Holley pushed across a run with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning to nip visiting Attica 1-0 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League baseball game.

Patrick Bower reached on an error, stole second and came home with the game’s lone run for the Hawks on Andrew Cary’s clutch two out RBI single.

Dylan Hillabush went the distance on the mound for the Hawks allowing only 1 hit and striking out 11.

Holley is now 2-4 in G-R competition with three of those losses coming by a slender one run margin.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Trinity Fleck hands off to Je’ne Brown for Medina during the 400 Relay win as the Mustangs downed visiting Wilson this afternoon.

Improving to 2-0, Medina scored a wind swept 84-21 victory over visiting Wilson this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls track meet.

Martha Gardner was a triple winner in the 800 (2:39), 1500 (5:38) and 3000 (13.00) for Medina as Trinity Fleck doubled in the 100 (:13.7) and 200 :27.90 and Olivia Carter in the 400 Hurdles (1:12) and Triple Jump (31-8 1/2). Morgan Roach also captured the 400 (1:12.7).

Medina’s William Brazzell gets set to hand off to Jake Bensley during Medina’s win in the 400 Relay.

Fleck also teamed up with Kharise Johnson, Katie Bilicki and Je’ne Brown to win the 400 Relay.

Wilson, which slips to 0-3, had Grace Gerber win the 100 Hurdles, and Skyler Munnikhuyen the Long Jump.

The Medina boys led Wilson 61-44 in a meet that will be completed at a later date at Wilson as the shot-put, Discus, Pole Vault and High Jump were not held due to the weather conditions.

Jalin Cooper doubled in the 100 (:10.9) and 200 (:22.7), Dan Heil in the 400 (:57.9) and 1600 (5:00.2) and Connor Miller in the 110 Hurdles (:17.6) and 400 Hurdles (1:05.7) for Medina as Jack Hill added a win in the 3200 (10:54.5).

Wilson, which drops to 0-3, had Tre Rees win the 800 (2:15.1), Josh LiPuma the Triple Jump (36-0) and Marcel Wilson the Long Jump (18-7 1/2).

Newfane sweeps Roy-Hart
Staying perfect at 3-0, Newfane swept Roy-Hart winning the boys meet 105-27 and the girls competition 104-28.

Andrew Boudeman was a triple winner in the 100 (:11.6), Long Jump (17-6) and Triple Jump (37-0) to lead the Newfane boys as Sam Auernhamer doubled in the 1600 (5:09) and 3200 (10:55) and Albert Kramp in the 200 (:23.0) and 400 (:57.5).

The Newfane girls had a trio of double winners including Kim Goerss in the 1500 (5:19.3) and 3000 (11:49), Rachel Chunco in the 400 (1:06) and Long Jump (12-3 3/4) and Kaleigh Daniels in the 200 (28.6) and Triple Jump (28-9 1.2).

Barker, Akron split

The Barker boys improved to 3-0 with a 99-42 victory over Akron (0-2) as Dominic Clementi doubled in the 200 (:23.8) and 400 (:53.0) and Jake Arnold in the 800 (2:14.3) and triple jump (35-10 1/4).

Akron likewise had Mike Swinarski double in the 1600 (4:54) and 3200 (10:51) and Marcus Kenline in the Shot-put (38-9) and Discus (104-4 1/2).

Earning a split on the day, Akron won the girls meet 85-56.

Margo Henley doubled in the 1500 (5:45) and 3000 (13:03) and Leah Czechowski in the 100 (:12.8) and Long Jump (15-4 1/2)for Akron which improves to 2-0.

The loss drops Barker to 2-1.

Pembroke sweeps Kendall

Pembroke bested Kendall in a Genesee Region League meet winning the boys competition 78-36 and the girls 99-24.

Zach Perrin won the triple jump and placed second in the Long Jump for the Kendall boy as Joe LoSapio placed second in both the 100 and 400 Hurdles.

Katie Wright won the 200 and Lyndsay Wright the 400 for the Kendall girls as Brianna Wakefield placed second in the 1500.

Contributed Photo – Chase Pecoraro

Chase Pecoraro, a 2016 Medina High graduate, set a Utica College record in the Decathlon this past weekend at the NYSCTC championships held at Nazareth College.

