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SCRANTON – Montrose senior Chloe Diaz captured both hurdles titles during the Robert Spagna Lackawanna Track Conference Championship Meet May 7 at Scranton Memorial Stadium.

Diaz dominated in the 100-meter hurdles, posting a time of 14.92 seconds to win by .78 seconds. She needed to come from behind to get past Wallenpaupack's Ella Smith and win the 300 hurdles by .56 seconds in 46.96.

With Diaz leading the way, Montrose finished third in the Class 2A girls' standings with 34 points. Lakeland outscored Mid Valley, 49-46, for the team title.

Elk Lake was fourth with 24 points. Carbondale was fifth with 20 points with major help from Forest City athletes as part of a cooperative sponsorship. Mountain View was seventh with 10 points. Blue Ridge was tied for ninth with a single point. Susquehanna did not score.

Montrose was fifth in the Class 2A boys' team standings. Mid Valley won the title over Dunmore, 67-52.

Susquehanna and Mountain View tied for seventh with six points. Carbondale was ninth with 4½ and Elk Lake was 10th with four. Blue Ridge did not score.

Abington Heights, coached by Susquehanna graduate Frank Passetti, racked up the day's highest point total while winning the Class 3A girls' championship with 164½ points. Passetti's Abington Heights boys' team finished third behind West Scranton and Scranton in Class 3A.

Diaz also anchored the Montrose 400 relay team that placed fourth.

Individual and relay finishes were determined with all athletes – Class 3A and 2A – competing against each other. The top three in each event earned medals and the top eight scored team points.

Kate Korty from Forest City had Carbondale's gold medal, winning the 800 in 2:19.69 and also finished second in the 400 in 58.45.

The Elk Lake girls had two silver medalists – Gianna Tewksbury with 106-0 in the discus and Katie McGlynn with 33-10½ in the shot put.

Mountain View had two bronze medalists. Jacob Ficarro took third in the boys' triple jump with 41-1 while Carissa Flynn was third in the 1600 in 5:20.82.

Montrose's Nate Sinkovich earned a medal in the 3200-meter run, finishing third in 10:01.2.

Carly Frey was fifth in the 400; Avery Kerr was seventh in the 800, the 1600 relay team was seventh and Sadie Jones was eighth in the javelin for the Montrose girls.

Elk Lake had two of the top five finishers in the girls' discus with Kiana Lester taking fifth. Sydney Upright was fifth in the 800.

Flynn was also sixth in the 800 for the Mountain View girls. The Lady Eagles added an eighth-place finish in the 400 relay.

The Blue Ridge girls scored their point in the first event, taking eighth in the 3200 relay.

Montrose had its boys' 3200 relay team take fifth, Nicolo Christian place sixth in the 200; Cooper Henry finish seventh in the 100 and the 400 relay team take eighth.

Ryder Hobart, in the 300 hurdles, and the 1600 relay team were sixth for the Susquehanna boys.

Wyatt Johnson scored the points for the Elk Lake boys, taking seventh in both the long jump and triple jump.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Mountain View allowed just five runs while winning four Lackawanna League Division 3 baseball games in five days to maintain its hold on first place.

The Eagles went on the road to defeat Forest City, 16-1, and Lackawanna Trail, 14-2, May 7 and 8. They stopped an eight-game Montrose winning streak by defeating the visiting Meteors, 6-2, Thursday then won again at home Saturday when they shut out Blue Ridge, 4-0.

Mountain View finished the week with an 11-1 record in the league with two games remaining. Elk Lake was 10-2 and Montrose 9-3.

In softball, Lackawanna Division 3 champion Elk Lake ran its winning streak to 11 with its second and third straight shutouts.

Marissa Horn threw consecutive no-hitters as the Lady Warriors defeated Susquehanna, 19-0, in three innings May 6 and Mountain View, 13-0, in five innings the next day.

Leah Traver went 4-for-4 with two doubles, three runs and two RBI while Horn struck out seven against Susquehanna.

Horn struck out 14 against Mountain View.

Layla Weaver homered in both games.

In boys' volleyball, Blue Ridge, which had already completed a perfect Lackawanna League season, split in non-league matches against two of the top three teams from the Wyoming Valley Conference.

The Raiders had not lost a set during their 15-0 start before falling to Holy Redeemer in five sets May 6. They bounced back to defeat Wilkes-Barre Area in another five-set match Thursday.

The rest of the Lackawanna League schedule was completed.

Final standings: Blue Ridge 10-0, Abington Heights 9-1, Mountain View 8-2, West Scranton 6-4, Western Wayne 5-5, Forest City 5-5, Valley View 4-6, Lackawanna Trail 3-7, Scranton 3-7, Elk Lake 1-9, North Pocono 1-9.

In track and field, the regular-season schedule also concluded.

Final Lackawanna Track Conference boys' standings for Division 4: Susquehanna 5-0, Elk Lake 4-1, Montrose 3-2, Lackawanna Trail 2-3, Mountain View 1-4, Blue Ridge 0-5.

The final Division 4 girls' standings: Montrose 5-0, Blue Ridge 4-1, Mountain View 3-2, Elk Lake 2-3, Lackawanna Trail 1-4, Susquehanna 0-5.

COLLEGE CORNER

Tatum Norris was the top point scorer for the Binghamton University women's track and field team, earning all-conference honors while helping the Bearcats finish second in the America East Championships May 4-5 at the University of Baltimore-Maryland County.

The freshman from Susquehanna anchored a school-record and second-place performance by the 400-meter relay team, which finished in 46.09 seconds.

Norris reached a career-high in the pole vault, clearing 12-1½ while finishing second. She was third in the 200-meter dash in 24.88 and fourth in the 100 in 12.13.

THE WEEK AHEAD

Mountain View is at Carbondale Wednesday in a league finale that could decide the Lackawanna League Division 3 baseball title.

The District 2 Class 2A playoffs are scheduled to open Tuesday, May 21 with quarterfinal games.

Mountain View has the edge over Montrose and Elk Lake in the race for the top seed and the only bye. The second seed will open at home against seventh-seeded Blue Ridge and the third team will also get a home game.

In boys' volleyball, Blue Ridge (16-1) is the top seed and hosts eighth-seeded Forest City (5-5) Thursday in the District 2 Class A quarterfinals.

Third-seeded Mountain View (13-5) hosts sixth-seeded Crestwood (9-6).

The tournament continues Tuesday, May 21 with a semifinal doubleheader, which will be hosted by Blue Ridge as long as it wins Thursday's opener. The Raiders will meet the winner of a Wednesday match between Berwick (8-5) and Dallas (12-5). The Mountain View-Crestwood winner will face the winner of a match between West Scranton (7-5) and second-seeded Holy Redeemer (14-2).

In softball, the District 2 Class 2A playoffs are scheduled to open Monday, May 20 with quarterfinals.

Elk Lake appears headed for the top seed and a bye in the seven-team field.

Blue Ridge has a shot at a home game and Montrose is likely to open on the road.

TOM ROBINSON writes a weekly local sports column for the Susquehanna County Transcript. He can be reached online at RobbyTR@aol.com or followed on Twitter at @tomjrobinson.