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The Dallas boys tennis team advanced to the District 2 Class 2A semifinals with a 3-1 win over Scranton Prep Saturday. The Mountaineers were able secure the win with a sweep of singles competition. Alex DeRome topped Dan Zych in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2.Scranton Prep was able to pick up a victory in doubles competition.The second-seeded Mountaineers will take on No. 3 Valley View at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Kirby Park. Wyoming Seminary will take on Holy Cross in the other semifinal at the same time, with the winners meeting for the title afterward at approximately 3:30 p.m.BASEBALLMMI Prep 12, Mahanoy Area 2The Preppers earned a five-inning, non-conference win highlighted by David Castro belting a three-run homer in the top of the fourth inning. A.J. Jordan took home the win by pitching four strong innings, striking out four batters while surrendering four hits.Abington Heights 6, Hazleton Area 3Gavin McGowan shined for the Cougars in a non-conference loss, registering two hits with a homer while scoring two runs.Gabe Colyer added an RBI of his own.SOFTBALLNorthwest 5, Danville 0The Rangers allowed just one hit in a seven-inning shutout victory. Brenna Babcock scored two runs and added two hits in Saturday&#8217;s contest. Trista Babcock plated a run.Nicole Kragle struck out five batters over seven dominant innings for Northwest.Tunkhannock 4, Wallenpaupack 1The Tigers softball team backed by strong pitching and timely hitting defeated Wallenpaupack.Kendra Schultz went 3-for-3 at the plate and combined with Hope Jones to strike out 15.BOYS LACROSSETunkhannock 13, Lakeland 3Steve Bognatz scored two goals and dished out four assists for the Tigers. Izaiah Simon, Sergey Montross and Maucaley Kenia added two goals apiece.Tigers goalie Levi Westfield made eight saves in net.BOYS TENNISDistrict 2 Class 2A team quarterfinalsDallas 3, Scranton Prep 1SINGLES &#8212; 1. John Toussaint (DAL) d. Harrison Oven 6-4, 6-1; 2. Alex DeRome (DAL) d. Dan Zych 6-0, 6-2; 3. Dom Rizzo (DAL) d. Matt Maurer 6-0, 6-0.DOUBLES &#8212; 1. Nick Genco/Matt Tatulli (SP) d. Dan Flynn/Danny Dudick 6-4, 6-4; 2. Caleb Waslick/Robbie Lauer (DAL) vs. Adam Kenny/James Cawley 6-3, 3-6.BASEBALLAbington Heights 6, Hazleton Area 3Hazleton Area`AB`R`H`BIAmentler cf`3`0`0`0Vozar 2b`2`0`0`0Molinoro ph/ss`2`0`1`0Kilker p/2b`0`0`0`0DeGaetano dh`4`0`0`0Colyer 3b/p`3`0`1`1Moran ph`1`0`0`0Zientek rf`3`1`1`0LoBuda 1b`2`0`1`0Castro pr`0`0`0`0Schell lf`2`0`0`0Genao lf`1`0`1`0Book c`3`0`1`1Russo cr`0`0`0`0Totals`30`3`8`3Abington Heights`AB`R`H`BIBarcia cf`2`2`1`0Habeeb ss`3`2`2`2Notori 3b/p`4`0`0`0Myers c`3`0`1`1Allen cr`0`0`0`0Newman rf`4`0`1`2Gobura p`2`0`0`0Diebert 3b`1`0`0`0Petty 2b`1`1`0`0Gilmore 1b`3`1`1`0Miller lf`2`0`0`0Totals`25`6`6`5Hazleton Area`100`001`1 &#8212; 3Abington Heights`220`002`0 &#8212; 62B &#8212; (HAZ) Molinoro; (AB) Habeeb, Newman HR &#8212; (HAZ) McGowanHazleton Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOKilker`5.0`4`4`3`5`2Coyler`1.0`2`2`2`1`1Abington Heights`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOGabura`4.0`4`1`1`2`3Notari`3.0`4`2`2`0`4MMI Prep 12, Mahanoy Area 2 (5 inn.)MMI Prep`AB`R`H`BIJordan lf`2`3`1`1Danchision ss`4`2`1`1Kassick cf`4`2`3`1McNulty c`3`0`1`1Williams 1b`1`2`0`1Rinaldi 1b`1`0`0`0Castro 3b`3`2`2`4Warner rf`3`0`1`1Crockford dh`3`0`0`0Frask lf`2`1`0`0Spencer ph`0`0`0`0Totals`26`12`9`10Mahanoy Area`AB`R`H`BISoult ss`3`1`2`0Burke 2b`3`1`1`0German-Nero rf`2`0`0`0Mazalusky 1b`2`0`1`0Jones 3b`2`0`0`0Andrewsky cf`2`0`1`0Zilker p`2`0`0`0Napoli dh`1`0`0`0Wagner ph`1`0`0`0Totals`20`2`5`0MMI Prep` `311`43 &#8212; 12Mahanoy Area` `000`20 &#8212; 22B &#8212; (DAL) Danchision, Kassick, Jordan, Castro; HR &#8212; (DAL) CastroMMI Prep`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOJordan`4.0`4`2`0`0`4McNulty`1.0`1`0`0`0`2Mahanoy Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOZilker`3.2`5`7`4`4`1Soult`1.1`4`5`5`2`0SOFTBALLNorthwest 5, Danville 0Northwest`001`011`2 &#8212; 5Danville`000`000`0 &#8212; 0Pitching &#8212; NW, Nicole Kragle, 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 SOTop hitters &#8212; NW, T. Babcock 1-4 RBI, V. Babcock 2-3 2 runs.Tunkhannock 4, Wallenpaupack 1Wallenpaupack`100`000`0 &#8212; 1Tunkhannock`100`021`0 &#8212; 4Pitching &#8212; TUN, H. Jones 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO; K. Schultz, 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 SOTop hitters &#8212; TUN, Schultz 3-3 1 run, 1 RBI, Jones 1-2 2 runs.<style>
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Local roundup: Dallas boys tennis advances at districts