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A Wyoming Valley Conference baseball team hadn&#8217;t thrown a full-contest perfect game in the past decade. Coughlin came that close to doing it twice in the same week.Just two days after Chase Nowak went eight innings without allowing a baserunner, teammate Jacob Lupas only had one reach against him in Wednesday&#8217;s 7-0 win at Tunkhannock.Lupas faced the minimum 21 batters without allowing a walk for a one-hit shutout, striking out four. Nowak continued his big week by going 2 for 4 with three RBI for the Crusaders (3-5).Freshman Nick Reposa had the lone hit for the Tigers (2-5).Lake-Lehman 2,Crestwood 1 (11 inn.)Noah Gorski brought in the game-winning run on a bases-loaded walk in the top of the 11th inning. Lake-Lehman starter Garrett Weston allowed no earned runs in eight innings with no walks and four hits allowed.Tyler Kolb picked up the win in a scoreless three innings of relief for the Black Knights (3-4).James Graves went seven strong for the Comets (5-3), giving up just one hit and striking out three. Jim Albee had two hits.Wyoming Valley West 9,Wyoming Area 1In a matchup of division leaders, the Spartans avenged their only WVC loss from a year ago and handed the Warriors their first loss in league play this time around.Ryan Hogan (2 for 4) drove in four runs to take over the league lead in RBI. Tyler Yankosky went the distance for the win, striking out six as Valley West (7-1) moved two games ahead of Crestwood for first place in Division 1.Cory Lescavage had two hits for the Warriors (6-1), who have a 2.5-game lead in Division 2. Tyler Dougherty and Aaron Lee (RBI) had back-to-back doubles in the seventh.Holy Redeemer 2,Northwest 0The Royals (8-1) avenged their lone WVC loss this season as Sean Wills pitched a three-hit shutout on the road, striking out nine.Tucker Ell (RBI) and Tom Borum had two hits apiece for Redeemer, which moved a half-game ahead of Meyers for first place in Division 3 and two ahead of Northwest (6-3).Dave Piestrak also went the distance on the mound for the Rangers. Eric Evans doubled.Dallas 10, Pittston Area 2J.D. Barrett had a hit in all three at-bats and drove in three runs to help the Mountaineers (4-4) snap a four-game slide. Ryan Martin finished with two doubles, a run and an RBI.Sophomore Nick Kocher notched the win with a three-hit complete game in his first varsity start in WVC play, striking out six.Kyle O&#8217;Fier doubled and two of the three hits for the Patriots (2-6).Hazleton Area 4, Berwick 1The Cougars (3-4) managed just two hits, but both went for extra bases to go with six walks as they scored all four in the first inning. Livan Reinoso tripled home two runs and picked up the save for sophomore Scott Shamany, who earned his first varsity win.Alec Markle had two of the four hits by the Bulldogs (3-5) and also drove in a run.Coughlin 7, Tunkhannock 0Coughlin`AB`R`H`BIChristian cf`2`3`0`0Wozniak ss`3`1`1`1Lupas p`0`0`0`0Nowak dh`4`1`2`3Fettig 1b`4`0`1`1Dressler c`3`1`2`0Dougalas rf`3`0`1`0Cerep lf`3`0`1`1Kozich ph`1`0`0`0Cekolsky 3b`2`0`0`0Hinkle ph`1`0`0`0Gartley 2b`3`1`0`0Totals`29`7`8`5Tunkannock`AB`R`H`BIReposa ss`3`0`1`0Goodwin 3b`3`0`0`0Hughes p`0`0`0`0Munley p`0`0`0`0Hulslander dh`2`0`0`0KGregory ph`1`0`0`0Soltysiak rf`2`0`0`0Aitken rf`0`0`0`0Fenwick 1b`2`0`0`0CBrown cf`2`0`0`0Gilpin lf`1`0`0`0BBrown ph`1`0`0`0Ceccarelli c`1`0`0`0CGregory ph`1`0`0`0AFaux 2b`2`0`0`0Totals`21`0`1`0Coughlin`100`041`1`&#8212;`7Tunkhannock`000`000`0`&#8212;`0Coughlin`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KLupas (W)`7.0`1`0`0`0`4Tunkhannock`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KHughes (L)`5.2`7`6`5`4`6Munley`1.1`1`1`1`1`0Lake-Lehman 2, Crestwood 1Lake-Lehman`AB`R`H`BIGorski cf`3`0`0`1Kolb ss-p`4`0`1`0Brucher 1b`4`0`0`1Nice 2b-ss`5`0`1`0Hadsall lf`4`0`0`0Sikora c`4`1`1`0TWillms p-3b`5`0`0`0Tomolonis rf`5`0`0`0Weston 3b-2b`2`1`0`0Totals`35`2`3`2Crestwood`AB`R`H`BIDistasio ss`5`0`1`0Darden c`4`0`0`0Kovalchik ph`1`0`0`0Graves p`0`0`0`0Macko dh-p`4`0`1`0WKindler p`0`0`0`0TKindler lf`5`0`1`0Kresge cf`4`0`1`0Brozena ph`1`0`0`0Tokach 3b`4`0`0`0Chalk 1b`4`0`0`0Albee rf`4`1`2`0Caladie 2b`2`0`1`0Totals`38`1`7`0Lake-Lehman`000`000`010`01&#8212;`2Crestwood`000`000`010`00`&#8212;`1Lake-Lehman`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KTWillms`8.0`4`1`0`0`2Kolb (W)`3.0`3`0`0`1`1Crestwood`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KGraves`7.0`1`0`0`2`3Macko`3+`1`1`1`2`1WKndlr (L)`.2`1`1`1`2`1Rozitski`0.1`0`0`0`0`0Valley West 9, Wyoming Area 1Valley West`AB`R`H`BIMontalvo cf`3`2`1`0Sott rf`4`2`2`0Hogan ss`4`1`2`4Vought c`2`1`2`1Yankosky p`3`0`1`2Bayo lf`4`0`1`0Raitter 1b`4`0`1`0McCue 3b`3`1`1`0Hospador ph`1`0`0`0Yuhas 2b`0`0`0`0Pollick dh`3`2`0`0Totals`31`9`11`7Wyoming Area`AB`R`H`BIBonita cf`3`0`1`0Musto cf`0`0`0`0Silinskie ph`1`0`0`0Lescavage ss`4`0`2`0Kopcza 1b`3`0`1`0Melberger p`0`0`0`0Rome ph`1`0`0`0Keating rf`2`0`0`0Webb 3b`1`0`0`0Nardell lf`2`0`0`0CBarletta lf`0`0`0`0Neely 3b`0`0`0`0Homza rf`0`0`0`0Minichello dh`3`0`0`0Charney p`2`0`0`0Wright p`1`0`0`0Dougherty 2b`3`1`1`0Lee c`3`0`1`1Total`29`1`6`1Valley West`012`042`0`&#8212;`9Wyoming Area`000`000`1`&#8212;`12B &#8212; Sott, Dougherty, LeeValley West`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KYnksky (W)`7.0`6`1`1`1`6Wyo. 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