Snapping a 2-2 deadlock, Lyndonville exploded for 12 runs in the decisive fifth inning to earn a 14-2 victory over visiting Byron-Bergen this afternoon in the non league regular season finale.

Eric Neace belted a pair of two-run home runs to highlight Lyndonville’s big uprising which also included a pair of two run singles by Kane Flynn, an RBI triple and RBI single by Zach Johnson, an RBI triple by Dawson Joy, a double by Corey Hydock and 2 singles by Mike Wells.

Lyndonville finishes the regular season at 14-2.

Albion defeated Akron 3 1/2-2 in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match this afternoon.

In Genesee Region League competition Holley swept to a doubleheader victory over Byron-Bergen by the identical score of 3-2and Kendall bested Elba twice by scores of 4-1 and 5-0.

Connor McQuillan defeated Jacob Meyer 7-6, 7-5 at second singles and Victor Benjovsky downed Brandon Meek 6-0, 6-1 at third singles to lead the way for Albion.

The Purple Eagles also got wins from the first doubles team of Owen Foos-Emilie Barleben, 6-4, 6-4 over Cierra Janis-Will Chubb and by the third doubles duo of Kastriot Bella-Juan Santigao, 6-4, 6-3 over Morgan Wdowka-Eliza Papke.

Akron’s Nate Chubb won at first singles, 6-0, 6-1 over Matt Kovaleski.

The Tigers also took the second doubles as Dustin Earle and Alex Warren downed Donato Rosario and Freeman Lattin 6-4, 7-6.

Albion is now 8-3 and Akron 9-3.

Dylan McKay won twice at singles for Holley as did the Hawks doubles teams of Aaron Strethearn-Cheyan Palmer and Dalton Thurley-Steven Morgan.

Collin Lewis and Nathan Warters both won a pair of singles matches for Kendall as did the Eagles doubles teams of Chris Butlin-Cameron Zinsmeister and Jenna LoSapio-Ryan Barrett.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Isabella Prest stretches to take the throw as East Aurora’s Madison Dziulko steals second. The action took place during the host Purple Eagles sectional loss to the Blue Devils this afternoon.

Scoring in each of the first six innings, No. 9 East Aurora posted a 17-2 win over host No. 8 Albion this afternoon in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 softball playoffs.

Breaking away from a 2-2 deadlock, East Aurora moved on top to stay by scoring 5 times in the third inning on 4 walks, 2 errors and 1 hit.

The Blue Devils later locked up the win by scoring 5 times on 5 hits in the fifth frame to extend the lead to 14-2.

Albion tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the first as Isabella Prest tripled and Janae Doty and Kendall Eible followed up with RBI singles.

Prest had a total of 3 hits on the day and Doty 2.

East Aurora next visits top seed Depew in the quarterfinals.

Wilson 14, Olmsted 5

No. 10 Wilson scored in 5 different innings to defeat host No. 7 Olmsted 14-5 in the opening round of the Class B2 playoffs.

Winning pitcher Kira Zappy and Alex Seeley both had 3 hits and Jen Darlak a double and 4 RBIs to lead the way for Wilson which next visits No. 2 Fredonia in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

The Nationals and the Blue Jays both scored victories in youth baseball action on Saturday.

Blue Jays 15, Orioles 0
The Blue Jays had a break out game against the Orioles Saturday winning 15 – 0.

The Blue Jays bats erupted in the first, second and fourth innings to provide the offense. Preston Woodworth went 3 -3 with 3 singles, Brady Christaansen 3 for 3 with 2 singles and a double with 2 RBI’s, Carter Woodworth 2 for 2 with a double and a single and  2 RBI’s, Brody Fry 3 for 3 with two singles and a double and 3 RBI’s, Jimmy Dieter 2 for 3 with a single and a double and 3 RBI’s, Aidan Papaj 2 for 3 with two singles and had 2 RBI’s, Aiden Wisnewski  2 for 3 with 2 singles and 1 RBI, and Joseph Reese and Ethan Brown both had hits.

The Blue Jays held the Orioles to no hits as pitchers Fry,  Dieter, and  Papaj, struck out all 3 batters in the innings they pitched.

