PLAINS TWP. — Kaytie Marx had a hat trick to lead Wilkes-Barre Area to an 8-2 win over Nanticoke Area on Monday at Wolfpack Stadium in Wyoming Valley Conference field hockey.
Gianna Gustinucci added two goals and two assists in the win, and Anna Vitali, Megan Giomboni and Oliva Kowalski scored for the Wolfpack.
First Quarter: WBA, Marx (Vitali), 3:10; GNA, Reed (Falkowski); Second Quarter: WBA, Marx (Gustinucci), 3:07. WBA, Vitali (Martin), 1:07; Third Quarter: WBA, Gustinucci, 10:58. WBA, Giomboni (Gustinucci), 1:28; Fourth Quarter: WBA, Gustinucci, 13:03. WBA, Marx (Jenkins), 10:58. GNA, Falkowski (Brown), 3:32. WBA, Kowalski (Vitali), 2:30; Shots-corners: GNA 2-1, WBA 13-10; Saves: WBA (Mirin, Hernandez) 0, GNA (Monski, John) 0.
Wyoming Area 8, Pittston Area 0: At Pittston Area, Lucia Campenni finished with a hat trick as Wyoming Area knocked off Pittston Area.
Five other players accounted for the Warriors’ scores, while Pittston Area’s Karlie Podwika stopped 12 shots.
First Quarter: WA, Karcutskie (L. Campenni). WA, Claudia Rehl; Second Quarter: WA, Nina Bella. WA, Talia Pizano. WA, L. Capenni. WA, L. Campenni; Third Quarter: WA, L. Campenni (E. Campenni). WA, Rehill (L. Campenni); Saves: PA (Podwika) 12, WA (Muniz) 1.
Tunkhannock 2, Delaware Valley 1: At Tunkhannock, Ava Wisnosky and Kinsley Sechrist accounted for the two Tigers goals in the victory.
Jordyn Ciarelli tallied the lone Warriors goal.
Emma Dickinson stopped three shots for the Tigers. Delaware Valley’s Caitlin Luciano had three shots.
Boys soccer
Pittston Area 3, Hanover Area 0: At Pittston Area, the Patriots scored three first-half goals and Jackson Duddek pitched a shutout.
Aiden Egan, Sadiki Murindabangado and Caleb Shea accounted for the three Pittston Area goals.
First Half: PA, Shea (Shotwell), 37:00; PA, Eagan (Smith), 30:30. PA, Murindabangado (Shotwell), 4:43; Shots-corners: HA 12-5, PA 10-5; Saves: HA (Griffin) 5, PA (Duddek) 11.
Central Columbia 4, Wilkes-Barre Area 1: At WBA, the Wolfpack scored late in the match, but the deficit was too much to overcome as the Bluejays took the nonleague match.
Austyn Lepore had the lone Wolfpack goal off an assist from Robbie Miller.
First Half: CC, Gensemer (Blake), 35:25; Second Half: CC, Gensemer (PK), 47:07. CC, Gensemer (PK), 51:48. CC, Gensemer (Karns), 52:36. WBA, Lepore (Miller), 78:10; Shots-corners: CC 20-5, WBA 6-1; Saves: CC (Huss) 6, WBA (Parry) 16.
Delaware Valley 1, Hazleton Area 1 (OT): At DelVal, Cameron Stark’s second-half goal knotted the score at 1, and that’s where it stood as the Warriors and Cougars ended in a tie.
Ronan Hearne scored off a penalty kick in the opening half before Stark knotted the game in the second. Elvis Blinkenburg stopped seven shots, and Shane Kirk stopped five for DV.
First Half: HAZ, Hearne (PK); Second Half: DV, Stark; Shots-corners: HAZ 6-5, DV 8-10; Saves: HAZ (Blinkenburg) 7, DV (Kirk) 5.
Abington Heights 9, Crestwood 1: At Abington Heights, Joey Pivirotto had four goals and an assist to lead the Comets to a nonleague win over Crestwood.
Matthew Bednar and Jack Walsh each added a goal and an assist for Abington Heights.
Sean Rossi had Crestwood’s goal.
