LOCAL ROUNDUP: Wolk's blast lifts Lady Cougars past Crestwood
May 12—Olivia Wolk scored the tying run in the top of the seventh inning, then drilled a game-winning three-run homer in the eighth as the Lady Cougars knocked off host Crestwood in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 softball game Tuesday in Wright Twp.
The Comets' three-run rally in the bottom of the fifth put Hazleton Area in 3-2 hole heading to its final at-bat, but Wolk led off with a single and came home on Kelsie Peters' game-tying double.
Wolk's blast in the eighth enabled the Lady Cougars to win for the fourth time in five games.
Wolk finished with a home run and single and Peters had a double and single to lead Hazleton Area. Caitlyn Katchur and Gianna Gombeda both singled twice.
For Crestwood, Molly Truszkowski smacked a two-run double and single and Brooke Aton had two singles.
Brianna Kennedy (four strikeouts, one walk) was the winning pitcher for the Lady Cougars in relief of Ashley Seiwell. Jessica Koptcho (six strikeouts, seven walks) was tagged with the loss.
HA (11-6, 7-5) 010 010 13 — 6 9 1
Cres (8-9, 3-8) 000 030 00 — 3 7 2
W — Kennedy. L — Koptcho.
Hits: Hazleton Area — Wolk 2, Peters 2, Katchur 2, Gombeda 2, Mooney. Crestwood — Aton 2, Truszkowski 2, Babula, Harper, J. Lipinski.
2B — Peters, Truszkowski. HR — Wolk.
MMI Prep 15 Lincoln Leadership 0
In Foster Twp. Tuesday, Kaylee Witner pitched a three-inning perfect game to lead MMI to the non-league victory. The junior struck out seven of the nine batters that she faced.
the Lady Preppers scored twice in the bottom of the first inning, broke the game wide open with a nine-run second inning, then invoked the PIAA's mercy rule with four more in the home third.
Irene Altmiller, Grace Warner and Witner paced the winners' 15-hit attack with a double and two singles apiece, with Warner knocking in three runs. Gina Galada added two singles and three RBI, Jackie Snyder singled twice and drove in three runs and Sydney Kohl scored two runs and had two RBI.
LLA (1-14) 000 — 0 0
MMI (5-9) 294 — 15 15
W — Witner.
Hits: Lincoln Leadership Academy — None. MMI Prep — Altmiller 3, Warner 3, Witner 3, Galada 2, Snyder 2, Gallagher, Dalesandro.
2B — Altmiller, Warner, Witner.
North Schuylkill 11 Lehighton 0
Morgan Dinger pitched a two-hit shutout, striking out 11 and walking two, as North Schuylkill defeated Lehighton in a Schuylkill League Division I game.
Joslin Stitzer led the Spartans at the plate by going 3-for-3 with a triple, three runs scored and two RBIs. Violet Ryan went 2-for-3 with a triple and three runs scored.
Maddie Hall added a single, a double two RBIs and two runs scored for North Schuylkill, while Emilee Slotcavage was 2-for-2 with a double, two RBIs and one run scored. Johannah Taylor also knocked in two runs for the Spartans.
NS (14-4, 12-1) 205 40 — 11 13 1
Leh (2-15, 1-12) 000 00 — 0 2 1
Dinger and Taylor; Snyder, Craig (4) and Chjavanic. W — Dinger (13-4). L — Snyder (1-5).
Hits: North Schuylkill — Ryan 2, Stitzer 3, Green, Hall 2, Taylor, Slotcavage 2, DeAngelo, Dinger. Lehighton — Pagotto, Peterman.
2B — Dinger, Slotcavage, Hall, Peterman. 3B — Stitzer, Ryan.
H.S. Baseball
North Schuylkill 12
Lehighton 3
Jake Hall had a double, two singles and knocked in two runs as the Spartans topped the Indians and clinched the Division I wild card for the league playoffs.
Jaxson Chowansky also had a big game for North Schuylkill with two singles, four RBIs and two runs scored.
Dylan Bowman had a single and double and knocked in a run for Lehighton.
NS (12-7, 8-3) 230 032 2 — 12 10 1
Leh (2-15, 0-11) 200 010 0 — 3 8 3
W — Markosky (2-3). L — I. Rarick (0-4).
Hits: North Schuylkill — Walacavage, Jo. Chowansky 2, Ja. Chowansky 2, Hall 3, O'Neill, Stanakis. Jim Thorpe — Rarick, Bongiorno, Bowman 2, Failla, Yeakel, Schaeffer, O'Donnell.
2B — O'Neill, Bowman, Hall. 3B — Chowansky.
Pottsville 8
Tamaqua 2
Patrick Yoder and Brennan Adams combined on a two-hitter and John Holobetz had two hits as Pottsville defeated Tamaqua in a Division I game.
