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Blue Ridge lost a girls' volleyball set for the first time this season, but it still has not lost a match.

Abigail Gelinger led the way as the Lady Raiders put together a strong response to dropping the first set of their Thursday Lackawanna League match at Western Wayne.

Gelinger's 16 kills and two blocks helped Blue Ridge win by set scores of 14-25, 25-10, 25-19, 25-17.

Blue Ridge is 6-0 for a half-match lead over Abington Heights in the league. The Lady Raiders are 7-0 overall with six straight sweeps before the four-set win over the Lady Wildcats.

Lynndee Barbour added nine kills and Emily Gorham had six against Western Wayne.

McKenna Zick had 28 assists and nine digs while Payton Pennington had a team-high 19 digs.

Pennington also led the team in digs with 15 Sept.15 in a 25-15, 25-19, 25-9 sweep of visiting Mountain View.

Gorham led in kills with eight while Gelinger had seven kills, four service aces and two blocked shots.

Barbour had seven aces and six kills while Zick contributed 20 assists.

Addison Kilmer had five kills and nine digs for Mountain View. Aubrey Sanders had 10 assists and four aces.

WEEK IN REVIEW

MONTROSE – The Montrose attempt to rebuild its football program features the team's first full, 10-game schedule in four years, but the Meteors were unable to finish Thursday night's game.

Visiting Riverside, a state semifinalist a year ago, opened a 47-point halftime lead on the way to a 60-6 victory in a game that was halted with 6:46 left in regulation.

The Meteors (1-5) began the game with some of the players on the 24-man roster unavailable and lost others to injury on a warm, humid night. During a break to deal with one of those injuries, with the number of available, healthy players shrinking, the decision was made to end the contest.

Brayden Rose threw for four touchdowns, ran for a score and helped set up others with an interception and as a punt returner.

Riverside led 47-0 at halftime.

Timothy David ran 5 yards for Montrose's score in the third quarter.

Susquehanna was also hurt by the efforts of a versatile quarterback when host Lakeland defeated the Sabers, 42-7, Friday night.

David Naniewicz passed to Chase Rosenkrans for two touchdowns, ran for a score and set up an early touchdown with a fumble recovery.

The entire second half was played under the Mercy Rule.

Gabe Maby's 3-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter accounted for the Susquehanna scoring.

Joey Allen led the Sabers in tackles and intercepted a pass. Will Hobart had two sacks and a forced fumble.

In boys' cross country, Elk Lake came within one point of the Class A title at Saturday's Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Foundation Meet.

The Warriors trailed Lakeview, 95-96, in the field of 31 teams and runners from eight other incomplete teams that came to the Hershey Parkview Course to test themselves on the site of the state championship meet.

Kendel Jones led the Warriors, also finishing second, coming within 4.1 seconds of the title in the 226-runner race with a time of 16:17.8.

Elk Lake had three of the five runners that broke 17 minutes.

Cody Adams and Parker Upright placed third and fifth.

Earlier in the week, Elk Lake swept three opponents in a Lackawanna League cluster meet to remain tied for first with Mid Valley at 9-0.

The Warriors defeated Delaware Valley (19-38), Wallenpaupack (23-34) and Honesdale (16-47).

In girls' cross country, Elk Lake was sixth out of 23 Class A teams at the PIAA Foundation Meet Saturday.

Elk Lake is 9-0, remaining unbeaten with Abington Heights, North Pocono and Valley View, teams it was scheduled to face Tuesday in the biggest meet of the Lackawanna League season.

The Lady Warriors defeated Delaware Valley (21-34), Wallenpaupack (25-30) and Honesdale (17-38).

Montrose and Blue Ridge suffered their first three losses of the season while running against the same teams.

In boys' golf, Blue Ridge's Drew Hennessey shot an 81 at Elkview Country Club Sept. 15 to lead Susquehanna County players that made it through the Lackawanna League qualifier for the District 2 tournament.

Montrose's Matt Dovin had a big week.

Dovin qualified with an 88 at Elkview, then recorded a double eagle, with a hole-in-one on a par-4 Wednesday against Holy Cross.

Cooper Sipe from Elk Lake shot an 89, then made it through a four-way playoff to determine the final two qualifiers.

The Lackawanna League Division 2 season is complete.

Final standings: Riverside 14-1, Lakeland 14-1, Western Wayne 13-2, Lackawanna Trail 11-4, Montrose 10-5, Mid Valley 9-6, West Scranton 9-6, Holy Cross 8-7, Dunmore 7-8, Elk Lake 7-8, Mountain View 5-10, Old Forge 5-10, Blue Ridge 4-11, Susquehanna 2-13, Forest City 1-14, Carbondale 1-14.

In boys' soccer, Lackawanna League Division 2 leader Mountain View ran its winning streak to six games.

The Eagles won back-to-back, 4-1 games at home against West Scranton, then at Lakeland Sept. 15 and 16. They are 6-0 in Division 2, 7-1-1 overall and on an eight-game unbeaten streak.

In girls' soccer, Montrose extended its winning streak to six with its fourth and fifth shutouts.

The Lady Meteors won at Scranton, 9-0, and beat Mountain View, 4-0, Wednesday. They are 5-0 in the division, a half-game ahead of Western Wayne, and 6-1 overall.

THE WEEK AHEAD

Both the Montrose and Susquehanna football teams are home against winning opponents.

Carbondale (3-2) is at Montrose (1-4) Friday night.

Riverside (4-1) is at Susquehanna (0-5) Saturday in the Lackawanna Football Conference Division 3 opener for each team.

Last week's predictions were 10-1 (90.9 percent) to bring our season record to 53-17 (75.7 percent). Those picks included an exact score, calling Delaware Valley's 35-21 victory over Wallenpaupack.

This week's predictions, with home teams in CAPS: Carbondale 43, MONTROSE 7 … Riverside 38, SUSQUEHANNA 8 … LACKAWANNA TRAIL 49, Old Forge 0 … HOLY CROSS 44, Holy Redeemer 19 … Lakeland 29, DUNMORE 28 … WESTERN WAYNE 30, Honesdale 20 … Mid Valley 39, WEST SCRANTON 18 … Scranton Prep 23, WALLENPAUPACK 0 … VALLEY VIEW 27, Scranton 25 … Abington Heights 37, DELAWARE VALLEY 30 … NORTH POCONO 30, Dallas 18.

In golf, the District 2 Individual Championships are scheduled or Monday, Sept. 29 at Fox Hill Country Club.

In cross country, the six county schools go against each other Tuesday, Sept. 30 at Montrose. Susquehanna, Mountain View and Forest City teams will be scored against Blue Ridge, Elk Lake and Montrose teams in boys' and girls' meets.

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.