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Abington Heights girls basketball team winning streak highlights weekly sports roundup

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Lions edge Comets on the mat

Lackawanna Trail defeated Abington Heights, 34-30, in a nonleague wrestling match on Jan. 28 in South Abington Twp. T0m Kohinsky (126) and Tyler Baltrusaitis (145) won by pin for the Lions. DJ Klinges (160) won by major decision, Rocco Pacini (170) and Nathaniel Barbolish (220) won by decision and Trent Ashley (138) and Jordan Hannon (285) won by forfeit. Jimmy Fayocavitz (132), Nick Carr (152) and Anthony Sylvester (195) won by pin for the Comets. Luke Fayocavitz (113) and Zach Spangenberg (182) won by decision and Noah Sirianni (106) won by forfeit.

Cavs, Classics victorious in the pool

The Scranton Prep boys swim team defeated Elk Lake, 110-56, in a Lackawanna League meet on Jan. 27 at The University of Scranton. Joe Kyle Bushta had wins in the 200 free and 100 back. Tom Pfaeffle won the 200 individual medley, Nico Lastauskas had wins in the 50 free and 500 free, Ryan Sebastianelli placed first in the 100 free and Ben Evans won the 100 breast. The Prep 200 medley (Sebastianelli, Lastauskas, Bushta and Richie Holden), 200 free (Conor McCall, Mike Terrery, Mike Robinson, and Sebastianelli), and 400 free (Lastauskas, Pfaeffle, Holden and Ryan Powell) teams also placed first.

The Scranton Prep girls swim team downed Elk Lake, 88-73. Cat Donlon had wins in the 200 individual medley and 100 fly, Katie Voitik placed first in the 100 free and 100 breast. The Classics also placed first in the 200 medley (Emily Donlon, Cat Donlon, Lauren Lanzendorfer and Catherine Dipaolo), 200 free (Cat Donlon, Mariah Leontopoulou-Cochran, Voitik and Audrey Campo), and 400 free (Voitik, Campo, Emily Donlon Lanzendorfer) relay events.

Comets, Lady Comets swim past West

The Abington Heights boys swim team defeated West Scranton, 123-57, in a Lackawanna League meet on Jan. 27 in South Abington Twp. Ben Vale had wins in the 500 free and 100 breast, Shane Cummings places first in the 200 free, DJ Weiland won the 200 individual medley, Max Voyce placed first in the 100 fly, Noah Shapiro won the 100 free and Sam Jubon placed first in the 100 back. The 200 medley (Brendan Conahan, Shapiro, Voyce0 and Andrew Barren) 200 free (Barren, Jubon, Cummings and Shapiro), and 4o0 free (Chris Suh, Barren, Shapiro and Vale) teams also had wins.

The Abington Heights girls swim team downed West Scranton, 139-39. Danielle Sanok had wins in the 200 individual medley and 100 breast, Catherine Simakaski placed first in the 200 free, Hannah Conahan won the 50 free, Rachel Smertz placed first in the 100 fly, Kelsey Jackson won the 100 free, Leah Byman placed first in the 500 free and April Sokalsky won the 100 back. The Lady Comets also placed first in the200 medley (Smertz, Laura Hartman, Byman Sydney Gualtieri), 200 free (Hartman, Gualtieri, Byman, Smertz), and 400 free (Smertz, Hartman, Gualtieri Byman) relay events.

Comets top Cougars, rout Buckhorns on the court

Clay Basalyga scored a game-high 13 points to lead Abington Heights to a 49-33 win over Valley View in a Lackawanna League Division 1 boys basketball game on Jan. 27 in Archbald. Jordan Hollander and Tim Toro each added nine for the Comets.

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Comets Sign Midfielder Cody Hoffman

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February 2, 2015 - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) Missouri Comets INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (February 2, 2015) - The Missouri Comets have announced the signing of free agent Cody Hoffman on Sunday before the MASL transfer window deadline. The midfielder will be added to the team's roster immediately. Per club policy, terms of the agreement will not be disclosed.

Hoffman, 19, started in all nineteen games for Jefferson College in his freshman year recording two assists. In addition, the Kansas City, Missouri native played for Comets assistant coach Doug McLagan in the Futura FC Academy for ten years.

"I am really excited to join such a great team and extremely honored to share the field with the guys," Hoffman said. "I am very grateful to Vlatko [Andonovski] for giving me the opportunity to play professionally at a very young age."

During his high school career at Lee's Summit North, Hoffman earned Missouri High School Soccer First Team honors as a senior as well as the KC Star All Metro team. He also holds the LSN single season scoring record and is a three-time Missouri State Cup Champion.

"We all know how good the team has been this season and I just want to help the guys out there." Hoffman said. "Practicing and player with the team has and will continue to prepare me for the upcoming challenges."

Hoffman will travel with the team for this weekend's road games against the St. Louis Ambush on Friday at The Family Arena and against the Wichita B-52s on Sunday at the Hartman Arena.

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Comets cant close out Bruins

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The Newman girls basketball team rallied to force overtime, but were outscored by St. Bede 11-8 in the extra period in a 52-49 Three Rivers East loss in Peru.

The Comets (5-15, 3-5 TRAC East) wasted a dominant effort by Kelsey Simpson, as the sophomore scored a game-high 29 points, while draining four 3-pointers. Sarah Trujillo added seven points.

Lutheran 49, Dixon 37: The Duchesses 29-22 scoring edge in the second half wasnt enough to overcome a 25-8 halftime deficit in a Big Northern West loss in Rockford.

