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Hot shooting night leads Hazleton Area girls to first District 2 title since 2010

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District 2 Class 3A Wrestling Tournament at a GlanceSaturday&#8217;s ScheduleSemifinals, 10 a.m.Finals, 3 p.m. (approximately)At Stake: The top four finishers in Class 3A advance to the Northeast Regional Tournament at Liberty H.S. in Bethlehem next weekend, while the top three in 2A move on to the regional at Williamsport H.S.Admission: $6 adults, $4 adults for the dayTeam Scores1. Scranton 101.5; 2. Tunkhannock 91; 3. Hazleton Area 75; 4. Delaware Valley 71; 5. West Scranton 63; 6. Wallenpaupack 55; 7. Dallas 52.5; 8. Abington Heights 43.5; 9. Coughlin 41; 10. Crestwood 37; 11. Honesdale 36.5; 12. Wyoming Valley West 28.5; 13. Pittston Area 23; 14. Berwick 13Semifinal matchups106Noah Sirrianni, Abington Heights vs. David Gavek, TunkhannockDavid Krokowski, Wyoming Valley West vs. Jake Maurer, Hazleton Area113Josh Rivera, Scranton vs. Jared Slack, West ScrantonKade Kravits, Dallas vs. Josh Beeman, Tunkhannock120Will Evanitsky, Scranton vs. Mike McKinney, Delaware ValleyBrandon Rinehimer, Crestwood vs. Troy Russell, Honesdale126Tommy Traver, Tunkhannock vs. Jake Brown, CoughlinChris Lasecki, Hazleton Area vs. Jeremiah Oakes, Hazleton Area132Josh Brown, Coughlin vs. Rui Evanitsky, ScrantonJimmy Hoffman, Hazleton Area vs. Dakota Quick, Tunkhannock138Chris Starinsky, Pittston Area vs. Shawn Jones, Delaware ValleyAnthony Martoccio, Hazleton Area vs. Bubba Novak, West Scranton145Bill Manley, Tunkhannock vs. Mike Brown, CoughlinJimmy Forsette, West Scranton vs. Keith Lowery, Hazleton Area152Mike Manley, Tunkhannock vs. Steven Newell, DallasAidan McNally, Scranton vs. Tyler Moraski, Delaware Valley160Dalton Ray, Tunkhannock vs. Gabe Laucella, Delaware ValleyXavier Barber, Dallas vs. Nick Carr, Abington Heights170Andrew Burgette, Scranton vs. TJ Pashinski, Wyoming Valley WestJeremy Seymour, West Scranton vs. RJ Korfmann, Delaware Valley182Todd Frick, Wallenpaupack vs. Reginald Dickey, ScrantonAlec Dragos, Honesdale vs. Cole Dixon, Dallas195Carson Kinney, Hazleton Area vs. Adam Wellard, Abington HeightsJack Harrity, West Scranton vs. Sam Rice, Tunkhannock220Kyle Hartman, Wallenpaupack vs. Ricky Stevens, TunkhannockJack Malia, Scranton vs. John McCarthy, Delaware Valley285Simon Ubera, Scranton vs Danny Burkhart, DallasThomas Lamb, Delware Valley vs Zach Rode, WallenpaupackFastest FallsKyle Hartman, Wallenpaupack (220 pounds, :20)Tommy Traver, Tunkhannock (126 pounds, :30 and :55)Cory Yashinski, Wyoming Valley West (132 pounds, :31)Alec Talanca, Berwick (126 pounds, :33)Simon Ubera, Scranton (285 pounds, :36)Michael Ortiz, Wallenpaupack (138 pounds, :41)Cole Dixon, Dallas (182 pounds, :47)Ricky Stevens, Tunkhannock (220 pounds, :47)Taylor Chronowski, Coughlin (152 pounds, :52)Jason DeBoard, Pittston Area (160 pounds, :52)Anthony Krug, Wallenpaupack (152 pounds, :53)Dalton Ray, Tunkhannock (160 pounds, :53)Jack Dardia, Delaware Valley (126 pounds, :53)Jack Malia, Scranton (220 pounds, :53 and :30)John McCarthy, Delaware Valley (220 pounds :55)Gino Coffay, Pittston Area (285 pounds, :55)Stat of the DayIn the championship rounds, Scranton picked up 11 falls, while Tunkhannock only netted five. That&#8217;s a difference of 22 points. The Tigers trail the Knights by 20 in the race for the team title.Upset of the DayPittston Area&#8217;s Chris Starinsky, who entered unseeded, knocked off the No. 1 seed in the 138-pound bracket, Jake Richards from Tunkhannock winning in overtime 6-4.<style>
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