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Wyoming Area got its offense going late in the game, scoring five times in the final two innings to defeat Nanticoke Area 5-1 Monday in Wyoming Valley Conference softball.
Arianna Gaylord was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI for Wyoming Area. Allison Layland was 2-for-3 with a triple. Alexa Gasek tripled and had an RBI. Maggie Hallman also had a triple.
Gasek pitched a complete game, striking out nine.
Lilli Nice had two doubles and an RBI for Nanticoke Area. Azariah Muhammed had a double and a single.
Holy Redeemer 16, Hanover Area 1
Abby Williams homered, doubled and had four RBI as Holy Redeemer won in three innings.
Grace Stetz-Madden was 2-for-3 with four RBI. Bella Boylan had a triple and two RBI. Katie Genovese singled and had two RBI. Lauren Hayden and Mary Lombardi doubled.
Kayla Gist had a double and Krysta Shreve had a single for Hanover Area’s only hits.
BASEBALL
Hazleton Area 8, Bethlehem Liberty 2
Chris Florentino homered and drove in three runs as Hazleton Area defeated Bethlehem Liberty in a game played Sunday.
Florentino finished 3-for-3. Dominic Marino and Antonio Doganiero each doubled and knocked in a run. Jonas Aponick had a pair of singles and an RBI. The Cougars tore open a close game with five runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Jordan Castrine pitched 3.1 innings of relief for the win. Freshman Jack Esposito got the save.
Nanticoke Area 4, Wyoming Area 1
Brandon Wozniak threw a complete-game one-hitter as Nanticoke Area defeated Wyoming Area on Sunday.
Wonziak finished with six strikeouts. Derek Miller was 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Trojans. Derek Shemanski had an RBI and Tyler Skordensky doubled.
Jacob Snyder had Wyoming Area’s only hit and scored the Warriors’ only run.
Pittston Area 4, Holy Redeemer 0
Beau Widdick and Nick Innamorati combined on a three-hitter as Pittston Area defeated Holy Redeemer on Sunday.
Drew DeLucca had two doubles and scored twice for Pittston Area. Silvio Giardina doubled and had an RBI. Jake Aftewicz singled and had an RBI. Richard Tonte had the Patriots’ other hit.
Luke Kopec, Kayden Stevenson and Zach Schultz all had a single for Redeemer.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Nanticoke Area 3, Elk Lake 1
After dropping the opener 25-21, Nanticoke Area rallied with victories of 25-5, 25-16, 25-17.
Liam Mullery (11 kills), Brady Rushton (25 assists) and Zach Zubritski (6 kills) paced Nanticoke Area.
Elk Lake was led by Braeden Johnson (6 blocks, 2 kills, 2 aces), Josh Astacio (3 blocks, 1 kill, 1 ace) and
Isaiah Jones (3 blocks, 2 kills).
Berwick 3, Lackawanna Trail 0
Berwick won by scores of 25-20, 25-17, 25-22.
Brock Seely (16 kills,9 digs), Jackson Matash (6 aces, 18 service points, 27 assists), Josh Kishbach (13 digs), Carlos Guzman (8 kills) and Jayden Charles (8 digs) paced Berwick.
For Trail, Brayden Jones had 10 service points, 10 assists and seven digs. Eric Van Luvonee had 19 digs and three assists. Wyatt Laytos had six kills.
Holy Redeemer 3, Dallas 0
Holy Redeemer swept Dallas 25-17, 25-16, 25-20.
Johnnathan Rocha (12 kills, 6 blocks), Joshua Rocha (14 kills, 3 assists, 5 digs), George Sabatini (11 kills),
Mark Atherton (10 points, 6 digs) and Jack Wasiakowski (42 assists, 4 digs, 3 aces) paced the victory.
BOYS LACROSSE
Scranton Prep 18, Wyoming Seminary 16
Brady Holmes scored six goals, Will McPartland had four and Mackey Lynett added three as Scranton Prep edged Wyoming Seminary.
