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Holy Redeemer baseball opens league play with win over Wyoming Seminary

Matt Maransky broke a 24-year-old school record in the long jump as Dallas defeated Berwick 88-61 Wednesday in Wyoming Valley Conference boys track.Maransky&#8217;s jump was 21 feet, 10.4 inches, He also won the pole vault.Dallas had three other doubles winners. Mitchell Rome won the 1,600 and 3,200 runs. Jarrod Frank took the high jump and triple jump. Mike Anderson had the winning throws in the shot put and discus.Berwick&#8217;s Shawn Sheptock won the 100 and 200 sprints.Wyoming Valley West 86, Pittston Area 64Tavian McKenna won the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 races for Wyoming Valley West. Connor Mikovich won the javelin and shot put.Alex Haas posted wins in the 100 and 200 for Pittston Area.Crestwood 90, Nanticoke Area 60The Comets had three double winners in their victory over Nanticoke Area.Tyler LeCompte won the high jump and long jump. Dylan Price as victorious in the 800 and 1,600. Josh Hooper won the 100 and 200.Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Trevor Grohowski won the 3,200 and pole vault.GIRLS TRACKDallas 80, Berwick 70Alonda Church won the 100 and 200 as Dallas captured 11 events in its victory.Berwick&#8217;s Amber Koshinski won the pole vault and long jump. Makayla Force was first in the shot put and discus.Pittston Area 100, Wyoming Valley West 50Pittston Area had three double winners in its victory.Giavanna Innamorti won the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles. Jakiya Kroon won the 100 and 200 dashes. Nicole Zambetti won the 800 and 1,600.Nanticoke Area 77, Crestwood 73Amiah Lukowski won the 100 and 200 for Nanticoke Area.Molly DeMarzo won the 1,600 and 3,200 for Crestwood.SOFTBALLLake-Lehman 11, GAR 1 (6 inn.)Corinna Scoblick knocked in three runs, Emily Smith homered and Hailey Evans had a double among her three hits as Lake-Lehman prevailed.Krista Scoblick fanned 10 in the complete-game victory.Chloe Sromovski had GAR&#8217;s only hit.Holy Redeemer 13, MMI Prep 3 (6 inn.)Holy Redeemer roared back after MMI Prep scored three runs in the top of the first.Taylor Josefowicz was 3-for-4 with a triple and four RBI. Allyson Laiuvara had two hits. Jenna Santuk picked up the win in relief, going four innings with eight strikeouts.Grace Warner had two hits and Alexis Dalesandro tripled for MMI.BOYS TENNISWyoming Valley West 3, Crestwood 2The Spartans swept the doubles matches to defeat Crestwood.At No. 2 doubles, Adam Detwiller and Colin Lupcho battled back from a first set loss to win 3-6, 6-0, 6-1. Sam Saporito and Joe Leary won in straight sets at No. 1 doubles. Brenadan Woods picked up the other Valley West win at No. 3 singles.Berwick 5, Hazleton Area 0Berwick&#8217;s Jarret Groshek and Graham Marshman won in straight sets in singles matches without allowing a point.The No. 1 doubles team of Brenden Turoski and Jimmy Lloyd also won 6-0, 6-0.Pittston Area 3, GAR 2Adam Musto, Tom Dessoye and Peter Fox won in singles events for Pittston Area in straight sets.MMI 4, Tunkhannock 1Zander Spears and Christian Bodamo were singles winners for MMI Prep, with Bodamo needing three sets to defeat Logan Helsel.Jared Fernandez won at No. 3 singles for Tunkhannock.BOYS LACROSSEDelaware Valley 9, Vernon 7Shane Roche scored four goals and Josh Bacarcel and Jackson Melnick added two each in Delaware Valley&#8217;s non-conference win.Wyoming Seminary 11, Abington Heights 7Ryan Anderson scored six times and Lucas Barton and Kevin Medico each added a pair of goals for Seminary.Dante DeRiggi led Abington Heights with five goals.North Pocono 20, Holy Redeemer 0Jason Parola and Elias Gray each recorded hat tricks for North Pocono.BOYS VOLLEYBALLHoly Redeemer 3, Hanover Area 0The Royals won by scores of 25-12, 25-9, 25-10.Redeemer was paced by Nick Prociak (2 kills), Matt Prociak (2 kills, 3 blocks), Lucas Barnack (2 kills) and Dominic Cirelli (16 points, 2 digs).Crestwood 3, Nanticoke Area 0The Comets won by scores of 25-14, 25-13, 25-19.Adam Williams (23 assists, 3 kills), Connor Novatnak (7 kills, 10 points, 3 aces) and Jake Sheldon (15 points, 8 digs) led Crestwood.Christian Mavus had 10 digs, a block and a kill for Nanticoke Area. Tyler Rushton had five digs, three assists, three kills, a block and an ace.COLLEGESWOMEN&#8217;S LACROSSEMisericordia 22, DeSales 10Misericordia outscored DeSales 15-2 in the second