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Hazleton Area raced to a 27-point lead after the first quarter on the way to defeating Whitehall 82-33 Wednesday night in a boys basketball non-conference game.Jeff Planutis and Joey Grula scored 15 each for the Cougars, who led 30-3 entering the second quarter. Da&#8217;Mir Faison added 12.Wallenpaupack 58, Coughlin 39 The Crusaders&#8217; offense went cold in the third quarter, allowing Wallenpaupack to pull away for a victory.Aaron Bennett led Coughlin with 18 points. No other Crusader scored more than four.GIRLS BASKETBALL Tunkhannock 51, MMI Prep 23 Tunkhannock had 12 players figure in the scoring in its victory.MMI&#8217;s Irene Altmiller was the only player in doubles figures on either team. She scored 11.H.S. WRESTLINGHazleton Area 49, Pittston Area 18Anthony Thomas (126), Shane Noonan (220) and Michael Fuchick (285) recorded pins for Hazleton Area.C.J. Demark (145) and Nick Ridgley (152) had falls for Pittston Area.Tunkhannock 54, Wyoming Valley West 26David Evans (113), David Gavek (126), Gavin D&#8217;Amato (138), Tommy Traver (145) and Logan Hegedty (285) posted pins for Tunkhannock, which also won four matchups via forfeit.J.J. White (120), Landon Stanislaw (152) and Jaylon Brunson (160) won by falls for Valley West.Wyoming Area 54, Valley View 23Alex Pierce (160), Jaryn Polit-Moran (170), Corey Mruk (182) and Justin Joseph (195) won by pins for Wyoming Area.GIRLS SWIMMINGDallas 96, Coughlin 56Emma Thomas (200 free, 500 free) and Melissa Leonard (50 free, 100 fly) were double winners for Dallas.Abby Sutzko (200 IM), Annalise Cheshire (100 free) and Gianna Leo (diving) also won individual events for the Mountaineers.Raven Bozek (100 back) and Rosie McGrane (100 breast) won events for Coughlin.BOYS SWIMMINGDallas 77, Coughlin 23Mikail Krochta won the 200 and 100 freestyle races for Dallas. Dennis Dukinas (200 IM), Tony Caravaggio (50 free), Shane Szczecinski (100 fly) and Kevin Allen (500 free) were also winners.Coughlin picked up wins from Eric Balchum (100 back) and Kevin Clarke (100 breast).WOMEN&#8217;S BASKETBALLMisericordia 59, Mary Washington 56Misericordia rallied for a win over Mary Washington at the Cruzin Classic in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.Rachel Carmody had a team-high 10 points and nine rebounds and Paige Wampole added nine points as the Cougars won their fourth straight game to improve to 5-4.BOYS BASKETBALLWallenpaupack 58, Coughlin 39COUGHLIN (39) &#8212; Dominique Flippen 2 0-0 4, Aaron Bennett 5 4-4 18, Jahsim Hall 1 1-2 4, Tony Egidio 1 0-0 2, Shawn Valenzuela 1 0-0 2, Najeeb Bilal 1 0-0 3, Matt Egidio 1 0-0 3, Micael Senape 1 0-0 3, Trent Zavada 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 5-6 39.WALLENPAUPACK (58) &#8212; Izaiah Santiago 0 0-0 0, Elijah Rosenthal 4 2-2 14, Michael Burk 3 2-2 10, Jake Liddy 0 0-0 0, Adam Haupt 0 0-0 0, Alex Pillar 3 1-1 9, Gabriel Springer 6 1-1 13, Zack Kisendahl 1 1-2 3, Brennan Peet 0 0-0 0, Derrick Vasburg 3 0-0 7, Tom Vanbrukirk 1 0-0 2, Gerard McGrath 