Click here to subscribe today or Login.
Defense was key for the Crestwood boys basketball team Thursday night, holding Pittston Area to just 10 points in the first half en route to a 55-38 win.
Kyle Gregaris led the way, scoring a game-high 14 points in a winning effort. Alex McAndrew scored a team-high 11 points for Pittston Area.
Meyers 62,
Lake-Lehman 33
Matt Dessoye scored a team-high 13 points in the win. Robbie Formola, Levaugn Soules and Ryan Gilgallon followed suit, each scoring 10 points.
Cole Spencer’s 15 points paced Lake-Lehman.
Hazleton 66,
Coughlin 44
Hazleton Area ran out to a 35-8 halftime lead en route to a 22-point win.
Charles Cobbs paced Coughlin with a game-high 20 points, while Jeffery Planutis led the way for Hazleton, scoring 12 points.
Tunkhannock 41,
MMI Prep 30
Tyler Faux and Sean Harder each reach double-digits for Tunkhannock, scoring 12 and 10 points, respectively.
Phillip Byriel scored a game-high 18 points for Meyers.
Dallas 57,
Valley West 52
A 21-point fourth quarter was the difference as Dallas edged Wyoming Valley West.
Jay Bittner scored 14 points for Dallas, while Ben Donahue, Alex Charlton and Nick Kocher all scored 10 points.
Aaron Austin scored 17 points to pace the Spartans.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Dallas 59,
Lackawanna Trail 20
Maddie Kelley led Dallas in a rout over Lackawanna Trail, scoring a game-high 16 points. Olivia Johnson hit three 3-pointers to finish with nine points for the Mountaineers.
Dallas built a 20-point led at the half, and was able to pull away in the final 24 minutes.
Pittston Area 55,
Crestwood 41
Alexa Noone’s 19 points was critical in a win over Crestwood on Wednesday. Both Leah Hodick and Taryn Ashby pitched in with 13-point efforts.
Julia Makowski led the way for Crestwood, scoring 14 points.
Nanticoke 74,
Wyoming Seminary 27
Riley Klepadlo’s 19 points was too much for Wyoming Seminary.
Klepadlo was one of three Trojans to make three 3-pointers. The others were Lisa Radziak and Kayla Aufiero.
H.S. SWIMMING
Girls
Reading 105,
Hazleton Area 80
The Cougars medley team of Megan Llewellyn, Marin O’Hara, Amy Collins, Alissa Plantukis finished first in the event at 1:52.97.
Cassie Longazel was first in diving with 181 points.
Boys
Reading 99,
Hazleton Area 91
Paul Flowers finished first in the 200 free (1:57.77), the butterfly (58.79) and was part of the first-place 200 medley relay with Benjamin Sabatos, Jorge Moncayo, and Dylan Gould at 1:47.43.
Moncayo was first in the 200 IM (2:08.76) and 100 free at 49.56, while Sabatos was first in the 100 backstroke at 1:02.41.
Girls
Central Columbia 94,
Berwick 84
The Bulldogs team of Kylie Levan, Mia Doll, Sydney Lloyd and Becca Decker finished first in the 200 medley relay (2:03.16) and the 200 free relay (1:47.96).
Lloyd won the 200 (2:11.08) and 500 free (5:51.60) and Decker was first in the 50 free (26.48) and 100 free (57.80).
Boys
Central Columbia 115,
Berwick 57
Chris Michael first in the 100 free in 50.99.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Crestwood 55, Pittston Area 38
CRESTWOOD (55) — Kyle Gegaris 5 3-5 14, Lance Blass 3 5-6 11, Kyle Richards 5 0-2 11, Kevin Klusewitz 1 6-9 8, Noah Jackson 2 3-4 7, Mike Kozelsky 0 4-4 4, Camden Boris 0 0-2 0, Sean Murphy 0 0-0 0, Mike Ayala 0 0-0 0, Evan Knapp 0 0-0 0, Corey Chalk 0 0-0 0, Sean Foley 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 21-32 55.
