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All District 16 and District 31 Little League Major Baseball games were postponed Tuesday due to rain and moved to Saturday.Since Saturday is the Fourth of July, the games will be played in the morning. Here is the revised schedule for Saturday:&#8226; At Duryea Little League: Pittston City vs. Plains, 9:30 a.m.; Avoca/Dupont vs. Jenkins/Duryea, 11:30 a.m.&#8226; At South Wilkes-Barre Little League: Pittston Twp. vs. Mountaintop, 9:30 a.m.; North Wilkes-Barre vs. South Wilkes-Barre, 11:30 a.m.&#8226; At Back Mountain Little League: Swoyersville vs. Back Mountain American, 9:30 a.m.; Northwest vs. Back Mountain National, 11:30 a.m.&#8226; At Kingston/Forty Fort Little League: West Side vs. Wyoming/West Wyoming, 9:30 a.m.; West Pittston vs. Kingston/Forty Fort, 11:30 a.m.There was hope that the schedule could be played Tuesday to avoid another round of postponements, but heavy rain about 4 p.m. made it impossible to get the games in.District softball and Senior Baseball were also postponed.DISTRICT 31BIG LEAGUE BASEBALLEric Gurzynski threw a one-hitter and struck out seven as Northwest defeated Swoyersville on Monday in the final game of a best-of-three series to win the championship.Northwest advances to the state tournament July 3-7 at Mansfield University.Tyler Harrison had a big day at the plate, going 2 for 3 with a homer and three RBI. Tyler Kolb had two hits and two RBI and scored twice. Hunter Nice had two hits and four RBI. Tyler Long added two hits.DISTRICT 16SENIOR BASEBALLHanover 14, Pittson Area 3In a game played Monday, Kevin Rimmer and Mike Piscotty were both strong on the mound in a five inning victory.Rimmer, Piscotty, Chad Wasickanin, Austin Gately and Jordan Flaim had two hits apiece for Hanover.DISTRICT 31JUNIOR SOFTBALLNorthwest Area 4,Back Mountain 1In a game played Monday, Nikki Cragle went 3-for-4 with a double and twin sister Courtney Cragle finished 2-for-4 in the win. Aleigha Parnell struck out four and benefited from strong defense behind her.Peyton Ross doubled for Back Mountain. The two teams meet at 6 p.m. today for the championship.LEGION BASEBALLTunkhannock 7,Back Mountain 0In a game played Monday, Connor Hulslander threw a three-hit shutout and struck out seven while adding a triple and two RBI at the plate. Lane Ceccarelli had two hits and two RBI while Sean Soltysiak, Brett Soltysiak and Bobby Gilpin all doubled.Charles Giacometti, Cahil Carey and Jordan McCrum each singled for Back Mountain.COLLEGESMU swimmers honoredMisericordia&#8217;s men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s swim teams have earned Scholar All-America Team status by the College Swimming Coach&#8217;s Association of America (CSCAA).The women ranked 26th among Division III schools with a 3.54 team grade-point average while the men&#8217;s squad was tied for 62nd with a 3.15 GPA.LEGION BASEBALLTunkhannock 7, Back Mountain 0Back Mountain`AB`R`H`BIGiacometti ss`3`0`1`0Carey 2b`2`0`1`0Sabatini ph`0`0`0`0Sweppenheiser lf`3`0`0`0Eckert 3b`3`0`0`0Coolbaugh p`0`0`0`0McCrum dh-2b`3`0`1`0Wargo c`3`0`0`0Orlandini cf`2`0`0`0Elston 1b`1`0`0`0Hontz ph`1`0`0`0Oldeack rf`1`0`0`0Jackson ph`1`0`0`0Totals`23`0`3`0Tunkhannock`AB`R`H`BIBSoltysiak rf`4`0`1`1CBrown 2b`3`0`0`0SSoltysiak ss`3`1`1`0Kosty 3b`0`0`0`0Hannon dh`2`0`0`0Gregory pr`0`1`0`0Hughes 1b`2`1`0`0Hulslander p`2`0`1`2Gilpin lf`3`2`1`1Tinna lf`0`1`0`0Muckin cf`1`0`0`0Kozlansky ph`1`0`0`0Ceccarelli c`3`1`2`2Totals`24`7`6`6Back Mountain`000`000`0`&#8212;`0Tunkhannock`001`015`x`&#8212;`72B &#8212; S. Soltysiak, B. Soltysiak, Gilpin; 3B &#8212; HulslanderBack Mtn.`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KCoolbgh (L)`5.0`4`5`3`3`3Hontz`1.0`2`2`2`0`0Tunkhannock`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KHulslndr (W)`7.0`3`0`0`2`7 Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLSports

Rain shifts Little League schedule to Saturday