Defending champion Medina is the No. 1 seed for the upcoming Section VI Class B baseball playoffs.

Medina will open defense of its Section VI Class B title on Tuesday (May 27) at 5 p.m. at Vets Park when the Mustangs host the winner of Saturday’s 5 p.m. opening round No. 9 Roy-Hart at No. 8 East Aurora game.

Medina, which captured the Niagara-Orleans League title with a 12-0 record, brings and 18-1 overall record into the sectionals.

Saturday’s other Class B openers involving N-O teams will have No. 14 Wilson at No. 3 Akron and No. 13 Newfane at No. 4 Fredonia both at 5 p.m.

In a Class A2 quarterfinal, No. 6 Albion will visit No. 3 Dunkirk at 5 p.m. Saturday.

In Class C, No. 10 Barker will visit No. 7 Chautauqua Lake at 5 p.m. Saturday.

The Kendall baseball and Lyndonville softball teams have both earned No. 1 seeds for the upcoming Section V tournament.

The Kendall baseball team, which brings a 19-1 record into the tournament, has drawn a first round bye. The Eagles will host a quarterfinal round game against the winner of Thursday’s opening round contest between No. 8 Perry and No. 9 Dundee/Bradford.

The Section V playoff schedule lists the quarterfinal round for Saturday but with the rainy weather forecast to last the next three days the dates for the early rounds of the playoffs are uncertain at this time.

The Lyndonville softball team, which posted a 17-2 regular season record, is scheduled to open the Class D tournament at home at 5 p.m. Thursday against No. 16 Hinsdale. The victor will then face the winner of Thursday’s No. 9 Pavilion vs. No. 8 Notre Dame contest in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

Seeded No. 15, the Lyndonville baseball team is scheduled to visit No. 2 Keshequa at 4:30 p.m. Friday.

The No. 5 seeded Kendall softball team is scheduled to host No. 12 York at 5 p.m. Friday. The victor would then face the winner of the No. 13 Perry vs. No. 4 Bolivar-Richburg game in the quarterfinals on May 27.

The No. 14 seeded Holley softball team is scheduled to visit No. 3 Geneseo at 5 p.m. Friday. The victor will face the winner of the No. 11 Warsaw vs No. 6 Marion/Gananda contest  in the quarterfinals on May 27.

Photos by Tom Rivers: Luke Bell of Albion throws the shot put today at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League track meet in Wilson. Bell won the shot put event with a throw of 41 feet, 2.75 inches. He was second the discus with a throw of 121 feet, 8 inches.

Albion won six events at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League track meet held at Wilson today.

On the boys side for Albion, Luke Bell won the Shotput (41-2.75) and Cencere Lowe the Long Jump (21-7.75)

For the Purple Eagles on the girls side, Mia Standish won the 400 Hurdles (1:12.0), Jordan Simmons the High Jump (4-10), Sophia Wendt the Triple Jump (32-11) and Madison LeBaron the Pentathlon (1573).

Gordon Young in the High Jump (5-10) was Medina’s lone winner.

Braden Ricker of Roy-Hart reacts after crossing the finish line first in 22.83 in the Boys 200 Meter Dash, just ahead of Hunter Huscher of Albion. Ricker also won the Boys 100 Meter Dash.

Roy-Hart’s Braden Ricker was a double winner in the 100 (:11.38) and 200 (:22.83) and Zach Schultz won the 400 Hurdles (:58.61)

Kylie McOmber also won the girls Long Jump (15-2.5) for Roy-Hart.

The Rams also captured the boys’ 1600 Relay with the foursome of Ricker, Schultz, Tysen McCaa and Eriq Powell and the boys 3200 Relay with the quartet of Schultz, Josiah Rodriguez, Matt VanKeuren and Ronan Klug.

Barker had a trio of winners in Wyatt Payne in the boys Discus (129-7), Jordyn Kinne in the girls 100 Hurdles (:17.82) and Shelby Dauphinee in the girls Steeplechase (8:20.18).

The Akron boys had Quinn O’Malley win the Pentathlon (2953) while the Lady Tigers had Madigan Regan take the 1500 (5:17.37) and Marissa Brege the Discus (102-7).

(Left) Madison LeBaron of Albion won the Girls Pentathlon with the most points in five events: shot put, long jump, high jump, 100 meter hurdles and the 800 meter run. (Right) Quinn O’Malley of Akron won the Boys Pentathlon with the most points in five events: 1500 meter run, 110 meter hurdles, long jump, high jump and shot put.

The Newfane boys had Liam Betteridge double in the 800 (2:04.56) and the 1600 (4:44.18) while Nasir Spencer won the 400 (:52.76) and Jaxon Dembrowski the Pole Vault (12-9).

