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Saturday’s Wyoming Valley American Legion action featured a perfect game at the prep level and a combined no-hitter in senior play.

Back Mountain’s Zach Paczewski earned the perfect game in a 3-0 prep win over Swoyersville while Hazleton’s Gabe Colyer and Jatnk Diaz combined on a no-hitter in a 9-0 senior victory against Nanticoke.

Paczewski threw 58 pitches as he and the defense behind him didn’t allow a baserunner for his first Legion perfect game. He struck out five. Infielders Brad Kugler and Jude Nocito both had five put-outs to lead the team. Nocito added an RBI double.

For Hazleton, Colyer started and went five innings for the win, striking out eight with three walks. Diaz took over in the sixth and closed out the no-no, walking two with one strikeout.

Stripes & Strikes used an eight-run second inning to blow the game open. Colyer added two hits at the plate while Lance Book added two of his own with an RBI. Johnathan Pozniak drove in two runs while Collin Eisenhower doubled.

LITTLE LEAGUE

DISTRICT 16

MAJOR SOFTBALL

Mountain Top 4, Nanticoke 3

Jordan Andrews tripled and homered and Allyson Babula added a triple of her own to lead Mountain Top. Charlene Daisey got the win and shared pitching duties with Kendall Petrosky.

Lilli Nice pitched for Nanticoke, which got two hits from Kiki Sekvelsky. Sisters Trinity and Peyton Graboske shined in the field.

H.S. BASEBALL

Field of Dreams postponed

Today’s Field of Dreams doubleheader between Wyoming Valley Conference and Lackawanna League seniors has been postponed and rescheduled for June 30 at PNC Field.

The twinbill features one game between smaller schools and another between bigger schools in the two District 2 leagues.

SENIOR LEGION

Hazleton 9, Nanticoke 0

Nanticoke`AB`R`H`BI

Polanco ss`2`0`0`0

Brown lf`3`0`0`0

Stefanski 3b`2`0`0`0

Herald c`2`0`0`0

Sura p`3`0`0`0

Ormes 2b`2`0`0`0

Rowley cf-p`1`0`0`0

Quaglia rf`2`0`0`0

Metric 1b`2`0`0`0

Totals`19`0`0`0

Hazleton`AB`R`H`B

Mason ss`1`2`0`0

Martinez ph-ss`1`0`0`0

Zientek 2b`1`1`1`1

Wilson 2b`1`0`0`0

Amentler cf`1`1`0`1

Keselicka rf-lf`2`1`0`0

Pietrzyk 1b`2`1`1`1

Eisenhower 1b`2`0`1`1

Schell 3b`3`1`1`1

Diaz 3b-p`1`0`0`0

Genao rf`2`0`0`0

Skuba rf`2`0`0`0

Pozniak lf`1`1`1`2

Boitel lf`2`1`0`0

Colyer p-1b`3`0`2`0

Book c`2`0`2`1

Buchman c`2`0`0`0

Totals`29`9`9`8

Nanticoke`000`000`0 — 0

Hazleton`081`000`x — 9

2B — Eisenhower

Nanticoke`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO

Sura, L`1.1`2`7`6`7`1

Rowley`4.2`7`2`2`0`1

Hazleton`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO

Colyer, W`5.0`0`0`0`3`8

Diaz`2.0`0`0`0`2`1

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