Albion swept to a doubleheader victory over visiting Roy-Hart in Niagara-Orleans League track competition this afternoon winning the boys’ meet 83-58 and the girls’ competition 84-55.

Nate Moore was a triple winner in the 100 (:11.9), 200 (:24.6) and Long Jump (19-4) to lead the way for Albion as Tre Yaskulski doubled in the 110 Hurdles (:17.3) and Triple Jump (38-11) and Tyler Nashburn in the Shot-put (40-3) and Discus (110-60.

Ozzy Moore doubled for Roy-Hart in the 1600 (5:16) and 3200 (11:6)

Albion improves to 3-1 and Roy-Hart slips to 1-4.

Yasmeen Shabazz was a double winner for the Albion girls in the Long Jump (14-0)  and Shot-put (26-11).

Roy-Hart had a trio of double winners as Kaleigh Kuzma took the 100 Hurdles (:17.2) and 400 Hurdles (1:09.1), Anna Rickard the 1500 (5:36) and 3000 (11:50) and Ellie Todd the 200 (:28.8) and Pole Vault (8-0).

Albion is now 1-3 and Roy-Hart 0-5.

Medina, Akron split
The Medina boys squad improved to 3-1 with a 99-42 victory at Akron as Jalin Cooper was a triple winner in the 100 (:11.2), 200 (:23.2) an High Jump (5-4) and Dan Heil doubled in the 800 (2:22.3) and 1600 (4:42.3).

The Mustangs also had Trent Crews win the 110 Hurdles (:1.3), Trevor Hare the 400 (1:01.9), Connor Miller the 400 Hurdles (1:04.1), Jack Hill the 3200 (12:04.4), Porter Bellan the Pole Vault (9-0) and Hunter Heil the Triple Jump (33-6 3/4).

Marcus Kenline doubled for Akron in the Shot-put (37-6 1/2) and Discus (91-10).

Akron earned a split on the day by winning the girls meet 116-24 to take over sole possession of first place.

Leah Czechowski was a triple winner for Akron in the 100, 200 and Long Jump and Martha Gardner doubled for Medina in the 800 and 1500.

Akron is now 4-0 and Medina 3-1.

Newfane sweeps Barker
Newfane bested Barker 90-51 in the boys meet and 78-63 in the girls competition.

Andrew Boudeman was a triple winner in the 100 (:11.6), Long Jump (19-0) and Triple Jump (39-10) to lead the Newfane boys squad as Sam Aurnhamer doubled in the 1600 (4:46) and 3200 (10:26) and Jacob Licht in the Shot-put (39-6) and Discus (113-9).

Dominic Clementi doubled for Barker in the 200 (:24.0) and 400 (:53.0).

Newfane is now 5-0 and Barker 3-1.

Kim Goerss was a triple winner in the 800 (2:30), 1500 (5:25) and 3000 (12:03.6) to set the pace for the Newfane girls.

Newfane is now 4-1 and Barker 2-2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Aubrey Lewis slides safely into third base ahead of the tag by Kendall’s Emily Mattle. The action took place during the Lady Tigers win over the Lady Eagles this afternoon at Holley.

Lyndonville’s Cassie Boyce, top, and Kendall’s Rebecca Banker bang out base hits.

Improving to 6-1 in the league, Lyndonville trimmed Kendall 5-2 in a Genesee Region softball game this afternoon at Holley.

Breaking away from a 2-2 deadlock, Lyndonville moved on top to stay by scoring once in the fifth inning as Aubrey Lewis tripled and came home on an error.

The Lady Tigers added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh on errors.

Earlier, Lyndonville grabbed a quick run in the first inning as Aubrey Lewis doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Anna Lewis.

However, Kendall answered right back to grab the lead in the home half of the first on a two-run double by Madison Rath.

Lyndonville pulled even at 2-2 in the fourth frame on an RBI single by Cassie Boyce.

Aubrey Lewis finished with a total of 3 hits for the Lady Tigers while Kacey Menge had 2 for the Lady Eagles.

