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Berwick used a big first half to defeat Nanticoke Area 57-34 Friday in Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 girls basketball.The Dawgs, who stayed tied in first with Dallas, outscored Nanticoke Area 30-14 in the opening 16 minutes.Katie Starr led Berwick with 15 points followed by 13 points from Sarah Steeber and 10 points from Renny Murphy.Lauren Casey led the Trojanettes with 11 points.Northwest 45, MMI Prep 30Reagan Harrison made six 3-pointers and scored 18 points to lead Northwest, which led by 20 points after one quarter.Julie Amentler led the Preppers with 11 points.Hazleton Area 71, Pittston Area 31 The Cougars defeated Pittston Area with a dominant team performance.Brooke Boretski paced the offense for Hazleton Area with 17 points. Kyra Antolick followed with 14, Lacie Kringe added 11 points and Olivia Wolk had 10.Hannah Getz led the Patriots with 14 points.Wyoming Seminary 58, Hanover Area 43Wyoming Seminary pulled away from the Hawks late with a big fourth quarter.The Blue Knights were led by Maddie Olshemski, who had 22 points. Ally Vezendy added 13 points and Margaret Mihalick had 12.Sarah Tuzinski led Hanover Area with 18 points.Wyoming Valley West 66, Crestwood 38Wyoming Valley West used a a 21-point fourth quarter to pull away from Crestwood with a victory.The Spartans were led by Toni Amato with 21 points. Trinity Johnson had 16 points and Kiara Kane added 12.Brianna Kijek and Jaden Weiss led the Comets with eight points each.Lake-Lehman 55, Wyoming Area 32The Black Knights cruised past Wyoming Area, outscoring the Warriors in every quarter.Sarah Salus led Lake-Lehman with 16 points followed by Chase Purdy 10.Cassidy Orzel led the Warriors with 13 points.Holy Redeemer 70, Tunkhannock 33Holy Redeemer dominated the Tigers as Sam Yencha led the Royals with 20 points.Hailey Long was the top scorer for Tunkhannock with 15 points.WRESTLINGHazleton Area 54, Pittston Area 19Hazleton Area defeated the Patriots in a match on Thursday.The Cougars had pins from Edonel Rodriguez, Johnny Corra, Bryce Molinaro and Dante Matarella.Pittston Area had pins from CJ Demark and Adrian Colon.COLLEGESWOMEN&#8217;S ICE HOCKEYLebanon Valley 4, Wilkes 2The Colonels scored twice, but fell to Lebanon Valley to fall to 1-9-0 on the season.Erica Sheaffer and Shauna Tubbs scored for Wilkes. Allyson Joly stopped 17 of 21 shots.Wilkes hosts King&#8217;s at 3:30 today at the Toyota SportsPlex.WRESTLINGBudd Whitehill DualsWilkes went 0-3 on the first day of the Budd Whithill Duals. Two of the three matches were against ranked opponents.The Colonels began the day with a 44-3 loss to No. 25 Washington and Lee and a 38-3 loss to No. 23 Castleton. Their third match resulted in a 24-14 loss to Ohio Northern.John DeVito had the lone win in the Washington and Lee match with a 6-5 decision. Kyle Medrow was the only winner against Castleton with an 11-4 decision.The four winners against Ohio Nothern were Liam Flaherty, Moustafa Almeky, Roger Horton and DeVito.MEN&#8217;S HOCKEYKing&#8217;s 4, Albertus Magnus 1King&#8217;s used a big first period to earn the program&#8217;s biggest win with a victory at Albertus Magnus College.Liam Johnson, Michael DiSchiavi, Tommy Cahill and Rob Sheehan all scored in the opening period. Brandon Daigle made 37 saves in net.GIRLS BASKETBALLBerwick 57, Nanticoke Area 34NANTICOKE AREA (34) &#8212; Lauren Casey 4 3-4 11, Jen