half for the victory.Kaila Quinlivan led the Cougars with nine points on four goals and five assists. Justine Johnson added five goals and an assist. Amy Roth and Kristen Ritter added three goals and one assist apiece.King&#8217;s 14, Wilkes 7Jen O&#8217;Connor scored five goals to lead the King&#8217;s past Wilkes.Wilkes&#8217; Ashley Burkhardt finished with four goals.MEN&#8217;S LACROSSEWilkes 8, King&#8217;s 5Ethan Weaver, Connor Daly and Brian Steiger all scored two goals for Wilkes.Gabe Vansuch led King&#8217;s with three points on two goals and one assist.BASEBALLMisericordia 16, Scranton 9 (8 inn.)Misericordia&#8217;s Dalton Emerich surrendered just one earned run while hitting 4-for-5 with two runs, two extra base hits and three RBI.Tyler Holzapfel and Shane Hughes also tallied three RBI for the Cougars.Wilkes 17, Cabrini 8Five Wilkes hitters recorded multi-hit games as Jack Fischer led the way with a 5-for-6 day and three RBI. Mike Patrizio had three hits and scored four times from the leadoff spot.SOFTBALLMisericordia sweeps MarywoodMisericordia swept Marywood 8-3 and 5-1.Ciara DeLong was 4-for-4 with a double, a homer and three RBI in the opener and Kiersten Pflueger had two hits.DeLong had three hits in the nightcap and Amanda Butera added two hits.Wilkes drops doubleheaderWilkes fell to Scranton 5-1 in the opener and 4-3 in the nightcap.Haley Boyd and Gracen Staunton had the Colonels&#8217; lone two hits in the first game.Jordyn Kondras led the offense in game two, finishing 3-for-3 with one run scored.MEN&#8217;S VOLLEYBALLMisericordia 3, Widener 0Misericordia swept Widener, 25-20, 25-19, 25-19.Ryan Miller and Caleb Bauder both had eight kills and Jason Campbell added seven.Eastern 3, Wilkes 0Eastern won in three games 25-16, 25-20, 25-21.JD Kirby directed the Wilkes offense with a career-high 23 assists. Andrew Potter led the way with seven kills while Mensah finished with six killsSOFTBALLLake-Lehman 11, GAR 1 (6 inn.)GAR`100`000 &#8212; 1Lake-Lehman`024`311 &#8212; 11Top Hitters: GAR, Chloe Sromovski, single. LL, Hailey Evans 3-4, 2B, RBI, 2 runs; Corinna Scoblick 1-4, 3 RBI; Savannah Purdy 2-2, RBI; Emily Smith 1-1, HR, RBI, 2 runs.Pitching: GAR, Sromovski (L) 5 IP, 12 H, 11 R, 10 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO. LL, Krista Scoblick 6 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 SO.Holy Redeemer 13, MMI Prep 3 (6 inn.)MMI Prep`300`000 &#8212; 3Holy Redeemer`102`514 &#8212; 13Top Hitters: MMI, Alexis Dalesandro, 3B; Grace Warner 2-3, run. HR, Liz Mendrzycki 1-2, 2B, RBI, 4 runs; Allyson Lauivara 2-4, RBI, run; Taylor Josefowicz 3-4, 4 RBI, 2 runs.Pitching: MMI, Kaylee Witner (L) 5 IIP, 9 H, 13 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 7 SO. HR, Bailey McDermott 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO; Jenna Santuk 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 SO.BOYS TENNISWyoming Valley West 3, Crestwood 2Singles: 1. Brandan Krupa (C) def. Aiden Temple 6-0, 6-1; 2. Julien Lacoste (C) def. Brandon Richie 6-3, 2-6, 6-0; 3. Brendan Woods (WVW) def. Alex Covelens 7-5, 6-2.Doubles: 1. Sam Saporito/Joe Leary (WVW) def. Noah Partington/Brayden Fenwick 6-2, 6-3; 2. Adam Detwiler/Colin Lupcho (WVW) def. Ryan Kostiuk/Michael Hall 3-6, 6-0, 6-1.Berwick 5, Hazleton Area 0Singles: 1. Luis Donayre (B) def. Kittrick Danzeicen 6-0, 6-1; 2. Jarret Groshek (B) def. Gavin Ashman 6-0, 6-0; Graham Marshman (B) def. Ben Sabatos 6-0, 6-0.Doubles: 1. Brenden Turoski/Jimmy Lloyd (B) def. Dennis Kramer/Matt Yanochko 6-0, 6-0; 2. Mark Celona/Kyler Hower (B) def. Sam Schagan/Jaskaran Singh 6-4, 6-1.Pittston Area 3, GAR 2Singles: 1. Adam Musto (PA) def. Daniel Perez 6-0, 6-0; 2. Tom Dessoye (PA) def. Stephen Plaza 6-2, 6-1; 3. Peter Fox (PA) def. Yasmany Batista 6-2, 6-2.Doubles: 1. Carlos Carvajal/Charlie Carvajal (GAR) def. Zechariah Gregory/Salvatore Turonis 6-2, 6-2; 2. Jeremy Simon/Gio Molina (GAR) won by forfeit.MMI Prep 4, Tunkhannock 1Singles: 1. Zander Spears (MMI) def. Alex Keiser 6-3, 6-3; 2. Christian Bodamo (MMI) def. Logan Helsel 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; 3. Jared Fernandez (T) def. Chance Egerly 6-0, 6-0.Doubles: 1. Tyler Degenhart/Ian Devar (MMI) def. Ethan Sickler/Noah Gruver 6-4, 6-3; 2. Peter Walko/Ryan Menclis (MMI) def. AJ Hodge/Andrzej Shvenziek 6-1, 6-0.<style>
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Local roundup: Dallas’ Matt Maransky breaks school’s long jump record