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Wyoming Valley West’s J.J. White joined elite wrestling company on Friday night.
The Spartan junior won his 132-pound bout against Honesdale by fall for career victory No. 100. Not only did he reach the milestone, but he did so without being hit with a loss to a wrestler in all of District 2.
With a 33-4 record this season, White became the first wrestler from the Wyoming Valley Conference to reach the 100-win milestone as a junior and not have a loss to a D2 opponent since Meyers’ Vito Pasone did so in his junior campaign in 2011.
White will be looking for his third straight District 2 Class 3A gold medal next weekend at Hazleton Area High School. He also joined Hanover Area’s D.J. Erickson and Lake-Lehman’s Bob Long as those have reached the 100-win milestone this season in the Wyoming Valley Conference.
There are four senior grapplers from the WVC, who are over 100 wins after getting there last year. Hazleton Area’s Shane Noonan, Dallas’ Steven Newell, Tunkhannock’s Tommy Traver, and White’s teammate David Krokowski are well over 100 wins.
Hazleton Area’s Charles Everdale currently sits at 99 career victories and can reach triple digits at districts.
The Spartans fell to the Hornets, 39-35 in their dual season finale.
Sems leads prep tournament
Wyoming Seminary sits in first place at the Pennsylvania Independent Schools Wrestling Tournament at Malvern Prep with 13 points and 14 semifinalists. The Blue Knights, who are looking for their 13th straight state championship, are 24 points ahead of second-place and host Malvern Prep.
For the Blue Knights, Nick Fea (106), Troy Spratley (113), Lachlan McNeil (120), Drew Munch (126), Beau Bartlett (132), Jonathan Miers (138), Connor Kievman (145), Benny Baker (152), Jake Stefanowicz (160), Cole Rees (170), Darrien Roberts (182), Austin Cooley (195), Jake Kaminski (220) and Mike Leyland (285) all advanced to the state semifinals.
The tournament wraps up on Saturday with the semis set for 9 a.m. and the finals to be held at 2 p.m. The top wrestlers in each weight will advance to next weekend’s National Prep Tournament at Stabler Arena on the campus of Lehigh University to close out the prep schedule.
BOYS SWIMMING
Dallas 105, Meyers 29
The Mountaineers were led by Jason Puza, JR Redmond, Zachary Blockus and the Kevin Allen. The group helped win the 200 medley relay while Allen also helped win the 200 free relay and won the 200 free on his own.
Redmond and Blockus also helped win the 400 freestyle relay. Blockus also won the 100 fly and Redmond won the 100 free. Puza took first in the 100 back.
Lake-Lehman 57, Wyoming Valley West 56
The Black Knights squeaked past Wyoming Valley West thanks to Logan Kuhar.
Kuhar won the 200 IM and 100 back events while also competing on the winning 200 medley relay and 200 free relays.
Tunkhannock 135, Wyoming Area 21
In a meet held Thursday, Dylan Mislevy led the Tigers with wins in the 100 fly and 100 back.
GIRLS SWIMMING
Dallas 147, Meyers 26
Melissa Leonard helped win the 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays for Dallas. Leonard also won the 500 freestyle and the 200 freestyle on her own.
Wyoming Valley West 93, Lake-Lehman 78
Wyoming Valley West knocked-off Lake-Lehman thanks to big performances from Tayler Tieken and Sydney Bruno-Beck.
The two helped the Spartans win the 200 medley relay and individually Tieken took first in diving while Bruno-Beck won the 500 free.
Tunkhannock 118, Wyoming Area 48
Tunkhannock was defeated the Warriors on Thursday night with help from Camryn Rogers.
Rogers helped win the 200 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay. Individually, she won the 100 freestyle.
H.S. GIRLS BASKETBALL
Northwest 71, Blue Ridge 31
The Rangers defeated Blue Ridge by 40 points in a non-league game.
Brenna Babcock was dominant as she scored 34 points for Northwest, outscoring the entire Blue Ridge team.
COLLEGES
MEN’S SWIMMING
Misericordia
Aidan Bergan was the top finisher for the Misericordia men’s swim team with a third place showing in the 50 free (21.26).
