Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Bryce Pritchard slides into second base ahead of the ball as Brayden Skobjak covers for Wilson. The action took place during the host Purple Eagles loss to the Lakemen this afternoon.

Staying perfect at 5-0, Wilson posted a 5-2 victory over host Albion (4-2) this afternoon in a key Niagara-Orleans League baseball game.

In the other N-O contests, defending champion Roy-Hart (3-0) defeated Akron (1-3) 10-3 and Barker (2-4) downed Newfane (0-4) 9-4.

Wilson took the lead for good by scoring two quick runs in the first inning on an RBI single by winning pitcher John Bender and a bases loaded walk.

The Lakemen later upped the lead to 5-0 by scoring three times in the fifth frame without the benefit of a hit on 3 walks, a hit batter, a fielders choice pal and a wild pitch.

Albion scored once in the fifth on a hit by Isaiah Callicutt and once in the seventh on a single by Liam Ward. However, the Purple Eagles left the bases loaded in the fifth and stranded two runners in both the fourth and seventh frames.

Bender went the distance on the mound scattering 5 hits and striking out 13. He notched clutch strikeouts to get out of jams in both the fourth and seventh innings and caught a pop out for the final out in the fifth.

Roy-Hart 10, Akron 3
Austin Walker and Eric Fitch both had 3 hits and Charlie Bruning and Nick Kubas 2 each to lead the offense for Roy-Hart.

Walker had an RBI triple in the third inning and a two-run triple in the sixth while Kubas had a pair of doubles including a two-run shot which keyed a four-run first inning.

Cam Meadows picked up the win on the mound allowing 5 hits and striking out 9.

Barker 9, Newfane 4
Collin Webb hurled a 4 hitter with 6 strikeouts to pace Barker past Newfane.

Barker scored three times in the third as Dan Engert had a two-run single and Webb an RBI single..

Austin Sullivan and Kyle MacDonald both had a pair of hits for the Raiders.  MacDonald’s hits included a double.

Scoring five quick runs in the first inning, Medina (3-2) went on to defeat Wilson (1-3)  15-7 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game at Vets Park.

In the other N-O contests, Akron (3-0) nipped Roy-Hart (3-1) 5-4 in extra innings and Newfane (3-0) downed Barker (0-4) 22-7.

Emily Kams and Destiny Satkowski both had doubles and Morgan Allis a two-run single to key Medina’s big first inning scoring burst.

The Mustangs later locked up the win by scoring four runs in the sixth inning as Alisha Scroger singled in a pair of runs.

Allis and Scroger both had a total of 3 hits.

Olivia Littman had two home runs, a triple, double and single and Teagan Volpe a home run , double and 3 singles to lead the way for Newfane.

Kylie Miller had 3 hits, including a double, for Barker.

A walk off RBI single by Neely Abrams lifted Akron past Roy-Hart.

G-R League
Elba 11, Lyndonville 2
Carli Bogue struck out 16 and scattered 8 hits to lead Elba past visiting Lyndonville in a Genesee Region League game.

Anna Lewis  had 3 hits for Lyndonville.

In a non league game, Holley blanked Northstar 18-0 as Kassandra Norman had 9 strikeouts.

Anna Brasted had 2 hits, including a triple, for the Lady Hawks as Norman, Madison Papaj and Hannah Biedlingmaier also all had base raps.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Nick Bogan, left, works toward a win over Barker’s Jake Meister during the Mustangs victory over the visiting Raiders this afternoon.

Defending champion Medina blanked visiting Barker 5 1/2-0 this afternoon to improve to 3-0 in Niagara-Orleans League tennis competition.

In the other N-O matches, Wilson (2-1) nipped Albion (2-2) 3-2 1/2 and Akron (3-0) shutout Newfane (0-4) 5 1/2-0.

Leading the way for Medina were straight set singles victories by the trio of Mike Cardone, 6-2, 6-1 over Nick Fazzolari; Nick Bogan, 6-1, 6-0 over Jake Meister, and Kyla Leno, 6-0, 6-0 over Christian Young.

