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Devland Heffron was 3 for 4 with five RBI and three runs scored as Nanticoke Area defeated GAR 15-0 Tuesday in high school baseball.Luke Myers was 3 for 4 with an RBI. Trahjan Krupinski was 2 for 2 with three RBI. Colby Butczynski pitched two innings for the win.Wyoming Seminary 5, Crestwood 4Charlie Kutz led the Blue Knights in hits with two and Jakson Amend had two RBI.Mick Bufano and Derek Petrochko each had two hits for Crestwood. Stew Caladie and Matt Dean each had two of the Comets&#8217; four RBI.Wyoming Seminary walked-off in the bottom of the seventh to defeat the Comets 5-4 in a non conference game.Dallas 5, North Pocono 2The Mountaineers and North Pocono looked to be a pitchers duel through the first three innings, but Dallas was able to chase North Pocono&#8217;s Ryan Deom from the game and to get to Peter Gutowski for five runs.Lucas McGeehan drove in two runs for the Mountaineers while going 1 for 3 and scoring a run.Alex Kapral spun a gem for Dallas, tossing all seven innings and holding the Trojans to just four hits and two runs, none of them earned.Berwick 12, West Scranton 1Henry Novicki was 3 for 5 with a homer, double and two RBI to pace Berwick.Shane Levan added two hits and two RBI. Kaleb Gearinger had three RBI.Sawyer Kemp struck out nine over five innings to pick up the win.Wyoming Area 13, Abington Heights 4Cole Coolbaugh struck out seven and helped himself at the play with two hits and four RBI.Ethan Elmes added two RBI for Wyoming Area, which had six hits and benefited from seven errors by the Comets.SOFTBALLBerwick 6, North Schuylkill 5Emily Novicki, Kelsey Caladie and Hannah Hess all hit home runs for Berwick in its non-conference win.Novicki pitched 3.2 innings of relief for the win.Wyoming Valley West 13, Western Wayne 3Katie DeCosmo, Sam Pepe and Aubrey Duesler all had two RBI as Valley West won in five innings.Julia Franks added three hits. Sara Hoskins struck out 10 in the complete-game win.Lake-Lehman 12, Nanticoke Area 9Lake-Lehman was led by Krista Scoblick and Hayley Evans, who each went 3 for 4. Krista Scoblick also added four runs while Evans drove in two runs. Corinna Scoblick contributed four RBI.The Trojans were led by Gabby Rakowski, who went 3 for 5 with an RBI, and Brinley Sobeck, who homered.GIRLS LACROSSESouthern Lehigh 13, Wyoming Seminary 6Paige Parsons had two goals and an assist for Seminary while Christina Kilyanek added two goals.Grace Parsons scored once and had an assist. Anna Mozeleski added a goal.BOYS VOLLEYBALLBerwick 3, North Pocono 0Berwick topped North Pocono 25-18, 25-22, 25-23.For Berwick, Santiago Segura had 26 assists and 10 digs, Zach Evans had 13 kills, Nick Norce had six kills and Luis Frances had 11 service points and three blocks.Holy Redeemer 3, Hazleton Area 0The Royals won their 86th consecutive match against a District 2 opponent with a 25-9, 25-11, 25-13 win.Jared Piontkowski had 21 kills and six blocks for Redeemer. George Beck posted seven kills, five blocks and 24 assists. Nick Prociak added three kills and three blocks. Luigi Romano served 23 points and had two assists.Alec Plesh had three assists, four digs and three points for Hazleton Area. Christopher Wolk had eight digs and Brody DePersia added five digs.Tunkhannock 3, Crestwood 0Tunkhannock swept Crestwood 25-19, 26-24, 25-8.Avery Billings had eight kills, five blocks and four aces for Tunkhannock. Trejan Turner had seven kills and four blocks. Paul Binner added 10 assists, six blocks and five kills.Crestwood&#8217;s Adam Williams had 14 assists, eight