Contributed Photo – Taylor Fry

Roy-Hart grad Taylor Fry and her Herkimer County Community College softball teammates have qualified for a return trip to the national championships.

On Saturday, the Generals beat Genesee Community College to return to the NJCAA Softball National Championship in Rochester, MN for the sixth consecutive year.  The National tournament will take place this coming Thursday through Saturday  at the McQuillan Softball Complex.

Fry, along with teammates Molly McGuire, Keeanna Wolcik and Shannon Moore were named first team All-Region.  Fry and Casey Boltersdorf were selected to the All-Tournament team with Moore being named Tournament MVP.

In April, Fry was chosen as Herkimer’s Female Athlete of the Month.  She has been the leadoff hitter and playing outfield this season.  To date, she is hitting .492, with 63 hits and 31 stolen bases.

“We are extremely proud of Taylor and all of the success she is enjoying this season,” said Head Coach PJ Anadio. “She is reaping the benefits of her own commitment, hard work and sacrifice to improve her strength, become a better player and ultimately gain the confidence needed to become an elite athlete.”

Next year Fry will be continuing her education and softball career at NCAA Div II Mercyhurst University in Erie, PA after recently signing a letter of intent and accepting academic and softball scholarships.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Alyssa Beyer and her Mustang teammates face a key game at Barker Monday as they seek a win to earn a share of the Niagara-Orleans League title.

Taking aim at ending a 12 year title drought, Medina is seeking a win at Barker in the regular season finale Monday to claim a one-third share of the Niagara-Orleans League softball championship.

Roy-Hart and Akron have both already finished the N-O season at 9-3 to earn co-championships.  Medina, which is currently at 8-3, can make it tri-champions with a win at Barker (1-10).

The Mustangs, which last claimed the N-O crown in 2005, have had a strong stretch run going 6-1 to stay in the title chase. That surge has included avenging early season setbacks with wins over Roy-Hart (5-3), Akron (8-2) and Newfane (8-0), a victory on Saturday which knocked the Lady Panthers (8-4) out of title contention.

Though out of title contention themselves, the Medina baseball squad will have a big say in how the N-O championship race finishes out as the Mustangs visit Roy-Hart in the league finale at 7 p.m. Monday.

Defending champion Roy-Hart has already clinched at least a tie for the title at 8-3. The Rams can claim the crown outright by defeating the Mustangs (4-7). However, if Medina scores a win to drop R-H to 8-4 then as many as three other teams – Albion, Barker and Wilson – will all have a chance to claim a share of the crown.

Albion and Wilson are both at 8-4 having completed their league schedules while Barker is also in contention at 7-4. The Raiders would join that logjam at 8-4 with a win over Akron in the league finale Monday.

Sectional playoffs will also get underway this coming week. The seeding meeting for Section VI softball teams is scheduled for Monday night. The seeding meetings for Section V and VI baseball and Section V softball teams will be held Tuesday.

The week will also be highlighted by the N-O All-League track meet at Akron on Wednesday and Thursday.

Week Schedule
Monday
Baseball – Barker at Akron, 4:15 p.m.; Medina at Roy-Hart, 7:30 p.m.
Softball – Medina at Barker, 4:45 p.n.; Lyndonville vs. Wheatland-Chili at Holley, 5:30 p.m.
Tennis – Wilson at Albion, Akron at Barker, Medina at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Silver Creek ,5:30 p.m.

Tuesday
Baseball – Lyndonville at Byron-Bergen, Holley at Alexander, 4:30 p.m.
Softball – Kendall at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis – Akron at Albion, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina vs. Gananda at Genesee Community College, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday
Track – N-O All-League meet at Akron, 4 p.m.

Thursday
Track – N-O All-League meet at Akron, 4 p.m.

N-O Standings
Baseball – Roy-Hart 8-3, Albion 8-4, Wilson 8-4, Barker 7-4, Medina 4-7, Akron 3-7, Newfane 1-10
Softball – Akron 9-3, Roy-Hart 9-3, Medina 8-3, Newfane 8-4, Albion 3-9, Wilson 3-9, Barker 1-10
Tennis – Medina 10-0, Akron 8-2, Wilson 7-4, Albion 6-3, Barker 3-8, Roy-Hart 3-8, Newfane 0-12
Boys Track – Newfane 6-0, Barker 4-1, Albion 3-2, Medina 3-2, Wilson 2-4, Roy-Hart 1-5, Akron 0-5
Girls Track – Akron 5-0, Newfane 5-1, Barker 3-2, Medina 3-2, Wilson 2-4, Albion 1-4, Roy-Hart 0-6

Avenging an earlier season 11-2 loss, Lyndonville trimmed Elba 6-4 this afternoon to improve to 10-2 in Genesee Region League softball action and 10-3 overall.

Breaking away from a 4-4 deadlock, Lyndonville scored the decisive 2 runs in the sixth inning as Aubrey Lewis, Miranda Lembcke and Bri Paniccia all banged out doubles.

