Hopkins leads Patriots over Royals

YATESVILLE – Mia Hopkins tallied a game-high 25 points and her teammate Liz Waleski chipped in 16 points to lead Pittston Area to a 51-46 win over Holy Redeemer in the Pittston Area girls basketball tournament on Sunday.

Alexis Lewis scored 18 points to lead the Royals.

HOLY REDEEMER (46): Skrepnak 0 0-0 0, Lewis 7 4-4 18, Wilson 2 0-0 6, Platko 1 4-4 6, Lawson 1 2-2 4, Warnagiris 4 1-1 9, Altemose 1 0-3 3, Frascella 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 11-14 46.

PITTSTON AREA (51): Barber 2 0-0 4, Waleski 5 4-8 16, Rabender 2 0-1 4, Hopkins 10 5-7 25, Owens 0 0-0 0, Brady 0 0-0 0, Ashby 0 2-2 2. Totals 19 11-20 51.

3-Point Field Goals— HR 3 (Wilson 2, Altemose); PA 2 (Waleski 2)

Senior Devon Mazonkey poured in a game-high 17 points, but it wasn't enough for the Rangers, who were outscored 27-17 in the second half. Tyler Meininger also reached double figures for Northwest scoring 12 points.

NORTHWEST (38): Cragle 1 1-3 3, Mazonkey 7 2-2 17, Meininger 4 2-3 12, Sirak 3 0-0 6. Totals 15 5-8 38.

MILTON (41): Baker 2 0-0 6, Kling 1 2-2 4, Jacobs 2 4-4 10, Heidel 4 0-0 9, Diggan 5 0-0 10, Crall 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 6-6 41.

3-Point Field Goals— NW 3 (Mazonkey, Meiningr 2); MIL 4 (Baker 2, Jacobs 2)

Aaron Koller scored 18 points for the Preppers as they won the consolation game of the Taylor Lions Clun Tournament.

LACKAWANNA TRAIL (40): Mecke 0 1-2 1, Rzacdulio 1 0-0 2, Holmes 1 4-6 6, Kwiatkowski 2 5-9 9, Decker 1 0-0 2, Scioscia 0 0-0 0, Sauginer 7 6-8 20. Totals 12 16-27 40.

MMI (41): Koller 7 3-4 18, Karchner 3 1-2 7, Rogers 3 1-2 9, Kupsho 1 0-0 2, Connors 1 0-0 3, Herbner 0 0-0 0, Plaksa 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 5-8 41.

3-Point Field Goals— LT none; MMI 4 (Koller, Rogers 2, Connors)

The Cougars scored just two points over a nine-minute span and committed 23 turnovers falling to the 16th-ranked team from Maryland.

Cael Evans led the Cougars with 13 points in the loss while Jesse Urich chipped in 11. Steve Ware also grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.