Short and Long

Doing baseball for several years as a scorekeeper and as a blogger, I've noticed a few things when it comes to the Spring Sports season. It feels like it's a long season but in reality, you're done by May unless you win your District Championship. Yeah, you start in March primarily inside and eventually move outside when the fields start to get playable or it gets warmer. I have always considered the spring sports season the shortest because with the fall, football is ten weeks which takes almost three months to complete. Basketball games start in December go on til mid-February or March if you qualify for the State Tournament but anyway, baseball and softball feels like it's a long season but it's really only a two month long season with a lot of twists and turns. Well with my rant done, here's a few things that happened this week.

CRESTWOOD TAKES THREE THIS WEEK
Crestwood started off the week with an upset victory 6-4 over Valley West at home. The Comets have been a thorn in Valley West's side for the last two years and with this year having expanded classifications, they could possibly meet in a District Playoff game. They will definitely play again as they travel to Valley West in a few weeks. On Thursday, they escaped a letdown game with a victory over Wyoming Area 7-5. Combined with Valley West's loss, the Comets have first place all alone. Then on Saturday at King's College, they beat Marian Catholic 10-4. After researching Marian Catholic, they were 6-3 on the season. This week looms big for Crestwood as they have a three game week, when they host the first place team in Division 2 Tunkhannock on Monday. Then travel to Dallas on Wednesday and finish off the week hosting Berwick.

WVC SOFTBALL UNDEFEATEDS FALL
Valley West lost both their games this week. Valley West fell to Crestwood 11-7 on Tuesday afternoon and fell to Hazleton Area 6-1 on Thursday. Hanover Area lost on Thursday to Wyoming Seminary 5-4 to end their undefeated season. Holy Redeemer and Nanticoke however stayed undefeated. The Royals beat Northwest 7-0 and Nanticoke knocked off Tunkhannock 2-1 on a walkoff single as well as Berwick 4-1. Hazleton Area also stayed undefeated with wins over Pittston Area (10-1) and of course Valley West.

WEST SCRANTON TAKES TWO OF THREE FROM DELAWARE VALLEY
Delaware Valley took the first game of the set on Monday 7-1 at West Scranton. Then West Scranton returned the favor by taking the second game at Delaware Valley 4-1 on Wednesday. In the third game at Misericordia University, West Scranton took the victory 9-3 to take two out of three from the Warriors.

LACKAWANNA LEAGUE TEAMS STAY UNBEATEN
Holy Cross stayed undefeated with victories over Old Forge 7-6 and Dunmore 15-3. Montrose knocked off Mountain View 11-0 and Susquehanna 15-0. Montrose takes on Blue Ridge and Lackawanna Trail and Holy Cross faces Riverside and Mid Valley.

MEYERS STAYS UNBEATEN
Meyers continued their winning ways with victories over Wyoming Seminary 3-2 on Monday, Northwest 8-0 on Wednesday and GAR 9-2 on Saturday. This week, they take on Lake-Lehman on Monday, Holy Redeemer on Tuesday and GAR on Thursday. At 7-0 on the season, they look like the prohibitive favorite for a trip to PNC Field on Memorial Day Weekend.

TUNKHANNOCK STAYS ATOP THE DIVISION 2 STANDINGS
Despite losing to Dallas on Tuesday, Tunkhannock would stay atop the Division 2 standings with a walkoff victory over Valley West and combined with Berwick's loss to Tunkhannock, kept the Tigers on top by themselves. They will have a tough road ahead of them this week as they travel to Crestwood in a battle of first place teams. Host Hazleton Area, then travel to Pittston Area.

LAKELAND BASEBALL STAYS UNDEFEATED
Lakeland continued to stay unbeaten as they took down Carbondale 4-2 and Riverside 9-7. This week, they take on Mid Valley on Monday and Western Wayne on Thursday.

GAMES TO WATCH THIS WEEK
On Monday:
Baseball
North Pocono travels to Delaware Valley
West Scranton goes to Valley View
Mid Valley takes on Lakeland
Montrose takes on Blue Ridge
Tunkhannock goes to Crestwood
Softball
Nanticoke travels to Valley West
Tunkhannock goes to Crestwood
Delaware Valley takes on Abington Heights

On Tuesday:
Baseball
Meyers takes on Holy Redeemer

On Wednesday:
Baseball
The Andy Ashby Game: Wyoming Area takes on Pittston Area
Valley West takes on Berwick

On Friday:
Baseball
Berwick takes on Crestwood
Tunkhannock plays Pittston Area