Goals: Bednar (AH) from Pivirotto, 9:56. Pivirotto from McDonald (AH), 10:47. Leuthe (AH), 14:32. Pivirotto (AH) from Capozzi, 15:16. Pivirotto (AH) from Mitchell, 15:54. Pivirotto (AH) from McDonald, 35:11. Walsh (AH) from Bednar, 40:20. Rossi (CRE), 47:17. Bustos (AH) from Walsh, 54:39. Ali (AH) from Illian, 68:23; Shots-corners: AH 30-5, CRE 8-2; Saves: Johnson (AH) 0, Magnotta (AH) 0, Wentzel (CRE) 3, Beurmann (CRE) 8.
Wyoming Seminary 4, Mountain View 0: At Seminary, Artur Zelenko scored twice as the Blue Knights picked up the nonleague win.
Louis-David Jolin and Benen Griffin also scored for Seminary, while Cash Hanson Richart stopped six shots.
First Half: WS, Jolin (Zelenko), 21:34; Second Half: WS, Zelenko (Hinchman), 22:54. WS, Zelenko (Kornfeld), 12:02. WS, Griffin (Krypel), 0:28; Shots-corners: MV 8-2, WS 15-4; Saves: MV (Beach) 6, WS (Hanson Rickart) 6.
Girls soccer
Wyoming Area 1, Wilkes-Barre Area 0: At WBA, Wyoming Area’s Teagan Meier accounted for the game’s lone score in the Warriors’ win.
Abigail Francis stopped three shots for her second-straight shutout. Victoria Luna stopped 13 shots for the Wolfpack.
Second Half: WA, Meier, 47:59; Shots: WA 10, WBA 3; Saves: WA (Francis) 3, WBA (Luna) 13.
Lake-Lehman 8, Berwick 0: At Lehman, Kinley Purdy scored four straight goals in the second half as the Black Knights got the victory.
Ava Blazes scored twice for Lehman. Teammates Lexi Peiffer and Meghan Griffiths added goals in the win.
First Half: LL, Blazes (Purdy), 20:30. LL, Blazes (Peiffer), 20:08; Second Half: LL, Purdy (Blazes), 39:07. LL, Purdy (Peiffer), 37:20. LL, Purdy (Rittenhouse), 34:24. LL, Purdy (Peiffer), 29:45. LL, Peiffer (DiGiovanni), 24:38. LL, Griffiths (Martin), 19:11; Shots-corners: BER 2-0, LL 18-7; Saves: BER (Klahold) 10, LL (Morgan) 2.
Hanover Area 6, Old Forge 2: At Hanover Area, the Hawkeyes jumped out to a 4-0 lead as six players scored in the victory.
Emma Schlingman, Brynlee Prednis, Anna Malloy, Alexis Castellino, Kali Wilde and Brooke Myzick netted goals for Hanover. Caitlyn Vigorito stopped nine shots in the goal.
North Pocono 3, Nanticoke Area 1: At North Pocono, Aniya Brago-Jackson had two goals to lead North Pocono to a nonleague win over Nanticoke Area.
Piper Donohue added a goal for North Pocono.
Matalee Atkins had Nanticoke Area’s goal.
Goals: Donohue (NP), 14:24. Brago-Jackson (NP) from Suchocki, 35:37. Brago-Jackson (NP) from Charles, 71:35. Atkins (NAN), 87:34; Saves: DeRenzis (NP) 9, Serrano (NAN) 5, Larson (NAN) 4; Shots-corners: NP 12-4, NAN 10-8.
Scranton Prep 2, Holy Redeemer 0: At Prep, Cecelia Haggerty scored twice to pace Scranton Prep past Holy Redeemer in nonleague soccer.
Chloe Mamera stopped 12 shots for the Cavaliers, while Caity Carter had four saves for Redeemer.
First Half: SP, Haggerty, 4:00. SP, Haggerty (Remedios), 17:00; Shots-corners: HR 16-3, SP 8-2; Saves: HR (Carter) 4, SP (Mamera) 12.
Wyoming Seminary 7, Lakeland 5: At Lakeland, Ellie Kersey finished with a hat trick as the Blue Knights picked up the victory.
Ella Stambaugh and Olivia Deluca each had two goals for Seminary. Natalie and Naomi Rude combined for all five Lakeland goals.
