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Elk Lake's Leah Traver repeated as a first-team Class 2A selection at shortstop when the Pennsylvania High School Softball Coaches Association announced its all-state team last week.

Teammate Marissa Horn was named to the second team as a pitcher for the second straight year.

MycKenna Kublo joined them when the Montrose catcher was selected for the second team.

Traver batted .493 while leading the Lady Warriors, who were unbeaten in Lackawanna League Division 3, in hits (37), triples (seven), RBI (33) and runs scored (33).

Horn struck out 191 in 121 innings while walking just 45 and posting a 1.56 earned run average. She also led the Elk Lake offense in doubles (11), home runs (five) and batting average (.515).

Kublo batted .542 with seven doubles and 28 RBI, all team-leading totals for the second-place Lady Meteors. She was second on the team with nine stolen bases.

District 2 had three of the 12 major award selections for the second straight year with all of them coming from the Lackawanna League.

Valley View shortstop Kalli Karwowski and Holy Cross first baseman Mia Galella were Players of the Year in 4A and A while Lauren Stalica from Abington Heights was 5A Pitcher of the Year. Karwowski led Valley View to a state title.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Both Montrose American Legion Baseball teams had their seasons end in playoff losses.

The Senior team had its comeback fall short in an 8-6, first-round loss at South Scranton.

The Junior team fell to Valley View, 7-4, in the final.

South Scranton scored in each of its first five at bats in the Senior game.

Montrose took a 2-1 lead in the top of the first, but fell behind 4-2 after three innings and 8-3 after five innings.

After scoring three runs in the sixth, Montrose brought the go-ahead run to the plate. It brought the tying run to the plate again in the seventh.

Noah Gesford was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored. Lukas Cokely also had two hits while Matthew Callender had a double.

Tyler Muchal went 2-for-3 with a triple while winning pitcher Marco Ruby struck out 10 to lead Valley View to its championship.

Montrose scored in the top of the first, but Valley View built a 4-1 lead after three innings.

Alex Arndt had an RBI double in the two-run sixth and scored another run for Montrose.

Jack Treadway had two hits. Matt Parr scored twice and Max Hollett doubled.

In golf, Steve Allan became the first wire-to-wire winner in the Dick's Open Friday through Sunday.

The event, on the PGA Champions Tour for players 50 and older, is the closest major professional tour event to Susquehanna County. It has been played annually at En-Joie Golf Club in Endicott, Broome County, New York since the demise of the PGA Tour's B.C. Open.

Allan, a 51-year-old from Australian, shot 18-under-par, 198. He took the lead after one round with a 63, shot 69 Saturday and closed with a 6-under, 66 Sunday to win by four strokes.

Allan broke away Sunday with five birdies and a par from 8 through 13.

The win was the second by Allan, who was also victorious in March at the Galleri Classic in California.

The four-shot win was the largest margin in tournament history, topping three-stroke wins by R.W. Eaks in 2007, Eduardo Romero in 2008, John Huston in 2011 and Padraig Harrington in 2022.

Jason Caron finished second while Notah Begay closed with a 67 to join Boo Weekley in a third-place tie, one shot behind Caron.

Begay has had success at En-Joie before. He tied for third in the 2004 B.C. Open.

Ernie Els prepared for the British Open with a tie or 16th at 8-under-par.

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.