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Wyoming Area softball season ends in loss to Berwick on Friday

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Abington Heights knocks off Pittston Area in PIAA District 2 baseball tourney

SHIPPENSBURG &#8211; The top performers from successful girls seasons at Wyoming Area and Pittston Area concluded their seasons Friday and Saturday at the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Track and Field Championships.Pittston Area&#8217;s Olivia Giambra and Wyoming Area&#8217;s Marcyssa Brown were in the last set of field events to be decided, competing together in the Class AAA triple jump Saturday afternoon.The rest of the Greater Pittston athletes completed their state meet Friday.Mia Cain from Pittston Area had the best of Friday&#8217;s finishes, ending in a five-way tie for 12th out of 25 high jumpers.The senior was among 19 to advance when six jumpers were unable to make the initial height of 5-0. Three more went out at 5-2.Cain was among five jumpers who cleared 5-2, but were unable to make 5-4. Because they all had the same number of misses, the five girls tied for 12th place.Pittston Area sophomore Taryn Ashby, who, like Cain, Giambra and Brown made the meet by surpassing a state qualifying standard at the District 2 championship, was 20th of 30 in the javelin with a throw of 114-1.The Pittston Area 3200 and Wyoming Area 400 relay teams made it to Shippensburg as District 2 champions.Pittston Area came in 10th out of 15 in its heat and 21st out of 29 overall. The team of Samantha Mayers, Madison Mimnaugh, Liz Waleski and Tara Johnson came within a second of its district winning time, finishing in 9:56.31.Wyoming Area placed fifth out of seven in its heat and 24th out of 30 overall. The team of Jalen Rhodes, Jillian Spak, Vanessa Shedlock and Brown completed the race in 50.90 seconds.Pittston Area came in second in both the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 standings and District 2 Class AAA Championships this season. Wyoming Area won the WVC Division 2 title and was third in District 2 Class AAA.

Pittston Area, Wyoming Area girls conclude track season at state meet