The Keystone College baseball team got off to a 4-2 start, splitting four games in South Carolina, then winning twice in Virginia on March 1.
The Giants won four straight after losing their first two and scored 60 runs in those games. They head to Florida for games March 5-12.
Dante Ruby, a sophomore from Valley View, is batting .526 with five doubles, a triple and a home run among his 10 hits. He shares the team lead with 12 runs scored and has driven in seven.
Dillion Bird has 11 RBI on just five hits. Benny Hess has driven in nine runs in his four games.
Men’s basketball
Keystone defeated one higher-seeded opponent in the United East Conference playoffs and put up a fight against another before its season ended with an 8-19 record.
No. 2 seed Penn State Brandywine stopped the 10th-seeded Giants 69-63 in a Feb. 21 quarterfinal game.
Jden Golding scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half of the loss. Scranton graduate P.J. Murphy hit six 3-pointers while producing 21 points and eight rebounds.
The Giants closed the regular season with a 64-59 victory over Rosemont, then opened the playoffs on the road Feb. 18 with an 80-71 victory over seventh-seeded St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Golding scored 29 points, and Ahmodrion Jones added 22 on 9-for-13 shooting.
Women’s basketball
Keystone finished 3-10 in the United East and 4-20 overall.
Wrestling
Nero Bono and Codi Bomboy each one once before the Keystone season came to an end at the NCAA Region 2 Qualifier Feb. 27 at Ithaca College.
Bono had a pin in the winners’ bracket at 197 pounds. Bomboy had a first-period pin in a 165-pound consolation bout.
The Giants went 1-18 in duals on the season.
Softball
Keystone’s March 1 opening doubleheader at Lycoming College was postponed.
The Giants will start their season in Myrtle Beach, S.C. March 8.
