Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Destiny Satkowski slides into home with the Mustangs first run during this afternoon’s Class B2 sectional victory over Southwestern at Albion.

Medina literally walked home with a victory to open the Section VI Class B2 playoffs this afternoon as the No. 3 seeded Mustangs outlasted No. 6 Southwestern 5-4 on a bases loaded walk in the 10th inning at Albion.

Cora Payne drew the decisive walk to force in Ashlee Howell with the game winner in the bottom of the 10th after two other walks had loaded the bases.

Medina’s Ashlee Howell celebrates scoring the winning run for the Mustangs in the 10th inning.

Medina had jumped out to an early 4-0 lead after scoring once in the first on a single by Alisha Scroger, twice in the third on a fielders choice play and a bases loaded walk and once in the fourth on another RBI single by Scroger.  A double by Howell, a walk and a bunt single by winning pitcher Emily Kams had loaded the bases to set up the third inning threat.

However, Medina could not score until the 10th inning as the Mustangs left runners stranded at first and third in the fifth, at third in the sixth, at second and third in the seventh and at first and second in both the eighth and ninth innings.

Southwestern rebounded from the early 4-0 deficit to knot the contest by scoring three times in the fifth highlighted by an RBI double by pitcher Sydney Burk and once in the sixth.

Kams though blanked the Lady Trojans over the final four frames on no hits as she registered 6 of her 14 strikeouts during that stretch.

Improving to 11-4, Medina will next visit No. 2 Fredonia in the semifinals next Tuesday. Fredonia defeated No. 10 Wilson 12-1.

Roy-Hart 2, Akron 1

Avenging a pair of regular season losses, No. 4 Roy-Hart had a similar finish as the Lady Rams nipped No. 5 Akron 2-1 in another B2 quarterfinal as a bases loaded walk  to Kayla Brown in the fifth inning plated what proved to be the winning run.

A single by Delaney Draper, a bunt single by Emily Metz, a sacrifice by Ashley Hill and a bunt single by Maddie Fry loaded the bases to set up the opportunity.

Roy-Hart’s other run came in the fourth on a bunt single by Lexi Lovewell and an error.

Sam Choate picked up the win in the circle for Roy-hart allowing 4 hits and striking out 2.

Mattie Klein gave up 5 hits and struck out 3 for Akron.

Roy-Hart next visits top seeded Eden in the semifinals next Tuesday. Eden blanked Gowanda 7-0.

Portville 18, Barker 0

Exploding for 11 runs in the first inning, top seeded Portville went on to defeat visiting No. 8 Barker 18-0 in the Class C1 quarterfinals.

A late comeback bid fell just short as No. 9 Medina dropped a narrow 10-9 decision to host No. 8 Southwestern this afternoon in the opening round of the Section VI Class B2 baseball playoffs.

Trailing 10-1, Medina erupted for 8 runs in the fifth and sixth innings to slice the deficit just 1 on a two-run homer by Brett Riemer, a three-run double by Nate Sherman and a pair of RBI singles by Brendan Luthart.

However, the Mustangs could not pull even as 3 strikeouts in the seventh inning quickly ended the comeback bid.

Riemer, Luthart and Alex Allis each had a pair of hits on the day for the Mustangs.

Wilson 10, JFK 3
Nate Fox pitched a 5 hitter with 5 strikeouts to lead No. 6 Wilson past No. 11 JFK in another B2 contest.

Fox also banged out a pair of hits, including a two-run triple.

Tanner Seeley also had 3 hits for the Lakemen as Jonah Miller, Justin Daul and John Bender each added 2.

No. 2 seed Lyndonville will begin Section V Class D1 baseball playoff competition by hosting a quarterfinal game at 4:30 p.m. Friday.

The Tigers, which bring a 14-2 record into the sectionals, will face the winner of Thursday’s opening round contest between No. 7 Northstar and No. 10 Dundee.

In Class C1, No. 7 Holley will host No. 10 North Rose-Wolcott at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in a pre quarterfinal game.

Contributed photo – Newly crowned Section VI golf champion Melanie Green meets here with her father Ron.

Medina High freshman Melanie Green captured top honors at the Section VI golf championships held today at Tan Tara Country Club.

Green fired an 18 hole round of 76 to capture the championship by three strokes. She birdied the 17th hole to help lock up the title.

Green will now head the Section VI team at the state championships which will be held at Bethpage, Long Island June 1-4.

N-O Track
The annual Niagara-Orleans All-League track meet got underway this afternoon at Akron.

Albion had a pair of winners in the Triple Jump in Chanyce Powell  (37-0) and Tre Yaskulski (42-8).

