Luke Coolbaugh and Kendall Heck scored first-half goals Thursday when Wyoming Area defeated visiting Pittston Area, 2-0, in a non-league boys soccer game.
Gavin Lahart assisted on both goals.
Wyoming Area improved to 1-2. Pittston Area dropped to 1-1.
BOYS SOCCER
Wilkes-Barre Area 6
Wyoming Area 1
La’Jean Berry had two goals and three assists when Wilkes-Barre Area made its debut Aug. 31 with a win at Wyoming Area.
Luke Coolbaugh scored for the Warriors.
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Wyoming Area 2-0
Michael Branley and Jacob Katulka finished 1-2 Wednesday as Wyoming Area opened the Wyoming Valley Conference season by beating Dallas, 24-31, and host Wyoming Seminary, 19-39.
The loss was just the third in the last 139 conference meets for Dallas.
“Last year it was very close, so we knew coming into this year that it was going to be the same thing,” Wyoming Area coach Kristen Lombardo said. “Everyone really stepped up.”
Branley ran the 3.1-mile course in 17:43.
Katulka beat out the first Dallas runner by four seconds to take second in 18:13.
Kyle Emsley was sixth in the tri-meet in 19:08. George Sharkey, who missed the season-opening Cliff Robbins Invitational while continuing his recovery from injury, placed eighth while running a 19:30 in his first meet.
“That was huge for us,” Lombardo said. “If he didn’t run, if he didn’t step up and try to compete for his team, we probably would have lost.”
Sharkey’s finish clinched the victory as long as any other Warrior reached the finish line. Dallas took the next three spots, so it would have edged Wyoming Area by one without Sharkey placing where he did.
“It gives us a ton of confidence, coming off that Dallas win,” Lombardo said.
Pittston Area 20
Wilkes-Barre Area 36
Nate Ridgley, Peyton O’Boyle and David Bulford finished in the top three spots to give Pittston Area the home win in Wednesday’s WVC opener.
Ridgley won in 19:31.
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Pittston Area 24
Wilkes-Barre Area 32
Nicole Zambetti completed her home course in 22:39 to win by more than two minutes and lead the Lady Patriots to a victory in Wednesday’s WVC opener.
Wyoming Area 1-1
Aubriana Marranca finished in 20:53 at Kirby Park Wednesday to place first while Wyoming Area was defeating Wyoming Seminary, 15-50, but losing to Dallas, 18-37.
GIRLS SOCCER
Wyoming Valley West 5
Wyoming Area 0
Host Wyoming Valley West won Friday’s non-league game.
Wyoming Area dropped to 1-2.
Pittston Area 5
Nanticoke 2
Lauren Lopresto scored two goals and Brynne McGoff had the game-winner for Pittston Area in Tuesday’s non-league win.
Alexis Atkins gave Nanticoke a 1-0 lead and lifted the Trojanettes into a 2-2 tie midway through the second half.
McGoff broke the tie on an unassisted goal with 15 minutes left. She then assisted Lopresto’s goal with 7:40 left.
Kayla Mease and Aleni Alfano also scored in the win. Gia Innamorati had an assist.
Pittston Area (2-0) led 23-11 in shots and 6-1 in corner kicks. Kendall Tigue made eight saves in the win.
Wilkes-Barre Area 4, Wyoming Area 1
Wilkes-Barre Area defeated host Wyoming Area in Tuesday’s non-league game.
FIELD HOCKEY
Wyoming Area 6
Delaware Valley 0
Wyoming Area went on the road Thursday and picked up the shutout win to improve to 1-0-1 in WVC Division 1 and 2-0-1 overall.
Honesdale 2
Pittston Area 0
Visiting Honesdale posted the shutout in Thursday’s WVC Division 1 game.
Wyoming Area 1
Wilkes-Barre Area 1
Wilkes-Barre Area used a goal in the final minute of regulation and 27 saves by Briannah Lee to play Wyoming Area to a tie in Wednesday’s WVC Division 1 opener.
Kayla Kiwak scored for Wyoming Area with 1:57 left in the first half and Ellie Glatz stopped a penalty stroke before the Wolfpack finally broke through late.
“It was a good learning lesson,” Wyoming Area coach Erin McGinley told the Times Leader. “We played a good game, with some shortcomings. There’s not a doubt in my mind we’ll be fine.”
Dallas 4
Pittston Area 1
Dallas used Jordan Bond’s hat trick to win Wednesday’s WVC Division 1 opener.
Jianna Fine gave Pittston Area a lead in the second minute.
Pittston Area 5
Hanover Area 0
Arianna Pisano had a six-save shutout and Gaby Para provided a goal and an assist Aug. 31 when Pittston Area opened its season with a non-league victory.
Joanna Elke scored a little more than five minutes into the game for the only goal of the first half.
Para opened the second-half scoring, then assisted on a goal by Kaitlyn Bucci.
GIRLS TENNIS
Wyoming Seminary 5
Pittston Area 0
Wyoming Seminary dropped just nine games in 10 sets during Thursday’s WVC victory.
Pittston Area is 2-4.
Tunkhannock 4
Wyoming Area 1
Brianna Pizzano won, 6-0, 6-0, at first singles for Wyoming Area Tuesday, but Tunkhannock took the remaining matches in straight sets, including winning a pair of second-set tiebreakers.
Pittston Area 3
MMI Prep 2
Pittston Area defeated visiting MMI Prep in a WVC match Tuesday.
GOLF
Crestwood 170
Pittston Area 183
Matt Macurak shot a 2-over-par, 38 Thursday at Blue Ridge Trail to lead Crestwood (5-2) to the WVC win.
Tyler Wassel shot a 41 for the Patriots, who dropped to 3-2. Nick Scavo added a 47.
MMI Prep 175
Wyoming Area 181
Cole Coolbaugh shot a 43 to lead Wyoming Area during Thursday’s WVC Division 3 loss at Fox Hill Country Club.
Pittston Area 186, Wyoming Valley West 209
Zach Valeski shot a 45 to lead Pittston Area to Wednesday’s WVC victory.
Nick Scavo and Tyler Wassel each added 46s.
Wyoming Seminary 160
Wyoming Area 187
Jeremy Callahan shot a 2-under-par, 34 to lead Wyoming Seminary’s victory.
Cole Coolbaugh led Wyoming Area with a 41.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Holy Redeemer 3
Wyoming Area 0
Defending champion Holy Redeemer improved to 2-0 by defeating host Wyoming Area, 25-13, 25-20, 25-13, Friday.
Wyoming Area 3, Hanover Area 0
Wyoming Area defeated Hanover Area, 25-19, 25-21, 25-10, Wednesday in its WVC opener and coach Sarah Fugate’s debut leading the team.
Hannah Garinger led the way with 12 kills and six service points. Marissa Kovaleski had 27 assists.
Nanticoke 3
Pittston Area 2
Nanticoke rallied from two sets down at home to defeat Pittston Area, 23-25, 21-25, 25-15, 25-20, 15-10, in Tuesday’s WVC opener.
