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WVC softball: Hanover Area’s Tuzinski strikes out 18 in extra-innings victory

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Darren Kerdesky hurled a three-hitter and knocked in the game&#8217;s decisive run to lead Dallas past Meyers, 2-1, in a Wyoming Valley Conference baseball game on Thursday.Kerdesky went seven innings, striking out 11, walking none. He did not allow an earned run.Joseph Polanowski nearly matched Kerdesky&#8217;s effort for the Mohawks. Polanowski went seven innings, allowing two runs on just one hit while striking out two. He walked five batters.Dallas got all of its runs in the second inning.Zachary Luksic led off with a single and stole second. Freddie Lombardo followed with a walk. After a strikeout, AJ Bednar walked to load the bases. Beaudyn Lewis followed with an RBI walk before Kerdesky knocked in the deciding run on a fielder&#8217;s choice.Blake Bynon drove in the Mohawks lone run.Hanover Area 10, Lake-Lehman 5 Hanover Area broke a 5-5 tie with four runs in the third inning to defeat Lake-Lehman.Auggie George and Justin Richards droe in two runs each for the Hawkeyes. Tory Metric pitched 3.1 innings of scoreless relief to pick up the win.CJ Cercone was 2-for-4 with two RBI for Lehman. Andre Martin was 2-for-4 with a double.Wyoming Seminary 4, Northwest 2Kyle Hromisin picked up the win on the mound, going six innings. He allowed five hits and two runs while striking out two.Berwick 9, GAR 2Henry Novicki drove in three runs while going two for four at the plate to lead host Berwick past GAR. Novicki also had a double. Sawyer Kemp picked up the win in relief, going three innings and allowing just one hit while striking out six.Jaun Vicioso and Noah Taylor each had an RBI for the Grenadiers.MMI Prep 7, Mountain View 0A.J. Jordan pitched a three-hit shutout and drove in two runs at the plate to lead host MMI past Mountain View.Also knocking runs for MMI were Marcus Danchision, Kevin McNulty, Collin Williams and Robert Rinaldi.Hazleton Area 5, Parkland 3Frank DeGaetano pitched a four-hitter to lead Hazleton Area past Parkland.DeGaetano allowed four hits and only one earned run in seven innings of work. He struck out two while walking two.BOY&#8217;S TENNISWyoming Seminary 5, GAR 0Will Ziegler, Jerry Tang and Jake Shoemaker each scored singles victories without dropping a match to lead Seminary past GAR.The teams of Keffer Wu and Fredi Leube and Jared Weisnberger and Logan McGowan completed the sweep with doubles victories.Tunkhannock 5, Hazleton Area 0Alex Keiser, Logan Helsel and Jared Fernandez all scored singles victories to lead Tunkhannock past Hazleton.The Tigers completed the sweep with victories by the doubles teams of AJ Hodge and Noah Gruver and Ethan Sickler and Anthony Eckert.Crestwood 3, MMI Prep 2Brandon Krupa and Julien Lacoste scored singles victories to lead Crestwood past MMI.Brayden Fenwick and Alex Covelens teamed up at No. 2 doubles for a victory for the Comets.Wyoming Area, 4, Berwick 1Mike Remley