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Crestwood&#8217;s Zach Anderson and Sam Madjic pulled out a tight first set at first doubles and went on to win, helping the Comets edge Tunkhannock 3-2 on Thursday in boys tennis play.Noah Kulp and Scott Mangan also picked up a doubles win while Sachin Patel prevailed at No. 3 singles.The Tigers got singles wins from Luke Straley and Avery Newhart.Wyoming Seminary 5,Wyoming Valley West 0The Blue Knights took each match in straight sets, led by Eamon Gibbons at first singles, who won without dropping a game.BOYS VOLLEYBALLTunkhannock 3,Hanover Area 0Evan Turner (seven aces, five kills, two blocks), Max Hardy (10 assists, two digs, two aces) and Logan Dickson (nine digs, two aces) helped the Tigers earn a 25-10, 25-16, 25-19 win.The Hawkeyes were led by Mike Yaple (one service point, one ace, one kill, three digs), Will Kauffman (three kills, one block) and Korey Turner (four service points, one kill, three digs, two blocks).Wyoming Valley West 3,Coughlin 0The Spartans earned a 25-7, 25-6, 25-9 sweep on the road. Adam McCue (27 service points, three kills, three digs, seven aces), Kevin Fegal (16 assists, 12 service points) and Tyler Kleinbach (five kills, two blocks) topped Valley West.Contributing for Coughlin were Joe Gayton (one assist, two digs, one ace), Derek Whitesell (two kills, three digs) and Eric Javick (one kill, two blocks, two aces).North Pocono 3, Dallas 0Danny Harpersberger (10 kills, nine digs), Corbin Thompson (nine digs, three kills) and Caleb Hill (15 assists) led the Mountaineers in a 25-9, 25-16, 25-18 loss.James Ildefonso had a match-high 12 kills for North Pocono. Nick Bedard (four kills, seven digs, 12 service points), Colin Coles (six kills, three aces, 20 service points), Jonathan Haikes (23 assists) and Vincent Wojnar (six kills, 15 digs) chipped in.SOFTBALLBerwick 13, Hanover Area 3Brooke Stout finished with five RBI and hit two of the Bulldogs&#8217; four home runs in a six-inning exhibition win. Sammi Starr and Kylie Levan also homered, with Levan getting the win in the circle.BOYS TENNISCrestwood 3, Tunkhannock 2SINGLES &#8212; 1. Luke Straley (TUN) d. Brandon Krupa 6-2, 6-3; 2. Avery Newhart (TUN) d. Nick Andrews 6-2, 6-3; 3. Sachin Patel (CRE) d. Alec Grennip 6-0, 6-0.DOUBLES &#8212; 1. Zach Anderson/Sam Madjic (CRE) d. Alex Davis/Connor Helsel 7-6 (7-4), 6-1; 2. Noah Kulp/Scott Mangan (CRE) d. Alex Keiser/Ethan Hoefert 6-0, 6-1.Wyo. Seminary 5, Valley West 0SINGLES &#8212; 1. Eamon Gibbons (WS) d. Zeke Berger 6-0, 6-0; 2. Andrew Kim (WS) d. Noah Frace 6-4, 6-0; 3. Michael Kim (WS) d. Nick Bazadona 6-3, 6-2.DOUBLES &#8212; 1. Andrew Schukraft/Will Ziegler (WS) d. Draig Ruff/Liam Bradley 6-0, 6-1; 2. Jerry Tang/Tommy Dang (WS) d. Joe Novitski/Billy Kotchik 6-0, 6-1.<style>
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Crestwood boys tennis slips past Tunkhannock, 3-2