{"id":174554,"date":"2026-04-24T04:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/174554\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:28:07","slug":"mid-valleys-czaja-ellis-blank-old-forge-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/174554\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid Valley\u2019s Czaja, Ellis blank Old Forge \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Czaja and Christian Ellis combined on a four-hit shutout Thursday <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Mid_Valley\/?gamedate=4\/23\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as Mid Valley blanked host Old Forge, 10-0, in a Lackawanna League Division II baseball game at Pagnotti Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Czaja allowed four hits, walked two and struck out six in four innings. Ellis worked three perfect innings of relief with three strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis also had two hits, including a triple, and three RBIs. Nick Hricenak also drove in three runs for the Spartans (9-3, 7-1). Jeremy Cali, Brett Yanoski and Joey Romanosky added two hits apiece.<\/p>\n<p>Elio Castaldi, Luke Olivieri, Colin Mulkerin and Joey Revello had singles for Old Forge (4-7, 1-7).<\/p>\n<p>Lakeland 9, Holy Cross 1: At Lakeland, David Naniewicz and Jackson Pochas each went 2 for 3 with one RBI and two runs <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Lakeland\/?gamedate=4\/23\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to lead the Chiefs to a Division II win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Loomis had two hits, an RBI and a run, and Kody Miller had a hit and two RBIs for Lakeland (8-3, 5-3).<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Marx had a hit and an RBI, and Jacob Shedlauskas had a hit and a run for the Crusaders (0-12, 0-8).<\/p>\n<p>Scranton Prep 12, Delaware Valley 8: At Delaware Valley, Zach Charneski went 3 for 4 with a double, four RBIs and one run <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Scranton_Prep\/?gamedate=4\/23\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to lead the Cavaliers to a Division I win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Petrosky had two hits, including a double, one RBI and two runs, A.J. Croom had two hits, one RBI and two runs, Joey Connolly had a double and an RBI and Eli Zapotoski had a hit, an RBI and a run for Scranton Prep (5-7, 5-3).<\/p>\n<p>Timothy Jason had three hits, an RBI and a run, and Kyler Winslow had a triple, a double, two RBIs and two runs for the Warriors (2-9, 2-6).<\/p>\n<p>Wallenpaupack 6, West Scranton 4: At West Scranton, Cade Pittenger went 3 for 4 with a double, two RBIs and a run <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Wallenpaupack\/?gamedate=4\/23\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to lead the Buckhorns to a Division I win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cam DeFeo had a two-run homer in the fourth, Cameron Lynch had a hit, a run and an RBI and Greg Van Gorder had a hit and an RBI for Wallenpaupack (10-3, 6-2).<\/p>\n<p>Mason Lesh had two hits, including a double, and an RBI, Julian Poniatowski had two hits and two runs and Tyler Scotch and Thomas Selemba each had two hits for the Invaders (3-9, 3-4).<\/p>\n<p>Mountain View 15, Susquehanna 0 (4 inn.): At Susquehanna, Jordan Jagger had a home run, a double, three RBIs and two runs <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Mountain_View\/?gamedate=4\/23\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to lead the Eagles to a Division III victory in four innings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Corey Trichilo had two doubles and four RBIs, Nick Beach had two hits and three RBIs and Josh Miller had two hits and two runs for Mountain View (5-6, 5-2).<\/p>\n<p>Jax Thomas and Alex Krayeski each had a hit for the Sabers (4-5, 3-4).<\/p>\n<p>Elk Lake 14, Blue Ridge 4 (6 inn.): At Elk Lake, Alden Felker went 3 for 3 with two doubles, a triple and five RBIs, <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Elk_Lake\/?gamedate=4\/23\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as the Warriors beat Blue Ridge in six innings in Lackawanna Division III<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen Orlandini added two hits and two RBIs and Connor Stephens had two hits and one RBI for Elk Lake (9-4, 6-1). Winning pitcher Brayden Miller allowed four unearned runs and five hits in six innings with one walk and seven strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Brendan Marvin had two hits, including a grand slam, for Blue Ridge (2-8, 2-6). Travis Rutter doubled for the Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>Lackawanna Trail 12, Carbondale Area 2 (6 inn.): At Carbondale Area, winning pitcher William Evans scattered five hits and struck out 10 in six innings for Lackawanna Trail <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Lackawanna_Trail\/?gamedate=4\/23\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in its Lackawanna Division III win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Evans also had two hits, including a double. Carter Edwards and Cooper Patterson also had two hits each for the Lions (6-3, 6-2). Patterson and Ashton Thiel both had two RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>Xander Mackey doubled for the Chargers (1-9, 1-4).<\/p>\n<p>Montrose 10, Forest City 8: At Montrose, Adam Sorensen had three hits, including a triple, and one RBI, <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Montrose\/?gamedate=4\/23\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as the Meteors held off Forest City for a Lackawanna Division III win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sawyer Aukema and Chase Harman each had two hits and two RBIs for Montrose (8-2, 6-2).<\/p>\n<p>Peyton Reynolds led the Foresters (0-8, 0-8) with two hits, including a double, and three RBIs. Caleb Mauro also doubled among his two hits and drove in one run for Forest City, which rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Czaja and Christian Ellis combined on a four-hit shutout Thursday as Mid Valley blanked host Old Forge,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":{"0":"post-174554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-high-school-sports","9":"tag-scranton","10":"tag-scranton-headlines","11":"tag-scranton-news","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}