30 years ago
Scranton Prep’s Erin Casey pitched a one-hitter and struck out 13 to lead the Classics to a 9-0 Lackawanna League Class AAA softball victory over Scranton. Casey also had two hits and an RBI. Kristin Brady had two hits and two RBIs for Scranton Prep. Kelly Battle had the Lady Knights’ hit. … Winning pitcher Michelle Carey allowed just one hit in Old Forge’s 9-3 victory over Dunmore. … Mid Valley pitcher Liz Naughton struck out 10 and had two hits, including a double, and an RBI to lead the Spartanettes to a 13-3, five-inning win over Lakeland. … Jerry Connor tossed a complete-game seven-hitter with 15 strikeouts, as Riverside topped Bishop O’Hara, 11-3, in a Lackawanna League Class AA Division baseball game. Jim Preston had three doubles and drove in two runs, Jared Goul had two hits, including a triple, and four RBIs, Lenny Webb added three hits, including a double, and Ken Paulino and Eric Melesky each added two hits for the Vikings. John Luchansky had three hits for the Bruins. … Geoff Bartkowski’s two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning lifted Mid Valley to a 13-12 victory over Lakeland.
20 years ago
Nate Carr and Chris Pesota had two hits, and Mark Grambo drove in two runs, as Scranton Prep defeated Montrose, 9-2, in a Lackawanna League Division II baseball game. … Chris Minora, Ryan Freedman and Jordan Zack swept the singles matches to lead Scranton to a 5-0 win over Riverside in an NEPTL Eastern Division match. … Jason Bugno and Don Bird each had three hits and three RBIs to lead Abington Heights to a 12-4 win over North Pocono in a Lackawanna League Division I baseball game. … T.J. Czerw had three hits while Joe Calhoun, Brandon Budd and James Streznetcky drove in two runs apiece to lead West Scranton to a 9-5 victory over Valley View in Lackawanna League Division II baseball. Matt Kearney and Bill Dubravcek had two hits each for Valley View. … Anthony Besten doubled twice among his three hits to lead Lakeland to a 6-0 win over Western Wayne. Adam Grabowski added two hits and three RBIs to back Drew Simonik’s three-hitter that featured nine strikeouts. … Sean Madden had three hits, including a triple, and five RBIs to lead Bishop O’Hara to a 13-3 win over Bishop Hannan in Lackawanna League Division IV baseball.
10 years ago
Pete Kazmierczak, Tony Kutz and Tarquin McGurrin won their singles matches in straight sets to lead Scranton Prep over Delaware Valley, 5-0, in a Lackawanna League boys tennis match. … Jack Tuman and Kyle Thorpe won their singles matches to lead Western Wayne to a 4-1 win over Scranton. Ben Strickland won at No. 1 singles for the Knights. … Paige Parchinski had four hits, including three doubles, and drove in three runs to lead the Lady Chiefs to a 14-9 win over Dunmore in a Lackawanna League Division III softball game. Katie Walsh added three hits and three runs, Georgia Verrastro had two hits and three RBIs and Bella Tratthen tacked on a home run for the winners. Ally Borgia had four RBIs and two doubles for Dunmore. … Grace Perechinsky had three doubles and three RBIs to lead Holy Cross to an 8-3 victory over Old Forge. Amanda Ross added three hits, including a double, and three RBIs, and Lindsey Leppo had two hits for Holy Cross. Nella Pepsin and Maya Florovito each had two hits for Old Forge. … Winning pitcher Mia Pawelski had two hits and three RBIs to lead Mid Valley to a 10-0 victory over Blue Ridge.