Yoder hit a two-run triple for the Crimson Tide in the first inning. Holobetz hit a fourth-inning sacrifice fly that broke a 2-2 deadlock, after which Pottsville scored five runs in the sixth and seventh. Nick Chivinski had two hits for Pottsville.
Nate Wickersham, who took the loss on the mound, hit an RBI single for Tamaqua.
Potts (8-9, 7-4) 200 103 2 — 8 9 0
Tam (5-11, 2-9) 110 000 0 — 2 2 2
Yoder, Adams (7) and Selinko; Wickersham, Steigerwalt (6), Coccio (7) and Mushock. W — Yoder (4-2). L — Wickersham (2-2).
Hits: Pottsville — Holobetz 2, Yost, Yoder, Chivinski 2, Sukeena, Keitsock, Houston. Tamaqua — Wickersham, Schellhammer.
3B — Yoder.
Minersville 3
Panther Valley 0
Hayden Paukstis allowed three hits over 6.2 innings and Brett Chikotas hit a two-out, two-run single in the sixth that enabled Minersville to defeat Division III champion Panther Valley in a Division II-III crossover game.
While Paukstis had eight strikeouts in the game, Panther Valley loaded the bases in the final inning before Jason Cullen relieved Paukstis and got a game-ending strikeout.
Minersville had taken a 1-0 lead on a two-out error in the fourth before another error and a single preceded Chikotas' two-run hit in the sixth.
PV (15-4, 9-3) 000 000 0 — 0 3 4
Min (10-9, 5-7) 000 102 x — 3 6 0
S. Hood and Orsulak; Paukstis, Cullen (7) and Schultz. W — Paukstis (5-2). L — S. Hood (3-2). Sv — Cullen.
Hits: Panther Valley — Pavlik, Orsulak, Goida. Minersville — Cullen, Whalen, Schultz, Lohin, Chikotas, Larkin.
Shenandoah Valley 17
Weatherly 2
Luke Matta had three hits and four runs batted in as Shenandoah Valley used a nine-run fourth inning to close out Weatherly in 3.2 innings in a Division III game.
Brady Najda and Bobby Boris each had two hits and two RBIs for the Blue Devils, who posted 12 hits. Owen Kosar and Najda each scored three runs while Matta, Nick Mikita, Boris and Nick Ryan each had two runs.
Kaleb Maksimik allowed two hits in four innings, struck out six and walked three.
Ben Ramirez and Yasin Zuberi had Weatherly's hits.
Wea (1-12, 0-9) 101 0 — 2 2 7
SV (10-9, 7-5) 422 9 — 17 12 3
Covelo and Colecio; Maksimik and Vevasis. W — Maksimik (6-1). L — Covelo (0-5).
Hits: Weatherly — Ramirez, Zuberi. Shenandoah Valley — Kosar, Maksimik, L. Matta 3, Mikita, Najda 2, Boris 2, Vevasis, Mentusky.
2B — Mikita. 3B — Boris.
Marian 16 Mahanoy Area 10
Julian Rickert was 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs and three runs scored as the Colts outlasted the Golden Bears in a wild Schuylkill League Division III contest played Monday.
Luke Walser and Joe Walko each added two hits for Marian, while Walser scored four times and Owen Brady had three RBIs. The Colts used back-to-back four-run innings to break a 6-6 tie and take control.
Bryson Soult went 3-for-4 with a double, triple and four runs scored for Mahanoy Area, while Slayden Wargo had a double and single.
MA (3-14, 1-11) 110 430 1 — 10 8 3
Mar (5-9, 4-8) 051 442 x — 16 13 4
Zilker, B. Soult (2), Zilker (5), Karnish (6) and Terry; Petrilyak, Walser (4) and Walko. W — Walser (3-2). L — B. Soult (0-5).
Hits: Mahanoy Area — B. Soult 3, Terry, Wargo 2, Burke, Alansky. Marian — Hinkle, Petrilyak, Rickert 3, Chulock, Walser 2, Bobish, Walko 2, Katchur, Brady.
2B — B. Soult, Wargo, Petrilyak, Rickert 2, Chulock, Brady. 3B — B. Soult.
H.S. Track and Field
Boys
Crestwood 82
Berwick 54
Ethan Shudak won three throwing events (shot put, discus, javelin), and Adam Wood leaped to firsts in the high jump and triple jump as the Comets eased past Berwick in WVC Division 1 action Tuesday.
