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Daniella Ranielli scored 20 points to lead host Pittston Area to a 41-11 victory over Wyoming Area in a girls high school basketball game between archrivals.
Lili Hintze chipped in 10 points for the Patriots.
Wyoming Area was led by Morgan Slusser, Addison Gaylord and Abby Sterba with three points each.
Pittston Area used a 17-point second quarter to break open a two-point game and went in at halftime with a 27-6 lead.
Ranielli was awarded the Tom Tigue MVP Award for Pittson Area, while Gaylord was awarded the Tony Denisco MVP Award for Wyoming Area.
Riverside 33, Berwick 32
Lillie Pon scored 14 points to lead host Riverside over Berwick.
Berwick was led by RaeAnna Andreas with 14 points.
Hazleton Area 59, North Pocono 56
Kaitlyn Bindas scored 16 points to lead visiting Hazleton Area past North Pocono.
Also scoring in double figures for the Cougars were Alexis Reimold with 14, Kayla Lagowy with 13 and Sophia Benyo with 10.
North Pocono was led by Ella Clementoni with 21.
Wyoming Seminary 54, Old Forge 30
Ella Stambaugh scored 17 points to lead host Wyoming Seminary past Old Forge.
Also scoring in double figures for the Blue Knights were Claire Griffin with 11 and Ellie Parra and Lexy Lichtenstein with 10 points each.
Old Forge was led by Talia Piragus and Jewlya McCullon with 13 points each.
Scranton 63, Nanticoke 41
Zya Small scored 27 points to lead host Scranton past Nanticoke.
Nanticoke was led by Claire Aufiero with 15 points.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Berwick 72, Hanover Area 53
Jace Degroat scored 22 points to lead visiting Berwick over Hanover Area.
Billy Hanson and Kaden Hickman each chipped in 15 for the Bulldogs.
Hanover Area was led by Noah Dewey with 19 and Steven Florek with 17. Lael Hayward added 11.
BOYS SWIMMING
Wyoming Seminary 60, Wilkes-Barre Area 33
Wyoming Seminary swept all 12 events to defeat visiting Wilkes-Barre Area.
Jack Heisler (200-yard freestyle, 100 back), Kevin Yang (500 freestyle, 200 IM), Harry Feng (50 free, 100 free) and Zhantore Akylbekov (100 butterfly, 100 breaststroke) all posted two individual victories.
GIRLS SWIMMING
Wyoming Seminary 64, Wilkes-Barre Area 29
Wyoming Seminary swept all 12 events to defeat visiting Wilkes-Barre Area.
Abigail Ryu (200 IM, 100 backstroke), Ava Betnar (200 freestyle, 500 freestyle) and Trinity Kong (100 butterfly, 100 breaststroke) all scored two individual victories.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wyoming Seminary 54, Old Forge 30
OLD FORGE (30) — Talia Piragus 6 1-3 13, Leah Domiano 1-2 8, Jewlya McCullon 3 6-8 13, Danica Pritchyk 0 0-0 0, Ava Arnold 0 1-2 1, Lilianna Lenceski 0 0-0 0, Mia Fox 1 0-0 2. Totals 9 9-15 30.
WYOMING SEMINARY (54) — Maya Gross 1 0-0 3, Lexy Lichtenstein 5 0-0 10, CLaire Griffin 4 1-2 11, Ella Stambaugh 6 4-4 17, Ellie Parra 4 0-0 10, Ellie Kersey 1 0-0 3, Hayler Smeraldi 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 5-6 54.
Old Forge`6`2`13`9 — 30
Wyoming Seimary`17`23`8`6 — 54
3-point FGs: OF (McCullon 2) 2, WS (Griffin 2, Stambaugh, Kersey) 5.
Scranton 63, Nanticoke Area 41
NANTICOKE AREA (41) — Amiah Ceruti 1 0-0 3, Caitlyn Majiros 2 4-6 8, Kate Reed 2 2-4 6, Claire Aufiero 6 0-0 15, Marli Donahue 0 0-0 0, Nevaeh Baran 2 0-2 4, Jordyn Johnson 1 1-2 3, Verazin 1 0-0 2. Toatls 13 7-14 41.
SCRANTON (63) — Madely O’Shea 2 0-0 5, Eyinah Smith 0 0-0 0, Chrissy Jacklinski 3 0-0 7, Kennedy Bittenbender 0 0-0 0, Finley Bittenbender 4 0-0 12, Molly Gaffney 0 0-0 0, Zya Small 13 1-2 27, Aniyah Hebron 1 0-0 2, Maggie O’Shea 2 0-0 5, Canyah Randle 1 0-0 2, Kamryn Alers 1 0-0 3. Totals 26 1-2 63.
