Abington Heights is already assured of its winningest season in girls lacrosse.
The Comets are second only to Crestwood in both the Wyoming Valley Conference and the race for the top seed in the District 2 Class 2A playoffs with an 11-1 overall record.
Isabella Caporuscio dominated, scoring 11 goals and assisting on three others April 15 when Crestwood handed host Abington Heights its only loss, 17-5.
Abington Heights has recovered to win four straight since the first-place battle with Crestwood, including the last three games of April by at least 13 goals each.
Caly Yankow has led the offense, which averages more than 14 goals per game. Yankow averages more than four goals, which allowed her to surpass 100 goals for her career before the midway point in her junior season. She reached the milestone with four goals at Pittston Area in a 20-6 romp April 13.
Recap
Yankow scored five goals each in back-to-back wins over Dallas, 18-12, and Lake-Lehman, 10-5, April 8 and 11. The Dallas game was a meeting of unbeaten teams. The win over Lake-Lehman was the first ever for the Comets. … Yankow and Bella DeRiggi scored two goals each in the loss to Crestwood. … Abington Heights bounced back from the first loss to take an 8-2 halftime lead on the way to an 11-7 victory over Wyoming Seminary. They overcame four goals by Maddie Olshemski with Yankow and Casey Healey leading the way by scoring three each. … DeRiggi and Yankow each scored five goals when the Comets matched their season scoring high in a 20-5 win at Wilkes-Barre Area. … The Comets followed up their second, 20-goal effort with their largest margin of victory during a 19-3 win at Lakeland April 25. Yankow scored six goals and DeRiggi added four. … Abington Heights handled Tunkhannock, 16-3, on Senior Night April 27. LeAnna Waters scored her four goals in the first half when the Comets opened a 12-2 lead. Yankow had five goals and two assists. Emily Bartell joined Waters with four goals. Healey had four assists. Ava Davis made five saves in goal.
