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SCRANTON &#8212; Wyoming Area&#8217;s offense hasn&#8217;t been able to generate any consistency this season. And a sweltering Saturday afternoon at Scranton Memorial Stadium certainly wasn&#8217;t going to be the place to find it.Instead, unbeaten Scranton Prep posted its fourth shutout of the season, defeating Wyoming Area 24-0 and keeping the Warriors off the scoreboard for the first time in their last 97 games.&#8220;To be honest, we don&#8217;t worry about the shutouts and all that stuff,&#8221; Prep coach Terry Gallagher said. &#8220;We expect those guys to learn from the guys who played the positions in the past and to be disciplined, play fast, play smart and get to the football.&#8221;Prep (5-0) checked all those boxes Saturday as Wyoming Area was shut out for the first time since a 39-0 loss to GAR in Week 5 of the 2008 season.Wyoming Area (1-4) entered the game off three consecutive three-point losses where the offense produced just 15 second-half points. The running game was averaging 3.2 yards per carry and that stat was reduced as the Warriors rushed 19 times for 19 yards, with a run in the third quarter by quarterback Dominic Deluca accounting for 16 of them.Delucca&#8217;s carry at 11:07 of the third quarter also gave Wyoming Area its first trip inside Prep territory. The drive, though, died on downs at the Prep 31-yard line. The Warriors never got closer than that to the end zone the rest of the game.&#8220;That&#8217;s our focus offensively. We have to get some consistency running the ball, throwing the ball,&#8221; Wyoming Area coach Randy Spencer said. &#8220;We did some good things, we created some plays, we had some opportunities. But you can&#8217;t have a positive play followed by a negative play.&#8221;Defensively, Wyoming Area played reasonably well. Prep standout running back Matt Gilmartin had 108 yards rushing, but 48 of them came on a TD run on a fourth-and-one play to begin the second quarter. Gilmartin&#8217;s other 23 carries averaged 2.6 yards. He had just 26 yards on 10 rushes in the second half.&#8220;I think our defense is what&#8217;s supported us through the first five games,&#8221; Spencer said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve played very, very well defensively, and it&#8217;s put us in situations to possibly win games. I think we did a similar job today. But like you said, it was a couple big plays and that comes at times having to play aggressively.&#8221;The schedule eases up for the next two weeks as Wyoming Area plays at home against Hanover Area (0-5) on Friday followed by a road game at GAR (0-5).Scranton Prep 24, Wyoming Area 0Wyoming Area`0`0`0`0`&#8212;`0Scranton Prep`7`7`3`7`&#8212;`24First quarterSP &#8212; Sam Dixon 6 pass from Leo O&#8217;Boyle (Alec Buttner kick), 5:02Second quarterSP &#8212; Matt Gilmartin 48 run (Buttner kick), 11:52Third quarterSP &#8212; Buttner 26 FG, 0:00Fourth quarterSP &#8212; Ivan Balavage 4 pass from O&#8217;Boyle (Buttner kick), 5:45Team statistics`WA`SPFirst downs`7`15Rushes-yards`19-19`40-160Passing yards`133`142Total yards`252`302Passing`13-24-2`13-18-1Sacked-yards lost`1-9`1-11Punts-avg.`5.27.4`1-19Fumbles-lost`2-0`2-0Penalties-yards`7-70`2-25INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING &#8212; WA, Marc Minichello 5-(minus-3), Dominic Deluca 6-12, Darren Rodney 3-6, Donovan O&#8217;Boyle 5-4. Prep, Gilmartin 24-108, L.O&#8217;Boyle 7-19, Balavage 2-2, Brayen McAllister 6-29, Joe Walsh 1-2.PASSING &#8212; WA, Deluca 13-24-2-133. Prep, L.O&#8217;Boyle 13-18-1-142.RECEIVING &#8212; WA, Brian Williams 4-38, Robbie 3-10, Minichello 2-21, Rodney 1-36, Steve Yordy 2-29, Shane Eslick 1-(minus-1). Prep, Lucas Stage 2-7, Matt Para 1-34, Dickson 3-37, Luke Johnson 1-21, McAllister 2-16, Balavage 2-15, Gilmartin 1-3.INTERCEPTIONS &#8212; WA, Deluca 1-0. Dickson 2-0.MISSED FGs &#8212; none.<style>
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Wyoming Area becomes Scranton Prep’s latest shutout victim, 24-0