Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville catcher Miranda Lembcke tries to put the tag on Fillmore’s Macy Beardsley. The action took place during the Lady Tigers Class D1 semifinal this evening at Brockport High School.

Earning a spot in the finals for the fifth straight year, top seeded Lyndonville bested No. 4 Fillmore 10-7 this evening in the semifinals of the Section V Class D1 softball playoffs at Brockport High School.

Lyndonville jumped out to an early 3-0 lead scoring once in the first on an error following a single by Anna Lewis, once in the second on a wild pitch following a single by Cassie Boyce and a double by winning pitcher Makenzie Muck and once in the third on a single by Miranda Lembcke following another hit by Anna Lewis and a walk.

Makenzie Muck delivers a pitch for Lyndonville.

Fillmore did score 4 times in the top of the fourth on 2 errors, a sacrifice fly, a fielders choice play and a single to take it’s only lead at 4-3.

However, Lyndonville answered right back with a pair of runs in the home half of the fourth on 2 errors to regain the lead for good at 5-4. A leadoff double by Muck and a walk set up the threat.

The Lady Tigers then scored five times in what proved to be the decisive fifth frame on 3 wild pitches, a fielders choice play and an RBI double by Anna Lewis, the only hit of the frame.  An error, a walk and a hit batter loaded the bases to set up the threat.

That uprising proved to be a key one as Fillmore rallied for 3 runs in the top of the seventh on 2 walks and 3 singles to slice the deficit to 10-7 with no outs.

Lyndonville though got out of the jam on a fly-out to Anna Lewis in left, a groundout back to Muck and a ground out to Aubrey Lewis at shortstop to quell the uprising and put a lock on the win.

Improving to 17-2, Lyndonville will next face the winner of the Alfred-Almond vs. York semi in the D1 championship game at 4 p.m. Saturday at Houghton College.

Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis takes the throw at second base as Fillmore’s Nikita Timmermans slides in.

The Barre Cubs 10u baseball team opened their season on Monday with a 13-3 win over the visiting Rotary-Lions.

Josh Bovenzi and Nathan Gibson combined for 10 strikeouts and no hits on the mound for Barre.

Lucas Powley, Leah Pawlak and Xavier Byrd shared the pitching duties for Rotary-Lions.

At the plate, Bovenzi, Owen Bentley and Jacob Neal each had two hits on the night.  Cami London and Lucas Martin also had hits for Barre.

The Woodroe Realty Blue Jays remained unbeaten at 6 -0 by beating the VFW Cubs 6-0 Tuesday night.

The game went through the first 3 innings scoreless when the top of the fourth the Cubs were threatening to score when Jimmy Dieter caught a pop fly in right center field and threw the ball to Brody Fry at first base for a nice double play that ended the inning.

The Blue Jays bats awoke in the fourth with 7 singles and 1 double and scored 6 runs.

Fry lead batting with a single and a double and 2 RBI’s, Carter Woodworth had a single and a double with 1 RBI, Preston Woodworth 2 singles, Steven Gobeli  2 hits and 1 RBI, Aidan Papaj and Joseph Reese both had a hit and 1 RBI and Dieter, and Brady Christaansen each added a hit.

Fry pitched 3 strong innings and had 4 strikeouts, Papaj pitched 2 innings and had 2 strikeouts, and Christaansen pitched the final inning and struck out all 3 batters.

Building up a commanding 8-0 half-time advantage, No. 2 seed Eden went on to defeat visiting No. 3 Medina 13-4 this afternoon in the semifinals of the Section VI Class D lacrosse playoffs.

Eden led 4-0 after one quarter.

Christian Silversmith scored 2 goals for Medina as Mike Carson and Brendan Luthart each netted 1.

Medina, which also dropped 13-7 and 11-7 decisions to Eden during the regular season, finishes with a 10-7 overall record.

N-O track
Medina senior Martha Gardner won the Niagara-Orleans League girls Steeplechase event today at Starpoint.

Medina’s Dan Heil finished second in the boys competition.

Section V Tennis

Fillmore nipped Kendall 3-2 in the Section V Class D tennis championship match.

Collin Lewis won at first singles for Kendall as did the Eagles second doubles team of Jenna LoSapio and Ryan Barrett.

Rainy weather, which has plagued area high school teams all spring, has caused the postponement of today’s scheduled Lyndonville baseball and softball sectional games.

The top seeded Lyndonville softball team will now face No. 4 Fillmore at 6 p.m. Friday at Brockport High School in the Section V Class D1 semifinals.

The Lyndonville baseball squad, which is seeded No. 2, will meet top seeded Fillmore for the Section V Class D1 championship at 4:30 Friday at SUNY Brockport.

Medina/Lyndonville trimmed the host Lancaster/Depew Arsenal 2-1 Wednesday in a boys U17 Division Buffalo and Western New York Junior Soccer League season opening game.