Chris Ramey scored two goals for the Cavaliers.
Jack Herron had five goals and three assists for Seminary. Tadeas Bezdek had four goals. Matt Swartz scored three times and Mike McHugh scored twice.
COLLEGES
BASEBALL
Misericordia 9, Lebanon Valley 3
Misericordia finished a series sweep with a win at Lebanon Valley.
Connor Maryniak struck out six over 5.1 innings to earn the win and helped his own cause with a solo homer.
Brock Bollinger added a solo homer and Joe Comins had two hits.
H.S. SOFTBALL
Wyoming Area 5, Nanticoke Area 1
Wyoming Area`AB`R`H`BI
Ad.Gaylord c`4`0`0`0
Hallman rf`4`1`1`0
A.Gasek p`4`1`1`1
Giardina 3b`4`1`2`0
Lewis`0`1`0`0
Ar.Gaylord lf`4`1`2`2
Gula`4`0`0`0
Wardell`0`0`0`0
Brown 1b`3`0`1`0
Slusser 2b`3`0`1`0
Layland ss`3`0`2`0
Totals`33`5`10`3
Nanticoke Area`AB`R`H`BI
Clark cf`4`0`0`0
Eisenhauer rf`3`1`1`0
Nice p`3`0`2`1
Johnson ss`3`0`0`0
Emel 1b`2`0`0`0
Ruminski lf`2`0`0`0
Alles lf`0`0`0`0
Percival 3b`3`0`0`0
Verazin 2b`3`0`0`0
Muhammed`3`0`2`0
Totals`26`1`5`1
Wyoming Area`000`002`3 — 5
Nanticoke Area`100`000`0 — 1
2B — Ar.Gaylord, Nice 2, Muhammed. 3B — Hallman, A.Gasek, Layland.
Wyoming Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
A.Gasek (W)`7`5`1`1`2`9
Nanticoke`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Nice (L)`7`10`5`2`0`3
Holy Redeemer 16, Hanover Area 1 (3 inn.)
Redeemer`AB`R`H`BI
Boylan cf`3`3`2`2
Pecuch 3b`0`2`0`0
Brill 2b`0`1`0`0
Williams ss`2`2`2`4
Carter p`1`2`0`0
Genovese c`3`2`1`2
Gryboski 1b`1`2`0`0
Stetz-Madden`3`1`2`4
Hayden lf`1`1`1`0
Pius lf-rf`1`0`0`0
Lombardi rf-lf`3`0`1`1
Totals`18`16`9`13
Hanover Area`AB`R`H`BI
Malacarne 1b-p`2`0`0`0
Slusser cf`2`0`0`0
Gist ss`1`0`1`0
Vigorito p`1`0`0`0
Murphy 3b`1`0`0`0
Chafin 2b-1b`1`0`0`0
Ponko c`1`0`0`0
Shreve cf-lf`1`1`1`0
Brown rf`1`0`0`0
Totals`11`1`2`0
Holy Redeemer`376 — 16
Hanover Area`001 — 1
2B — Hayden, Lombardi, Williams, Gist. 3B — Boylan. HR — Williams.
Holy Redeemer`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Carter (W)`3`2`1`1`0`4
Hanover Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Vigorito (L)`2.2`9`16`13`8`3
Malacarne`0.1`0`0`0`1`0
Hazleton Area 8, Bethlehem Liberty 2
(Sunday)
Liberty`AB`R`H`BI
Gonzalez cf`2`1`2`0
Lanids cf`1`0`0`0
Evans ss`4`0`1`0
Rivera 1b`3`0`2`1
Pichardo c`3`0`0`1
Piripavel rf`2`0`0`0
Frey rf-p`0`0`0`0
Metzger 2b`2`0`0`0
Matthews 2b`1`0`0`0
Erfle 3b`3`0`0`0
Kensicki dh`3`0`1`0
Aguiar lf`2`1`0`0
Totals`26`2`6`2
Hazleton Area`AB`R`H`BI
Rossi cf`2`1`0`0
Harashack`1`0`1`1
Florentino rf`3`1`3`3
Martoccio 3b`3`1`1`1
Doganiero dh`3`0`1`1
Collevechio`1`0`0`0
Higgins 2b`2`1`1`0
Diaz 2b`0`1`0`0
Ledger c`3`0`0`0
Marino lf`2`1`1`1
Soquiel lf`0`0`0`0
Aponick ss`3`1`2`1
Racho 1b`2`1`1`0
Gil Pena 1b`1`0`0`0
Totals`26`8`11`8
Liberty`101`000`0 — 2
Hazleton Area`012`005`x — 8
2B — Doganiero, Marino. HR — Florentino.
