Local Roundup: Pittston Area softball handed first loss of the season
By John Erzar,
2024-05-16
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North Pocono scored in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 2-1 victory Thursday over Pittston Area in a non-conference softball game, handing the Patriots their first loss of the season.
Pittston Area finished the regular season at 16-1 and will be the top seed in the District 2 Class 5A playoffs. North Pocono finished 15-5 and will be either the second or third seed in Class 4A.
Pittston Area scored its only run on a solo homer by Gianna Adams in the third inning. She had two of her team’s five hits. Gabby Gorzkowski had a double and single and Lili Hintze had a single.
Adams struck out 16. North Pocono pitcher Amelia Bell had 12 strikeouts.
Holy Redeemer 6, Western Wayne 0
Anne Carter struck out nine and Abby Williams drove in three runs as Holy Redeemer capped its regular season with a non-conference win.
The Royals (12-8) will be the third seed in the District 2 Class 3A playoffs. Western Wayne (7-12) will slot in as either the fifth or sixth seed.
Williams had a triple and double. Bella Boylan doubled and had two RBI. Carter also contributed an RBI.
Berwick 3, Crestwood 2
Berwick scored in the bottom of the seventh to edge Crestwood.
Gabby Starr and Emma Welsh each had an RBI for Berwick. Casey Carro had a double and single and scored twice. Welsh and Alyssa Lewis also finished with two hits apiece.
Alexa Toniatti tripled and had Crestwood’s only RBI. Ella Richards and Allison Babula each had a double.
Crestwood finished its regular season at 6-14 and will be the sixth seed in the District 2 Class 5A playoffs. Berwick (14-6) will be the fourth seed in Class 4A and finishes its season with a game with Hazleton Area on Friday.
BASEBALL
Nanticoke Area 1, Tunkhannock 0
Derek Miller drove in the game’s only run in the fifth inning as Nanticoke Area edged Tunkhannock.
Brandon Wozniak pitched 2.2 innings of relief for the win. Miller tossed the final inning for the save. Along with starter Chet Beggs, the three pitchers held Tunkhannock to two hits.
Serafino Raggi had a double for Nanticoke Area, which finished with four hits.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Holy Redeemer 3, West Scranton 0
Holy Redeemer swept West Scranton 25-9, 25-17, 25-13 in a District 2 Class 2A quarterfinal match.
Leading the Royals were Joshua Rocha (13 kills, 4 points, 1 assist), Johnnathan Rocha (9 kills, 2 blocks),
Mike Dubaskas (6 kills, 6 blocks) and Donato Strish (13 points, 1 assists, 3 digs).
Jose Benitez (4 kills), Jacob Muracco (3 kills) and Jonathan Camacho (5 assists) paced the Invaders.
COLLEGES
MEN’S TRACK
Billings paces Misericordia
Richard Billings won at 200m to lead Misericordia to a ninth-place finish at the AARTFC Championships at Cortland.
Billings ran 21.36 to help the Cougars compile 27 points to finish ninth of 44 teams.
Stephen Rowley (31:03) finished second at 10,000m and Matthieu Brunelle set a school record (7.18m) while finishing third in the long jump.
Dylan Blackwell, Billings, Jacob Hunter and Jarod Cipriano (42.01) were sixth in the 4×100 and Owen McGuffey set a school record (15.21) while finishing ninth in the 110m hurdles.
WOMEN’S TRACK
Snyder leads Misericordia
Alexandra Snyder won the javelin to lead Misericordia at the AARTFC Championships at Cortland.
Snyder (37.54) helped the Cougars finished tied for 11th in the 43-team field with 22 points.
Valerie Badger added a seventh-place finish in the javelin. Grace Gallagher (37:30) was third at 10,000m.
Kristin Gallagher (2:17.24) finished sixth at 800m while Grace Morningstar was eighth.
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