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Melissa Leonard won the 200 (2:02.18), 500 free (5:36.47), while Annalise Cheshire won the 50 (25.70) amd 100 free (56.57) as Dallas defeated Wyoming Valley West, 120-62 in a girls swimming meet Wednesday.Dallas&#8217; Lexi Spaciano was first in the diving event with a final score of 235.60.Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Alexis Ivanitch finished first in the 200 IM in 2:15.08.Pittston 97,Tunkhannock 88Gwen Murray grabbed first in the 200 (2:13.55) and the 500 free (5:57.27 ) and was part of the first-place 200 free relay in 1:56.84 in Pittston&#8217;s win.Megan Hayward was first in the 100 breast in 1:1850 and the 100 free (1:00.15) and Anna Moffitt won the 100 back in 1:12.10 and the 200 IIM (2:34.38) for the Patriots.BOYSValley West 97,Dallas 83Maxim Kowalski won the 200 (1:53.06) and the 500 free (5:36.47) set the tone in the Spartans&#8217; victory.Teammates Josh Zawatski ws first in the 50 (22.60) and 100 free (50.90), while Zac Rosencrans was first in the 200 IM (2:07.87) and the 100 breaststroke (1:03.53).BOYS BASKETBALLWyoming Valley West 79,Nanticoke Area 63Draig Ruff and Amistad Hackett both hit for 22 points and the Spartans stormed to a 12-point halftime lead and cruised to victory.Noah Frace added 10 points in the Valley West win.Justin Casey led the Trojans with 14 points.Northwest 56,MMI Prep 46Three players scored in double figures with Sam Saxe leading the way with a game-high 21 points in the Rangers&#8217; win.Nick Leuandowski chipped in with 17 points, while Tyler Stevens finished with 11.MMI Prep&#8217;s Philip Byriel scored a team-high 18 points.COLLEGESBASKETBALLDelaware Valley 61, King&#8217;s 58King&#8217;s batted back from a 10-point half-time deficit to build a nine-point second half lead. But in the end, the Monarchs were unable to hold on as MAC Freedom Conference co-leader Delaware Valley University walked away with a victory.With the win, the Aggies improved to 12-8 overall and remained in a first-place conference tie with Eastern University. The Monarchs, meanwhile, slipped to 5-15 and 1-8 in league competition.Connor Callejas led King&#8217;s with 19 points and four rebounds with a trio of three-pointers. Dan Rutecki followed with 16 points and seven rebounds with two treys. John Fazzini finished with eight points while Andrew Hudak chipped in with six points and six boards..WOMEN&#8217;S FDU-Florham 71,Wilkes 42Four-time defending MAC Freedom champion FDU-Florham raced out to a 27-9 lead after one quarter and never looked back.Wilkes slipped to 5-15 overall and 0-9 in league play while FDU-Florham improved to 17-3 overall and 8-1 in conference games.Missy Oertner led Wilkes with nine points and a season-high eight rebounds and five steals. Catey McFadden followed with six points on two treys while Gianna Roberts and Ashley Haywood each contributed five points in the defeat.Misericordia 68,Eastern 57Rachel Carmody keyed a big fourth quarter as the Misericordia completed a season sweep of Eastern.Carmody scored nine points in a three-minute span and finished 14 points and 10 rebounds. Justine Seely had a game-high 22 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks and Japriya Carroll added 14 points and five assists.The Cougars improved to 13-6 overall and 7-2 in the MAC Freedom and are alone in third place in the MAC Freedom.Delaware Valley 56, King&#8217;s 43Danielle Skedzielewski finished with 17 points and seven rebounds as the Aggies out-gunned the Monarchs 33-20 in the second half and rolled to victory.Erin Schmidt led King&#8217;s with a career-high 12 points while hitting four 3-point field goals, and Olivia Hoffman finished with 10 rebounds and six points in the defeat.The loss dropped King&#8217;s to 4-15 overall and 2-7 in Freedom Conference play.BOYS BASKETBALLWyoming Valley West 79, Nanticoke Area 63WYOMING VALLEY WEST (79) &#8212; Sean Judge 3 0-0 8, Noah Frace 5 0-0 10, Tayshawn Moore 1 0-0 2, Savion Saunders 1 1-1 3, Aaron Austin 3 2-2 9, Draig Ruff 8 6-9 22, Amistad Hackett 10 0-2 22, Davis Weaver 1 0-0 3, Cortes Adams 0 0-0 0, Tyrek Widbee 0 0-0 0. Totals 32 9-12 79.NANTICOKE AREA (63) &#8212; Nate Kreitzer 1 2-2 5, Rich Wiaterowski 1 0-0 2, Cody Piestrak 3 4-6 11, Luke Butczynski 4 1-2 9, Zach Cardone 3 2-2 10, Alex Divers 1 3-3 5, Tyler Thomas 1 1-2 3, Matt Piontkowski 0 0-0 0, Dylan Szychowski 0 0-0 0, Justin Casey 6 2-3 14, Colby Butczynski 0 0-0 0, Jared Piontkowski 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 15-20 63.Wyoming Valley West`19`21`22`17`&#8212;`79Nanticoke Area`15`13`15`20`&#8212;`63Three-point goals &#8212; WVW 6 (Hackett 2, Judge 2, Austin, Weaver); NAN 4 (Cardone 2, Kreitzer, Piestrak).Northwest 56, MMI Prep 46NORTHWEST (56) &#8212; Sam Saxe 7 6-7 21, Tyler Stevens 4 2-3 11, Jayson Yaple 6 3-11 17, Nick Leuandowski 0 1-2 1, Mitchell Mazonky 3 0-2 6, Walker Yaple 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 11-25 56.MMI PREP (46) &#8212; George Palermo 1 0-0 2, Nick Young 1 1-3 3, Philip Byriel 7 4-6 18, Zach Young 1 0-0 2, Kisan Patel 1 1-2 3, Matt Marchetti 1 0-0 2, Marcus Kassick 4 2-6 10, Kyle Williams 1 2-4 5. Totals 17 10-21 46.Northwest`9`12`22`13`&#8212;`56MMI Prep`9`13`6`18`&#8212;`46Three-point goals &#8212; NW 4 (Saxe, Stevens, Yaple 2); MMI 2 (Byriel, Williams).<style>
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