Liberty`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Cruz (L)`5.2`10`7`6`3`4
Frey`0.1`1`1`1`1`1
Hazleton Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Perkosky`2.0`3`1`1`0`2
Castrine (W)`3.1`3`1`0`1`1
Esposito (S)`1.2`0`0`0`2`1
Nanticoke Area 4, Wyoming Area 1
(Sunday)
Wyoming Area`AB`R`H`BI
Snyder p-cf`4`1`1`0
Mi.Rusinchak cf`2`0`0`0
Layland c`3`0`0`0
Fath 2b`2`0`0`0
Wiedl 2b`0`0`0`0
Vacula dh`3`0`0`0
Noone ss`3`0`0`0
Carlin 1b`3`0`0`0
Rogish lf`3`0`0`0
Ma.Rusinchak cf-p`3`0`0`0
Totals`26`1`1`0
Hazleton Area`AB`R`H`BI
Wozniak p`1`0`0`0
E.Ball cf`3`0`0`0
Shemanski c`3`0`0`1
Miller ss`4`0`2`1
Stachowiak 1b`4`0`0`0
Raggi lf`2`0`0`0
D.Ball lf`0`0`0`0
Stout ph`1`0`0`0
Hull lf`0`0`0`0
Skordensky 3b`3`1`1`0
Beggs rf`3`1`1`0
Martinez 2b`2`2`1`0
Totals`26`4`5`2
Wyoming Area`001`000`0 — 1
Nanticoke Area`020`002`x — 4
2B — Skordensky.
Wyoming Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Snyder (L)`2`2`2`2`3`5
Ma.Rusinchak`4`3`2`0`2`5
Nanticoke Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Wozniak (W)`7`1`1`0`4`6
Pittston Area 4, Holy Redeemer 0
(Sunday)
Redeemer`AB`R`H`BI
Quaglia p-ss`3`0`0`0
Cisney ss-p`2`0`0`0
Kopec cf`2`0`1`0
Stevenson c`3`0`1`0
McDermott dh`2`0`0`0
Schultz lf`3`0`1`0
Mazzarella 3b`2`0`0`0
Gordon 1b`3`0`0`0
Hurst 2b`1`0`0`0
Hurst 2b`1`0`0`0
Kelsall cr`0`0`0`0
Krakosky cr`0`0`0`0
Totals`21`0`3`0
Pittston Area`AB`R`H`BI
DeLucca cf`3`2`2`0
D.Innamorati lf`3`0`0`0
Giardina ss`3`1`1`1
Aftewicz c`3`0`1`1
Widdick p-2b`2`0`0`0
Harnen dh`1`0`0`0
Wardecki 1b`3`0`0`0
Tonte 3b`3`0`1`0
Mead rf`2`1`0`0
Barnic cr`0`0`0`0
Cerasaro cr`0`0`0`0
Totals`23`4`5`2
Holy Redeemer`000`000`0 — 0
Pittston Area`102`100`x — 4
2B — DeLucca 2, Giardina.
Holy Redeemer`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Quaglia (L)`3`4`3`2`2`2
Cisney`3`1`1`0`2`2
Pittston Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Widdick`3.1`1`0`0`1`3
N.Innamorati (W)`3.2`2`0`0`3`1