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Wyoming Valley Conference races pretty much over, but District 2 seedings races still going strong

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Holy Redeemer digs deep to pull out girls swimming victory over Tunkhannock

Meyers held Wyoming Seminary to just 10 first-half points en route to a 49-25 win on Thursday, clinching the WVC Division 3 title on the road.Omar Kelly led the Mohawks with nine points.Jeff Bevacqua scored a game-high 15 points for the Knights, who hit more shots from behind the arc (four) than from inside it (two).GAR 85, Northwest 60Tino Altavilla knocked down 10 of the Grenadiers&#8217; 12 threes to finish with 32 points. Dajon Rush had the other two and added 22 points himself.The Rangers nearly matched GAR from long range, hitting 11 3-pointers with Jaxson Yaple (21 points) getting five. Sam Saxe scored 19 points.Wyoming Valley West 64, Coughlin 56Aaron Austin hit three of his five 3-pointers in the first quarter and led all scorers with 23 points. Tyler Yankosky added 17 for the Spartans.Jose Rivera scored 20 for the Crusaders.Hazleton Area 88, Tunkhannock 71Bobby Planutis broke out in the second quarter, scoring 18 of his game-high 29 points to fuel the Cougars on the road. Joe Grula added 13 points.Tony Maloney (27 points) and Sean Harder (20) both had big nights for the Tigers.Holy Redeemer 49, MMI Prep 38John Carr scored 14 points while Jason Stachokus and Zach Brennan had 13 apiece to account for the bulk of the Royals&#8217; offense.Ed Herbener has 12 points to top the Preppers.Wyoming Area 67, Hanover Area 51Sam Greenfield led four Warriors in double figures with 22 points in a road win. Kyle Musto (14 points), Kyre Zielinski (12) and Matt Wright (10) also contributed.Tyler Diggs (17) and Nick Minich (16) paced the Hawkeyes.Nanticoke 65, Lake-Lehman 36Zack Cardone scored 12 points off the bench to lead a balanced attack for the Trojans, as 13 different players scored. Luke Butczynski finished with 11 points while Brent Piontkowski had 10.Cole Spencer scored nine of his team-high 12 points in the fourth quarter for the Black Knights.Berwick 58, Pittston Area 48Tyler Evans scored 29 points while connecting on 10 foul shots to pace the Bulldogs, who stormed out to an 11-point lead after the first quarter and didn&#8217;t look back.Jude Goodard added 11 points to Berwick&#8217;s victory.Dylan Osticco led the with 16 points and Matt McGlynn finished with 12 for Pittston Area.Meyers 49, Wyoming Seminary 25MEYERS (49) &#8212; Omar Kelly 3 3-5 9, Matt Dessoye 4 0-0 8, Raheem Twyman 2 2-2 6, Ryan Gilgallon 3 0-2 6, Ryan Wasley 2 0-2 4, Simran Mangat 1 0-0 3, Juwane Buckner 0 2-2 2, Julian Maffei 2 0-0 6, Levaugn Soules 2 1-2 5. Totals 19 8-15 49.WYOMING SEMINARY (25) &#8212; Noah Munley 0 0-0 0, Patrick Ganter 1 1-2 3, Marshall