The contest was moved to Holley as neither the Kendall or Lyndonville fields were playable.

Roy-Hart 19, Wilson 5

Front-running Roy-Hart downed Wilson 19-5 this afternoon to improve to 8-1 in Niagara-Orleans League softball competition.

Sam Choate had 5 hits, including a pair of doubles, Kayla Brown 4 and Lexi Lovewell and Maddie Fry 3 each to lead the way for Roy-Hart.

The Lady Rams took charge at the outset scoring 4 times in both the first and second nnings.

The loss drops Wilson to 2-8.

Newfane 7, Albion 4

Newfane improved to 6-2 with a 7-4 victory at Albion as Leeanne Schermerhorn had 3 hits, including a double and triple, Olivia Littman 2 and winning pitcher Cassidy Geise a double.

Isabella Prest had 3 hits for Albion.

Albion rebounded to defeat Barker 19-9 in the second game of the doubleheader.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Kendall Eibl slides safely into third base as Medina’s Alisha Scroger stretches to take the throw.

Scoring 4 quick runs in the first inning, Medina went on to defeat  Albion 24-2 in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game at Vets Park this afternoon.

A two-run double by winning pitcher Emily Kams highlighted the first inning scoring burst for Medina which then broke the game wide open by exploding for 11 runs in the third inning.

Alisha Scroger had a two-run double and Ryenn Oliver, Brandi Guild, Morgan Allis and Alyssa Beyer all added singles in the marathon frame.

Scroger finished with 5 hits, Kams and Beyer 4, Guild 3 and Oliver and Allis 2.

Medina is now 5-3 and Albion 1-7 in N-O action.

Barker 14, Wilson 10
Barker snapped a season long 6 N-O game losing streak by downing Wilson (2-7) 14-10 as Sydnie Luckman had a triple and Eadie Fuerch, Abby Bachman and Cassidy Granchelli doubles.

Jen Darlak and Madeline Mocarski had doubles for Wilson.

Akron 9, Newfane 5

Defending champion Akron (6-2) posted a key 9-5 victory over Newfane (5-2), a decision which vaults Roy-Hart (7-1) into sole possession of the N-O lead.

Rebounding from an early 4-1 deficit, Lyndonville rallied to defeat visiting Oakfield-Alabama 7-5 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League.

Lyndonville rallied into the lead for good by scoring four times in the fifth inning on RBI singles by winning pitcher Jacob Hoffee, Corey Hydock, Mike Wells and Dawson Joy.  A single by Nolan Donald ignited that rally.

The Tigers added what proved to be the decisive two runs in the sixth inning on a double by Hoffee and a single by Eric Neace.  Again it was a single by Donald set set up the threat.

Hoffee and Hydock both finished with 3 hits and Donald 2.

On the mound, Hoffee scattered 7 hits and struck out 11.

Lyndonville, which next visits Wheatland-Chili on Tuesday, improves to 7-1 in the league and 11-1 overall.

Holley 7, Pembroke 6

Holley rallied from a 6-0 deficit to nip Pembroke 7-6 in nine innings in another G-R contest.

A passed ball plated the winning run in the ninth for Holley which had pulled even by scoring three times in both the sixth and seventh innings. Patrick Bower had an RBI sacrifice fly and Nate Towne a run producing single to highlight the Hawks seventh inning rally.

Medina and Albion both posted shutout victories this afternoon in Niagara-Orleans League tennis action.

Front-running Medina improved to 7-0 by blanking Newfane (0-7) 5 1/2-0 and Albion regained the .500 mark at 3-3 by shutting out Barker (1-5) 5 1/2-0.

In singles action for Medina, Kristian Snyder defeated Zach Lundy 6-0, 6-1; Mike Cardone downed Michelle Schultz 6-1, 6-0 and Nick Bogan blanked Jayden Heers 6-0, 6-0.

