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Second-seeded GAR took control early with a big first quarter en route to a 57-45 win over Honesdale in the District 2 Class 3A boys basketball quarterfinals on Thursday at Wyoming Area.The Grenadiers opened up with 24 points in the first and led 34-16 at halftime. Keyshawn Palmer scored 15 points to lead three GAR players in double figures along with Dajon Rush (13) and Will Johnson (12).Nearly all of the offense for seventh-seeded Honesdale came from Ian Langendoerfer, who finished with 34 points.GAR will take on No. 6 Berwick in Monday&#8217;s semifinals.West Scranton 50, Pittston Area 40A strong third quarter wasn&#8217;t enough to dig out of a 27-12 hole at halftime and the No. 13 Patriots fell short of a second straight upset in the Class 3A bracket.Dylan Osticco (12 points) and Jordan Black (10) topped Pittston Area. Cole Stetzar had 17 for the No. 5 Invaders, who advanced to the semifinals to face top-seeded Scranton Prep.Forest City 42, MMI Prep 25The Preppers were held to 10 first-half points and couldn&#8217;t rally against top-seeded Forest City in the Class A semifinals. John Stish led No. 4 MMI with 10 points.Jared Paulin scored 16 for the Foresters, who will meet Old Forge in next weekend&#8217;s district championship.GIRLS BASKETBALLHoly Redeemer 49, Carbondale 37The top-seeded Royals trailed by two at halftime and were tied after three quarters before outscoring No. 9 Carbondale 17-5 in the fourth quarter to win in the Class 2A quarterfinals.Talia Kosierowski (14 points) knocked down three of her four 3-pointers in the final frame. Rebecca Prociak (17 points) and Sam Rajza (11) also finished in double figures for the Royals, who will face upstart 13th-seeded Mid Valley in Monday&#8217;s semifinals.Amelia Zazzera led the Chargers with 13 points.COLLEGESWRESTLINGWilkes 41, King&#8217;s 6The 18th-ranked Colonels closed out their dual schedule with a decisive win over rival King&#8217;s, winning six of eight contested bouts and picking up bonus points in five of them.Wilkes&#8217; Jessie Lopez (141 pounds) and Kyle Diesel (184) both earned pins while Michael Fleck (125) and Josh Evans (149) winning by technical fall.For the Monarchs, Howard Kilpatrick (157) and Ralph Bernardo (285) won by decision.BOYS BASKETBALLDistrict 2 Class 3A quarterfinalGAR 57, Honesdale 45HONESDALE (45) &#8212; Adam Kelly 2 0-1 5, Konnor Burke 0 0-0 0, Jack Rickard 1 0-0 2, Julio Galarza 1 2-2 4, Ian Langendoerfer 11 10-13 34, Colin Rickard 0 0-0 0, Anthony Degori 0 0-0 0, Dan Figura 0 0-0 0, Mark Ambrose 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 12- 16 45.GAR (57) &#8212; Keyshawn Palmer 7 1-3 15, Marquan Kemp 4 0-0 8, Will Johnson 5 1-4 12, Dajon Rush 2 9-12 13, Tino Altavilla 3 0-0 9, Antwone Easter 0 0-0 0, Justin Crosby-Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 11-19 57.Honesdale`9`7`17`12`&#8212;`45GAR`24`10`11`12`&#8212;`573-point goals &#8212; HON 3 (Langendoerfer 2, Kelly); GAR 4 (Altavilla 3, Johnson)District 2 Class 3A quarterfinalWest Scranton 50, Pittston Area 40PITTSTON AREA (40) &#8212; Chris Klein 2 0-1 5, Dylan Osticco 1 10-12 12, Colin Smith 0 2-2 2, Matt McGlynn 2 0-0 6, Jordan Black 5 0-0 10, Pat Mitchell 0 0-0 0, Michael Mazurkivich 0 0-0 0, Jalen Williams 1 3-5 5, Trevor Tigue 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 12-20 40.WEST SCRANTON (50) &#8212; Austin Lipowitch 0 0-2 0, Blake Carlton 3 6-8 14, Cole Stetzar 6 3-6 17, Matt Williams 4 0-2 8, Shawn Fanning 4 2-4 8, Adam Mangan 0 0 -0 0, Shayne Merrifield 0 0-0 0, Leo Ciullo 1 0-0 3, Bryce Harrington 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 11-25 50.Pittston Area`5`7`15`13`&#8212;`40West Scranton`14`13`7`16`&#8212;`503-point goals &#8212; PA 3 (McGlynn 2, Klein); WS 5 (Carlton 2, Stetzar 2, Ciullo)District 2 Class A semifinalForest City 42, MMI Prep 25MMI PREP (25) &#8212; Ed Herbener 1 1-2 4, Jay Solgama 0 0-0 0, John Stish 3 3-6 10, Kyle Williams 2 1-2 7, Andrew Alday 0 0-0 0, Nick Young 0 0-0 0, Brendan Drusda 1 0-1 2, Kisan Patel 0 0-0 0, George Palermo 0 0-0 0, David Caldwell 0 0-0 0, Lucas Smith 1 0-0 2. Totals 8 5-11 25.FOREST CITY (42) &#8212; Noah Yates 4 1-3 9, Adam Kowalewski 2 0-0 4, Dakota Knehr-Cook 2 0-0 4, Dylan O&#8217;Dell 1 2-2 5, Jared Paulin 5 6-6 16, Jarred Non 0 0-0 0, Jordan Non 0 0-0 0, Joel Smith 0 0-0 0, Kyle Shema 0 0-0 0, Matt Giles 0 0-0 0, Matthew Taylor 0 0-0 0, Kolby Rotella 2 0-0 4. Totals 16 9-11 42.MMI Prep`3`7`9`6`&#8212;`25Forest City`8`13`9`12`&#8212;`423-point goals &#8212; MMI 4 (Williams 2, Herbener, Stish); FC 1 (O&#8217;Dell)GIRLS BASKETBALLDistrict 2 Class 2A quarterfinalHoly Redeemer 49, Carbondale 37CARBONDALE (37) &#8212; Amelia Zazzera 4 2-2 13, Mikenna Walsh 4 0-0 10, Zoe Zazzera 1 4-6 6, Anna Totsky 2 1-2 5, Mollie Salitsky 1 1-4 3, Christina Carachilo 0 0-0 0, Alex Artone 0 0-0 0, Maresa Artone 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 8-12 37.HOLY REDEEMER (49) &#8212; Lydia Lawson 0 2-5 2, Rebecca Prociak 7 3-4 17, Meghan Corridoni 2 1-3 5, Sam Rajza 3 3-3 11, Talia Kosierowski 5 0-0 14, Sara Flannelly 0 0-3 0, Kayla Hons 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 9-18 49.Carbondale`14`9`9`5`&#8212;`37Holy Redeemer`13`8`11`17`&#8212;`493-point goals &#8212; CAR 5 (A. 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H.S. basketball: GAR boys, Holy Redeemer girls advance in districts