Adam Holman shot a 38 to lead West Scranton to wins over two-time defending PIAA Class 2A champion Scranton Prep, 162-169, and Scranton, 162-170, on Thursday in a Lackawanna League Division I boys golf tri-match at Pine Hills.
According to the District 2 website, Scranton Prep last lost a Lackawanna League regular season match Sept. 3, 2015, to Wallenpaupack, 6-3, at Woodloch Springs when match play was the format. Since that loss, Scranton Prep was unbeaten in 153 regular-season league matches with a record of 150-0-3. Since the Cavaliers tied Abington Heights in 2020, they won 77 straight matches.
Noah Lynch shot a 40, while Max Turi, who had birdies on eight and nine, and Mark Novak each shot a 42.
Packy James birdied the eighth hole and shot a 39, and Ty Millet chipped in for birdie on No. 7 and shot a 39 to lead the Cavaliers to a win over the Knights. Scranton Prep’s usual lineup that includes defending state champion Cole Powell, two-time All-Region selection Brendan Bell, Bobby Stott and Jack Pavuk did not play. When West Scranton and Scranton Prep played Aug. 24, the Cavaliers won, 147-173, at Pine Hills when Powell, Bell, Stott and Pavuk were in the lineup.
Jack Kerrigan shot a 39, and Travis Mendoza had birdies on five and eight and shot a 43 for Scranton.
West Scranton: Holman 38, Lynch 40, Turi 42, Novak 42, Poniatowski 43, May 44; Scranton Prep: Millett 39, P. James 39, Haggerty 45, B. James 46, Mullery 48, Haggerty 48; Scranton: Kerrigan 39, Clarke 43, Mendoza 43, Dempsey 45, Lapolla 46, Regan 55; Records: SP 15-1, WS 8-8, SCR 1-15.
Mid Valley 145, Susquehanna 187: At Scott Greens, Colin Burns birdied the second and third holes and shot a 2-under 31 to lead Mid Valley to a Division II win.
Ian Scanlon shot a 35, Lucas Zuraski shot a 39 and Aaron Merrifield shot a 40 for the Spartans.
Spencer Ott had a birdie on seven and shot a 40 for the Sabers.
Mid Valley: Burns 31, Scanlon 35, Zuraski 39, Merrifield 40, Zelinski 41, Perna 47; Susquehanna: Ott 40, Krayeski 42, Downton 50; Records: MV 10-4, SUS 1-13.
Holy Cross 143, Blue Ridge 165: At Scott Greens, Jackson Bohanski had birdies on three, five and nine and shot a 2-under 31 to lead the Crusaders to a Division II win.
Brandon Moran eagled the third hole and shot a 36, Joe Yusinski shot a 37, Josh Toolan shot a 39 and Pete Boles birdied the ninth hole and shot a 40 for Holy Cross.
Tyler Soden birdied the ninth hole and shot a 35, Brennan Woosman birdied the third hole and Blake Slocum birdied the ninth hole for the Raiders.
Holy Cross: Bohanski 31, Moran 36, Yusinski 37, Toolan 39, Boles 40, Zaleski 44; Blue Ridge: Soden 35, Decker 41, Kowalewski 43, Woosman 46, Slocum 48, Kilmer 48; Records: HC 10-4, BR 4-9.
Western Wayne 159, Old Forge 170: At Pine Hills, Archer Long had two birdies and shot a 36 to lead the Wildcats to a Division II win.
Max Graci birdied 16 and shot a 37, and Noah Benson, Jameson McCollum and Damian Glackin each shot a 43 for Western Wayne.
Joey Revello birdied 14 and 18 and shot a 36, and Jake Bartnikowski birdied 11 and 18 for the Blue Devils.
Western Wayne: Long 36, Graci 37, Benson 43, McCollum 43, Glackin 43, Morcom 47; Old Forge: Revello 36, R. Revello 44, Kupetz 44, Harris 46, Bartnikowski 47, Olivieri 53; Records: WW 12-2, OF 5-8.
Girls golf
Brianna Moffatt birdied the par-4 first hole and shot a 42 to lead unbeaten Abington Heights to victories over Tunkhannock, 135-144, and Dallas, 135-161, on Thursday in girls golf tri-match on the front nine at Shadowbrook.
Liz George shot a 44, and Margot Grad added a 49 for the Lady Comets.
Madison Walker shot a 43 to lead Tunkhannock to a win over Dallas.
Layla Gover had a 49 for Dallas.
Abington Heights: Moffatt 42, George 44, Grad 49, Nietz 52, DeMeglio 57; Tunkhannock: Walker 43, Bevan 49, Spudis 52, St. Claire 56; Dallas: Gover 49, Withrow 52, Hoover 60, Lucas 68, Doughton 69.
