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Drew Sechleer scored 16 points and Crestwood took control in the second half on the road to defeat Wilkes-Barre Area 57-42 on Tuesday in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 boys game.
Bryce Vieney and Zayne Dunsmuir added 10 points apiece for the Comets.
Brandon Benjamin led the Wolfpack with 11 points.
Hazleton Area 58, Berwick 44
A combined 40 points for Josian Guerra, Khalid Morrieson and Luke Gennaro led Hazleton Area to a win over Berwick.
Sean Murphy put up a game-high of 19 points along with three 3-pointers for Berwick.
Nanticoke Area 55, Lake-Lehman 28
Jaidyn Johnson scored 19 points put Nanticoke in the win column with a victory over Lake Lehman. Peyton Kepp had 10 points with Owen Brown following with eight points.
Leshawn Hammett led Lehman with seven points and Gavin Paraschak followed with six.
Dallas 90, Tunkhannock 57
A 3-point shooting contest left Tunkhannock on the short end against Dallas.
Austin Finarelli scored 27 points with four 3-pointers and Michael Cumbo added 23 points with three 3-pointers.
Ben Chilson scored 22 points out of the 57 for Tunkhannock with four 3-pointers.
Hanover Area 57, MMI Prep 42
Mike Merth (15 points), Elijah Noe (13) and Jake Zola (10) all finished in double figures to lead the Hawkeyes to a win at home.
The Preppers’ Brendon Brobst led all scorers with 20 points.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Benton 28, Northwest 24
Benton’s Gracey Baker scored 11 points to lead her team against Northwest.
Morgan Hermanofski had a game-high of 12 points for Northwest.
Hanover Area 48, MMI Prep 19
Hanover Area’s Kyleen McCance scored 15 points and Ally Sheridan with 14.
MMI’s Bria Kringe had 12 points.
GIRLS SWIMMING
Wyoming Area 76, Lake-Lehman 72
Ava Menditto, Julia Crane, Bianca Pisano, and Sofia Sabatini all earned victories for the Warriors in a win over Lake-Lehman.
Tunkhannock 117, Nanticoke Area 53
Nine event wins for Tunkhannock led the the Tigers to a win over Nanticoke Area.
The 200 medley relay was won by Emma Holdridge, Samantha Roerig, Victoria Slusark and Amelia Kowalczyk with a time of 2:10.25, which was 30 seconds faster than the Nanticoke Area time.
Casey Cabonilas won the 50 and 100 freestyles for Nanticoke Area.
Berwick 94, Pittston Area 82
Senior Samantha Kaleta scored her 1,000 career point as she contributed to Berwick’s win over Pittston Area.
Pittston Area put up three event wins behind Kacie Fisk, Ella Hoban and Meghan McCawley.
BOYS SWIMMING
Lake-Lehman 64, Wyoming Area 19
Lake-Lehman’s multiple entries per event led to seven first-place finishes. Jackson Kuhar had three wins for the Black Knights.
Wyoming Area’s Benjamin Canfield and Tommy Lynch each picked up a solo win.
Tunkhannock 118, Nanticoke Area 46
Tunkhannock’s Josh Gaudet won the 200 yard IM and the 500 freestyle.
Hugo Panecatl picked up two wins for Nanticoke Area in the 100 butterfly and the 200 freestyle.
Berwick 70, Pittston Area 57
Berwick won seven events in its victory.
Thomas Andrews won the 100 butterfly and the 200 freestyle, while also being a part of the 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay winning teams.
Pittston Area’s Jake Grzech won three event and Josiah Lyons added another win.
COLLEGES
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Wilkes 3, York 0
Paul Binner recorded 10 of the Colonels’ 33 kills on the night as Wilkes earned a 25-11, 25-15, 25-12 sweep on the road without ever trailing.
Binner set career-highs in kills and assists (nine). Noah Taylor added nine kills while Jacob Mages (four aces) and Cody Smith (six kills) also set new career-highs.
