Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Tyler Kroening is safe at second as the ball eludes Roy-Hart’s Jared Hy during the Mustangs narrow sectional win over the Rams at Vets Park this evening.

In a down to the wire thriller, top seeded Medina opened defense of its Section VI Class B baseball title by pushing across a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to nip Niagara-Orleans League rival Roy-Hart 3-2 in the quarterfinals this evening at Vets Park.

The Mustangs loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh on a walk and two intentional walks as the game winning run then crossed the plate on a dropped third strike (wild pitch).

Roy-Hart had jumped out to an early 2-0 lead by scoring twice in the second inning on a single by Lincoln Morly and an error.

Medina, which had left the bases loaded in the first inning, got on the scoreboard with a run in the third on two walks and a passed ball.

The Mustangs then tied the contest at 2-2 in the fifth frame as Aidan Papaj walked, stole second and third and came home on a single by Preston Woodworth.

Roy-Hart pitcher Gavin Heideman then registered a key strikeout to end the inning. Heideman, who scattered 4 hits and fanned 11 in six and one-third innings of work on the mound, also notched a key strikeout to end the sixth inning as the Mustangs left a runner stranded at third.

Brody Fry went the distance on the mound for Medina giving up only 2 hits and striking out 8. He had a clutch strikeout to end the top of the seventh as the Rams left a runner stranded at third.

Improving to 19-1, Medina will next host Fredonia in a Class B semifinal on Thursday.

Southwestern ousts Akron
In another Class B quarterfinal, No. 6 seed Southwestern erased a 5-2 deficit by scoring 4 runs in the top of the seventh inning to nip No. 3 Akron 6-5 at Akron.

Akron left the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh.

Medina’s Aidan Papaj slides under the tag attempt by Roy-Hart’s RJ Townsend.

Roy-Hart’s Evan Poeller hauls in a fly ball in centerfield.

Photos’s by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Kaylee Stoll bangs out the game winning RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning at today’s sectional semifinal at Barker.

Showing plenty of flare for the dramatic, top seeded Barker pushed across a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to nip visiting No. 5 Falconer 1-0 in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class C softball tournament this afternoon.

Kaylee Stoll banged out a bases loaded RBI single to give Barker the walk-off victory and a spot in Friday’s Class C championship game. Two walks and a bunt single by Aine Davis loaded the bases to set up the opportunity.

Stoll and winning pitcher Madyson Flint both had a pair of hits on the day.

In the circle, Flint scattered 6 hits and struck out 7.

Falconer’s best scoring threat came in the first inning as two singles and a walk loaded the bases with two out. However, Flint got out the jam by registering a clutch inning ending strikeout.

Improving to 17-4, Barker will now face No. 2 seed Chautauqua Lake in the Class C title game at 5 p.m. Friday at the Olean Middle School.

Chautauqua Lake downed No. 6 Randolph 13-1 in the other semifinal.

Kendall bows in C2 quarterfinal
No. 5 seed Kendall dropped a 7-0 decision to No. 4 Bolivar-Richburg in the quarterfinals of the Section V Class c2 tournament this afternoon.

Bolivar-Richburg pitcher Kylee Whiting hurled a 1 hitter with 15 strikeouts.

Madyson Flint hurled a shutout in the circle for Barker.

Barker outfielders, from left, Aine DAvis, Alina Riches and Fallyn Mescall all took turns making key outs,

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Set for sectional playoff action this coming week are, from left, Kendall’s Jonas Rhodes, Medina’s Ryleigh Culver and Roy-Hart’s Gavin Heideman.

A meeting in the sectional playoffs has just about become an annual event for the Medina and Roy-Hart baseball teams and this season is no exception.

The top seeded defending champion Mustangs will host the No. 9 seeded Rams in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class B tournament at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Vets Park.

The game time is changed from its original 5 p.m. starting time.

This marks the fourth time in five years the Medina and Roy-Hart have met in the playoffs. Last year Medina trimmed Roy-Hart 3-1 in the Class B semifinals. Prior to that in both 2022 and 2021 the Mustangs topped the Rams in the Class B2 finals.

This spring the Mustangs scored a pair of early Niagara-Orleans League season wins over the Rams. However, the Rams rebounded from an 0-3 start to the league by going 7-2 to close the N-O season.

The victor of Tuesday’s contest will face the winner of the No. 5 Salamanca vs. No. 4 Fredonia quarterfinal in the semifinals on Thursday.