Nanticoke Area`13`15`5`8 — 41
Scranton`23`12`15`8 — 63
3-point FGs: Nan (Aufiero 3, Ceruti) 4, Scr (F. Bittenbender 4, Madelyn O’Shea, Jacklinski, Alers, Maggie O’Shea) 8
Hazleton Area 59, North Pocono 56
HAZLETON AREA (59) — Sophia Benyo 3 4-4 10, Jayla Eberts 0 0-0 0, Kylee Forschner 0 0-0 0, Hailey Yost 0 0-0 0, Kaitlyn Bindas 7 2-4 16, Olivia Williams 1 0-0 2, Evelyn Shults 2 0-0 4, Melina Gregory 0 0-0 0, Kayla Lagowy 5 0-0 13, Alexis Reidmold 5 4-6 14. Totals 23 10-14 59
NORTH POCONO (56) — Celia Delesare 3 4-5 10, Ella Celmentoni 6 7-7 21, Kylie Mastillo 5 1-2 11, Autumn Koch 2 2-2 6, Abby Leachitsky 2 1-2 5, Aleah Quinn 0 1-2 1, Paige Dyme 0 0-0 0, Alexis Silva 0 2-2 2. Totals 18 18-22 56.
Hazleton Area`13`18`13`15 — 59
North Pocono`15`12`9`20 — 53
3-point FGs: HAZ (Lagowy 3) 3, NP (Clementoni 2) 2.
Riverside 33, Berwick 32
BERWICK (32) — RaeAnna Andreas 6 0-0 14, Carly Ochs 1 0-2 2, Kaylie Fraind 0 0-0 0, Alysa Lewis 0 0-0 0, Grace Robbias 2 0-0 4, Gabby Starr 2 4-6 9, Lybi Switzer 1 0-0 2, Emma KInger 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 2-8 32.
RIVERSIDE (33) — Alexa Williams 2 0-0 5, Lillie Pon 5 4-5 14, Zoey Zimorowocz 2 0-2 5, Megahn Tigue 0 0-0 0, Cassidy Merrifield 2 3-3 7, Caitie Beecham 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 7-10 33.
Berwick`2`8`7`15 — 32
Riverside`7`14`5`7 — 33
3-point FGs: Ber (Andreas 2) 2, Riv (Williams, Zimorowicz) 2.
Pittston Area 41, Wyoming Area 11
WYOMING AREA 11 (11) — Morgan Slusser 1 0-0 3, Addison Gaylord 1 1-4 3, Krea Bonita 0 0-0 0, Maggie Haallman 0 0-0 0, Abby Streba 1 1-2 3, Shannon Kearns 0 0-0 0, Gionna Deyarmin 0 0-0 0, Kendall Day 0 0-0 0, Marissa Gavek 0 0-0 0, Erica Gilligan 0 0-0 0, Alexa Gacek 0 2-2 2. Toatls 3 4-8 11.
PITTSTON AREA (41) — Daniela Ranieli 7 3-4 20, Maddie Karp 2 0-0 4, Giuliana Latona 1 0-0 2, Rowan Lazevnick 0 0-0 0, Lili Hintze 4 0-0 10, Ella O’Brien 0 1-2 1, Grace Callahan 0 1-4 1, KAten Chernouskas 0 0-0 0, Gabby Roman 0 0-0 0, Carlina Lizza 1 0-0 3, Bella Dessoye 0 0-0 0, Julia Long 0 0-0 0. Totals 15, 5-10 41.
Wyoming Area`4`2`4`0 — 11
Pittston Area`10`17`14`0 — 41
3-point FGs: WA (Slusser) 1, PA (Ranieli 3, Hintze 2, Lizza 1) 6.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Berwick 72, Hanover Area 53
BERWICK (72) — Billy Hanson 6 2-5 15, Noah Marquez 2 1-2 5, Kaden Hickman 7 0-0 15, Julian Howie 2 1-2 5, Jace Degroat 6 4-4 22, Carlos Guzman 0 0-0 0, Matt Powers 4 0-2 10, BRck Sealy 0 0-0 0. TOtals 27 8-15 72.
HANOVER AREA (53) — Lael Hayawrd 5 0-5 11, Andrew Kistner 0 0-0 0, Malucho Doroney 0 0-2 0, Jadyn Coleman 1 1-2 3, Steven FLorek 6 4-2 17, Noah Dewey 8 3-1 19, Grenad Williams 2 0-0 4. Totals 22 6-21 53.
Berwick`13`27`14`18 — 72
Hanover Area`12`12`15`14 — 53
3-Point FGs: Ber (Jose Degroat 6, Powers 2, Hickman, Hanson) 10, HA (Florek 3, Hayward) 4.