30 years ago
Tom McColligan knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift West Scranton to a 4-3 victory over Moscow in District 11 American Legion baseball. Jim Powell’s two-run home run in the top of the sixth inning pulled Moscow into a 3-3 tie. … Tim Charles finished with two hits for the winners. Powell had three hits, and Brendan McDonough added two hits and one RBI for Moscow. … Dave Staples finished with a five-hitter to lead South Scranton to a 5-1 win over Honesdale. Jeff Williams had two hits and one RBI for South Scranton. Morgan Greene hit a solo home run for Honesdale. … Carbondale scored all of its runs in the first inning and held on for a 7-6 win over Forest City. Blaise DeFazio had two hits and Brian Tonkin two RBIs for Carbondale. … Rob Salvo had two hits and two RBIs for Dunmore in its 8-3 win over Valley View. Pat Dougherty had two hits and three RBIs for Valley View. … Toby Grzenda and Mickey Mackey combined on a no-hitter, as Blakely beat Honesdale, 18-2, in a 10-year-old District 5 Babe Ruth All-Star game. Then, they combined on another no-hitter in a 10-2 win over Wallenpaupack.
20 years ago
Josh Schroeder had two doubles and a triple to lead Hyde Park past Dickson City, 7-4, in Junior League Baseball. Thomas Schroeder added two hits to back winning pitcher Nick Grogan. Ethan Dunn, who doubled, earned the save. Brandon Wilson had two hits for Dickson City. … Brian Morris, Jim Popple and Klaus Woodeshick had two hits each as Old Forge defeated Carbino Club, 13-2. Logan Kaniuk had two hits for Carbino Club. … Aleca Semenza and Kim Caville had two hits each to back winning pitcher Jessica Armillay as Old Forge beat Throop, 20-4, in Junior League Softball. Diana and Bridget Butash had doubles for Throop. … Emmett Nealon had three hits and winning pitcher Joe Marciano, Ryan Fiorillo and Andrew Fiegleman added two hits each in Abington National’s 22-2 win over West Side in 10-11 Baseball. Harry Wildrick and Gerard Morgan each had a hit for West Scranton. … North Pocono scored five runs in the sixth inning to rally past Abington American, 7-5. James Brown, who doubled, and Clem Rinaldi had two hits each. Brenden Wahl doubled in the go-ahead run. Jamie Henzes had two hits for Abington.
10 years ago
Alexa Mulrooney tossed a three-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts as Old Forge secured the District 17 9-10 Softball championship with a 5-0 victory over Christy Mathewson. Catherine Liskowski and Kayla DeMattia each had two hits for Old Forge and Mulrooney singled and drove in two runs. … Grace McCormack tossed a two-hit shutout to lead Green Ridge to a 10-0 win over Western Wayne in the District 32 9-10 Baseball elimination final. Blake Decker had three hits and George Stallman, Roman Valvano and Chase Scanlan all homered for Green Ridge. Brendan Seeley singled for Western Wayne. … Lincoln Anderson had four hits, including two doubles, to lead Abington American to a 14-8 win over North Pocono in the District 17 9-10 Baseball elimination final. Jack Lenahan tripled and Connor Casey, Connor Griffin and Madison Zalewski all doubled in support of winning pitcher Reese Fick. Cole Dymek and Riley Moore each had a single and a double for North Pocono. … Mia Butka fired a one-hitter with five strikeouts, and added a hit and three runs at the plate to lead Tripp Park to a 15-2 victory over Fairchance in the Pennsylvania Little League Softball playoffs.