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First Posted: 3/28/2013

WILKES-BARRE — Coughlin fought out of an early hole in singles play thanks to a win from Troy Bankus that kickstarted the Crusaders to a 3-2 defeat of Wyoming Area at home in a Wyoming Valley Conference boys tennis contest.

Nick Leon and Mike Werbin got things going in favor of the Warriors early, but the Crusader doubles tandems of Sergey Svintozelskiy and Ryan Hutz, and Nate Sinkiewicz and Mike Klimek, solidified Coughlin’s win.

SINGLES: Nick Leon (WA) d. Ben Manarski 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (1); Mike Werbin (WA) d. John Jones 6-2, 6-1; Troy Bankus (C) d. Aron Carter 6-2, 6-1. DOUBLES: Sergey Svintozelskiy/Ryan Hutz (C) d. Tom Rose/Mike Cipriani 7-6 (5), 6-3; Nate Sienkiewicz/Mike Klimek (C) d. Evan Rider/Joe Roach 6-3, 6-1.

Seminary 5, Valley West 0

Wyoming Seminary earned a win on the road with a sweep of the Spartans after starting off with back-to-back, 6-1, 6-0 wins from Henry Cornell and Chris Kim.

SINGLES: Henry Cornell d. Pat Antall 6-1, 6-0; Chris Kim d. Pierre De Wael 6-1, 6-0; Matt Cartwright d. Dan Miller 6-4, 6-0. DOUBLES: 1. Matt Obeid/Will Xu d. Chris Bloom/Brian Novitski 6-1, 6-1; Moritz Haggman/Peter Valentine d. Nick Vitanovec/Matt Finnegan 6-2, 6-0.

Crestwood 5, Tunkhannock 0

Crestwood blanked Tunkhannock at home behind impressive doubles play.

Neil and Nikhil Patel didn’t drop a gamet, and Briley Marchetti and Jacob Popowicz only gave up one to put a strong close on the match for the Comets.

SINGLES: Ross Gladey d. Brent Christy 6-2, 6-2; Alex Machalick d. Cory Dulsky 6-3, 6-2; Rafael Estrada d. Colby Rome 6-1, 6-1. DOUBLES: Neil Patel/Nikhil Patel d. Dan Greenip/Tony Shad 6-0, 6-0; Briley Marchetti/Jacob Popowicz d. Gerald Mirabelli/Ben Keiser 6-0, 6-1.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL Dallas 3, Berwick 0

Dallas took care of Berwick to score a win on the road.

James DelPiore paced the Mountaineers with 19 assists.

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DAL: DelPiore 19 assists, 5 digs; Bryce Mattson 12 kills. BER: Matt Cashman 9 kills, 5 digs, 2 assists.

BOYS LACROSSE Delaware Valley 6, Dallas 4

Joey Delamater, Omar Nijmeh, Jesse Goode and Corey Metz all found the back of Delaware Valley’s net but the Mountaineers came up short in a loss from a game played Wednesday. Aaron Kliamovich, Brendan Baloh and Matt Ross all added assists for Dallas, while George Pfeiffer stopped 12 shots in goal to pace the defense.

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD Hanover Area 84, GAR 62

Hanover Area’s depth told the tale of the meet as the Hawkeyes scooped up 21 second or third place finishes to GAR’s nine in a win from a meet held Tuesday.

3200 RELAY: 1. GAR 9:48, 2. HAN. 110 HURDLES: 1. GAR Merth 16.9, 2. HA Williams. TRIPLE JUMP: 1. HA Clemons 38-2, 2. GAR Merth, 3. GAR Crosby. 100 DASH: 1. GAR Maurent 11.3, 2. HA Westawski, 3. HA Jones. 1600 RUN: 1. GAR Oldjeski 5:06, 2. HA Hoslik, 3. HA Eck. SHOT PUT: 1. HA SHeridan 39-10, 2. HA Weil, 3. HA Schiel. 400 DASH: 1. GAR Benton 51.3, 2. HA Williams, 3. HA Kerestes. 400 RELAY: 1. GAR (Benton, Crosby, Abdulquier, Mulan) 47.7. 300 HURDLES: 1. GAR Merth 47.4, 2. HA Lukashinski. DISCUS: 1. HA Schmaill 117’3, 2. HA Scheil, 3. GAR Gresham. 800 RUN: 1. HA Williams 2:11, 2. GAR Olgeski, 3. GAR Rivera. HIGH JUMP: 1. HA Kerestes 6’, 2. HA Clemons, 3. GAR Hawkins. JAVELIN: 1. HA Scheil 117’1, 2. HA Holemgim, 3. GAR Phan. 200 DASH: 1. GAR Maurent 18-5, 2. HA Clemons, 3. GAR Jones. LONG JUMP: 1. GAR Maurent 18-5, 2. HA Clemons, 3. GAR Jones. 3200 RUN: 1. GAR Olgeski 12’, 2. HA Hovlik, 3. HA Tempvine. 1600 RELAY: 1. HA (Taylor, Belcher, Jones, Williams) 4:00, 2. GAR. POLE VAULT: 1. HA McFadden 10-6, 2. HA Hagler, 3. HA Balamonte.

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD Hanover Area 97, GAR 39

Hanover Area finished first in all but four events in a meet held Tuesday, outdistancing GAR by almost 60 points.

3200 RELAY: 1. GAR (Salts, Kaminski, Anton, Keagan) 11:15. 110 HURDLES: 1. HAN Pena 17.8, 2. GAR Lucky. TRIPLE JUMP: 1. HA Jendrezjieski 35-4, 2. GAR Rocha, 3. HA Rebbas. 100 DASH: 1. GAR Taylor 13.4, 2. GAR Rocha, 3. HA Harris. 1600 RUN: 1. HA Kaminski 5:52, 2. HA Eichler, 3. HA Salts. SHOT PUT: 1. HA Sarak 31’, 2. HA Fine, 3. HA Masher. 400 DASH: 1. GAR Caruso 65.5, 2. HA Keagan, 3. HA Hosage. 400 RELAY: 1. GAR (Caruso, Taylor, Rocha, Olgeski) 55.1, 2. HA. 300 HURDLES: 1. HA Renya 60.4, 2. GAR Lucky, 3. GAR McCloe. DISCUS: 1. HA Fine 85’, 2. HA Mashel, 3. HA Sarika. 800 RUN: 1. HA Kiminski 2:37, 2. GAR Olgeski, 3. HA Eichler. HIGH JUMP: 1. HA Jendrzewski 5’, 2. GAR Rocha, 3. HA Fuller. JAVELIN: 1. HA Saraka 62, 2. HA Masher, 3. HA Koweski. 200 DASH: 1. GAR Taylor 28.3, 2. HA Harris, 3. HA Hosage. LONG JUMP: 1. HA Jendrezjieski 16’8, 2. HA Eredlan, 3. HA Rohhas. 3200 RUN: 1. HA Salts 15:16. 1600 RELAY: 1. HA (Anton, Keagan, Harris, McClasky) 4:48, 2. GAR.