Medina/Lyndonville jumped out to a 1-0 lead early in the second half on a goal by Trenton Jones off an assist from Evan Horn.

Arsenal pulled even midway through the second half but Medina/Lyndonville answered with what proved to be the game winner when Matt Hess scored with 15 minutes to go off an assist from Elian Gonzalez.

In the U19 Division opener, Medina/Lyndonville dropped a 4-1 decision to the Cheektowaga Brigade.

Brian Anderson scored the lone goal off an assist from Greg Husung.

Hoping the rainy weather forecast is wrong the Medina and Lyndonville softball teams and the Lyndonville baseball squad all have key sectional games on tap Thursday.

The No. 3 seed Medina girls will face top seeded Eden for the Section VI Class B2 championship at 7 p.m. at Williamsville North.  The Mustangs are seeking their first ever softball sectional title.

The top seed Lyndonville girls will take on No. 4 Fillmore in the Section V Class D1 semifinals at 4:30 p.m. at Batavia High School.

The No. 2 Lyndonville baseball squad will likewise face top seeded Fillmore in the Section V Class D1 championship game at 7 p.m. at Dwyer Stadium in Batavia.

Barker and Roy-Hart both dropped narrow decisions this evening in Section VI baseball championship action.

Top seeded Barker lost to No. 3 Maple Grove in Class C2 and No. 4 Roy-Hart was edged by No. 3 Fredonia in Class B2 by the identical score of 4-2.

Fredonia snapped a 1-1 deadlock by scoring once in the fifth.  The Hillbillies then added what proved to be the decisive 2 runs in the sixth.

Roy-Hart had tied the game at 1-1 on an RBI single by Al Xapsos in the fifth inning. However, the Rams left the bases loaded.

Roy-Hart got a rally going in the seventh ignited by singles by Xapsos and Brendan Hess. Eric Fitch followed up with an RBI single to close the gap to 4-2 but the Rams left a pair of runners stranded as a line out to center ended the rally and the contest.

Xapsos and Charlie Bruning both finished with 2 hits.

Barker likewise trailed 4-1 going into the seventh and scored once on a double by Ryan Voss. However, the Raiders likewise left a pair of runners stranded. Voss had 2 doubles on the night.

Barker’s first run came in the fifth inning as Kyle MacDonald singled and came home on an error.

Maple Grove scored 3 runs in the third inning and 1 in the sixth.

Defense was the name of the game as the Medina/Lyndonville U13 club toppled the front running Yemen Oilers out of Lackawanna 2-0 Tuesday.

Strong play by Jack Whipple, Logan Gray, Zaric Boyce and Felix Isaacson aided goalie Zachary Fike in the shut out.

Jackson Moreland scored a goal assisted by Amari Soule in the first half and Wyatt Zelany followed on an assist by Roman Heinsler in the second.

The Medina Lyndonville U11 squad dropped a hard fought game against the Akron Tigers 4-1.

The lone goal was scored by Caden Kingsbury on an assist by Julian Woodworth.

All the action occurred in the second half as strong goal tending by Brandon Christiaansen   and support from Elizabeth Whippple, Scott Schultz, and Riley Tompkins kept the first half deadlocked at 0-0.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s duo of Owen Foos and Emilie Barleben scored a three set win at first doubles today during the Purple Eagles loss to host Medina.

Medina edged past visiting rival Albion 3-2 1/2 this afternoon to compete a perfect 12-0 Niagara-Orleans League championship tennis season.

Nick Bogan earned the deciding point for Medina with a tight three set 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 win over Victor Benjovsky at third singles.

Kristian Snyder won in straight sets at first singles for Medina.

The Mustangs also got a close 6-1, 7-6 win by the second doubles team of Toby Kiebala and Brandon Harris over Donato Rosario and Freeman Lattin.

Kristian Snyder earned Medina’s first point with a 6-0, 6-0 win at first singles over Mathew Kovaleski.

Albion kept the match tight as Connor McQuillan scored a three set 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 win at second singles over Mike Cardone and the Purple Eagles first doubles team of Owen Foos and Emilie Barleben posted a 6-0, 6-3 win over Kyla Leno and Andrew Fuller.

The Purple Eagles also took the third doubles match as Kastriot Bela and Juan Santiago downed Haylee Seefeldt and Jacob Houseman 6-1, 6-2.

The N-O title is the fifth in the last six years for Coach Chris Horgan’s Mustangs.

Albion finishes the N-O season at 8-4.

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

Section V Class C
East Rochester defeated Holley 4-1 in the semifinals of the Section V Class C Tournament.

Holley’s lone point was earned by the second doubles team of Dalton Thurley and Steve Morgan.

In another semifinal, Kendall defeated Prattsburg-Hammondsport 3-2 as Collin Lewis and James Longrod scored victories at the first two singles spots as did the Eagles second doubles team of Ryan Barrett-Jenna LoSapio.