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Hazleton Area scored four times in the second half to rally for a 4-3 victory over Nanticoke Area in a Wyoming Valley Conference boys soccer game Wednesday.Nanticoke Area led 3-0 at the break as Isaiah Johnson scored two goals on assists by Adam Eckhart and Joe Day. Eckhart also scored unassisted.Joseph Rosero started the Hazleton Area comeback with a pair of goals. Gabriel Fabian then finished it off with two more scores.Lake-Lehman 3, Wyoming Valley West 3Nate Salus and Ryan Hunt scored goals with less than seven minutes left in regulation as Lake-Lehman salvaged a tie with Wyoming Valley West.Valley West snapped a 1-1 tie with second-half goals by Ryan Stevens and Landon Serbin about a minute apart.GIRLS SOCCERHanover Area 2, Wyoming Seminary 1Hanover Area defeated Wyoming Seminary behind goals by Stephanie Lewis and Jenessa Ferro in the first half. Lewis had the assist on a direct kick finished by Ferro.Cassidy Rhodes-Aniska had the lone goal on a penalty kick for Wyoming Seminary.Hanover Area&#8217;s Emily Lewis had 15 saves and Seminary&#8217;s Sarah Maseychik stopped six shots.FIELD HOCKEYTunkhannock 2, Berwick 0Mara Adams and Lily Fetterman scored for Tunkhannock in its win over Berwick.Cali Wisonosky assisted Adams in the first half. Fetterman scored unassisted in the second half.Northwest 4, Nanticoke Area 0Sydney Franchella figured in all of the scoring for Northwest. She scored twice in the first half and assisted Arianna Walker with the Rangers&#8217; final two goals.GIRLS VOLLEYBALLDallas 3, Hazleton Area 0Sam Michael led the hitting with eight kills as Dallas swept Hazleton Area 25-21, 25-13, 25-9.Olivia Karcutskie and Hannah Schultz added three blocks each for Dallas. Lindsey Hornlein had 11 digs. Emma Berber recorded 18 assists and 11 aces.Faith Grula had six kills and five digs for Hazleton Area. Brooke Kuehn had four kills, three digs and three service points.MMI Prep 3, Tamaqua 0The Preppers defeated Tamaqua 25-16, 25-22, 25-11.Julie Amentler had 10 kills and 23 points for the Preppers. Jackie Snyder added eight kills and 11 points. Jessica Flynn finished with 11 lills and 16 points.Lake-Lehman 3, Wyoming Area 2The Black Knights outlasted Wyoming Area 25-20, 15-25, 26-24, 22-25, 15-13.Autumn Savitski had 10 kills for Lake-Lehman. Hannah Kline posted 28 service points and five aces. Kyle blazick made 15 digs.Marissa Kovaleski had 29 assists and Alison Lynch had six kills for Wyoming Area.Hanover Area 3, Wilkes-Barre Area 1Hanover Area overcame a losses in the first two sets to post a 13-25, 22-25, 25-21, 25-23, 15-13 victory.Emily Woychio (17 assists, 6 points, 1 block), Jada Wilson (10 kills, 15 points, 1 block) and Ali Sheridan (8 kills, 21 points, 5 digs) paced the victory.GIRLS CROSS COUNTRYCougars, Comets sweepJillian Wolk finished second and Katie Balay was third as Hazleton Area swept Lake-Lehman, Tunkhannock and Wyoming Valley West by 14-46 scores.Crestwood also posted three wins, downing Lake-Lehman 21-36, Tunkhannock 27-29 and Valley West 20-35. Crestwood&#8217;s Molly DeMarzo led all runners to the finish line.In other results, Lehman defeated MMI Prep 20-35, Tunkhannock defeated MMI Prep 17-41 and Valley West topped MMI Prep 16-39.Lizzy Blaski finished 13th to lead the Lehman runners. Kailyn Smith was eighth to lead Tunkhannock. Chloe Inniss was 17th to pace Valley West.Redeemer wins threeHoly Redeemer won three times, defeating Dallas 19-42, Wyoming Area 19-44 and Wyoming Seminary 15-50.Hanover Area defeated Wyoming