points and four kills. Jon Van Fossen (4 kills, 5 points), Connor Novatnak (5 kills, 3 points) and Dylan Kronick (6 kills) also contributed.BOYS TRACKLake-Lehman 85, Holy Redeemer 63Lake-Lehman had three double winners. Daymond Kovaly won the 110 and 300 hurdles races. Casey Kaminski won the 100 and high jump. Matt Sczurek won the triple jump and long jump.Redeemer&#8217;s Dominic Capaci won the 200 and 400 races.Hanover Area 103, GAR 42Asad Whitehead (triple jump, long jump) and Stephen Rowley (3,200, 1,600) were double winners for Hanover Area.GIRLS TRACKHoly Redeemer 93, Lake-Lehman 48The Royals won 12 events on the way to a victory.Caton Fahey was a double winner with victories in the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles. Abby Lapinski won the 200 and long jump.Hanover Area 106, GAR 42Giovanna Caines won the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles for Hanover Area. Abby Korba won the 200 and triple jump.COLLEGESBASEBALLPSU Wilkes-Barre 8, PSU Hazleton 3Leroy Fettig had three hits and four RBI to pace PSU Wilkes-Barre. Zack Sott had three hits and stole three bases. Jordan Choman added two singles.Misericordia 13, Arcadia 3The Cougars broke the game open with seven runs in the second and added five more in the sixth.Brady Madden had three hits and four RBI, Conor Smith drove in three runs and Billy Kerwien had two hits and two RBI.King&#8217;s 8, Manhattanville 3Junior Kyle Friebolin went 3 for 5 at the plate with a career-high four RBI while scoring two runs for King&#8217;s.Dan Hartson also had a great day at the plate, going 4 for 5 while scoring three runs. Andrew Steidle had two hits in three at-bats out of the nine-hole and knocked in a pair of runs. On the mound, Cooper Johnson got his second victory of the year with five strong innings.SOFTBALLKing&#8217;s sweeps doubleheaderKing&#8217;s defeated PSU Brandywine 5-4 in nine innings in the opener and won the nightcap 7-3.Sophomore Mindina Lieback delivered a walk-off, two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning in the first game. Norris finished 3 for 4 with two runs scored and a RBI in the second game.H.S. BASEBALLBerwick 10, West Scranton 1Berwick`AB`R`H`BIKishbaugh 3b`5`2`2`0McCracken ss`3`1`1`1Novicki 2b-1b`5`3`3`2Slusser 1b-p`5`2`2`0Cerasoli dh`1`1`0`1Hughes rf-lf`0`0`0`0Anderson dh`2`0`1`1Gearinger cf`5`0`0`3Lombargo lf`2`0`1`0Levan c`4`1`2`2Cerminaro c`0`0`0`0Kemp p`4`0`0`0Totals`36`10`12`10West Scranton`AB`R`H`BIMarrifield cf`3`0`0`0Loureiro 2b`3`1`1`0Ciullo p`3`0`0`0Forsette ss`3`0`1`0Walsh lf`2`0`1`0Butka c`3`0`0`0Hamm 3b`2 0 0 0Maskal ph`1`0`0`0Amaya rf`2`0`2`0Darbenzio ph`1`0`0`0Connor 1b`2`0`0`0Kowanick ph`1`0`0`0Totals`26`1`5`1Berwick`331`010`2 &#8212; 12West Scranton`100`000`0 &#8212; 12B &#8212; Kishbaugh, Novicki, Anderson, Louriero, Amaya. HR &#8212; Novicki.Berwick`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOKemp (W)`5.0`5`1`0`1`9Slusser`2.0`0`0`0`0`3West Scranton`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOCiullo (L)`2.0`4`6`1`6`1Visconi`3.0`3`2`1`0`3Morris`2.0`5`2`2`0`0Wyoming Area 13, Abington Heights 4Abington`AB`R`H`BIBarcia`3`0`2`1Newman`4`0`1`1Habeeb`3`1`1`0Gilbert`4`0`0`1Myers`3`0`0`0Davenport`2`1`0`0Petty`1`1`0`0Notari`3`1`0`1Miller`2`0`0`0Deibert`1`0`0`0Totals`26`4`4`4Wyo. Area`AB`R`H`BIElmes`3`2`0`2Yochem`3`1`1`1Hood`0`0`0`1Coolbaugh`4`1`2`4Williams`5`1`1`1Graham`3`1`0`0Petrucci`2`2`0`0Kelleher`1`0`0`0Kopcza`2`2`0`0Nossavage`4`1`1`1Angelella`3`2`1`0Totals`30`3`6`10Abington Heights`030`010`0 &#8212; 4Wyoming Area`030`532`x &#8212; 132B &#8212; Coolbaugh, Yochem.Abington Hts.