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The District 2 Girls Tennis Team Championships will begin on Wednesday with two Class 2A matches.
Ninth-seeded MMI Prep will play at eighth-seeded Montrose at in a play-in match while No. 7 Berwick travels to No.2 Scranton Prep in a quarterfinal match. Both begin at 4 p.m.
There will be two Class 2A quarterfinals at 4 p.m. Thursday — No. 6 Dallas at No. 3 Wyoming Area and No. 5 Holy Cross at No. 4 Tunkhannock. The MMI Prep/Montrose winner will play at top-seeded Wyoming Seminary 4 p.m. Friday in the quarterfinals.
The Class 3A quarterfinals are at 4 p.m. Thursday. No. 8 Pittston Area is at No. 1 Crestwood, No. 5 West Scranton is at No. 4 Wallenpaupack, No. 6 North Pocono plays at No. 3 Delaware Valley and No. 7 Valley View is at No. 2 Abington Heights.
The Class 2A and 3A semifinals and finals will be Tuesday at Kirby Park. The Class 2A semifinals are at 12:30 p.m. with the title match at 3 p.m. The Class 3A semifinals are at 11 a.m. with the championship match at 2 p.m.
Crestwood 4, Tamaqua 1
Hannah Ziegler, Cameron Carlos and Ella Richards won in straight sets for Crestwood in singles competition.
Lucy Malia and Kendall Petrosky won at No. 2 doubles 6-2, 6-2.
FIELD HOCKEY
Pittston Area 12, Berwick 0
Maddie Karp scored her 25th goal of the season and the 60th of her career as Pittston Area shut out Berwick.
Karp finished with four goals — two unassisted and two assisted by Kassie Kobi and Giulana Latona.
Lola Serino and Julia Homschek each had three goals. Jenna Zaladonis and Karinne Podwika each had a goal and an assist. Angelina Stuccio added an assist. Goalie Karlie Podwika made three saves.
Dallas 5, Nanticoke Area 0
Maggie Smith scored two unassisted goals and assisted two more as Dallas defeated Nanticoke Area.
Smith assisted Brianna Casey with Dallas’ first goal and assisted Kate Dautrich with the last goal.
Caitlyn Mizzer had a goal in the third quarter off an assist by Lacey Youngblood. Goalies Davyn Bonvie and Lily Morse combined for the shutout.
Wallenpaupack 4, Hanover Area 1
Olivia Karp had a goal and two assists as the Buckhorns defeated Hanover Area.
Sophie Fontano, Ava Caruso and Ava Hoffman also scored for Wallenpaupack. Krysta Sherve scored for Hanover Area off an assist by Kelsey Ryan.
GIRLS SOCCER
Lake-Lehman 12, Hanover Area 1
Kinley Purdy scored three times and had two assists for Lake-Lehman.
Ashley Hudak added three goals. Ava Blazes and Betsy DiGiovanni each had two goals and an assist. Lexi Peiffer had a goal and an assist. Grace Martin had a goal, while Kiera Lucarino and Mia Stillarty each had two assists. Ava Jones also had an assist.
Ava Willis scored for Hanover Area.
BOYS SOCCER
Wilkes-Barre Area 5, Wyoming Valley West 4
Miguel Galeno scored early in the second overtime to give Wilkes-Barre Area a victory.
Galeno also assisted Johnny Mendola with two of his three goals. Robbie Miller also scored for the Wolfpack.
Chase Evanofski had two goals for Wyoming Valley West and assisted Noah Fetko with a goal that forced overtime. Andrew Stanitis also scored for the Spartans.
Hazleton Area 3, Crestwood 0
Julian Cartwright gave the Cougars the lead for good with a first-half goal while Brady Znachko and Radames Cordero added insurance markers in the second half.
Gus Canizares came up with six saves for the shutout.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Berwick 3, Holy Redeemer 1
Berwick defeated Holy Redeemer 25-23, 25-21, 23-25, 25-11 to take over first place.
