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<p>BERWICK &#8212; If some West Pittston residents were awaken by the tolling of a bell late Friday night, Wyoming Area running back Brian Miles isn&#8217;t concerned.</p><p>&#8220;Yeah. That&#8217;s OK,&#8221; Miles said.</p><p>He and the rest of the Warriors were going to give their victory bell a good workout when they returned from Berwick. Why not, the Warriors went into Crispin Field and dominated the second half for a 34-20 victory over the Dawgs in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 4A game.</p><p>Wyoming Area (3-0) defeated Berwick (2-1) for the first time since 2005. There were just four losses from 2006-2015 as the teams rarely met due to being in different classifications many of those years.</p><p>&#8220;It was a tremendous opportunity,&#8221; said Wyoming Area coach Randy Spencer, whose team equalled last year&#8217;s win total. &#8220;We feel like when we had the opportunity to come in here we&#8217;ve taken advantage of it. We&#8217;ve always played well.&#8221;</p><p>So well that Wyoming Area&#8217;s first touchdown &#8212; a 1-yard run by quarterback P.J. Angeli &#8212; at 5:58 of the second quarter snapped a streak of 20 consecutive regular-season quarters where the Dawgs defense didn&#8217;t allow a touchdown.</p><p>Miles finished with 104 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries. Fullback Dylan Kostak smashed at the Berwick defense in the fourth quarter, scoring the go-ahead TD on a 13-yard run with 8:25 left and sealing the victory with a 1-yard run with a minute to play.</p><p>Kostak&#8217;s first touchdown was set up on a 35-yard throwback pass from Miles to Angeli, who broke through a few tackles to get to the Berwick 16-yard line.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a combination between Dylan Kostak and Brian Miles. Now the last two weeks you add Justin Joseph in there,&#8221; Spencer said. &#8220;Great work by (receiver) Marc Minichello on the outside keeping everybody honest. And you have to give a lot of credit to the guys up front, our offensive line. They&#8217;re not the biggest bunch, but came off the ball and created some space tonight.</p><p>Miles didn&#8217;t forget those guys, who allowed Wyoming Area to eat up over six minutes of the fourth quarter with a 14-play drive capped by Kostak&#8217;s 1-yard run.</p><p>&#8220;A lot more confidence. We beat them up and down the field,&#8221; Miles said. &#8220;The linemen did great.&#8221;</p><p>Berwick held the lead twice, the final time coming at 3:10 of the second quarter when running back Len Wyda scored from 5 yards out. Wyda&#8217;s touchdown, his second of the game, gave Berwick a 13-8 lead.</p><p>Wyoming Area, though, came back to score with 42 seconds left until halftime on a 2-yard run by Miles. Miles added a 7-yard TD run in the third for a 20-13 advantage.</p><p>The Dawgs responded and quarterback Jared Marshman hit wideout Anthony Cicini on a touchdown pass in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter on a fourth-and-goal from Wyoming Area&#8217;s 17.</p><p>From there, Wyoming Area controlled the line of scrimmage and added the scoring runs by Kostak.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Wyoming Area 34, Berwick 20</strong></p><p><strong>Wyoming Area`0`14`6`14`&#8212;`34</strong></p><p><strong>Berwick`7`6`0`4`&#8212;`20</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>First quarter</strong></p><p>BER &#8212; Len Wyda 4 run (Ken Marshman kick), 2:08</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Second quarter</strong></p><p>WA &#8212; PJ Angeli 1 run (Brian Miles run), 5:58</p><p>BER &#8212; Wyda 5 run (kick blocked), 3:10</p><p>WA &#8212; Miles 2 run (run failed), 0:42</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Third quarter</strong></p><p>WA &#8212; Miles 7 run (kick blocked), 7:21</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Fourth quarter</strong></p><p style="text-align: left;">BER &#8212; Anthony Cicini 17 pass from Jared Marshman (K.Marshman kick), 11:47</p><p style="text-align: left;">WA &#8212; Dylan Kostak 13 run (Justin Joseph run), 8:25</p><p style="text-align: left;">WA &#8212; Kostak 1 run (run failed), 1:00</p><p><strong>Team statistics`WA`BER</strong></p><p>First downs`21`15</p><p>Rushes-yards`53-276`33-68</p><p>Passing yards`77`251</p><p>Total yards`353`319</p><p>Passing`4-6-1`17-27-0</p><p>Sacked-yards lost`0-0`4-38</p><p>Punts-avg.`2-36.5`5-39</p><p>Fumbles-lost`3-2`5-1</p><p>Penalties-yards`3-15`4-35</p><p><strong>INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS</strong></p><p><strong>RUSHING</strong> &#8212; WA, Miles 25-104, Kostak 10-78, Angeli 15-66, Marc Minichello 3-28. Berwick, Wyda 19-75, J.Marshman 9-(minus-19), Evan Klinger 4-22, team 1-(minus-10).