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HAZLETON &#8212; Jeffrey Planutis scored 17 points and Michael Cusatis scored 15 as Hazleton Area placed five players in double figures in its 77-57 victory over Parkland on Saturday afternoon in a boys basketball non-conference game.Da&#8217;Mir Faison, Josh Samec and Nolan Genasevich added 11 each for the Cougars.Berwick 64,Wyoming Seminary 42Damon Beckhorn got Berwick off to a good start and finished with 14 points as the Dawgs won the Nespoli Tournament title.Jude Goddard paced the Dawgs with 18 points. Ken Marshman added 14.Jeremy Callahan had 16 and Dimitri Gnall netted 13 for Seminary.Panther Valley 36,MMI Prep 28Philip Byriel had 11 and Kyle Williams scored eight for MMI Prep in its loss to Panther Valley.Rene Figueroa scored 12 to pace Panther Valley.Montrose 49,Coughlin 44Charles Cobbs scored 23 points and Dominique Flippen added 10 for Coughlin, which was outscored 17-13 in the final quarter.Brennan Gilhool paced Montrose with 15.Holy Redeemer 68,Hunter College 34Nick Prociak scored 14 points to pace the Royals on their annual trip to New York City.Colin Cook had 12 and Luke Nilon added 10 for Redeemer.Nanticoke 68,Old Forge 46Luke Butczynski had another big night, tossing in 23 points as the Trojans posted a road victory.Nate Kreitzer had 15 and Zack Cardone added 10 for Nanticoke. Ben Grochowski scored 16 for Old Forge, which trailed 30-15 at the break.Dallas 64,Boys Latin 49Jay Bittner scored 16 points and Nick Kocher and Joey Parsons added 10 each as Dallas defeated Boys Latin Charter.Ben Donahue added eight for the Mountaineers.Hazleton Area 77, Parkland 57PARKLAND (57) &#8212; Sam Morgan 1 0-0 3, Gabe Burgus 0 0-0 0, Mike Zeky 3 1-1 7, Matt Persichetti 1 1-1 3, Zack Bross 2 0-0 5, Zack Stendell 0 0-0 0, Michael Gombos 1 0-2 2, Logan Rindock 2 2-3 7, Michael Ruisch 0 0-0 0, Sam Iorio 6 6-9 21, Tyler German 0 0-0 0, Jake Bartholomew 3 0-0 9, Justin Lessel 0 0-0 0, Kiaseem Comegis 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 10-14 57.HAZLETON AREA (77) &#8212; Josh Samec 4 2-2 11, Michael Cusatis 11 2-2 15, Sparky Wolk 0 0-0 0, Efrian Nieves 0 0-0 0, Aaron Kellmer 0 0-0 0, Joey Grula 4 0-0 8, Nolan Genasevich 4 3-3 11, Scotty Shamany 0 0-0 0, Isaac Perez 1 0-0 2, Jeffrey Planutis 5 7-13 17, Da&#8217;Mir Faison 5 1-2 11, Nathan Beggs 0 0-0 0, Frank Mussoline 1 0-0 2. Totals 30 15-22 77.Parkland `17`13`10`17`&#8212;`55Hazleton Area`19`21`19`16`&#8212;`77Three-point FGs &#8212; PAR 9 (Morgan, Bross, Rindock, Iorio 3, Bartholomew 3). HA 2 (Samec, Cusatis).Panther Valley 36, MMI Prep 28PANTHER VALLEY (36) &#8212; Josue Rodriguez 0 0-0 0, Anthony Micholik 3 2-2 10, Rene Figueroa 2 8-10 12, Alex Mehmeti 0 0-2 0, Tristen Blaski 5 0-0 10, Allen Perez 2 0-0 4, Brenden Morgans 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 10-14 36.MMI PREP (20) &#8212; George Palermo 2 0-0 4, Nick Young 1 2-3 4, Philip Byriel 5 1-2 11, Kisan Patel 0 0-0 0, Kyle Williams 2 2-2 8Zach Young 0 0-0 0, Marcus Kassick 0 1-2 1, Lucas Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 6-9 28.Panther Valley`12`4`9`11`&#8212;`36MMI Prep`7`5`8`8`&#8212;`28Three-point FGS &#8212; PV 