Wyoming Area’s Francesca Pizano lunges to kick the ball during a soccer matchup on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (JASON ARDAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
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Wyoming Area’s Francesca Pizano lunges to kick the ball during a soccer matchup on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (JASON ARDAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
FORTY FORT — Again, it was just one goal that separated Wyoming Area and Holy Redeemer.
And again, it was Wyoming Area sophomore Ava Musinski having her hand in the outcome.
The Warrior scored two goals in the second half to pace the Warriors to a 2-1 win over the Royals in Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 girls soccer Wednesday.
Musinski scored her first goal just 53 seconds into the second half before Redeemer’s Elyse Kunec tied it at 1 10 minutes later.
Musinski’s second goal with 20 minutes left kept the Warriors perfect on the year.
Second: WA, Musinski, 39:07. HR, Kunec, 29:14. WA, Musinski, 20:55; Shots-corners: WA 14-1, HR 6-3; Saves: WA 5, HR 10.
Lake-Lehman 6, Nanticoke Area 0: At Lake-Lehman, Kinley Purdy had a hat trick and Ava Blazes finished with two goals to lead the Black Knights.
Lexi Peiffer had the other Black Knight goal.
First: LL, Blazes (Peiffer), 26:42. LL, Purdy (DiGiovanni), 11:52; Second: LL, Purdy (Jones), 33:14. LL, Blazes (Purdy), 29:27. LL, Peiffer (Purdy), 24:22. LL, Purdy (Blazes), 15:08; Shots-corners: LL 24-3, NAN 4-3; Saves: LL 4 (Morgan), NAN 19 (Serrano).
Wilkes-Barre Area 2, Dallas 1: At Mountaineer Stadium, Addison Corchado scored twice in the second half to lead the Wolfpack past Dallas in WVC Division 1 play.
Dallas’ Mia DelGaudio scored on a penalty kick with 3:53 left.
Second: WBA, Corchado (Reese), 21:41. WBA, Corchado, 10:44. DAL, DelGaudio (PK), 3:53; Shots-corners: WBA 13-0, DAL 6-1; Saves: WBA 4 (Luna), DAL 5 (Banks).
Girls tennis
Wyoming Seminary 5, Valley West 0: At Kingston, the Wyoming Seminary girls tennis team is bringing another Wyoming Valley Conference championship back home.
The Blue Knights dropped just three games Wednesday in a victory over Wyoming Valley West. Seminary finishes the year perfect in league play where it didn’t give up a point to any WVC team.
Addison Priebe, Cece Pons and Lizzie Weaver were all winners in straight sets. The teams of Elisabeth Moules-Kate Minella and Jophie Li-Kim Li were both victorious, 6-0, 6-0.
Singles: Priebe over Montaldo, 6-1, 6-2. Pons over Bolan, 6-0, 6-0. Weaver over Castro, 6-0, 6-0; Doubles: Moules-Minella over Shyner-Lewis, 6-0, 6-0. J. Li-K. Li over Pokrinchak-Coolbaugh, 6-0, 6-0.
Wyoming Area 4, Holy Redeemer 1: At Kirby Park, Sarah Willison gutted out a three-set win at No. 3 singles to lead Wyoming Area past Redeemer.
Emma Kratz and Molly Kratz both had straight-set wins.
Redeemer’s lone point came at No. 2 doubles where Lily Dudick and Emma Grochal picked up the 10-5 win in the third-set super-tiebreaker.
Singles: E. Kratz (W) over Gilchrist, 6-2, 6-1. M. Kratz (W) over Rich, 6-2, 6-2. Willison (W) over Pilarik, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1; Doubles: Jacobs-Sigman (W) over Cosgrove-O’Hop, 6-3, 6-0. Dudrick-Grochal (HR) over Ginthner-Kuharcik, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 10-5.
Crestwood 4, Lake-Lehman 1: At Crestwood, the Comets got two victories in singles, and won three of the four contested matches in a victory over Lake-Lehman.
Sophia Biscotti and Darin Khuseyn each won in straight sets. Lake-Lehman’s Kaitlyn Brudnicki won a third-set super tiebreaker to get the victory at No. 1.
Singles: Brudnicki (LL) over Dimopoulos, 6-7 (2), 7-5, 10-8. Biscotti (CRE) over Wallace, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Khuseyn over Graboske, 6-2, 6-1; Doubles: Laskoski-Shah (CRE) over Walp-Yanuzzi, 6-0, 6-2. Knorr-Collins (CRE) by forfeit.
Tunkhannock 5, Pittston Area 0: At Pittston Area, Tunkhannock won the four contested matches to pick up the WVC win.
Miranda Anderson and Larissa Harding were victorious in singles, while the team of Annie Bonnice and Megan Patton gutted out a three-set win.