Pecoraro, a freshman at Utica, set the record by scoring a total of 4,998 points. He placed fifth overall in the event.

Enrolled in the college’s Honor’s program, he is majoring in Health Studies and is aiming for a career in Physical Therapy.

He is the son of Cindy Denniston of Medina and Mike Pecoraro of Lockport.

Contributed Photo – Albion seniors Tommy Mattison, Jared Hollinger and Kory Reynolds.

Two Albion High seniors, Kory Reynolds and Jared Hollinger, will be playing  in the annual Kensington Lions Club Western New York All-Star football game on July 26.

A third Albion senior, Tommy Mattison, was also selected but has a conflict and can not play.

Reynolds was a 3 year varsity starter at tight end and defensive end for Albion. He earned first team All-Division honors as both a junior and senior  and will most likely be attending Utica college and playing Football.

“Most teams found themselves defending Kory on both sides of the ball, his motor never goes off,” said former Albion Coach Gary Parisi who retired at the end of last season.

Likewise a 3 year varsity starter Hollinger was an All Division player at the offensive line. He will be attending St. John Fisher in the fall and will also play football. This fall he was voted to the All Western New York All Academic Team.

“Jared worked through some injuries but stayed strong to have a solid Junior and senior year,” said Parisi.

Mattison was a 3 year starter as well and was a first team All Division player in both his junior and senior years. He was the Offensive Player of the year in the B East Division and was Honorable Mention All WNY. He was also voted Third Team All State at RB. As of right now, he plans to attend a community college and play football but undecided yet where he will go.

“Tommy is working hard to get to a higher level of play. It’s a smart move for Tommy to do what he’s doing,” said Parisi.

“Jared, Kory and Tommy have many positive contributions to the football team.” said Parisi. “They all have played very hard for us and the Purple Eagle Nation is proud of them.”

Contributed Photo – Action from the recent Kendall-Hilton at Brockport Unified basketball game.

The opportunity for all high school students, with or without intellectual disabilities, to participate in competitive sports has been given a big boost with the addition of the sport of Unified Basketball in three Orleans County school districts – Kendall, Holley and Medina.

It is the second year for the sport at Kendall and Holley and the first at Medina.

A New York State Public High School Athletic Association sanctioned sport and a registered program of Special Olympics, Unified Basketball teams are comprised of “approximately equal numbers of athletes with and without intellectual disability for training and competition,” according to the Section V handbook which adds that “all Unified Sports teams are placed in competitive divisions based on their skill abilities and range from training divisions to high level competition.”

“To see students with and without intellectual disabilities working together to promote unity, inclusion, and sportsmanship — while competing in a NYSPHSAA sanctioned sport — is one of the best experiences I have had in 11 years serving as an athletic director,” said Kendall High Athletic Director Kevin Watson. “To me, the Unified Sports program is the closest thing I have seen to a service learning opportunity for students in an athletic setting. ”

Kendall Senior Unified Basketball participant Clancy Frearson, who has a cousin with an intellectual disability, describes Unified Sports as one of the most rewarding experiences she has ever been involved with. She says, “I could be having the worst day but when I walk into the gym for practice– the environment is heart-warming.” She continues, “The setting is perfect — I’m not looking at the players as being disabled — I am looking at them as basketball players. We are equal.”

Watson agrees and says, “All students want to be accepted by their peers and feel a part of a team.”

“By combining with Hilton the past two years, Kendall athletes have also been able to experience life in a big school. The Kendets  (The team’s adopted mascot combining Cadet and Kendall) travel all over Monroe County to play opponents.” notes Watson.

He adds, “Working with Hilton’s athletic program and their athletic director Mike Girizzi, as well as Hilton’s Special Education program has been an additional bonus to this newly adopted program). We are very fortunate to have the backing of such a highly regarded program as Hilton.

Kendall’s Co-Coach is School Psychologist Sue Smith and Hilton’s Co-Coach is varsity basketball Coach Troy Prince.

The Kendall-Hilton team will host Churchville–Chili at Hilton on Wednesday and then host Brockport at Kendall at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

A very soggy start to what is predicted to be a very rainy week caused the postponement of well over a dozen high school sporting events this afternoon.

