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Connor Morgan broke a tie in the seventh inning with a two-run homer to give Lake-Lehman a 5-3 win over Nanticoke Area in a preseason baseball game on Wednesday.The Trojans had tied the game at 3-3 in the sixth on RBIs by Tyler Pokrinchak, Dylan Szychowski and Nick Matson before Morgan put the Black Knights up in the next frame, hitting a two-out shot following a walk by Andrew Martin. Ty Federici finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs in the win.Luke Myers tripled and had two of the Trojans&#8217; four hits.Pittston Area 14, Old Forge 4In just five innings, Pittston Area baseball pounded out 14 runs on 14 hits in a non-league win.Andrew Krawczyk (double), Joe Cencetti (RBI), Riley Brody, Johnny DeLucca (double, RBI) and Devin Market all had two hits for the Patriots while Hunter Ralston doubled and drove in three runs. The Patriots also drew 10 walks.Cole Cherkas went four innings on the mound for the win, striking out three while allowing one run.Berwick 6, Hanover Area 4Ian Kishbaugh, Henry Novicki and Shane Levan each collected two hits as Berwick used a four-run fourth inning to get past Hanover Area in a preseason matchup.Kishbaugh also drove in two runs.Kevin Polanco, Connor Quaglia, Todd Kolbicka and Justin Stefanowicz all had hits for Hanover.BOYS TRACK AND FIELDHazleton Area 128, Pittston Area 38Hazleton Area won 13 of 18 events en route to the victory.Ignacio Diaz, Zachary Keiner, Michael Bradley and Ryan Zamonas were all double winners for Hazleton.Crestwood 91, Berwick 59Crestwood won 12 events to top Berwick.GIRLS TRACK AND FIELDHazleton Area 86, Pittston Area 64Hazleton won 12 events en route to the victory.Lauren Festa and Jillian Buchman were double winners for Hazleton. Festa won the triple jump with a leap of 30 feet, nine inches and the long jump with a leap of 4 feet, 8 inches. Buchman won the 100-meter dash in 13.1 seconds and the 400 in 1:05.4.Berwick 109, Crestwood 41Berwick won 12 events to get past Crestwood.SOFTBALLHazleton Area 5, Wyoming Seminary 2Aleha Kost allowed just six hits and two runs, while striking out six, to lead the Cougars past the Blue Knights.Julia Mooney hit a two-run triple to lead Hazleton offensively.GAR 6, Coughlin 2Chloe Sromovski, Erin Leonard and Sarah Youkoski all collected two hits to lead GAR past Coughlin.Hanover Area 21, Coughlin 1Emilee Bobos and Kasidy Slusser clubbed a home runs to lead Hanover Area past Coughlin in a game shortened to three innings on Tuesday.Slusser finished with five RBI while Bobos knocked in four.BOYS TENNISGAR 3, Hazleton Area 2Rafael Amigon and Tim Wielgopolski scored singles wins as GAR earned its first boys tennis victory.Charlie Carvajal and Carlos Carvajal teamed to win the decisive doubles match.Dallas 4, Wyoming Area 1Dallas swept the singles competition and posted a victory at No. 1 doubles.Winners for the Mountaineers were John Toussaint, Alex DeRome, Dom Rizzo and the doubles team of Danny Dudick and Dan Flynn.Holy Redeemer 3, Berwick 2Mark Harrison, Domonic Marchese and Brandon Gebenus won single matches to lead the Royals.James Lloyd teamed Brandon Turoski and Mark Celona and Dallas Schecheterly scored doubles victories for Berwick.Crestwood 4, Tunkhannock 1The Comets swept singles competition on wins from Brandon Krupa, Julien Lacoste and Alex Covelens.Ethan Sickler and Noah Gruver won at No. 1 doubles for the Tigers.Wyoming Seminary 5, MMI Prep 0The Blue Knights won in straight sets in all five matches, led by Will Ziegler at No. 1 singles with a 6-0, 6-0 victory.BOYS LACROSSELake-Lehman 9, Coughlin 6Zach Aben scored three goals to lead the Black Knights while Scott Robbins made 10 saves in net.Coughlin&#8217;s Brandon Kelley led all scorers with four goals, topping 100 for his career.BOYS