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Old Forge and Valley View advanced teams in District 2 tournament play in both baseball and softball.

Old Forge reached the final in Class A.

Valley View is in the semifinals in Class AAA.

Scranton (AAAA) and Lackawanna Trail (A) are also in the finals in baseball.

West Scranton (AAA), Abington Heights (AAA) and Dunmore (AA) are alive in the baseball semifinals.

Riverside is in the Class AA softball semifinals.

DISTRICT 2 BASEBALL

Four-time defending champion Old Forge returned to the Class A final by dominating two opponents.

The Blue Devils crushed Forest City, 18-3, then shut out Blue Ridge, 9-0, in Thursday’s semifinals.

Winning pitcher Tony Goodall’s three-run homer capped a five-run second inning against Blue Ridge.

Dave Argust and Gary Puckett singled in runs before Goodall’s homer.

Goodall threw a three-hitter with a walk and eight strikeouts.

Dave Argust and Gary Puckett each drove in all three runs in bases-loaded situations during the romp over Forest City.

Argust drove the runs in with a triple in the second inning and Puckett got the job done with a double in the third inning.

Mario Martinelli scored four times.

Old Forge will play top-seeded Lackawanna Trail Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at PNC Field for the championship.

Lackawanna Trail reached the final with Friday’s 5-2 victory over Freeland MMI.

Tanner Holmes threw a three-hitter and Pete Murazzi drove in three runs.

Scranton technically became the District 2 Class AAAA champion with a 7-5 win over Hazleton Area in the semifinals of the District 2-4 tournament. The Knights will play District 4 member Williamsport in Tuesday’s final at PNC Field at 7 p.m.

Kyle Booth went 2-for-2 with a triple and two RBI for the Knights.

Joe McCarthy also drove in two runs while John Pizur also had two hits.

“We don’t blow anybody out,” Scranton coach Jamie Higgins told the Times Leader. “We have 14 wins, but in 12 of those, we were (trailing). So we’ve been in close games before, and we’re starting to come together.”

Pitching and defense carried West Scranton into the semifinals while offense led the way for Abington Heights. Both teams won twice while top-seeded Valley View joined them in the semifinals with a bye and one win.

West Scranton beat Honesdale, 12-2, and Berwick, 4-1.

Abington Heights downed Coughlin, 10-6, and third-seeded Pittston Area, 10-7.

The Comets trailed Pittston Area, 5-0, after four innings and was still down until scoring five times in the seventh inning.

Mike Umerich had three hits while Kevin Elwell, Dan Pisanchyn and Justin Klingman had two each. Pisanchyn and Klingman both drove in two runs.

Valley View beat Wyoming Area, 6-2.

Cameron Damski threw a six-hitter with five strikeouts and did not walk a batter.

West Scranton plays at Valley View and Abington Heights is at Tunkhannock Tuesday.

Dunmore defeated Montrose, 6-3, and Mountain View, 16-6, to reach Tuesday’s semifinal at Holy Redeemer.

Riverside and Mid Valley each won once before losing and being eliminated in the quarterfinals.

LACKAWANNA LEAGUE BASEBALL

Scranton dropped two of its last three regular-season games, after starting 11-0, then recovered to take the Lackawanna League Division 1 title with a 6-0 win over West Scranton in a playoff game Monday.

Joe McCarthy threw a three-hit shutout at Battaglia Field against a West Scranton team that had scored 17 runs in two previous meetings with Scranton.

“We saw him earlier in the year, but (Monday), he looked like a different pitcher,” West Scranton coach Paul McGloin said. “He had us off balance.”

D.J. Navoczynski hit a two-run homer and Kyle Booth a solo shot for the Knights.

DISTRICT 2 SOFTBALL

Old Forge, which has won the last three titles, reached its sixth straight final when it knocked off top-seeded Northwest, 4-1, Friday.

Winning pitcher Nicole Marianelli singled twice and drove in two runs to lead the Lady Devils into Wednesday’s final against Blue Ridge.

Two freshmen made big contributions to the win. Lauren Carey singled, doubled, stole two bases and scored a run. Taylor Nemetz singled twice and scored two runs.

The win was the first time this season that Old Forge put victories together back-to-back.

The first of the two straight wins came in the quarterfinals with a 6-1 victory over MMI Prep.

Sarah Fish and Andi Alsalahat had three hits each in the quarterfinals. Lindsay Regan had a single and double.

Valley View shut out West Scranton, 10-0, in the quarterfinals. The top-seeded Cougars will host Berwick in Tuesday’s Class AAA semifinals.

West Scranton and Scranton Prep each won once before losing.

Riverside pounded Meyers, 15-0, then defeated third-seeded Hanover Area, 5-2.

The Lady Vikes moved into Tuesday’s Class AA semifinals at defending state champion Nanticoke.

Morgann Haduck had three hits against Hanover Area.

“Morgann set the tone with big hits early,” Riverside coach Joe Helcoski told the Times Leader.

Heather Derenick pitched a five-hitter with no walks and nine strikeouts and drove in two runs.

Abington Heights beat Delaware Valley, 12-6, in the Class AAAA quarterfinals before losing to Wallenpaupack, 5-1, in the semifinals.

PIAA BOYS’ TENNIS

Abington Heights senior Josh Palmer won the first set, but was unable to get out of the first round of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class AAA boys’ tennis singles tournament Friday at the Hershey Racquet Club.

District 10 champion Alex Brzozowski from Erie Cathedral Prep outlasted Palmer in the third-set tiebreaker for a 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) win.

DISTRICT 2 GIRLS’ SOCCER

Top-seeded Coughlin held North Pocono without a shot or a corner kick Monday while eliminating the Lady Trojans from the District 2 tournament, 4-0.

Ivy Nulton scored two goals 5:05 apart in the first half.

Meghan Utter made 10 saves for North Pocono, which finished the season 8-5-1.