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Tony Saitta scored all of his team-high 15 points in the second half as Wyoming Area shook off a horrendous first two quarters to defeat rival Pittston Area 40-33 Tuesday in Wyoming Valley Conference boys basketball.The contest was the 11th annual Eugene R. DeMinico II Memorial Game. It was the first time Wyoming Area won the game, which was played between Pittston Area and now-closed Seton Catholic in the early years.Saitta missed the last two games with pneumonia, but came up big after Wyoming Area fell behind 17-9 at halftime. The Warriors (9-2 Div. 2, 14-2 overall) fought back to tie the score 24-24 entering the fourth quarter as Saitta scored 10 points in the third quarter.Chris Klein finished with 15 for Pittston Area (2-8 Div. 1, 5-11).SWIMMINGGIRLS Wyoming Seminary 67,Wyoming Area 26The 400 free relay team of Ava Baur, April Kupsky, Haley Thier and Tara Kupsky broke a Wyoming Seminary pool record in 3:43.02.Baur was also first in the 200 free (2:02.58), Thier won the 100 butterfly (1:00.11), April Kupsky was first in the 100 free (56.67) and Tara Kupsky was first in the 100 backstroke (1:04.32).BOYSWyoming Seminary 69,Wyoming Area 16The Blue Knights swept all the relay events against Wyoming Area.Matt Bean was first in the 100 free (56.32), Stan Zaneski won the 200 free (1:52.70) and Austin Adler was first in the 50 (25.23).Monday&#8217;s resultsTunkhannock 56,Coughlin 31Jessica Ell hit five 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 18 points for the Tigers on Monday.Abby Ritz chipped in 14 points.Coughlin was led by Claire Curtis (16 points) and Emily Cicon (12 points).Berwick 58,Dallas 49, OTReese Mensinger hit five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points in an OT win on Monday.Teammate Tori Talanca had 12 points and Roni Isenberg scored 11.Sara Lojewick scored 18 points and Hanna Johnson chipped in with 11 for Dallas.Hanover Area 60,Wyoming Seminary 56, 2OTVictoria Benning scored 21 points and Genesis Rodriguez added 17 to the Hawkeyes&#8217; double overtime win on Monday.Breanna Satkowski led the Blue Knights with 19 points, while Alex Wesneski finished with 15 and Mia Rianeiri had 11.BOYS BASKETBALLWyoming Area 40, Pittston Area 33WYOMING AREA (40) &#8211; Anthony Nardell 0 1-2 1, Kyre Zielinski 2 0-0 4, Sam Greenfield 2 2-2 6, Tony Saitta 5 2-3 15, Matt Wright 1 0-2 2, Mike Bonita 4 0-0 9, Ryan Shuleski 1 0-0 3. Totals 10 5-9 40.PITTSTON AREA (33) &#8211; Trevor Tigue 0 0-0 0, Chris Klein 4 2-3 15, Naseem Guillaume 3 0-1 7, Keemar Woodruff 0 0-0 0, Jimmy Pliska 1 0-0 2, Matt McGlynn 1 0-0 3, Mike Mazurkivich 1 0-0 2, Joe Cencetti 0 0-0 0, Patrick Mitchell 2 0-3 4. Totals 12 2-7 33.Wyoming Area`3`6`15`16`&#8212;`40Pittston Area`9`8`7`9`&#8212;`33Three-point goals &#8211; WA 5 (Saitta 3, Bonita, Shuleski). PA 5 (Klein 3, Guillaume, McGlynn).GIRLS BASKETBALLTunkhannock 56, Coughlin 31COUGHLIN (31) &#8212; Emily Cicon 6 0-0 12, Ajalaya Butts 0 0-0 0, Le June Berry 0 0-2 0, Claire Curtis 6 3-4 16, Molly Poray 0 0-0 0, Niashia Sherry 0 0-0 0, Morgan Gayton 0 0-0 0, Kira Meager 1 0-0 3 . Totals 13 3-4 31.TUNKHANNOCK (56) &#8212; Sydney Faux 2 0-0 6, Kelly Barber 0 0-0 0, Annalise Verbeek 0 0-0 0, Josie Frisco 2 0-1 4, Courtney Yuhas 2 2-4 6, Sadie Trochak 0 0-0 0, Jessica Ell 6 0-0 17, Katie Hawley 0 1-2 1, Sam Generotti 1 0-0 2, Adaka Flores 0 0-0 0, Abby Ritz 5 4-6 14, Izzy Robinson 0 0-0 0, Rebecca Avery 3 0-2 6. Totals 21 7-15 56.Coughlin`4`7`2`18`&#8212;`31Tunkhannock`14`8`23`11`&#8212;`56Three-point goals &#8212; COU 2 (Curtis, Meager); TUN 7 (Faux 2, Ell 5).Berwick 58, Dallas 49, OTDALLAS (49) &#8212; Maddie Kelley 4 1-2 9, Hanna Johnson 5 0-0 11, Sara Lojewski 8 2-3 18, Olivia Johnson 0 0-0 0, Gianna Centrella 1 0-0 3, Kendra Saba 3 0-0 6, Lauren Charlton 1 0-1 2. Totals 22 3-6 49.BERWICK (58) &#8212; Reese Mensinger 5 2-2 17, Tori Talanca 4 4-4 12, Abbey Burt 2 2-2 6, Megan Dalo 2 0-0 4, Mikayla Davis 2 2-3 6, Mallory Pinterich 0 0-0 0, Roni Isenberg 5 1-4 11. Totals 20 11-15 58.Dallas`13`7`12`17`0`&#8212;`49Berwick`9`13`15`12`9`&#8212;`58Three-point goals &#8212; DAL 2 (Johnson, Centrella); BER 7 (Mensinger 5, Burt 2).<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Area&#8217;s Kyre Zielinski makes a move in the lane against Pittston Area MVP Chris Klein in WVC boys basketball action Tuesday night in Yatesville. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/web1_PA-WA-BoysBB_3.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wyoming Area&#8217;s Kyre Zielinski makes a move in the lane against Pittston Area MVP Chris Klein in WVC boys basketball action Tuesday night in Yatesville. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta>POSTPONEMENTSSnow forced the postponement of most of Tuesday&#8217;s Wyoming Valley Conference sporting events.All but one boys basketball game was postponed.Nanticoke at Wyoming Valley West has been moved to Wednesday, but the game will be played at Nanticoke. Northwest at MMI Prep will also be played Wednesday.Wyoming Seminary at Hanover Area is Thursday. Holy Redeemer at Lake-Lehman will be Feb. 6.GAR at Crestwood and Tunkhannock at Coughlin have been moved to Feb. 8, while Berwick at Dallas will be Feb. 11. Meyers will play at Hazleton Area on Feb. 12.In swimming, the Lake-Lehman at Hazleton Area meet has been postponed to Wednesday. Holy Redeemer at Coughlin was moved to Feb. 11.In wrestling, Berwick match against Wallenpaupack was postponed to Feb. 14.</factboxMeta></div>

Warriors top rival Pittston Area, 40-33