First Half: SEM, Stambaugh, 9:00. LL, Nat Rude, 17:00. LL, Nao Rude, 25:00. SEM, Deluca, 30:00; Second Half: SEM, Kersey, 41:00. LL, Nat Rude, 50:00. LL, Nao Rude, 51:00. SEM, Deluca, 52:00. LL, Nao Rude (Nat Rude), 55:00. SEM, Kersey (Deluca), 69:00. SEM, Kersey, 70:00. SEM, Stambaugh, 78:00; Shots-corners: SEM 17-8, LL 8-3; Saves: SEM (Ciravdo) 3, LL (Naniewicz) 11.
Pittston Area 3, Wallenpaupack 1: At Wallenpaupack, Camryn Karp had two goals and Maddie Lis had two assists to lead Pittston Area past Wallenpaupack.
Marianna Tubolino had Wallenpaupack’s goal.
First: Karp (PA) from Lis, 7:50. Podwika (PA) from Morreale, 33:49; Second: Karp (PA) from Lis, 67:31. Tubolino (Strause), 74:18; Shots-corners: PA 17-8, WAL 5-1; Saves: Wallace (PA) 4, Anderson (WAL) 14.
Girls tennis
Berwick 4, MMI Prep 1: At Berwick, the Bulldogs won two of the three singles matches, and swept doubles to pick up the win over the Preppers.
Carly Post and Ayla Holloway were victorious in singles for Berwick. MMI Prep’s Ava Genetti was a straight-set winner at No. 1 singles.
Singles: Genetti over Hester, 6-1, 6-0. Post over Manzoor, 6-1, 6-3. Holloway over Laverty, 6-1, 6-0; Doubles: Lear-Marshman over Young-Galts, 6-1, 6-1. Ashworth-Calarco over Abdul Rahman-Mooney, 6-0, 6-2.
Wyoming Seminary 5, Holy Redeemer 0: At Seminary, the Blue Knights dropped just four games in the victory over Holy Redeemer.
Addison Priebe, Cece Pons and Lizzie Weaver all won in straight sets in singles.
Singles: Priebe over Gilchrist, 6-0, 6-1. Pons over Rich, 6-0, 6-0. Weaver over Pilarcik, 6-0, 6-0; Doubles: Moules-Switzer over Cosgrove-OHop, 6-1, 6-1. Minella-Li over Dudrick-Smith, 6-0, 6-0.
Hanover Area 4, Hazleton Area 1: At Hanover Area, the Hawkeyes picked up two wins in singles, and got two forfeits in doubles to beat the Cougars.
Naveah Tolodzieski and Bethany Saltz were straight-set winners in singles for Hanover.
Hazleton Area’s Mia Harmonsky was a 6-1, 6-4 winner at No. 1 singles.
Singles: Harmonsky (HAZ) over Chafin, 6-1, 6-4. Tolodzieski (HA) over Gonzalez, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Saltz (HA) over Rosario, 6-0, 6-2; Doubles: Brown-Kelpadlo (HA) by forfeit. Hockenbury-Stone (HA) by forfeit.
Dallas 5, Tunkhannock 0: At Tunkhannock, Dallas dropped just five games in singles’ play to sweep past the Tigers on the road.
Catlin Finn, Mahi Dhol and Juliana Kannick were all winners for the Mountaineers in singles. The team of Abby Worth-Lily Milazzo and Charlie Williams-Alana Smith were also victorious.
Singles: Finn over Anderson, 6-0, 6-0. Dhol over Harding, 6-0, 6-1. Kannick over Newell 6-3, 6-1; Doubles: Worth-Milazzo over Bonnice-Patton, 6-3, 6-3. Williams-Smith over Stull-Montross, 6-2, 7-6 (5).
Wyoming Area 5, Wilkes-Barre Area 0: At Wyoming Area, the Warriors opened the season with a win over Wilkes-Barre, sweeping all five matches in straight sets.
Emma Kratz, Molly Kratz and Sarah Willison were all winners in singles.
Singles: E. Kratz over Nunez, 6-0, 6-0. M. Kratz over Valencia, 6-3, 6-1. Willison over Vanegas, 6-1, 6-0; Doubles: Jacobs-Sigman over Bui-Romero, 6-1, 6-0. Ginthner-Kuharchik over Rivas-Tlatenchi, 6-3, 7-5.
