LOCKPORT —
The race to the 2012 Niagara Frontier League softball summit got a whole lot more interesting Friday with Niagara Falls' 8-3 victory over Lockport.
With the win, the Lady Wolverines not only knocked Lockport from the NFL's unbeaten ranks and gives both teams identical 7-1 league records heading to the homestretch, but it also avenged a 5-1 loss to the Lady Lions back on April 17 in Niagara Falls.
“They hit the ball well and errors hurt us today,” said Lady Lions head coach Julie Kwoka, as the two teams wore pink and purple jerseys in a special Softball Strikes Out Cancer Fundraiser under partly sunny skies at LHS.
Freshman first baseman Jerryann Forano led Niagara Falls, going 3-for-4 with four RBIs.
The visitors plated a run in the first, but so did the Lady Lions. Niagara Falls plated three more in the top of the second on four base hits.
Lockport cut the Falls lead to 4-2 with a run in the bottom of the fifth, but the Lady Wolverines plated four more in the top of the seventh to put the game away.
Nora Passuite (two hits) scored two runs and fellow senior Danielle Donorovich socked two triples and scored the other for Lockport.
Senior Emily Belfield cracked a double in two hits for the LHS and made a couple of nice running catches in center field. Junior Allie Cavagnaro also had two hits for LHS, which hosts Grand Island at 3:30 p.m. today.
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Medina 15, Newfane 4
MEDINA — An eight-run, third-inning scoring burst sparked Medina (2-6 N-O) over visiting Newfane (3-6 N-O) on Friday in a Niagara-Orleans League game at Vets Park.
Back-to-back, two-run doubles by Zach Houseman and Sean Evoy highlighted the decisive uprising which gave Medina a commanding 10-0 lead.
Scott Kneeland had a two-run homer and Josh Kneeland a solo homer for Newfane.
Roy-Hart 9, CSAT 0
BUFFALO — Ryan Metz pitched a three hit shut out with 6 strikeouts to spark the Rams over CSAT (3-4 N-O).
Zach Yates went 4-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs and Brandon Wolter had a double to lead Roy-Hart (6-2 N-O).
Akron 6, Barker 0
BARKER — Tom James hurled a two-hit shutout with six strikeouts to lead the Tigers (4-4 N-O) over the Raiders (2-7 N-O).
Austin Mietz belted a two-run home run to highlight the Akron attack.
Mietz, James, Noah Diebel and Trevor Foster each had two hits.
Albion 6, Wilson 0
ALBION — The Purple Eagles maintained sole possession of first place by blanking the visiting Lakemen to improve to 8-1. The loss drops Wilson two games off the pace in the loss column at 5-3.
Connor Barleben hurled a one-hit shutout with five strikeouts and two walks to lead Albion.
The Purple Eagles scored the only two runs they needed as it turned out in the first inning on RBI singles by Jon Warne and Jack Nenni.
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Lockport Lady Lions softball coach Julie Kwoka, second from left, gives her team some words of encouragement during Friday's game against visiting Niagara Falls. LHS and NFHS players donned pink and purple jerseys as part of a fight against cancer fundraiser. Niagara Falls won the game, 8-3, giving both teams 7-1 records in the Niagara Frontier League Val Hamluk/Contributor
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Lockport senior Kassidy McFall delivers a pitch against visiting Niagara Falls on Friday. Val Hamluk/Contributor
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