Singles: Anderson over Rivera, 6-0, 6-0. Harding over Hughes, 6-0, 6-2. Tunkhannock by forfeit; Doubles: Bonnice-Patton over Albertelli-Philbin, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0. Stull-Sobeck over Kendzor-Bailey, 6-0, 6-1.
Cross country
At Lake-Lehman, the Black Knights took four of the top five spots Wednesday to pick up three victories in a cluster meet at Lehman.
Stephen Martin was the top Black Knight finisher with a time of 16:44. Northwest’s Michael Fritz was the top boys runner, crossing the line in 16:17. Lehman’s Bodhi Cronin, Parker Smith and Finn Cronin rounded out the top five.
In the girls race, Tunkhannock’s Madelyn Graves was the top runner with a time of 20:23, but Lake-Lehman and Dallas each won three meets. Lehman’s Ava Jones, Liv Corcoran and Kinley Purdy all finished in the top four, while Dallas’ Mollie Coyne was sixth with a time of 22:14.
Boys: Lake-Lehman 16, Berwick 39. Lake-Lehman 24, Northwest 35. Lake-Lehman 15, CMVT 40. Dallas 16, Berwick 20. Northwest 23, Dallas 32. Dallas 10, CMVT 26. Tunkhannock 23, Berwick 27. Northwest 19, Tunkhannock 36. Tunkhannock 17, CMVT 28.
Top 10: Fritz (NW), 16:17. Martin (LL), 16:44. B. Cronin (LL), 16:57. Smith (LL), 17:09. F. Cronin (LL), 17:14. Comisky (DAL), 17:16. Spaide (BER), 18:38. Scott (LL), 18:57. Richardson (LL), 18:58. Newell (NW), 19:10.
Girls: Lake-Lehman 15, Berwick 50. Lake-Lehman 19, Northwest 26. Lake-Lehman 15, CMVT 44. Dallas 15, Berwick 50. Dallas 26, Northwest 29. Dallas 15, CMVT 21. Tunkhannock 15, Berwick 50. Northwest 16, Tunkhannock 20. Tunkhannock 12, CMVT 24.
Top 10: Graves (T), 20:23. Jones (LL), 21:15. Corcoran (LL), 21:39. Purdy (LL), 21:40. Krall (NW), 22:05. Coyne (DAL), 22:14. Cronauer (NW), 22:16. Peiffer (LL), 22:31. Cadwalader (LL), 22:38. Tosi (DAL), 23:24.
Field hockey
Crestwood 3, Wyoming Seminary 0: At Seminary, Allie George scored twice to lead the Comets to a shutout of the Blue Knights.
Stella Janosczyk tallied the game’s first goal on an assist from Alex Geiger.
First: CRE, Janosczyk (Geiger), 1:50; Fourth: CRE, George (Chess), 10:27. CRE, George (Myers), 4:29; Shots-corners: CRE 11-7, WS 1-0; Saves: CRE 1, WS 8.
Wilkes-Barre Area 2, Valley West 0: At Wolfpack Stadium, two second-quarter goals were enough to push the Wolfpack to the WVC victory.
Kaytie Marx scored off the assist from Grace Simko, and Anna Vitali added insurance off Gianna Gustinucci’s feed.
Second: WBA, Marx (Simko), 7:33. WBA, Vitali (Gustinucci), 5:30; Shots-corners: WVW 9-13, WBA 8-8; Saves: WBA 9, WVW 6.
Lake-Lehman 5, Lackawanna Trail 2: At Lake-Lehman, Ady Perlis had two goals, and Gracie James had a goal and four assists as the Black Knights eased past Trail.
Lucia DeCesaris and Julianna Hillard had goals for the Black Knights, while Lyla Ryan had both Trail goals.
First: LL, James (Womach), 0:38; Second: LL, Perlis (James), 9:55. LT, Ryan (Thomas), 7:23. LT, Ryan (Thomas), 4:07. LL, DeCesaris (James), 0:58; Third: LL, Hillard (James), 12:40; Fourth: LL, Perlis (James), 3:56. Shots-corners: LT 8-3, LL 12-6; Saves: LT 7 (Mulhern), LL 5 (Kirkutis 3, Palmioli 2).
Girls volleyball
Nanticoke Area 3, Wyoming Area 0: At Nanticoke, the Trojanettes picked up the WVC victory with a three-set sweep for the Warriors, 25-19, 25-17, 25-10.
For the Warriors, Taylor Gashi had seven kills, 14 digs and four aces. Ava Boyle added eight digs and 13 assists, and Josie Kivak added 12 digs. Aubrey Lewis added two kills and a block.
Delaware Valley 3, Tunkhannock 1: At Matamoras, Paris Machado had 18 kills to pace Delaware Valley to a four-set win, 25-18, 25-14, 23-25, 25-17.
Bri Waldron added 10 points and eight kills for the Warriors, while Makayley Hughes had 40 assists, 10 points and 17 digs.
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