Jerry Sullivan

Medina has been the king of Class B baseball for three years now. The Mustangs have won three straight Section VI titles and three consecutive sub-regionals. They made it to a state semifinal in 2024. All that’s left is to reach a state championship game. The Mustangs took another step toward their first-ever state title on Tuesday evening, defeating Bath-Haverling, 5-1, at Frontier High to reach another Far West Regional. They’ll meet Oneonta (Section 4), the team that beat them a year ago...

The Grand Island baseball team is back where its basketball team ventured in mid-March — one victory away from a berth in the New York State Class A state championships. Senior Thomas Albarella tossed a masterful 1-hit shutout as the Vikings beat Pittsford Sutherland, 4-0, in the subregional late Tuesday afternoon at Frontier High. Grand Island, now 19-4, faces Waverly (Section 4) on Friday at ESL Ballpark in Rochester, looking to punch its ticket to the Final Four in Binghamton a week later....

By Jerry Sullivan West Seneca was expected to breeze against a Lancaster team it had beaten twice by 23 points in the regular season. But when the Legends went on an 8-0 run to get within seven after the third quarter, there was suddenly doubt. “I was definitely a little nervous,” said Jayden Ecker, West Seneca’s fine senior point guard. “I knew I had to come out on top, not just me but all my teammates. We turned it on. We knew it had to get done and we got it done.” They wasted no time,...