Wyoming Area's offense picked up later in the game, scoring five times in the last two innings to beat Nanticoke Area 5-1 on Monday in Wyoming Valley Conference softball.
Arianna Gaylord went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI for Wyoming Area. Allison Layland was 2-for-3 with a triple. Alexa Gasek got a triple and had an RBI. Maggie Hallman also got a triple.
Gasek pitched the entire game and struck out nine.
Lilli Nice had two doubles and an RBI for Nanticoke Area. Azariah Muhammed had a double and a single.
Holy Redeemer defeated Hanover Area 16-1
Abby Williams hit a home run, doubled, and had four RBI as Holy Redeemer won in three innings.
Grace Stetz-Madden was 2-for-3 with four RBI. Bella Boylan got 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 won against Bethlehem Liberty 8-2
Chris Florentino hit a home run and brought in three runs as Hazleton Area defeated Bethlehem Liberty in a Sunday game.
Florentino finished 3-for-3. Dominic Marino and Antonio Doganiero each got a double and knocked in a run. Jonas Aponick had two singles and an RBI. The Cougars broke 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 defeated Wyoming Area 4-1
Brandon Wozniak pitched 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 defeated Holy Redeemer 4-0
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 each had a single for Redeemer.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Nanticoke Area won against Elk Lake 3-1
After losing the first set 25-21, Nanticoke Area came back to win the next three sets with scores of 25-5, 25-16, 25-17.
Liam Mullery (11 kills), Brady Rushton (25 assists), and Zach Zubritski (6 kills) led Nanticoke Area.
Elk Lake's top performers were Braeden Johnson (6 blocks, 2 kills, 2 aces), Josh Astacio (3 blocks, 1 kill, 1 ace), and Isaiah Jones (3 blocks, 2 kills).
Berwick won against Lackawanna Trail with scores of 25-20, 25-17, 25-22.
Berwick's top performers were 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).
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 swept Dallas with scores of 25-17, 25-16, 25-20.
Johnnathan Rocha (12 kills, 6 blocks), Joshua Rocha (14 kills, 3 assists, 5 digs), George Sabatini (11 kills) led Holy Redeemer.
Mark Atherton scored 10 points and had 6 digs, while Jack Wasiakowski provided 42 assists, 4 digs, and 3 aces to lead the victory.
BOYS LACROSSE
Scranton Prep defeated Wyoming Seminary with a score of 18 to 16.
Scranton Prep narrowly beat Wyoming Seminary with Brady Holmes scoring six goals, Will McPartland contributing four, and Mackey Lynett adding three.
Chris Ramey scored two goals for the Cavaliers.
Jack Herron had five goals and three assists for Seminary. Tadeas Bezdek scored four goals, Matt Swartz scored three times, and Mike McHugh scored twice.
Misericordia secured a victory against Lebanon Valley with a final score of 9 to 3.
Misericordia completed a series sweep with a win at Lebanon Valley.
Connor Maryniak struck out six batters over 5.1 innings to earn the win and also hit a solo homerun.
COLLEGES
BASEBALL
Brock Bollinger hit a solo homerun and Joe Comins had two hits.
H.S. SOFTBALL
Wyoming Area defeated Nanticoke Area with a final score of 5 to 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 dominated Hanover Area in a three-inning game with a final score of 16 to 1.
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 defeated Bethlehem Liberty with a final score of 8 to 2.
Liberty: AB R H BI
Gonzalez cf 2 1 2 0
Lanids cf 1 0 0 0
(Sunday)
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 defeated Wyoming Area with a final score of 4 to 1.
Wyoming Area: AB R H BI
Snyder p-cf 4 1 1 0
Mi.Rusinchak cf 2 0 0 0
(Sunday)
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
Redeemer`AB`R`H`BI
Quaglia p-ss`3`0`0`0
Cisney ss-p`2`0`0`0
(Sunday)
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
Wyoming Area started scoring only late in the game, managing to score five times in the final two innings and beat Nanticoke Area 5-1 on Monday in Wyoming Valley Conference softball.
Widdick`3.1`1`0`0`1`3
N.Innamorati (W)`3.2`2`0`0`3`1