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Boys Basketball: Wyoming Seminary tops Holy Redeemer in showdown

Grace Giza scored a team-high 17 points Tuesday and Wyoming Valley West knocked Hazleton Area into a first-place tie in the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 girls basketball with a 56-47 victory.The Spartans, last season&#8217;s Division 1 champion, also rode 16 points from Toni Amato and Nicole Boutanos to their third straight win while remaining in title contention. Valley West built a nine-point halftime lead and played Hazleton Area evenly in the second half to secure the victory. The Spartans improved to 7-6 in league play, sitting two games behind Crestwood and Hazleton Area with three games remaining.The Cougars lost their half-game lead over Crestwood for the Division 1 lead and fell to 9-4. Those two teams will meet at 7:15 p.m. Thursday at Hazleton Area.Maddie Mrochko finished with a game-high 26 points and knocked down four 3-point goals for the Cougars, but she was the lone Hazleton Area player to score in double figures.Lake-Lehman 66, Wyoming Area 46Savannah Purdy led Lake-Lehman with 23 points.Cassidy Orzel had 16 points for the Warriors.Northwest 33, Hanover Area 31Brenna Babcock scores on a floater from the foul line at the buzzer as the Rangers moved within one victory of clinching at least a tie for the WVC Division 3 title.GIRLS SWIMMINGBerwick 102, Wyoming Area 31Mia Doll led Berwick with first-place finishes in the 200 IM and the 500 freestyle.Olivia Bolys had a first-place finish in the 50 freestyle for Wyoming Area.BOYS SWIMMINGBerwick 89.5, Wyoming Area 38.5Colin Hill had first-place finishes in the 50 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke for Berwick.H.S GIRLS BASKETBALLValley West 56, Hazleton Area 47HAZLETON AREA (47) &#8212; Marissa Trivelpiece 3 1-1 7, Maddie Mrochko 8 6-10 26, Kyra Antolick 1 3-4 5, Virginia Yurchak 1 1-2 3, Faith Grula 3 0-0 6. Totals 16 11-17 47VALLEY WEST (56) &#8212; Nicole Boutanos 3 8-11 14, Lindsey Gruver 2 0-0 5, Toni Amato 6 3-4 16, Grace Giza 6 5-6 17, Andi Blaski 2 0-0 4. Totals 19 16-21 56.Hazleton Area`8`11`12`16 &#8212; 47Valley West`15`13`12`16 &#8212; 56Three-point goals &#8212; HAZ 4 (Mrochko 4); WVW 2 (Gruver, Amato).Lake-Lehman 66, Wyoming Area 46WYOMING AREA (46) &#8212; Cassidy Orzel 5 5-6 16, Sarah Holweg 5 1-1 12, Ellie Glatz 5 1-2 11, Nicole Silinskie 2 0-0 5, Jalen Rhodes 0 0-0 0, Aleah Kranson 0 0-0 0, Maria Amato 0 0-0 0, Kristi Skok 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 9-11 46.LAKE-LEHMAN (66) &#8212; Savannah Purdy 10 3-4 23, Madison Borum 8 2-3 16, Corinna Scoblick 6 1-1 15, Sarah Salus 4 0-1 10, Jodie Salansky 1 0-0 2, Courtney Henninger 0 0-0 0. Totals 29 6-9 66.Wyoming Area`10`14`10`12 &#8212; 46Lake-Lehman`15`13`15`23 &#8212; 66Three-point goals &#8212; WA 3 (Silinskie, Holweg, Orzel); LL 4 (Salus 2, Scoblick 2)<style>
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Local Roundup: Valley West girls basketball knocks off first-place Hazleton Area