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H.S. Softball/Baseball: Pittston Area's Adams throws fourth no-hitter of the season

john erzar, the times leader, wilkes-barre, pa.
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Apr. 17—For the fourth time in as many games, Pittston Area's Gianna Adams threw a no-hitter.

Adams struck out 11 as the Patriots defeated Crestwood 12-0 Wednesday in Wyoming Valley Conference softball.

Adams, the Times Leader Player of the Year in 2023, now has 52 strikeouts in 21 innings.

Gabby Roman was 3-for-3 with a double and two RBI. Marina Antal was 2-for-2 with a double and two RBI. Julia Mehal was 3-for-3 with two runs scored. Adams was 2-for-3 and Lili Hintze had a double.

Wilkes-Barre Area 6, Hazleton Area 4

Madalyn McGuinness doubled and had three RBI as the Wolfpack upset Hazleton Area, marking the first win over the Cougars in school history.

Kayce Martin, Hope Burke and Daniely Franco all had a double for WBA. Caitlyn Sekelsky had a triple. Jordan Prushinski pitched a complete game with four strikeouts.

Olivia Williams was 3-for-3 with a triple for Hazleton Area. Alyson Mummey had two RBI.

Tunkhannock 16, Dallas 0

Tunkhannock used a 12-run second inning to end the game after three innings.

Elaina Kulsicavage was 3-for-3 with a triple and three RBI for Tunkhannock. Emily Patton had two doubles and three RBI. Addisyn Waterman tripled and had two RBI. Makenzie Bevan had two RBI and Lucy Karp doubled.

Audrianna Atherholt doubled and Giovanni Smacchi singled for Dallas.

BASEBALL

Lake-Lehman 12, Hanover Area 2

Three Black Knights had three RBI each as Lake-Lehman pulled away late to defeat Hanover Area in six innings.

Sam Finarelli, Chris Sholtis and Von Voelker combined for the nine RBI. Finarelli was 2-for-3 with a home run. Sholtis doubled and singled. Voelker had a double and scored twice.

Starter Jake Naugle and relievers Spencer Smith and Jake Evans limited Hanover Area to four hits.

Nick Shiel doubled and had Hanover Area's only RBI.

Dallas 8, Wilkes-Barre Area 2

Dallas snapped a 2-2 tie with six runs in the fifth inning.

Kayden Coyne and Connor Healey each had a single and two RBI for Dallas, which finished with five hits. Zach Paczewski had two singles. Dom Zangardi scored twice and was the winning pitcher.

Koleton Davies had two singles and an RBI for Wilkes-Barre Area. Jake Howe had a double.

Holy Redeemer 12, MMI Prep 2

Holy Redeemer seized control with five runs in the fourth and then ended the game in the fifth with four more runs.

Drew Cisney had two singles and three RBI for Redeemer. Luke Kopec was 2-for-2 with a double and two RBI. Kayden Stevenson doubled and had two RBI. Cody Quaglia had a double and an RBI.

Zach Yenchko had a double and knocked in both runs for MMI Prep in the third inning.

H.S. SOFTBALL

Pittston Area 12, Crestwood 0 (5 inn.)

Crestwood'AB'R'H'BI

Babula ss'2'0'0'0

Snyder c'2'0'0'0

Wisniewski 2b'2'0'0'0

Toniatti 1b'2'0'0'0

Richards cf'2'0'0'0

Stahlnecker lf'2'0'0'0

Stofko dp'1'0'0'0

Vandenberg 3b'1'0'0'0

Mitchell rf'1'0'0'0

Daisey p-fx'0'0'0'0

Totals'15'0'0'0

Pittston Area'AB'R'H'BI

Adams p'3'2'2'1

Ta.Stephenson ph'1'0'0'0

Roman rf'3'2'2'2

Haas ph'1'0'0'0

Mehal 1b'3'2'3'1

Viglione ph'1'0'0'0

Antal lf'2'2'2'2

Herbert ss'3'0'1'1

Colleran dp'3'0'1'0

Sarf pr'0'1'0'0

To.Stephenson 3b'2'1'2'1

Long 2b'1'1'0'0

Hintze cf'3'1'2'2

Totals'26'12'15'10

Crestwood'000'00 — 0

Pittston Area'174'0x — 12

2B — Roman, Hintze, Antal.