The Newfane girls had Eden Hillman double in the 3000 (11:24.62) and Pole Vault (8-3) and Stephanie Chunco win the 400 (1:04.10).

Chunco and Hillman were also members of both the winning 1600 and 3200 Relay teams as was Jayde Jerge.

Liam Betteridge of Newfane held off Peyton Wagner of Barker to win the 1600 Meter run. Betteridge was first with 4:44.18, followed by Wagner at 4:44.63.

The Wilson boys had Ryan Hough double in the 110 Hurdles (:16.16) and the Triple Jump (42-10.75), and Jayden Ruble in the 3000 (10:45.18) and the Steeplechase (10.32.8).

Hough also teamed up with Michael Ruble, Aidan Neumann and Keegan Hermann to give the Lakemen a win in the 400 Relay.

The Wilson girls had Savanna Jones double in the 100 (:13.01) and 200 (:26.53) as Addison Elia took the 800 (2.29.11) and Colleen Cliffe the Shotput (30-4.5)

The Wilson girls also won the 400 Relay with the foursome of Isabella Thrush, Marissa Schultz, Elia and Jones.

(Left) Eden Hillman of Newfane won the Girls 3000 in 11:24.62, followed by Julia Rhode of Roy-Hart who was second in 11:31.14. (Right) Jaydan Ruble of Wilson cruised to a first place win the Boys 3200 in a time of 10:45.18.

Jordyn Kinne, center, of Barker won the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles in 17.82 seconds.

Jaxon Dembrowski of Newfane cleared 12 feet, 9 inches to win the Boys Pole Vault.

Savanna Jones of Wilson (center) won the Girls 200 Meter Dash in 26.53, ahead of Aurora Owczarczak of Medina in second and Isabella Thrush of Wilson in third.

No. 2 seed East Aurora downed visiting No. 7 Medina 17-3 this evening in the quarterfinals of the Section VI Class D lacrosse playoffs.

Cole Callard scored 2 goals and Lucius Wagner 1 for Medina as Miles Arbegast made 16 saves in goal.

N-O Tennis
Roy-Hart 3, Akron 2
Roy-Hart edged Akron 3-2 in a Niagara-Orleans League make-up tennis match this afternoon.

Colin Cousins scored a singles win for Roy-Hart which also got doubles victories from the duos of Ella Martillotta – Emily Livergood and Raegan Kern – Maria Trombley.

Roy-Hart finishes the N-O season at 8-4.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Cami London dives back to first base ahead of the throw to Cheektowaga’s Madison Belliotti during the Purple Eagles home field sectional win this afternoon.

A four run first inning proved to be enough as No. 8 seed Albion went on to defeat visiting No. 9 Cheektowaga 5-1 this afternoon in the opening round of the Section VI Class A softball playoffs.

A home run by Cami London highlighted the decisive opening inning which also including a run producing bunt by Kaitlyn Bennett.

Rori Higgins also hit a solo home run for the Purple Eagles in the sixth inning.

Defensively, Bennett keyed a double play in the fourth inning.

Alana Irvine earned the win in the circle as she allowed only 2 hits and struck out 5.

Albion will next visit top seeded Williamsville South on Thursday.

Roy-Hart 10, Tonawanda 9
No. 5 seed Roy-Hart edged visiting No. 12 Tonawanda in a Class B opening round contest.

Trailing 9-6, Roy-Hart rallied for 4 runs in the sixth inning as Millie Owens had a two-run single, Brooke Corser an RBI double and winning pitcher Abby Fox and RBI single.

Fox had a total of 3 hits as Hayley Hillburn and Kaitlin Mettler both had 2. Mettler’s hits included a triple.

Wilson 5, East Aurora 4
No. 7 seed Wilson likewise edged No. 10 East Aurora 5-4 in another Class B opener as Rowan Simpson singled in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh.

Newfane 16, Performing Arts 1
Erupting for 7 runs in the first inning, No. 14 seed Newfane went on to defeat No. 3 Performing Arts 16-1 in a Class B opener.

Bailee Patcyk and Kami Boyer each had 2 hits for the Lady Panthers as Emma Shaughnessy picked up the win in the circle allowing 1 hit and striking out 7.

Albion’s Rori Higgins crosses home plate after belting a home run. The Cheektowaga catcher is Alexis Fallacaro.

Lyndonville locked up a share of the Genesee Region League Division 2 softball championship by posting a 12-0 win over visiting Elba this afternoon.

Lyndonville and Oakfield-Alabama finish the G-R season as Division 2 co-champions with identical 12-1 records. The Lady Tigers and Lady Hornets split their two meetings.

Arnie Sturtevant had 4 hits including 2 doubles and a two-run homer, Addison Dillenbeck 2 hits including a solo home run and Alexa Robinson 2 hits to lead the Lyndonville attack.