PITTSTON AREA (38) — Alex McAndrew 3 4-7 11, Chris Klein 2 3-5 8, Patrick Mitchell 2 0-0 4, Mike Mazurkivich 2 0-3 4, Kolton Zaffuto 1 0-0 3, Brian Miller 1 0-0 3, Matt McGlynn 1 0-0 3, Brennan Higgins 1 0-1 2, Trevor Tigue 0 0-0 0, Nasecm Guillaume 0 0-0 0, Jimmy Pliska 0 0-0 0, Justin Coyne 0 0-0 0, Riley Brody 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 7-16 38.
Crestwood`12`13`17`13`—`55
Pittston Area`5`5`14`14`—`38
Three-point goals — CRE 2 (Gegaris, Richards); PA 5 (Klein, McAndrew, McGlynn, Zaffuto, Miller).
Meyers 62, Lake-Lehman 33
LAKE-LEHMAN (33) — Cole Spencer 5 5-8 15, Tyler Scharff 3 0-0 8, Garrett Weston 1 2-2 5, Don Thompson 1 0-0 2, Walker Shaw 1 0-0 2, John Pelton 0 0-0 0, C.J. Cercone 0 0-0 0, Clovis Luz 0 0-0 0, Adam Motoviolak 0 0-0 0, Mike Sikora 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 8-12 13.
MEYERS (62) — Matt Dessoye 6 1-2 13, Robbie Formola 2 6-8 10, Levaugn Soules 5 0-0 10, Ryan Gilgallon 4 0-0 10, Jawave Bucknse 3 0-0 7, Gabriel Springs 1 3-4 5, Omar Kelly 1 0-0 3, Matt Manfre 0 2-2 2, Keegan Brewster 0 2-2 2 Kendell Brewster 0 0-1 0, Yuri Covington 0 0-0 0, Steve Morel 0 0-0 0, Malachi Kornegey 0 0-0 0, Willie Wallace 0 0-0 0, Jeremy Shaffer 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 14-19 62.
Lake-Lehman`7`7`6`13`—`33
Meyers`19`10`23`10`—`62
Three-point goals — LL 3 (Scharff 2, Weston); MEY 4 (Gilgallon 2, Kelly, Buckner).
Hazleton 66, Coughlin 44
HAZLETON (66) — Jeffery Planutis 5 3-3 12, Josh Samec 4 2-3 11, Aaron Kellmer 3 0-0 9, Joe Grala 2 4-4 8, Nolan Genasevich 2 2-2 6, Da’Mir Faison 2 1-2 6, Isaac Perez 2 1-2 6, Efrain Nievers 1 0-0 3, Scott Shamany 1 1-1 3, Nathan Begg 0 0-0 0, Frank Mussoline 0 0-0 0, Ryan Wolk 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 13-17 66.
COUGHLIN (44) — Charles Cobbs 9 0-2 20, Dominique Flippen 6 1-3 13, Melvin Robinson 2 0-0 4, Thomas Davis 1 1-1 3, Marco Deluca 1 0-0 2, Julius Morris 1 0-0 2, Jervan Young 0 0-0 0, Anthony Hinkle 0 0-0 0, Aaron Bennett 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 2-6 44.
Hazleton`15`20`9`22`—`66
Coughlin`2`6`15`21`—`44
Three-point goals — HAZ 7 (Kellmer 3, Samec, Nieves, Perez, Faison); COU 2 (Cobbs 2).
Tunkhannock 41, MMI Prep 30
MMI PREP (30) — Phillip Byriel 6 3-5 18, Kyle Williams 3 0-0 8, Zack Young 1 0-0 2, Marcus Kassick 1 0-2 2, Nick Young 0 0-4 0, George Palermo 0 0-0 0, Lucas Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 3-11 30.
TUNKHANNOCK (41) — Tyler Faux 5 0-0 12, Sean Harder 5 0-0 10, Evan Turner 3 1-2 7, Paul DeMarco 1 0-0 3, CJ Brennan 1 0-0 3, Matt Goodwin 1 0-0 3, Avery Billings 0 1-2 1Avery Newhart 0 0-0 0, Nick Repasa 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 2-4 41.
MMI Prep`4`12`12`2`—`30
Tunkhannock`13`9`13`6`—`41
Three-point goals — MMI 5 (Byries 3, Williams 2); TUN 5 (Faux 2, DeMarco, Brennan, Goodwin).
