Regional next for Mustangs on Saturday

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina catcher Ryleigh Culver and pitcher Brody Fry and their Mustangs teammates will face Oneonta in the Class B Regional at Frontier High School at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Having successfully cleared hurdle No. 1 in the state baseball playoffs, Section VI champion Medina will next face Section IV champion Oneonta in the Class B Regional at 2 p.m. Saturday at Frontier High School in Hamburg.

The victor advances to the state semifinals next Friday in Binghamton.

The Mustangs bring a 22-1 record into the Regional while the Yellowjackets are 19-3.

Medina, which is competing in the state playoffs for the third time in four years, bested Section V champion Wellsville 6-2 on Wednesday in the Sub Regional played at Newark.

Oneonta earned a berth in the state playoffs by nipping Lansing 2-1 for the Section IV Class B championship.

Senior Brody Fry and sophomore Preston Woodworth have shared the lions share of the pitching duties for Medina this season. When not on the mound, Fry has played in the outfield and Woodworth at second base.

The Mustangs staring infield lineup has also included senior Ryleigh Culver at catcher, senior Carter Woodworth at third base, sophomore Aidan Papaj at shortstop and freshman Cam Fike at first base with senior Tyler Koening playing second when Preston Woodworth is on the mound.

Junior Vinny Gray has manned the centerfield spot as sophomore Hadrian Batista, Kroening and senior Brady Christiaansen have also shared time in the outfield.

The Medina roster also includes senior pitcher Lukas Grimes along with junior outfielders Ryan Pegelow, Jimmy Dieter and Kolton Fletcher and sophomore infielder/outfielders Lathan McEwen-Miller and Carlos Doval.

Overall, Medina is 3-1 in four previous Far West Regional games. The Mustangs defeated Sodus 4-0 in 2003, LeRoy 10-2 in 2019, lost to Palmyra-Macedon 11-1 in 2022 and downed Wellsville 8-3 last spring.