WVC roundup: Lehman wrestling wins; Rowley hits milestone for Hanover Area
Hanover Area’s Joe Rowley was honored for becoming the sixth wrestler in school history to record 100 career wins, but Lake-Lehman won Wednesday’s WVC dual 45-33.
as Brandon Ritinski, Jake Gizenski, Zach Stuart, Josh Bonomo, Jeremy Scouton, Logan Slivinski won by fall.
Steven Rowley and Aidan Frields had pins for the Hawkeyes.
Hazleton Area 45, Wyoming Valley West 22
The Cougars ran off a streak of six straight pins by Charles Everdale, Bryce Molinaro, Jake Marnell, Dante Matarella, Seth Hunsinger and Edonel Rodriguez. The run ended when Johnny Cora lost after being assessed a flagrant misconduct.
Matt Giza and Cadden Kucek each won by technical fall for the Spartans. J.J. White won his WVC tournament finals rematch against Jorven Rodriguez by a 5-2 decision.
Pittston Area 45, Nanticoke Area 27
The Patriots picked up pins in the first six contested bouts of the evening, as Keegan Bucci, Jose Ortiz, Jacob Granahan, Kevin Robey, Nico Solano and James Spindler all won by fall, as did John Symons in the final match of the dual.
Collin Kudrakjo-Kashatus and John Pashinski earned pins for the Trojans.
Crestwood 51, Berwick 19
Hunter Greenberg, Trey Zabroski, Nolan Stortz, Michael Gavin, Cole Kakalecik and Jeremy Buzak all scored pins for the Comets in the victory.
Joseph Swiderski won by fall for the Bulldogs.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Hazleton Area 84, Berwick 49
Eleven different Cougars scored at least two points as Hazleton Area took control early. Andrew Vayda scored 15 to lead four players in double figures for the Cougars, who hit 11 threes on the night.
Berwick’s Sean Murphy led all scorers with 17 points.
Tunkhannock 45, MMI Prep 40
Ryan Harder scored 15 of his game-high 17 points in the second half to help the Tigers edge past host MMI Prep. Jack Chilson added 12 points.
Drew Sechler and Marcus Kassick scored 15 apiece for the Preppers.
GIRLS SWIMMING
Tunkhannock 101, Berwick 69
Emma Holdredge figured in on four first-place finishes for the Tigers, winning two individual events and helping secure two relay wins.
The Bulldogs were led by Mia Doll and Sydney Lloyd, who won two events apiece.
BOYS SWIMMING
Tunkhannock 121, Berwick 43
The Tigers took first in every event, headlined by the performance of Julien Madus, who won the 50 free and 100 back while also swimming on the first-place 20 free and 400 free relay teams.
H.S. WRESTLING
Lake Lehman 45, Hanover Area 33
: S. Rowley (HAN) pinned Boston, 1:05; : Davis (HAN) dec. Konigus, 3-2; : J. Rowley (HAN) wno by forfeit; : Ritinski (LL) pinned Dinoski, 1:49; : Gizenski (LL) pinned Murphy, 0:29; : Frields (HAN) pinned Burke, 3:46; : Stuart (LL) pinned Ayala, 3:12; : Bonomo (LL) pinned Torres, 1:02; : Scouton (LL) pinned Thompson, 1:24; Vegas (LL) won by forfeit; : Zaboski (LL) dec. Karpovich, 6-4; : Slivinski (LL) pinned Adzemovic, 0:47; : Mercadante (HAN) won by forfeit; : Hines (HAN) won by forfeit.
Hazleton Area 45, Wyoming Valley West 22
: E. Rodriguez (HAZ) pinned Hoffman, 5:13; : Ratchford (WVW) won by flagrant misconduct on Cora; : Kucek (WVW) tech fall Altmiller, 18-3; : J.J. White (WVW) dec. J. Rodriguez, 5-2; : Zamudio (HAZ) dec. Remakus, 8-4; : Rivas (WVW) dec. Hutchison, 4-2 (OT); : Kislin (HAZ) pinned Napersky, 2:56; : Giza (WVW) tech fall Billig, 17-0; : Everdale (HAZ) pinned Williams, 0:21; : Molinaro (HAZ) pinned Pearson, 1:11; : Marnell (HAZ) pinned Swainbank, 1:36; : Matarella (HAZ) pinned Rivera, 1:55; : Hunsinger (HAZ) pinned Evans, 0:43; : No contest.
