Albion evened its Niagara-Orleans League tennis record at 1-1 with a 5.5-0 victory at Newfane this afternoon.

In singles matches for Albion, Matt Kovaleski defeated Michele Schultz 6-0, 6-1; Connor McQuillan downed Zach Lundy 6-1, 6-0 and Donato Rosario blanked Jayden Heeers 6-0, 6-0.

In sweeping the doubles matches the Purple Eagles had Owen Foos and Victor Benjovsky shutout Madeline Travers and Katelin Beiter 6-0, 6-0; Freeman Lattin and Kastriot Bela defeat Aaron Harrington and Marlee Passuite 6-2, 6-0 and Leonel Rosario and Angel Rosario down Lila Mazuer and Macy White 6-2, 6-2.

In another N-O match, Akron improved to 2-0 with a 5.5-0 win over Barker.

In singles matches for Akron, Nate Chubb blanked Nick Fazzolari 6-0, 6-0; Jacob Meyer defeated Alexander Israel 6-0, 6-1 and Sierra Janis downed Christian Young 6-0, 6-2.

In the doubles matches for the Tigers, Brandon Meek and Will Chubb downed Nick Sutch and Jake Meister 6-3, 6-0; Morgan Wdowka and Eliza Papke blanked Maya Gooding and Natalie Bruning 6-0, 6-0 and Skyler Earle and Sarah Hoefler defeated Marissa Jowdy and Grace Harris 6-0, 6-0.

Holley 3, Alexander 2
A pair of three set victories keyed Holley to a 3-2 win over host Alexander in a Genesee Region League match.

Tyler Hill scored a three set victory at second singles as did the second doubles duo of Dalton Thurley and Steve Morgan to spark the Hawks which also got a straight set win by Dylan McKay at third singles.

Holley, which now 1-1, dropped a 5-0 decision to at Attica on Monday is in the G-R season opener.

Oakfield-Alabama 3, Kendall 2

Collin Lewis at first singles and Jenna LoSapio and Matt Murray at second doubles earned points for Kendall in a narrow 3-2 G-R loss to Oakfield-Alabama.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jake Cotter looks to shoot during the Mustangs win over Silver Creek this afternoon at Vets Park.

Jumping out to a 6-3 first quarter lead, Medina went on to defeat Silver Creek 17-10 at Vets Park this afternoon to remain undefeated in Class D Division competition at 3-0 (4-0 overall).

Jake Cotter scored 4 goals and Coby Albone and Mason Lewis each added 1 to spark Medina in the opening period.

The Mustangs went up 10-3 at the half, as Lewis netted a pair of second period goals, and 14-8 at the three-quarter mark.

Silver Creek did pull to within 14-10 in the fourth period but Medina answered with goals by Brendan Luthart, Mike Carson and Christian Silversmith to put a lock on the victory.

Cotter finished with a total of 6 goals, Luthart 4, Lewis 3 and Albone 2. Luthart also had 4 assists.

The Mustangs will next host Akron at 7 p.m. Friday.

Scoring in every inning, Lyndonville romped to a 17-1 victory over host Wheatland-Chili this afternoon in a season opening Genesee Region League softball game.

Miranda Lembcke banged out four hits, Makenzie Muck 3 and Cassie Boyce 2 to spearhead the attack for Lyndonville which scored 4 quick runs in the first inning and then broke the contest open with 5 more in the third.  Lembcke and Boyce both had 2 doubles while Muck and Anna Lewis each added 1.

Stacy Buckland went the distance in the circle for the Lady Tigers scattering 6 hits and striking out 5.

Wet field conditions have caused a number of baseball game postponements and location changes for this afternoon.

The Albion vs. Akron Niagara-Orleans League season opening baseball game has been switched from Akron to Albion for a 4:45 p.m. start.

The Purple Eagles are also hosting Akron in softball at 4:45 p.m.

The Holley at Lyndonville non league baseball game has been postponed. No make up date has been announced.

The Medina at City Honors non league baseball game has been cancelled.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Anchoring the lineup for the Kendall track teams this spring will be this group of seniors. In front are Ben Frasch, Jesus Aquirre and Joey LoSapio. In back are Kristy Mundaniohl, Sarah Pieniaszek, Katie Wright, Britney Regan and Lexi Payton.

Kendall will open the Genesee Region League track season at Pembroke on Thursday.

The Eagles are led by a veteran group of seniors including Lexi Payton, Sarah Pieniaszek, Katie Wright, Britney Regan, Kristy Mundaniohl, Joey Losapio, Ben Frasch and Jesus Aquirre.

Payton won the Pentathlon at last year’s G-R All-League meet while Wright took third in the 400 Hurdles, Pieniaszek fourth in the Steeplechase, Mundaniohl fifth in the Pole Vault and Losapio fifth in the 400 Hurdles.

The Eagles also had junior Lyndsay Wright place second in the 400 hurdles, junior Hannah Ulman fourth in the Pole Vault, sophomore Damien Sprague fifth in the Steeplechase and eighth grader Bri Wakefield third in the 1500 and fifth in the 800.

Schedule
April: 6 at Pembroke, 4:30 p.m.; 12 – Holley and Wheatland-Chili, 4:30 p.m.; 26 – Oakfield-Alabama, Elba, 4:30 p.m.; 28 – at Brighton Invitational.
May: 11 – at Alexander, 4:30 p.m.; 13 – at Rush-Henrietta Invitational; 15 – at Byron-Bergen, 4:30 p.m.; 20 – at G-R All-League meet at Alexander.

