Lake-Lehman had the Division 2 lead and Dallas shared the Division 1 lead in Wyoming Valley Conference boys soccer, highlighting multiple Back Mountain fall sports teams battling for first place in their divisions as of midweek.
The Black Knights needed a second-half rally Tuesday to remain unbeaten and hand Meyers its first defeat, 3-2.
Kyle Sincavage had two goals and assisted on the other. He tied the game at 1-1 in the first half, assisted Andrew Battin’s goal to force a 2-2 tie less than two minutes into the second half and scored the game-winner five minutes later.
Lake-Lehman held on as Meyers took 14 shots, three of which hit the post or crossbar, and seven corner kicks in the second half.
BOYS SOCCER
Dallas 4
Crestwood 1
Ricky Wooditch scored two second-half goals Wednesday to lead Dallas to the win that kept the Mountaineers tied for first in WVC Division 1 with Coughlin at 3-0.
Dallas 5
Pittston Area 2
Dallas pelted Pittston Area with 50 shots Monday.
David Chopyak had a hat trick for the Mountaineers. He had two goals and assisted the first of Zach Holthaus’ goals for a 3-0 halftime lead. Holthaus scored again for a 4-0 lead in the second half.
Lake-Lehman 7
Holy Redeemer 2
Kyle Sincavage, Max Paczewski and Abe Dabsheh each had two goals and an assist Sept. 7 as Lake-Lehman knocked off the defending WVC Division 2 champions in a game between teams that had each started 2-0.
Sincavage scored the game’s first two goals.
Kyle Naugle had a goal and an assist.
GIRLS SOCCER
Dallas 2
Crestwood 1
Ally Francis scored off an assist from Gabriella Ramirez seven minutes into overtime Wednesday to lift Dallas to victory in the meeting of the last two WVC Division 1 unbeatens.
Hollie Holthaus forced overtime with a second-half goal, on an assist from Sam Mazula.
Lake-Lehman 9
Meyers 0
Mackenzie Love scored four goals, including the 100th of her career, in Tuesday’s rout.
Dallas 8
Pittston Area 1
Pittston Area opened the scoring midway through the first half of Monday’s game.
Dallas 17
Hazleton Area 1
Ally Francis and Sam Mazula each scored five goals in the Sept. 8 rout.
Francis had five goals and two assists and Mazula had four goals and one assist during the first half when Dallas opened a 13-0 lead.
Holy Redeemer 3
Lake-Lehman 1
Holy Redeemer scored three times in the first 25 minutes and Jocelyn Kosik made 20 saves Sept. 7 to lift the Royals to the win in the meeting of last year’s top two WVC Division 2 teams.
Mackenzie Love scored the only Lake-Lehman goal, late on an assist from Sarah Salus.
GOLF
Dallas 156
Wyoming Valley West 209
Brett Ostroski fired a 3-under-par, 33 at Irem Temple Country Club Wednesday to keep the Mountaineers in a share of the WVC Class 3A-2 Division lead.
Colin Bowanko added a 39.
Tunkhannock 163
Wyoming Area 189
Tyler Faux shot 1-over-par, 38 on the front nine at Shadowbrook Golf Course Wednesday in the win over the second-place Warriors to open a 1 ½-match lead in the WVC Class 3A-1 Division.
Lake-Lehman 169
GAR 252
Bobby Lugiano’s 39 led Lake-Lehman to Wednesday’s victory.
Tanner Henry and Savannah Purdy each shot 43 while C.J. Cercone added a 44.
Dallas 157
Crestwood 158
Brett Ostroski shot an even-par, 36 at Irem Temple Monday when Dallas handed Crestwood its first loss to force a tie for the WVC Class 3A-2 Division lead.
The win allowed the Mountaineers to split with the Comets in their home-and-home matches for the second straight year. Last year, they finished tied for first and Dallas wound up beating Crestwood out in a playoff to reach the District 2 Class 3A team championship match.
Colin Bowanko and Kyle McAndrew shot 40s in the win while Mason Gattuso added a 41.
MMI Prep 173
Lake-Lehman 201
Morgan Long’s 41 led MMI Prep to the Sept. 8 victory.
Lake-Lehman 191
Meyers 231
Bobby Lugiano was medalist with a 39 in Lake-Lehman’s Sept. 7 win.