Dallas 57, Wyo. Valley West 52
DALLAS (57) — Jay Bittner 5 4-8 14, Ben Donahue 3 3-5 10, Alex Charlton 3 2-2 10, Nick Kocher 4 0-1 10, Ethan Szczencinski 3 0-0 6, Joey Parsons 2 1-2 5, Collin Pertl 0 2-2 2, Zach Charlton 0 0-0 0, Michael Farrell 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 12-20 57.
WYOMING VALLEY WEST (52) — Aaron Austin 6 0-0 17, Draig Ruff 3 4-7 10, Noah Frace 4 0-1 9, Sean Judge 3 0-0 7, Savion Saunders 2 0-0 5, Amistad Hackett 2 0-0 4, Mantel Jordan 0 0-0 0, Davis Weaver 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 4-8 52.
Dallas`16`9`11`21`—`57
Wyo. Valley West`11`15`10`16`—`52
Three-point goals — DAL 5 (Charlton 2, Kocher 2, Donahue); WVW 8 (Austin 5, Judge, Frace, Saunders).
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Dallas 59, Lackawanna Trail 20
LACKAWANNA TRAIL (20) — Lexie Kuratknuck 3 1-1 7, Ally Decker 2 0-1 5, Cat Farquien 0 4-8 4, Sarah Ann Penn 0 2-2 2, Ami Sohn 1 0-0 2. Totals 6 7-12 20.
DALLAS (59) — Maddie Kelley 4 8-11 16, Sara Lovewski 4 5-8 13, Olivia Johnson 3 0-0 9, Maria Bednar 4 0-0 8, Kendra Saba 2 0-0 4, Morgan MacNeely 1 0-0 3, Hanna Johnson 1 0-0 2, Lauren Charlton 1 0-0 2, Angelina Allen 1 0-0 2, Samantha Kern 0 0-0 0, Hannah Doran 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 13-19 59.
Lackawanna Trail`4`10`2`4`—`20
Dallas`16`18`17`8`—`59
Three-point goals — LT 1 (Decker); DAL 4 (Johnson 3, MacNeely).
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Pittston Area 55, Crestwood 41
PITSTON AREA (55) — Alexa Noone 5 6-6 19, Leah Hodick 3 7-9 13, Taryn Ashby 6 1-2 13, Kirsten Durlin 3 1-2 7, Andrea Ruby 1 1-2 3, Mary Bilinskie 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 16-21 55.
CRESTWOOD (41) — Julia Makowski 6 1-2 14, Andrea Shipton 3 5-8 11, Sarah Hopkins 3 1-2 8, Sarah Richards 2 0-3 4, Bella Termini 1 0-0 2, Kate Snipas 0 2-2 2, Gianna Uhl 0 0-2 0, Riley Magin 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 9-19 41.
Pittston Area`10`12`16`17`—`55
Crestwood`11`3`12`15`—`41
Three-point goals — PA 3 (Noone 3); CRE 2 (Hopkins, Makowski).
Nanticoke 74, Wyoming Seminary 27
NANTICOKE (74) — Riley Klepadlo 8 1-2 19, Alysia Lewis 5 3-6 14, Lisa Radziak 6 0-0 14, Kayla Aufiero 4 1-2 11, Maddy Grile 1 1-2 3, Katie Lutczynski 1 1-2 3, Emily Haver 1 0-0 2, Ammia Luegwer 0 0-0 0, Jennifer Kurkoski 0 0-0 0, Brinley Sobeca 0 0-0 0, Jil Baron 0 0-0 0. Totals 30 7-14 74.
WYOMING SEMINARY (27) — Lehman 3 1-2 8, Reitsma 2 2-2 8, Moyser 2 0-0 5, Wasneski 1 2-5 4, Parsons 1 0-4 2, Gabriel 0 0-1 0, Kilyanek 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 5-14 27.
Nanticoke`19`24`24`7`—`74
Wyoming Seminary`4`16`4`3`—`27
Three-point goals — NAN 7 (Klepadlo 2, Aufiero 2, Radziak 2, Lewis); WS 4 (Reitsma 2, Lehman, Moyser).