`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOGilbert`2.0`2`3`1`2`1Gilmore (L)`1.1`3`5`1`1`0Allen`0.2`0`2`2`4`1Notari`1.0`1`0`0`0`0Newman`1.0`0`2`0`1`2Wyoming Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOCoolbaugh (W)`6.0`3`4`0`4`7Graham`1.0`1`0`0`0`0Dallas 5, North Pocono 2North Pocono`AB`R`H`BIWalsh rf `3`1`1`0Bosley cf `3`1`0`0R. Deom p/ss `3`0`0`0Jake Mastillo c `3`0`1`2Maglio 3b `3`0`1`0Lamparter lf `3`0`0`0Gutowski 1b/p `2`0`0`0Holtsmaster ph `1`0`0`0McNulty p `0`0`0`0Pagotto 2b `0`0`0`0E. Deom dh `3`0`0`0Ruddy ss/2b `2`0`1`0Totals`26`2`4`2Dallas`AB`R`H`BIKardeski cf `4`1`1`0Lombardo 2b `4`0`0`0M. Luksic 3b `3`1`0`0McGeehan rf `3`1`1`2Bednar ss `0`0`0`0Connolly dh `2`1`1`2Z. Luksic c `3`0`1`0Kapral p `2`0`1`0J. Shaver 1b `2`0`0`0B. Lewis lf `2`1`1`0Totals`25`5`6`52B &#8212; NP, Maglio. DAL, McGeehan, B. Lewis.North Pocono`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOR. Deom`3.2`0`0`0`2`4Gutowski`0.2`5`5`5`2`0McNulty`1.2`1`0`0`1`1Dallas`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOKapral`7`4`2`0`0`3Nanticoke Area 15, GAR 0GAR`AB`R`H`BIPlacencio cf `2`0`1`0K.Taylor 3b `2`0`1`0O&#8217;Day ss `2`0`2`0N. Taylor p/1b `2`0`0`0Vicioso 1b/p `2`0`0`0J. Rodriguez lf `1`0`0`0Encarnaction rf `2`0`0`0Faust c `1`0`0`0Y. Rodriguez 2b `1`0`0`0Totals`15`0`4`0Nanticoke Area`AB`R`H`BIMyers 2b `3`3`3`1Makiewicz ph `1`0`0`0Heffron 3b `4`3`3`5Cease ss `2`2`1`1J. Krupinski ph `0`1`0`0T. Krupinski 1b `2`1`2`3Piestrik 1b`1`1`1`2Balliet dh `2`0`2`1Szychowski cf `3`0`0`0Matson cf `1`0`1`1Heald c `2`0`0`0Bobeck ph`0`1`0`0Bielecki lf `1`0`1`1Sura lf `1`0`0`0Ormes rf `2`2`1`0Brown rf `1`1`0`0Totals`26`15`14`15GAR`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SON. Taylor`3.0`12`10`9`3`3Vicioso`0.2`3`5`5`2`2Nanticoke Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOButczynski`2`4`0`0`5`0Princhak`1`1`0`0`1`0H.S SOFTBALLBerwick 6, North Schuylkill 5Berwick`111`021`0 &#8212; 6North Schuylkill`002`300`0 &#8212; 5Top Hitters: BER, Peyton Lipsey 1-3, 2 runs; Katie Starr 3-4, 1 run; Emily Novicki 3-3, HR, 3 RBI; Kelsey Caladie 1-3, HR; Hannah Hess 1-3 HR; NS, Ossman 1-4, 2 runs; Ryan 3-4, RBI,Pitching: BER, Emma Stoker 3.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO; Novicki (W) 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO. NS, Ossman (L) 7 IP, 12 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO.Wyo. Valley West 13, Western Wayne 3Wyo. Valley West`750`01 &#8212; 13Western Wayne`002`100 &#8212; 3Top Hitters: WVW, Katie DeCosmo 2 hits, 2 RBI; Julia Franks, 3 hits; Kiley Harden single, RBI; Sam Pepe, single, 2B, 2 RBI; Aubrey Dusler, 2B, 2 RBI; Sara Hoskins, single, RBI. WW, Kaeli Romanowski 3B, RBI; MacKenzie Rose, 2B; Vaeda Pontosky, single, RBI.Lake-Lehman 12,Nanticoke Area 9Nanticoke Area 024 100 2 &#8212; 9Lake-Lehman 221 430 &#8212; 12Top Hitters &#8212; NAN, Gabby Rakowski 3-5, 1 RBI; Jilann Baron 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 2B; Jennifer Kurkowski 1-5, 1 2B; Liz Redneski 1-4 1 2B, 1 RBI; Brinley Sobeck 1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI. LL, Krista Scoblick 3-4, 4 runs; Corinna Scoblick 2-4, 4 RBI 2 runs; Hayley Evans 3-4, 2 RBI; Hannah Kline 2-4, 1 HR, 1 2B, 2 RBI, Emily Smith 1-4, 1 3B, Amber Kocher 1-4 1 2B, 2 RBI.Pitching &#8212; NAN, Brinley Scobeck 6 IP, 17 H, 12 R, 10 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO. LL, Sommer Zier-Norris 7 IP, 11 H, 9 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO.<style>
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Local roundup: Nanticoke Area baseball powers to 15-0 victory