VOLLEYBALLDelaware Valley 3, Coughlin 0The Warriors earned a 25-6, 25-6, 25-3 sweep of the Crusaders.COLLEGESMEN&#8217;S LACROSSEKing&#8217;s 12, Immaculata 4The Monarchs had seven players score Wednesday as Michael O&#8217;Brien, Jared Gambino and Alec Martin all found the net twice.Susquehanna 14, Misericordia 11Pat Luzzi led the Cougars with six goals and two assists in the loss.WOMEN&#8217;S LACROSSEKing&#8217;s 15, Juniata 6Jen O&#8217;Connor scored five times and fellow freshman Brianna Raucci finished with four goals on four shots.BASEBALLWilkes 8, Eastern 2Noah Durnin tossed seven innings allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits with one walk and five strikeouts.Jack Fischer went 4-for-4 at the plate with three runs scored and two RBIs, while Brandon Reno was 3-for-5 with four RBIs for the Colonels.Marywood 11, King&#8217;s 10Dan Hartson came through with four hits, including the 100th of his career for the Monarchs. King&#8217;s erased an 8-2 deficit and ultimately tied the game in the ninth before the Pacers won it in the home half.Matt Dobeck also had four hits for the Monarchs, who had 17 as a team.MEN&#8217;S VOLLEYBALLArcadia 3, Wilkes 0Wilkes fell to Aracdia by scores of 25-13, 25-23, 25-19 on senior night.Kyle Price and Daniel Sales closed out their careers inside the Marts Center and were honored before the match. Price finished with a team-high eight digs while Sales dished out 24 assists and had six digs.Misericordia 3, Eastern 0The Cougars are headed to the conference tournament after sweeping the Eagles 25-22, 25-22, 25-22. Ryan Miller and Brian Ross had 12 kills in the win.SOFTBALLWilkes wins a pairThe Colonels rallied from a three-run deficit in the 10th inning of the second game to sweep a doubleheader with Lycoming, winning 8-1 and 8-7.Erin Cabry&#8217;s RBI single with two outs clinched the sweep after Britny Jumalon&#8217;s two run triple in the 10th. Celine Podlesney threw a four-hitter in the first win.MEN&#8217;S GOLFCougars drop twoMisericordia shots a 372 in its season opener, losing to DeSales (335) and Delaware Valley (359). Johnny Plouffe led the Cougars with an 86.HIGH SCHOOLSBASEBALLLake-Lehman 5, Nanticoke Area 3Lake-Lehman`AB`R`H`BISpencer cf`3`0`0`0Paczewski ss`3`0`1`0Sincavage 2b`3`1`0`0Cercone 3b`2`2`1`0Magdalinski p`2`0`0`0Martin p`0`1`0`0Federici 1b-p`3`0`2`3Morgan rf`4`1`1`2Finarelli lf-p`4`0`1`0Wesley c`3`0`0`0Totals`27`5`6`5Nanticoke`AB`R`H`BIMyers 2b`3`1`2`0Heffron 3b-p`3`0`0`0Cease p-ss`3`1`0`0TKrupinski 1b`2`1`0`0Butczynski pr`0`0`0`0Heald c`0`0`0`0Pokrinchak dh`2`0`1`1Sura pr`0`0`0`0Bielecki pr`0`0`0`0Szychowski cf`2`0`0`1Matson lf`2`0`1`1JKrupinski ss`3`0`0`0Brown rf`1`0`0`0Balliet 1b`1`0`0`0Totals`22`3`4`3Lake-Lehman`002`010`2 &#8212; 5Nanticoke`000`003`0 &#8212; 32B &#8212; Matson; 3B &#8212; Myers; HR &#8212; MorganLehman`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOMagdalinski`3.2`2`0`0`1`5Martin`2.1`2`3`3`2`3Federici`0+`0`0`0`2`0Finarelli, W`1.0`0`0`0`1`2Nanticoke`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOCease`2.1`2`1`1`2`2Heffron`2.1`3`2`2`1`0Krupinski, L`2.1`1`2`2`3`4Pittston Area 14, Old Forge 4 (5 inn.)Old Forge`AB`R`H`BIDiGregorio ss`4`0`1`0Krenitsky 2b`2`1`0`0Donovan c`1`1`0`0Grochowski 1b`2`1`0`0Marsico p-3b`3`0`3`2Jones dh`3`1`1`0DiMattia rf`1`0`1`0Tallo p`1`0`1`1Samony 3b-p`1`0`0`0Smith cf-lf`3`0`0`0Totals`21`4`7`3Pittston Area`AB`R`H`BIKrawczyk cf`3`2`2`0Stella c`3`2`1`1Cencetti ss`4`1`2`1Cherkas p-1b`3`4`1`1Felinski p`0`0`0`0Brody dh`3`2`2`0DeLucca lf`3`1`2`1Ralston 1b-3b`2`2`1`3Market 3b`2`0`2`1Vernagas ph`0`0`0`1Baiera 2b`3`0`1`2Totals`26`14`14`11Old Forge` `000`13 &#8212; 4Pittston` `223`25 &#8212; 142B &#8212; Ralston, Krawczyk, DeLucca, Cherkas; 3B &#8212; StellaOld