</p><p><strong>PASSING</strong> &#8212; WA, Angeli 3-6-1-42, Miles 1-1-0-35. Berwick, J.Marshman 16-26-0-221, Alex Force 1-1-0-30.</p><p><strong>RECEIVING</strong> &#8212; WA, Dante Deluca 1-7, Minichello 1-4, Kostak 1-31, Angeli 1-35. Berwick, Matt Champ 2-9, Mike Force 2-32, Cicini 6-90, Harrison Kuchka 2-52, Max McCabe 1-8, Wyda 3-42, Jarad Watts 1-11.</p><p><strong>INTERCEPTIONS</strong> &#8212; Berwick, M.Force 1-0.</p><p><strong>MISSED FGs</strong> &#8212; None.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Berwick receiver Matthew Champ jumps over  Wyoming Areas Marc Anthony Minichello after pulling in a screen pass ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 9-9-16</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_ber_wa1_faa.jpg</photo0><caption0>Berwick receiver Matthew Champ jumps over  Wyoming Areas Marc Anthony Minichello after pulling in a screen pass ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 9-9-16</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_ber_wa2_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Area quarterback PJ Angeli keeps the ball for a 15 yard gain Berwick  defensive back Anthony Cicini makes the tackle  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 9-9-16</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_ber_wa2_faa.jpg</photo1><caption1>Wyoming Area quarterback PJ Angeli keeps the ball for a 15 yard gain Berwick  defensive back Anthony Cicini makes the tackle  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 9-9-16</caption1><photoCredit1></photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_ber_wa3_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Area defensive tackle grabs to collar of Berwick running back Leonard Wyda ,but Wyda slipped away from him  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 9-9-16</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_ber_wa3_faa.jpg</photo2><caption2>Wyoming Area defensive tackle grabs to collar of Berwick running back Leonard Wyda ,but Wyda slipped away from him  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 9-9-16</caption2><photoCredit2></photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_ber_wa4_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Berwick receiver Matthew Cicini brakes a way after catching a pass over the middle against Wyoming Area that set up the first Berwick touch down  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 9-9-16</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_ber_wa4_faa.jpg</photo3><caption3>Berwick receiver Matthew Cicini brakes a way after catching a pass over the middle against Wyoming Area that set up the first Berwick touch down  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 9-9-16</caption3><photoCredit3></photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_ber_wa5_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Berwickrunning back Evan Klinger tries to slip past Wyoming Area defensive back Marc Anthony Minichello  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 9-9-16</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_ber_wa5_faa.jpg</photo4><caption4>Berwickrunning back Evan Klinger tries to slip past Wyoming Area defensive back Marc Anthony Minichello  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 9-9-16</caption4><photoCredit4></photoCredit4></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_ber_wa6_faaCMYK.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Berwick running back Len Wyda dives between Wyoming Area defenders trying to cross the goal line, </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo5>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_ber_wa6_faaCMYK.jpg</photo5><caption5>Berwick running back Len Wyda dives between Wyoming Area defenders trying to cross the goal line, </caption5><photoCredit5>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit5></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By John Erzar</p><p>jerzar@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p><strong>Friday&#8217;s Results</strong></p><p>&#8226; Wyoming Area 34, Berwick 20</p><p>&#8226; Nanticoke 16, GAR 13</p><p>&#8226; Dallas 24, Pittston Area 6</p><p>&#8226; Western Wayne 32, Northwest 19</p><p>&#8226; Mahanoy 40, Holy Redeemer 6</p><p>&#8226; Delaware Valley 29, WVW 13</p><p>&#8226; Williamsport 42, Hazleton 13</p><p>&#8226; Tunkhannock 24, Honesdale 7</p><p>&#8226; Williamsport 42, Hazleton Area 13</p><p>&#8226; Hanover Area 20, Meyers 14, OT</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach John Erzar at 570-991-6394 or on Twitter @TLJohnErzar</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Wyoming Area stuns Berwick