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Montrose sisters Cara and Anna Evans were part of the Lackawanna League’s dominance in the District 2 Girls’ Tennis Singles Tournament, advancing through the first three rounds while combining to win 72 of their 77 games.

The Lackawanna League had all four remaining players in both Class 2A and 3A going into the semifinals, which were scheduled to be played along with the championship matches Tuesday.

The Evans sisters joined Scranton Prep teammates Lily Lengyel in reaching the semifinals in Class 2A.

The fifth-seeded Cuck and sixth-seeded Anna Evans each beat higher-seeded opponents in the quarterfinals.

Anna Evans used Friday’s action at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre to move within one match of her third straight district final appearance. The junior, the tournament’s top seed, was seeking her first title after losing to two-time state champion Ilana Rosenthal from Wyoming Seminary twice.

Only Mahi Dhol from Dallas, who took one game in the first set, managed to avoid a whitewash by Cara Evans.

Cara Evans defeated Claire Polishan from Holy Cross in the first round and Cece Pons from Wyoming Seminary in the quarterfinals, 6-0, 6-0.

Anna Evans, a freshman, won her first three sets by 6-0 scores.

After shutting out Krithika Krishnan from Dunmore in the first round, Anna Evans beat Elizabeth Rich from Holy Redeemer, 6-0, 6-1. She topped third-seeded Addison Priebe from Wyoming Seminary, 6-2, 6-1, in the quarterfinals.

The semifinals featured the challenge of facing the top two players from Scranton Prep’s unbeaten Lackawanna League and District 2 Class 2A championship team.

Anna Evans reached a matchup with second-seeded Lengyel, who beat all three of her Friday opponents, 6-0, 6-0.

Cuck beat fourth-seeded Ava Genetti from MMI Prep, 6-4, 6-3, in her quarterfinal.

WEEK IN REVIEW

SUSQUEHANNA – Susquehanna’s Homecoming Saturday included getting a first-hand look at why Lackawanna Trail is once again at the top of the standings in both the District 2-11 Class A Subregional and Division 3 of the Lackawanna Football Conference.

Along the way, Isaac Ryon gave a demonstration of why he is District 2’s scoring leader for the second straight season and the top rusher in the LFC.

Ryon scored four first-half touchdowns, turning five carries into 188 yards and three scores along with breaking an 81-yard kickoff return as the visiting Lions rolled to a 54-14 victory.

Lackawanna Trail opened the lead to 48-6 with 3:47 left in the second quarter, but Susquehanna avoided having the second half start under Mercy Rule conditions when the Sabers scored eight points 12 seconds before halftime.

Mason Keyes got behind the defense on fourth-and-13 and Caedon Stone found him deep down the left side for a 65-yard touchdown. Stone then ran for the two-pointer to make it 48-14 at halftime.

The Lions scored the first 41 points with the help of three touchdowns by Ryon and two by Sean Dwyer.

Dwyer sandwiched scores of 46 and 18 yards around Ryon’s 60-yard run for a 20-0 lead after one quarter.

Ryon’s 50- and 65-yard runs were followed by a 1-yard run from standout lineman Colin Owens, who moved into the backfield for one play.

Susquehanna broke the shutout when Gabe Maby ran 33 yards on third-and-six and Ryder Hobart went 25 yards for the score on the next play.

Maby finished with a team-high 45 rushing yards on nine carries while Jaxson Williams picked up 38 on seven carries and Hobart 37 on nine.

Michael Smith had a team-high four tackles for the Sabers and turned away a Lackawanna Trail threat with a diving interception at the 2.

Ryder Hobart recovered a fumble, made two tackles and assisted on two others.

Donovan Baldwin blocked two extra points.

Lackawanna Trail added the only score of the second half.

The Lions improved to 2-0 in the division and 7-1 overall.

Montrose made a bid for its second straight win over a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 team Friday night at Tunkhannock before falling to the Tigers, 20-15.

Moses Montero ran for a 6-yard touchdown and the two-point conversion with 4:55 remaining to rally Tunkhannock.

Montrose had the first comeback of the fourth quarter.

Tunkhannock led 7-0 after three quarters on an early 4-yard touchdown run by Caden Simmons.