and Nick Perry scored singles victories to lead the Warriors past visiting Berwick.Jarret Groshek picked up a win in singles action for Berwick.COLLEGESBASEBALLMU, King&#8217;s splitDan Hartson went four for six at the plate and pitched a complete game to help King&#8217;s take the second game of a double-header, 5-1, and earn a split against visiting Misericordia, which won the opener 7-0.The split allows the first-place Cougars (24-10, 13-5 MAC Freedom) to win the season series over the Monarchs (14-16, 10-8 MAC Freedom), while the King&#8217;s win keeps them fourth in conference standings with just three games left.The only team that can now catch the fourth-place Monarchs for the conference&#8217;s final playoff spot is Eastern, which the Monarchs play next weekend. King&#8217;s just needs to win one of the three games against the Eagles to clinch their fourth consecutive postseason appearance. King&#8217;s can also clinch without playing again if the Eagles get swept by DeSales on Saturday.Colonels splitNoah Durnin had a dominating performance on the mound in the first game of a doubleheader as the Colonels split a pair of MAC Freedom games, winning one 5-1 and losing the other 4-1.Durnin earned his fourth consecutive victory on the mound, going the full seven innings while allowing one unearned run on five hits with one walk and six strikeouts. Brandon Reno clubbed a two-run home run.The Colonels lone run in the second game came on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Nick MalatestaTRACKKing&#8217;s Holiday InvitationalKing&#8217;s won seven individual events at the school&#8217;s annual Holiday Invitational.Individual winners for the Monarchs were Eammanuel Edoukou (100 meters, 200), Mitchell Forgash (400, 800), Justin Le Carde (shot put, discus) and Jackie Ni (hammer throw).Zach Davis (1,500), Tobi Olugbenga (high jump) and Lukas Schubert-Brown (javelin) all won individual events for the Misericordia.In the women&#8217;s competition, King&#8217;s took first in four events. Ellen Kuzman (100), Emily Harrington (400 hurdles), Tara Johnson (3,000 steeplechase) and Taylor Rune (hammer throw) were all winners for the Monarchs.Misericordia was led by Madison Hart (200, 400). Other winners for the Cougars were Brenna Karnish (discus), Tatiana Dorner (triple jump), Reilly Wagner (100 hurdles, tie for first in high jump), Olivia Visaggio (1,500), Ashley Dunteman (5,000), Karen Traub (pole vault), Lindsey Graver (long jump) and Tessa Zamolyi (javelin).SOFTBALLWilkes sweepsWilkes scored a pair of shutouts, winning 1-0 and 3-0. Gracen Staunton earned the win in the first game with a complete game four-hitter. Gab Giordano hit a first-inning home run for the game&#8217;s only score.Celine Podlesney threw a complete game one-hitter in the nightcap.H.S. BASEBALLBerwick 9, GAR 2GAR`AB`R`H`BIPlacencio cf`2`1`1`0O&#8217;Day ss`3`1`0`0K. Taylor lf`4`0`1`0Vicioso 1b-p`4`0`1`1N. Taylor p-3b-1b`3`0`1`1Rodriguez rf`2`0`0`0Columna 3b-p`2`0`0`0Faust c`3`0`0`0Quezada rf`0`0`0`0Encarnacion dh`3`0`0`0Totals`26`2`4`2Berwick`AB`R`H`BIKishbaugh ss`4`2`2`1Gearinger cf`2`1`0`0Novicki 1b`4`1`2`3Slusser 3b`3`0`0`1Levan c`3`1`2`0Feudale p`0`0`0`0Cerasoli dh`4`1`1`0Wygant rf`3`1`1`0McCracken lf`1`2`1`2Bello 2b`1`0`0`0Lombargo 2b`0`0`0`1Totals`25`9`9`82B - Ber, Kishbaugh, Novicki, Levan. 