Sturtevant also picked up the win in the circle allowing 5 hits and striking out 7.

The Lady Tigers finish the regular season with a 17-2 overall record.

In other G-R action, Notre Dame defeated Kendall 19-7 and Pembroke downed Holley 5-1.

Trailing 7-2, Notre Dame rallied with a huge 12 run fifth inning to key the win.

Teagan Shaw had 2 hits for Kendall.

Skylar Gallagher had 2 hits including a double for Holley as Madison Bonacci registered 11 strikeouts in the circle.

Improving to 18-1, Medina romped to a 16-3 win over host Kenmore West in a non league baseball game this afternoon.

The Mustangs pounded out a total of 14 hits including 4 by Aidan Papaj, 3 by Preston Woodworth including a grand slam home run and a total of 7 RBIs, and 2 each by Brody Fry and Carter Woodworth.

Lukas Grimes pitched the first 4 innings for Medina giving up 4 hits and striking out 3. Vinny Gray hurled the final 3 frames allowing 2 hits and fanning 3.

Breaking away from a scoreless deadlock, Medina moved on top to stay by scoring twice in the third inning on RBI doubles by Fry and Preston Woodworth.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs tacked on 4 runs in the fourth as Preston Woodworth had a two-run single and Tyler Kroening an RBI single.

The Mustangs then broke the contest wide open by erupting for 6 runs in the fifth frame highlighted by a grand slam home run by Preston Woodworth. Papaj also had an RBI single in the inning which also included singles by Carter Woodworth and Ryan Pegelow.

Papaj added an RBI double and Fry a run producing single in the sixth inning to round out the Mustangs scoring parade.

Medina will close out the regular season with a non league game at Lockport at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Newfane 3, Lyndonville 2
Newfane rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to nip visiting Lyndonville in a non league game.

Tristen Smith had 2 hits and 2 RBIs for Newfane as Cam Perry and Aiden Perry combined for 12 strikeouts on the mound.

Colton Smith had 3 hits for Lyndonville which scored once in the fourth inning on an error and once in the sixth on a single by Thomas Blake.

White Birch earned a split in Medina Women’s Softball League ‘A’ Division action Monday evening defeating Parkitects 27-11 and losing to Jr. Wilson 20-8.

In White Birch’s win over Parkitects, Ella Lewis had a home run, double and two singles; Anna Lewis a triple, double and single, Stacy Buckland 3 singles and a double, Mallory Albone a double and 2 singles; Brynn Howell a double and single, Dana Siffringer and Lily Kompe 3 singles, Kenzi Muck, Aubrey Lewis and Gracie Johnson 2 singles each and Bekah Hoffee a single.

Jr. Wilson was led by Sara Flansburg with a single, triple and homerun; Stormi Kruger 2 homeruns and a single; Jodi Zacher a single, double and triple and Chasity Chinn 2 doubles and 2 singles.

For White Birch, Hoffee had a double and single; Aubrey Lewis, Ella Lewis and Kenzi Muck 3 singles; Johnson, Buckland. Siffringer and Howell 2 singles and Albone and Kompe 1 single.

In the season opener, Jr. Wilson came back from a one run deficit in the top of the 7th inning to rally and score five runs to best Dubby’s Tailgate 12-8.

A walk and a double from Jenna Wlostowski set up the scoring in the 7th, followed by singles from Jaclyn Rodriguez and Kruger. Jodi Zacher doubled and  Chinn singled to round out the scoring in the 7th.

Wlostowski finished 4-4 on the day with a home run and a double, while Rodriguez, Kruger and Zacher all finished with three hits on the day. Flansburg added a 3-run home run in the 3rd inning.

The Niagara-Orleans League doubles tennis tournament got underway at Albion this afternoon as Albion, Barker and Akron all posted straight set wins.

The duo of Landon Graybill and Oliver Beach earned Albion a 7-6, 6-3 win over Medina.

Barker bested Newfane 6-1, 6-0 as Ryan Fisk and Nick Heidemann teamed up to earn the win.

Akron downed Roy-Hart 6-4, 6-3 on a win by the team of Whitley Koopman and Aubrey Baltzley.

The tournament will conclude on Wednesday. The semifinal matchups will have Albion vs. Wilson and Barker vs. Akron.

Kendall swept to a non league doubleheader baseball sweep over School of the Arts by scores of 11-10 and 11-4 today to complete a near perfect 19-1 regular season.

Kendall scored twice in the seventh inning on RBI singles by Colby Hughes and Sammy Conte in the opener. A double by CJ D’Agostino set up the opportunity.

Hughes finished with 3 hits as CJ D’Agostino, Jonny Conte and Sammy Conte each had 2. Jonas Rhodes had a triple as D’Agostino, Hughes and Nic Cole all had doubles.