100 — 1. Tripp (B) 11.4, 2. Nolan Dunnum (C), 3. Johnny Olejnick (C); 200 — 1. Tripp (B) 23.0, 2. Dunnum (C), 3. Maurer (B); 400 — 1. Nick Ruggeri (C) 52.0, 2. Zaiden Kaminsky (C), 3. Kyle Novak (C); 800 — 1. Nash Greene (C) 2:09, 2. Peters (B), 3. Johnson (C); 1600 — 1. Weston Medvetz (C) 4:57, 2. James Modrovsky (C), 3. Shultz (B); 3200 — 1. Shultz (B) 11:05, 2. Jack Scanlan (C), 3. Greene (C); 110 HH — 1. Williams (B) 16.1, 2. Colin Bogdon (C), 3. Noah Kendra (C); 300 H — 1. Williams (B) 44.1, 2. Hinkle (B), 3. Bogdon (C); 400 relay — 1. Berwick 46.7; 1600 relay — 1. Crestwood (Novak, Bogdon, Kaminsky, Ruggeri) 3:46; 3200 relay — 1. Crestwood (Nicholas Humen, Nick Danishefsky, Ryan Kozich, Ruggeri) 9:15; Long jump — 1. Tripp (B) 19-1, 2. Adam Wood (C), 3. Taylor (B); Triple jump — 1. Wood (C) 40-0, 2. Taylor (B), 3. Peturs (B); High jump — 1. Wood (C) 5-10, 2. Joseph Gzemski (C), 3. Katsock (C); Shot put — 1. Ethan Shudak (C) 41-9, 2. Alex Romanoski (C), 3. Zack Sheloski (C); Discus — 1. Shudak (C) 128-3, 2. Carroll (B), 3. Romanoski (C); Javelin — 1. Shudak (C) 136-8, 2. Dunnum (C), 3. Lanning (B); Pole vault — 1. Isaac Mertz (C) 11-0, 2. Williams (B), no third.
Girls
Berwick 76
Crestwood 74
Berwick captured 10 individual events, and held off Crestwood for the WVC Division 1 win on Tuesday.
Kayla Kresge won both hurdle events for the Lady Comets, who also swept the three relay events but came up just short.
100 — 1. Seely (B) 12.9, 2. Emma Sheloski (C), 3. Definnis (B); 200 — 1. Sheloski (C) 29.0, 2. Annabelle Witkowski (C), 3. Abbey Smith (C); 400 — 1. Seely (B) 63.1, 2. Wolfe (B), 3. Nicole Zurawski (C); 800 — 1. Geiser (B) 2:34, 2. Emma Guydish (C), 3. Regina Pirolli (C); 1600 — 1. Geiser (B) 5:36, 2. Margaret Kozich (C), 3. Elizabeth Kozich (C); 3200 — 1. Molly DeMarzo (C) 11:31, 2. M. Kozich (C), 3. E. Kozich (C); 100 H — 1. Kayla Kresge (C) 16.0, 2. Nevel (B), 3. Guydish (C); 300 H — 1. Kresge (C) 50.1, 2. Maddie Jolie (C), 3. Kennedie Huber (C); 400 relay — 1. Crestwood (Huber, Trista Ball, Witkowski, Sheloski) 54.3; 1600 relay — 1. Crestwood (Ava Johnson, Pirolli, Sheloski, Jolie), no time provided; 3200 relay — 1. Crestwood (DeMarzo, Guydish, Jolie, Pirolli) 12:14; Long jump — 1. Woodeshick (B) 16-2, 2. Ouimet (B), 3. Johnson (C); Triple jump — 1. Woodeshick (B) 32-10, 2. Ouimet (B), 3. Kaylee Rushton (C); High jump — 1. Woodeshick (B) 4-10, 2. Isenberg (B), 3. Taylor Kline (C); Shot put — 1. Isenberg (B) 37-10, 2. Nevel (B), 3. Tess Pollack (C); Discus — 1. Melchiorri (B) 98-0, 2. Varvaglioni (B), 3. Isenberg (B); Javelin — 1. Murphy (B) 115-6, 2. Melchiorre (B), 3. Pollack (C); Pole vault — 1. Julia Lazo (C) 10-0, 2. Alayna Matinchek (C), 3. Kline (C).
Freshman Baseball
Dallas 11 Hazleton Area 8
Jordan Castrine led Hazleton Area's hitters with a double and single, Nick Ledger singled twice and Brady Mizenko cracked a double.
Richie Rossi and Michael Pecora both singled for the Cougars.
Little League
Valley West
Earley-Polli 7 Valley Pizza 5
Noah Donahue threw well in his pitching debut and sparked the offense with four singles as Earley-Polli Insurance held off Valley Pizza.
Kade Midas had two singles and Haidyn Sledjeski chipped in with a single for Earley-Polli.
Zach Hannen and Jase Tranguch slapped two singles apiece and John Angley added a base hit for Valley Pizza.
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