: Match opened at 138 pounds
Pittston Area 45, Nanticoke Area 27
: Bucci (PA) pinned Sauers, 1:12; : Ortiz (PA) pinned Capie, 3:47; : Granahan (PA) pinned Mazzetelli, 4:34; : Robey (PA) pinned Khan, 1:20; : Double forfeit; : Solano (PA) pinned Matthews, 1:07; : Spindler (PA) pinned Jaskulski, 2:32; : Paxson (PA) dec. Pegarella, 9-2; : Kudrakjo-Kashatus (NAN) pinned Demark, 5:40; : Eckhart (NAN) dec. Gorto, 7-5; : Pashinski (NAN) pinned Morris, 0:53; : Johnson (NAN) won by forfeit; : Symons (PA) pinned Ultsh, 0:57; : Pelton (NAN) won by forfeit.
: Match opened at 285 pounds
Crestwood 51, Berwick 19
: Double Forfeit; : Greenberg (CRE) pinned Kalapach, 1:54; : Casserella (CRE) won by forfeit; : Sterling (CRE) won by forfeit; : Zabroski (CRE) pinned John Guerriero, 3:27; : Swiderski (BER) pinned Deckman, 2:42; : Swank (CRE) dec. Yule, 4-0; : Stortz (CRE) pinned Rinehimer, 0:50; : English (BER) dec. Costello, 3-1 (SV-1); : Gavin (CRE) pinned Taylor, 5:30; : Kakalecik (CRE) pinned Knorr, 2:34; : Heimbach (BER) maj. dec. Romanoski, 10-2; : Buzak (CRE) pinned Cunningham, 1:41; : Craig (BER) won by forfeit.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Hazleton Area 84, Berwick 49
BERWICK (49) — Sean Murphy 4 7-7 17, Devon Smith 0 0-0 0, Miles Doll 3 2-2 10, Peyton Williams 3 0-0 7, Blane Cleaver 2 1-2 5, Eric Montes 2 2-2 6, Brayden Boone 0 0-0 0, Ryan Steele 0 0-0 0, Tahjee Taylor 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 12-13 49.
HAZLETON AREA (84) — Kevin Gil 1 0-0 3, Andrew Vayda 6 2-2 15, Yostin Gonzalez 0 2-2 2, Jonathan Joseph 1 0-0 3, Scott Campbell 4 0-0 9, Ryan Fisher 3 0-0 8, Brett Antolick 1 0-0 2, Matthew Cusatis 0 0-0 0, Jawardt Nieves 4 4-6 12, Josian Guerra Figuero 3 4-4 10, Chris Garcia 4 1-2 12, Deylis Rodriguez 0 0-0 0, Angel Cruz 0 2-4 2, Dewin Concepcion 3 0-1 8. Totals 30 15-21 84.
Berwick`7`15`12`15 — 49
Hazleton Area`21`19`24`20 — 84
— BER 5 (Murphy 2, Doll 2, Williams); HAZ 11 (Garcia 3, Fisher 2, Concepcion 2, Gil, Vayda, Joseph, Campbell)
Tunkhannock 45, MMI Prep 40
TUNKHANNOCK (45) — Ryan Harder 5 5-6 17, Ben Chilson 3 1-2 7, Chris Trochak 1 0-0 3, Jack Chilson 6 0-2 12, Jake Frisco 1 2-2 4, David Baltrusaitis 1 0-1 2, Shane Macko 0 0-0 0, Paul Binner 0 0-0 0, Jaren Robinson 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 8-13 45.
MMI PREP (40) — Drew Sechler 5 2-2 15, Jose Rodriguez 0 0-0 0, AJ Jordan 1 1-2 3, Chance Eyerly 3 0-0 7, Marcus Kassick 7 1-3 15, Harry Kress 0 0-0 0, Leith Abdulrahamn 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 4-7 40.
Tunkhannock`9`3`18`15 — 45
MMI Prep`5`8`15`12 — 40
— TUN 3 (Harder 2, Trochak); MMI 4 (Sechler 3, Eyerly)
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