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WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Dajon Rush led the way for GAR as he scored 22 points to lead the Grenadiers to a 53-44 victory over Wyoming Area in Wyoming Valley Conference boys basketball Wednesday night.Keyshawn Palmer added 16 points for GAR, which travels to Nanticoke on Friday for a battle of 3-0 teams in Division 2.Sam Greenfield had a team-high 12 points for the Warriors.Meyers 56, Wyoming Seminary 38Meyers held Wyoming Seminary to just four points in the first quarter en route to a victory over the Blue Knights.Levaugn Soules had a team-high 18 points for Meyers. Omar Kelly and Julian Maffei each scored 12 points.Crestwood 52, Dallas 40Robbie Hopkins and Josh Malkemes were the offensive leaders for Crestwood as they scored 17 and 16 points, respectively, in the Comets&#8217; win over Dallas.Ben Donahue had 13 points to lead the Mountaineers.Nanticoke 70, Lake-Lehman 51Scott Stout had a team-high 17 points to help Nanticoke to a win over Lake-Lehman. Ed Lukowski (11) and Luke Butczynski (10) each reached double digits for the Trojans.Stout also finished the game a perfect 10 for 10 from the foul line.Three players on the Black Knights hit double digits: Jake Corey (18), Cole Spencer (17) and Ben Brooks (13).Holy Redeemer 58, Northwest 44Holy Redeemer scored 30 points in the first half en route to a win over Northwest.John Carr had 13 points, Jason Stachokus tallied 12 and Drew Casper and Joe Layou scored eight apiece to lead the Royals.Northwest&#8217;s Mitchell Mazonkey recorded 16 points and the Rangers were a perfect 11 for 11 from the free-throw line.Coughlin 73, Wyo. Valley West 58Devin Rajza scored a game-high 28 points as Coughlin defeated Wyoming Valley West.Jose Rivera added 16 and Charles Cobbs had 11 for the Crusaders.Valley West placed four players in double figures &#8211; Tyler Yankosky (16), Draig Ruff (14), Sean Judge (13) and Amistad Hackett (10).Meyers 56, Wyoming Seminary 38WYO. SEMINARY (38) &#8212; Tyler Maddock 1 0-0 2, Noah Munley 3 0-0 7, Marshall Bursis 2 0-0 5, Jake Ridilla 0 1-2 1, Johnny Kehl 4 0-2 8, Nicholas Ganter 4 2-4 10, Jeff Bevacqua 1 3-4 5. Totals 15 6-12 38.MEYERS (56) &#8212; Omar Kelly 5 0-0 12, Simean Mangat 1 0-0 3, Matt Dessoye 3 0-0 7, J.J. Davidson 0 0-0 0, Alquwan Nelson 0 0-0 0, Raheem Twyman 1 0-0 2, Ryan Gilgallon 1 0-0 2, Mark Robinson 0 0-0 0, Julian Maffei 4 2-2 12, Levaugn Soules 9 0-2 18. Totals 24 2-4 56.Wyoming Seminary`4`15`9`10`&#8212;`38Meyers`11`23`14`8`&#8212;`56Three-point goals &#8212; WS 2 (Munley 1, Bursis 1); MEY 6 (Kelly 2, Mangat 1, Dessoye 1, Maffei 2).GAR 53, Wyoming Area 44WYOMING AREA (44) &#8212; Anthony Nardell 0 2-2 2, Kyre Zielinski 2 0-0 4, Tony Sattia 2 1-3 5, Matt Wright 1 0-0 2, Sam Greenfield 6 0-0 12, Anthony Shaver 3 1-3 7, Kyle Musto 1 0-0 3, PJ Angeli 4 0-0 9. Totals 19 4-8 44.GAR (53) &#8212; Keyshawn Palmer 7 2-4 16, Dajon Rush 6 7-8 21, Antwone Easter 0 0-0 0, Garry Kroll 2 0-0 4, Tino Altavilla 2 2-2 8, Justin Crosby-Smith 1 0-2 2, Will Johnson 0 2-3 2. Totals 18 13-19 53.Wyoming Area`8`9`11`16`&#8212;`44GAR`13`15`13`12`&#8212;`53Three-point goals &#8212; WA 2 (Musto 1, Angeli 1); GAR 4 (Rush 2, Altavilla 2).Crestwood 52, Dallas 40CRESTWOOD (52) &#8212; Robbie Hopkins 5 4-4 17, Kyle Gegaris 0 0-0 0, Lance Blass 1 0-0 2, Jason Klusewitz 1 0-0 3, Kevin Klusewitz 1 1-2 4, Kyle Richards 2 1-2 5, Tim McCue 1 0-0 3, Mendell Foreman 1 0-0 2, Josh Malkemes 6 3-4 16. Totals 18 9-12 52.DALLAS (40) &#8212; Ben O&#8217;Connell 0 0-0 0, Collin Pertl 0 0-0 0, Nick Kocher 4 0-0 10, Dalton Gattuso 3 1-2 7, Tanner Gattuso 3 0-0 7, Ben Donahue 5 2-3 13, Joey Parsons 0 1-4 1, Ethan Szczencinski 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 4-9 40.Crestwood`9`20`15`8`&#8212;`52Dallas`9`13`7`11`&#8212;`40Three-point goals &#8212; CRES 7 (Hopkins 3, J. Klusewitz 1, K. Klusewitz 1, McCue 1, Malkemes 1); DAL 4 (Kocher 2, T. Gattuso 1, Donahue 1).Nanticoke 70, Lake-Lehman 51NANTICOKE (70) &#8212; Rich Wiaterowski 1 0-1 2, Ed Lukowski 3 5-8 11, Scott Stout 3 10-10 17, Cody Piestrak 1 0-0 3, Brent Piontkowski 2 2-2 6, Luke Butczynski 4 0-1 10, Zack Cardone 2 1-1 5, Matt Piontkowski 2 0-0 4, Ben Sersen 2 1-2 6, Alec Norton 1 0-0 2, Justin Casey 2 0-0 4. Totals 23 19-25 70.LAKE-LEHMAN (51) &#8212; Walkker Shaw 0 0-0 0, Donnie Thompson 0 0-0 0, John Pelton 1 0-1 3, CJ Cercone 0 0-0 0, Joey Vigil 0 0-2 0, Jake Corey 7 2-2 18, Mahmoud Dabsheh 0 0-0 0, Adam Motovidlak 0 0-0 0, Cole Spencer 5 7-10 17, Ben Brooks 5 1-2 13. Totals 18 10-17 51.Nanticoke`17`23`14`16`&#8212;`70Lake-Lehman`13`16`15`7`&#8212;`51Three-point goals &#8212; NAN 5 (Stout 1, Piestrak 1, Butczynski 2, Sersen 1); LL 5 (Pelton 1, Corey 2, Brooks 2).Holy Redeemer 58, Northwest 44NORTHWEST (44) &#8212; Tyler Stevens 3 0-0 8, Neno Agnello 1 0-0 2, Sam Saxe 1 2-2 4, Caleb Diltz 2 2-2 7, Jaxson Yaple 1 0-0 2, Jesse Tarnowski 1 2-2 5, Mitchell Mazonkey 5 5-5 16. Totals 14 11-11 44.HOLY REDEEMER (58) &#8212; Drew Casper 2 2-3 8, Jason Stachokus 4 0-0 12, Joey Judge 2 0-2 4, Joe Layou 3 0-0 8, Zach Brennan 0 1-2 1, James Kosik 1 4-4 7, Sal Aiello 1 1-1 3, Michael Lyons 1 0-0 2, John Carr 6 1-1 13. Totals 20 9-13 58.Northwest`6`14`10`14`&#8212;`44Holy Redeemer`18`12`14`14`&#8212;`58Three-point goals &#8212; NW 5 (Stevens 2, Diltz 1, Tarnowski 1, Mazonkey 1); HR 9 (Casper 2, Stachokus 4, Layou 2, Kosik 1).Coughlin 73, Wyo. Valley West 58COUGHLIN (73) &#8211; Eli McAllister 3 2-7 8, Jose Rivera 2 11-14 16, Devin Rajza 8 6-8 28, Nick Cerep 1 2-4 4, Charles Cobbs 5 0-2 11, Melvin Robinson 3 0-1 6, Manny Adams 0 0-0 0, Christian Jeremiah 0 0-0 0, Auhmmer Mimms 0 0-0 0, Aaron Bennett 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 21-35 73.WYO. VAL. WEST (57) &#8211; Sean Judge 5 0-0 13, Noah Frace 0 0-0 0, Savion Saunders 1 0-0 2, Draig Ruff 7 0-2 14, Tyler Yankosky 6 4-6 16, Matt Bobkowski 0 0-0 0, Amistad Hackett 5 0-0 10, Davis Weaver 0 0-0 0, Marquise Anderscavage 0 2-2 2, Tayshawn Moore 0 0-0 0, Richard Ray 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 6-10 57.Coughlin`16`20`18`19`&#8212;`73Wyo. Valley West`11`15`12`19`&#8212;`57Three-point goals &#8211; COU 8 (Rivera, Rajza 6, Cobbs), WVW 3 (Judge 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>

HS Boys Basketball: Dajon Rush leads GAR past Wyoming Area