Area 22-39 and Wyoming Seminary 18-41. Dallas won twice &#8212; 27-29 over Hanover Area and 16-42 over Nanticoke Area.Wyoming Area defeated Nanticoke Area 16-30. Seminary also defeated the Trojans 19-26.BOYS CROSS COUNTRYCougars top clusterHazleton Area&#8217;s Zack Keiser was the first to the finish line as the Cougars defeated Lake-Lehman 22-33, Tunkhannock 17-46 and Wyoming Valley West 21-34. Gabe McKittrick was third.Crestwood topped Tunkhannock 20-42 and Valley West 25-33, but fell to Lehman 20-36. Eric Johnson was ninth for Crestwood.Lehman defeated MMI Prep 15-50. Chandler Longstreth paced Lehman with a fifth-place showing.Valley West&#8217;s Tavian McKenna was second as the Spartans defeated MMI Prep 15-50. Tunkhannock defeated MMI Prep 15-50 with Nate Myers placing eighth.Royals out in frontThe Royals swept their three runs by defeating Dallas 22-33, Wyoming Area 27-28 and Wyoming Seminary 19-42.Wyoming Area defeated Hanover Area 23-33 and Nanticoke Area 15-48. Dallas picked up victories of 27-30 over Hanover Area and 16-46 over Nanticoke Area.Hanover Area defeated Seminary 21-36, while Seminary topped Nanticoke Area 21-40.COLLEGESMEN&#8217;S SOCCERKing&#8217;s 3, Centenary 0Aidan Oyler, August Axtman and Kyle Shalvey scored for King&#8217;s, which won its seventh in a row.Wilkes 3, Scranton 2Kyle Bentz snapped a tie with a goal in the 81st minute as Wilkes edged Scranton.Seth Fowler and Marc Kyriakdis also scored for the Colonels.Muhlenberg 4, Misericordia 1Ethan Benedict scored the lone goal for Misericordia early in the first half.WOMEN&#8217;S SOCCERKing&#8217;s 4, Alvernia 3Kristina Keithley scored twice in the second half in a span of two minutes to give King&#8217;s a victory over Alvernia.Misericordia 1, Susquehanna 1Jordyn Martini scored on a penalty kick for Misericordia midway through the second half.FIELD HOCKEYMisericordia 2, Cedar Crest 1Madisyn Granoski had a goal and an assist and Allie Bianco added a goal for Misericordia.BOYS SOCCERHazleton Area 4, Nanticoke Area 3Nanticoke Area`3`0 &#8212; 3Hazleton Area`0`4 &#8212; 4First half: 1. NA, Isaiah Johnson (Adam Eckhart); 2. NA, Eckhart; 3. NA, Johnson (Joe Day). Second half: 4. HA, Joseph Rosero (Tanner Paisley); 5. HA, Rosero (Gabriel Fabian); 6. HA, Fabian; 7. HA, Fabian (John Ashton).Lake-Lehman 3, Wyoming Valley West 3 OTWyo. Valley West`1`2`0`0 &#8212; 3Lake-Lehman`1`2`0`0 &#8212; 3First half: 1. WVW, Tyler Gillespie (Landon Serbin), 12:52; 2. LL, Ayden Carey (Andrew Battin), 10:06; Second half: 3. WVW, Ryan Stevens, 25:54; 4. WVW, Landon Serbin (penalty kick), 24:43; 5. LL, Nate Salus (Kyle Sincavage), 6:07; 6. LL, Ryan Hunt (Cole Kaiser), 2:50.Shots: LL 14, WVW 19. Saves: LL, Jared Barber 14; WVW, Hunter Sgarlat 7. Corners: LL 3, WVW 5.FIELD HOCKEYTunkhannock 2, Berwick 0Berwick`0`0 &#8212; 0Tunkhannock`1`1 &#8212; 2First half: 1. Tunk, Mara Adams (Cali Wisonosky), 4:52; Second half: Tunk, Lily Fetterman, 19:09.Shots: Ber 3, Tunk 21. Saves: Ber, Jacueline Nevel 16; Tunk, Ella Larioni 3. Corners: Ber 1, Tunk 6.Northwest 4, Nanticoke Area 0Nanticoke Area`0`0 &#8212; 0Northwest`3`1` &#8212; 4First half: 1. Nwt, Sydney Franchella (Irelyn Kishbaugh), 27:53; 2. Nwt, Franchella (Lauren Okuniewski), 23:35; 3. Nwt, Ariana Walker (Franchella), 13:29; Second half: 3. Nwt, Walker (Franchella), 1:41.Shots: Nwt 15, Nan 2; Saves: Nwt 2 (Cassidy Gray), Nan 11 (Alexus Nichols); Corners: Nwt 7, Nan 5.<style>
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Local Roundup: Hazleton Area rallies past Nanticoke Area for boys soccer win