Crestwood 5, Pittston Area 0: At Crestwood, the Comets opened the season with a sweep of Pittston Area.
Maria Dimopoulos and Sophia Biscotti were straight-set winners in singles, while the doubles team of Priya Shah and Jillian Laskoski won in doubles.
Singles: Dimopoulos over Albertelli, 6-0, 6-1. Biscotti over Hughes, 7-5, 6-1. Khuseyn by forfeit; Doubles: Shah-Laskoski over Bailey-Rivera, 6-0, 6-0. Collins-Knorr by forfeit.
Golf
Holy Redeemer 158, Pittston Area 162: At Fox Hill, Liam Gill shot an even-par 35 to lift Redeemer past Pittston Area in a battle of WVC heavyweights.
Arden Brunn added a 38 in the victory, and Brady DePhillips carded a 41.
For Pittston Area, Andrew Nocito fired a 1-over 36. Teammate Gianni Bartoricco ended with a 40.
Holy Redeemer (158): Gill 35, Brunn 38, DePhillips 41, Hughes 44, Kramer 47, Klush 50; Pittston Area (162): Nocito 36, Bartoricco 40, Gruber 43, Noone 43, Rosencrans 45, Cook 47.
Crestwood 167, Hazleton Area 175: At Blue Ridge Trail, Luke Joseph had the hot hand, firing a 2-over 38 to lead the Comets past the Cougars.
Brady Zoeller added a 40 for Crestwood, and teammate Brady Johnson ended with a 44.
For Hazleton, Liam Woznicki had a 41, followed closely by Troy Gaydos’ 42.
Crestwood (167): Joseph 38, Zoeller 40, Johnson 44, Long 45, Farley 47, Wisniewski 51; Hazleton Area (175): Woznicki 41, Gaydos 42, Rush 44, Feola 48, Zamonas 51, Metrick 53.
Dallas 153, Berwick 172: At Berwick Country Club, Ryan Roman shot a 2-under 34 as Dallas pulled away from the Bulldogs.
Landon Moser and Brady Youngblood each shot 3-over 39s, and teammate Logan Moser added a 41.
For Berwick, Grant Evenson and Emmett Scheirer carded 41s.
Dallas (153): Roman 34, La Moser 39, Youngblood 39, Lo Moser 41, Kresge 42, VanValkenburgh 45; Berwick (172): Scheirer 41, Evenson 41, Knorr 42, Billings 48, Guerrero 56, Kupsky 58.
Valley West 161, Nanticoke Area 190: At the Wilkes-Barre Muni, Seth Kranson was the day’s overall medalist as the Spartans picked up the WVC win.
Kranson’s 3-over 39 led all golfers. Maks Iracki had a 40, and teammates Ken Craig and Chris McNew ended with 41s.
For Nanticoke, Ryan Vida had a team-best 41.
Valley West (161): Kranson 39, Iracki 40, McNew 41, Craig 41 Ginochetti 42, Adamski 51; Nanticoke Area (190): Vida 41, Mishanski 43, Yendrzeiwski 52, Halat 54, Pekar 63.
Tunkhannock 170, Wyoming Seminary 176: At Huntsville, Ayden Wilkinson was the day’s overall medalist with a 40, but the Blue Knights fell to Tunkhannock.
Mason Berkheimer and Chad Corby each had 41s to pace the Tigers. Ben Landon carded a 43, and Hunter Gilroy finished with a 45.
Will Hay finished with a 43 for Seminary.
Tunkhannock (170): Corby 41, Berkheimer 41, Landon 43, Gilroy 45, Mislevy 46, Roosa 57; Wyoming Seminary (176): Wilkinson 40, Hay 43, Aponick 46, May 47, Neale 47, Moules 57.
Volleyball
Dallas 3, West Scranton 0: At West Scranton, Karly Kovitch had 23 service points to lead Dallas to the nonleague victory, 25-17, 25-7, 25-6.
Aurora Deem had 20 points, six kills and 13 assists, and Lydia Sutton added five points, five kills and three aces.
Kovitch added eight assists and four kills.