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Hannah LaRue shot her lowest round of the season at Tall Pines Players Club to lead Elk Lake to a second-place finish Sept. 29 when District 2 determined its first titles of the 2026-27 school year with the team girls’ golf championships.

Abington Heights, in Class 3A, and Tunkhannock, in 2A, won the titles.

Tunkhannock outscored Elk Lake, 256-271, in Class 2A.

Madison Walker led the way for the Lady Tigers with a 79 for the best score in 2A.

LaRue shot an 80.

Raegan Sample added a 94 and Nami Patton a 97.

Although it did not count in the three-player team score, Elk Lake was the only 2A team to have four players break 100 and the only one with five players shooting 100 or better. Kierney Shalata had a 98 and Piper Keeney a 100.

Riverside was third in the seven-team field with a 289, followed by Lackawanna Trail at 291, Honesdale 306, Old Forge 312 and Holy Cross 371.

Liz George shot a 3-over-par, 73 to help Abington Heights beat out North Pocono, 248-261, in Class 3A. Valley View shot 304 and Scranton 328.

Lackawanna League boys played in the rain Sept. 28 at Elkview Country Club to determine qualifiers for the District 2 Individual Championships, which were being played Monday back at Elkview.

Montrose’s Matt Dovin led Susquehanna County players, finishing sixth with a 79. Two Mountain View players also made it through qualifying.

Coe Masters shot an 85 to finish tied for 16th. Jordan Jagger shot a 90 to finish in a six-way tie for the last three of 30 spots in the district tournament, then made it through the playoff with consecutive pars.

Scranton Prep’s Cole Powell and Brendan Bell finished first and second with a 71 and 72.

Sebatian Meyer from Abington Heights and Trevan Dahlgren from Honesdale tied for the best score in Class 3A with 76s.

Mountain View also made the eight-team Lackawanna League Class 2A boys’ team playoffs.

The Eagles were eliminated with Wednesday’s 142-151 quarterfinal loss to host Lakeland.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Both Montrose and Susquehanna had leads get away in Friday night football games.

The Meteors led by 14 points early and Susquehanna was up eight early in the third quarter.

Tunkhannock rallied past host Montrose, 24-21, for the first victory under coach R.J. Haas, breaking a six-game losing streak dating back to last season.

Susquehanna threatened to disrupt the Lackawanna Football Conference Division 3 race, nearly ruining the division opener for Carbondale, which is arguably the division favorite.

The Chargers rallied at home to keep the Sabers winless, 27-21.

Tunkhannock scored 24 straight points after Montrose had a pair of touchdowns in the first seven minutes for a 14-0 lead.

Evan McComb ran 3 yards for the first score then Evan Strohl connected with Sawyer Aukema for a 75-yard touchdown pass with 5:28 left in the quarter.

Tunkhannock came started a little more than to minutes later on a 78-yard run by Lucas Ciprich and a two-point conversion pass.

Former Meteor Cason Petrak tied the game with a 1-yard run late in the first quarter.

Tunkhannock took the lead on a safety in the second quarter then opened the advantage to 24-14 when Carter O’Neill returned the second-half kickoff for a touchdown.

Strohl threw his second touchdown pass, a 5-yarder to Weston Nabywaniec to pull the Meteors within three with 7:13 remaining.

Susquehanna already had a one-point halftime lead before Gabe Maby hit Mason Keyes with a short pass and Keyes took it all the way down the right sideline for a 65-yard touchdown on the first play of the second half for a 21-13 lead.

Caeden Voglino, who finished with three touchdowns, immediately pulled the Chargers back within two by returning the ensuing kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown.

The Chargers moved in front before the quarter was over, but the Sabers were not finished.

Carbondale needed two late interceptions, one at the 1-yard line, by Francisco Roman to secure the victory.

Caedon Voglino carried 12 times for 161 yards and his other two touchdowns and also ran for a two-pointer. Mason Voglino, Caedon’s brother, picked up 119 yards and a touchdown.

Carbondale rushed for 386 yards while improving to 3-3 overall.

Maby accounted for 312 yards of total offense for the Sabers. He carried 23 times for 138 yards and completed six of 11 passes for 174 yards.

Caedon Voglino ran 69 yards on the game’s first play and Levi Gabriel added the kick for a 7-0 lead.

The Sabers answered with a six-play, 69-yard scoring drive.

Maby ran 45 yards to set up a 1-yard Travis Towner touchdown.

Carbondale blocked the extra point.

Mason Voglino’s 63-yard run gave Carbondale a 13-6 lead with 5:59 still remaining in the first quarter.

Susquehanna took the lead 1:25 before halftime when it completed a 10-play, 55-yard drive.

Towner scored from the 2 and Maby passed to Caedon Stone for the go-ahead, two-point conversion.

Carbondale drove 90 yards in 11 plays to score the winning touchdown with 58 seconds left in the third quarter.

Caedon Voglino scored on an 8-yard run to cap a drive in which he combined with his brother for five carries for 55 yards. Caedon Voglino also ran for the two points.

