30 years ago
Christina Kennedy had 15 points and 23 rebounds to lead Lackawanna League Southern Division first-half champion Bishop O’Hara to a 60-44 victory over Abington Heights in a girls basketball game. Kim Selemba added 13 points, while Geralyn Meehan chipped in 12 for the Lady Bruins. Jessica Muskey had 16 points for the Lady Comets. … Julie Gerrity had 28 points to lead Bishop Hannan to a 59-43 victory over Dunmore. Kristyn Grzenda added 17 points for the Lady Lancers. Jenna Macciocco had 18 points for the Lady Bucks, while Lisa Harris added 17. … Nanette Medico had 13 points, Nicole Schimelfenig added 11 points and Stacey Albright chipped in 10 points to lead Scranton to a 51-39 victory over North Pocono. Margi Lee had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Lady Trojans, while Rita Yanulaitis added 11 points. … Tanya Hrobuchak had 12 points, and Megan Tabarrini added 10 as Old Forge won for the first time in 17 games, 35-30, over Carbondale Area. Kelly Doud had a game-high 15 points, including the 1,000th point of her career, for Carbondale Area.
20 years ago
Dan Loftus and Mike McLane had pins to lead Scranton Prep to a 66-14 victory over Mountain View in a Lackawanna League Division II wrestling match. Scott Martens had a pin for the Eagles. … Chris Kobrynich, Corey Gazoo, Lee Meyers and Eric Shrive each had a pin to lead West Scranton to a 36-19 victory over Delaware Valley in a Lackawanna League Division I match. … Marc Wallace, Ray Bennett, Chad Winowich and Cory Youtz each had a pin to lead Abington Heights to a 40-22 victory over Lackawanna Trail. Tom Ward and Dom Rosiak had pins for the Lions. … Jesse Robertson and Matt Bozym each won two individual events and two relays, and the Knights swept first, second and third in the 200-yard freestyle and 50 freestyle as the Scranton boys swim team beat Valley View, 119-43. … Brittany Borgia won the 100 backstroke, 50 freestyle and two relays to lead the Scranton girls swim team to a 127-48 win over Valley View. Alex Bagasevich, Cecilia Bararsky, Alaina Gallagher, Caitlin Mangan and diver Michelle Agostini also had individual wins for the Lady Knights.
10 years ago
Nico Lastauskas set a pool record at the University of Scranton and helped lead Scranton Prep to a 92-70 win over West Scranton in a Lackawanna League swim meet. Lastauskas swan the 200-yard freestyle using a butterfly stroke and touched in a time of 1 minute, 58.44 seconds, breaking the Byron Center pool record of 1:58.62 set by Misericordia’s Eric Sweeney in 1998. Lastauskas, Joe Kyle Bushta and Thomas Pfaeffle each had two wins for the Cavaliers. … Kayla Agentowicz scored 32 points, including 13 in the third quarter, to lead Lakeland to a 62-36 victory over Old Forge in a Lackawanna League Division III girls basketball game. Brooke Estadt added 18 points for the Lady Chiefs. Gabby Verespey led Old Forge with 18 points. … McKenzie Haduck scored 17 points to lead Riverside to a 63-37 win over Carbondale Area in a Division III game. Mikenna Whitaker led the Chargerettes with 17 points. … Hannah Kowalski scored eight of her 13 points in the second quarter to lead Abington Heights to a 45-24 victory over Valley View in a Division I game.
— Staff report