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HUGHESTOWN &#8212; Heading into Friday night&#8217;s game with Hanover, not a single player from Pittston Area&#8217;s Junior Baseball team has ever won a district championship.That all changed at about 7 p.m.Tyler Granahan threw five innings and allowed two runs, while Gino Marriggi&#8217;s two-run double in the first inning sparked Pittston Area to a 13-2, five-inning win over Hanover in the District 16 Junior Baseball championship game. The win puts Pittston Area in the Section 5 tournament, which is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, July 20.&#8220;They&#8217;ve never been able to experience holding this banner,&#8221; coach Tom Granahan said. &#8220;It took them 14 years to be able to do this. It&#8217;s just fantastic.&#8221;Tyler Granahan finished with eight strikeouts and allowed just six hits against Hanover. He got into two separate jams, including the seventh inning, but was able to work around them.&#8220;This banner means everything,&#8221; Tyler said. &#8220;It&#8217;s the best feeling in the world.&#8221;Pittston Area got the scoring started in the bottom of the first. Mike Nocito and Matt Rinaldi each walked to set the stage for Marriggi. Marriggi&#8217;s two-run double over the center fielder&#8217;s head plated the game&#8217;s first runs.After the second inning, Pittston Area led 5-0. Ian Kochanowski started the rally with a single up the middle. After a passed ball, Jake Morreale brought home Kochanowski. Two walks and two Hanover errors produced two more Pittston Area runs.Matt Cardinale and Joe Silinski each produced an RBI in the five-run third. To get to the 10-run rule, Pittston Area&#8217;s PJ Pisano and Kochanowski each drove in runs in the fourth.Tyler Granahan didn&#8217;t allow a baserunner past first until the fourth inning when Hanover&#8217;s Hunter Thompson, who was injured earlier in the game, blasted a triple to left field with one out. He would score on Tony Metric&#8217;s single. Following a Jamie Cunard single, Aiden Geisinger hit into a fielder&#8217;s choice that scored Metric.In the fifth, when Pittston Area needed just three outs to close the ball game, a walk and a single by Evan Materna put two runners on with no out. Granahan got out of it by striking out the next three batters.&#8220;The biggest thing with Tyler is his composure,&#8221; Tom Granahan said. &#8220;He never lets it get to him. He knew he had to come back and pitch his game.&#8221;The win pits Pittston Area against the District 17 champions on Wednesday at a site and time to be determined.Pittston Area 13, Hanover 2Hanover`AB`R`H`BIRowley cf`2`0`0`0Materna p`3`0`1`0Stefanowicz 2b`3`0`1`0Thompson`3`1`1`0Metric 1b`3`1`2`1Cunard 3b`2`0`1`0Stefanski rf`1`0`0`0Geisinger rf`1`0`0`1George 2b`1`0`0`0Jasler`2`0`0`0Totals `21`2`6`2Pittston Area`AB`R`H`BIKrawczyk cf`1`0`0`0Pisano cf`3`1`0`1Nocito ss`2`2`0`0Granahan p`3`0`1`0Rinaldi 2b`3`1`0`0Marriggi 3b`2`0`1`2Murtha ph`1`1`0`0Cardinale c`3`1`1`1Kochanowski 1b`2`1`1`1Morreale rf`2`1`2`1McGlynn ph`0`1`0`0Cebula rf`0`1`0`0Silinskie lf`1`3`1`1Totals `23`13`7`7Visitor`000`40 &#8212;`2Pittston Area`235`3x &#8212;`132B &#8212; Marriggi, Cardinale. 3B &#8212; Thompson. SAC &#8212; Kochanowski.Hanover`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOMaterna, L`2`1`3`2`3`2Jasler`0.1`1`4`1`2`0Stefanowicz`1.2`3`4`2`1`0Pittston Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOGranahan, W`5`6`2`2`1`8<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Pittston Area winning pitcher Tyler Granahan delivers the ball to a Hanover Area batter in the District 16 Junior Little League championship game Friday evening in Hughestown. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/web1_TTL071616JrLittleLeague_1-1-1-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Pittston Area winning pitcher Tyler Granahan delivers the ball to a Hanover Area batter in the District 16 Junior Little League championship game Friday evening in Hughestown. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Pittston Area rolls past Hanover for D16 junior title</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Nick Wagnernwagner@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Nick Wagner at 570-991-6406 or on Twitter @Dispatch_Nick</shirttailMeta></div>

Pittston Area rolls past Hanover for District 16 Junior Baseball title