Crestwood'IP'H'R'ER'BB'SO

Daisey (L)'1'8'5'5'1'0

Stofko'3'7'7'5'3'0

Pittston Area'IP'H'R'ER'BB'SO

Adams (W)'5'0'0'0'0'11

Wilkes-Barre Area 6, Hazleton Area 4

WBA'AB'R'H'BI

Keating lf'5'1'1'0

Sekelsky cf'2'2'2'0

McGuinness c'3'2'2'3

H.Martin 1b'4'0'0'0

K.Martin ss'4'1'2'1

Prushinski p'4'0'1'1

Burke 3b'4'0'1'0

Franco 2b'3'0'2'1

Simko rf'4'0'0'0

Totals'33'6'11'6

Hazleton Area'AB'R'H'BI

Lagowy ss'4'1'1'0

Klesh 1b'3'0'1'0

Hoffman c'3'0'0'1

Williams cf'3'2'3'0

Major'2'1'1'1

Mummey 3b'2'0'0'2

Sharkey p'3'0'1'0

Tito 2b'3'0'1'0

Van Blargan lf'3'0'1'0

Kupsho cr'0'0'0'0

Totals'26'4'9'4

Wilkes-Barre Area'302'000'1 — 6

Hazleton Area'010'111'0 — 4

2B — Burke, McGuinness, Franco, K.Martin, Major, Sharkey. 3B — Sekelsky, Williams.

WBA'IP'H'R'ER'BB'SO

Prushinski (W)'7'9'4'4'0'4

Hazleton Area'IP'H'R'ER'BB'SO

Sharkey (L)'7'11'6'5'4'0

Tunkhannock 16, Dallas 0 (3 inn.)

Dallas'AB'R'H'BI

Eick 3b'2'0'0'0

Porasky 2b'0'0'0'0

Comitz 1b'1'0'0'0

Maier cf'1'0'0'0

Cruz ss'1'0'0'0

Fostock'1'0'0'0

Riley c'1'0'0'0

Atherholt rf'1'0'1'0

Smacchi lf'1'0'1'0

Totals'9'0'2'0

Tunkhannock'AB'R'H'BI

Van Ness 3b'3'1'1'1

Karp rf'3'3'3'1

Hannon p'2'0'1'1

Patton ss'3'2'2'3

Kulsicavage cf'3'2'3'3

Waterman 2b'3'2'2'2

Bevan c'1'1'1'2

Kinney lf'2'1'1'0

Bamberger 1'2'1'0

Dana cr'0'2'0'0

Totals'21'16'15'13

Dallas'000 — 0

Tunkhannock'4(12)x — 16

2B — Atherholt, Karp, Patton. 3B — Kuliscavage, Waterman.

Dallas'IP'H'R'ER'BB'SO

Berecin (L)'1.2'10'10'10'1'0

Davidson'0.1'5'6'6'2'0

Tunkhannock'IP'H'R'ER'BB'SO

Hannon (W)'2.2'2'0'0'1'6

H.S. BASEBALL

Lake-Lehman 12, Hanover Area 2 (6 inn.)

Hanover Area'AB'R'H'BI

Schiel ss'3'0'1'1

Engleman cf'3'0'0'0

Fallon 3b-p'2'0'0'0

Garrison 1b'2'0'1'0

Martinez p-c'3'0'1'0

Cruz lf'2'0'0'0

Diaz'1'0'0'0

Kratz c-p'3'0'0'0

Peck 2b'2'0'0'0

Florek'0'1'0'0

Wright rf-p'1'1'1'2

Totals'22'2'4'1

Lake-Lehman'AB'R'H'BI

Sholtis rf'4'1'2'3

Voelker ss'5'2'1'3

Finarelli 1b'3'2'2'3

Finarelli 1b'3'2'2'3

Jenkins c'4'0'0'0

Naugle p-lf'3'0'0'0

Jones 3b'3'0'0'0

Plummer'0'1'0'0

C.Smith lf'2'1'2'0

J.Evans p'0'0'0'0

Purdy cf'2'2'1'1

Kaiser'1'1'0'0'

T.Evans 2b'2'1'0'0

S.Smith cr'0'0'0'0

Ellis cr'0'1'0'0

Totals'29'12'8'10

Hanover Area'001'001 — 2

Lake-Lehman'120'144 — 12

2B — Schiel, Voelker, Sholtis. HR — Finarelli.