In the second game, Kendall scored 2 quick runs in the first inning on a walk and an RBI single by Cole and then broke the game open with 6 tallies in the second inning. Rhodes, Cole and Sammy Conte all had run producing singles in the big frame which also included a double by Mikey Colucci and a single by Cole.

Attica 2, Lyndonville 1
Two runs in the fourth inning proved to be just enough offense for Attica as Blue Devils pitcher Nate Kilian stopped Lyndonville on a no hitter with 14 strikeouts.

Lyndonville’s run came in the second inning on four walks.

Lyndonville outlasted host Elba 10-7 in 9 innings in a Genesee Region League softball game this afternoon.

Lyndonville first tied the game at 7-7 with a run in the seventh inning on a double by Addison Dillenbeck and an error.

The Lady Tigers then claimed the win by scoring 3 times in the ninth inning on an RBI ingle by Isabella Groves and an error. A single by Hannah Fox and an error set up the threat.

The teams also traded 5 run scoring bursts in the sixth inning as Braelynn Dillenbeck and Elena Barry both singled in a pair of runs for the Lady Tigers.

Addison Dillenbeck finished with 4 hits, Groves 3 and Arnie Sturtevant and Barry 2 each . Sturtevant’s hits included a triple, Dillenbeck’s two doubles as Groves and Barry each had a double.

Lyndonville is now 16-2 overall.

Kendall 22, York 16
Pounding out 22 hits, Kendall bested York 22-16 in a non league game.

Izzy D’Agostino had 5 hits, Alea Barrett, Teagan Shaw and Ella Christ 3 each and Maggie Zastrow, Inez Stangler and Sophia Picardo 2 each for Kendall.

Salamanca 16, Medina 7
No 16 seed Salamanca downed visiting No. 17 Medina 16-7 in the opening round of the Section VI Class B playoffs.

Sophia Goyette had a single and double, Savannah Jo Thompson a triple and Alexa Demmer and Caliyah St. Louis doubles for Medina as Karlee Cau and Isabelle Perez also drove in runs.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Preston Woodworth blanks Wilson.

Completing a perfect 12-0 league title campaign, Medina blanked host Wilson 7-0 this afternoon to close out the Niagara-Orleans baseball season.

Preston Woodworth hurled a 2 hit shutout with 11 strikeouts to lead the way for the Mustangs which improve to 17-1 overall.

Up 1-0 on an unearned first inning run, Medina opened up a little breathing room by scoring three times in the third inning on an RBI double by Brody Fry, a ground out and an error. A single by Tyler Kroening and a walk set up the threat.

The Mustangs tacked on one insurance run in the fifth on an error and two in the sixth on an RBI single by Carter Woodworth and a fielders choice play.

Medina will close out the regular season with non league road games at Kenmore West on Tuesday and at Lockport on Thursday.

Akron 12, Albion 8
A marathon 9 run late inning scoring burst keyed Akron to a 12-8 win over visiting Albion.

Trailing 3-1, Akron took the lead for good by scoring 9 runs in the fifth inning on two two-run errors, two run producing errors, a bases loaded walk and RBI singles by Hunter Haist and Ryan Owen.

Albion answered back with 5 runs in the top of the sixth om RBI singles by Seth Krenning, Andrew Boyce and Elliott Trapiss and a two-run error but could get no closer than 10-8. Nate Gibson, Gavin Boyce and Drew Pritchard also had hits during the Purple Eagles rally.

Gavin Boyce finished with 3 hits as Andrew Boyce, Trapiss and Pritchard each had 2.

Akron finishes the N-O season at 9-3 and Albion at 7-5.

Roy-Hart 11, Barker 1
Roy-Hart completed a 7-5 N-O season with an 11-1 win over visiting Barker as Gavin Heideman hurled a 1 hitter with 16 strikeouts.

RJ Townsend had 3 hits and John Brigham 2 to lead the Rams at the plate.

Roy-Hart scored 4 runs in the third inning as Evan Poeller had a two-run double and Townsend an RBI single and 4 more in the sixth as Brigham had a two-run double.

Final N-O Standings
Medina 12-0, Akron 9-3, Albion 7-5, Roy-Hart 7-5, Barker 3-9, Newfane 2-10, Wilson 2-10.

Making it three road wins in a row to open the season, the Medina Mustangs FC downed the Buffalo Night 4-1 in a Buffalo District Soccer League 1st Division game this evening at Sahlen’s Sports Park.

Cole Callard scored the three goal hat-trick for Medina one of which came on a penalty kick.

Nate Dillenbeck netted the other goal on a header off a corner from Kyan Mathieu.

Mathieu had 2 assists on the evening and Casey Winiecki 1.

Medina’s home opener will be next Sunday as the Mustangs host the Great White Buffalo at 6 p.m. at Vets Park.