Nanticoke at Crestwood

Nanticoke came into Mountain Top undefeated as they took on the Crestwood Comets. They took an early lead and lead at the end of the first quarter 7-6. Crestwood would out score Nanticoke in the second and would take a 22-17 lead at halftime. Crestwood took a 10 point midway through and took a 29-22 at the end of the third after a Scott Stout layup was late. In the fourth quarter, Nanticoke would make a run, taking a 34-33 halfway through the 4th quarter. The game would be tied with 1:47 remaining. Nanticoke took the lead on a Scott Stout basket to make it 39-37, Crestwood would sink 3 of their 4 free throws to take a 40-39 lead with 6 seconds left. A last chance shot by Scott Stout was called a jump ball and the game ended and with that, Crestwood hands Nanticoke it's first loss of the season. Nanticoke goes to 5-1 and Crestwood improves to 4-3. Jason Klusewitz lead Crestwood's scoring with 12 points. Robbie Hopkins and Mendell Foreman had 7 points each. For Nanticoke, Scott Stout lead Nanticoke in scoring with 9. Cody Piestrak had 8 off the bench.

Thoughts on the game: Mendell Foreman did a great job on Brent Piontkowski, only keeping him to 3 points through 3 quarters and 7 throughout the game.

Crestwood at Holy Redeemer

 The Crestwood Comets traveled to Wilkes-Barre to take on the Holy Redeemer Royals. The Comets came in looking for their third straight victory. The Royals came in looking to get back on track after a loss on Monday at Abington Heights.

 The Comets took a 7-0 lead 1:34 into the game, but the Royals would go on a 16-5 run, making 4 3 pointers in that span and would lead 16-12 after 1. Joey Judge would propel the Royals with 8 points in the first half and take the lead at halftime 33-25. The third quarter would the closest the Comets would get. The Comets out scored the Royals 9-5 and cut the lead to four after three. Holy Redeemer would hold on to win 50-43. The Royals James Kosik lead all scorers with 12 points. John Carr scored 10 points for the Royals. The Comets scoring was lead by Robbie Hopkins 11 points, followed by Jason Klusewitz and Josh Malkemes scoring 10.

Thoughts on the game: Holy Redeemer looked very good shooting from the floor. Believe they can contend for the WVC Division 3 title, even with a bad shooting night, they can always go inside with 6'7 John Carr or a few dribble drives from their guards. Crestwood's great start fizzled very quickly and played the rest of the game playing catch up. The closest they were to the lead with at the end of the third when they cut the lead to 4.

Hanover Area at Crestwood

 

After Crestwood's victory over Meyers on Friday night, The Comets hosted the Hanover Area Hawkeyes off their first victory of the season over Forest City. Crestwood started off, leading 6-0 early in the game and never looked back. Crestwood lead 15-8 after 1 and shutout the Hawkeyes in the second quarter and led 32-8 at halftime. The third quarter would be the best quarter for the Hawkeyes as they out scored the Comets 16-11 but trailed 43-24. Crestwood would take their second consecutive victory 61-36. Crestwood's scoring was led by Mendell Foreman's 11 and Tim McCue's 10, in all Crestwood had 11 players hit the scoresheet. Hanover Area's leading scorer was Nick Minich who had 11 including an amazing dunk in the 3rd qtr. Tyler Diggs had 9 and Desmond McCance recorded 8.

AA District 2 Baseball Semifinal Mid Valley at Hanover Area

The Hanover Area have not given up a run this postseason and that streak continued today. Kyle Kowalski started the game retiring the first 13 batters til a bunt single by Ethan Hasenzahl ended it. Kowalski only had three baserunners all day, allowing two walks. The Hawkeyes scoreless streak in the postseason has reached to 23.

Mid Valley's Alex Varaksa kept the Hawkeyes off the board for 8 innings, striking out 6, walking 1 and scattering 6 hits.

Hanover Area threatened several times to score. In the 2nd inning, Peters hit a single, Rimmer would sacrifice to move Peters to second, but a pop up and a fly out ended the threat. The Sixth Inning was their best chance to score. John Morgan and Christian Pack singled then Austin Gately walked to load the bases with 1 but a pop out in foul ground and a strikeout ended the threat. The ninth inning started with a fly out to right, Matt Clarke would single and come out for a pinch runner in Lloyd Deno. Mike Piscotty sacrificed to the pitcher then Kyle Windt hit a bloop single to center to bring home Lloyd Deno to send the Hawkeyes to the District Final for the second straight year.