Leading Berwick were Angie Colone (4 aces, 14 service points, 8 kills, 17 digs), Jaiden Laidacker (4 aces, 11 service point), Zoey Force(14 service points, 19 digs, 2 assist) and Makayla Brown (23 assists, 14 digs).
Bella Boylan (15 kills, 2 blocks, 2 assists, 12 digs, 13 points) and Megan Albrecht (5 kills, 21 assists, 6 blocks, 10 digs) led Redeemer.
Wilkes-Barre Area 3, Pittston Area 1
The Wolfpack battled back from a first set loss to defeat Pittston Area 19-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-10.
Norah Corchado (12 kills, 6 service points), Jazym Espinoza (18 service points) and Makiya Vanderburg (6 kills) led Wilkes-Barre Area.
Tunkhannock 3, Pittston Area 0
Tunkhannock swept Pittston Area 25-9, 25-18, 25-11.
Top players for Tunkhannock included Maddie Holdredge (2 kills, 2 aces, 2 digs), Olivia Yuhas (15 assists) and Hayden Driscole (8 digs, 5 kills).
Dallas 3, Hanover Area 0
Dallas won by scores of 25-10, 25-11, 25-11.
Leading Dallas were Ava Adams (11 kills, 10 service points, 4 aces, 1 block), Lydia Sutton (6 kills), Lilly Horsefield (10 digs, 8 service points, 4 aces) and Karly Kovitch (5 digs, 5 service points, 1 ace, 8 assists).
Pacing Hanover Area were Amanda MacLunny (4 service points, 2 aces), Flora Tirado (2 kills) and Ilyssa Rinehimer (1 block, 1 service point).
Wyoming Area 3, Valley View 1
The Warriors won 25-16, 25-22, 22-25, 25-15.
Leading the way were Madison Spittel (5 aces, 12 digs), Taylor Gashi (9 aces, 15 kills, 17 digs), Kaia Brown (7 aces, 10 assists, 3 digs), Sara Pealer (8 kills, 2 digs), Ava Boyle (15 assists), Ella Biscotto (7 digs), Angelina Littzi (6 digs), Marissa Giardina (8 digs), Kenzie Galenty (8 digs).
COLLEGES
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Delaware Valley 3, King’s 1
The Monarchs dropped a MAC Freedom matchup on the road by scores of 25-15, 25-21, 22-25, 25-23.
Kathy Shepherd and Jessica Menze had eight kills apiece for King’s. Morgan Williams finished with 42 digs while Keely Hoban had 15 assists.
GIRLS TENNIS
Crestwood 4, Tamaqua 1
Singles: 1. Hannah Ziegler (CRE) def. Emma Ziajka 6-1, 6-0; 2. Cameron Carlos (CRE) def. Bradyn Brothers 6-2, 6-3; 3. Ella Richards (CRE) def. Chloe Ryan 6-0, 6-3.
Doubles: 1. Gabby Eroh/Megan Linkhorst (TAM) def. Paicey Clower/Darin Khuseyn 6-1, 4-6, 10-8; 2. Lucy Malia/Kendall Petrosky (CRE) def. Destiny Steinmetz/Serenity Sanchez 6-2, 6-2.
FIELD HOCKEY
Pittston Area 12, Berwick 0
Berwick`0`0`0`0 — 0
Pittston Area`4`3`2`3 — 12
First: 1. PA, Lola Serino (Karinne Podwika) 10:58; 2. PA, Maddie Karp (Kassie Kobi) 7:43; 3. PA, Karp 6:25; 4. PA, Karp 3:05; Second: 5. PA Karp (Giulana Latona) 13:17; 6. PA, Julia Homschek 8:47; 7. PA, Serino (Angelina Stuccio) 3:16; Third: 8. PA, Podwika 12:50; 9. PA, Julia Homschek 11:13; Fourth: 10. PA, Homschek 6:41; 11. PA, Serino (Jenna Zaladonis) 3:15; 12. PA, Zaladonis 0:32.
Shots: BER 3, PA 24. Saves: BER 12, PA 3 (Karlie Podwika). Corners: BER 3, PA 11.
