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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Crunch time came at precisely 2:48 of the fourth quarter Saturday.</p><p>Selinsgrove was on a run. Some shoving resulted in double technical fouls on Selinsgrove&#8217;s Tony Dressler and GAR&#8217;s Herman Suazo, with Suazo bumped from the game with his fifth foul. Bailey Hatenstein, a Selinsgrove reserve who hadn&#8217;t played at all, was ejected for leaving the bench when the shoving began.</p><p>Through the chaos, GAR didn&#8217;t waver. Instead, the Grenadiers put away Selinsgrove down the stretch for a 72-59 victory in a PIAA Class 4A boys basketball first-round game.</p><p>Will Johnson canned two technical free throws after the officials sorted things out. They were for Hatenstein leaving the bench, as Dressler&#8217;s and Suazo&#8217;s technical offset. The two free throws were part of a run which turned GAR&#8217;s 62-55 lead into a 68-55 advantage inside a 68-second window.</p><p>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t worried because we were still playing with high intensity,&#8221; said GAR senior center Keyshawn Palmer, who finished with 20 points and 14 rebounds. &#8220;We were playing good. Everyone was working together. When something went wrong, we&#8217;d say, &#8216;Next time do this,&#8217; and we&#8217;d fix it.&#8221;</p><p>District 2 runner-up GAR (19-7) moves to the second round on Wednesday and will play District 12 fourth seed West Philadelphia (13-4) at a site and time to be announced. D4 runner-up Selinsgrove ended its season at 20-7.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re never nervous,&#8221; GAR senior 3-point ace Andrew Campbell said. &#8220;We think we&#8217;re going to win every game, honestly. It&#8217;s just confidence.&#8221;</p><p>Confidence began to show late in the second quarter when Palmer went the length of the court to slam dunk two points. The 6-foot-6 center later nailed two corner 3-pointers in the third quarter as he and point guard Will Johnson carried the offense to a 57-42 advantage entering the fourth.</p><p>&#8220;(Palmer) had a great game today,&#8221; GAR coach Jerry Altavilla said. &#8220;You probably saw a little smile on my face when he hit those two threes. He&#8217;s able to make them. We just don&#8217;t want it to be a habit.&#8221;</p><p>Selinsgrove made a potential blowout close with a strong opening to the fourth. A 3-pointer by Brice Harro moved the Seals within 62-55 with just over four minutes to play. But once that skirmish happened between Dressler and Suazo, GAR seized control.</p><p>&#8220;We always kept our heads up and never let that distract us,&#8221; Campbell said. &#8220;We just played our game.&#8221;</p><p>Selinsgrove&#8217;s 6-6 center Hunter George carried the offense through the District 4 playoffs, and he appeared he would do the same Saturday. He had seven points in the opening quarter, only to go cold in the middle quarters. He finished with 14.</p><p>Johnson paced GAR with 28. Campbell added 12.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>PIAA Class 4A First Round</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>GAR 72, Selinsgrove 59</strong></p><p><strong>SELINSGROVE (59) &#8212;</strong> Brice Harro 2 2-2 7, Griffin Kirchner 3 0-0 9, Tony Dressler 6 0-0 12, Thomas Kerstetter 3 0-1 9, Hunter George 5 4-6 14, Kyle Mertz 0 0-0 0, Logan Leiby 1 0-0 3, Drew Gabnelson 1 0-0 3, Ricky Cope 1 0-0 2. <strong>Totals 22 6-9 59.</strong></p><p><strong>GAR (72) &#8212;</strong> Keyshawn Palmer 8 2-3 20, Will Johnson 9 7-10 28, Andrew Campbell 3 3-4 12, Herman Suazo 3 0-0 6, Khalil White 0 0-2 0, Eli Ruiz 0 0-0 0, Anthony Hawk 2 2-2 6, Mufee Burney 0 0-0 0. <strong>Totals 25 14-21 72.</strong></p><p><strong>Selinsgrove`13`11`18`17`&#8212;`59</strong></p><p><strong>GAR`14`17`26`15`&#8212;`72</strong></p><p><strong>Three-point goals &#8212;</strong> SEL 9 (Harro, Kirchner 3, Kersetter 3, Leiby, Gabnelson). GAR 8 (Palmer 2, Johnson 3, Campbell 3).</p><p><ins>For other sports stories, <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/category/sports" target="_blank">click here</a>.</ins></p><style>
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