Local rivals split when the Back Mountain and Tunkhannock Senior American Legion baseball teams met June 25 for a Wyoming Valley League doubleheader.

Back Mountain took the opener, 5-2, before Tunkhannock won the second game, 6-5.

Zane Nardone drove in three runs with a two-run double and a sacrifice fly for Back Mountain in the first game.

Matt Mathers doubled twice, scored two runs and drove in one. C.J. Cercone went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.

Brian Muckin led Tunkhannock in the nightcap, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored. Brett Soltysiak also went 2-for-3 and scored twice.

As of midweek, Back Mountain was in the middle of the pack while Tunkhannock was eighth in the nine-team league.

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