3B - Ber, McCracken. 2B &#8211; GAR, Placencio. Ber, Novicki, McCracken.GAR`200`000`0`&#8211;2Berwick`001`404`x`&#8211;9GAR`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOK.Taylor (L)`5`7`5`4`2`3Columna`.1`1`3`3`3`0Vicioso`.2`1`1`1`1`0Berwick`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOFeudale`3`3`2`2`4`4Kemp (W)`3`1`0`0`0`6Shaffer`1`0`0`0`0`0MMI Prep 7, Mountain View 0MV`AB`R`H`BIOfalt cf`3`0`0`0DeManicor c`3`0`1`0DeWolfe ss`3`0`0`0Fanelli 3b`3`0`0`0Henke p-rf`0`0`0`0Scott dh`3`0`0`0Richmond 1b`2`0`0`0O&#8217;Brien ph`1`0`0`0Crauen 2b`3`0`1`0Mancuso rf-p`3`0`0`0DeMark lf`2`0`1`0Totals`26`0`3`0MMI`AB`R`H`BIJordan p`3`1`2`2Danchision 2b`4`1`1`1Kassick cf`4`2`2`0McNulty c`4`0`2`1Williams 1b`3`0`1`1Rinehimer ph`1`0`0`0Warner rf`2`0`0`0Rinaldi rf`1`2`1`0Castro 3b`2`0`0`0Spencer 3b`1`0`1`0Yamulla ss`1`0`0`1Crockford ss`1`0`0`0Frask lf`2`1`0`0Kelly lf`1`0`0`0Totals`30`7`10`62b &#8211; MMI, Danchision, Jordan. 3b &#8211; MMI, Kassick. SB &#8211; MMI, Rinaldi, Kassick, Jordan.Mtn. View`000`000`0`&#8211;0MMI`212`011`x`&#8211;7MV`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOHenkie`3`6`5`4`3`2Mancuso`3`4`2`2`1`2MMI`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOJordan`7`3`0`0`0`7Dallas 2, Meyers 1Dallas`AB`R`H`RBIKerdesky p`3`0`0`1Shaver 1b`3`0`0`0M. Luksic 3b`2`0`0`0Nocito rf`0`0`0`0Connolly dh`3`0`0`0Z. Luksic c`3`1`1`0Lombardo 2b`2`1`0`0McGeehan cf-rf`1`0`0`0Kapral ph`1`0`0`0Bednar ss`2`0`0`0B.Lewis lf`2`0`0`1Totals`22`2`1`2Meyers`AB`R`H`BIStrobel cf`3`0`0`0Macko ss`3`1`1`0Bottger 1b`3`0`1`0Bynon rf`3`0`1`1Polanowski p`0`0`0`0Polanco DH`2`0`0`0Swinney 3b`3`0`0`0Rodriguez 2b`3`0`0`0Casey lf`2`0`0`0Richards c`2`0`0`0Totals`23`1`3`1SB - Dal, Z. Luksic 2, Lombard.Dallas`020`000`0`&#8211;2Meyers`000`100`0`&#8211;1Dallas`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOKerdewski (W)`7`3`1`0`0`11Meyers`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOPolanowski`7`1`2`2`5`2Hazleton Area 5, Parkland 3Hazleton`AB`R`H`BIAmentler cf`4`0`1`1Vozor 2b`4`0`1`0McGowan ss`4`0`0`0Repetz 1b`4`0`1`0Castro pr`0`0`0`0DeGaetano p`3`0`2`0Molinaro cr`0`2`0`0Milot cr`0`0`0`0Zientek rf`3`2`2`0Genao lf`2`1`0`0Kilker 3b`3`0`2`2Book c`2`0`0`1Totals`29`5`9`4Parkland`AB`R`H`BIPiatkiewicz 2b`3`1`1`0Barthol 3b`4`0`1`0Ervolina ss`3`1`0`0Webber cf`2`1`1`0Imler lf`3`0`1`1Jenkins c`3`0`0`0Smith 1b`3`0`0`0Kitabwalla dh`2`0`0`0Swartz ph`1`0`0`0Giovenco rf`3`0`0`0Totals`27`3`4`12B - Haz, DeGaetano.Hazleton`030`002`0`&#8211;5Parkland`102`000`0&#8211;3Hazleton`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SODeGaetano (W)`7`4`3`1`2`2Parkland`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOMiller (L)`5`5`4`4`1`3Schoch`1`3`1`1`0`1Sarrentino`1`1`0`0`0`0Wyo. Seminary 4, Northwest 