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 7-8 58.Coughlin`8`5`7`19`&#8212;`39Wallenpaupack`6`13`19`20`&#8212;`58Three-point FGs &#8212; COU 5 (Bennett 4, Hall); WAL 8 (Rosenthal 4, Burk 2, Pillar 2).Hazleton Area 82, Whitehall 33HAZLETON AREA (82) &#8212; Josh Samec 3 0-0 8, Andrew Vayda 2 0-0 4, Sparky Wolk 0 0-0 0, Jeff Planutis 5 4-4 15, Alex D&#8217;Angelo 2 0-0 4, Kyle Franek 2 0-0 5, Joey Grula 7 1-2 15, Jecxander Moronta 0 0-0 0, Adrian Otero 2 0-0 5, Scott Shamany 4 0-0 8, Nikolas Norman 1 0-0 2, Ramddy Melendez 0 2-4 2, Da&#8217;Mir Faison 4 2-2 12, Warren Seigendall 1 0-0 2. Totals 33 9-12 82.WHITEHALL (33) &#8212; Meloske 1 0-0 2, Vergo 1 0-0 3, Lochard 1 0-0 2, Jac.Lasiecki 1 1-2 3, Parvell 0 0-0 0, Boatwright 1 3-5 5, Herman 1 0-0 3, Haderewski 2 0-0 5, McGinley 0 0-0 0, Cruz 0 2-2 2, Joe.Lasiecki 1 0-0 2, Holubowski 1 0-0 2, Smith 1 2-2 4. Totals 11 8-10 33.H.S. WRESTLINGHazleton Area 49, Pittston Area 18106: John Corra (HA) dec. Brandon Lopez 9-2;113: Beck Hutchison (HA) won by forfeit; 120: Christian Kislan (HA) dec. Keith Romanczuk 4-3; 126: Anthony Thomas (PA) pinned Joelyn Espinal 3:59; 132: Charles Everdale (HA) dec. Ryan Lombardo 7-2; 138: Stephen Martisofski (HA) won by forfeit; 145: CJ Demark (PA) pinned Dante Matarella 3:13; 152: Nick Ridgley (PA) pinned Wiliam Barrientos 3:50; 160: Jayson Brielmeier (HA) won by forfeit; 170: Jake Marnell (HA) maj. dec. AJ Gordo 10-2; 182: Seth Hunsinger (HA) won by forfeit; 195: Double forfeit; 220: Shane Noonan (HA) pinned Nathan Lombardo 2:59; 285: Michael Fuchick (HA) pinned Jake Rutkouski 0:49Match started at 280.Tunkhannock 54, Wyoming Valley West 26106: Matt Rosentel (T) won by forfeit; 113: David Evans (T) pinned Cadden Kucek 3:17; 120: JJ White (WVW) pinned Connor Elgin 3:56; 126: David Gavek (T) pinned Justin Hargrave 1:26; 132: David Krakowski (WVW) won by tech fall 19-3; 138: Gavin D&#8217;Amato (T) pinned Eathan Scott 1:26; 145: Tommy Traver (T) pinned Robert Napersky 1:18; 152: Landon Stanislaw (WVW) pinned Brian Christ 3:57; 160: Jaylon Brunson (WVW) pinned Carl Anthony 2:25; 170: Dave White (WVW) dec. Shane Sherwood 7-2; 182: Connor Munley (T) won by forfeit; 195: Sam Rice (T) won by forfeit; 220: Dustin Henry (T) won by forfeit; 285: Logan Hegedty (T) pinned Anthony Bottaro 0:49Match started at 138Wyoming Area 54, Valley View 23106: Kyle Emsley WA) won by forfeit; 113: Cobi Combs (VV) tech fall Luis Lopez 22-7; 120: Adam Siyman (WS) won by forfeit; 126: Tony Nellado (VV) won by forfeit; 132: Double forfeit; 138: Robin Wrobleski (WA) won by forfeit; 145: Tyler Martin (WA) won by forfeit; 152: Charlie Banashefski (WS) won by forfeit; 160: Alex Pierce (WA) pinned Noah Clifford 3:59; 170: Jaryn Polit-Moran (WA) pinned Jacob Rivera 0:43; 182: Corey Mruk (WA) pinned Janaasah Boone 2:21; 195: Justin Joseph (WA) pinned Roccp Stefanatti 1:59; 220: Logan Burns (VV) pinned Aiden Dollak 3:00; 285: John Shipas (VV) pinned Damon Barhight 1:04Match started at 170<style>
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Local Roundup: Hazleton Area routs Whitehall in boys basketball