hits and Tristan Lusk a triple with the bases loaded to bring in two runs in the sixth inning. The potential winning run from Lusk’s hit was thrown out at the plate after Rivers fired in the ball from centerfield.

Vets 6, St. Mary’s 5
The Vets defeated St. Mary’s in back and forth game that ended 6-5 after Bobby Dysard hit a towering triple in the bottom of the sixth to bring home the winning run.

St. Mary’s tied the game in the top of the sixth on a key 2-run single by Reuben Rivers.

Jayce Ashton pitched five strong innings for St. Mary’s, striking out 13 batters. Ashton also had two hits, including an RBI single. Christian Swiercznski had three hits and scored two runs for St. Mary’s.

Dysard had two triples and 2 RBIs on the day, and also pitched three strong innings in relief.

Seth Janus and John Bianchi also had two hits. Adrian Kingdollar pitched well for the first three innings before Dysard finished for the Vets.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Chanyce Powell and Medina’s Jalin Cooper both scored victories at the Section VI track championships held this weekend at Jamestown.

Medina junior Jalin Cooper successfully defended his titles in both the 100 and 200 at the Section VI D2 (small schools) track championships held this weekend at Jamestown.

Cooper repeated as the 100 meter champion with a time of :10.9 and the 200 meter champ with a time of :22.11. He will compete at the state meet next weekend at Binghamton. Last year he placed sixth in the 100 at the state meet.

Albion senior Chanyce Powell successfully defended her Section VI D2 title in the Long Jump with a winning leap of 17-8 3/4. She also placed third in the Triple Jump at 35-11 1/2.

Medina also had Martha Gardner place third in the Steeplechase, fourth in the 800 and fifth in the 1500 while Dan Heil took fifth in the 1600.

Albion also had Lamar Chambers place third in the 400 Hurdles and Nate Moore take fourth in the Long Jump.

Wilson had a pair of champions as Mark Coder won the Pole Vault (12-6) and Trey Rees took the 800 (1:56.39) while Newfane’s Andrew Boudeman placed second in the Triple Jump.

For Roy-Hart, Kali Scharping placed fifth in the High Jump with a Roy-Hart school record effort of 5-1 and Kayleigh Kuzma took sixth in the 400 Hurdles.

The Dynamites 12u baseball failed to keep their winning streak going on Thursday dropping a 9-5 decision to the visiting Lou Gehrig Red  in a Boys of Summer League game.

The Dynamites spotted the visitors 6 runs in the first two innings which proved to be to much to bounce back from.

The Dynamites cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the second with a 2 out rally on hits by Amari Jones, Kaeden Wisnieski and Jay Heideman.  Some aggressive base running contributed to narrowing the gap.

Lou Gehrig added another run in the fourth while their pitching kept the Dynamites bats quiet for the next few innings.

Lou Gehrig added two more runs in the top of the sixth by some costly errors and a few base hits that plated two more runs to make it 9 to 3.

The Dynamite tried to battle back as Ryan Mettler singled to start the two out rally. Javon Jones drove in Mettler with a base hit. With 2 outs and Jones and Payne on base after Payne was hit by a pitch. Russo hit a ball in the gap but was unable to drive in a run because of some good defense by the visitors. J. Jones was able to steal home on a passed ball but that was all the Dynamites were able to plate during the inning.

The final inning was a three up, three down for both teams which concluded the game.

Jumping out to an early lead, the Academy Stars went on to trim the AnJo Bombers U14 team 6-4 Thursday in a WNY Boys  of Summer game at the Roy-Hart varsity field.

The Stars scored a quick run on a error in the first inning and added 3 more in the second.

The Bombers, which out hit the Stars 8-3,  scored three runs in the fourth inning on a bunt single by Colin Fragale and singles by Cade Littman, and Reed Albee.

Littman and Albee each collected multiple hits for the Bombers.  Albee, AJ Seefeldt, Littman, and Fragale each drove in one run.

Littman, Rylend Callicutt and Tom Furmanski were collectively sharp on the mound only yielding 3 hits and striking out five over seven innings.

The Bombers are in action tonight at Alexander high school in the Darien lake tournament, as well as on Saturday at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the Oakfield-Alabama varsity field.

Contributed Photo – Lyndonville senior Eric Neace here signs a letter of intent to play football at SUNY Cortland. Seated with him are his parents Tara and Eric Neace. In back are Medina/Lyndonville football Coach Eric Valley, who also played football at Cortland, and Lyndonville Athletic Director Lee Dillenbeck.

Lyndonville High senior Eric Neace has signed a letter of intent to continue his education and play football at SUNY Cortland.

A four year varsity player for Medina/Lyndonville, Neace earned first team B East Division All-Star honors last fall as he scored 8 touchdowns and rushed for 420 yards offensively and made 60 tackles and had a team high 7.5 sacks on defense.

Neace has also been a three year starter for the Lyndonville basketball and baseball teams earning Genesee Region League All-Star honors in both sports.

He will be majoring in Education and Biology.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Da’Ron Bellan advances the ball upfield for the Medina/Lyndonville U17 team during Wednesday evening’s tie game with the Cheektowaga Storm at Lyndonville.

Battling back after giving up two quick goals in the first five minutes, the Medina/Lyndonville U17 team rallied to earn a 3-3 tie with the Cheektowaga Storm in a Buffalo and Western New York Junior Soccer League game at Lyndonville Wednesday evening.

Medina/Lyndonville got it’s first goal halfway through the opening half on a set piece by Elian Gonzalez to cut the deficit to 2-1 at halftime.

Andrew Houseman then tied at 2-2 with a goal just minutes into the second half.

However, Cheektowaga answered to regain the lead 3-2 with a goal with 10 minutes left in the game.

Devin Rounds then made some key saves for Medina/Lyndonville to keep it at 3-2.

Finally, Matt Hess scored the game tying goal for Medina/Lyndonville on a 30 yard shot with only seconds left on the clock.

u19 Division
Medina/Lyndonville lost 4-0 to the host KenTon Americans in a U19 Division contest.

The AnJo Bombers 14U improved to 4-0 Sunday at Outwater Park with a 14-4 win over the Matthewson McCarthy Bandits.

Breaking away from a 2-2 tie, the AnJo Bombers  took the lead for good in the third inning. Tom Furmanski and Colin Fragale both had RBI singles as a wild pitch plated another run.

The Bombers put a lock on the win with five runs in the sixth inning on a groundout by Tom Furmanski, an error, a single by Matt Bradley, and a wild pitch.

The Bombers had 15 hits in the game.  Fragale, Furmanski, AJ Seefeldt, and Bradley each collected multiple hits. Fragale  was 3 for 3 and Seefeldt  2-2 including a double. Reed Albee led team with three runs batted in.

Joe Watson and  Furmanski were strong on the mound for the Bombers fanning six over six innings and giving up only two earned runs.

The Bombers are in first place in the Clarence League.