The Rams advanced to Tuesday’s quarterfinal by outlasting No. 8 East Aurora 12-10 in the opening round at East Aurora.

Medina is 18-1 on the season and Roy-Hart 10-6.

The N-O League is also represented in the other half of the Class B bracket as No. 3 Akron will host No. 6 Southwestern at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The victor will then take on the winner of the No. 7 Alden vs. No. 2 JFK quarterfinal in the semifinals on Thursday.

Kendall in Class C2 semifinals
Top seeded Kendall, which has a 20-1 record, will host Genesee Region League for No. 5 Oakfield-Alabama in the semifinals of the Section V Class C2 tournament at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The Eagles downed the Hornets 11-1 during the G-R season.

The victory will face the winner of the No. 3 Gananda vs. No. 2 Genesee Valley/Belfast semi in the championship game.

Kendall blanked No. 8 Perry 11-0 in the opening round while Oakfield-Alabama topped No. 4 Honeoye 11-4 in 8 innings.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Getting set for this coming week’s sectional softball contests are, from left, Kendall’s Brooke Rodas, Barker’s Naomi Bish and Lyndonville’s Isabella Groves.

Top seeded Barker will host No. 5 Falconer in the semifinals of the Section VI Class C softball tournament at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The victor will face the winner of the No. 6 Randolph vs. No. 2 Chautauqua Lake semi in the championship game on Friday at Olean.

Also on Tuesday, No. 5 Kendall will face No. 4 Bolivar-Richburg in the quarterfinals of the Section V Class C2 tournament at 5 p.m. at Fillmore.

On Thursday, top seeded Lyndonville will face No. 4 Fillmore at 5 p.m. in the semifinals of the Section V Class D tournament. That game is expected to be played at Lyndonville.

The championship game is scheduled for Saturday at Honeoye Falls-Lima.

No. 3 seed Akron nipped Niagara-Orleans League foe No. 14 Wilson 2-1 in the pre-quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class B baseball tournament this afternoon at Barker.

Akron will now host No. 6 Southwestern in the quarterfinals at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

A sacrifice fly by Vince Consiglio in the bottom of the fifth inning, which snapped a 1-1 tie, provided the margin of victory for Akron which then needed to get out of a bases loaded jam in the seventh inning to lock up the win.

In a Class C pre-quarterfinal, No. 7 Chautauqua Lake downed visiting No. 10 Barker 7-3.

Chautauqua Lake, which got out of a no out bases loaded jam without allowing a run in the first inning, erupted for five runs in the second to key the win.

Kendall will face Oakfield-Alabama
In a Section V Class C2 quarterfinal, No. 5 Oakfield-Alabama erupted for 8 runs in the top of the eighth inning to down No. 4 Bolivar-Richburg 11-4 and earn a trip to No. 1 Kendall Wednesday in the semifinals.

Sandstone edged past Carlton 7-6 in an Albion Midget League 12U Division baseball game this past week.

Trailing 6-4, Sandstone rallied for the win by scoring three times in the bottom of the sixth on two walks and a fielders choice play off the bat of Blake Brown.

Sandstone also scored four times in the second inning highlighted by a three-run double by Bryce Saxton.

Carlton took what proved to be a brief 6-4 lead by scoring three times in the top of the sixth highlighted by an RBI hit by Wyatt Ernst.

Nikko Russo had 3 hits and Saxton 2 for Sandstone.

Alex Piccirilli had 2 hits for Carlton.

Holley had two individual event winners and Kendall one at the Genesee Region League track championship meet held at Holley on Saturday.

Holley’s Alivia Wolf won the Pentathlon (2103 points) and Vinny Golisano the Triple Jump (40-2 3/4) while Kendall’s Leann Clay won the High Jump (4-6).

Kendall also had Brandon Barrett and Addison Kludt both place second in the Long Jump as did Holley’s Allison Merle in the 100 Hurdles.

In a sea-saw battle, No. 9 seed Roy-Hart outlasted No. 8 East Aurora 12-10  in a Section VI Class B quarterfinal round baseball game at East Aurora this afternoon.

Trailing 9-6, Roy-Hart rallied back into the lead for good at 10-9 by scoring four times in the sixth inning on a two-run home run by Evan Poeller and a two-run triple by Gavin Heideman.

The Rams then scored what proved to be the decisive two runs in the seventh on an RBI single by Sean Mettler and an RBI double by Heideman.

Earlier, Roy-Hart jumped out to an early 4-0 lead after scoring three times in the top of the third on two errors and a steal of home.

