Cole Coolbaugh and Jimmy Kosco again led the way, but Wyoming Area’s season sweep of Pittston Area was made more comfortable by a career-best competitive round from senior Jerry Wall.
Wall shot 44 while Coolbaugh and Kosco broke 40 in the first foursome to lead the Warriors to Monday’s 164-184 victory in a Wyoming Valley Conference Class 3A-1 Division match at Fox Hill Country Club.
“That’s the best score Jerry’s had in a match,” Wyoming Area coach Gordon Williams said. “He just kept it consistent. He did not have any blow-up holes.”
Almost three weeks earlier, Coolbaugh and Kosco each shot 4-over-par, 40s on the back nine in a four-stroke victory over the Patriots.
Monday, they each went lower while playing on the par-35 front nine.
Coolbaugh had two birdies in a four-hole stretch on the way to medalist honors with a 38. Kosco added a 39.
“This one was a little more definitive,” Williams said of the win.
Coolbaugh helped make it that way with birdies on the 342-yard, par-4 fourth hole and 163-yard, par-3 seventh. With the pin on the upper level of the two-tiered green at 7, Coolbaugh put his tee shot on the proper level and rolled in a 15-foot putt.
“He got it up on the top tier,” Williams said. “It helps to hit that one up on top.”
Seniors were responsible for the three Wyoming Area scores that counted behind Coolbaugh.
Dylan Melberger added a 43 to the rounds by Kosco and Wall.
Dylan Burwell led Pittston Area with a 44. Allie Craig shot 45, Derek Cunius 47 and Nick Scavo 48.
GOLF
Wyoming Area 184
Coughlin 204
Wyoming Area 184
Wyoming Valley West 210
Wyoming Area won twice in the Friday tri-match to move back above .500 at 5-4 and keep alive hopes of tying Tunkhannock for first place.
Cole Coolbaugh led the way with a 42 on the front nine at Fox Hill Country Club. Jimmy Kosco added a 45, Dylan Melberger a 48 and Chase Yochem a 49.
Tunkhannock 169, Pittston Area 189
Tunkhannock clinched at least a tie for first place in WVC Division 3A-1 with Friday’s win at Shadowbrook Golf Club.
Pittston Area 192
Coughlin 204
Crestwood 151
Pittston Area 192
Allie Craig shot 42 on the Fox Hill Country Club front nine Wednesday to lead Pittston Area.
Dylan Burwell added a 46.
As part of the same round, Pittston Area also played WVC Class 3A-2 Division co-leader Crestwood, which bounced back from its first loss to win behind a pair of 1-over-par, 36s by Shane Angle and Mike Golden.
Tunkhannock 163
Wyoming Area 189
Tunkhannock had the lowest three scores Wednesday at Shadowbrook Golf Club in a match between the top two teams in the WVC Class 3A-1 Division.
The Tigers opened a 1 ½-match lead with the win.
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Pittston Area 4-1
Nicole Zambetti finished fourth and Bailey Loyack 10th in a six-team cluster meet as Pittston Area opened its season Wednesday by defeating four of five opponents.
The Lady Patriots combined the competition from last week’s scheduled opener and Wednesday’s regularly scheduled meet. They defeated Tunkhannock (17-38), GAR (15-44), Wyoming Valley West (15-41), Crestwood (15-40), but lost to Lake-Lehman, 17-43.
Wyoming Area 2-1
Wyoming Area defeated Crestwood, 24-31, while losing to Hazleton Area, 15-40, and picking up a 15-50 forfeit win over host MMI Prep Wednesday.
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Pittston Area 2-3
The Patriots opened the season Wednesday by defeating GAR (25-30) and Wyoming Valley West (27-28), but losing to Coughlin (25-31), Lake-Lehman (20-40) and Tunkhannock (25-30).
Wyoming Area 1-2
Wyoming Area beat host MMI Prep, 20-35, Wednesday, but lost to Crestwood and Hazleton Area, each by 15-40 scores.
FIELD HOCKEY
Wyoming Area 7
Nanticoke 2
Kayla Kiwak, Lauren Parente and Jalen Rhodes scored two goals each in Friday’s non-league win.
