30 years ago
Honesdale’s Joe Murray fired a desperation jumper to tie the game, then hit one of two free throws with eight seconds left in overtime, as the Hornets beat Valley View, 50-49, in a Lackawanna League Northern Division boys basketball game. Murray led Honesdale with 15 points, while John Kretschmer added 14 points for the winners. Bill Celuck had 27 points, 17 rebounds and seven blocks and Mark Sakson added 16 points for Valley View. … Molly Malloy had 17 points and 20 rebounds to lead Scranton Prep to a 59-54 victory over Scranton in a Lackawanna League Southern Division girls basketball game. … Christina Kennedy had 19 points and 13 rebounds to lead Bishop O’Hara to a 67-43 win over North Pocono. … Jenna Macciocco had 25 points to lead Dunmore to a 55-43 victory over West Scranton. … Kim Yencho, who netted a game-high 25 points, scored on a layup with three seconds left to lift Valley View to a 46-44 victory over Mid Valley in a Lackawanna League Northern Division game. … Laura Nicoletto had 15 points and Kelly Connor added 11, as Riverside defeated Old Forge, 49-36. … Marijo Naniewicz had 17 points to lead Lakeland to a 48-45 victory over Carbondale Area.
20 years ago
Brian Siemion had 12 points, 11 rebounds, seven blocks and two assists to lead Bishop Hannan to a 61-46 victory over Riverside in a Lackawanna League Division II boys basketball game. Justin Kearney had a game-high 16 points, Nico Fricchione added 13 points and Chris Osborne chipped in 10 points for the Lancers. Shawn Ward scored 14 points for the Vikings. … Kyle McMyne had 14 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Old Forge to a 51-44 win over Dunmore. Stephen Semenza and Jared Yanniello each added 11 points, and Mike Bilski chipped in 10 for the Blue Devils. Corey Valvano had 14 points to lead the Bucks. … Sean Baress, Joe Palmitessa and Chris Kobrynich each had a pin to lead West Scranton to a 45-17 win over Wallenpaupack in a Lackawanna League Division I wrestling match. Tom Joyce and Roberto Rivera had major decisions for Wallenpaupack. … Rob Gagliardi, Ray Bennett, Eric Powell and Gino Gagliardi had pins, and Chad Winowich and Cory Youtz added technical falls, as Abington Heights beat Scranton, 46-15. … Mike Minor, Ronnie French, Mark Turner, Eugene O’Malley and Jacob Bauserman had pins to lead Western Wayne past Honesdale, 43-31.
10 years ago
Scranton native Bill Lazor was hired by the Cincinnati Bengals as the quarterbacks coach. … Emily Sheehan had 16 points, Maddie Martin added 13 points and Izzy Cooper chipped in eight as No. 1 Dunmore defeated No. 2 Holy Cross, 56-29, in a Lackawanna League Division III girls basketball battle of 13-0 teams. Abby Anderson had 13 points for the Lady Crusaders. … Destiny Jefferson had 14 points and Maria Coyne added 13 points to lead West Scranton to a 45-33 victory over Honesdale. Emily Theobald had 11 points for the Lady Hornets. … Griffin Jones had seven of her 10 points in the fourth quarter as Valley View rallied past Delaware Valley, 40-34, with the Cougars outscoring the Lady Warriors, 19-4, in the fourth. … Timmy Toro had 18 points, 14 rebounds, three blocks, two steals and two assists to lead No. 1 Abington Heights to a 63-55 win over Lower Merion in a nonleague boys basketball game in the Scholastic Play-by-Play Classic at Harrisburg High School. Jackson Danzig had 18 points, including four 3-pointers, and seven assists, Seth Maxwell scored 16 points and Jordan Hollander had six steals and five assists for the Comets.
— Staff report