Tim David’s 21-yard touchdown pass to Nate Thurman on fourth-and-six was followed by David’s two-point conversion run for an 8-7 lead with 7:44 left.

Montrose scored a safety with one second left.

Brandon Carter’s second interception of the game sealed the Tunkhannock win on the game’s final play.

In boys’ cross country, a 1-2-3 finish by Kendel Jones, Cody Adams and Parker Upright in a six-team meet at Blue Ridge secured Elk Lake’s 22-33 victory over Mid Valley in Wednesday’s meeting of the Lackawanna League’s final two unbeatens.

Jones won in 15:44.8.

The Warriors also defeated Scranton, 15-45, and West Scranton, 17-40, to improve to 20-0. Mid Valley is 18-1.

Host Susquehanna and Mountain View each posted three wins Oct. 7.

Susquehanna’s Maxx Kelly finished second to Lackawanna Trail’s Avery Ronchi in the six-team meet.

Mountain View’s Sean Larkin and Susquehanna’s Jeffery Benson were fourth and fifth.

In girls’ cross country, Elk Lake and Montrose combined to take the top six spots in the meet at Blue Ridge while each were posting three wins.

Elk Lake’s Kendyl Weisgold was the only runner to break 20 minutes and Montrose’s Avery Kerr was the only other one under 21 minutes.

Kylee Pond and Madison Kerr were third and fourth for Elk Lake, followed by Montrose’s Ava Rebello and Addison Stephens.

At Susquehanna, Kiera Burke of the Lady Sabers was the individual winner while Mountain View beat all three of its opponents.

Burke led the Lady Sabers to two wins on the day.

Mountain View had the fourth- through eighth-place finishers – Corinne Flynn, Amber Price, Audrey Anderson, Emma Radford and Anya Curtis.

In boys’ soccer, Mountain View clinched at least a tie for first place in Lackawanna League Division 2 with a pair of wins.

The Eagles regained sole possession of the division lead with a 5-2 victory over Western Wayne Oct. 6.

Julian MacDonald and Nilmar Nugra each scored twice.

Mountain View, which is 10-1 in the division and 13-2-1 overall, clinched the tie on Senior Day with a 2-0 victory over Lakeland Wednesday.

Joel Tigue and Shane Toolan scored the goals.

In girls’ soccer, Western Wayne remained unbeaten in Lackawanna League Division 2 and handed Montrose just its second league loss, 4-2, Oct. 7.

In girls’ volleyball, Abington Heights made it through a hard-fought battle with Blue Ridge to win in four sets in Wednesday’s Lackawanna League showdown between District 2’s last two unbeaten teams.

Hilde Temblador had 19 kills, 17 assists and 10 digs to lead the way for the Lady Comets, who won by set scores of 25-22, 26-24, 23-25, 25-20.

Abigail Gelinger had 14 kills and three blocks for the Lady Raiders. Lynndee Barbour added 10 kills.

THE WEEK AHEAD

The first three rounds of the District 2 Class 2A Girls’ Tennis Doubles Tournament will be played Thursday at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre, beginning at 8:30am.

In football, both Susquehanna and Montrose play Saturday.

The Sabers (0-2 in the division, 0-8 overall) host Carbondale (1-2, 4-4).

Montrose (2-6) travels to the Philadelphia suburbs to play Renaissance Academy at Great Valley High School.

Last week’s high school football predictions were 10-1 (90.9 percent) to bring our season record to 80-24 (76.9 percent).

This week’s predictions, with home teams in CAPS: Carbondale 27, SUSQUEHANNA 14 … Montrose 21, RENAISSANCE ACADEMY 20 … LACKAWANNA TRAIL 48, Holy Cross 6 … RIVERSIDE 49, Old Forge 14 … Dunmore 30, HONESDALE 13 … Lakeland 35, WEST SCRANTON 13 … MID VALLEY 27, Western Wayne 13 … NORTH POCONO 40, Delaware Valley 33 … ABINGTON HEIGHTS 38, Scranton 12 … Valley View 21, WYOMING VALLEY WEST 10 … Pittston Area 35, WALLENPAUPACK 16 … Jersey Shore 20, SCRANTON PREP 17.

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.