Wyoming Area 7
Lackawanna Trail 0
Lauren Parente scored four goals, including three in the second half, to help Wyoming Area improve to 3-0 and remain in a four-way tie for the WVC Division 1 lead.
Pittston Area 3
Honesdale 2
Alena Carabetta scored with nine minutes remaining Tuesday to break a tie and lift Pittston Area to a home-field victory.
Gabby Para scored the other two goals, putting the Lady Patriots ahead twice. She scored the only goal of the first half, unassisted, and added another goal on a Nina Cirelli assist.
Jess Zaladonis made six saves in the win.
Wyoming Area 1
Hazleton Area 0
Lindsey Pozaic tipped in Lauren Parente’s cross 40 seconds before halftime to lift the Lady Warriors to the victory.
Hazelton Area had a 14-4 advantage in shots on goal and a 10-7 lead in penalty corners, but Ellie Glatz made 14 saves in the shutout.
Lake-Lehman 8
Pittston Area 1
Alena Carabetta scored the only Pittston Area goal in Monday’s loss.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Wyoming Valley West 3
Pittston Area 0
Wyoming Valley West swept Wednesday’s match, 25-22, 28-26, 25-17.
Tunkhannock 3
Wyoming Area 1
Tunkhannock defeated Wyoming Area, 25-22, 26-24, 25-27, 25-18, Wednesday.
GIRLS SOCCER
Wyoming Valley West 6
Pittston Area 3
Kennadi Josefowicz and Tiffany Michalek each had hat tricks to lead Wyoming Valley West to Friday’s win.
Kayleigh Walker, Brooklyn Pedana and Brynne McGoff scored for Pittston Area.
Pittston Area 2
Tunkhannock 0
Brynne McGoff scored in each half Thursday and Alysha Smigiel had a four-save shutout for Pittston Area.
Grace Mimnaugh assisted McGoff’s goal midway through the first half. Kyleigh Shupp set up the clincher with 5:31 remaining.
Wyoming Area 2
Berwick 1
Aleah Kranson assisted Erica Gallagher’s goal to break a scoreless tie in the second half, then added the next goal Thursday to give Wyoming Area what proved to be the game-winner over previously unbeaten Berwick.
Lauren Kelly made 10 saves in the win, which lifted Wyoming Area into a second-place tie with Berwick at 4-1, behind Holy Redeemer in WVC Division 2.
Dallas 8
Pittston Area 1
Katelyn Wesp scored midway through the first half and Pittston Area held Dallas scoreless for nearly 27 minutes before being overpowered by the defending WVC Division 1 champions Wednesday.
Brynne McGoff assisted the West goal to put Pittston Area ahead.
Dallas, which finished with a 28-3 advantage in shots, scored six second-half goals.
BOYS SOCCER
Tunkhannock 4
Wyoming Area 1
Damien Bronsburg had the only goal for Wyoming Area in Friday’s loss.
The game was scoreless at halftime.
Dallas 5
Pittston Area 2
Shane Syms scored one goal and assisted the other as Pittston Area cut into a 4-0 deficit in the final 15 minutes of its game against the WVC Division 1 co-leaders.
Wyoming Area 9
GAR 0
Brandon Williams and Brett Kostik each scored two goals Sept. 9 when Wyoming Area defeated GAR in a non-league game to give first-year coach Rick Branco his first victory.
The Warriors opened a 7-0 lead at halftime.
Casey Orlando had a goal and three assists. Damien Bronsburg and Luke Coolbaugh each added a goal and an assist.
Wyoming Valley West 7
Wyoming Area 1
Wyoming Valley West dominated in the Monday game.
GIRLS TENNIS
Wyoming Area 4
MMI Prep 1
Allison Lampman and Abigail Drendall won 6-0, 6-1 at first doubles Friday to help Wyoming Area improve to 5-4 on the season.
Brianna Pizzano and Bella Scappaticci had straight-set wins at the top two singles spots.
Tunkhannock 3
Pittston Area 2
Tunkhannock won two out of three singles points to take Friday’s match.