Old Forge 140, Scranton 152: At Pine Hills, Mia Fox, who birdied eight, and Addison Rafalko each shot a 44 to lead the Lady Blue Devils to a Lackawanna League victory.
Jenny Solfanelli shot a 52 for Old Forge.
Sophia Leonori and Rhylee Bell, who birdied eight, each shot a 49 for the Lady Knights.
Old Forge: Fox 44, Rafalko 44, Solfanelli 52; Scranton: Leonori 49, Bell 49, Coyne 54, Baez 60.
Boys soccer
Anthony Yerka, Russell Toole and Colin Sciartilli each had a goal to lead Dunmore to a 3-1 win over host Honesdale on Thursday to stay unbeaten in Lackawanna League Division II boys soccer.
Alex Valerio had a goal off an assist from Logan Lester for the Hornets.
First: Yerka (DUN), 23:02. Toole (DUN), 13:09; Second: Valerio (HON) from Lester, 24:39. Sciartilli (DUN), 14:59; Shots-corners: DUN 6-3, HON 5-5; Saves: Chavez (DUN) 2, D’Albora (HON) 3; Records: DUN (7-1-1, 6-0), HON (2-6-1, 2-3-1).
West Scranton 1, Mid Valley 1: At West Scranton, William Perez scored for the Invaders and Carson Michaels scored for the Spartans, as the teams tied in a Division II matchup.
Second: Perez (WS) PK, 4:08. Michaels (MV), 12:29; Shots-corners: WS 2-2, MV 3-6; Saves: Lesh (WS) 2, Buza (MV) 1; Records: WS (3-4-1, 1-3-1), MV (5-1-2, 4-1-1).
North Pocono 7, Valley View 0: At Valley View, Rocco Rava had three goals and one assist to lead the Trojans to a Division I victory.
Darlin Lopez had a goal and an assist, Logan Philips, James Koester and Parker Davis each added a goal and Luciano Arcurie, Andrew Geck and John Sica each had an assist for North Pocono.
Saves: Copertino (NP) 5, Chohan (VV) 11, Kelly (VV) 4; Records: NP (6-1-3, 4-0-1), VV (0-9-1, 0-6).
Wallenpaupack 2, Delaware Valley 2: At Wallenpaupack, Delaware Valley’s Rowan Eversdyke scored with 1:30 left in the game off an assist from Jay Nagy, as the Division I game ended in a tie.
Eric Choi added a goal off an assist from Eversdyke in the first half for the Warriors.
Colby Bonagura had two assists, and Dawid Mrowka and Daniel Rodriguez Gaitan each had a goal for the Buckhorns.
First: Choi (DV) from Eversdyke, 4:00. Rodriguez Gaitan (WAL) from Bonagura, 29:30; Second: Mrowka (WAL) from Bonagura, 14:00. Eversdyke (DV) Nagy, 38:30; Shots-corners: WAL 24-7, DV 10-1; Saves: Katz (WAL) 6, Kirk (DV) 15; Records: DV (2-6-2, 1-2-2), WAL (6-1-2, 3-0-2).
Riverside 8, Carbondale Area 0: At Riverside, Marcio Monteiro had three goals and two assists to lead the Vikings to a Division III win.
Caleb Sosa had three goals, Luis Pereira had a goal and two assists, Bruno Frias had a goal and Mitchell Muskey and Lucas Russamano each had an assist for Riverside.
First: Pereira (RIV) from Muskey, 8:45. Monteiro (RIV) from Russamano, 19:45. Sosa (RIV) from Monteiro, 29:00. Monteiro (RIV), 32:00; Second: Frias (RIV) from Pereira, 43:30. Sosa (RIV) from Pereira, 47:10. Sosa (RIV) from Monteiro, 64:15. Monteiro (RIV), 74:00; Shots-corners: RIV 18-5, CA 1-0; Saves: Burke (RIV) 1, Surace (CA) 10; Records: RIV (5-3, 4-2), CA (0-6, 0-5).
Girls soccer
Laci Ayotte scored off an assist from Courtney Kinney as host Elk Lake handed Blue Ridge its first Lackawanna League Division III girls soccer loss, 1-0, on Thursday.
Liv Gallela had three saves to secure the shutout.
Second: Ayotte (EL) from Kinney, 62:00; Shots-corners: EL 2-2, BR 4-5; Saves: Gallela (EL) 3, Bloomer (BR) 1; Records: EL (4-4-1, 4-3-1), BR (5-2-3, 4-1-2).
Girls tennis
Chiara Pugliese and Alyssa Heffron won their singles matches to lead West Scranton to a 3-2 victory over Mid Valley in a Lackawanna League Division II girls tennis match Thursday at Mid Valley.
Braylynne Armstrong-Nevaeh Deeley won at No. 1 doubles to clinch the match for the Lady Invaders.
Regan Buranich won the No. 1 singles match for the Spartanettes.