Ricky Averill was seventh in the 200 IM (2:00.05) and Jason Winters finished 15th in the 500 free (4:56.02).
Danny Chlebove, Averill, Logan Fluegel and Bergan were sixth in the 200 medley relay (1:27.55).
MU is seventh of 11 teams with 86 points.
Wilkes
The day started with preliminary rounds in the morning and Trey Harloff qualified for the B final as he finished in 10th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.68 to break his own program record.
Three Colonels qualified for the 50 Freestyle B final in Jared Byrne, Joseph Antolick and Nick Martino. Byrne touched the wall in 21.85 to qualify in 10th as he also broke his own program record from earlier this season. Antolick and Martino placed in 15th and 16th respectively during the prelims.
Wilkes would set one more program record on the evening, this time in the 200 Freestyle Relay, when Martino, Justin Burda, Antolick and Byrne finished in seventh with a time of 1.28.14
Wilkes currently sits in sixth place out of 12 teams after two days of competition.
WOMEN’S SWIMMING
Misericordia
Grace Nikolski and Mary T Nikolski led the Misericordia University women’s swim team on the second day of the MAC Championships, Friday at the Graham Aquatic Complex in York.
Grace Nikolski finished seventh in the 200 IM (2:13.11) while Mary T Nikolski was ninth in the 50 free (5:20.30).
Sierra Schertler (25.41) finished 13th in the 50 free and Maggie Yount was 16th in the 500 free.
Kate Bernauer, Andrea Carlson, Kaitlyn Weatherby and Schertler (1:40.79) were fourth in the 200 medley relay.
The Cougars are currently fifth of 12 teams with 123 points.
Wilkes
The day began with preliminary rounds in the morning where Abby Keating qualified in ninth and beat her own program record in the 200 IM by finishing in 2:15.61 to earn a spot in the eight swimmer B final in the evening session.
Wilkes currently sits in ninth place out of 12 teams after the second day of competition.
BASEBALL
Misericordia sweeps 2-game set with Shenandoa
Misericordia opened the season with a 7-5, 16-4 sweep at Shenandoah.
The Cougars scored five runs in the sixth to come-from-behind in the opener and erupted for nine runs in the sixth inning in the nightcap.
Steve Weisensee put the Cougars ahead in the opener with a two-run single in the top of the sixth.
Zach Mason earned the win in relief while Kyle Melahn tossed two shutout innings to pick up the save.
Steve Weisensee, Dalton Emerich and Sean Lyons were a combined 9-9 with six RBI in the nightcap.
Tom Jacob earned the win in relief in the second game.
WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY
Utica 8, Wilkes 0
Utica held a decisive 74-6 shot advantage controlling most of the game in their offensive end. Ally Joly finished with a season-high 66 saves in net for Wilkes. The 66 saves were also a Middle Atlantic Conference high in saves for a goalie this season.
H.S. GIRLS BASKETBALL
Northwest 71, Blue Ridge 31
NORTHWEST (71) — Brenna Babcock 11 8-13 34, Reagan Harrison 6 0-0 14, Maddie McLendon 3 0-0 6, Kennedy Yaple 2 0-0 5, Cassidy Crawford 1 1-2 3, Tess Edwards 1 1-2 3, Trista Babcock 1 0-0 2, Dashawnna Jones 1 0-0 2, Lindsey Thomas 0 0-0 0, Maggie Miller 0 0-0 0, Kendra Saxton 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 10-17 71.
BLUE RIDGE (31) — Danielle Goff 6 0-0 12, Anna Bonner 2 0-0 5, Ashley Torres 2 0-0 4, Savannah Glover 1 1-2 3, Cameron Phelps 1 0-0 3, Rayne Glover 1 0-0 2, Kara Wdowiak 1 0-0 2, Alexis Parks 0 0-0 0, Kaylyn Lewis 0 0-0 0, Reese Allen 0 0-0 0, Christie Baldwin 0 0-0 0, Savannah Carvin 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 1-2 31.
Northwest`19`12`22`18 — 71
Blue Ridge`10`6`3`12 — 31
Three-point goals — NW 9 (Babcock 4, Harrison 4, Yaple); BR 2 (Phelps, Bonner).