The entire Niagara-Orleans League’s slate of baseball, softball and tennis contests were rained out including Medina vs. Barker, Albion vs. Newfane and Roy-Hart vs. Wilson.

The Lyndonville home baseball and softball games, against Attica and Holley respectively, were also postponed.

The Medina at Barker baseball game has been rescheduled for Thursday while the Medina at Barker and Holley at Lyndonville softball games are now slated for Saturday afternoon.

The Mets nipped the Marlins 11-10 and the Nationals downed the Twins 8-1 Saturday to open the Medina youth baseball season.

Mets 11, Marlins 10
Jacob Rissew had a home run, Hunter Stephens a triple, Jackson Moreland 2 doubles and Amari Soule and Justin Pitts doubles for the Mets. Liam Castricone also had a single and a shot to the outfield to drive in the winning runs and Trey Skinner had a single.

Pitts had 5 strikeouts on the mound. Stephens, Rissew, and Trey Skinner also all pitched well. Defensively, Stephens had 3 throwouts on 4 steal attempts.

Nationals 8, Twins 1
For the Nationals Josh Hilobuk led off with solid hitting going 3 for 3. Julio Doval hit a double and a triple, Julian Woodworth a breakout three-run triple, Aidan Owczarczak a double and a 9 strikeout pitching performance and Brandon Christiaansen a double and contributed strong pitching from the mound.

Blue Jays 6, Yankees 2

The Woodroe Realty Blue Jay’s beat the Roy-Hart Yankees by a score of 6 – 2.  Brody Fry pitched strong for 3 innings and had 7 strikeouts. Carter Woodworth pitched one inning and had 3 strikeouts, and Preston Woodworth pitched one inning and had 2 strikeouts.

Fry led batting with a three-run homer in the first inning. Brady Christaansen had a single and a double and Carter Woodworth added a double.  Preston Woodworth, Aidan Papaj, and Aiden Wisniewski all had 2 hits.  Jimmy Dieter, Colton Smith, and Ethan Brown each added a hit.

Cubs 12, A’s 1

Takeform Cubs defeated the Evans Ace Hardware A’s 12-1 in minor league baseball.  Ethan Page, Vinny Gray, and Ryder Jones led the way for the Cubs offense with three hits apiece.  Ryan Pegelow, Camden Fike, Aiden Allen, Brennan Allen, and Briley Allen contributed two hits each.  Payton Denniston pitched in with a single.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart faces key softball tests against Medina and Newfane this coming week. Here Roy-Hart’s Delany Draper tries to put the tag on Medina’s Lexi Neuman during an earlier season meeting between the teams.

The Niagara-Orleans League softball title race was thrown into a tight four-way battle this past Friday when Medina (4-2) handed defending champion Akron (5-1) its first loss 8-2 and Roy-Hart (6-1) knocked Newfane (4-1) from the ranks of the unbeaten by a 4-2 margin.

That logjam will likely be broken up a bit this coming week as three key games are slated among the front-runners including Newfane at Medina on Wednesday, Roy-Hart at Medina won Thursday and Newfane at Roy-Hart on Friday.

The N-O baseball race will feature a key clash of unbeatens on Monday when 6-0 Wilson hosts 5-0 Roy-Hart.

Lyndonville (5-1, 9-1) faces a trio of key Genesee Region League home baseball games against Attica Monday, Oakfield-Alabama Tuesday and Notre Dame Friday.

The Lady Tigers (5-1, 5-2) likewise have three G-R games on tap at home against Holley Monday and Notre Dame on Friday and at Oakfield-Alabama on Thursday.

Week Schedule
Monday
Baseball – Attica at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Barker, Newfane at Allbion, Roy-Hart at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.; Holley vs. Alexander, 7 p.m. at Frontier Field
Softball – Holley at Lyndonville, Kendall at Attica, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Barker, Albion at Newfane, Wilson at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Akron at Barker, Newfane at Albion, Wilson at Roy-Hart, Kendall at Pembroke, Holley at Wheatland-Chili, 4 p.m.
Golf – Notre Dame at Kendall, Pembroke at Holley, 4 p.m.
Track – Holley at Byron-Bergen, 4:30 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Brockport, 7 p.m.