However, the Blue Devils rallied into an 8-4 lead by scoring twice in the third and then six times in the fourth highlighted by a two-run double by John Kammer and a two-run single by Andrew Bodecker.

Roy-Hart closed the gap to 8-6 with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth on an error and an RBI single by Jared Hy before moving back on top to stay with the key four run sixth inning rally.

Heideman, Poeller and Mettler each finished with a pair of hits.

The win advances Roy-Hart to a quarterfinal meeting with Niagara-Orleans League rival top seeded Medina at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Vets Park.

Class A2
Dunkirk 13, Albion 0
No 3 seed Dunkirk blanked visiting No. 6 Albion 13-0 in a Class A2 quarterfinal.

Dunkirk used a big 8 run third inning to key the win as Albion was limited to just one hit, a single by Nate Gibson.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Brooke Robinson tags out Notre Dame’s Riley Hare who is trying to get back to second base. The action took place during the Lady Tigers sectional win at Barker this afternoon.

Making it two playoff wins in as many days, top seeded Lyndonville bested Genesee Region League foe No. 8 seed Notre Dame 10-1 in the quarterfinal round of the Section V Class D softball tournament this afternoon at Barker.

Lyndonville, which blanked Hinsdale 16-0 in the opening round on Friday evening, wasted no time in taking the lead for good by erupting for four quick runs in the first inning. Hannah Fox, Alexa Robinson and Braelynn Dillenbeck all had RBI singles in the frame as an error plated the other run.

Lyndonville tacked on one run in the second inning on an RBI double by Fox and then broke the game open with three more tallies in the fourth to go up 8-1. Fox and Isabella Groves both had RBI singles and Emma Freas a run producing sacrifice fly during that uprising. An error and a single by Addison Dillenbeck set up the threat.

The Lady Tigers closed out the scoring with a pair of runs in the fifth frame on a double by Fox and a single by Alexa Robinson.

Fox finished with 4 hits, Alexa Robinson 3 and Addison Dillenbeck 2.

Arnie Sturtevant earned the win in the circle giving up only 4 hits and striking out 7.

Lyndonville also downed Notre Dame twice during the G-R season by scores of 4-1 and 8-1.

Improving to 19-2, the Lady Tigers will next face the winner of the No. 12 Andover-Whitesville vs. No. 4 Fillmore quarterfinal in the semifinals on Thursday.

Rylan Townsend tries for the double play after getting Notre Dame’s Gianna Falleti out at second base.

Lyndonville catch Addison Dillenbeck goes for the tag on Notre Dame’s Olivia Gillard at home plate.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Sammy Conte races toward home plate ahead of the throw to Perry catcher Maximus Siewert during the Eagles sectional win over the Yellowjackets at Barker this morning.

Earning victory No. 20 on the season, top seeded Kendall blanked No. 8 Perry 11-0 in the quarterfinals of the Section V Class C2 baseball tournament this morning at Barker.

Gavin Braun earned the win on the mound for Kendall as he allowed only 2 hits and struck out 3 over five innings of work.

Gavin Braun delivers a pitch for Kendall.

Nic Cole came on to pitch the sixth inning allowing no hits and striking out 2. CJ D’Agostino then came on to complete the shutout as he allowed no hits and struck out 2 in the seventh inning.

At the plate, the Eagles pounded out a total of 18 hits including 5 by Vinnie D’Agostino, 3 by Jonny Conte and 2 each by Colby Hughes, Sammy Conte, Jonas Rhodes and Mikey Colucci.

Setting the tone at the outset Kendall scored three quick runs in the first inning on RBI singles by Vinnie D’Agostino, Hughes and Sammy Conte.

The Eagles upped the advantage to 8-0 by erupting for five runs in the fourth inning on RBI singles by Hughes, Rhodes and Andrew Cole, and two errors.

A double by Vinnie D’Agostino ignited the uprising which also included singles by Sammy Conte and Mikey Colucci.

Kendall added an unearned run in the fifth on an error and then capped off the win with a pair of runs in the sixth on RBI singles by Jonny Conte and Vinnie D’Agostino. A double by Rhodes set up that opportunity.

Improving to 20-1, Kendall advances to Wednesday’s semifinal against the winner of today’s No. 5 Oakfield-Alabama vs. No. 12 Campbell-Savona quarterfinal.