Kurkoski 2 0-0 5, Riley Baird 2 0-0 5, Brooklyn Biehl 1 2-2 4, Tiara Thomas 1 0-0 3, Mandy Biehl 1 0-0 3, Genevieve Nalepa 0 2-2 2, Alison Keener 0 1-2 1, Jaidyn Kotch 0 0-0 0, Abby Cullen 0 0-0 0, Lillian Galazin 0 0-0 0, Emily Hauer 0 0-0 0, Jenna Baron 0 0-2 0. Totals 11 8-12 34.BERWICK (57) &#8212; Katie Starr 5 4-4 15, Sarah Steeber 5 2-3 13, Renny Murphy 3 3-5 10, Morgan Nevel 2 1-3 5, Rachel Whitenight 1 2-2 5, Abby Burt 2 0-0 5, Jackie Nevel 1 2-2 4, Sadie Zehner 0 0-0 0, Emilee Andreas 0 0-0 0, Emily Ouimet 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 14-19 57.Nanticoke Area`2`12`12`8 &#8212; 34Berwick`12`18`12`15 &#8212; 57Three-point goals &#8212; NAN 4 (Thomas, Biehl, Kurkoski, Baird); BER 5 (Murphy, Whitenight, Steeber, Burt, Starr).Northwest 45, MMI Prep 30MMI PREP (30) &#8212; Julie Amentler 5 1-4 11, Irene Amentler 3 1-6 9, Kim Amentler 2 3-9 7, Alexis Dalesandro 1 0-0 3, Dominique Kline 0 0-0 0, Sadie Cloud 0 0-0 0, Violet O&#8217;Connell 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 5-19 30.NORTHWEST (45) &#8212; Reagan Harrison 6 0-0 18, Morgan Hermanofski 2 2-2 7, Tess Edwards 3 1-1 7, Maddie McLendon 2 0-0 4, Megan Harry 2 0-0 4, Charleigh Miner 1 0-0 3, Angelina DiPino 1 0-0 2, Maggie Miller 0 0-0 0, Cassidy Crawford 0 0-0 0, Dashawanna Jones 0 0-0 0, Taylor Noss 0 0-0 0, Brooke Bau 0 0-0 0, Jillian Clarke 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 3-3 45.MMI Prep`2`10`7`11 &#8212; 30Northwest`22`11`10`2 &#8212; 45Three-point goals &#8212; MMI 3 (Irene Amentler 2, Dalesandro); NW 8 (Harrison 6, Miner, Hermanofski).Hazleton Area 71, Pittston Area 31PITTSTON AREA (31) &#8212; Hannah Getz 6 2-2 14, Emma Coles 3 1-1 8, Nicole Zambetti 1 0-0 3, Kallie Booth 0 2-5 2, Jada Sharp 1 0-0 2, Lily Savoy 0 2-2 2, Sam Christian 0 0-0 0, Kendall Tigue 0 0-0 0, Bernadette Liebeck 0 0-0 0, Leah Zambetti 0 0-0 0, Mia Demarco 0 0-0 0, Jessica Zaladonis 0 0-0 0, Jianna Moran 0 0-0 0, Ava Callahan 0 0-0 0, Amanda Fath 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 7-10 31.HAZLETON AREA (71) &#8212; Brooke Boretski 7 1-1 17, Kyra Antolick 6 0-0 14, Lacie Kringe 3 5-7 11, Olivia Wolk 4 1-5 10, Jaya Franek 1 2-2 4, Faith Grula 1 2-4 4, Carley Krizansky 1 1-1 3, Marissa Trivelpiece 0 3-4 3, Julia Mooney 1 1-1 3, Laura Tejada Familia 1 0-0 2, Luz Mejia 0 0-0 0, Paige Kuehn 0 0-0 0, Isabella Colyer 0 0-0 0, Layla Buglio 0 0-2 0, Perla Alamo 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 16-27 71.Pittston Area`11`6`6`8 &#8212; 31Hazleton Area`17`16`22`16 &#8212; 71Three-point goals &#8212; PIT 2 (Coles, Nicole Zambetti); HAZ 5 (Boretski 2, Antolick 2, Wolk).Wyoming Seminary 58, Hanover Area 43HANOVER AREA (43) &#8212; Sarah Tuzinski 7 2-10 18, Kyleen McCance 4 0-0 12, Madison Hooper 3 2-7 8, Hannah Sawalski 2 0-0 5, Madison Elick 0 0-0 0, Kaylista Tighe 0 0-0 0, Amaya Shutes 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 4-17 43.WYOMING SEMINARY (58) &#8212; Maddie Olshemski 8 0-0 22, Ally Vezendy 4 5-6 13, Margaret Mihalick 4 2-2 12, Alex Wesneski 2 5-8 9, Abby McDonald 1 0-0 2, Jenny Yoa 0 0-0 0, Grace Aiello 0 0-0 0, Rita Duelt 0 0-0 0, Kate Getz 0 0-0 0, Tiange Yang 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 12-16 58.Hanover Area`15`8`11`9 &#8212; 43Wyoming Seminary`16`13`8`21 &#8212; 58Three-point goals &#8212; HAN 7 (McCance 4, Tuzinski 2, Sawalski); WS 5 (Olshemski 3, Mihalick 2).Wyoming Valley West 66, Crestwood 38CRESTWOOD (38) &#8212; Brianna