Medina’s Martha Gardner won the 800 (2:25.43).

Newfane had Kim Goerss win the 3000 (11:29.45), Sam Auernhamer the 3200 (10:06.64) and Jacob Licht the Discus (122-11).

Akron had Amanda Swader win the Discus (98-10) and Jenna Robnett the Pole Vault (7-5).

Wilson’s Trey Rees won the 800 (1:57.91).

N-O Tennis
Medina, Albion and Barker scored quarterfinal round wins at the annual N-O League Doubles Tournament held at Barker.

Medina’s duo of Mike Cardone and Andrew Fuller outlasted the Roy-Hart duo of Patrick Sheelar and Madigan Lang 6-0, 4-6, 6-4.

G-R Tennis
Wheatland-Chili blanked Holley 5-0 today in a regular season ending Genesee Region League tennis match. The Hawks finish the season at 7-6.

Lyndonville has earned the No. 1 seed for the Section V Class D1 softball playoffs.

The Lady Tigers will host a quarterfinal round game on  May 23 against the winner of the opening round contest between No. 8 Jasper-Troupsburg and No. 9 Naples.

Kendall is seeded No. 7 in Class D1 and the Lady Eagles will host No. 10 Dundee at 4:30 p.m. Friday in a pre quarterfinal contest.

Holley is seeded No. 11 in Class C1 and the Lady Hawks will face No. 6 Addison at 6 p.m. Thursday at Fillmore.

No. 3 seed Albion will play host to a familiar foe when the Purple Eagles entertain No. 6 CSAT in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class B1 baseball playoffs at 5 p.m. Friday.

The Purple Eagles and Eagles were Niagara-Orleans League foes for several years before CSAT moved to the Niagara Frontier League this year.

The victor will face the winner of the No. 7 Dunkirk vs. No. 2 Alden contest in the semifinals on May 22.

In a B1 pre quarterfinal game on Thursday, No 9 Newfane will visit No. 8 East Aurora.

No. 9 Medina will visit No. 8 Southwestern in the Class B2 quarterfinals at 5 p.m. Thursday with the winner to face top seeded Olmsted on Friday.

No. 4 Roy-Hart will host a B2 quarterfinal at 5 p.m. Friday against the winner of Thursday’s No. 12 Lackawanna vs. No. 5 Eden contest.

Thursday’s other opening round B2 games will have No. 11 JFK at No. 6 Wilson and No. 10 Akron at No. 7 Gowanda.

Barker is the No. 1 seed in Class C2 and the Raiders will face the winner of the No. 5 Holland vs. No. 4 Frewsburg contest in the semifinals on May 22.

Contributed Photo – Medina Coach Gordy Luthart and Mustang captains Mike Carson, Coby Albone, Tyler Howard and Jake Cotter present the inaugural Battle of the Little Blue Jug trophy to Gananda Coach Joe Sidari, a Medina High grad, and team captains Patrick Shanley, Matt Rapp and Ryan Finnegan. Gananda scored a 1 goal win in the contest this afternoon at Genesee Community College.

In the inaugural Battle for the Little Blue Jug trophy, Gananda edged past Medina 17-16 this afternoon in a regular season ending non league lacrosse game at Genesee Community College.

Gananda, which is coached by Medina High graduate Joe Sidari, held narrow leads of 4-2 after one quarter, 10-8 at the half and 13-11 at the three-quarter mark.

Jake Cotter and Brendan Luthart both had 5 goals on the day for Medina as Mike Carson netted 3, Coby Albone 2 and Mason Lewis 1.

Cotter and Luthart both netted a pair of goals in the second period to help keep the Mustangs within 2 at the half.

Medina finishes the regular season at 10-6.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Aubrey Lewis goes low to hit the ball during the Lady Tigers win over visiting Kendall this afternoon. Kacey Menge is the Kendall catcher.

Lizzie Rath connects for a hit for Kendall.

Breaking away from a 2-2 tie, Lyndonville erupted for 5 runs in the sixth inning to earn a 7-2 victory over visiting Kendall this afternoon in the Genesee Region softball season finale.

A double by Miranda Lembcke ignited the decisive uprising for Lyndonville which featured a two-run double by Aubrey Lewis and RBI singles by Makenzie Muck, Cassie Boyce and Anna Lewis. Boyce had 2 hits on the day.

Lizzie Rath had 3 hits for Kendall, including an RBI sin the second inning which gave the Lady Eagles a 2-0 lead. Chelsea Wright added 2 hits for the Lady Eagles.

Stacy Buckland picked up the win in the circle for the Lady Tigers striking out 7.

Lyndonville finishes the regular season at12-2 in the league and 12-3 overall.