Singles: Buranich (MV) over Pugliese, 7-5, 6-3. Shafer (WS) over Fazio, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Heffron (WS) over Costello, 6-2, 6-2; Doubles: Armstrong-Deeley (WS) over Woodall-Witzke, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Gonzalez-Merrifield (MV) over Carvalho-Bryson, 7-5, 6-2; Records: WS 9-5, MV 5-9.
Honesdale 5, Pittston Area 0: At Honesdale, Alexis Mazzotta, Irene Smith and Evelyn Boyd each won their singles matches in straight sets to lead the Lady Hornets to a nonleague win.
Singles: Mazzotta (HON) over Rivera, 6-1, 6-0. Smith (HON) over Albertelli, 6-0, 6-0. E. Bond (HON) over Sherin, 6-0, 6-0; Doubles: Murray-S. Bond (HON) over Philbin-Kendzor, 6-1, 6-1. Trusky-Gates (HON) over Yuschovitz-Suckoo, 6-0, 6-2; Records: HON 12-4, PA 2-12.
Scranton 5, Dunmore 0: At Scranton, Dean Edwards and Pal Patel won their singles matches to lead the Lady Knights.
The Lady Bucks forfeited at No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles.
Singles: Edwards (SCR) over Novak, 6-0, 6-0. Patel (SCR) over Biswa, 6-2, 6-1; Doubles: Castro-Palar (SCR) over Cuchara-Bonavoglia, 6-0, 6-0; Records: SCR 6-8, DUN 0-14.
Boys cross country
Henry Decker won the Lackawanna League boys cross country meet Thursday at Western Wayne to help Lakeland to two wins.
Nick Michel placed fourth as Scranton Prep picked up three wins, including a tiebreaker victory over the Chiefs.
Holy Cross’ Thomas Gavin (17:37.76) placed second, Lackawanna Trail’s Chase Litwin (17:46.59) finished third and Holy Cross’ Elias Stabinski (18:30.94) placed fifth.
Scores: Holy Cross 15, Western Wayne 50. Scranton Prep 15, Western Wayne 50. Holy Cross 23, Lackawanna Trail 34. Scranton Prep 27, Lackawanna Trail 31. Holy Cross 23, Lakeland 34. Scranton Prep 28, Lakeland 28 (SP wins in tiebreaker); Records: HC 7-2, SP 5-4, LAK 5-4, LT 3-6, WW 0-8-1.
Top 15: 1. Decker (LAK) 17:24.14, 2. Gavin (HC) 17:37.76, 3. Litwin (LT) 17:46.59, 4. Michel (SP) 18:16.83, 5. Stabinski (HC) 18:30.94, 6. Lorenzetti (LAK) 18:51.55, 7. Perry (LT) 19:10.54, 8. Cohen (SP) 19:17.48, 9. Sandrowicz (HC) 19:19.34, 10. Sheils (HC) 19:19.45, 11. McNamara (LT) 19:51.97, 12. Sheerin (HC) 20:00.48, 13. Bechtel (LAK) 20:37.29, 14. Duke (SP) 20:42.90, 15. Bender (SP) 20:47.84.
Girls cross country
Vella Byrne won the girls cross country race at Western Wayne with a time of 19:43.68 to lead Scranton Prep to three wins.
Aileana Connor (20:00.92) added a second-place finish for the Classics.
Western Wayne’s Kaitlyn Kloss placed third and set a school record, running a time of 20:09.42. Maddie Kammer previously held the record at 20:50.
Holy Cross’ Gemma Bistran (21:30.58) placed fourth and Lakeland’s Rylin Wech (21:54.03) finished fifth.
Scores: Western Wayne 15, Carbondale Area 50. Holy Cross 20, Western Wayne 37. Scranton Prep 18, Western Wayne 45. Lackawanna Trail 15, Carbondale Area 50. Lackawanna Trail 26, Holy Cross 30. Scranton Prep 21, Lackawanna Trail 39. Scranton Prep 23, Lakeland 36. Holy Cross 27, Lakeland 30. Lakeland 15, Carbondale Area 50; Records: SP 7-1, LT 6-2, LAK 5-4, WW 4-5, HC 3-6,
Top 15: 1. Byrne (SP) 19:43.68, 2. Connor (SP) 20:00.92, 3. Kloss (WW) 20:09.42, 4. Bistran (HC) 21:30.58, 5. Wech (LAK) 21:54.03, 6. Cours (LT) 21:57.70, 7. Andrews (LAK) 22:13.44, 8. Forrer (LT) 22:58.14, 9. Schoenwetter (SP) 23:52.30, 10. Pisarcik (LAK) 24:05.80, 11. Mayer (SP) 24:07.16, 12. Nelson (SP) 24:15.71, 13. S. Schoenwetter (SP) 24:19.35, 14. Horton (LT) 24:20.93, 15. Voytek (SP) 24:22.22.