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On her day of adoption, 21-year-old says you’re never too old for a family

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NANTICOKE &#8212; Brent Piontkowski scored 16 points as Nanticoke defeated Valley View 51-41 Wednesday in a District 2 Class 3A boys basketball opening-round game.Scott Stout added 14 points for Nanticoke, which will play Berwick at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Crestwood High School.West Scranton 51, Lake-Lehman 36Jake Corey led the Black Knights with 15 points, but it wasn&#8217;t enough as they fell in the Class 3A opening round contest.West Scranton will play Pittston Area at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Valley View High School.Wyoming Valley West 68,Delaware Valley 50Tyler Yankosky (19 points), Aaron Austin (18) and Draig Ruff (14) all reached double figures for the Spartans as they advanced in the District 2/4-4A tournament.Valley West will play Williamsport, a 93-44 winner over Wallenpaupack, in the semifinals on Friday at a site and time to be announced.Carbondale 42, Wyoming Seminary 38, OTThe Chargers didn&#8217;t allow the Blue Knights to score any points in overtime as they advanced in the D2-2A tournament.Patrick Ganter and Nicholas Ganter each scored 11 points for Sem. Carbondale plays Elk Lake on Friday.Elk Lake 78, Northwest 40Sam Saxe scored 19 points for the Rangers in the D2-2A contest, but it wasn&#8217;t enough to overcome Bailey Newhart&#8217;s 31 points, which included five 3-pointers.Elk Lake plays Carbondale on Friday.North Pocono 46, Coughlin 37The Trojans eliminated the Crusaders from the D2-3A tournament as J.P. Walsh led the way with 15 points.Eli McAllister netted 10 points to lead Coughlin in the loss.North Pocono plays Scranton Prep, which defeated Western Wayne 93-31, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Carbondale High School.Honesdale 71, Wyoming Area 66The Warriors held an 11-point lead at halftime, but the Hornets kept fighting eventually pulling out the win on overtime.Anthony Shaver tossed in 15 points for Wyoming Area, while teammates Kyle Musto and Anthony Nardell added 11 and 10 points, respectively.Honesdale plays GAR at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Wyoming Area High School.Holy Redeemer 68, Blue Ridge 48The Royals led 37-17 at halftime and cruised to the victory the rest of the way in the D2-2A opening-round matchup.Redeemer&#8217;s John Carr led all scorers with 21 points. The Royals play Meyers, which had a bye, on Friday at a site and time to be announced.Holy Redeemer 68, Blue Ridge 48BLUE RIDGE (48) &#8212; Jarred Mills 2 1-3 5, Kyle Donovan 1 0-0 3, Tyrell Cheeseburro 3 0-1 7, Dom Rogers 1 0-2 2, Austin Harper 2 0-0 4, Ty Herbert 2 0-0 4, Samuel Cosmello 3 1-2 9, Jeff Morris 5 4-5 14. Totals 19 6-13 48.HOLY REDEEMER (68) &#8212; Dom Casper 1 0-0 3, Jason Stachokus 4 0-0 9, Joey Judge 2 0-0 6, Joe Layou 2 0-0 5, Zach Brennan 2 0-0 5, James Kosik 2 1-1 5, Sal Aiello 3 0-0 8, Luke Nealon 0 1-2 1, Mike Lyons 2 0-0 5, Anthony Khoudary 0 0-0 0, John Carr 10 1-2 21. Totals 28 3-5 68.Blue Ridge`9`8`13`18`&#8212;`48Holy Redeemer`22`15`17`14`&#8212;`68Three-point goals &#8212; BR 4 (Cosmello 2, Donovan, Cheeseburro); HR 9 (Judge 2, Casper, Stachokus, Layou, Brennan, Aiello, Lyons).Elk Lake 78, Northwest 40NORTHWEST (40) &#8212; Tyler Stevens 2 1-3 5, Neno Agnello 1 0-0 3, Sam Saxe 5 1-4 19, Caleb Diltz 0 0-1 0, Jaxson Yaple 1 0-0 3, Nick Levandowski 1 1-4 4, Mitchell Mazonkey 4 0-2 9. Totals 14 3-14 40.ELK LAKE (78) &#8212; Bailey Newhart 13 0-0 31, Seth Tewksbury 4 0-0 8, Rierdan Reyan 1 0-0 3, Ben Woodcock 0 0-1 0, Kobe Jayne 0 0-0 0, Cole Tyler 4 2-3 12, Hunter Watkins 2 0-0 5, Jason Vasquez 0 0-0 0, Evan DeBonis 2 0-0 4, Alex Hewitt 2 0-0 5, Kyle Oakes 1 0-0 3, Griffin Bamwall 0 0-0 0, J.J. Heyt 2 3-4 7. Totals 30 5-8 78.Northwest`10`5`15`11`&#8212;`40Elk Lake`18`12`15`23`&#8212;`78Three-point goals &#8212; NW 7 (Saxe 3, Agnello, Yaple, Levandowski, Mazonkey); EL 10 (Newhart 5, Tyler 2, Watkins, Hewitt, Oakes).Carbondale 