Tuesday
Baseball – Oakfield-Alabama at Lyndonville, Attica at Holley, 4:30 p.m.; Barker at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.; Akron at Medina, 5 p.m.
Softball – Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, Holley at Pembroke, 4:30 p.m.; Barker at Albion, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Albion at Akron, Wilson at Barker, Kendall at Notre Dame, Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, 4 p.m.
Track – Akron at Barker, Wilson at Medina, Roy-Hart at Newfane, 4:15 p.m.; Kendall at Pembroke, 4:30 p.m.

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

Thursday
Baseball – Byron-Bergen at Holley, 4:30 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Oakfield, Northstar at Kendall, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Medina, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Albion at Medina, Byron-Bergen at Holley, 4 p.m.
Track – Roy-Hart at Medina, Albion at Wilson, Newfane at Akron, 4:15 p.m.

Friday
Baseball – Notre Dame at Lyndonville, Holley at Alexander, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Roy-Hart, Barker at Akron, Albion at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, Byron-Bergen at Holley, 4:30 p.m.; Akron at Barker, Wilson at Albion, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Barker at Newfane, Medina at Wilson, Albion at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.
Golf – Kendall at Elba, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Wilson, 5 p.m.

Saturday
Baseball – Newfane at Akron, 3 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Newfane, 3 p.m.

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

 Contributed Photo – The Kendall-Hilton team in action at Brockport in the Unified basketball season opener.

The Kendall-Hilton Unified basketball team won their season opener at Brockport 36-20 this past week.

The scoring duo of Clancy Frearson and Jason Miller combined for a total of 12 points (6 each).  Additional points were scored by Tyler Basile (2), AJ Dibble (4), Alex Dutchak (2), Sienna Friedman (2), Austin Hertel (2), Abbi Jenks (2), Justin Lewis (2), Troy Parker (2), Justin Ryan (4) and Shawn VanGraafeiland (2).

Team leaders with assists were John Fichter and Nick Walsh.  Strong rebounding action came from Matt DePerna, Fichtner, Hertel, and Walsh.  Leading the charge of defense were Miller, Dutchak, Jessica Kyte, and Walsh.

The Kendets next home games will be Wednesday in Hilton against Churchville-Chili and Thursday,  in Kendall against Brockport at 4:30 p.m..

“In my 11 years in athletics, this is the truest form of a sport that I have come across on multiple levels,” said Kendall Athletic Director Kevin Watson of the Unified basketball program.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Jake Bruning dives back into third base after a run down play as Chris Goyette takes the throw for Medina. The action took place during the Rams win over the Mustangs this afternoon at Vets Park.

Defending champion Roy-Hart used home run power to key a 22-2 romp over Medina this afternoon at Vets Park as the Rams improve to 5-0 in Niagara-Orleans League baseball competition.

Eric Fitch belted a three-run homer in the first inning to put Roy-Hart on top to stay.
Singles by Al Xapsos and Brendan Hess, who both had 3 hits on the day, preceded the blast.

Al Xapsos bangs out a hit for Roy-Hart.

Charlie Bruning then banged out a three-run homer to cap a huge two-out, eight-run scoring explosion in the third inning which ballooned the Rams lead to 12-1.  The decisive uprising also featured back-to-back two-run singles by Jake Stern and Xapsos.

The Rams capped off the big afternoon by scoring 7 times in the seventh highlighted by two-run singles by Charlie Bruning, who also had 3 hits on the day, and Austin Walker and an RBI single by Nick Kubas.

The Roy-Hart offense also included an RBI double by Jake Stern in the second inning, an RBI single by Xapsos in the fourth and n RBI double by Jake Bruning in the fifth.

Medina, which slips to 1-4, scored once in the first as Ricky Pitts tripled and came home on a fielders choice play off the bat of Brian Fry and once in the fourth on a single by Alex Allis.

Cameron Meadows pitched the first 4 innings for the Rams allowing 2 hits and striking out 5.  Jake Bruning came in to hurl the fifth and sixth frames giving up no hits and striking out 4.  Ben Schwab pitched the seventh allowing no hits and striking out 2.

Oakfield-Alabama 4, Holley 3

Patrick Bower had a double and single for Holley in the Hawks 4-3 Genesee Region League loss to Oakfield-Alabama.