Nate Schimelfenig scored 17 points and Seamus Wallace helped spark a third-quarter surge to lift West Scranton over No. 9 Scranton, 54-41, on Friday night in a Lackawanna Division I boys basketball game.<\/p>\n
Wallace finished with 13 points, and he, Schimelfenig and Brian Fried combined for 16 points while making four 3-pointers in a 21-point third quarter for the Invaders.<\/p>\n
Cayden Farr contributed 10 points for West Scranton (5-7, 2-2).<\/p>\n
Tony Battaglia scored 12 points and Justin Mayers had 10 for Scranton (4-7, 1-3).<\/p>\n
Abington Heights 55, North Pocono 36: Jordan Shaffer scored 13 points to lead the sixth-ranked Comets to a Division I win.<\/p>\n
Ben Reese contributed 10 points and Andrew Kettel had nine for Abington Heights (7-5, 4-0).<\/p>\n
Noah DeSantis scored nine points and Cole West had eight for North Pocono (3-9, 0-4).<\/p>\n
Delaware Valley 64, Wallenpaupack 59: James Dabney and Trey Newton helped the seventh-ranked Warriors recover from a slow start to post a win in Division I.<\/p>\n
Dabney led four players in double figures with 18 points, and Newton added 16 to lead Delaware Valley (9-3, 2-2). Sam Wood and Colin McGarvey each scored 12 points in the win.<\/p>\n
Nick VanBuskirk scored nine of his 20 points in the first quarter when Wallenpaupack built a 17-8 lead. JP Yeo added 18 points, which all came on 3-pointers, for the Buckhorns (3-6, 0-3).<\/p>\n
Old Forge 50, Western Wayne 33: Cameron Parker scored 20 points to lead the fifth-ranked Blue Devils to a Division II win.<\/p>\n
Ryan DeMarco added 15 points, and Cameron Krushnowski had 10 for Old Forge (9-2, 4-0).<\/p>\n
Omar Vargas scored 11 points to lead Western Wayne (2-8, 0-3).<\/p>\n
Riverside 77, Honesdale 47: Nico Antoniacci scored 26 points and Brayden Rose added 19 as No. 1 Riverside bounced back from its first loss of the season to beat the Hornets in a Division II game.<\/p>\n
Michael Schimelfenig contributed 12 points for the Vikings (10-1, 3-1).<\/p>\n
Gavin Briggs scored 17 of his 25 points in the second half, and Owen Pender had 11 points for Honesdale (6-6, 2-2).<\/p>\n
Dunmore 76, Mid Valley 52: Carter Sload scored 20 points and Nate Aviles scored 17 points, including 10 in the third quarter when the Bucks scored 30 in a Division II win.<\/p>\n
Jimmy Clark svored 16 and Brayden Canavan added 13 points for the balanced Dunmore (11-1, 4-0) attack.<\/p>\n
Jeremy Cali scored 19 points and Landon Pratt added 12 for Mid Valley (5-7, 1-3).<\/p>\n
Holy Cross 59, Lakeland 43: CJ Thompson scored 21 points to lead three Crusaders in double figures in a Division II win.<\/p>\n
Colin Farrell contributed 17 points while hitting five 3-pointers, and Colin Rittenbusch scored 15 points for Holy Cross (6-6, 2-2).<\/p>\n
Chase Rosenkrans scored 12 points and David Naniewicz added nine for Lakeland (5-7, 0-4).<\/p>\n
Susquehanna 50, Lackawanna Trail 46: Griffin Fisk scored 21 points to lead the Sabers to a win in a battle of teams tied for first place in Division III.<\/p>\n
Fisk helped Susquehanna hold off a rally by the Lions with 11 points in the second half. Mason Keyes contributed 13 points and Hudson Stengel had eight for the Sabers (9-2, 4-0).<\/p>\n
Lucas Filipek scored 11 points, Jimmy Phillips had eight of his 10 points in the third quarter and Hayden Bluhm also scored 10 points for Lackawanna Trail (8-3, 3-1).<\/p>\n
Elk Lake 66, Mountain View 36: Chase Pond scored 17 points to lead the Warriors to a win that keeps them tied for first place in Division III with Susquehanna.<\/p>\n
John Heitsman added 16 points and Connor Stephens finished with 14 for the balanced attack by Elk Lake (11-1, 4-0).<\/p>\n
Hudson Bain led Mountain View (3-8, 1-3) with 14 points.<\/p>\n
Blue Ridge 59, Montrose 56: Paxton Pingarelli scored 26 points, including 18 in the first half, to lead the Raiders to the Division III win.<\/p>\n
Landon Bishop drilled five 3-pointers for 15 points for Blue Ridge (4-6, 2-2).<\/p>\n
Evan McComb scored 13 points and Sawyer Brown added 12 for Montrose (4-8, 2-2).<\/p>\n
Carbondale Area 40, Forest City 30: Cole Becchetti scored 12 points to lead the Chargers to a win in Division III.<\/p>\n
Cameron Williams added 10 points and Francisco Roman had seven for Carbondale Area (2-10, 1-3).<\/p>\n
TJ Collins led Forest City (0-12, 0-4) with 16 points.<\/p>\n
Girls basketball<\/p>\n
Cora Castellani had 28 points, seven rebounds, six steals, four assists and one block to lead No. 1 Valley View to a 59-35 victory over Wallenpaupack in a Lackawanna League Division I girls basketball game Saturday.<\/p>\n
Ava Gazoo added 11 points, and Ali Mauro chipped in six points for the Cougars (11-1, 4-0).<\/p>\n
Abby Cykosky and Ashley Vanderputten each had seven points for the Lady Buckhorns (6-6, 1-3).<\/p>\n
Boys wrestling<\/p>\n
Mason Mitchell (215 pounds) and Apollo Kazmierski (285) had back-to-back pins to rally Valley View past Montrose, 42-36, in a nonleague boys wrestling match Friday at Montrose.<\/p>\n
Cooper Rawlings (139) and Tywone Giles (172) also had pins for the Cougars.<\/p>\n
Sawyer Brander (107), Delos Stone (133), Carl Nolt (145), Wyatt Steele (152) and Jeffrey Kany (189) had pins for the Meteors.<\/p>\n
107: Brander (MON) pinned Lopez, :32; 114: Healey (VV) by forfeit; 121: Loureiro (MON) by forfeit; 127: Scagliotti (VV) by forfeit; 133: Stone (MON) pinned Venia, 3:42; 139: Rawlings (VV) pinned Carter, :28; 145: Nolt (MON) pinned Klem, 1:05; 152: Steele (MON) pinned Kamora, :14; 160: Smalls (VV) by forfeit; 172: Giles (VV) pinned Hobbs, :28; 189: Kany (MON) pinned Sprague, 1:21; 215: Mitchell (VV) pinned Anderson, 5:09; 285: Kazmerski (VV) pinned Fraiser Jr., 1:53.<\/p>\n
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