Weatherly Area Track Wreckers compete at Pine Grove invite

The Weatherly Area boys and girls competed at the Pine Grove Invitational last Thursday. The Weatherly Area boys’ teams finished fourth in the 3200 relay and fifth in both the 400 and 1600 relays. Individually, Michael Berger had the best finish for the Wreckers with

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Fillies edge Lady Wreckers, vonFrisch fans 500th

a third in the 1600 and a seventh in the 800. Jacob Parker was sixth in the 1600 and eighth in the 800.

Minersville (133 points) edged Nativity (128) for the boys’ team crown. Weatherly was eighth with 25 team points.

On the girls’ side, Weatherly Area’s Kelly Reiner placed third in the javelin and sixth in the discus to pace the Lady Wreckers. Danielle Gordon was eighth in the 800-meter run and Kendall Gerhart was eighth in the long jump. The Lady Wreckers were seventh in the 400-meter relay, and finished 10th in the team standings.

Hazleton Area (164¾) beat out host Pine Grove (114¾) for the girls’ team title.

In a classic pitcher’s duel, this round went to Marian’s Morgan Kelly. The junior pitcher hurled a two-hit shutout and struck out 13 as Marian edged Weatherly Area 1-0 last week in a Schuylkill League Division III firstplace battle at Weatherly. The Fillies pushed across the game’s only run in the fourth inning.

Maddie vonFrisch was stellar in defeat for the Lady Wreckers, pitching a three-hitter and striking out 12, including the 500th of her career.

Kelly Michaels and vonFrisch each singled for Weatherly’s lone hits.

Weatherly Area Baseball Colts turn back Wreckers

Mike Gelatko and Chris Chambers each drove in three runs and Lachlan Segedy had two RBI as Marian defeated Weatherly Area 20-5 in five innings in Schuylkill League Division III baseball action, last

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Wednesday, in Weatherly.

Chambers, Segedy, Joey Walko and Jake Bobish each had two base hits for the Colts (7-7, 4-5), who scored six times in the first inning, five in the third and eight in the fifth before the 10-run rule ended the game. Tanner Hinkle and Ish Zuberi each had an RBI for the Wreckers (3-12, 1-8).

With the win, Marian (10-4 overall, 5-4 league) took a one-game lead over Weatherly (8-5, 4-5) in the Division III standings. The Fillies also have the tiebreaker by sweeping the season series.

Hudock sets scoring mark at Muskingum

Former Hazleton Area High School lacrosse star Riley Hudock recently completed another record-setting season with the Muskingum University women’s team this spring. In the team’s season finale against Marietta, the sophomore midfielder scored three goals to establish a new program record with 46 goals in a season, breaking Ashley Adams’ 2017 mark of 45. Hudock, who hails from White Haven, also tied her own record for points in a season with 48, reached 100 draw controls for her career earlier in the season, and moved within four points of 100 for her two-year college career.

Following the season, she was named the team’s offensive player of the year for a second straight time.

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Weatherly Area High School graduate Jacob Solonoski is making plenty of noise for the Kutztown University men’s track and field team. The Weatherly resident and Kutztown sophomore placed third in the hammer throw with a personal-best 163 feet, 8 inches at the Coach P. Invitational, and added a sixth-place finish in the discus, where his 136-foot throw also was a personal best. Both distances qualify him for the upcoming PSAC Championships.

For the Kutztown women, Weatherly Area graduate Rhianne Markovchick was ninth in the 100 hurdles (16.43) at the Coach P. Invitational.

Kutztown will participate in the Jim Thorpe Open at

Penn State University this weekend, before heading to the PSAC Championships May 11-13 at Slippery Rock.

0-0-0 Crestwood graduate and Mountain Top native Trey Zabroski has been a key figure off the bench for the Grove City College men’s lacrosse team this spring. The sophomore midfielder has played in all 16 games for Grove City (8-8), scoring three goals and assisting on 12 others. He scored two goals and dished an assist against Thiel, and had a goal and two assists against Franciscan.

Grove City finished 7-0 in conference play and will be the top seed for the PAC Tournament, hosting the number 4 seed in the semifinal round this week.