Susquehanna moved to the 10 before Roman’s interception at the 1. The Sabers moved back to the 14 before Roman intercepted again with 1:51 left.

Caedon Voglino’s 23-yard run on third-and-11 enabled Carbondale to run out the clock.

In cross country, last week was the one time all season that Lackawanna League teams were all scored against each other within their cluster meets.

All six Susquehanna County schools got together for a Thursday meet at Elk Lake, which with the exception of the host Lady Warriors separating from the pack, made for a series of close decisions.

Elk Lake went 5-0 on the day in both, including 27-28 over Elk Lake.

Montrose was 4-1, including a 26-29 win over Blue Ridge.

Mountain View was 3-2 by edging Blue Ridge, 27-28, and Susquehanna, 28-30.

Blue Ridge used its 27-30 victory over Susquehanna to finish 2-3. The Sabers were 1-4 and Forest City was 0-5.

Elk Lake’s Parker Upright finished first in 16:58.2, followed by Blue Ridge’s Paxton Pingarelli in 17:05.1.

Susquehanna’s Evan Beamer was third. The remainder of the top 10: fourth, Jamison Myers, Montrose; fifth, Trevor Upright, Elk Lake; sixth, Jeffery Benson, Susquehanna; 7th, Malachi Baier, Montrose; eighth, Graydon Meyers, Montrose; ninth, Trey Hummel, Mountain View; 10th, Brent Drost, Elk Lake.

The closest meet for the Elk Lake girls was 22-39 over Susquehanna.

Blue Ridge went 4-1, including 27-28 over Mountain View and 25-30 over Susquehanna.

Mountain View was 3-2 with a 26-29 win over Susquehanna. The Lady Sabers beat Montrose, 24-27, as part of their 2-3 day.

Montrose was 1-4 and Forest City was winless on the day.

Elk Lake’s Kendyl Weisgold won in 20:18.5, almost 17 seconds in front of Susquehanna’s Kiera Burke.

Elk Lake’s Madison Kerr was third, followed by: fourth, Ava Rebello, Montrose; fifth, Audrey Anderson, Mountain View; sixth, Briana Burke, Susquehanna; seventh, Trinity Lord, Blue Ridge; eighth, Kylee Pond, Elk Lake.

In girls’ volleyball, Montrose completed a season sweep of Blue Ridge to hold on to third place in Lackawanna League Division 1.

The Lady Meteors swept the host Lady Raiders, 25-21, 25-11, 25-22.

Sadie Jones had eight kills and six blocks for Montrose.

Abigail Gelinger had 11 kills and four blocks for Blue Ridge.

Elk Lake rallied to outlast Mountain View in a lengthy five-set match, 28-30, 24-26, 27-25, 25-22, 15-11.

Aleece Greenley had 15 kills, Mia Blair had 16 assists and Ava Newhart had 22 digs in the win.

In girls’ tennis, top-seeded Montrose remained unbeaten overall Thursday when it topped visiting Holy Redeemer, 3-1, in a District 2 Class 2A team quarterfinal.

The semifinals and final were being decided Monday at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre.

Final Lackawanna League Division 2 standings: Montrose 14-0, Honesdale 10-4, West Scranton 9-5. Riverside 9-5, Scranton 6-8, Mid Valley 5-9, Western Wayne 3-11, Dunmore 0-14.

THE WEEK AHEAD

The District 2 Class 2A girls’ tennis singles tournament is scheduled for Thursday and Friday at Kirby Park.

The semifinals and finals are played Friday.

In girls’ soccer, Blue Ridge, which has just one loss in Lackawanna League Division 3 is scheduled to host Holy Cross Friday for its second game of the week against one of the division’s two unbeatens. The Lady Raiders were playing Lakeland Monday.

In football, Montrose and Susquehanna each have Lackawanna Football Conference Division 3 games.

The Meteors (1-1 in the division, 4-2 overall) are at Old Forge (0-1, 1-5) Friday night.

The Sabers (0-2, 0-6) are home Saturday against defending champion Lackawanna Trail (1-0, 1-5).

Last week’s high school football predictions were 10-2 (83.3%) to bring our season record to 64-17 (79.0%).

This week’s predictions, with home teams in CAPS: OLD FORGE 26, Montrose 21 … Lackawanna Trail 28, SUSQUEHANNA 26 … Carbondale 33, HOLY CROSS 22 … Wallenpaupack 20, ABINGTON HEIGHTS 7 … Honesdale 15, LAKELAND 14 … DUNMORE 48, Western Wayne 6 … Riverside 30, MID VALLEY 13 … DELAWARE VALLEY 27, SCRANTON 12 … NORTH POCONO 17, Scranton Prep 13 … Valley View 23, WEST SCRANTON 7.

In road running, the 29th annual Steamtown Marathon is scheduled for Sunday morning.

The race begins at Forest City High School and ends in downtown Scranton.

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.