Lyndonville also scored twice in the fifth frame on a single by Alecia Hinkson and a sacrifice by Ella Lewis as a hit by Cassie Boyce set up the threat.

Earlier, Anna Lewis had an RBI single in the first following a triple by Aubrey Lewis, and Boyce had an RBI double in the third.

Aubrey Lewis, Boyce and Anna Lewis each finished with 3 hits.

Earlier in the afternoon, Lyndonville dropped a narrow 6-5 decision to Oakfield-Alabama, which hosted both games.

Aubrey Lewis, Paniccia, Hinkson and Ella Lewis each had 2 hits for the Lady Tigers.

Lyndonville built up a 5-2 lead as Ella Lewis had a triple in the first inning, Paniccia a two-run single in the third and Aubrey Lewis a two-run single in the fourth.

G-R Baseball
Oakfield-Alabama 3, Lyndonville 1
A three-run fifth inning scoring burst earned Oakfield-Alabama a 3-1 win over visiting Lyndonville which had just 5 hits on the day.

Lyndonville is now 9-2 in the league and 13-2 overall.

Holley 8, Pembroke 3
A 5 run fourth inning scoring burst, highlighted by a two-run single by Mike Passarell, keyed Holley to an 8-3 win over Pembroke.

Rebounding from an opening round loss, Albion earned a split at the Lake Placid softball tournament today by defeating the host Lady Bombers 15-3 this afternoon.

Lexi Wolck and Skyler Smith both had 3 hits and Isabella Prest, Brylie Hapeman, Janae Doty and Kendall Eibl 2 each for Albion which broke the game open with a big 9 run fifth inning. Wolck’s hits included a home run. Wolck, Hapeman and Doty each drove in a pair of runs.

In the opening round, Albion lost to Beekmantown 26-9.

Hapeman, Doty and Paige Derisley each had a pair of hits for the Purple Eagles.

Albion kept its title hopes alive by romping to a 17-1 victory over host Wilson today in a Niagara-Orleans League baseball game.

The league season ending victory pulls Albion into a tie with Wilson for second place at 8-4 a game behind front-running Roy-Hart (8-3) which romped past Newfane (1-10) 18-3.  Defending champion Roy-Hart clinched at least a tie for the title with that victory. Barker, at 7-4, is also still in the thick of the title race.

Roy-Hart still has one game remaining against Medina on Monday, while Barker has one contest remaining against Akron on Monday.

Bryce Pritchard went the distance on the mound for Albion allowing only 4 hits and striking out 8.

Thomas Furmanski led the Purple Eagles at the plate banging out 4 hits, including 3 doubles with 4 RBIs.

Vincent Zona added 3 hits for Albion as Austin Dugan, Liam Ward. Addison Christ and Bryan VanWycke 2 each.

Furmanski put Albion on top to stay with a two-run double in the first inning.

The Purple Eagles later put a firm lock on the victory by scoring 7 times in the fifth frame.  Harrison Brown, Zona, VanWycke and Christ all had hits to highlight the uprising.

Roy-Hart 18, Newfane 3

Roy-Hart erupted for 5 quick runs in the first inning on a two-run double by Charlie Bruning, RBI singles by Eric Fitch and Austin Walker and a sacrifice by Jake Bruning in route to earning the rainy win.

Charlie Bruning finished with 3 hits and Matt Maines 2 for the Rams which locked up the win with a big 10 run third inning scoring surge.

N-O Tennis
Wilson (7-4) downed Roy-Hart (3-8) in an N-O tennis match.

The Lakemen swept the three doubles matches with the duos of Mike Pazik-Mia Olear, Joey Moote-Max Faery and Jacob Hecko-Jacob Jenks.  Kyle Lyon also posted a win at second singles.

Roy-Hart got wins from Patrick Sheelar at first singles and Madigan Lang at third singles.

N-O Track
Wilson swept to a doubleheader victory over host Roy-Hart winning the boys meet 100-41 and the girls competition 90-42.

Mark Coders tripled for the Wilson boys in the 110 Hurdles, 400 Hurdles and Pole Vault while Trey Rees doubled in the 400 and 800 and Will Swart in the 1600 and 3200.

Skyler Munnikhuyen tripled for the Wilson girls in the Long Jump, Triple Jump an High Jump and Jenny Meyers doubled in the 100 and 200.

Anna Rickhard doubled for Roy-Hart in the 1500 and 3000.

The Wilson boys and girls teams are now both at 2-4. The Roy-Hart boys are 1-5 and the girls 0-6.

Lew-Port Invitational

Medina had Jalin Cooper win the 100 and Dan Heil the 1600 today at the Lew-Port Invitational. Heil also placed second in the Steeplechase, Katie Young second in the discus and Je’ne Brown third in the Shot-put.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Emily Kams hurled Medina to a key win at Newfane this morning.

Staying in the thick of the battle to claim a one-third share of the league title, Medina blanked host Newfane 8-0 in a key Niagara-Orleans League softball game this morning.

Improving to 8-3, Medina moves to within a half game of first place with the victory which also dropped Newfane to 8-4 knocking the Lady Panthers out of title contention.

