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Wyoming Area will have two new head coaches when the fall sports season begins.Erin McGinley will take over the field hockey program and Rick Branco will be the boys soccer coach. Athletic director Joe Pizano said the appointments were made official during the May meeting of the Wyoming Area Board of Education.McGinley comes to Wyoming Area after serving as junior high head coach and varsity goalie coach at Wyoming Seminary, her alma mater.Branco gets a second chance to serve as coach of the Warriors. He was appointed early in 2016, only to have to resign because of a job change last season before ever coaching a game.During her senior season at Wyoming Seminary in 2006, McGinley was Times Leader Field Hockey Player of the Year and an all-state goalie selection while leading the Blue Knights to an unbeaten state championship season. She had also been Times Leader Player of the Year as a junior.McGinley was the starting goalie during her sophomore through senior seasons at King&#8217;s College where she earned National All-Academic honors and was a two-time, first-team Middle Atlantic Conference all-star.According to the Pennsylvania Elite Field Hockey Club website, McGinley is the club&#8217;s owner.Bracco was an all-state player at Dallas and graduated in 2002 as the school&#8217;s all-time leading scorer. He has extensive experience coaching travel teams and training high-level players.District 16-31 Major Girls Softball All-StarMountaintop 7, Nanticoke 2Jessica Koptcho struck out 14 batters Tuesday and went 3 for 3 with a triple, leading Mountaintop over Nanticoke.Lauren Amend added a single and a double in the victory.Nanticoke pitcher Shaylee Heffron recorded six strikeouts.Back Mountain 12, Wyoming/West Wyoming 3Victoria Spaciano had three hits and drove home four runs as Back Mountain cruised.Spaciano had a double among her three hits, and struck out seven to pick up the victory in the circle. Marissa Fedora added two hits and drove home a run in the victory.Harveys Lake 8, Kingston/Forty Fort 2Winning pitcher Krista Scoblick struck out nine batters and had a triple at the plate to pace Harveys Lake.Jillian Ulovas also tripled in the victory.Pittston Area 10, Plains 0 (4 innings)Pittston Area&#8217;s Tori Para&#8217;s one-hit, eight-strikeout performance led the way in a big victory over Plains.At the plate, Para had two singles. Teammate Kallie Booth had two singles and three runs scored, Sage Weidlich finished with three doubles, a single and three runs scored and Ava Callahan added two singles to the win.Mackinzie Evans had a hit for Plains.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Tom RobinsonFor Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @tlsports.</shirttailMeta></div>

Wyoming Area announces new coaching hires