Dallas 5, Nanticoke Area 0
Dallas`0`2`2`1 — 5
Nanticoke Area`0`0`0`0 — 0
Second: 1. DAL, Brianna Casey (Maggie Smith) 12:22; 2. DAL, Maggie Smith 5:37; Third: 3. DAL, Maggie Smith 11:11; 4. DAL, Caitlyn Mizzer (Lacey Youngblood) 4:12; Fourth: 5. DAL, Kate Dautrich (Smith) 6:28.
Shots: NA 6, DAL 16. Saves: NA 11 (Adrianna Monska), DAL 6 (Davyn Bonvie 2/Lily Morse 4). Corners: NA 3, DAL 15.
Wallenpaupack 4, Hanover Area 1
Wallenpaupack`1`1`2`0 — 4
Hanover Area`1`0`0`0 — 1
First: 1. WAL, Sophie Fontano (Olivia Karp) 8:34; 2. HAN, Krysta Shreve (Kelsey Ryan) 3:17; Second: 3. WAL, Ava Caruso (Karp), 2:19; Third: 4. WAL, Karp 14:12; 5. WAL, Ava Hoffman (Allison Sterner) 5:09.
Shots: WAL 25, HAN 3. Saves: Saves: WAL 1 (Ziomara Gilmore) HAN 20 (Ava Malacarne). Corners: WAL 9, HAN 1.
GIRLS SOCCER
Lake-Lehman 12, Hanover Area 1
Hanover Area`0`1 — 1
Lake-Lehman`6`6 — 12
First: 1. LL, Kinley Purdy (Mia Stillarty) 35:43; 2. LL, Purdy (Kiera Lucarino) 22:43; 3. LL, Grace Martin 19:12; 4. LL, Ashley Hudak (Purdy) 12:30; 5. LL, Hudak (Purdy) 11:50; 6. LL, Ava Blazes (Ava Jones) 7:19; Second: 7. LL, Purdy (Lexi Peiffer ) 39:13; 8. LL, Hudak (Lucarino) 36:11; 9. LL, Betsy DiGiovanni (Stillarty) 33:06; 10. LL, Peiffer 31:46; 11. LL, DiGiovanni (Blaze) 29:10; 12. LL, Blazes (DiGiovanni) 26:15; 13. HAN, Ava Willis 7:37.
Shots: HAN 3, LL 28. Saves: HAN 16 (Caitlyn Vigorito), LL 2 (Kathryn Morgan/Morgan Brelsford). Corner: HAN 2, LL 6.
BOYS SOCCER
Wilkes-Barre Area 5, Wyo. Valley West 4 OT
Wilkes-Barre Area`2`2`0`1 — 5
Wyoming Valley West`2`2`0`0 — 4
First: 1. WBA, Johnny Mendola (Miguel Galeno) 14:05; 2. WVW, Andrew Stanitis (Aidan Kaminsky) 20:27; 3. WVW, Chase Evanofski 22:45; 4. WBA, Mendola (Galeno) 35:35; Second: 5. WBA, Mendola (Aiden Witczak) 61:37; 6. WVW, Evanofski 64:08; 7. WBA, Robbie Miller (Mendola) 64:28; 8. WVW, Noah Fetko (Evanofski) 65:15; Second OT: 9. WBA, Galeno (Diego Leva), 91:38.
Shots: WBA 16, WVW 33. Saves: WBA 10 (Joe Egidio), WVW 4 (Sky Davis) Corners: WBA 3, WVW 7.
Hazleton Area 3, Crestwood 0
Crestwood`0`0 — 0
Hazleton Area`1`2 — 3
First half — 1. HAZ, Julian Cartwright (Ricky Parades). Second half — 2. HAZ, Brady Znachko (Otoniel Romero); 3. HAZ, Radames Cordero (PK).
Shots — CRE 6; HAZ 8. Saves — CRE 5 (Jacob Price); HAZ 6 (Gus Canizares). Corners — CRE 8, HAZ 7.
