30 years ago
Corey Joyce smacked three hits, and P.J. Worsnick drove in five runs as West Scranton beat Dickson City, 14-2, in District 11 American Legion baseball. Worsnick drilled a three-run double in the second after West struck for seven runs in its first at-bat. Joyce ripped two doubles, while Chris Eiden and Chris Repshis added two hits apiece. … Mike Trently, Mark Pappi and Ben Bohenko each had two hits to pace Green Ridge’s 7-3 victory at Forest City. Winning pitcher John Lyons went the distance and struck out eight. … Corey Skula scattered three hits and struck out nine as Old Forge topped Honesdale, 3-1. Russ Giglio and Brandon Boyanowski doubled for Old Forge. … Tony Burd drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the winning run in the top of the seventh as North Pocono edged East Scranton, 7-6, in Big League baseball. John Sanderson had three hits and drove in two runs for North Pocono and Tony Benfotti added two hits. Joe Pica and Todd Grippo had two hits each for East Scranton.
20 years ago
Joe Palochko was the winning pitcher, and added a double to lead South Scranton Post 948 to a 6-3 lead over Carbondale-Lakeland in a District 11 Legion Baseball game. Sean McHugh added two hits for South Scranton. … Zach Fox hit a fourth-inning grand slam to lead West Post 920 to a 13-3 victory over North Pocono in a Junior Legion Baseball game. Thomas Schroeder had three hits, and Steve Aniska added two hits for West. Dan Capwell was the winning pitcher. … Justin Stankewicz, Justin Swartz and Colin Sarafinko each had two hits to lead Cars Are Us to a 10-3 win over Abington Lions in an Abington Little League game. Connor Pacyna added a triple for the winners. Sean O’Connor and Sante Romaldini each had a double in the loss. … Donnie McGowan had a home run, a double and 10 RBIs to lead Fiorillo’s Funeral Home to a 23-5 victory over T’s Corner News in a Central City Little League game. Ned Hoban had a double and a triple, and Tony Granahan was the winning pitcher.
10 years ago
Ryan Vaverchak had two hits and struck out seven to lead Carbondale/Lakeland to a 9-7 victory over Triboro in a District 11 Junior Legion game. Shayne Mizok added two hits for the winners. Lou Stefanelli had a triple for Triboro. … Connor Kocsis had four hits, including a double, to lead Mazur Funeral Home to a 13-4 victory over N&N Drilling in a Mid Valley Little League game. Austin Hughes had three hits, including a double, Jared Maciejewski had three hits, Gabe Pacyna, Zack Popko and Dylan Coolbaugh each had two hits for the winners. Jason Schwartztrauber was the winning pitcher. Joe Traucht had two doubles, and Matt Hassaj had two singles in the loss. … Robbie McAndrew had two hits, including a double, two runs and two RBIs to lead Green Ridge Post 908 to a 9-0 victory over Triboro Post 306 in a Senior Legion Baseball game. Vince Cimini had two hits, including a double, and two runs for the winners. Nick Sottile and Jimmy Muth each had two hits for Triboro.