FIELD HOCKEY
Lake-Lehman 8
Tunkhannock 0
Lake-Lehman came out of Wednesday’s win as part of a three-way tie for the WVC Division 1 lead at 3-0 and one of six unbeatens in the division.
Dallas 4
Abington Heights 0
Dallas went on the road Wednesday to pick up its first conference win after starting the season with two losses.
Lake-Lehman 2
Crestwood 1
Katie Roberts scored seven minutes into the second half to lift Lake-Lehman to victory in the WVC Division 1 meeting of defending District 2 championships.
Ava Radel scored off a Lynea Gregory assist to erase a first-half deficit.
Lake-Lehman 8
Pittston Area 1
Izzy Radel and Katie Roberts each had two goals and one assist in Monday’s win.
Makayla Adams added a goal and two assists.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Dallas 3
Coughlin 0
Caitlyn Pike had 15 assists, nine service points and five aces in Wednesday’s win, which put Dallas alone in first place of the WVC.
Dallas improved to 5-0. Holy Redeemer and Delaware Valley were also unbeaten.
Gianna Musto had 24 points, five aces and five kills while Megan Sebastianelli had eight points, three aces and two digs.
Holy Redeemer 3
Lake-Lehman 0
Holy Redeemer rolled 25-8, 25-11, 25-12 in Tuesday’s battle of unbeatens.
Lake-Lehman 3
Hanover Area 0
Jessica Salus had 10 kills, four service aces and three digs in the 25-10, 25-20, 25-16.
Corinna Scoblick had eight aces, nine digs and three kills. Karly Waitword finished with 11 assists, six digs and three aces.
Dallas 3
MMI Prep
Caitlyn Pike had 24 assists, 10 service points and three digs to help Dallas to the 25-21, 25-20, 25-23 win Sept. 7.
Gianna Musto had 14 kills, 13 digs and nine points.
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Dallas 3-0
Six-time defending champion Dallas swept MMI Prep, 15-40, Hazleton Area, 22-33, and Crestwood, 21-34, to emerge from Wednesday’s second cluster meet of the year as the only WVC unbeaten with a 5-0 record.
Lake-Lehman 3-0
Lake-Lehman swept three opponents Wednesday, beating Coughlin (20-38), Pittston Area (20-42) and GAR (19-42).
Dallas 2-0
Dallas took the top eight spots to open the WVC season by beating both Wyoming Seminary and Wyoming Area, 15-50, Sept. 7.
Jack Zardecki led the way, followed by Josh Wyandt and Mitchell Rome.
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Lake-Lehman 3-0
Jade Fry finished first to help Lake-Lehman sweep Pittston Area, 17-43, and both Coughlin and GAR by 15-50 scores Wednesday.
The Black Knights improved to 5-0, tied for first with Dallas, as the last two unbeatens in the WVC.
Dallas 3-0
Defending WVC champion Dallas remained undefeated by beating Hazleton Area, 18-37, Crestwood, 15-40, and MMI Prep, 15-50, Wednesday.
Dallas 2-0
Dallas placed seven in the top 10 of a tri-meet to begin WVC competition by defeating Wyoming Seminary, 20-41, and Wyoming Area, 15-50.
Madison Baloga, Megan Borton and Kaitlyn Hodakowski led the way, finishing second, third and fourth.
FOOTBALL
Scranton Prep 42
Lake-Lehman 0
Defending District 2 Class 3A champion Scranton Prep remained unscored upon through three games with a dominant effort Sept. 8 on the road against a Lake-Lehman team that is considered one of the biggest threats to the Cavaliers’ crown.
The Cavaliers outgained the Black Knights, 398-134.
Trey Borger carried 12 times for 68 yards for Lake-Lehman.
Honesdale 43
Tunkhannock 31
Honesdale scored four touchdowns of at least 53 yards Sept. 8, including a 99-yard run by Andy Carroll that put the Hornets ahead to stay by breaking a 14-14 tie with 8:14 left in the half.
Carroll carried 25 times for 256 yards and two of his three long touchdowns.
Logan Cywinski carried 25 times for 129 yards and two touchdowns for Tunkhannock (0-3).
GIRLS TENNIS
Dallas 4
Wyoming Area 1
Dallas swept doubles to win the Monday match and improve to 5-1.
Dallas 5
Crestwood 0
Makayla Reynolds, at second singles, and the first doubles team of Morgan Landau-Reese Lewandowski each won 6-0, 6-0 in the Sept. 7 match.