The Mustangs also got straight set wins from the doubles teams of Kyla Leno-Andrew Fuller, 6-2, 6-1 over Madeline Travers-Kaitlin Beiter; Toby Kiebala-Ray Paull, 6-0, 6-0 over Erin Harrington-Marlee Passuite and Able Zavitz-Brandon Harris, 6-0, 6-0 over Lila Maurer-Marcy White.

In the singles matches for Albion, Matt Kovaleski defeated Nick Fazzolari 6-2, 6-1; Connor McQuillan downed Jake Meister 6-1, 6-2 and Donato Rosario bested Christian Young 6-1, 6-2.

Scoring doubles wins for the Purple Eagles were the duos of Owen Foos-Emilie Barleben, 6-2, 6-3 over Nick Sutch-Jake Harris; Victor Benjovsky-Feeman Lattin, 6-0, 6-1 over Mia Gooding-Grace Harris and Kastriot Bella-Juan Santigao, 6-1, 6-2 over Marisa Jowdy-Natalie Bruning.

In other N-O action, Akron (7-1) swept a doubleheader from Roy-Hart (2-5) by the identical score of 5 1/2-0. Nate Chubb won twice at first singles and Jacob Meyer twice at second singles for the Tigers.

Attica 4, Holley 1
The second doubles team of Dalton Thurley and Steve Morgan earned Holley’s only point in the Hawks 4-1 Genesee Region League loss to Attica.

In another G-R match, Wheatland-Chili blanked Kendall 5-0.

N-O Track
The Medina boys completed a 71-70 N-O win over Wilson this afternoon as Jalin Cooper won the High Jump and Connor Miller the Pole Vault. Bad weather last week forced several of the events to be suspended until today.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Bryce Pritchard, left,  and Medina’s Trevor Luthart were locked up in a pitchers dual today at Albion which saw the Mustangs emerge with a narrow 1-0 win.

Pitching was the name of the game as Medina nipped host Albion 1-0 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League baseball game.

Trevor Luthart pitched a 1 hitter with 9 strikeouts for Medina while Bryce Pritchard hurled a 3 hitter with 6 strikeouts for Albion.

Medina scored the game’s lone run in the third inning on an error.

Brett Riemer had a triple in the sixth inning and Ricky Pitts a double in the fifth for the Mustangs but both were left stranded.

Medina is now 3-5 and Albion 6-4 in N-O competition.

Albion’s Vincent Zona slides safely into second base as Medina’s Chris Goyette awaits the throw.

Barker 5, Wilson 3
Barker rebounded from a 3-0 deficit to defeat Wilson 5-3 and regain the .500 mark at 4-4 in N-O action.

Barker pulled even by scoring 3 times in the fourth on a pair of errors and a sacrifice fly by Preston Harris.

The Raiders added one run in the fifth on 2 walks and a suicide squeeze by Kyle MaDonald and one in the sixth on a single by Dan Engert and a sacrifice bunt by Austin Sullivan.

Cole Hanssen came on to pitch 3 key innings of relief for the Raiders allowing 3 hits and striking out 5.

The loss drops Wilson to 6-2 and out of first place as Roy-Hart, which drew the bye today, takes over the top spot at 5-1.

Newfane 7, Akron 6

Newfane snapped a season long seven league game losing streak by nipping Akron (3-5) 7-6 with a run in the 7th as David Bunn doubled and came home on a single by Garrett Srock. Bunn, Srock and Matt DiTullio each had a pair of hits on the day.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion first baseman Bryce Pritchard and his Purple Eagles look to stay in title contention as they begin the final week of the regular season.

Thanks to Mother Nature’s steady barrage of rain showers of late, and with league titles on the line, local high school baseball and softball teams face very crowded schedules heading into this last full week of the regular season.

In addition to dealing with weather caused postponements, baseball teams face another major concern due to the addition of pitch count regulations this season which makes planning a pitching rotation for playing 3, 4 or even 5 games in a week, which could well happen this week, a huge challenge.