Bursis 1 2-2 5, Johnny Kehl 0 0-0 0, Jeff Bevacqua 4 4-6 15, Tyler Maddock 0 1-2 1, Jake Ridilla 0 1-2 1, Nicholas Ganter 0 0-1 0. Totals 6 9-15 25.Meyers`14`11`11`13`&#8212;`49Wyo. Seminary`5`5`12`3`&#8212;`253-point goals &#8212; MEY 3 (Maffei 2, Mangat); WS 4 (Bevacqua 3, Bursis)GAR 85, Northwest 60NORTHWEST (60) &#8212; Tyler Stevens 1 0-0 2, Sam Saxe 4 9-12 19, Jaxson Yaple 7 2-4 21, Nick Levandowski 1 0-0 2, Mitchell Mazonkey 5 0-1 13, Neno Agnello 0 0-0 0, Caleb Diltz 1 0-0 3, Bryce Kosler 0 0-0 0, Jeff Kozlowski 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 11-17 60.GAR (85) &#8212; Marquan Kemp 4 0-0 8, Dajon Rush 9 2-2 22, Tino Altavilla 11 0-0 32, Justin Crosby-Smith 1 3-4 5, Antwone Easter 1 0-0 2, Aaron Hyppolite 0 0-0 0, Will Johnson 3 2-4 8, Noah Edwards 1 0-0 2, Simon Peter 0 1-2 1, Mufee Burney 0 0-0 0, Andrew Campbell 0 0-0 0, Khalil White 0 0-0 0, Anthony Hawk 2 1-2 5. Totals 32 9-14 85.Northwest`15`17`14`15`&#8212;`60GAR`19`27`20`19`&#8212;`853-point goals &#8212; NW 11 (Yaple 5, Mazoneky 3, Saxe 2, Diltz); GAR 12 (Altavilla 10, Rush 2)Valley West 64, Coughlin 56WYOMING VALLEY WEST (64) &#8212; Sean Judge 2 2-4 7, Aaron Austin 9 0-0 23, Draig Ruff 2 2-4 6, Tyler Yankosky 6 5-7 17, Amistad Hackett 1 7-9 9, Noah Frace 0 0-0 0, Savion Saunders 0 0-0 0, Chris Blanco 0 0-0 0, Marquise Andrewscavage 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 18-22 64.COUGHLIN (56) &#8212; Elisha McAllister 4 0-2 8, Jose Rivera 5 7-9 20, Devin Rajza 2 1-1 5, Nick Cerep 1 0-0 2, Melvin Robinson 4 0-0 8, Charles Cobbs 4 4-5 13, Auhmeer Mims 0 0-0 0, Manny Adams 0 0-0 0, Thomas Davis 0 0-0 0, Idris Hollis 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 12-17 56.Valley West`15`12`17`20`&#8212;`64Coughlin`10`12`18`16`&#8212;`563-point goals &#8212; WVW 6 (Austin 5, Judge); COU 4 (Rivera 3, Cobbs)Hazleton Area 88, Tunkhannock 71HAZLETON AREA (88) &#8212; Josh Samec 3 0-0 7, Michael Cusatis 3 1-2 8, Dante Biasi 3 1-2 8, Bobby Planutis 11 5-5 29, Jeffrey Planutis 2 0-0 5, Shane Planutis 2 0-0 4, Joe Grula 4 3-4 13, Nolan Genasevich 2 0-0 4, Da&#8217;Mir Faison 2 3-5 7, Jacob Diaz 0 0-0 0, Adrian Otero 0 0-0 0, Davion Reeves 0 0-0 0, Isaiah Santiago 1 0-0 3. Totals 33 13-18 88.TUNKHANNOCK (71) &#8212; Sean Harder 7 2-2 20, Ethan Hoefert 3 2-2 8, Tyler Faux 4 2-2 10, Tony Maloney 8 5-5 27, Evan Turner 2 2-2 6, Avery Newhart 0 0-0 0, Matt Goodwin 0 0-0 0, Avery Billings 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 13-13 71.Hazleton Area`19`29`21`19`&#8212;`88Tunkhannock`12`15`21`23`&#8212;`713-point goals &#8212; HAZ 9 (B. Planutis 2, Grula 2, Samec, Cusatis, Biasi, J. Planutis, Santiago); TUN 10 (Maloney 6, Harder 4)Holy Redeemer 49, MMI Prep 38MMI PREP (38) &#8212; Ed Herbener 4 4-6 12, Jay Solgama 3 2-2 10, John Stish 2 1-1 6, Kyle Williams 1 0-0 2, Andrew Alday 3 0-0 8, Nick Young 0 0-0 