2Northwest`AB`R`H`RBIS. Saxe`3`0`0`0Piestrak`4`1`1`0Gregory`4`0`0`1A.Antolik`2`0`1`0M. Mott`3`0`0`0B. Boyer`1`0`0`0Ridgley`3`0`2`0Capece`3`0`0`0Piertoni`3`0`1`0NA`0`1`0`0Totals`26`2`5`2Seminary`AB`R`H`RBIPhillips`4`2`2`0Nockley`2`0`1`1Murphy`3`0`0`1Amend`2`0`0`0Lonstein`3`1`1`0Fianley`2`1`1`0Kutz`3`0`1`0Hromisin`3`0`0`0Nardone`2`0`1`0Lombardon`0`0`0`0Kruger`0`0`0`0Totals`24`4`7`22B &#8211; Lonstein, Nockley.Northwest`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOSaxe`3.2`4`3`1`3`2Ridgley`1.1`2`1`1`1`1Piestrak`1`1`0`0`0`1Hanover Area 10, Lake-Lehman 5Lehman`AB`R`H`BISpencer ss`4`0`1`0Paczewski 2b`3`1`1`1Federici 1b`3`1`0`0Cercone 2b`4`0`2`2Morgan cf`3`1`0`0Magdalinski rf`4`1`1`0Finarelli p`2`1`0`0Martin lf`4`0`2`0Wesley 3b`2`0`1`1Totals`29`5`8`4Hanover`AB`R`H`BIPolanco ss`4`1`0`0George 1b`4`1`3`2Stefanowicz 3b`2`1`0`1Hummer p`2`1`1`1Kolbicka 2b`2`2`1`0Quaglia cf`2`1`1`0Richards c`4`1`1`2Rowley lf`2`1`0`0Schiel rf`1`0`0`0Metric p`1`1`0`0Stefanski p`0`0`0`0Totals`24`10`7`6Lake-Lehman`212`000`0 &#8211; 5Hanover Area`504`010`x &#8211; 102B: Martin.Lehman`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOFinarelli (L)`2.2`5`9`7`3`3Martin`3.1`2`1`1`5`3Hanover`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOHummer`2.1`4`5`5`5`2Metric (W)`3.1`4`0`0`1`2Stefanski`1.1`0`0`0`0`1BOYS TENNISWyoming Seminary 5, GAR 0Singles: No. 1: Will Ziegler (WS) def. Daniel Perez, 6-,6-0; No. 2: Jerry Tang (WS) def. Tim Weilgopolski, 6-0,6-0; No. 3: Jake Shoemaker (WS) def. Christian Vasquez, 6-0,6-0. Doubles: No. 1: Keefer Wu/Ferdi Leube def. Raphael Amigan/Yasmany Battiste, 6-0,6-0; No. 2: Jared Weisenberger/Logan McGowan def. Stephen Plaza/Carlos Carvajal, 6-0, 6-4.Tunkhannock 5, Hazleton Area 0Singles: No. 1: Alex Keiser (Tunk) def. Kittrick Danzeisen, 7-5, 6-1; No. 2: Logan Helsel (Tunk) def. Cravin Ashman, 6-1, 6-2; No. 3: Jared Fernandez (Tunk) def. Tristan Harashak, 6-1, 6-0. Doubles: No. 1: AJ Hodge/Noah Gruver (Tunk) def. Cam Zynei and Sam Schager (Haz), 6-2, 6-0; No. 2: Ethan Sickler and Anthony Eckert (Tunk) def. Jonathan Webber and Jaskarar Singh (Haz), 6-0, 6-1.Crestwood 3, MMI Prep 2Singles: No. 1. Brandon Krupa (CRE) def. Zander Spear, 6-0, 7-6 (7-1); No. 2: Julien Lacoste (CRE) def. Christian Bodamo, 6-2, 6-4; No. 3: Chance Everly (MMI) def. Joe Gola, 6-0, 6-3. Doubles: No. 1 Tyler Degenhart/Ian Dwar (MMI) def. Noah Partington/Ryan Kostiuk, 6-1, 6-2; No. 2: Brayden Fenwick/Alex Covelens (CRE) def. Ryan McNelis/Peter Walko, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).Wyoming Area 4, Berwick 1Singles: No. 1: Mike Remley (WA) def. Luis Donayre, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3); No. 2: Jarret Groshek (B) def. Luke Warune, 6-2, 6-0; No. 3: Nick Perry (WA) def. Brendan Turowski, 6-3, 6-4. Doubles: No. 1: Mike Abromovage/Jake Butwin (WA) def. Jimmy Lloyd/Dallas Schecterly, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2); No. 2: Adam Wisnewski/Pat Muninski (WA) def. Mark Celona/Graham Marshmen, 7-5, 6-1.<style>
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Local roundup: Kerdesky helps lead Dallas baseball past Meyers