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Recently-retired King’s College wrestling coach Ned McGinley was honored Tuesday by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in recognition of a highly-successful career that covered nearly half of a century.
State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-Luzerne, was joined by state Rep. Tom Murt, R-Montgomery, in honoring McGinley, the only coach King’s has ever known who retired in February following this past season.
“Ned McGinley has spent nearly five decades providing a positive environment for his student-athletes to achieve both in the classroom and on the wrestling mat,” Pashinski said in a statement. “It’s a tremendous honor to be able to recognize Ned and the countless young men he has guided throughout his career at King’s.”
McGinley, who has been the wrestling coach at Kings College since the program’s inception 48 years ago, retired at the conclusion of the 2016-17 wrestling season in February. During his 48 years as the school’s coach, McGinley coached 45 college Division/Division III national tournament qualifiers and 18 NCAA Division III All-Americans.
He also coached 20 Middle Atlantic Conference individual champions; six Metropolitan Conference winners; five National Catholic Invitational Tournament champions; 13 wrestlers with undefeated dual-meet seasons; and 32 NCAA Division III Scholar All-Americans.
Prior to his retirement, McGinley was recognized as the longest-tenured active wrestling coach at the NCAA Division I, II and III levels by Jason Bryant, president of the National Wrestling Media Association.
McGinley is a member of the Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame, the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the NCAA Division III Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
Dallas 119,
Valley West 31
Emily Farrell, Alicia Langan and Abby Zolner all won two individual events Tuesday as the Mountaineers dominated by winning all but three events.
Farrell won the 400-meter dash in 1:06 and also captured the javelin throw.
Langan took the shot put and discus throws. Zolner placed first in the 100 and 300 hurdles, and she also ran on the winning 1,600-meter relay team with Farrell.
The victory improved Dallas to 2-0 in the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1, joining 4-0 Pittston Area as the division’s lone unbeaten teams.
Nina Dellarte won the 100 and 200 dashes for the Spartans.
Pittston Area 122,
Crestwood 27
Arianna Boccardi and Abby Norwillo both won two individual events and the Patriots won every event but the 1,600 relay to improve to 4-0 on the season.
Boccardi captured the 1,600 and 3,200 runs, while Norwillo took the long jump and pole vault.
Lake-Lehman 93,
Holy Redeemer 56
Emily Johns won all three throwing events, leading the Black Knights to victory in a battle of WVC Division 2 unbeatens in a meet held Monday.
Lehman improved to 3-0 with the victory, while Holy Redeemer dropped to 2-1.
Jace Garnick was a part of the winning 3,200 and 1,600 relay teams and also captured the 800 run.
Nicole Kerested won the 200 dash, the high jump and long jump for Holy Redeemer, while Autumn Kaminski won both hurdles events.
BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
Pittston Area 78,
Crestwood 72
Paul Moska won the triple jump and the high jump to spark Pittston Area’s victory.
Clay Kimsal captured the 1,600 and 3,200 runs for Crestwood.
Coughlin 90,
Tunkhannock 60
Ron Sepkoski won both hurdles events and Nate Searfoss captured the 1,600 and 3,200 runs as the Crusaders cruised to victory.
BOYS LACROSSE
Dallas 7,
Delaware Valley 5
Trevor Martin scored three goals and Josh Balcarcel scored twice to lift the Mountaineers.
Bryce Haraldsen made 11 saves in goal, and Riley Van Wow and Rhett Padgett both had assists in the victory.
Lake-Lehman 13,
North Pocono 5
Vince Ferrari scored five goals and Owen Morgan chipped in with four goals and two assists.
Charlie Kuschke had three goals and one assist and Black Knights’ goalie Luke Yaple made 10 saves in the win.
Wyoming Area 11,
Tunkhannock 0
Wyoming Area was paced by Jacob Urban and Alex Hawk. Urban scored five goals while Hawks added four.
Sam Greenfield recorded the final two goals in the shutout.
BOYS TENNIS
Wyoming Area 3, Hazleton Area 2
Aaron Lewis (No. 3 singles), Alex Chronowski and Jason Mapes (No. 1 doubles) each recorded wins as the Warriors slipped past Hazleton Area on Monday.