The Niagara-Orleans League baseball standings currently is led by Wilson at 6-1 and Roy-Hart at 5-1.  However, the Lakemen still have 5 games to play and the Rams 6 over the next 9 days before the sectional seeding meeting on May 16 and those contests include a pair of head-to-head meetings between the two.

That situation, which  will make pitching a huge factor, also keeps Albion in the thick of the title chase as the Purple Eagles, though two games off the pace at 6-3, have only 3 games left to play. The Purple Eagles are slated for a quick start to the week by hosting rival Medina on Monday and Newfane Tuesday.

The N-O softball title race is a close three-way battle with Roy-Hart leading the way at 7-1 followed by Newfane at 5-1 and Akron 6-2. Defending champion Akron still has a pair of games against Newfane and one vs. Roy-Hart.

The busiest teams this coming week will likely be the Lyndonville, Holley and Kendall softball squads which have games scheduled for every day Monday through Friday with all but one of the games being Genesee Region League contests. Lyndonville at 5-1 is in the thick of the race for a G-R Division 2 title.

The Lyndonville baseball squad, which at 6-1 in the G-R and 10-1 overall is also in the thick of a title race, faces a busy week of 4 games as does Holley.

Week Schedule
Monday
Baseball – Oakfield-Alabama at Lyndonville, Pembroke at Holley, 4:30 p.m.; Wilson at Barker, Medina at Albion, Akron at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Elba at Lyndonville, Pembroke at Holley, Wheatland-Chili at Kendall, 4:30 p.m.; Barker at Wilson, Albion at Medina, Newfane at Akron, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Barker at Albion, Newfane at Medina, Roy-Hart at Akron, Attica at Holley, 4 p.m.
Golf – Alexander/Attica at Holley, Wheatland-Chili at Kendall, 4 p.m.
Track – Holley at Byron-Bergen, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday
Baseball – Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili, Holley at Byron-Bergen (2), 4:30 p.m.; Newfane at Albion, 4:15 p.m.; Medina at Barker ,4:45 p.m.
Softball – Newfane at Albion, 4:15 p.m.; Barker at Albion, 6:15 p.m.; Lyndonville at Kendall, Holley at Attica, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis – Medina at Wilson, Roy-Hart at Albion, Newfane at Barker, Holley at Kendall, 4 p.m.
Golf – Holley at Byron-Bergen, Kendall at Notre Dame, 4 p.m.
Track – Barker at Newfane, Medina at Akron, Roy-Hart at Albion 4:15 p.m.; Lyndonville and Kendall at Alexander, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday
Baseball – Newfane at Barker, Medina at Wilson, Roy-Hart at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Holley vs. Alexander, 7 p.m. at Frontier Field
Softball – Lyndonville at Pembroke, Byron-Bergen at Holley, Kendall at Wilson Magnet, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Medina, Barker at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Medina at Barker, Akron at Newfane, Wilson at Albion, Alexander at Holley, 4 p.m.
Golf – Holley at Pembroke, Kendall vs. Churchville-Chili, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Akron, 5 p.m.

Thursday
Baseball – Oakfield-Alabama at Barker, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Notre Dame, Kendall at Elba, Holley at Lima Christian, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Barker, Medina at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Roy-Hart at Barker, 4 p.m.
Track – Albion at Barker, Newfane at Medina, Akron at Wilson, 4:15 p.m.
Golf – Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, 4 p.m.

Friday
Baseball – Lyndonville vs. Holley, 4:30 p.m.; Wilson at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Holley at Lyndonville, Byron-Bergen at Kendall, 4:30 p.m.; Akron vs. Roy-Hart at Barker, 5 p.m.
Tennis – Wilson at Newfane, Medina at Akron, Roy-Hart at Barker, Pembroke at Holley, 4 p.m.
Golf – Byron-Bergen at Holley, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Eden, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday
Baseball – Holley at Pembroke, 10 a.m.; Akron at Medina, 11 a.m.; Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama, 1 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Pembroke Tournament vs. Akron 10 a.m.; Newfane at Medina, 1:15 p.m.; Holley vs. Alexander 3 p.m. at Elba
Track – Wilson at Roy-Hart, 10 a.m.

