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Morgan Bienkowski threw a no-hitter with 18 strikeouts as Holy Redeemer edged Meyers 2-0 Tuesday in Wyoming Valley Conference softball.Bienkowski also accounted for the game&#8217;s only runs with a two-run homer in the fifth inning. Sam Rajza also scored.Meyers Abbi Satoff pitched a strong game, limiting the Royals to three hits.Tunkhannock 11, Crestwood 2Hailey Farr tripled and knocked in two runs for Tunkhannock. Kendra Schultz and Ella Larioni added a pair of hits and RBI.Sarah Macko was 3-for-4 for Crestwood.Northwest 15, MMI Prep 2 (5 inn.)Nicole Cragle had four RBI to pace Northwest past MMI Prep.Payge Wufsus added two RBI for the Rangers. Cragle was the winning pitcher, fanning 12.Pittston Area 17, Wyo. Valley West 0 (3 inn.)The Patriots pounded out 21 hits in ending the game early due to the 15-run rule.Morgan Mesaris had four RBI and Alexa McHugh added three more.BASEBALLPittston Area 13, Wyoming Valley West 11Riley Brody homered, doubles and knocked in three runs as the Patriots won a slugfest.Joe Stella was also big for Pittston Area, going 3-for-4 with five RBI.Austin Sienkiewicz had a homer and four RBI for Valley West. Stephen Banas and Jake Packer also homered.Berwick 7, Nanticoke 6Jared Marshman went 2-for-2 with a double and three RBI at the plate and struck out five to pick up the win on the mound as the Bulldogs held off a late Nanticoke rally.The Trojans put the tying run on third in the bottom of the seventh after Dylan Szychowski hit a two-out, two-run triple before Berwick ended it.Tunkhannock 12, Wyoming Area 2 (6 inn.)Nick Reposa was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI as Tunkhannock routed Wyoming Area.Billy Dziak was 2-for-2 with a triple and three RBI and Cage Gregory batted in two runs to aid the Tigers&#8217; offense.P.J. Angeli paced Wyoming Area with two of the Warriors&#8217; four hits.Crestwood 9, Hazleton Area 3Justin Darden hit a three-run homer in the third inning and Wyatt Kindler had two RBI as Crestwood defeated Hazleton Area. Corey Chalk allowed two hits over six innings for the victory.Christopher Heim knocked in two runs for Crestwood.H.S. SOFTBALLPittston Area 17, Wyo. Valley West 0 (3 inn.)Wyo. Val. West`000 &#8212; 0Pittston Area`755 &#8212; 17Pitching: WVW, Sara Hoskins L (0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO); Makayla Kobusky (3 IP, 17 H, 14 R, 14 ER, 0 BB, o SO). PA, Nina Cencetti W (3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO).Top Hitters: WVW, Morgan Shedletsky single; Jaden Bellas single. PA, Gabby Para 3-3, RBI; Lexi Felinski 2-3, 3B, 2 RBI; Alexa McHugh 3-3, 2B, 3 RBI; Cencetti 3-3, 2 RBI; Madisyn Antal 2-3, 3B, RBI; Shayla Williams 2-3, 2B; Morgan Mesaris 2-2, 2B, 4 RBI; Kahler Kivler 2-3, RBI.Northwest 15, MMI Prep 2 (5 inn.)Northwest`206`34 &#8212; 15MMI Prep`000`20 &#8212; 2Pitching: NWT, Nicole Cragle W (5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 EWR, 0 BB, 12 SO). MMI, Gabby Kupsho L (4 IP, 12 H, 11 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO); Alexis Dalessandro (1 IP, 1 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO).Top Hitters: NWT, Brenna Babcock 2-4, RBil Brooke Harvey 2-3, 3 runs; Trista Babcock 2-3, 3 runs; N.Cragle 2-4, 4 RBI; Courtney Cragle 2-2, 2 runs; Payge Wufsus 2-4, 2 RBI. MMI, Dalessandro 1-2, run, RBI; Maddie Perchak 1-2, run; Julia Snyder 1-2 RBI.Tunkhannock 11, Crestwood 2Crestwood`002`000`0 &#8212; 2Tunkhannock`026`201`x &#8212; 11Pitching: CRE, Haley Naperkowski L (2.1 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO); Jalyn Cook (0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO); Bridget LeRoy (3 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO). TUN, Hope Jones W (4 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO); Kendra Schultz (3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO).Top Hitters: CRE, Sarah Macko 3-4, run. TUN, Erin Dun 1-2, 2 run; Schultz 2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Hailey Farr 2-3, 3B, 2 RBI, 3 runs; Jena Simmons 1-2, 2 runs; Ella Larioni 2-2, 2 RBI.Holy Redeemer 2, Meyers 0Meyers`000`000`0 &#8212; 0Redeemer`000`020`x &#8212; 2Pitching: MEY, Abbi Satoff L (6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO); HR, Morgan Bienkowski