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Holy Cross cruises past Holy Redeemer in 20-point girls basketball victory

Juwane Buckner scored 17 points and Levaugn Soules added 16 Thursday as the Meyers boys basketball team staved off Central Columbia, 56-42 at the Central Columbia gym.Meyers outscored Central Columbia, which hit seven team 3-pointers, 32-20 in the second half.WRESTLINGSem hosting X-Calibur this weekendWyoming Seminary&#8217;s X-Calibur Tournament will be held Friday and Saturday at Wilkes University&#8217;s Marts Center with 26 participating teams.Joining the host Blue Knights in the event from the area are Coughlin, Lake-Lehman, Nanticoke, Pittston Area, Wyoming Valley West and Benton/Northwest. There&#8217;s also competing schools from New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.The tournament begins at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Friday and is scheduled to run until the semifinal matchups are set.Wrestling will continue on Saturday morning at 9 with the finals and medal matches set to begin at approximately 3:30 p.m.Price of admission is $10 for each day.Pasone picks up win No. 100In a Meyers dual meet win earlier this week over Montrose, Colin Pasone pinned Joseph Hester in 4:58 in the 132-pound match to pick up career win No. 100.Pasone, a two-time state qualifier, is off to a very good start this season with a 4-0 record. In the Mohawks 57-15 win over the Meteors, Jeremy Bergold (160) and Kevin Huertero (138) also won via fall, while Colin Browne (170), Preston Perkins (285) and Anthony Kasper (126) picked up wins by decision.BOYS BASKETBALLMeyers 56, Central Columbia 42MEYERS (56) &#8212; Yuri Covington 1 0-0 3, Robbie Formola 3 0-0 6, Matt Dessoye 1 6-8 8, Juwane Buckner 6 4-5 17, Willie Wallace 1 0-0 2, LeVaugn Soules 8 0-1 16, Ryan Gilgallon 1 2-6 4. Totals 21 12-20 56.C. COLUMBIA (42) &#8212; Griffin Aucker 2 0-0 6, Ben Smith 1 0-0 2, Trae Devlin 0 0-0 0, Zach Boyd 6 7-7 23, Nick Brunozzi 0 0-0 0, Jason Sokol 0 0-0 0, Ky Seeholtz 0 0-0 0, Matt Grazier 1 0-0 2, Dominic Coombe 2 3-4 9. Totals 12 10-11 42.Meyers`13`11`13`19`&#8212;`56C. Columbia`9`13`8`12`&#8212;`42Three-point goals &#8212; MEY 2 (Covington, Buckner); CC 8 (Aucjer 2, Boyd 4, Coombe 2).WRESTLINGWyoming Area 42, Lackawanna Trail 30106 &#8212; Double forfeit; 113 &#8212; Cullen Ratchford (LTH) won by forfeit; 120 &#8212; Justin Ganser (LTH) won by forfeit; 126 &#8212; Robin Wrobleski (WAH) won by forfeit; 132 &#8212; Tyler Baltrusaitis (LTH) won by forfeit; 138 &#8212; Tyler Martin (WAH) won by forfeit; 145 &#8212; Charlie Banashefski (WAH) pinned Trent Ashley, 3:18; 152 &#8212; Cody Moyle (LTH) pinned Nick Semanek, 0:51; 160 &#8212; Dillion Moyle (LTH) won by forfeit; 170 &#8212; Jaryn Polit-Moran (WAH) pinned Colin Mulhern, 2:48; 182 &#8212; Adam Buczynski (WAH) pinned Jacob Brim, 1:22; 195 &#8212; Justin Joseph (WAH) pinned Mark Debree, 1:43; 285 &#8212; Damon Barhight (WAH) pinned Hunter Reynolds, 0:23Note: Match started at 285 pounds<style>
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LOCAL SPORTSBuckner and Soules pace Meyers’ road win