WEDNESDAY REWIND: Wyoming Area hands Lady Cougars first loss

Claudia Rehill scored three goals and assisted on two others and Talia Pizano scored twice to lead Wyoming Area over Hazleton Area, 7-0, Wednesday, at the Atlas Complex in Wyoming Valley Conference field hockey.

Sophia Risley and Ella Campenni also had a goal and assist for the Warriors.

The loss was the Lady Cougars’ first this season.

First: Risley (WA) from Rehill, 14:07. Rehill (WA) unassisted, 7:40. Rehill (WA) from Doblovasky, 4:45; Second: Rehill (WA) from Campenni, 12:42; Third: Pizano (WA) unassisted, 13:19; Fourth: Campenni (WA) from Risley, 13:14. Pizano (WA) from Rehill, 3:41; Shots-Corners: Haz 1-3, WA 10-5; Saves: HAZ 3, WA 1 (Dennison).

In Kingston, Crestwood led 1-0 at the break, and added two goals in the fourth quarter to pick up the WVC win.

Emma Myers scored with three minutes left before halftime, and Addison Korpusik and Gabby Carlin added fourth-quarter scores for the Comets.

Second: Myers (CRE), 3:15. Fourth: Korpusik (CRE) from Obes, 5:53. Carlin (CRE), 2:01; Shots-corners: CRE 19-12, WVW 9-4; Saves: CRE 8 (Centak), WVW 14 (Sewell).

In Wright Twp., the Comets ran past both Hazleton Area (19-42) and MMI Prep (15-50) to open the season with two victories.

Rowan Dietrich was Crestwood’s top runner with a 17:45 as the Comets took five of the top six spots. Hazleton’s Gavin Adams was second.

In the girls’ meet, Crestwood also swept both races, beating Hazleton (15-50) and MMI Prep (19-44). The Comets took nine of the top 10 spots with Adrienne Sheblock finishing in a 20:39. MMI Prep’s Anna Zaroda was second, crossing in 21:45.

Boys’ scores: Crestwood 15, MMI 50. Crestwood 19, Hazleton 42. Hazleton 15, MMI 50.

Boys’ Top 10: Dietrich (CRE), 17:45. Adams (H), 18:44. Klimek (CRE) 18:57. Partington (CRE), 19:23. Deivert (CRE), 19:48. Arnold (CRE), 19:53. Vargas (H), 20:03. Myers (CRE) 20:07. Magistro (CRE), 20:52. Collins (CRE), 20:54.

Girls’ scores: Crestwood 15, Hazleton 50. Crestwood 19, MMI 44. Hazleton 22, MMI 39.

Girls’ Top 10: Sheblock (CRE), 20:39. Zaroda (MMI), 21:45. Ruch (CRE), 21:55. Deivert (CRE), 22:07. Coguen (CRE), 22:48. Leicht (CRE), 22:55. Dorshefski (CRE), 23:07. Arnold (CRE), 24:11. Guydish (CRE), 24:25. Ruch (CRE), 24:28.

Eight different Lady Raiders scored a goal in their shutout victory over Marian in a Schuylkill League game.

Alaina Gomez, Sophia Sitlinger, Gabby Chistakoff, Adi Tracy, Cyn-Sere Sanchez, Adi O’Gurek, Joey Vidzicki and Evelyn Leinbach connected for the winners.

Makela Elston, Gomez, Avery Muffley and Joey Vidzicki were credited with assists.

At Wilkes-Barre Area, Daralice Nunez, Stephanie Valencia and Cinny Chen each won their singles matches to help the Wolfpack edge the Comets.

Crestwood’s doubles teams of Mia Collins and Addison Knorr along with Amelia Pesta and Annika Lenio accounted for the sweep in doubles.

Singles: Nunez (WBA) over Dimopoulos, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Valencia (WBA) over Biscotti, 6-3, 6-0. Chen (WBA) over Brown, 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles: Collins/Knorr (C) over Bui/Vanegas, 6-1, 6-4. Pesta/Lenio (C) over Romero/Butler, 6-2, 6-3.

Avery Orozco continued her perfect run, winning at love for the seventh straight match this season, to account for the Lady Preppers’ lone team point.

Larissa Harding and Kynzi Newell were straight-sets winners for Tunkhannock, which also swept both doubles matches.

Singles: Orozco (M) over Anderson, 6-0, 6-0. Harding (T) over Laverty, 6-2, 6-0. Newell (T) over Young, 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles: Stull-Lewis (T) over Erickson-Jade Cabrera, 6-3, 6-1; Van Ness-Bonnize (T) over Mooney-Schultz, 6-2, 6-1.

At Mountain Valley, Eli Brown carded a team-low 86 to spark the Wreckers’ narrow win. Chance Stauffer, Jacob Hinkle and Matt Adler rounded out the Weatherly scoring with a 95, 96 and 98, respectively.

For the Golden Bears, Connor Bowman matched Brown’s score of 86. Jake Taris contributed a 91; Colby Wagner had a 99; and Declan Kane was right behind with a 100.

At White Birch, Nativity’s Steve Karinch earned medalist honors with a 1-over-par 71. Layne Pasker (85), Bo McDoanld (88) and Jaxon Salm (94) also figured in the Hilltoppers’ scoring.

Spencer Schirer topped the Panthers with an 82. Teammates Callie Kosciolek and Brayden Flanagan followed with an 83 and 84, respectively, Michael Demyanovich shot a 90.

At Shadowbrook, Madison Walker shot a 43 and Paige Spudis shot 44 to lead the Tigers over Hazleton Area at the par-37 course.

Mila Marycz led Hazleton Area with a 48. Jillian Hoppe finished with 51 and Kayla Wysocky shot a 52..

In Freeland, Shreeya Parikh racked up four kills, 13 assists, six digs and 12 service points to pace the unbeaten Lady Preppers to the Wyoming Valley Conference victory (24-26, 25-23, 25-13, 25-17).

Kenedy Lutz added seven kills, six digs and 10 service points and Ruhani Shah had two kills, three digs and five service points for MMI (5-0).

Kenzie Galenty had 15 digs, including the 500th of her career for Wyoming Area. Galenty also had nine service points and three aces.

MMI won the junior varsity match, 2-0.

Key contributors for the winners included Riley Mason (four assists and 18 service points with four aces), Gabriella Vasquez (five service points with three aces) and Megan Yamulla (three kills and four service points with three aces).

Victoria Park (11), Kenedy Lutz (seven) and Anna Drobnock (six) teamed for 24 kills as MMI outlasted the host Lions (27-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-23) on Tuesday.

Park also contributed six digs and 12 service points with two aces; Lutz added four digs and nine service points; Drobnock chipped in two digs; and Marissa Yamulla finished with 22 service points with seven aces.

LLA eked out a 2-1 victory in the JV match (25-22, 16-25, 15-7). Mikaela Mauna had one kills and four service points; Gabrielle Serock added five kills and 12 service points with aces and Marlow Basalyga had one kill and nine service points with two aces for the Lady Preppers.