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

Medina had a quartet of first place finishers at Friday’s rainy Pembroke Invitational.

Jalin Cooper was a double winner in the 100 (:11.0) and 200 (:22.79) as was Dan Heil in the 800 (2:10.35) and 1600 (4:52.11).

The Mustangs also had Jack Hill win the 3200 (10:28.37) and Martha Gardner the 3000 (5:16.31). Gardner also placed second in the 800.

Medina also had Trinity Fleck place second in the 200 and third in the 100, Connor Miller second in the 400 Hurdles and Devin Griffin third in the High Jump.

Roy-Hart’s Anna Rickard win the 3000 (11:48.5) while Kaleigh Kuzma placed third in the 400 Hurdles as did Trevor Meal in the Triple Jump for the Rams.

Photo by Tom Rivers – A baseball ends up in the water and mud at St. Mary’s field in Albion in this photo which well illustrates the problems area youth teams have had in getting practices and games going. Jeff Andrews, one of the coaches for St. Mary’s, and pitcher Jayce Ashton, are shown at this practice on April 25.

Like their high school counterparts area youth league baseball teams have been finding it very difficult to find a dry day or a dry spot to practice or get games in this soggy spring.

The four community Roy-Hart/Medina/Lyndonville/Somerset League opened its season last Saturday but the steady rain of late threw a curve ball at today’s week two schedule.

The six team Albion Midget League, which had originally been scheduled to open the season today, has now pushed its starting date back to May 20 because of the prolonged stretch of rainy weather which has made even getting in practices a major challenge.

“It’s tough and it’s frustrating,” said Sandstone Coach Dan Bartlett in noting that his squad has had only some 8 practices so far when it normally would have had over 20 by this time. “We’re all having it tough in getting practices in,”he added.

Weather permitting, the Midget League May 20 openers will have Barre vs. Carlton, Sandstone vs. Vets and St. Mary’s vs. Rotary.

Nationals 17, Indians 6
In only Medina youth game that did get played this past Wednesday, Josh Hilobuk and Julio Doval were perfect at the plate for the Nationals going 5 for 5 and 4 for 4 respectively reaching  base.  Julian Woodworth and Aidan Owczarczak both hit triples, with Owczarczak adding 2 doubles.  Austin Tompkins  also had a pair of doubles and Breydin Mcewen-Miller had one. Owczarczak and Brandon Christiaansen had good outings on the mound each throwing 6 strikeouts apiece.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Jake Cotter puts a shot on goal during Medina’s win over Wilson at Vets Park this afternoon as he became the Mustangs  career goal scoring leader.

Exploding out to a 12 goal lead in the first 10 minutes, Medina went on to defeat Wilson 22-4 this afternoon in a Class D Division lacrosse game at Vets Park.

Jake Cotter scored 5 goals to spearhead the Mustangs early scoring burst, the last of which made him the Mustangs career goal scoring leader with 182. That total breaks the old mark of 181 held by Kyle Barna who is now a sophomore at Pfeiffer University.

Joe Gates takes a shot on goal for the Mustangs.

Mason Lewis and Brendan Luthart also each scored a pair of goals while Ian Joseph, Coby Albone and Mike Carson each chipped in with one as Medina built up a commanding 12-0 lead.

The Mustangs led 14-1 at the end of the decisive period as Carson and Luthart both scored again in the final minute.

The Mustangs maintained a 19-3 advantage at the half as Christian Silversmith tallied twice in the second period.

Cotter finished with a total of 6 goals, Luthart 4, Silversmith 3, Lewis, Albone and Carson 2 and Joseph, Joe Gates and Luke Wilson 1.

Cotter now has a total of 53 goals on the season, Luthart 40, Albone 27 and Lewis 24.

Medina improves to 7-2 in the division and 9-3 overall while Wilson slips to 0-8 in the division.