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EXETER &#8212; Lake-Lehman picked up four pins en route to a 48-24 victory over Wyoming Area on Thursday night in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 meet.Jake Tomolonis (152 pounds), Garrett Kolb (120), Mike Slivinski (220) and Dylan Meehan (126) all won via pins for the Black Knights (2-0 Division 2), while Tommy Williams (182) and Kaleb Konigus (285) picked up wins by decisions.The premier match of the dual came at 132 for the Warriors (0-2) when Pat Heck defeated R.J. Driscoll by decision, 6-2. Driscoll won the gold at last weekend&#8217;s WVC Tournament at 126, while Heck took second at 132.Southern Columbia 41, Benton 31The Tigers dropped the dual, but got pins from Cole Rhone (120), Mason Wyatt (145), Tyler Puterbaugh (160) and Dylan Womelsdorf (285).LOCAL COLLEGESBASEBALLCougars honoredThree Misericordia baseball players have been named to the d3baseball.com 2016 Preseason All-America team.Cory Vogeli was named to the first-team while Chris Boroch and Ryan Dorosh received honorable mentions.Misericordia finished 31-13 a year ago and won their fifth consecutive Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom Championship. The Cougars open the 2016 season at Shenandoah on February 27 and will participate in the inaugural Clemente Cup in Puerto Rico in March.MENS SWIMMINGMessiah 188, King&#8217;s 66 Arcadia 166, King&#8217;s 82King&#8217;s dropped both ends of a tri-meet to host Messiah and Arcadia in Grantham.Bryce Groshardt won the 100-breaststroke at 56.96, as well as the 100-freestyle at 49.97. He was also fourth in the 200-individual medley with a 2:09.42.WOMENS SWIMMING Messiah 205, King&#8217;s 51Arcadia 167, King&#8217;s 81King&#8217;s lost two meets to host Messiah and Arcadia during a tri-meet.Katie Fitch was third in the 1000-freestyle with a time of 11:49.39 and was also fourth in the 500-freestyle at 5:48.41. Rachel Jonas placed third in the 100-breaststroke at 1:15.45. Hannah Oney touched third in the 200-breaststroke with a 2:41.88 and was fourth in the 100-breaststroke at 1:15.59.WRESTLINGWilkes 38, Penn College 10A pair of Wyoming Valley Conference grads, Bobby Hawkins and Zac Faust, each won by fall at 165 and 285 pounds, respectively as No. 23 Wilkes took seven of 10 bouts.Wilkes improves to 11-4 overall following the win while Penn drops to 5-5 overall on the year. The win also marked win No. 298 of head coach Jon Laudenslager&#8217;s career at Wilkes.WOMENS BASKETBALLKing&#8217;s alumni game setSome of the top players in King&#8217;s women&#8217;s basketball history will return to Scandlon Gymnasium on Saturday when the Lady Monarch Alumni Game takes place at 11 a.m. The game will then be followed by the King&#8217;s women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s teams hosting Eastern in a Freedom Conference doubleheader scheduled for 1 and 3 p.m.A minimum of 20 players are expected to return, including NCAA Division III All-Americans Elaine Colyer, Heather Medashefski, Denise Igo, Nikki Kingston, Jen Wozniak and Tiffini Varrasse.Other players who made significant contributions to the program include Maureen McGovern, Tracie Bellas, Christine Galella, Cathy Monte, Fran Monte, Carissa Ryan, Katie Bowes, Nina Magan, Molly Dahl, Kyley Henry, Brittany Muscatell, Celia Rader, Samantha Simcox, Marissa Manning and Katie Dugan.H.S. WRESTLINGLake-Lehman 48, Wyoming Area 24106 &#8212; Robert Long (LL) won by forfeit; 113 &#8212; Austin Schuler (LL) won by forfeit; 120 &#8212; Garrett Kolb (LL) pinned Robin Wrobleski at 1:31; 126 &#8212; Dylan Meehan (LL) pinned Tyler Martin at 5:13; 132 &#8212; Patrick Heck (WA) dec Rodney Driscoll 6-2; 138 &#8212; Bob Lipski (LL) won by forfeit; 145 &#8212; Shane Eslick (WA) won by forfeit; 152 &#8212; Jake Tomolonis (LL) pinned Jaryn Polit-Morgan at 1:09; 160 &#8212; Stephen Sokach-Minnick (WA) won by forfeit; 170 &#8212; Zachary Briggs (WA) pinned Chris Hadsall at 1:38; 182 &#8212; Tom Williams (LL) dec Adam Buczynski 9-7; 195 &#8212; Justin Joseph (WA) dec Kristopher Rosencrans 7-2; 220 &#8212; Michael Slivinski (LL) pinned Nicholas Tomlinson at 1:31; 285 &#8212; Kaleb Konigus (LL) dec Damon Barhight 4-1.Note: Match started at 152 poundsSouthern Columbia 41, Benton 31106: Jaret Lane (SC) maj dec Joe Klock 10-1; 113: Alan Diltz (Ben) maj dec Shane Casey 9-0; 120: Cole Rhone (Ben) pinned Ethan Knoebel 1:14; 126: Colton Babcock (Ben) dec Jake Renn 9-4; 132: Michael Miner (SC) maj dec Justin Wagner 9-0; 138: Todd Lane (SC) dec Michael Stuart 3-1; 145: Mason Wyatt (Ben) pinned Noah Bloom 5:28; 152: John Gembic (SC) won by forfeit; 160: Tyler Puterbaugh (Ben) pinned Anthony Scicchitano 2:54; 170: Kevin Olvaney (SC) won by forfeit; 182: Blake Marks (SC) won by forfeit; 195: Steve Toczylousky (SC) pinned Jeremy Walsh 3:08; 220: Andrew Bell (SC) pinned Jared Sivco 5:02; 285: Dylan Womelsdorf (Ben) pinned Connor Fullmer 2:59Note: Match started at 106 pounds<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader Sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLSports</shirttailMeta></div>

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