Messiah 3, King’s 0
The Monarchs dropped their MAC Freedom opener on the road 25-13, 25-16, 25-16.
Jared Piontkowski led King’s with eight kills. George Back had 12 assists.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Crestwood 57, Wilkes-Barre Area 42
CRESTWOOD (57) — Tyler Oresick 2 2-4 7, Drew Sechleer 5 2-2 16, Chaz Wright 1 2-5 4, Joe Gzemski 2 0-1 4, Bryce Vieney 4 2-5 10, Sam Balliet 2 0-0 4, Zayne Dunsmuir 2 6-6 10, Michael McLaughlin 1 0-0 2, Declan Palmiero 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 14-23 57.
WILKES-BARRE AREA (42) — Waarithi Oseni 2 0-2 4, Brandon Benjamin 4 3-3 11, Mike Andrzejewski 0 0-0 0, Samir Hill 2 4-6 8, Kaleb Spade 0 0-0 0, Jacob Horga 1 1-2 3, Terrell Timothy 0 0-0 0, Bryan Clarke 2 2-3 6, Gavin Gruden 0 0-0 0, Markell Parnell 5 0-0 10. Totals 16 10-16 42.
Crestwood`7`18`16`16 — 57
Wilkes-Barre Area`8`13`8`13 — 42
Three-point goals — CRE 5 (Sechleer 4, Oresick); WBA 0
Hanover Area 57, MMI Prep 42
MMI PREP (42) — Ryan Sones 2 4-4 8, Chance Eyerly 0 1-2 1, Thomas Mayernik 1 1-2 3, Brendon Brobst 8 0-0 20, Carson Valkusky 3 0-1 6, Caden Pease 2 0-0 4. Totals 16 6-9 42.
HANOVER AREA (57) — Elijah Noe 5 0-0 13, Mike Merth 5 1-2 15, Jake Zola 4 2-2 10, Andrew Fleming 1 1-1 3, Sedrick Beasley 0 1-2 1, David Popson 4 0-0 8, Steven Florek 2 0-0 4, Kenny Daniely 1 0-0 3. Totals 22 5-7 57.
MMI Prep`11`12`10`9 — 42
Hanover Area`11`15`16`15 — 57
Three-point goals — MMI 4 (Brobst 4); HAN 8 (Merth 4, Noe 3, Daniely)
Hazleton Area 58, Berwick 44
HAAZLETON AREA (58) — Josiah Guerra 6 1-2 14, Luke Gennaro 5 0-0 12, Eliud Lopez 1 0-0 2, Khlaid Morrieson 6 2-4 14, Joe Marshall 1 4-4 6, Sammy Guzman 1 0-0 2, Nick Hebel 1 0-0 2, Chris Catrone 2 2-3 6, Nikoli Santiago 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 9-13 58.
BERWICK (44) — Jackson Smith 1 0-0 2, Sean Murphy 8 0-0 19, Graham Marshman 1 0-0 2, Billy Hanson 0 0-0 0, Matt Loncznski 2 2-3 7, Ryen Steele 1 0-0 3, Tahsjee Taylor 1 2-4 4, Miles Doll 2 3-5 7. Totals 16 7-12 44.
Hazleton Area `17`12`15`15 — 58
Berwick `2`14`16`12 — 44
Three-point goals — HA 3 (Guerra, Gennaro 2). BER 5 (Murphy 3, Loncznski, Steele).
Nanticoke Area 55, Lake-Lehman 28
NANTICOKE AREA (55) — Chris Johnson 2 1-1 5, Peyton Kepp 4 0-0 10, Owen Brown 4 0-0 8, Gavin Turak 1 0-0 2, Jaidyn Johnson 6 7-8 19, Caleb Butczynski 2 1-2 5, Liam Mullery 0 0-0 0, Ethan Spencer 2 0-0 4, RJ Brogan 1 0-1 2, PJ Remley 0 0-0 0, Josh Stockton 0 0-0 0, Noah Divers 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 9-12 55.