Kijek 3 0-0 8, Jaden Weiss 3 1-4 8, Camryn Collins 1 3-4 5, Julia Glowacki 1 2-3 4, Jill Taleroski 2 0-0 4, Isabella Caporuscio 1 0-0 3, Julia Johnson 1 0-0 3, Brianna Wickiser 1 0-0 2, Candence Hiller 0 1-4 1, Olivia Jardine 0 0-2 0, Katelyn Bozinko 0 0-0 0, Kennedy Zlockie 0 0-0 0, Madison Foley Grace Pasternick 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 6-17 38.WYOMING VALLEY WEST (66) &#8212; Toni Amato 6 7-9 21, Trinity Johnson 7 2-4 16, Kiara Kane 5 1-1 12, Jessica Shaver 2 0-0 4, Aubrey Boyd 1 1-2 3, Haylie Oliphant 1 0-0 3, Fatikha Tikhtova 1 0-0 2, Claudia Siefried 1 0-0 2, Brandy Varner 1 0-0 2, Kalia Saunders 0 1-2 1, Nicole Morren 0 0-0 0.Megan Brody 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 12-18 66.Crestwood`12`9`5`12 &#8212; 38Wyoming Valley West`12`15`18`21 &#8212; 66Three-point goals &#8212; CRE 5 (Kijek 2, Johnson, Caporuscio, Weiss); WVW 4 (Amato 2, Oliphant, Kane).Lake-Lehman 55, Wyoming Area 32WYOMING AREA (32) &#8212; Cassidy Orzel 4 3-4 13, Halle Kranson 2 0-1 4, Maria Amato 2 0-0 4, Morgan Janeski 1 2-5 4, Mackenzie Nocchi 1 1-2 3, Nicole Silinskie 1 0-0 3, Ashley Songalia 0 1-2 1, Erika Holweg 0 0-0 0, Tinsley Sarnak 0 0-0 0, Anna Wisnewski 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 7-14 32.LAKE-LEHMAN (55) &#8212; Sarah Salus 6 2-4 16, Chase Purdy 4 2-4 10, Claire Dougherty 4 1-6 9, Lia Keefe 4 0-0 8, Marissa Brdaric 1 0-0 2, Madison Brdaric 1 0-0 2, Krista Scoblick 1 0-1 2, Hailey Kline 1 0-0 2, Gia Keefe 1 0-0 2, Autumn Savitski 0 2-2 2, Melanie Selner 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 7-17 55.Wyoming Area`7`2`10`13 &#8212; 32Lake-Lehman`15`12`11`17 &#8212; 55Three-point goals &#8212; WA 3 (Orzel 2, Silinskie); LL 2 (Salus 2).Holy Redeemer 70, Tunkhannock 33TUNKHANNOCK (33) &#8212; Hailey Long 5 1-2 15, Maci Iddings 3 0-0 6, Rani Shrivasta 1 2-2 4, Lexi Corby 1 2-4 4, Anna Brown 1 0-0 2, Anna Williams 1 0-2 2, Elizabeth DeMarco 0 0-0 0, Sable Stephens 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 5-10 33.HOLY REDEEMER (70) &#8212; Sam Yencha 9 2-4 20, Karissa Spade 4 0-0 8, Aubrey Curley 2 2-2 7, Aleia Atherton 3 1-2 7, Jillian DelBalso 2 0-0 6, Alesha Pekarovsky 3 0-0 6, Faith Sekol 3 0-0 6, Livia Moore 2 1-2 5, Mia Ashton 2 0-0 4, Paige Kropavitch 0 1-2 1, Jenna Santuk 0 0-0 0. Totals 30 7-12 70.Tunkhannock`3`8`14`8 &#8212; 33Holy Redeemer`19`23`13`15 &#8212; 70Three-point goals &#8212; TUNK 4 (Long 4); HR 3 (DelBalso 2, Curley).WRESTLINGHazleton Area 54, Pittston Area 19106: Edonel Rodriguez (HAZ) over Keegan Bucci (PIT) (Fall 2:22) 113: Johnny Corra (HAZ) over Jose Ortiz (PIT) (TF 18-2 5:33)120: Jacob Granahan (PIT) over Nathaniel Altmiller (HAZ) (MD 8-0) 126: Jorven Rodriguez (HAZ) win by forfeit 132: Beck Hutchison (HAZ) over Nico Solano (PIT) (Dec 6-4) 138: Oscar Zamudio (HAZ) win by forfeit 145: James Spindler (PIT) over Christian Kislan (HAZ) (Dec 5-2) 152: CJ Demark (PIT) over Luke Billig (HAZ) (Fall 1:04) 160: Charles Everdale (HAZ) over AJ Gorto (PIT) (MD 13-3) 170: Bryce Molinaro (HAZ) over Alex Anastasia (PIT) (Fall 1:20) 182: Dante Matarella (HAZ) over John Morris (PIT) (Fall 1:28) 195: Jake Marnell (HAZ) win by forfeit 220: Seth Hunsinger (HAZ) win by forfeit 285: Adrian Colon (PIT) over Richie Santos (HAZ) (Fall 2:29).Note: Match started at 120 pounds.<style>
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Local roundup: Berwick girls defeat Nanticoke Area to stay tied for first place