The Mustangs also got wins by the doubles teams of Toby Kiebala – Ray Paull over Nick Sutch – Jake Harris 6-1, 6-1; Able Zavitz – Andrew Fuller over Mia Gooding – Natalie Bruning 6-1, 6-1 and Brandon Harris – Coady Leno over Grace Harris – Marissa Jowdy 6-0, 6-0.

A sweep of the singles matches earned Wilson the win over Albion as Joey Hecko defeated Matt Kovaleski 6-1, 1-6, 6-2; Kyle Ryan downed Connor McQuillan 6-4, 6-1 and Mike Pazik outlasted Victor Benjovsky 6-1, 6-8, 6-3.

Albion took the three doubles matches as Owen Foos – Emilie Barleben defeated Alex Coutourier – Max Faery 6-3, 6-4; Kastrio Bela – Freeman Lattin downed Mia Olear – Joey Moote 6-3, 6-3 and Donato Rosario – Angel Rosario bested Rebecca Connor – Alyssa Smith 7-6, 6-7, 7-6.

Akron was sparked by singles victory by the trio of Nate Chubb, Jacob Meyer and Brandon Meek.

Medina 2 defeated rival Medina 1 by a score of 6-1 in the Kenan Indoor Soccer League playoff championship game Saturday.

Nick Albone and Nick Guay both scored 2 goals for Medina 2 as Coby Allbone and Chase McAdoo each added 1.

Trevor Hare turned in a strong performance in goal to anchor the defense for Medina 2 which led 2-0 at the half.

Owen Frasier scored the Medina 1 goal.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Liam Ward, shown here taking a throw at second base, and his Purple Eagle teammates will host Wilson Monday in a key clash for the Niagara–Orleans League lead.

An already busy week, made even busier with the addition of a number of make-up contests, will get off to a fast start Monday with key games for first place in both the Niagara-Orleans League baseball and softball title races.

On the baseball diamond, Albion (4-1) will host Wilson (4-0). Defending champion Roy-Hart, which is also unbeaten at 2-0, will host Akron (1-2).

On the softball field a key clash of unbeatens will have defending champion Akron (2-0) hosting Roy-Hart (3-0). Newfane, which is also unbeaten at 2-0 will visit Barker (0-3).

The Lyndonville baseball and softball squads both face a busy four game week.  The Tigers diamond squad will visit Attia Monday and then host Pembroke Tuesday, Northstar Thursday and Alexander Friday.  The Lady Tigers will visit Elba Monday, Oakfield-Alabama Tuesday and Byron-Bergen Friday and also host Alexander on Wednesday.

Week Schedule
Monday
Baseball – Lyndonville at  Attica, 4:30 p.m.; Wilson at Albion, Barker at Newfane, Akron at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Elba, Holley at Northstar, 4:30 p.m.; Newfane at Barker, Wilson at Medina, Roy-Hart at Akron, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Newfane at Medina, Albion at Wilson, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse – North Tonawanda at Medina, 7 p.m.
Golf – Kendall at Pembroke, Holley at Wheatland-Chili, 4 p.m.

Tuesday
Baseball – Pembroke at Lyndonville, Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, 4:30 p.m.; Barker at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama, Byron-Bergen at Kendall, Elba at Holley, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Newfane, Wilson at Akron, CCA at Barker, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Newfane at Barker, Holley at Kendall, 4 p.m.; Medina at Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.
Track – Barker at Wilson, Newfane at Albion, Roy-Hart at Akron, 4:15 p.m.; Notre Dame at Holley, 4:30 p.m.
Golf – Churchville Chili at Kendall

Wednesday
Baseball – Newfane at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Alexander at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Barker, Albion at Akron, Wilson at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.
Tennis – Barker at Roy-Hart, Akron at Medina, Newfane at Wilson, Byron-Bergen at Kendall, Elba at Holley, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse – Salamanca at Medina ,5 p.m.
Golf – Kendall at Attica, 4 p.m.
Track – Lyndonville at Attica, Oakfield at Kendall, 4:30 p.m.