Roy-Hart and Akron, which finished their seasons Friday, have locked up co-championships at 9-3. Medina now needs a win at Barker in the N-O finale Monday to also finish at 9-3 and make it tri-champions.

Emily Kams hurled a 4 hitter with 7 strikeouts to lead Medina past Newfane.

Alisha Scroger, Morgan Allis, Lacey Kenward, Brandi Guild and Alyssa Beyer each banged out a pair of hits to lead the Mustangs at the plate.

Medina broke the game open by scoring 4 runs in the fourth inning highlighted by singles by Kenward, Kams and Scroger.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Ricky Pitts slides into third as Akron third baseman Derek Holtz awaits the throw. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the Tigers this morning at Vets Park.

Alex Allis drives in a run for Medina with a squeeze bunt.

One big scoring inning powered Medina a 9-4 victory over Akron in a Niagara-Orleans League baseball game at Vets Park this morning.

Limited to just one hit through the first four innings and trailing 1-0, Medina exploded for 9 runs in the decisive fifth frame.

A two-run triple by Brian Fry, a two-run single by Nate Sherman, an RBI double by Brett Riemer and a run producing suicide squeeze play by Alex Allis highlighted the uprising as an error and a bases loaded walk plated the other two runs.

Akron did answer back with 3 runs in the sixth but the Medina defense turned a clutch inning ending double play from Fry at shortstop to Zach Fike at first to get out of the jam.

Trevor Luthart pitched the first five inning for the Mustangs striking out 4.  Chris Goyette hurled the final two frames striking out the side in the seventh.

Medina is now 4-7 and Akron 3-7 in N-O competition.

Celebrating Senior Day in style, Lyndonville rolled to an 18-2 victory over visiting Holley this afternoon to improve to 9-1 in Genesee Region League softball competition.

Aubrey Lewis had 2 hits and 3 RBI’s for the Lady Tigers as Miranda Lembcke added 2 hits.

Lembcke, winning pitcher Makenzie Muck and Bri Paniccia each drove in a pair of runs. Muck and Anna Lewis both banged out doubles.

In another G-R contest, Kendall dropped an 11-6 decision to Byron-Bergen.

Madison Rath had a pair of hits including a double and 2 RBIs for Kendall as Kacey Menge added a two-run double and Chelsea Wright an RBI double.

Roy-Hart earns share of N-O title
A doubleheader split was good enough to earn Roy-Hart a share of the Niagara-Orleans League softball title.

Roy-Hart rebounded from a 9-7 loss to Akron to defeat Newfane 15-5 under the lights at Vets Park. That split leaves Roy-Hart and Akron sharing the N-O crown at 9-3 with Newfane just a half a game back at 8-3.

Newfane can earn a share of the title with a win over Medina in the Lady Panthers finale on Saturday.  However, if Medina, which is currently at 7-3, can defeat Newfane and then down Barker on Monday, the Mustangs would claim a share of the crown.

Winning pitcher Sam Choate, Kayla Brown, Lexi Lovewell and Jayden Townsend each banged out 3 hits for Roy-Hart against Newfane.

Brown had a two-run homer to key a four-run first inning, Jamie Bower a two-run single to highlight a three-run third inning, Delaney Draper a two-run single in the fourth, Townsend a two-run double to key a three-run fifth and Lovewell  a two-run single to highlight a three-run sixth.

Medina clinched at least a tie for a second straight Niagara-Orleans League tennis title by downing host Akron 4-1 1/2 this afternoon.

Medina, which has now claimed the N-O crown 5 of the last 6 years, improves to 10-0 while runner-up Akron slips to 8-2.

Wins by Kristian Snyder at first singles, 7-6, 6-3 over Nate Chubb, and at second singles by Mike Cardone 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 over Jacob Meyer, led the way for Medina.

The Mustangs also got wins from the first doubles team of Kyla Leno-Andrew Fuller, 7-5, 6-2 over Cierra Janis-Will Cubbb, and by the second doubles duo of Toby Kiebala-Ray Paull, 6-4, 6-3 over Alex Warren-Dustin Earle.

Akron took the third singles as Brandon Meek outlasted Nick Bogan 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 and the third doubles as the duo of Eliza Papke-Morgan Wdowka won a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 marathon over Brandon Harris and Jacob Houseman.

In another N-O match, Wilson improved to 6-4 with s 5 1/2-0 win over Newfane (0-11).

Joey Hecko, Kyle Lyon and Max Faery all registered singles wins for Wilson which also got doubles victories from the duos of Alex Courturier-Mike Pazik, Joey Moote-Mia Olear and Rebecca Connors-Alyssa Smith.

Holley 4, Pembroke 1
Holley improved to 5-4 in Genesee Region League competition with a 4-1 victory over Pembroke.

Derek McArthur won at first singles and Dylan McKay at third singles for Holley.

The Hawks also got wins from the doubles teams of Aaron Strathearn-Cheyenne Palmer and Steve Morgan-Dalton Thurley.