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<p>SALEM TWP. &#8212; It wasn&#8217;t long, three minutes give or take, before Friday&#8217;s District 2-4 Class 4A subregional semifinal turned itself into a dunk competition for Stanley Scott.</p><p>Alley-oop dunks, windmills, tomahawk slams, two-handed jams, reverses &#8211; everything short of jumping over a bulldog mascot filled Scott&#8217;s highlight reel in the Berwick Middle School gymnasium. Scott and his Williamsport Millionaires&#8217; teammates continued to dazzle their District 2 foes in a 94-66 drubbing of Wyoming Valley West in the boys basketball bracket.</p><p>Williamsport&#8217;s two-headed monster of Scott and Nyric Gosley was too much for the Spartans&#8217; depleted roster. Scott made 13 field goals for 31 points, and Gosley finished with 20.</p><p>&#8220;We have two guys that can put points up in Stanley Scott and Nyric Gosley,&#8221; Williamsport coach Allen Taylor said. &#8220;Everybody has a role whether it&#8217;s on defense or offense or doing the little things like setting picks and getting guys open. I think in this stage everyone understands their role.&#8221;</p><p>Williamsport will play fifth-seeded Abington Heights in the District 2-4 subregional championship on Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Mohegan Sun Arena. If the Millionaires prevail in that game, Wyoming Valley West will face Abington Heights Saturday for the District 2 Class 4A title.</p><p>&#8220;These guys are just excited to be the first ones to play in the district championship at Mohegan (Sun Arena),&#8221; Taylor said. &#8220;These guys haven&#8217;t played in a big arena so it&#8217;s going to take some getting used to. The good thing is that we aren&#8217;t really known for being an offensive team; we get most of our points from our defense in transition. Shooting shouldn&#8217;t be an issue for us.&#8221;</p><p>The Millionaires wasted no time against Wyoming Valley West, scoring the first seven points of the game in less than a two-minute span. Noah Frace finally sketched the Spartans&#8217; first field goal with 5:27 remaining. Gosley and Scott emphatically responded with the former heaving an alley-oop pass in traffic to Scott for a dunk.</p><p>Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Tyler Yankosky possibly wrapped his collegiate career with a 23-point effort following a strong fourth quarter performance. Draig Ruff was the only other Spartan in double digits with 13.</p><p>The closest the Spartans came was within four points with 3:30 left in the first. Williamsport finished the stanza with a 13-4 run to go ahead by 13 points.</p><p>The second quarter started disastrously for Wyoming Valley West. Scott posterized WVW defenders with a tomahawk dunk. The Spartans gave it away at midcourt to allow the Millionaires to toss it downcourt to Scott for a two-handed slam to extend the lead to 26-9.</p><p>The Spartans&#8217; offense turned the ball over to Williamsport 11 times in the second quarter and 15 times in the first half. The second-seeded Millionaires forced 20 turnovers for the game and turned several into fast break chances.</p><p>&#8220;They&#8217;re athletic; it&#8217;s hard to match up with them,&#8221; Yankosky said. &#8220;They can jump, they can do everything. We tried our best but just came short in the end.&#8221;</p><p>Not to be outdone, Yankosky wrapped the night and possibly his career with a dunk of his own just before the Valley West coaching staff took him out with a minute remaining.</p><p>&#8220;Yeah, it felt good to get the last one in of my career,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I wanted to end with that.&#8221;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>District 2-4 Class 4A semifinal</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Williamsport 94, Valley West 66</strong></p><p><strong>WYOMING VALLEY WEST (66) &#8212;</strong> Noah Frace 3 0-0 6, Tayshawn Moore 0 0-0 0, Savion Saunders 2 1-3 5, Aaron Austin 3 0-0 8, Draig Ruff 2 9-15 13, Tyler Yankosky 9 5-6 23, Matt Bobkowski 0 0-0 0, Amistad Hackett 3 2-4 8, Davis Weaver 0 0-2 0, Marquise Andersavage 1 0-0 2. <strong>Totals 23 18-32 66.</strong></p><p><strong>WILLIAMSPORT (94) &#8212;</strong> Jerah Reeves 1 0-2 2, Nyric Gosley 6 5-7 20, Khalilc Harman 2 0-0 4, Stanley Scott 13 4-6 31, Marcus Simmons 1 0-0 2, Brandon Compton 0 0-0 0, Kaleb Thomas 1 1-4 3, Micah Peterson 4 1-2 9, Isaiah Hankins 2 0-0 4, Trayson Potts 1 0-0 2, Ethan Stryker 1 0-0 2, Randell Carson 4 0-0 8, Marquan Parrell-Smith 1 1-2 3, Ali Qayyim 2 0-0 4, Frank Rose 0 0-0 0. <strong>Totals 35 12-23 94.</strong></p><p><strong> Valley West`9`21`15`21`&#8212;`66</strong></p><p><strong>Williamsport`22`29`21`22`&#8212;`94</strong></p><p><strong>3</strong><strong>-</strong><strong>point </strong><strong>goals</strong> &#8212; WVW 2 (Austin 2); WIL 4 (Gosley 3, Scott)</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Noah Frace, center, shoots in a crowd of Williamsport Millionaires in a District 2/4 subregional semifinal in Berwick on Friday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_WVW-WportBB_1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Noah Frace, center, shoots in a crowd of Williamsport Millionaires in a District 2/4 subregional semifinal in Berwick on Friday night. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_WVW-WportBB_2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Tyler Yankosky, right, drives to the hoop against Williamsport&#8217;s Qayyim Ali in a District 2/4 subregional semifinal in Berwick on Friday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_WVW-WportBB_2.jpg</photo1><caption1>Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Tyler Yankosky, right, drives to the hoop against Williamsport&#8217;s Qayyim Ali in a District 2/4 subregional semifinal in Berwick on Friday night. </caption1><photoCredit1>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_WVW-WportBB_3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Draig Ruff, right, goes to the hoop as Williamsport&#8217;s Rondell Carson defends in a District 2/4 subregional semifinal in Berwick on Friday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_WVW-WportBB_3.jpg</photo2><caption2>Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Draig Ruff, right, goes to the hoop as Williamsport&#8217;s Rondell Carson defends in a District 2/4 subregional semifinal in Berwick on Friday night. </caption2><photoCredit2>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Jay Monahan</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @tlsports.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Wyoming Valley West falls to Williamsport in District 2-4 Class 4A subregional semifinal