42, Wyoming Seminary 38CARBONDALE (42) &#8212; Sopko 0 0-0 0, Killhullen 5 3-4 13, Balines 2 1-2 5, E. Dearie 4 1-2 11, C. Dearie 1 0-1 2, Potis 2 2-4 6, Mustica 1 1-1 3, Salitsky 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 8-14 42.WYOMING SEMINARY (38) &#8212; Tyler Maddock 0 0-0 0, Noah Munley 3 0-0 6, Patrick Ganter 2 7-8 11, Marshall Burriss 1 1-2 3, Johnny Kehl 3 0-0 6, Nicholas Ganter 5 1-1 11, Jeff Bevacqua 0 1-2 1. Totals 14 10-13 38.Carbondale`4`11`15`8`4`&#8212;`42Wyoming Seminary`4`13`14`7`0`&#8212;`38Three-point goals &#8212; CAR 2 (E. Dearie); SEM 0Nanticoke 51, Valley View 41VALLEY VIEW (41) &#8212; Marc Kudich 3 0-0 8, Brandon Peters 3 4-6 10, Chase Combs 0 0-0 0, Bobby Craig 0 0-0 0, Joey Feretti 2 0-0 6, McHale 1 1-2 3, Kyle kelly 4 0-1 10, Brian Durkin 1 2-2 4, Totals 14 7-11 41.NANTICOKE (51) &#8212; Rich Wiaterowski 0 0-0 0, Ed Lukowski 0 2-2 2, Scott Stout 4 2-2 14, Cody Piestrak 1 0-0 3, Brent Piontkowski 6 3-4 16, Luke Butczynski 2 2-2 8, Zack Cardone 0 0-0 0, Tyler Thomas 0 0-0 0, Matt Piontkowski 0 0-0 0, Ben Sersen 1 0-0 2, Alec Norton 0 0-0 0, Justin Casey 2 2-3 6, Nate Kreitzer 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 11-13 51.Valley View`11`9`7`14`&#8212;`41Nanticoke`17`14`6`14`&#8212;`51Three-point goals &#8212; VV 6 (Kubich 2, Ferretti 2, Kelly 2); NAN 8 (Stout 4, Butczynski 2, Piestrak, Piontkowski).Wyoming Valley West 68, Delaware Valley 50WYOMING VALLEY WEST (68) &#8212; Noah Frace 4 1-2 9, Savson Saunders 3 0-0 6, Aaron Austin 7 0-0 16, Draig Ruff 6 2-6 14, Tyler Yankosky 8 2-4 19, Matt Bobkowsky 0 0-0 0, Chris Blanco 0 0-0 0, Davis Weaver 0 0-0 0, Marquise Anderscavage 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 5-14 68.DELAWARE VALLEY (50) &#8212; Dylan Kelly 0 0-0 0, Nick Pampalone 0 0-0 0, Tyler Smith 1 0-0 2, Zack Klapak 5 2-2 9, Tom Oakley 5 1-4 13, Ryan Woolley 4 3-4 12, Ryan Buckley 0 0-0 0, Shane Acaveno 5 2-2 12. Totals 19 8-12 50.Wyoming Valley West`13`15`21`19`&#8212;`68Delaware Valley`14`10`13`13`&#8212;`50Three-point goals &#8212; WVW 5 (Austin 4, Yankosky); DV 4 (Oakley 2, Klapak, Woolley).West Scranton 51, Lake-Lehman 36LAKE-LEHMAN (36) &#8212; Shaw 0 0-0 0, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Weston 1 1-1 3, Pehon 1 0-0 2, Cercone 1 0-0 3, Corey 5 2-3 15, Motovidlak 0 1-2 1, Spencer 3 0-1 6, Brooks 2 0-0 6. Totals 13 4-7 36.WEST SCRANTON (51) &#8212; Minnick 0 0-0 0, Powitch 1 0-0 3, Carlton 2 1-12 7, Stetzar 4 1-3 10, Merrifield 0 3-4 3, Williams 9 1-3 19, Ciullo 1 0-0 2, Fanning 1 5-7 7. Totals 18 11-19 51.Lake-Lehman `5`6`7`18`&#8212;`36West Scranton`14`14`12`4`&#8212;`51Three-point goals &#8212; LL 6 (Corey 3, Brooks 2, Cercone); WS 4 (Powitch, Carlton 2, Stetzar).North Pocono 46, Coughlin 37COUGHLIN (37) &#8212; Elisha McAllister 4 2-3 10, Jose Rivera 3 1-2 9, Devin Rajza 1 2-2 5, Nick Cerep 3 0-1 6, Melvin Robinson 0 2-4 2, Charles Cobbs 2 1-2 5, Aaron Bennett 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 8-14 37.NORTH POCONO (46) &#8212; Walsh 5 5-6 15, Konucki 0 0-0 0, Bacon 2 1-4 6, Blaine 0 7-8 7, Ildafongy 1 4-6 6, McGee 4 2-4 10, Ciaglin 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 19-28 46.Coughlin`9`5`7`16`&#8212;`37North Pocono`11`9`8`18`&#8212;`37Three-point goals &#8212; COU 3 (Rivera 2, Rajza); NP 1 (Bacon).Honesdale 71, Wyoming Area 66HONESDALE (71) &#8212; C. Rickard 0 2-2 2, DeGoni 2 0-1 5, Kelly 8 4-6 20, Figura 1 0-1 2, Burke 0 0-0 0, J. Rickard 2 3-3 8, Galarza 3 0-0 6, Langendoerfer 7 9-11 23, Ambrose 2 1-4 5. Totals 25 19-28 71.WYOMING AREA (66) &#8212; Anthony Nardell 4 1-1 10, Kyre Zielinski 4 1-2 9, Tony Saitta 3 2-2 9, Matt Wright 3 1-4 7, Sam Greenfield 2 1-2 5, Anthony Shaver 4 7-11 15, Kyle Musto 4 2-2 11. Totals 24 15-24 66.Honesdale`10`12`18`20`9`&#8212;`71Wyoming Area`10`23`15`14`4`&#8212;`66Three-point goals &#8212; HON 2 (DeGoni, J. Rickard); WA 3 (Nardell, Saitta, Musto).Winner xx, Loser xxVISITOR (XX) &#8212; Name x x-x x, Name x x-x x. 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H.S. Boys Basketball: Nanticoke defeats Valley View, plays Berwick on Thursday