W (7 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 18 SO).Top Hitters: HR, Bienkowski 1-3, HR, 2 RBI, run; Sam Rajza 1-2, run; Grace Dacey 1-3.H.S. BASEBALLTunkhannock 12, Wyoming Area 2 (6 inn.)Tunkhannock`AB`R`H`BIRobinson lf`4`2`1`0Faux rf`3`4`2`1Reposa ss`5`2`3`3Baltrusaitis 1b`4`1`0`0Munley cf`3`2`2`1Dziak c`2`1`2`3Astegher 3b`4`0`1`1Gregory dh`3`0`1`2Sackman 2b`3`0`0`1Totals`31`12`12`12Wyo. Area`AB`R`H`BIMelberger 3b`3`0`1`1Petrucci c`2`0`0`1Nossavage c`0`0`0Minichello cf`0`0`0`0Zielinski cf`2`0`0`0Wright 1b-rf`3`0`0`0Coolbaugh rf-p`0`0`0`0Angeli rf`2`0`2`0Yochem dh`2`0`0`0Rome 1b`2`0`0`0Wiedl ss`1`1`0`0Zezza lf`2`1`1`0Totals`19`2`4`2Tunkhannock`430`212 &#8212; 12Wyoming Area`000`020 &#8212; 22B &#8212; Reposa, Munley 2, Gregory, Melberger. 3B &#8212; Robinson, Dziak.Tunkhannock`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOStephans W`5.0`3`2`2`2`3Goodwin`1.0`1`0`0`0`2Wyo. Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOBarletta L`1.0`7`7`7`2`1Coolbaugh`3.0`2`2`0`1`3Wright`2.0`3`3`3`3`4Crestwood 9, Hazleton Area 3Crestwood`AB`R`H`BICaladie ss`3`1`2`1Macko 1b`4`1`0`0Darden c`3`2`3`3Knapp lf`2`1`0`0Geroski ph`0`0`0`0Palmiero 3b`4`1`1`1Chalk p`2`1`0`0Jones ph`0`0`0`0Mendoza p`0`0`0`0Toronzi 2b`0`0`0`0Bufunno dh`3`1`0`0Kindler rf`3`0`1`2Rozitski ph`1`0`0`0Taleroski cf`4`1`2`1Totals`29`9`9`9Haz. Area`AB`R`H`BIHeim lf`2`1`1`2Reed rf`2`0`0`0Pietrzyk 1b`3`0`0`0McGowan ss`2`0`1`0Colyer 3b`2`0`0`0Pozniak pr`0`1`0`0Repetz p`0`0`0`0Klein dh`2`0`1`0Reese p`0`0`0`0Shamany p`0`0`0`0Amentler cf`2`1`0`0Gentile c`1`0`0`0Yeager ph`1`0`0`0Pleban ph`1`0`0`0Vozar 2b`3`0`0`0Totals`21`3`3`2Crestwood`023`100`3 &#8212; 9Haz. Area`000`001`2 &#8212; 3HR &#8212; Darden.Crestwood`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOChalk W`6.0`2`1`0`4`2Mendoza`1.0`1`2`0`2`2Haz. Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SORepetz L`3.0`3`5`4`4`4Reese`2.2`4`1`1`1`3Shamany`1.1`2`3`3`4`2Pittston Area 13, Wyo. Valley West 11Pittston Area`AB`R`H`BIK.Ralston cf`2`4`1`1K.Krawczyk ss`4`2`2`1Stella 3b`4`1`3`5Bone pr`0`2`0`0Brody dh`5`2`3`3A.Krawczyk pr`0`0`0`0Cherkas p-1b`4`0`2`0Spurlin c`2`0`0`1Dillion rf`1`0`0`0DeLucca ph`1`0`1`1H.Ralston p-1b`3`0`1`0Cunius 2b`2`1`0`0Balera pr`0`1`0`0Conestantino pr`0`0`0`0Totals`28`13`13`12WVW`AB`R`H`BIOkane lf`4`1`1`0Ruff cf`3`2`2`1Sienkiewicz ss`4`2`2`4Packer rf`3`3`3`1Kane 1b`4`0`0`1Adamski p`0`0`0`0Baranski dh`3`0`0`0Koselar pr`0`0`0`0Federici 3b`4`1`1`0Banas c`4`1`1`3Kobusky 2b`4`1`1`0Totals`33`11`11`10Pittston Area`005`304`1 &#8212; 13Wyo. Val. West`000`440`3 &#8212; 112B &#8212; Brody, Ruff, Sienkiewicz. 3B &#8212; Packer. 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<div class="neCaption">Pittston Area&#8217;s Lexi Felinski fields a grounder against Wyoming Valley West in a Wyoming Valley Conference softball game on Tuesday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/web1_TTL050218HSSOFTPAWVW1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Pittston Area&#8217;s Lexi Felinski fields a grounder against Wyoming Valley West in a Wyoming Valley Conference softball game on Tuesday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Sean McKeag | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/web1_TTL050218HSSOFTPAWVW2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Pittston Area&#8217;s Mackenzie Gable rounds second base during Tuesday&#8217;s game against Wyoming Valley West. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/web1_TTL050218HSSOFTPAWVW2.jpg</photo1><caption1>Pittston Area&#8217;s Mackenzie Gable rounds second base during Tuesday&#8217;s game against Wyoming Valley West. </caption1><photoCredit1>Sean McKeag | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/web1_TTL050218HSSOFTPAWVW3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Pittston Area&#8217;s Kahler Kivler bats against Wyoming Valley West during Tuesday&#8217;s game. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/web1_TTL050218HSSOFTPAWVW3.jpg</photo2><caption2>Pittston Area&#8217;s Kahler Kivler bats against Wyoming Valley West during Tuesday&#8217;s game. </caption2><photoCredit2>Sean McKeag | Times Leader </photoCredit2></div></div>
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Local roundup: No-hitter for Redeemer softball; Pittston Area wins big