0, Brenden Drusfa 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 7-9 38.HOLY REDEEMER (49) &#8212; Jason Stachokus 4 2-5 13, Joey Judge 1 0-0 2, Zach Brennan 5 0-1 13, James Kosik 0 0-0 0, John Carr 6 2-3 14, Joe Layou 1 0-0 2, Sal Aiello 0 1-2 1, Luke Nealon 2 0-0 4, Anthony Khoudary 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 5-11 49.MMI Prep`8`5`8`17`&#8212;`38Holy Redeemer`6`16`16`11`&#8212;`493-point goals &#8212; MMI 5 (Solgama 2, Alday 2, Stish); HR 6 (Stachokus 3, Brennan 3)Wyoming Area 67, Hanover Area 51WYOMING AREA (67) &#8212; Anthony Nardell 0 3-4 3, Kyre Zielinski 4 5-7 13, Tony Saitta 0 1-2 1, Sam Greenfield 10 2-2 22, Kyle Musto 4 3-3 14, Matt Wright 3 4-6 10, Anthony Shaver 0 3-4 3. Totals 21 21-28 67.HANOVER AREA (51) &#8212; Brandon Chafin 2 4-8 8, Nick Minich 7 1-2 16, John Morgan 0 0-0 0, Tyler Diggs 6 1-1 17, Justin Kopko 1 1-3 3, Mike Piscotty 1 0-0 3, Luis Rivera 2 0-0 4, Devin Senk 0 0-0 0, Andrew Vollaro 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 5-11 51.Wyoming Area`13`17`11`26`&#8212;`67Hanover Area`8`11`9`23`&#8212;`513-point goals &#8212; WA 3 (Musto 3); HAN 5 (Diggs 4, Minich)Nanticoke 65, Lake-Lehman 36LAKE-LEHMAN (36) &#8212; John Pelton 0 0-0 0, C.J. Cercone 1 0-0 3, Jake Corey 1 1-2 3, Adam Motovidlak 0 0-0 0, Cole Spencer 5 2-4 12, Walkker Shaw 0 0-0 0, Garrett Weston 3 0-0 7, Joey Vigil 0 0-0 0, Mahmoud Dabsheh 1 0-0 2, Ben Brooks 3 0-0 9. Totals 14 3-6 36.NANTICOKE (65) &#8212; Ed Lukowski 0 0-0 0, Scott Stout 0 6-10 6, Brent Piontkowski 4 2-3 10, Luke Butczynski 4 2-2 11, Justin Casey 2 2-8 6, Rick Wiaterowski 0 2-2 2, Cody Piestrak 0 0-0 0, Zack Cardone 4 3-3 12, Alec Divers 0 2-2 2, Tyler Thomas 2 2-4 6, Matt Piontkowski 0 2-6 2, Ben Sersen 1 0-0 3, Alec Norton 1 0-0 2, Nate Kreitzer 1 0-0 3, Noah Krubitzer 1 0-0 3, Dylan Szychowski 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 23-40 65.Lake-Lehman`8`3`9`16`&#8212;`36Nanticoke`9`20`17`19`&#8212;`653-point goals &#8212; LL 5 (Brooks 3, Cercone, Weston); NAN 5 (Butczynski, Cardone, Sersen, Kreitzer, Krubitzer)Berwick 58, Pittston Area 48PITTSTON AREA (48) &#8212; Jordan Black 1 1-2 3, Dylan Osticco 4 8-10 16, Pat Mitchell 2 2-2 6, Colin Smith 1 0-0 2, Jimmy Pliska 0 0-0 0, Matt McGlynn 3 3-3 12, Michael Mazurkivich 0 0-0 0, Chris Klein 0 1-2 1, Naseem Guillaume 0 2-2 2, Jalen Williams 2 1-2 5, Keemor Woodruff 0 1-2 1. Totals 13 19-25 48.BERWICK (58) &#8212; Ken Marshman 0 2-2 2, Matt Champ 3 0-2 7, Alec Markle 0 0-0 0, Justin Groshek 0 0-0 0, Damon Beckhorn 1 3-4 5, Max Melito 1 0-3 2, Tyler Evans 8 10-12 29, Jude Goodard 3 5-6 11, Kyle McMillian 0 2-2 2. Totals 12 22-31 58.Pittston Area`4`9`13`22`&#8212;`48Berwick`15`9`15`19`&#8212;`583-point goals &#8212; PA 3 (McGlynn 3); BER 4 (Evans 3, Champ)<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: Meyers boys clinch WVC Division 3 crown