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Daughters of former Wilkes-Barre mayors Kelly Leighton and Erin (McLaughlin) Griffin make a run of their own in Boston Marathon

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Twice is nice for Thompson and Dallas

KINGSTON &#8212; Morgan Bienkowski pitched a no-hitter to lead Holy Redeemer to a 6-0 shutout of Wyoming Seminary Monday in Wyoming Valley Conference softball. A bases on balls was the only runner yielded to the Blue Knights.Bienkowski struck out 17 batters in a seven inning complete game. She helped her cause at the plate with a 2 for 3 performance with a pair of doubles and runs.Kristen Coffay doubled and drove in two runs as part of a 2 for 3 effort.Hazleton Area 11, Crestwood 1Rebecca Rossi ignited the Cougars&#8217; offense with a 4 for 5 performance that spawned three runs. Megan Trivelpiece had two runs and four RBI.Celine Podlosney picked up the win by allowing one earned run and six hits for a complete game.Crestwood received doubles from Mady Heller and Haley Naperkowski.Wyoming Area 4, Dallas 0Wyoming Area&#8217;s Bree Bednarski drove in Julia Kopetchny for the first run of the game with a double in the third inning.Gwen Glatz notched a shutout with three hits allowed and four strikeouts.Kendra Saba had two hits for Dallas.Northwest 14, GAR 1 (5 inn.)Northwest jumped out to eight runs in the top of the first. Brooke Harvey struck out seven to secure the victory. Harvey hit safely three times in four at-bats.Lindsey Quinn garnered a pair of hits for the Grenadiers.Bloomsburg 11, Berwick 1 (5 inn.)Bloomsburg broke open a 1-1 stalemate with 10 runs in the top of the fifth.Berwick&#8217;s Shea Petty went 2 for 3 with an RBI. Sammi Starr recorded a pair of singles.Hazleton Area 11, Crestwood 1Hazleton Area`200`301`5`&#8212;`11Crestwood`000`010`0`&#8212;`1Pitching &#8212; HAZ, Celine Podlesney 7 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 H, 0 BB, 3 K; CRE, Haley Naperkowski, 5 IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 9 H, 4 BB, 0 K; Kate Thomas 2 IP, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 H, 3 R, 0 K2B &#8212; HAZ, Megan Trivelpiece, Erika Book 2; CRE, Mady Heller, Naperkowski.Top hitters &#8212; HAZ, Rebecca Rossi 4-5, 3 runs, RBI; Trivelpiece 2-4, 2 runs, 4 RBI, Book 2-5, 2 RBI; CRE, Heller 1-3, Naperkowski 1-3Holy Redeemer 6, Wyoming Seminary 0Holy Redeemer`103`010`1`&#8212;`6Wyoming Seminary`000`000`0`&#8212;`0Pitching &#8212; HR, Morgan Bienkowski, 7 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 17 K, 1 BB; SEM, Cassidy Graham, 7 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 6 K, 2 BB2B &#8212; HR, Kristen Coffay, Bienkowski 2.Top hitters &#8212; HR, Bienkowski 2-4, 2 runs; Tiana Wren 2-3, Coffay 2-3, 2 RBI; Abbey Shorts 2-3. SEM, Aubry Mytych, walkNorthwest 14, GAR 1 (5 inn.)Northwest`803`03`&#8212;`14GAR`010`00`&#8212;`1Pitching &#8212; NW, Brooke Harvey, 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 7 K, 2 BB; GAR, Lindsey Quinn, 5 IP, 7 H, 14 R, 10 ER, 1 K, 14 BBTop hitters &#8212; NW, Harvey 3-4. GAR, Quinn 2-3Wyoming Area 4, Dallas 0Dallas`000`000`0`&#8212;`0Wyoming Area`003`001`x`&#8212;`4Pitching &#8212; DAL, Maddy Kelley, 6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 K, 2 BB; WA, Gwen Glatz, 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 K, 0 BB2B &#8212; WA, Bree Bednarski.Top hitters &#8212; DAL, Kendra Saba 2-3, Kelley 1B. WA, SAra Coolbaugh 1-2, RBI; Annie Karcutskie 1-3, RBI; Vicky Remley 1-2, RBI<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>

Morgan Bienkowski twirls no-hitter as Holy Redeemer continues to roll