LAKE-LEHMAN (28) — Gavin Paraschak 3 0-0 6, Corey Bean 0 0-0 0, Seth Berry 1 0-0 2, Cole Morio 3 3-7 9, Ahmad Dabsheh 0 0-0 0, Ben Dowling 0 0-0 0, Leshawn Hammett 3 0-0 7, Jake Herceg 2 0-0 4, Travis Jones 0 0-0 0, Chris Sholtis 0 0-0 0, Hayden Evans 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 3-7 28.
Nanticoke Area`16`14`16`9 — 55
Lake-Lehman`4`6`4`14 – 28
Three-point goals — NAN 2 (Kepp 2). LAKE 1 (Hammett).
Dallas 90, Tunkhannock 57
DALLAS (90) — Austin Finarelli 10 3-7 27, Nick Nocito 6 0-0 13, Jackson Wydra 5 0-0 10, Darius Wallace 1 2-2 4, Michael Bufalino 3 0-0 6, EJ Matushek 0 1-2 1, Michael Cumbo 10 0-0 23, Angelo Zarola 1 0-0 2, Nicholas Williams 1 0-1 2, Jacob Seymour 0 0-0 0. Totals 38 6-12 90.
TUNKHANNOCK (57) — Shane Macko 4 0-0 11, Nicholas DeMarco 0 1-2 1, Benjamin Chilson 8 2-3 22, Josh Bown 3 0-2 8, Garrett Yuhas 1 4-4 6, Ryan Van Ness 0 0-0 0, Colin Madan 0 0-0 0, Dylan Mateus 3 0-2 9, Nathaniel Spudis 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 7-13 57.
Dallas`26`25`13`16 — 90
Tunkhannock`22`22`7`6 — 57
Three-point goals — DAL 8 (Finarelli 4, Nocito, Cumbo 3). TUNK 12 (Macko 3, Chilson 4, Brown 2, Mateus 3).
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Benton 28, Northwest 24
BENTON (28) — Callie Nickles 0 0-0 0, Alyssa Cumberland 1 0-0 2, Emma Shires 0 1-5 1, Lilly Whitenight 1 0-0 2, Ava Hortkorn 0 0-0 0, Marlyne Lindner 0 0-0 0, Gracey Baker 3 5-9 11, Anna DiLossi 0 0-0 0, Rylan Hartkorn 2 1-2 5, Cadence Karcher 3 0-0 7. Totals 10 7-16 28.
NORTHWEST (24) — Morgan Hermanofski 4 3-6 12, Carleigh Miner 1 2-4 4, Karsyn Miner 0 3-4 3, Ashlyn Slusarczyk 0 0-0 0, Angelina DiPino 2 0-2 4, Taylor Noss 0 0-0 0, Jordin Bowman 0 1-2 1. Totals 7 9-18 24.
Benton `4`9`8`7 — 28
Northwest`2`8`3`11 — 24
Three-point goals — BEN 1 (Karcher). NA 1 (Hermanofski).
Hanover Area 48, MMI Prep 19
HANOVER (48) — Riley Corbett 0 0-0 0, Madison Elick 2 0-0 4, Kayla Gist 2 0-0 4, Brenna Slusser 2 0-0 5, Kyleen McCance 5 0-0 15, Izzy Curcio 0 0-0 0, Ally Sheridan 6 2-2 14, Alana Hughes 0 0-0 0, Tasha Kelly 0 0-0 0, Flora Tirado 0 0-0 0, Amaya Shutes 4 0-0 8. Totals 21 2-2 48.
MMI (19) — Chlose Allen 2 0-0 4, Silvia Roberto 0 0-0 0, Bria Kringe 4 1-6 12, Emily Borchick 0 1-2 1, Ava Putnan 0 0-0 0, Angelica Jimenez 0 0-0 0, Pheobe Bramley 1 0-1 2. Totals 7 2-9 19.
Hanover Area`21`16`2`9 — 48
MMI Prep `2`3`10`4 — 19
Three-point goals — HAN 4 (Slusser, McCance 3). MMI 3 (Kringe).