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Distinctive Women: 2019

Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Sophia Ginochetti finished 10th in the state in Class 3A diving Friday at the PIAA Swimming Championships at Bucknell University in Lewisburg.Ginochetti was the only District 2 athlete to score any team points on the first of two days of 3A competition. The top eight in each event earn medals while the top 16 score points.Ginochetti was ninth after five dives when the field was trimmed from 24 to 20. She remained ninth when the field was cut again to the 16 point-scorers after eight of 11 dives. Her final score was 382.0.Each swimming event had 32 individual or 32 relay teams competing.District 2 did not have a representative in every event because its teams qualified in Class 3A as part of the District 2-4 subregional where only champions advanced to Bucknell.Valley West finished 37th in the team standings.In the boys competition, the Hazleton Area 200 medley relay team of Anthony Goulstone, Paul Flowers, Ryan Kovalick and Brandon Dagrosa placed 31st with a time of 1:43.77. Goulstone was 31st in the 200 IM with a time of 1:59.77.BOYS BASKETBALLAbington Heights 61, Sun Valley 46Coach Ken Bianchi won his 800th career game as defending PIAA Class 5A state champion Abington Heights defeated Sun Valley in a state quarterfinal game.Trey Koehler led the District 2 champion Comets with 20 points and five rebounds. Jack Nealon had 19 points and four assists. Corey Perkins scored 12 points and made four steals.Abington Heights will play District 12 champion Archbishop Wood on Monday in the semifinals. Wood defeated District 11 champion Pottsville 55-43.GIRLS BASKETBALLMahanoy Area 54, Old Forge 40A poor third quarter doomed Old Forge in a PIAA Class 2A quarterfinal game, as the Blue Devils were outscored 15-2 in the period in a loss to District 11 champion Mahanoy Area.District 2 runner-up Old Forge led 22-20 at halftime. Olivia Ciullo led the Blue Devils with 11 points followed by Lindsey Welsh with 10.COLLEGESWOMEN&#8217;S BASKETBALLScranton falls in Final FourDown nine at halftime, the Royals took a four-point lead over the country&#8217;s No. 1 team before falling short in the NCAA Division III tournament semifinals, losing 69-59 to Thomas More at Roanoke College in Salem, Va.Scranton earned its lead in the third quarter and then pulled within 45-44 with 9:46 left in the fourth before the Saints used a 14-1 run to put the game away.Makenzie Mason led the Royals with 18 points and seven rebounds. Thomas More will play Bowdoin on Saturday for the national title.BASEBALLPSU Wilkes-Barre drops twoSouthern Maine Community College swept PSU Wilkes-Barre 4-1 and 8-1.Robb McClay had PSU Wilkes-Barre&#8217;s lone RBI in the opener. Zach Scott tripled in the nightcap. Brandon Hardiman and Sean-Paul Williamson had singles.MEN&#8217;S VOLLEYBALLMessiah 3, Wilkes 0Wilkes dropped a three-set match 25-17, 25-17, 25-19.Mark Piotrowski led the Colonels with nine kills. Jones Mensah added seven. Daniel Sales had 28 assists and match-highs with nine digs and two service aces.<style>
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Local roundup: WVW diver Sophia Ginochetti takes 10th at states