Tyler Smiths 10 points led a balanced effort for Dixon (9-14, 3-8), which had nine players score in the game.

Kailyn Strawbridge had 12 points for the Crusaders (19-5, 10-2), and Abby Woollacott scored 10.

Milledgeville 52, Polo 28: The Missiles cruised to an NUIC East win at home, holding the Marcos to single digits in each quarter.

Jenna Bibler led Milledgeville (7-16, 5-6 NUIC East) with 17 points, while Sidney Aude and Jade Graff each added eight.

KeeLey Meyer and Alex Sterenberg both scored 10 points for Polo (7-15, 3-8).

Eastland 62, Warren 39:The Cougars scored at least 13 points in every quarter, and held Warren to single digits in three quarters in an NUIC West win in Lanark.

Annie Forster had a game-high 16 points, Lexis Macomber scored 12, and Drew Preston added 11 for Eastland (20-7).

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Pedan's First Goal of the Year Lifts Comets past Marlies

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January 31, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL) Utica Comets The Utica Comets finally snapped their five-game losing streak after defeating the Toronto Marlies 3-2 in overtime Saturday afternoon at the Ricoh Coliseum.

Joacim Eriksson proved to be the first star of the game after saving 35 shots on the 37 he faced and tallying an assist on the Comets second goal of the game. Eriksson's assist was the first point to ever be recorded by a Comets goaltender in franchise history. Dustin Jeffrey (1-0-1), Alexandre Grenier (1-0-1) and Andrey Pedan (1-0-1) helped push the Comets towards their overdue victory.

Even though the Comets dominated the beginning half of the first period, the Marlies started to find their feet at 12:39 when Troy Brodie received the puck in the center slot from Connor Brown. Brodie released the puck and popped it past Eriksson for the first goal of the game and the 1-0 lead.

The Marlies didn't let the Comets penalty kill statistic (90.8 percent on the road) get into their heads because the Toronto based club found their second of the game just four seconds after a holding penalty was called on the Comets rookie forward, Hunter Shinkaruk. Brendan Mikkelson received the puck directly off the face-off from William Nylander and blasted the one-timer in to the mesh for the power-play goal and the 2-0 lead.

Jeffrey and the Comets wasted no time getting on the board once the second period began. Barley two minutes in to the period, Jeffrey rushed into the right of the slot and fed one to the front of the net but Antoine Bibeau failed to cover the puck. The re-bound was left for the taking and once Jeffrey retrieved the puck he was left alone in front and sniped it over Bibeau's right shoulder to get the Comets within one.

It wasn't until the end of the second, but the Comets finally found the equalizer at 16:50. Grenier found his ninth of the season after releasing the puck directly from the left dot which ended up blazing through Bibeau's short side to make it 2-2. Kent Huskins was credited with the secondary assist for his first of the season.

The two teams couldn't come agree on a score after three periods, so an overtime period was necessary to determine the winner.

Fortunately for the Comets, just before play was pushed to 3-on-3 play in the overtime period, they found themselves in a 3-on-1 situation in the attacking zone and after a quick feed from Alex Friesen, Pedan knocked in his first of the season for the game-winning goal to make it a 3-2 final decision.

After Saturday night's win, the Comets will head to Glens Falls next Friday for back-to-back games against the Adirondack Flames. The Comets are undefeated through seven games this season against the Flames.

Three Stars: 1. UTI Joacim Eriksson (W, 35 Saves, 1 assist) 2. TOR Antoine Bibeau (39 Saves) 3. TOR Brendan Mikkelson (1 goal, 1 assist)

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Comets Defeat the Chicago Mustangs and Move to 16-0

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January 30, 2015 - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) Missouri Comets NDEPENDENCE, MO "" The Chicago Mustangs (9-6) held the Missouri Comets (16-0) scoreless in the first quarter but the Major Arena Soccer League Central Division Champions scored five straight goals in the second half to earn a 7-2 victory in front of 5,355 fans at the Independence Events Center.

Midfielder John Sosa was named Borden Man of the Match after his four-point performance where he tallied one goal and recorded three assists. In addition, league leader Leo Gibson scored one tally and had one assist.

Head coach Vlatko Andonovski's team was without four key players due to injury. Max Touloute (groin), Milan Ivanovic (AC strain), Stefan Stokic (abdominal strain) and Danny Waltman (ankle) did not suit up for the match.

Both the Mustangs and the Comets settled for a scoreless first quarter. However, the second quarter had Missouri score the first goal of the night when team captain Vahid Assadpour found the back of the net assisted by Sosa.

Moments later, Edgar Martini tied the match before Andre Braithwaite notched his first one of the night. Once again, the Mustangs tied the match when Hewerton Moreira beat Patterson to end the half 2-2.

The halftime break featured the annual mascot scrimmage game where Calvin The Canine accompanied by Blue from Sporting KC, KC Wolf from the Kansas City Chiefs, Kasey the Kangaroo from UMKC, Baby Jay from Kansas University among others entertained the fans for over ten minutes.

The reigning MISL Champions' defense made it impossible for the head coach Armando Gamboa's team to find the back of the net for the remainder of the match.

On the other hand, the Comets scored five consecutive goals throughout the second half. At the middle of the third stanza, Sosa beat goalkeeper Jesus Flores followed by Robert Palmer's eleventh tally of the season to end the quarter 4-2.

A couple of blue cards and a yellow card issued to the Mustangs in the fourth quarter, allowed the Comets to score three more goals courtesy of Gibson, Braithwaite and Josh Gardner ending the match with a final score of 7-2.

At the end of the match, Gamboa was issued a red card for abusive language.

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