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

Friday
Baseball – Alexander at Lyndonville, Wheatland-Chili at Holley, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Barker, Roy-Hart at Newfane, Medina at Akron, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Lyndonville at Byron-Bergen, Pembroke at Kendall, Holley at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m.; Newfane at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.; Akron at Medina ,5 p.m.
Tennis – Albion at Medina, Akron at Wilson, Newfane at Roy-Hart, Attica at Kendall, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse- Medina at Gowanda, 7 p.m.

Saturday
Softball – Wilson Magnet at Kendall, Attica at Holley, 11 a.m.; Medina at Depew Tournament

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

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Mason Lewis tries to go around Akron defender Michael Miller during the Mustangs loss to the Tigers this afternoon at Vets Park.

Medina’s Jake Cotter works to get by Akron’s Owen Hill.

A quick three goal scoring burst late in the first quarter ignited undefeated (4-0) Akron to a 12-6 victory over Medina this afternoon in a key Class D Division lacrosse game at Vets Park.

Breaking away from an early 1-1 deadlock, Akron erupted for three lightning quick goals in a span of just 1:09 on tallies by Owen Hill, Weylon Abrams and Ethan Schleef to take the lead for good.

The Tigers, which also posted a key 14-8 win over Eden (3-1) on Friday, went on to hold leads of 5-1 after one period, 7-2 at the half and 7-3 at the three-quarter mark.

Nelson Logan led the Tigers with 4 goals.

Jake Cotter scored 3 goals for Medina as Mike Carson, Mason Lewis and Brendan Luthart each added 1.

The loss  drops Medina into third place in D Division action at 4-2.

Track
Medina’s Martha Gardner won the 800 and 1500 at the Buffalo Invitational today.

The Mustangs also got second place finishes from Jalin Cooper in the 100 and 200, Dan Heil in the 800 and 1600, Jack Hill in the 3200 and by the 400 relay quartet of Je’ne Brown, Trinity Fleck, Kharise Johnson and Katie Bilicki.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Lexi Lovewll (1) is mobbed by her teammates after driving in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning this afternoon for a 3-2 victory over visiting Medina.

Pushing across a run in the bottom of the seventh inning, Roy-Hart nipped visiting Medina 3-2 this afternoon to stay unbeaten at 3-0 in Niagara-Orleans League softball competition.

Roy-Hart earned the win in the final frame as Maddie Fry singled, stole second and came home on a double by Lexi Lovewell.

Roy-Hart’s Maddie Fry bunts for a hit.

Medina had knotted the contest at 2-2 by scoring once in the top of the seventh on a triple by Alisha Scroger.

The late innings sea-saw battle saw Roy-Hart grab a 2-1 lead with a run in the last of the sixth inning as Kayla Brown singled and scored on a double by Maddy Glena.

Brown, who also drove in the Lady Rams first run in the opening inning, had a total of 3 hits and Lovewell 2 while Scroger had 3 for Medina.

Sam Choate pitched the first 6 innings for Roy-Hart allowing 2 hits and striking out 6.

Lovewell came on in the seventh and allowed 1 hit with 1 strieout.

Emily Kams, who plated Medina’s other run with a third inning sacrifice,  went the distance in the circle for the Mustangs striking out 10.

Medina is now 2-2 in N-O action.

Albion 6, Wilson 5

Snapping a season opening 4 league game losing streak, Albion nipped host Wilson 6-5 this morning as Natalie DiCureia, Janae Doty and Catherine Wolck each had 2 hits.

Anna Frerichs had 2 hits, including a double and 3 RBIs for Wilson (1-2) as Jen Darlak and Madeline Mocarski also each had a pair of hits.

Medina’s Ashlee Howell slides in under Roy-Hart catcher Maddie Fry to score the tying run in the top of the seventh inning