Hanover Area'IP'H'R'ER'BB'SO

Martinez (L)'2.0'2'3'0'3'1

Kratz'3.1'4'5'4'1'2

Fallon'0.0'1'4'4'3'0

Wright'0.1'1'0'0'0'0

Lake-Lehman'IP'H'R'ER'BB'SO

Naugle'3'2'1'0'1'5

S.Smith (W)'2'1'0'0'2'1

J.Evans'1'1'1'1'2'0

Dallas 8, Wilkes-Barre Area 2

WBA'AB'R'H'BI

Hufford 2b'4'0'1'0

Fritz lf'4'0'0'0

Bottger ss'1'1'0'0

Howe p'3'0'1'0

Tarreto p'0'0'0'0

Wiedlich 1b'0'0'0'0

Jerez rf'4'0'0'0

Nah 1b-p'3'0'0'0

Sincavage dh'1'1'0'0

Jimenez Vinas 3b'3'0'1'0

Davies cf'3'0'2'1

Chupka cr'0'0'0'0

Totals'26'2'5'1

Dallas'AB'R'H'BI

Adamski c'3'0'0'1

Youngblood c'0'0'0'0

Zangardi p-rf'1'2'1'0

Paczewski ss'3'0'2'0

VanValkenburg'0'0'0'1

Geskey'3'1'0'0

Coyne cf'3'1'1'2

Tirpak cf'0'0'0'0

Williams 1b'2'1'0'0

Tinner 1b'1'1'0'0

Rischawy lf'1'1'0'1

Ferretti'1'0'0'0

Healey rf-p'3'1'1'2

Sakulich rf'0'0'0'0

Leandri 2b'2'0'0'0

Totals'23'8'5'7

Wilkes-Barre Area'011'000'0 — 2

Dallas'011'060'x — 8

2B — Howe.

WBA'IP'H'R'ER'BB'SO

Howe (L)'4.1'5'8'7'4'4

Tarreto'0.2'0'0'0'3'0

Nah'1.0'0'0'0'1'0

Dallas'IP'H'R'ER'BB'SO

Zangardi (W)'5.2'5'2'1'4'7

Healey'1.1'0'0'0'1'0

Holy Redeemer 12, MMI Prep 2 (5 inn.)

MMI Prep'AB'R'H'BI

Burns ss'3'0'0'0

Skuba rf-p'2'1'1'0

Yenchko lf'3'0'1'2

Witner c'2'0'0'0

Kranyak 2b'1'0'0'0

Williams p-rf'2'0'0'0

Drobnock 1b'2'0'0'0

Horvat 3b'2'0'0'0

Pantages cf'2'1'1'0

Totals'19'2'3'2

Holy Redeemer'AB'R'H'BI

Kopec cf'2'1'2'2

Cisney lf'3'2'2'3

Quaglia ss'3'1'1'1

Hendrzak dh'3'1'0'0

Stevenson c'3'0'1'2

McDermott rf'2'2'1'0

Schultz 3b'2'1'0'0

Mazzarella p'1'2'0'0

Hurst 2b'1'2'0'1

Krakosky cr'0'0'0'0

Totals'20'12'7'9'7

MMI Prep'002'00 — 2

Holy Redeemer'300'54 — 12

2B — Yenchko, Kopec, Quaglia, Stevenson.

MMI Prep'IP'H'R'ER'BB'SO

Williams (L)'4.0'5'12'10'7'4

Skuba'0.0'2'0'0'0'0

Redeemer'IP'H'R'ER'BB'SO

Mazzarella (W)'5'3'2'2'2'3