2 (Micholik 2). MMI 2 (Williams 2).Montrose 49, Coughlin 44MONTROSE (49) &#8212; Evan Snyder 1 0-0 2, Brendan Buck 4 1-4 10, Tyler Rebell0 1 0-0 3, Jacob Peck 1 3-6 6, Brennan Gilhool 5 5-10 15, Harley Mullins 0 0-0 0, Liam McGrannaghan 3 1-2 9, Devin Nash 2 0-1 4. Totals 15 10-23 49.COUGHLIN (44) &#8212; Thomas Davis 0 0-0 0, Charles Cobbs 7 4-9 23, Anthony Hinkle 0 0-0 0, Marco Deluca 1 0-0 2, Dominique Flippen 5 0-0 10, Aaron Bennett 1 0-0 3, Tony Egidio 0 0-0 0, Julius Morris 3 0-0 6. Totals 17 4-9 44.Montrose`5`11`16`12`&#8212;`44Coughlin`10`8`13`17`&#8212;`49Three-point FGs &#8212; MON 3 (Buck, Rebello, Peck). COU 4 (Cobbs 3, Bennett).Nanticoke 68, Old Forge 46NANTICOKE (68) &#8212; Nate Kreitzer 6 0-0 15, Rich Wiaterowski 1 0-0 2, Patrick Ceasar 1 0-2 2, Cody Piestrak 2 0-0 6, Trahjan Krupinski 1 0-0 2, Luke Butczynski 9 1-2 23, Zack Cardone 4 0-0 10, Alec Divers 0 0-0 0, Tyler Thomas 3 1-2 7, Matt Piontkowski 0 0-0 0, Dylan Szychowski 0 0-0 0, Justin Casey 0 1-2 1. Totals 27 3-8 68.OLD FORGE (46) &#8212; Brandon Nee 3 0-3 7, Shane Smith 0 1-2 1, Kevin Welsh 4 4-4 15, Joey Verespy 2 2-6 7, Pat Banks 0 0-0 0, Ben Grochowski 6 4-7 16, Ethan Mulrooney 0 0-0 0, Bret Wargo 0 0-0 0, Anthony Rios 0 0-2 0. Totals 15 11-24 46.Nanticoke`15`15`22`16`&#8212;`68Old Forge`11`4`17`14`&#8212;`46Three-point FGs &#8212; NAN 10 (Kreitzer 2, Piestrak 2, Butczynski 4, Cardone 2). OF 5 (Nee, Welsh 3, Verespy).Berwick 64, Wyoming Seminary 42WYO. SEMINARY (42) &#8212; Tyler Maddock 1 1-2 3, Noah Munley 1 0-1 2, Dimitri Gnall 5 2-5 13, Nicolas Bufalino 0 2-4 2, Noah Hammerman 0 0-0 0, Ryan Anderson 0 0-0 0, Todd Phillips 1 0-0 2, Jeremy Callahan 3 7-9 16, Samir Singh 0 0-0 0, Alex Meuser 0 0-0 0, Johnny Kehl 0 0-0 0, Nicholas Ganter 2 0-0 4, Dan Paglia 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 13-21 42.BERWICK (64) &#8212; Justin Groshek 0 0-0 0, Ken Marshman 5 2-2 14, Matt Champ 3 0-0 7, Alec Markle 4 2-2 12, Henry Novicki 0 0-0 0, Malek McMillan 0 0-1 0, Damon Beckhorn 6 0-0 14, Alex Force 0 0-0 0, Connor Hanson 0 0-0 0, Zach Evans 0 0-0 0, Jude Goddard 6 5-5 18, Joe Norce 1 0-0 2, Austin Markle 0 0-0 0, Kyle Pierce 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 9-10 64.Wyo. Seminary`8`16`8`10`&#8212;`42Berwick`17`14`19`14`&#8212;`64Three-point FGs -- WS 3 (Callahan 3). BER 8 (Marshman 2, Champ, Al.Markle 2, Beckhorn 2, Goddard).Dallas 64, Boys Latin Charter 49DALLAS (64) &#8212; Collin Pertl 0 0-1 0, Alex Charlton 2 3-3 7, Nick Kocher 3 2-2 10, Joey Parsons 5 0-1 10, Ben Donahue 2 4-5 8, Zach Charlton 0 0-0 0, Andrew Kovalick 0 0-0 0, Jay Bittner 5 6-8 16, Ethan Szczencinski 2 3-5 7, Michael Farrell 3 0-0 6. Totals 22 18-25 64.BOYS LATIN (49) &#8212; Todd Gregory 2 0-0 4, Yazid Powell 3 1-2 9, Damien Sears 5 3-4 13, Tyree Taylor 1 0-0 2, Nasie Scott 0 0-2 0, Desmond Sevor 0 0-0 0, Nasir Jones 2 0-0 6, Josh Stanley 1 0-0 2, Fernando Davila 2 0-0 4, Isaiah Leonard 3 3-7 9. Totals 19 7-15 49.Dallas`14`16`18`16`&#8212;`64Boys Latin`11`14`12`12`&#8212;`49Three-point FGs -- DAL 2 (Kocher 2). BL 4 (Powell 2, Jones 2).<style>
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Hazleton Area boys basketball opens with victory