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Allison Vitonovic struck out seven as Back Mountain defeated Kingston/Forty Fort 19-2 in four innings to win the District 31 9-10 softball championship Saturday.Nina Barrouk, Kirsten Finarelli, Abigail Cruz and Carolyn Comitz were part of a strong offensive output.Avezja Warren, Maddy Austra and Rylee Geffert had hits for KFF.DISTRICT 169-10 BASEBALLPittston Twp. 21,South Wilkes-Barre 3Elijah Barr had three hits, while Brennen Callahan and Luciano Pugliese added two each for Pittston Township.Nico Cielo, Aiden Clarke and Brady Baldvich all added singles.Kolton Davies and Dave Jannuzzi each had a single for South Wilkes-Barre.Nanticoke 7,Plains 6 4 inn.Winning pitcher Brandon Egenski had three hits and scored a run as Nanticoke edged Plains in a game called after four innings due to rain.Derek Miller recorded the final out for the save. He also singled and scored twice. Ethan Ball added two runs, Austin Marusak doubled and and three RBI and R.J. Brogan singled and scored.For Plains, Jake Howe and Ben Cielski each singled and scored.Mountain Top 11,Duryea 1 4 inn.Chris Litchkofski struck out 10 and added a double at the plate as Mountain Top defeated Duryea.Dylan Weikel had a double and single for Mountain Top. Dominic Innamorti and Chase Montigney each had a single for Duryea.DISTRICT 31MAJOR BASEBALLWest Pittston 7,Harveys Lake 0In a game played Friday, West Pittston&#8217;s Sean Petrosky pitched a no-hitter and struck out 14 while also adding a home run to deep center field.Matt Stepanski got things going with a home run of his own in the second inning. Jake Byers added two hits.Weather forces postponementsHeavy rain Saturday afternoon force the postponements of several games.In District 31 9-10 baseball, Kingston/Forty Fort will play Exeter at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Harveys Lake Little League. Back Mountain American and Harveys Lake will play 25 minutes after that game. Wyoming/West Wyoming plays at Swoyersville at 10 a.m. Sunday.In District 16 9-10 baseball, North Wilkes-Barre will face Jenkins Township at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Parsons field.LEGION BASEBALLTunkhannock 4,Plains 3Brian Muckin had two RBI and Brett Soltysiak and Jack Fenwick each added an RBI as Tunkhannock outlasted Plains in 13 innings.Tyler Faux pitched the final two innings to pick up the win.American LegionTunkhannock 4, Plains 3 14 inn.Plains`AB`R`H`BIDelucca cf`6`1`2`0Lupas p`4`1`1`0Deisderio`2`0`0`0O&#8217;Fier ss`4`0`1`0Cavanaugh 2b`5`1`3`1McClay rf`5`0`1`1Egidio lf`6`0`1`1Fettig 1b`2`0`0`0Chronowski 1b`1`0`0`0Yozwiak 1b`1`0`1`0Shamansky c`4`0`0`0Dressler ph`1`0`0`0Marek 3b`6`0`0`0Totals`47`3`10`3Tunkhannock`AB`R`H`BIReposa 2b`6`1`2`0TFaux ss`5`0`2`0Muckin cf`5`0`2`2DFaux p`0`0`0`0Hulslander dh`4`2`2`0Soltysiak rf`5`0`2`1Baltrusaitis 3b`2`0`1`0Gregory`1`0`0`0DeMarco 2b`3`0`1`0Fenwick c`4`0`1`1Brown 1b`5`0`1`0Sherwood ph`0`0`0`0Henning`5`1`1`0Totals`45`4`15`4Plains`200`000`000`100`00`&#8212;`3Tunk`100`100`000`100`01`&#8212;`42B: O&#8217;Frier, McClay, Hulslander, Soltysiak, T.Faux.Plains`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOLupas`8.0`6`2`2`1`6O&#8217;Fier`2.0`4`1`1`4`1McClay (L)`3.0`5`1`1`3`2Tunkhannock`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SODFaux`10.0`9`3`3`2`4Reposa`1.0`0`0`0`2`0TFaux (W)`2`1`0`0`1`2<style>
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Back Mountain wins District 31 9-10 softball championship