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Dajon Rush scored nine of his game-high 24 points in the fourth quarter to help GAR overcome a third-quarter deficit and knock off Wyoming Valley West, 64-61 in a boys basketball game on Saturday night.GAR, which trailed by two points entering the fourth quarter, also got a nice game from Aaron Hyppolite, who added 15 points.For the Spartans, Aaron Austin led the way with 13 points. Draig Ruff and Amisted Hackett each added 12 points for WVW.Nanticoke 55, Riverside 35Scott Stout scored 12 points to lead all scorers and was the only player on either team to reach double digits as the Trojans cruised to the victory on the road.Boys Latin 57, Dallas 33Jay Bittner scored 11 points and Michael Farrell added 10 for Dallas, but the team was outscored 19-2 in the second quarter of the home loss.Berwick 50, Central Columbia 28Berwick&#8217;s Tyler Evans netted 16 points to lead all scorers, while teammate Jude Goodard chipped in 10 points.Hanover Area 63, Forest City 49Tyler Diggs tossed in 23 points to lead the Hawkeyes to the victory on the road.Nick Minnach contributed 17 points for Hanover Area, and Brandon Chafin added 15 points.MMI 48, Marian Catholic 41Ed Herbner poured in a game-high 25 points to lead the Preppers to the win, while John Stish also reached double digits with 12 points.Lake-Lehman 66, Lackawanna Trail 50The Black Knights led by 23 points at halftime as Cole Spencer netted a game-high 20 points.Jacob Carey tossed in 15 points, including three shots from behind the arc to help Lehman.GIRLS BASKETBALLMahanoy Area 49, Hanover Area 40Haylee Bobos scored 15 points and Genesis Rodriguez added 14, but it wasn&#8217;t enough as Hanover Area fell in nonconference action.Asdone Hooper and Victoria Benning each got on the board with six and four points, respectively.Minersville 74, Crestwood 52Crestwood fell inot a 32-22 halftime hole and couldn&#8217;t recover in a loss to Minersville.Maddie Ritsick scored a team-high 21 points, while Kate Snipas finished with 12.BOYS BASKETBALLNanticoke 55, Riverside 35NANTICOKE (55) &#8212; Wiaterowski 0 0-0 0, Stout 3 3-3 12, Piestrak 0 0-0 0, B. Piontkowski 3 0-3 9, Butczynski 3 2-2 9, Cardone 1 0-0 2, Divers 0 0-0 0, Thomas 1 2-2 4, M. Piontkowski 0 0-0 0, Sersen 2 2-3 8, Norton 0 1-4 1, Casey 2 0-1 4. Totals 12 13-19 55.RIVERSIDE (35) &#8212; Davies 0 0-0 0, Carbona 1 0-0 2, Glogowski 0 0-0 0, Sottile 3 0-0 7, Vash 3 5-7 12, Fallon 3 0-0 9. Totals 11 7-9 35.Nanticoke`10`20`8`17`&#8212;`55Riverside`2`11`12`10`&#8212;`35Three-point goals &#8212; NAN 6 (Stout 3, Sersen 2, Butczynski 1); RIV 6 (Sottile 1, Vash 1, Fallon 3).Boys Latin 57, Dallas 33BOYS LATIN (57) &#8212; Powell 1 0-0 2, Mauge 1 0-0 2, Morris 2 0-0 5, Gardner-Nicholson 1 1-2 3, Sephes 2 2-4 6, Brown 0 0-0 0, Ahmad 1 0-0 2, Slater 2 0-1 4, Slaughter 3 0-0 6, Killing 8 1-3 19, Powell 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 6-12 57.DALLAS (33) &#8212; O&#8217;Connell 0 0-0 0, Pertl 1 0-0 2, Jones 0 0-0 0, Kocher 0 0-0 0, Gattuso 1 1-12 3, Ostroski 0 2-2 2, Bowanko 1 0-0 3, Donahue 0 2-2 2, Kovalick 0 0-0 0, Bittner 4 0-1 11, Parsons 0 0-0 0, Sczencinski 0 0-0 0, Farrell 5 0-0 10. Totals 13 5-6 33.Boys Latin`10`19`8`20`&#8212;`57Dallas`8`2`13`10`&#8212;`33Three-point goals &#8212; BL 3 (Morris 1, Killing 2); DAL 2 (Bowanko, Bittner).MMI 48, Marian Catholic 41MMI (48) &#8212; Herbner 9 4-10 25, Solagma 0 0-0 0, Stish 6 0-0 12, Williams 2 2-4 7, Alday 2 0-3 4, Young 0 0-0 0, Drusda 0 0-0 0, Palermo 0 0-2 0, Patel 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 6-19 48.MARIAN CATHOLIC (41) &#8212; Cortese 2 1-3 5, Waitko 6 0-0 13, Kupczynski 3 0-1 6, DeAngelo 2 1-1 5, Mohammed 3 6-12 12. Totals 16 8-17 