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Elena Lagoski is getting better and better as a member of the Michigan State University women&#8217;s gymnastics team.The 5-foot-1 junior, a Wyoming Valley West grad, took first in floor exercise (9.900), tied for third on balance beam (9.800) and tied for fourth on vault (9.775) as the Spartans dropped a tough 195.700-195.175 decision to Penn State last Saturday in East Lansing. Only an 8.900 on her newest event, the uneven bars, stopped Lagoski from moving up on the All-Around list. She finished with a total 38.375.&#8220;Elena has added the bars to her repertoire this season,&#8221; coach Kathie Klages said. &#8220;She was unable to swing bars in the first half of her career due to an injury.&#8221;Once Lagoski gets the beam down pat, her coach feels that she can really be a viable all-around candidate.&#8220;Elena is a great beam worker and superb floor gymnast,&#8221; Klages said. &#8220;And she has worked extremely hard on her vault and has become one of our top vaulters. We anticipate an outstanding finish to her junior year.&#8221;Lagoski and her teammates will have their work cut out for them when they travel to Ann Arbor Sunday to face Michigan, ranked first in one poll and third in another.Alexis eyes 2,000 pointsPhiladelphia University senior Peter Alexis has scored 1,954 points in his career and has five regular season games plus the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference playoffs to become the fourth player in Rams history to reach the 2,000 point mark. The Holy Redeemer grad currently stands fifth and needs three points to move to fourth. Coach Herb Magee stands in third place with 2,235.Alexis became the seventh Ram player to score 1,000 points and pull down 1,000 rebounds on Jan. 9 when he had 11 in an 80-49 victory over Felician. He stands in fifth place in rebounds with 1,064 and he&#8217;s second in career blocked shots with 242.The Rams are currently 18-5 overall and 11-3 in CACC play.MVP For MaselkevichSenior Kayla Maselkevich was named Most Valuable Player and was named to the All-Tournament team after her Kutztown women&#8217;s bowling team captured the KU Allentown Tournament last Saturday. The Hazleton Area grad posted a tourney-leading 984 total and had a 196.8 average for the five games, the tourney using just the traditional point system. The Golden Bears posted a 4-1 record and had a total of 4,636 with a high game of 946.Last Sunday, Kutztown (47-30) also captured the Baker Point portion of the two-day event. Caldwell finished 4-0 but the Golden Bears won the tourney by total points despite going 3-1.Kutztown hosts the Golden Bear Classic Friday through Sunday in Reading.Pasone leads the wayAppalachian State scored a key 22-15 victory over nationally-ranked Chattanooga last Friday and junior Vito Pasone, a Meyers grad, got the Mountaineers off to a great start by posting a pin at 125 pounds in the first match of the night.The victory lifts App State to 10-3 overall and 5-1 in the Southern Conference while Chattanooga dropped its first league match since 2012 and also stands at 5-1.Pasone is 16-8 overall, 11-2 in dual matches and 6-0 in league matches. He has a 74-40 record for his career.Honor for PolachekFredonia freshman Bobby Polachek was named State University of New York Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week in men&#8217;s hockey on Monday.Polachek, from Kingston (Wyoming Seminary), had a goal and four assists in Fredonia&#8217;s 7-2 victory over SUNY-Canton last Friday. He had an assist on the Blue Devils only score in a 2-1 loss to Canton last Saturday.The 6-foot-4, 210-pound forward has five goals and 14 assists on the season, Fredonia standing 7-11-3 overall and 3-7-2 in conference play.Andress, Parker pitching inJunior Taylor Andress and freshman Steph Parker, both former Berwick High athletes, are key performers with the Lock Haven women&#8217;s swim team.Andress scores points in the distance freestyle and all of the backstroke distances. She&#8217;s with the Lady Eagles&#8217; top 800 free relay.&#8220;Taylor was elected team captain as a junior and has led by example every step of the way,&#8221; coach Joel Blesh said.The versatile Parker competes mainly in the sprint freestyle, the breaststroke and is a member of the 400 free and 400 medleys.&#8220;Steph is one of our game-changing freshmen,&#8221; Blesh said. &#8220;She has contributed heavily in the breaststroke and is a very positive teammate.&#8221;Nardone ready to goMarywood freshman Mia Nardone is set to compete in the Landmark Conference Women&#8217;s Swim Championships starting Friday in Boyd&#8217;s, MD.The Pittston Area grad prepped for the title meet by winning the 50 butterfly, the 50 backstroke and the 200 backstroke in a 157-102 Landmark victory over Goucher Jan. 16 in Scranton.Nardone&#8217;s top event is the butterfly. She&#8217;s seeded fourth in the 200 fly (2:19.40) and fifth in the 100 fly (1:01.46). She&#8217;s also seeded seventh in the 200 back (2:15.05).Freshman Veronica &#8220;Roni&#8221; Shoemaker, a Berwick High grad, will be competing in the freestyle and the breaststroke for the Pacers.Norris hurdles foesEdinboro senior Hilari Norris captured the 60-meter hurdles at the Crimson and Gold Invitational last Friday in Oberlin, OH. Her time was 9.43. The Wyoming Valley West grad had a better time (9.30) when she finished fifth behind two Division I hurdlers, at the Midwest Indoor Open a week earlier at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, OH.Norris is currently ranked 12th in the 60 hurdles on the PSAC performance list with a time of 9.28. She&#8217;ll have the advantage of the home track when Edinboro hosts the league championships Saturday, Jan. 27.Medura with HuskiesThe Bloomsburg women&#8217;s swim team is ranked 20th in NCAA Division II and junior Connie Medura is the top breaststroke swimmer for the Huskies. The Greater Nanticoke Area grad captured the 100 breaststroke (1:09.65) and finished second in the 200 breaststroke (2:31.73) at the John A. Pidgeon Invitational Jan. 29-30 to help Bloomsburg defeat host Indiana and Gannon.Her 200 breaststroke ranks her 20th on the PSAC performance list. She&#8217;s tied for 24th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:09.15.The PSAC Championships are Feb. 18-21 in York.Hicks in the runningThe Middle Atlantic Conference Swimming Championships will start Thursday at the Graham Aquatic Center in York and Widener junior Jeff Hicks stands in the top 10 in four events.Hicks, a Hazleton Area grad, appears to have the best shot for a title in the 100 and 200 freestyle. He&#8217;s rated fifth in the 100 (47.61) and fifth in the 200 (1:46.21). He also stands seventh in the 100 butterfly (54.55) and 10th in the 100 backstroke (56.68).Hicks will also help the Pride in the relays. In the final meet before the championship, he swam a leg on the winning 200 free and 200 medley relays in a 153-108 league victory over Arcadia on Jan. 25.<style>
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College Corner: Elena Lagoski continues to dazzle at MSU