Wallenpaupack and Abington Heights took to the courts for the second time this year with the Comets getting the better of the Bucks in their first meeting winning 3-2.

The Lady Buckhorn Soccer Team fell to Pittston Area on Wednesday 2-1 and are currently sitting in a tie for second place with Delaware Valley. Both teams have a record of 6-3-2 in the Wyoming Valley Conference, B Division, and trail Wyoming Seminary who has a perfect 11-0 record.

The Lady Bucks Soccer Team and the Lady Warriors of DV faced off on the pitch Friday afternoon and played through two halves and two extra periods of overtime and still no winner was declared. The game  ended in a 0-0 stalemate for the second time this year and the third tie in the past two seasons.

With a steady flow of rain and an all around damp and cold day on the shores of the Big Lake, the Warriors and Buckhorns took to the field to face off once again in Lackawanna League Division One Baseball Action.

While hoping to catch one of the tagged, stocked fish in the 2008 Lackawaxen River Monster Trout Derby, Richard Triplett caught a wild, untagged, 8-1/2 lb., 29 in. rainbow trout.

At Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre Monday, May 5, the Wallenpaupack Boys Tennis Team defeated Hazleton by a score of 3-2, sweeping the doubles matches, in the District 2 Team Tournament semi-finals.

With the threat of inclement weather the Bucks Tennis Team moved their match with North Pocono to the warm confines of Cove Haven and once again dismantled the visiting team in straight set wins all around, losing only seven games in the seemingly lopsided contest.

What once was a three way tie for first place with the Bucks, Invaders and Cavaliers, went down to one team who was sitting on top for almost 24 hours, is back to a two-way race for the top honors.

The Lady Bucks took to the road on Wednesday to face the Lady Hornets of Honesdale and fell in the contest 17-2.

The Lady Bucks scored two goals in the second half of a damp and cold evening on Monday to beat GAR 2-0.

Imagine this scenario. It’s fourth and goal from the seven-yard line, 25 seconds on the scoreboard and the Buckhorns are down by four. Rich Palazzi fades back looking to loft up a floater to the streaking Phil Mertine heading for the corner of the end zone and all of a sudden a giant linebacker breaks through and blindsides the trusty QB, knocking him to the ground and drawing an eerie hush from the Purple Pride. There’s no movement and a sense of urgency takes over.

The Bucks had their hands full on Friday before finally tying the game in the bottom of the seventh inning on a wild pitch with Chris Ortiz at the plate that scored Nick DeFebo from third. The Bucks improved their record to 6-2 with the 11-8 win over Scranton.

Wallenpaupack’s Tennis Team upped its record to 10-1 on the year by taking a 3-2 win over Western Wayne on Monday and a 5-0 win over Montrose on Tuesday and adding a 5-0 victory on Wednesday at Riverside High School.

Scranton Prep invaded the shores of the Big Lake on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon and took home victories in both the boys and girls meet. The Boys fell by an overall score of 85-65 and the girls came up short 92-58.

Coming off their first loss of the year, the Buckhorns hosted another team from the Electric City and once again came up just short of putting a “W” in the win column. The Bucks fell to West Scranton on Monday afternoon on the shores of the Big Lake 3-2 in Lackawanna League Division One action and dropped to 4-2 on the season.