Forge`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOMarisco, L`3.0`11`7`6`2`1Tallo`1.0`3`5`5`4`0Samony`0.1`0`2`2`4`0Pittston`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOCherkas, W`4.0`5`1`1`3`3Felinski`0.1`2`3`3`3`0Bouika`0.2`0`0`0`0`2Berwick 6, Hanover Area 4Hanover`AB`R`H`BIPolanco, ss `3`2`1`0Quaglia, rf`3`1`1`0Kolbicka, 2b`2`1`1`0Stefanowicz, 3b`3`0`1`2Hummer, p`3`0`0`0Richards, c`3`0`0`0George, dh`3`0`0`0Metric, 1b`0`0`0`0Murphy, lf`2`0`0`0Jaslar, cf, p`3`0`0`0Totals`25`4`4`2Berwick`AB`R`H`BIKishbaugh, 3b`ss`4`0`2`2McCracken, ss-p`4`0`1`0Novicki, 2b-1b`2`1`2`1Slusser, 1b-3b`4`0`0`0Cerasoli, dh`1`1`0`0Shortlidge, p`0`0`0`0Gearinger, cf`2`1`0`0Levan, c`4`1`2`1Lombargo, lf`4`1`1`1Hughes, lf `0`0`0`0Wygant, rf`4`1`3`0Totals`31`6`11`5Hanover`003`010`0 &#8212;4Berwick`014`010`x &#8212;6No extra-base hits for either team.Hanover`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOHummer (L)`2.2`6`5`4`2`1Jaslar `2.1`4`1`1`3`0Stefanski`1`1`0`0`0`1Berwick`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOShortlidge (W) 6`4`4`2`3`3McCracken (S) 1`0`0`0`0`0BOYS TENNISDallas 4, Wyoming Area 1Singles: No. 1: John Toussaint (D) def. Mike Remley, 6-0, 6-0; No. 2: Alex DeRome (D) def. Nick Perry, 6-2, 6-3; No. 3: Dom Rizzo (D) def. Mike Amato, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: No. 1: Danny Dudick/Dan Flynn (D) def. Mike Abromovach/Jake Butwin, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; No. 2: Patrick Musinski/Adam Wisnewski (WA) def. Andrew Gryskevicz/Caleb Waslick, 6-3, 6-2.Holy Redeemer 3, Berwick 2Singles: No. 1: Mark Harrison (HR) def. Luis Donaye, 6-3, 6-1; No. 2: Dominic Marchese(HR) def. Jarret Groshek, 6-2, 6-2; No. 3: Brandon Gebenus (HR) def. Graham Marshman, 6-0, 6-0; Doubles: Jimmy Lloyd/Brandon Turoski (Ber) def. Matthew Schuler/William Wolfgang; No. 2: Mark Celona/Dallas Schecheterly def. Hunter Wesolowski/Kevin Caffrey.GAR 3, Hazleton Area 2Singles: No. 1 Kittrick Danzeisen (HAZ) def. Daniel Perez, 6-2, 7-6 (7-1); No. 2: Rafael Amigon (GAR) def. Gavin Ashman, 6-0,6-1; No. 3: Tim Wielgopolski (GAR) def. Ben Sabatos, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2. Doubles: No. 1: Tristan Haroschak/Matt Yanochko (HAZ) def. Yasmany Batista/ Stephen Plaza, 6-4,6-3; No. 2: Charlie Carvajal/ Carlos Carvajal (GAR) def. Dennis Kramer/Sam Schagen (HAZ) 6-1,5-7,6-3Crestwood 4, Tunkhannock 1Singles: 1. Brandon Krupa (CRE) def. Alex Keiser 6-1, 6-4; 2. Julien Lacoste (CRE) def. Logan Helsel 6-0, 6-3; 3. Alex Covelens (CRE) def. Jarod Fernandez 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-3Doubles: 1. Ethan Sickler/Noah Gruver (TUN) def. Joe Gola/Noah Partington 7-6 (7-4), 6-3; 2. Brayden Fenwick/Ryan Kostiuk (CRE) def. Anthony Eckert/Chris Mirabelli 6-2, 6-2Wyoming Seminary 5, MMI Prep 0Singles: 1. Will Ziegler (WS) def Zander Spears 6-0, 6-0; 2. Jerry Tang (WS) def Christian Bodamo 6-0, 6-1; 3. Jacob Shoemaker (WS) def Chance Eyerly 6-0, 6-2Doubles: 1. Keefer Wu/Eddie Wang (WS) def Tyler Degenhart/Ian Dewar 6-3, 7-6; 2. Henry Ghou/Jared Weisinberger (WS) def Peter Walko/Ryan McNelis 6-2, 6-2SOFTBALLHazleton Area 5, Wyoming Seminary 2Hazleton Area`003`200`0 &#8212; 5Wyoming Seminary`020`000`0 &#8212; 2Hitting: Hazleton: Mrochko 2, Antolick 2, Mooney (3b), Gombeda, Peters, Kost 2 (2b). Seminary: Wren, Kopec, Romanchick, Kehl 2, Jenson. Pitching: Hazleton: Kost, 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 W, 4 SO. Seminary: Romanchick, 7 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 7 W, 7 SO. 3B - Mooney.GAR 6, Coughlin 2Coughlin`200`000`0 &#8212; 2GAR`004`020`x &#8212; 6Hitting: GAR: Sromovski 2 (2b), Leonard 2 (2B), Youkoski 2 (2B), Sabrina (3b), Prato. Coughlin: Tomeo, Gayton, Simonson, Galeno. Pitching: GAR: Sromovski 0 ER, 8 SO. Coughlin: Pugh 6 ER, 5 SO.<style>
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Local roundup: Late homer lifts Lake-Lehman baseball to victory