Lake-Lehman clinches D-III second half title

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KINGSTON – Lake-Lehman used a 30-8 run to lock up the Wyoming Valley Conference Division III second-half crown, downing Wyoming Seminary 48-31 in girls basketball Thursday.

Seminary led 13-10 a minute into the second quarter after a baseline drive by Ann Romanowski, but Lehman’s offense clicked after that. Lehman used a 14-6 burst to lead 24-19 at the break, then scored the first 15 points of the second half to put the game away.

Twenty of the 30 points in Lehman’s 30-8 run came from the paint against Seminary. Cayle Spencer led the way for Lehman with a career-high 23 points. Spencer is averaging 17.4 points per game in Lehman’s last five contests.

Emily Sutton had five straight points in Lehman’s streak of 15 unanswered points to finish with 10.

“She’s a very determined young lady,” Lehman coach Charlie Levan said of Spencer. “She’s only a freshman, but the kind of determination she shows is the kind you usually get from an upperclassman.

“Emily Sutton really stepped up for us, and our role players got stops when we needed them.”

Lehman (7-0, 17-5) will play first-half champion Nanticoke (6-1, 20-2) for the Division III title Monday at 6 p.m. at Holy Redeemer. Both teams will advance to the District 2 playoffs.

Seminary (2-5, 7-13) will face GAR on Tuesday for the final WVC berth in the District 2 Class 2A tournament. Both teams have 5-9 overall league records.

“We didn’t play hard against GAR on Monday,” Seminary coach Ron Strothers said of an improved effort by his team Thursday against the division champs. “We really had a much better effort tonight. The first half, we executed our game. In the second half, we got a little sloppy with the ball, we rushed shots and, defensively, we didn’t play as hard.”

— John Medeiros

Lake-Lehman 48, Wyoming Seminary 31

LAKE-LEHMAN (48): Sutliff 1 2-4 5, Sutton 4 2-6 10, Mosier 3 1-3 7, Moosic 0 1-2 1, Leskowsky 0 0-0 0, Mahoney 1 0-1 2, Spencer 9 5-5 23. Totals 18 11-21 48.

WYOMING SEMINARY (31): Romanowski 5 1-3 11, Neare 3 0-0 6, Gabriel 0 0-0 0, Karg 0 1-2 1, Williams 2 0-0 4, Davis 0 0-0 0, Henry 3 0-0 6, McMullan 1 1-2 3. Totals 14 3-7 31.

Lake-Lehman717213—48Wyoming Seminary11893—31

Holy Redeemer 46, Berwick 20

Alexis Lewis finished the game with a team-high 12 points to lead Holy Redeemer to a road victory against Berwick. Sara Altemose hit two three-pointers and totaled eight points.

For the Bulldogs, Alexis Steeber netted 12 points.

HOLY REDEEMER (46): Malacari 0 0-1 0, Wignot 0 4-4 4, Makowski 1 1-2 3, Smith 0 0-0 0, Dougherty 1 0-0 2, Claherty 0 0-0 0, Murray 3 0-0 6, Altemose 3 0-0 8, Slavoski 1 0-0 2, Frascella 1 1-1 3, Evans 0 0-0 0, Platko 2 2-5 6, Lewis 4 4-8 12. Totals 16 12-21 46.

BERWICK (20): Steeber 3 5-6 12, Davenport 1 0-0 2, Shortlidge 0 0-0 0, Kishbaugh 0 0-0 0, Bridge 2 0-2 4, Palermo 1 0-0 2, Simmons 0 0-0 0, Floryshak 0 0-0 0, Seely 0 0-0 0, Lynn 0 0-0 0, Rinehimer 0 0-0 0, Bailey 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 5-8 20.

Holy Redeemer198118—46Berwick6563—20

Wyoming Valley West 47, Hazleton Area 43

Tara Zdancewicz turned in a 19-point performance to pace Wyoming Valley West in its victory against Hazleton Area.

For the Cougars, Alyssa Pfeil tallied 11 points while Becca Zamonas followed with nine.

WYOMING VALLEY WEST (47): Judge 2 2-5 6, C. Smicherko 0 3-4 3, Reilly 1 1-2 3, K. Smicherko 1 5-6 7, Kane 3 0-1 6, Zdancewicz 6 7-12 19, Hoffman 1 1-2 3. Totals 14 19-32 47.

HAZLETON AREA (43): Bono 1 4-4 6, Schoennagle 1 0-0 2, Wolk 1 0-0 2, B. Marchetti 1 0-0 2, Sitch 0 1-3 1, Pfeil 5 0-0 11, Woznicki 1 0-0 2, Baranko 0 0-0 0, Bachman 1 2-5 4, Ciccozzi 0 0-2 0, Carter 1 2-4 4, Zamonas 2 4-4 9, A. Marchetti 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 13-22 43.

Wyoming Valley West1071812—47Hazleton Area914173—43

Crestwood 60, Coughlin 15

Sarah Andrews tallied 14 points, including two treys, to lead Crestwood to a win against Coughlin. Amy Jesikiewicz also hit two three-pointers and followed with 10 points.

Dannah Hayward and Danielle Georgetti each had six points for Coughlin.

COUGHLIN (15): Hayward 2 0-2 6, Oliver 0 0-0 0, Eaton 0 0-0 0, Flaherty 0 0-0 0, Zigler 0 0-0 0, Sebastian 1 0-0 3, Harper 0 0-0 0, Georgetti 3 0-2 6, Williams 0 0-0 0, Lavery. Totals 6 0-4 15.

CRESTWOOD (60): Kendra 0 0-0 0, Andrews 6 0-0 14, Mazzoni 3 0-0 7, Rutkowski 3 0-2 6, Gegaris 3 0-0 7, Cronauer 1 0-0 2, Wojnar 1 0-0 3, Myers 3 1-2 7, Jesikiewicz 4 0-0 10, Hislop 2 0-2 4, Ciavarella 0 0-0 0, O’Brien 0 0-0 0, Muse 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 1-6 60.

Coughlin2076—15Crestwood11141619—60

The Tunkhannock at Dallas game was postponed Thursday due to weather concerns and rescheduled for 7:15 p.m. today.

The MMI Prep at Northwest game was postponed Thursday and rescheduled for 7:15 p.m. today.

Senior Night and Biddy Night will also be held, with youth players invited to participate in games at halftime and after the junior varsity game.