Legion capped off a Medina Euchre League championship season with a 38-32 position round win over runner-up Sacred Heart Monday.

JR Wilson downed Vets Club 37-33 in the other match.

Legion finishes the season at 955-65, Sacred Heart 936-884, JR Wilson 910-910 and Vets Club 839-981.

The league will hold its banquet at 6 p.m. April 10 at Sacred Heart.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Devan Mangan dives back into second base as Medina’s Quentin Adkins awaits the throw and Brian Fry backs up the play. The action took place during the Raiders win over the Mustangs this evening at Vets.

Putting together a late innings rally, Barker downed Medina 11-6 in the Niagara-Orleans League baseball opener this evening at Vets Park.

Trailing 6-5, Barker regained the lead for good by scoring three times in the sixth inning on a two run triple by Cameron Fox and an RBI double by Collin Webb.

The Raiders then tacked on three big insurance runs in the top of the seventh on a two-run double by Dan Engert and an RBI single by Chauncey McKee.

Medina did get the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh on three walks but could not score as an infield pop out closed out the win for Barker.

Barker also got off to a quick start taking an early 4-1 lead as Fox had a two-run double in the first and Devan Mangan a two-run double in the second. Fox also had an RBI single in the fourth.

Medina did rally into a 6-5 lead by scoring three times in the third on a rash of Barker errors and once in the fifth on an RBI single by Brian Fry.

Earlier, the Mustangs scored once in the first on a single by Alex Allis and once in the second on a double by Brett Riemer.

The JV contest saw the Medina pitching duo of Rylend Callicut and Xander Payne combine for a 3 hitter and 17 strikeouts in a 2-1 loss to Barker.

Eddie Wasnock, left, started on the mound for Barker and Chris Goyette for Medina.

Jumping out to a big early lead, Lyndonville went on to defeat visiting CG Finney 15-7 this afternoon in the Tigers non league season opener.

Kane Flynn and Mike Wells both banged out 3 hits for Lyndonville as Dawson Joy and Cody Bentley chipped in with 2 apiece.

Dawson’s hits included a three-run double which highlighted a 4 run first inning.

The Tigers broke the contest open by erupting for 6 runs in the third highlighted by a two-run double by Eric Neace and RBI singles by Wells and Zach Johnson.

Roy-Hart 6, Buffalo Maritme 1
The pitching trio of Charlie Bruning, Ben Schwab and Tim Maines combined for a no hitter as Roy-Hart downed visiting Buffalo Maritime 6-1 in another non league contest.

Schwab registered 10 strikeouts in three and one-third innings of work on the mound.

At the plate, Nick Kubas had 3 hits for the Rams.

Wilson 8, Tonawanda 3
Tanner Seeley had 4 hits including 3 doubles and 4 RBIs to lead Wilson past Tonawanda 8-3 in a non league game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Matt Kovaleski, left, and Medina’s Mike Cardone in action at first singles during the Mustangs season opening win over the host Purple Eagles this afternoon.

A sweep of the three singles matches keyed defending champion Medina to a 4.5-1 victory over host Albion this afternoon in the Niagara-Orleans League season opener.

In the other N-O openers, Roy-Hart trimmed Newfane 3-2.5 and Akron downed Wilson 4.5-1.

In scoring singles victories for Medina Mike Cardone downed Matt Kovaleski 6-4, 7-5; Nick Bogan defeated Connor McQuillan 6-0, 7-6 and Kyla Leno bested Donato Rosario 6-4, 6-2.

The Mustangs also had Ray Paull and Toby Kiebala defeat Kastriot Bela and Freeman Lattin 6-1, 7-6 at second doubles and Brandon Harris and Able Zavitz down Lionel Rosario and Angel Rosario 6-3, 6-1 at third doubles.

Albion’s first doubles team of Owen Foos and Victor Benjovsky downed the Medina duo of Andrew Fuller and Cody Leno 6-2, 6-4.

Roy-Hart 3, Newfane 2
Singles: Patrick Sheelar (RH) d. Michelle Schultz 6-2, 6-0; Zach Lundy (N) d. Cameron VanBuren 7-5, 6-3; Rachel Hutter (RH) d. Brooklyn Czeluska 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Caleb Reith-Madigan Lang (RH) d. Madeline Traverse-Katelin Beiter 6-1, 6-2; Aaron Harington- Marlee Passuite (N) d. Mason Collins-Isabel Keirn 3-6, 6-0, 6-4; Lila Maueer-Marcy White (N) d. Jordyn Bobzein-Kayla Hagen 2-6, 6-4, 7-6.

Akron 4.5, Wilson 1
Singles: Nate Chubb (A) d. Joe Hecko 6-3, 6-2; Jacob Meyer (A) d. Kyle Lyon 7-6, 7-5; Brandon Meek (A) d. Max Faery 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Mike Pazik-Alex Courturier (W) d. Sierra Janis-Will Chubb 2-6, 7-5, 6-4; Morgan Wdowka-Dustin Earle (A) d. Max Olear-Joey Moote 6-1, 6-4; Skyler Earle-Eliza Papke (A) d. Rebecca Connor-Alyssa Smith 6-3, 6-4.