By Tom Robinson, NEPA Sports Nation
Some highlights from weekend action in District 2 high school sports:
GIRLS LACROSSE
Emma Kelleher scored five goals, including the 100th of her career, as unbeaten Wyoming Area rolled over Tunkhannock, 23-2, Saturday in a Wyoming Valley Conference game. The Lady Warriors are 3-0.
Isabella Caporuscio’s seven goals helped Crestwood became the first WVC team to reach 4-0 this season when it defeated Lake-Lehman, 10-7, Saturday.
BASEBALL
Tyler Mullen threw a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks Friday as Lakeland defeated Mid Valley, 6-1, to join Riverside at the top of Lackawanna League Division 3 with 2-0 records.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Freshmen Connor Cranage and Carson Gallagher helped Blue Ridge rout Western Wayne, 25-9, 25-19, 25-11, in a key Lackawanna League match Friday. Cranage led the Raiders (4-0) with 8 kills and Gallagher had 16 assists. Garrett Conklin had 16 digs, Calvin Scheideler 5 blocks and Gerald Welsted 4 aces. Matt Henneforth had 11 kills for Western Wayne.
SOFTBALL
Paige Marabell hit two home runs and drove in six runs Friday when Tunkhannock defeated Hazleton Area, 9-5, in a game between teams that started the day 2-0 in the WVC. Leadoff hitter Elle McNeff was 3-for-3 with a double and three runs scored. Kaya Hannon carried a shutout into the bottom of the seventh when Olivia Wolk’s bases-loaded single drove in two runs and Julia Mrochko followed with a three-run homer.
BOYS TENNIS
Wyoming Seminary improved to 4-1 and handed Wyoming Area its first defeat in three matches with a 5-0 WVC victory Friday. Keefer Wu, Vaughn Kutish and Arthur Gilienski swept the singles matches in straight sets and both doubles teams won in three sets.
BOYS LACROSSE
Chandler O’Farrell scored eight goals as Crestwood ran the WVC’s best record to 5-0 with Friday’s 19-8 victory over Lake-Lehman. Trey Zabroski, who earlier this season surpassed 100 career goals, had three goals and six assists, moving him over 100 assists. Noah Schultz scored four goals and assisted on two others.
