Mustangs will face Trojans for Class B title

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 30 May 2025 at 9:53 am

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Carter Woodworth, shown here banging out the winning hit in Thursday’s semifinal win, and his Mustangs teammates will next face Southwestern for the Class B title at 4 p.m. Saturday at Frontier High School.

Just as was the case in both the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, Medina will face a familiar foe in Saturday’s title contest as the top seeded Mustangs will take on No. 6 Southwestern for the Section VI Class B baseball championship at 4 p.m. at Frontier High School.

It will be the fourth time in five years that the Mustangs and Trojans have met in the sectionals.

Medina defeated Southwestern 10-0 in the 2021 Class B2 quarterfinals and 5-4 in the 2022 Class B2 semifinals.

In their most recent meeting, the Trojans blanked the Mustangs 3-0 in the 2023 Class B2 opening round.

Medina, which brings a 20-1 record into the finals, has advanced with a pair of narrow nail bitter victories where both times the winning run scored in the final inning.

Medina first nipped Niagara-Orleans League foe No. 9 seed Roy-Hart 3-2 in the quarterfinals by scoring a run with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Mustangs then needed nine innings to edge No. 4 Fredonia 2-1 in the semis scoring the tying run in the bottom of the seventh and the game winner in the bottom of the ninth.

Southwestern, which is 13-6, likewise had a close call in the quarterfinals rallying for four runs in the top of the seventh inning to post a narrow 6-5 win over No. 3 Akron which left the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh. The Trojans then romped to a 17-6 win over No. 2 JFK in the semifinals sparked by a trio of four run scoring innings.

Saturday’s winner will advance to the new Sub Regional contest which is scheduled for Thursday at Dwyer Stadium against the Section V champion (either No. 1 seed Wellsville or No. 2 LeRoy). The winner will advance to next Saturday’s Regional against the Section IV champion (either Oneonta or Lansing). That winner will then advance to the state semifinals on June 13 in Binghamton.