Chris Kovalik (No. 1 singles) and Drew Gemmell (No. 2 singles) each had wins for the Cougars.
Valley West 3, MMI Prep 2
The Spartans used a strong effort from their doubles pairs to take down MMI Prep. Both pairs — Liam Bradley /Billy Kotchik and Avery Nape/Erix Bealla won in three sets.
MMI Prep No. 1 singles player Jonathan Smith won in three sets.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Holy Redeemer 3,
North Pocono 0
The Royals cruised past North Pocono 25-15, 25-19, 25-18.
In his first start, Holy Redeemer sophomore setter George Beck had 35 assists, two digs and six points to pace the Royals.
Dominic Adameck had a pair of digs and 15 points with two aces to pitch in to the win, along with Ben Rachilla finishing with 26 kills and four blocks.
Berwick 3, Tunkhannock 0
Berwick was paced by Gabe Oliver as the Bulldogs beat Tunkhannock 26-24, 25-8, 25-12. Oliver three aces, 17 service points, 12 kills and five digs.
Max Mccabe had eight service points, seven kills and an assist. Yordin Cruz had three aces, 11 service points and six digs.
COLLEGES
BASEBALL
Arcadia 8,
Misericordia 3
Kenny Jarema had three hits for the Cougars while Conor Smith, Sean Lyons and Jeremy DeCotiis all had two hits.
Santo Guinta, Billy Kerwien and Parker Abate drove in runs for MU.
MEN’S GOLF
King’s 306,
Scranton 307
Ryan Georgetti fired a 1-under par to capture medalist honors.
David Harris of Scranton followed with a 74 while Ryan Crossin of King’s was third at 75. King’s Shamus Gartley finished fifth with a 78 while Corey Palma and Tyler Papura tied for ninth at 83. Bill Dombroski shot a 92 for the Monarchs.
MEN’S TENNIS
King’s 9, Keystone 0
The Monarchs lost just six games in singles and only one in doubles. Nathan Carl, Tyler Millan, Terry Briggs, Josh Mesaris, Ryanb Kopishke, and Cameron Tuck were all winners in doubles and singles for the Monarchs.
DeSales 5,
Misericordia 4
Corey Dulsky was a double-winner for the Cougars while Tristan Snyder and Murphy Lynch added singles wins.
Dulsky won at first singles and teamed with Samarth Shah to win at first doubles. Snyder and Lynch won at second and third singles, respectively.
SOFTBALL
Misericordia sweeps Cobleskill
The Cougars won Game 1 16-1 (five innings) and took the nightcap 11-2 (five innings).
Jordan Hoffman got the win in Game 1. She allowed five hits and struck out three over five innings.
Brooke Moyle went 2 for 2 with a double, 5 RBI, a walk and a run scored. Caitlin Kennedy went 1 for 1 with 4 RBI, a walk and two runs scored. Melanie Quintanilla went 2 for 2 with a double, 2 RBI, a stolen base, a walk and three runs scored.
In Game 2, Moyle went 3 three 3 with a homer, a double, 4 RBI and two runs scored. Kennedy went 3 for 3 with a double, a RBI and two runs scored.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
DeSales 8,
Misericordia 1
Linsey Parks was the lone winner for MU with a 4-6, 7-5, 10-6 victory at second singles.
BOYS TENNIS
Wyoming Area 3, Hazleton Area 2
SINGLES —Chris Kovalik (H) d. Justin Alder 6-1, 6-1; Drew Gemmell (H) d. Joey Script 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8-6); Aaron Lewis (WA) d. Brett Gemmell 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
DOUBLES — Alex Chronowski/Jason Mapes (WA) d. Adam Sasche/Blake Gypson 6-1, 3-6, 6-2; Austin Alder/Mike Abromovage (WA) won by forfeit.
Wyoming Valley West 3, MMI Prep 2
SINGLES — Jonathan Smith (MMI) d. Zeke Berger 6-0, 6-0; Evan Spear (MMI) d. Noah Frace 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Nick Bazadona (WVW) d. Doug Genetti 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
DOUBLES — Liam Bradley/Billy Kotchik (WVW) d. Ben Putnam/Evan Dryfoos 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 6-2; Avery Nape/Eric Bealla (WVW) d. Dylan Slusser/Ali Aljaz 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-4.