Old Forge rolls into state semifinals

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NANTICOKE &#8212; Scott Stout scored 19 points and Brent Piontkowski added 14 as Nanticoke opened the boys basketball season with a 54-32 victory over Wyoming Valley West on Friday.Stout had 11 points in the first half as the Trojans opened a 32-18 lead at the break.Savion Sanders scored 10 points for Valley West in coach Rich Jones&#8217; debut with the Spartans.Berwick 61, Selinsgrove 44Tyler Evans scored 26 points as Berwick advanced to the title game of the Nespoli Tournament.Damon Beckhorn added 20 for the Dawgs, who will play Wyoming Seminary. Seminary defeated Western Wayne.Scranton 44, Holy Redeemer 39James Kosik scored 11 points to pace Redeemer in its loss to Scranton.Nanticoke 54, Wyo. Valley West 32WYO. VALLEY WEST (32) &#8212; Noah Frace 0 0-0 0, Savion Sanders 3 2-2 10, Draig Ruff 3 0-0 6, Matt Bobkowski 1 0-0 2, Amistad Hackett 3 2-3 8, Chris Blanco 0 0-0 0, Stephone Scotland 0 0-0 0, Davis Weaver 0 0-0 0, Eric Latoski 0 1-2 1, Ray Richard 0 1-2 1, Marquise Anderscavage 2 0-0 4, Kahseem Crook 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 6-9 32.NANTICOKE (54) &#8212; Rich Waiterowski 0 0-0 0, Ed Lukowski 0 0-0 0, Scott Stout 6 6-10 19, Cody Piestrak 1 0-0 3, Brent Piontkowski 4 5-7 14, Luke Butzynski 1 1-2 4, Zack Cardone 0 0-0 0, Alec Divers 0 0-0 0, Tyler Thomas 1 0-0 3, Matt Piontkowski 0 0-2 0, Ben Sersen 2 2-4 7, Alec Norton 0 0-0 0, Justin Casey 1 2-5 4. Totals 16 16-30 54.Wyo. Valley West`9`9`6`8`&#8212;`32Nanticoke`12`20`10`12`&#8212;`54Three-point goals: WVW 2 (Sanders 2). NAN 6 (Stout, Piestrak, B.Piontkowski, Butczynski, Thomas, Sersen.)Berwick 61, Selinsgrove 44SELINSGROVE (44) &#8212; Brice Harro 2 0-0 5, Griffin Kirchner 2 0-0 5, Rasheed Hill 0 1-2 1, Kyle Mertz 1 0-1 2, Ben Kuhns 0 0-0 0, Bailey Hatterstein 0 0-0 0, Brenden Carver 2 1-1 5, Connor Vanzil 1 0-0 3, Kenneth Gabrielson 1 0-0 3, Tom Krestetter 1 2-2 4, Ethan Muller 0 0-0 0, Hunter George 8 1-2 17. Totals 17 7-10 44.BERWICK (61) &#8212; Max Melito 0 0-0 0, Ken Marshman 2 0-0 5, Matt Champ 1 2-2 4, Alec Merkel 0 0-0 0, Justin Groshak 0 0-0 0, Damon Beckhorn 7 4-7 20, Tyler Evans 8 5-8 26, Jude Goodard 0 0-0 0, Kyle McMillan 2 0-4 4, Joe Norce 1 0-0 2, Kyle Pierce 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 11-21 61.Selinsgrove`12`14`7`11`&#8212;`44Berwick`11`14`18`18`&#8212;`61Three-point goals &#8212; SEL 3 (Harro, Kirchner, Gabrielson). BER 6 (Marshman, Beckhorn 2, Evans 3).<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLsports</shirttailMeta></div>

H.S. Boys Basketball: Nanticoke opens with win over Wyoming Valley West