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Tunkhannock softball wins showdown with Wyoming Area

Holy Redeemer wins Division 3 softball title on Morgan Bienkowski’s perfect game

DALLAS &#8212; Wyoming Area broke a scoreless tie with two outs in the top of the seventh on Wednesday, beating Dallas 3-0 to capture the WVC Division 2 baseball title.The division crown is the first in more than a decade for the Warriors (9-2 WVC), who last won in 2004 during coach Ron Musto&#8217;s first stint leading the program. Musto returned to the team this year.Tyler Dougherty came up with an RBI single with two outs in the seventh to push the winning run across. Marty Michaels and Zach Lopatka followed with run-scoring singles of their own for some insurance.Lopatka and Dallas&#8217; Jordan McCrum turned in one of the season&#8217;s best mound duels. Lopatka allowed just three hits and struck out five while McCrum fanned seven with both pitchers going the distance.A.J. Sweppenheiser had two hits for the Mountaineers (5-6). Dougherty singled twice for the Warriors and Jeremy Zezza added a double.Hazleton Area 9,Pittston Area 0Joe Baran and Kyle Rogers came through on senior day as Baran pitched a four-hit shutout and Rogers homered twice in their final regular season home game.Rogers finished 3-for-3 with four RBI and also hit a double that nearly went for a third home run. Baran struck out 11 for his third complete-game victory.Tyler Jackson doubled to lead the Patriots (3-9).The Cougars (11-1) hold a one-game lead over Wyoming Valley West (9-1) atop Division 1. The Spartans have two games in hand, hosting Coughlin today and Crestwood on Monday.Hazleton Area will face Valley West on Tuesday at Spartan Stadium to close out the regular season.Wyoming Area 3, Dallas 0Wyoming Area`AB`R`H`BILopatka p`3`0`1`1Lescavage ss`4`0`0`0Kopcza 1b`2`0`0`0Mitchell 1b`0`0`0`0Gushka 3b`3`0`0`0Bonita rf`0`0`0`0Charney dh`2`1`0`0Zezza lf`2`0`1`0Nardell pr`0`0`0`0EMusto c`3`0`0`0Dougherty 2b`3`1`2`1Kaslavage pr`0`0`0`0Michaels cf`3`1`1`1Totals`25`3`5`3Dallas`AB`R`H`BIGiacometti ss`3`0`1`0McCrum p`3`0`0`0Simpson c`2`0`0`0Yurko 3b`2`0`0`0Barrett 2b`3`0`0`0Sweppenhsr lf`3`0`2`0CHuntingtn 1b`0`0`0`0Elston dh`2`0`0`0Tomko pr`0`0`0`0Martin cf`2`0`0`0Orlandini ph`0`0`0`0Wargo rf`3`0`0`0Totals`23`0`3`0Wyoming Area`000`000`3`&#8212;`3Dallas`000`000`0`&#8212;`02B &#8212; ZezzaWyo. Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KLoptka (W, 4-0)`7.0`3`0`0`3`5Dallas`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KMcCrum (L, 3-2)`7.0`5`3`1`2`7Hazleton Area 9, Pittston Area 0Pittston`AB`R`H`BIDelaney cf`3`0`1`0DeLucca p`2`0`0`0Pisack 1b`3`0`1`0OFier ss`3`0`0`0Gattusso lf`0`0`0`0Adkins p`0`0`0`0Turonis dh`3`0`0`0Jackson rf`2`0`1`0Zuba ph`1`0`0`0Malampy 2b`1`0`0`0Walker ph`1`0`0`0Melochick 3b`1`0`0`0Merithew ph`1`0`0`0Swartz c`2`0`1`0Shamnoski c`0`0`0`0Totals`23`0`4`0Hazleton`AB`R`H`BIKlein cf`1`1`0`0Panzarella ss`2`1`1`0Biasi 1b`3`1`1`1John c`2`1`0`0Rogers rf`3`3`3`4Budgeon lf`2`1`0`0Heller ph`1`0`0`0Arias 3b`2`0`0`0Pietrzyk ph`1`0`1`0Baran p`0`0`0`0Cara dh`4`0`0`2Porpiglia 2b`2`1`0`0Totals`23`9`6`7Pittston`000`000`0`&#8212;`0Hazleton`202`221`x`&#8212;`92B &#8212; Jackson, Panzarella, Biasi, Rogers; HR &#8212; Rogers 2Pittston`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KDeLcca (L, 1-2)`2.2`2`4`3`9`3Adkins`3.1`4`5`4`2`0Hazleton`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KBaran (W, 4-0)`7.0`4`0`0`2`8

Wyoming Area baseball clinches Division 2 title