Nationals 20, Blue Jays 1
The Mark’s Pizzeria Nationals downed the Blue Jays 20-1 as Aidan Owczarczak set the tone of the game with 8 strikeouts through 3 innings.

Josh Hilobuk was a perfect 4 for 4 reaching base from the lead off position.  Julian Woodworth, Brandon Christiaansen, Julio Doval, and Aidan O all contributed with doubles for the offensive breakout.  Robert McCarthy  and Austin Thompkins each reached base during all three of their plate appearances.

No. 8 seed Albion will host No.9 East Aurora at 4:45 this afternoon to open the Section VI Class B1 softball playoffs. The winner advances to a Thursday quarterfinal round contest at top seeded Depew.

No. 10 Wilson opens Class B2 competition at 4:45 this afternoon at No. 7 Olmsted with the victor to play at No. 2 Fredonia Thursday.

The three Niagara-Orleasn League tri-championship teams – Medina, Akron and Roy-Hart – will begin Class B2 competition at 4:45 p.m.Thursday. The teams shared the title at 9-3 marking the first time the league has ever had tri-champs in softball.

No. 3 Medina will face No. 6 Southwestern at Albion due to renovate work beginning at Vets Park. No. 4 Roy-Hart will host No. 5 Akron which won both meetings during the N-O season.

The Class B1 quarterfinals on Thursday will also have No. 5 Newfane at No. 4 Tonawanda.

In Class C2, No. 8 Barker visits top seeded Portville in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Cameron Meadows, left, started on the mound for Roy-Hart and Chris Goyette for Medina in this evening’s key N-O baseball game under the lights at Gasport.

Surviving a big seventh inning scare, Roy-Hart edged past visiting Medina 4-1 this evening to claim outright possession of a second straight Niagara-Orleans League baseball championship.

Roy-Hart finishes the season at 9-3 as Albion, Barker and Wilson end up in a three-way deadlock for second place at 8-4.

Roy-Hart built up a 4-0 lead by scoring once in the first on a single by Jake Bruning, twice in the fifth on errors and once in the sixth on a sacrifice by Jake Stern.

Medina though came battling back in the top of the seventh as two walks set up the comeback bid.  Nate Sherman then hit a two out RBI single and another walk loaded the bases.

However, Roy-Hart got out of the jam in dramatic fashion as right fielder Matt Maines snagged a line drive shot for the final out as Medina left three runners stranded.

Eric Fitch had 2 hits on the evening for R-H as did Alex Allis for Medina.

Cameron Meadows started on the mound for Roy-Hart and pitched into the seventh striking out 8. Chris Goyetted started for Medina and hurled 5 innings striking out 3.

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

Barker 7, Akron 2
Collin Webb had 3 hits, including RBI singles in the first and seventh innings and a two-run double in the second to spark the attack for Barker which also included a double and triple by Ryan Voss and a triple by Devan Mangan.

Contributed Photo – Medina’s Ian Wagner receives his sectional patch from Section VI golf coordinator Nate Leary.

Medina freshman Ian Wagner placed third at the Section VI golf championships today to earn a spot in the upcoming state championships which will be held at Cornell University.

Wagner, a multi year Niagara-Orleans All-League honoree, shot 81 over the first 18 holes and then a 38 on the final 9 of the 27 hole competition.

G-R Track
Kendall sweeps Lyndonville
Kendall defeated Lyndonville in Genesee Region League track competition today winning the boys’ meet 62-51 and the girls’ 121-12.

Allan Tonas doubled in the Shot-put and Discus and Cameron Heller in the High Jump and Pole Vault for the Kendall boys.

Lyndonville’s Dustin Hinckley was a triple winner in the 100, 200 and 400.

The Kendall girls had a quintet of individual event double winners including Lyndsay Wright (100 Hurdles, 400 Hurdles), Katie Wright (100, 200), Andrea Villalobos (800, 3000), Brittany Regan (Shot-put, Discus) and Lexi Payton (High Jump, Long Jump)

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Alisha Scroger slides into third after hitting a triple as Barker’s Emily Annable awaits the throw. The action took place during the Mustangs title clinching win over the host Lady Raiders this afternoon.

Scoring in every inning but one, Medina rolled to a 16-0 victory over host Barker this afternoon to claim a one-third share of the Niagara-Orleans League softball championships.