41.MMI`14`6`15`13`&#8212;`48Marian Catholic`4`14`15`8`&#8212;`41Three-point goals &#8212; MMI 4 (Herbner 3, Williams 1); MC 1 (Waitko).GAR 64, Wyoming Valley West 61WVW (61) &#8212; Judge 1 3-7 5, France 3 0-0 6, Saunders 2 0-0 4, Austin 5 1-1 13, Ruff 5 0-1 10, Yankosky 2 3-6 7, Hackett 4 2-4 10, Weaver 3 0-0 6. Totals 25 9-19 61.GAR (64) &#8212; Rush 8 8-17 24, Hyppolite 6 3-9 15, Kroll 1 0-0 3, Altavilla 2 2-4 8, Crosby-Smith 3 0-5 7, Peralta 3 1-2 7. Totals 23 14-37 64.WVW`16`10`20`15`&#8212;`61GAR`15`15`14`20`&#8212;`64Three-point goals &#8212; WVW 2 (Austin 2); GAR 4 (Altavilla 2, Kroll 1, Crosby-Smith 1).Hanover Area 63, Forest City 49HANOVER AREA (63) &#8212; Chafin 5 3-4 15, Minnach 6 3-4 17, Morgan 0 0-0 0, McCance 1 2-2 5, Diggs 8 2-4 23, Vallaro 0 1-2 1, Salwoski 0 2-2 2. Totals 20 13-18 63.FOREST CITY (49) &#8212; Yates 7 1-1 15, Kowalewski 1 1-2 3, Cook 7 1-1 15, Odell 2 0-0 5, Rotella 1 1-2 3, Pavlin 2 4-6 8. Totals 20 8-12 49.Hanover Area`18`12`11`22`&#8212;`63Forest City`10`10`15`4`&#8212;`49Three-point goals &#8212; HAN 10 (Chafin 2, Minnach 2, McCance 1, Diggs 5); FC 1 (Odell 1).Lake-Lehman 66, Lackawanna Trail 50LAKE-LEHMAN (66) &#8212; Shaw 3 0-2 5, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Weston 1 1-2 4, Pelton 1 1-2 3, Cercone 1 1-2 4, Labar 0 0-0 0, Carey 7 2-3 15, I. Dabsheh 0 0-0 0, M. Dabsheh 1 1-1 3, Motovidlak 3 0-1 6, Spencer 9 2-2 20, Prest 0 0-0 0, Sokolowski 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 8-15 66.LACKAWANNA TRAIL (50) &#8212; Traver 2 0-2 4, Berrins 1 2-6 4, Holmes 1 0-0 2, Maier 0 0-3 0, Ankoff 2 2-3 6, Edwards 0 2-4 2, Scioscia 4 5-7 13, Stevens 1 2-2 4, Jones 1 0-0 3, Sanders 5 2-2 12. Totals 17 15-19 50.Lake-Lehman`20`14`20`12`&#8212;`66Lackawanna Trail`11`11`9`19`&#8212;`50Three-point goals &#8212; LL 6 (Shaw 1, Weston 1, Cercone 1, Carey 3); LT 1 (Jones).Berwick 50, Central Columbia 28BERWICK (50) &#8212; Melito 3 1-2 7, Marshman 1 0-0 2, Champ 1 0-0 3, Markle 0 0-0 0, Groshek 0 0-0 0, Beckhorn 2 4-5 8, Evans 7 1-4 16, Goodard 4 2-2 10, McMillan 2 0-0 4, Pierce 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 8-13 50.CENTRAL COLUMBIA (28) &#8212; Decker 1 2-4 4, Smith 2 1-2 5, Devlon 0 1-2 1, Boyd 1 0-0 2, Seeshaltz 1 0-0 2, Brunozzi 1 0-0 3, Sokel 1 0-0 3, Grozer 2 1-4 5, Petersheim 1 0-0 3. Totals 10 5-12 28.Berwick`13`14`16`7`&#8212;`50Central Columbia`4`7`7`10`&#8212;`28Three-point goals &#8212; BER 2 (Champ 1, Evans 1); CC 3 (Brunozzi, Sokel, Petersheim).GIRLS BASKETBALLMahanoy Area 49, Hanover Area 40MAHANOY (49) &#8212; Bavinsky 3 2-4 8, M. Bisvo 4 0-1 10, L. Bisvo 2 5-6 9, Van Horn 2 0-0 4, Bernardyn 2 0-0 4, Cavenas 3 5-8 11. Totals 16 17-19 49.HANOVER (33) &#8212; Asdone Hooper 1 4-5 6, Mary Slusser 0 0-0 0, Victoria Benning 2 0-0 4, Alesha Dennis 0 0-0 0, Lauren Blazaskie 0 0-0 0, Genesis Rodriguez 6 2-3 14, Haylee Bobos 5 6-7 15. Totals 14 12-15 40.Mahanoy `12`19`10`9`&#8212;`49Hanover `10`12`8`10`&#8212;`40Three-point goals &#8212; MA 2 (M. Bisvo 2).Minersville 74, Crestwood 52MINERSVILLE (74) &#8212; Nawrocki 3 0-0 9, Kriston 2 0-0 5, Schoffstall 8 4-6 21, Bentz 2 0-0 4, Lowe 1 0-0 2, Mealy 6 3-7 15, Kroznuskie 5 0-0 11, Wisoda 1 4-4 7 . Totals 28 12-18 74.CRESTWOOD (52) &#8212; Sarah Hopkins 2 1-2 3, Mattie Ritsick 8 3-6 21, Julia Makowski 3 1-1 8, Kate Snipas 5 0-1 12, Abby Macko 0 2-4 2, Marlee Dillion 1 0-0 2, Emily Shiplett 2 0-0 4, Alyssa Cuono 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 7-12 52.Minersville`19`13`20`22`&#8212;`74Crestwood`11`11`20`10`&#8212;`52Three-point goals &#8212; MIN 6 (Nawrocki 3, Kriston, Schoffstall, Kroznuskie); CRE 5 (Ritsick 2, Makowski, Snipas 2).<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. basketball: Dajon Rush leads GAR over Wyoming Valley West