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Dylan Gearinger, Bulldogs edge Wyoming Valley West

Nick Klimchok made 32 assists and Tyler Klienbach pounded 13 kills as Wyoming Valley West swept Berwick, 25-11, 25-18, 25-15 in a high school boys volleyball match Monday at Berwick.Klienbach added 11 service points and blocked seven shots to spark the Spartans.Joe Burridge finished with 11 service points, including two aces, and made three kills for Valley West. Klimchok also had two aces among his nine service points.Holy Redeemer 3, Tunkhannock 0Mike Mouse recorded 12 service points and two digs as the Royals rolled past Tunkhannock 25-4, 25-9, 25-3.Adam Zipko finished with four kills, Mark Liskowicz added three kills and Ben Rachilla recorded two kills to the victory.Max Hardy had one block and one dig, Alex Clark had three assists and Daulton Cavanaugh finished with one dig and one kill for Tunkhannock.COLLEGE SPORTSKing&#8217;s Gimbi named Freedom Conference &#8220;Pitcher of the Week&#8221;King&#8217;s College senior Ryan Gimbi was named the Freedom Conference Baseball &#8220;Pitcher of the Week&#8221;.This is the second straight week a Monarch pitcher has been honored by the conference after Andrew Fisher was named &#8220;Pitcher of the Week&#8221; last week. Gimbi pitched a complete-game two hitter to lead King&#8217;s to an 8-3 victory in the second game of Saturday&#8217;s doubleheader with Delaware Valley. He struck out eight and walked just two. After the second inning he allowed just one runner to reach base retiring 12 batters in a row at one point.TENNISWilkes tennis teams get NCAA pairingsThe Wilkes University men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s tennis teams learned its opponents in the upcoming NCAA Tennis Championships.The Colonel men will face Grove City College on Thursday at a time to be announced at the host site Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The Wilkes women will take on The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) on Friday at a time to be announced at the host site Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts.WRESTLINGCekicin recieves MAC Giants Steps AwardThe Middle Atlantic Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) has announced King&#8217;s College freshman wrestler Fjoralb Cekici is one of three recipients of the 2015 MAC Giant Steps Award. He will be honored Tuesday at the 14th Annual MAC Awards Luncheon at Hood College, Frederick, Md.The MAC Giant Steps Award is given to individuals who have overcome adversity while still succeeding in life, who use sports as a vehicle for positive social change, who break down barriers to provide opportunities to those who follow behind them, and individuals who inspire us to do great things using the positive aspects of sport.Fjoralb Cekici, a wrestler at King&#8217;s, grew up in Albania living with his grandparents and learning to do masonry work. His father passed away at a young age, and his mother moved to America when he was only seven years old. Cekici was reunited with his mother six years ago after the passing of his grandfather in Albania. The passing of his grandfather was hard for him to endure, and moving to a new country [America] where he did not know the language made things more difficult.MU athletes earn ECAC bidsFour Misericordia University athletics teams have earned bids to the Eastern Collegiate Athletics Conference.The MU softball team is seeded second and will host Penn State-Harrisburg in a first round game, Wednesday. The men&#8217;s lacrosse team is seeded fifth and will visit Marywood while the sixth-seeded women&#8217;s lacrosse team will travel to McDaniel.The women&#8217;s tennis team is seeded third and will play Drew at Juniata, Saturday.

Nick Klimchok, Tyler Klienbach are Wyoming Valley West’s one-two punch in win