Class D
Keshequa 12, Lyndonville 0
Jumping out to a 7-0 lead in the first two innings, No. 2 seed Keshequa went on to down No. 15 Lyndonville 12-0 in a Section V Class D quarterfinal round baseball game.

Kendall’s Jonny Conte readies to try and tag out Perry’s Zachery Baker  at second base as Vinnie D’Agostino backs up the play.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Hannah Fox slides into home before Hinsdale pitcher Lily Bushnell can apply the tag. The action took place during the Lady Tigers sectional win at Vets Park this evening.

Roaring out to a 13-0 lead in the first two innings, top seeded Lyndonville went on to down No. 16 Hinsdale 16-0 in the opening round of the Section V Class D softball tournament this evening at Vets Park.

Lyndonville scored 5 quick runs in the first inning without the benefit of a hit on three wild pitches, an error and an RBI sacrifice by Brooke Robinson.

The Lady Tigers then broke the contest wide open by erupting for 8 runs in the second inning highlighted by a three-run home run by Alexa Robinson an RBI triple by winning pitcher Arnie Sturtevant and an RBI single by Brooke Robinson.

Emma Freas also had a two-run single for the Lady Tigers in the third inning.

In the circle, Sturtevant allowed only 1 hit and struck out 7.

Lyndonville will now face a very familiar foe in the quarterfinals as the Lady Tigers will take on No. 8 Notre Dame which ousted No. 9 Pavilion 15-1 this evening.

The quarterfinal game is now scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday at Barker but could be switched to Lyndonville if the Lady Tigers field is playable.

Lyndonville downed Notre Dame twice during the Genesee Region League season by scores of 4-1 and 8-1.

The Lady Tigers bring an 18-2 record into the quarterfinals.

Lyndonville pitcher Arnie Sturtevant also helped the Lady Tigers out at the plate by banging out a run producing triple.

A pair of five run innings keyed No. 5 seed Kendall to a 12-9 victory over No. 12 York in the opening round of the Section V Class C2 softball tournament this afternoon at Greece Odyssey.

Trailing 4-0, Kendall got right back in the game by scoring five runs in the home half of the first inning on an RBI single by Maggie Zastrow, a fielders choice play, a passed ball and a two run error. Teagan Shaw and Inez Stangler also both had hits during the big rally.

Later, Kendall rallied from a 9-7 deficit to score five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning on a two-run double by Izzy D’Agostino and a three-run double by Brooke Rodas to regain the lead for good at 12-9.

Shaw also had a two-run single in the second inning to give the Lady Eagles a 7-4 lead.

Shaw finished with 3 hits and D’Agostino 2.

Kendall will next face the winner of the No. 4 Bolivar-Richburg vs. No. 13 Perry game in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Class C1
No. 3 seed Geneseo blanked No. 14 Holley in a Class C1 opener this afternoon at Livonia as Adelyn McDonald pitched a perfect game allowing no runs, no hits and no walks.

Due to the soggy weather, all four Section V  playoff games involving Lyndonville, Kendall and Holley scheduled for today now have new locations on turf fields and in one case a new date.

The No. 1 seed Lyndonville softball team will now face No. 16 Hinsdale in a Section V Class D game at 7 this evening at Medina’s Vets Park. The contest was originally scheduled to be played at Lyndonville at 5:15 p.m.

The No. 15 seed Lyndonville baseball team will now face No. 2 Keshequa in a Class D game at 12 p.m. Saturday at Livonia. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Keshequa at 4:30 this afternoon.

The No. 5 seed Kendall softball team will now face No. 12 York in a Class C2 game at 5 this afternoon at Greece Odyssey. The game was originally scheduled to be played at 5 p.m. at Kendall.

The No. 14 seed Holley softball team will now face No. 3 Geneseo in a Class C1 game at 5 this afternoon at Livonia. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Geneseo at 5 p.m.

There are also three changes for sectional games scheduled for Saturday.

The top seeded Kendall baseball team will now open Section V Class C2 playoff action at Barker at 11 a.m. Saturday against the winner of tonight’s game between No. 8 Perry and No. 9 Dundee/Bradford.  The game was originally scheduled to be played at Kendall.

The Section VI Class B baseball game between No. 14 Wilson and No. 3 Akron will now be played on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Barker. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Akron on Saturday.

The Section VI Class B baseball game between No. 9 seed Roy-Hart and No. 8  East Aurora will now by played at 4 p.m. Saturday at Cheektowaga’s turf complex. The game was originally scheduled to be played at East Aurora on Saturday.