Ending a 12 year title drought, Medina finishes the N-O campaign as tri-champions with Akron and Roy-Hart, all at 9-3.

Morgan Allis bangs out a hit for Medina.

Emily Kams hurled a two hit shutout with 13 strikeouts to lead Medina in the circle. She also had a big day at the plate banging out 3 hits including a two-run single in the first inning and a two-run home run in the fifth.

Alisha Scroger and Ashlee Howell led the Mustangs 18 hit attack with 4 base raps each.

Howell’s hits included a two-run triple, which highlighted a 5 run second inning, and Scroger’s a two-run double in the third and an RBI triple in the seventh. Nicole Cooper also had a two-run single in the sixth inning.

Lyndonville 10, Wheatland-Chili 3
Alecia Hinkson had 3 hits and Aubrey Lewis, Bri Paniccia and Miranda Lembcke 2 each to lead Lyndonville to a 10-3 Genesee Region League win over Wheatland-Chili at Holley.

Hinkson had a two-run single and Lembcke an RBI suicide squeeze in the third inning for Lyndonville.

The Lady Tigers also scored three times in the fourth on RBI singles by Lembcke, Paniccia and Hinkson as a triple by Lewis ignited the uprising.

Lyndonville is now 11-2 in the league.

Holley 12, Wheatland-Chili 11
Winning pitcher Kassie Norman had 4 hits, Maddie Papaj and Maddie Marsh 3 and Jocelyn Chilton 2 to lead Holley past visiting Wheatland-Chili 12-11 in a G-R game.

Albion to open sectionals at home

Seeded No. 8, Albion will host No. 9 East Aurora at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 softball tournament. The winner will then visit top seeded Depew on Thursday.

In Class B2 quarterfinal games at 4:45 p.m. Thursday No. 3 Medina will face No. 6 Southwestern at Albion and No. 4 Roy-Hart will host No. 5 Akron.

Earning victory No. 10 on the season, Medina outlasted host Silver Creek 19-13 this afternoon in the Class D Division season finale.

Jake Cotter scored 8 goals and Brendan Luthart 5 to lead the Medina attack as Mason Lewis added 3, Coby Albone 2 and Christian Silversmith 1.

Medina grabbed a 6-4 lead at the end of the opening period as Luthart, who surpassed the 100 career goal mark on the day, tallied 3, Lewis 2 and Cotter 1 in the early going.

The Mustangs maintained a 11-7 lead at the half as Cotter scored twice in the second period, and a 14-11 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Cotter helped to lock up the win by scoring 4 goals in the final period.

Medina finishes the D Division campaign at 8-4.

Defending champion Medina stayed perfect at 11-0 by defeating host Roy-Hart 4 1/2-1 and Albion improved to 7-3 by avenging an early season loss by trimming Wilson 3-2 1/2 this afternoon in Niagara-Orleans League tennis action.

Akron bested Barker 5 1/2-0 in the other arch to improve to 9-2.

Kristian Snyder defeated Patrick Sheelar 6-2, 6-2 at first singles and Nick Bogan downed  Caleb Reith 6-0, 6-0 at second singles to lead the way for Medina.

The Mustangs also swept the three doubles matches as Kyla Leno and Andrew Fuller defeated Cameron VanBuren and Mason Collins 6-2, 6-3; Ray Paull and Toby Kiebala downed Rachel Hutter and Bea Bacon 6-1, 6-1 and Brandon Harris and Josh Armstrong betted Sam Koch and Kayla Hagen 6-1 6-4.

Three set wins at the first two doubles spots by the duos of Owen Foos-Emilie Barleben, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 over Alex Couturier-Mike Pazik and by Donato Rosaio-Freeman Lattin, 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 over Joey Moote-Mia Olear keyed Albion to the win.

The Purple Eagles also had Victor Benjovsky score a 6-2, 6-3 win over Max Faery at third singles.

Wilson took the first two singles matches as Joey Hecko downed Matt Kovaleski 6-4, 6-4 and Kyle yon topped Connor McQuillan 6-2, 6-4.

Singles wins by the too of Nate Chubb, Jacob Meyer and Cierra Janis led Akron past Barker.

In a Genesee Region League match, Oakfield-Alabama blanked Holley 5-0.