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<p>YATESVILLE &#8212; Cinderella wasn&#8217;t going to do it again.</p><p>Oh, Riverside tried all right on Friday night. The Vikings also received a boost from an unexpected source.</p><p>But Holy Redeemer was able to withstand the challenge for a 51-45 victory in a District 2 Class 3A boys basketball semifinal game at Pittston Area High School</p><p>The second-seeded Royals (18-6) will play top-seeded Wyoming Seminary (20-4) for the D2-3A championship at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Both teams advance to the PIAA Class 3A state tournament. Sixth-seeded Riverside ended its year at 10-14.</p><p>Collin Cook paced the defending D2-3A champion Royals with 18 points, including going 7 of 8 from the foul line in the fourth quarter. J.D. Turosky added 10 more and 12 rebounds. Center Nick Prociak returned after missing about a month with a foot injury to add eight.</p><p>Riverside entered the game off a 46-29 upset of No. 3 Mid Valley, a program that&#8217;s usually poking around the semifinals annually.</p><p>&#8220;Since the last time we lost to Seminary in their gym, we&#8217;ve been really preaching to the guys one game at a time, one game at a time, one game at a time,&#8221; Redeemer coach Paul Guido said. &#8220;Whether it was MMI, whether it was Northwest, whoever it was &#8212; Lake-Lehman &#8212; we wanted to focus on that playoff mentality.&#8221;</p><p>Redeemer had to focus for all four quarters. The Royals led 24-17 at halftime as Riverside stayed within striking distance despite shooting 6 of 21 (29 percent) in the first two quarters.</p><p>The Vikings, though, made a spirited run in the third behind Marcus Echevarria. Echevarria missed his only two shots in the first half, but started the third by nailing two 3-pointers. He continued his hot shooting as he finished the third with 12 points, including a drive that moved Riverside within 33-31 at the 1:04 mark.</p><p>&#8220;He was terrific,&#8221; Guido said. &#8220;I&#8217;m pretty sure he&#8217;s only made six threes all year, and he hit two there back-to-back in the third quarter. And I thought, &#8216;Yeah, it&#8217;s going to happen.&#8217; But that kind of opened up the sieve for him and everything started to go in.&#8221;</p><p>Redeemer&#8217;s Joey Judge, though, closed the third with a 3-pointer and Cook opened the fourth with a short jumper for some breathing room. Riverside managed to get within 42-38 midway through the final period, only to have Redeemer score four consecutive points.</p><p>The small run allowed the Royals to keep Riverside at arm&#8217;s length the rest of the way.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>District 2 Class 3A Semifinals</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Holy Redeemer 51, Riverside 45</strong></p><p><strong>HOLY REDEEMER (51)</strong> &#8212; Collin Cook 4 10-11 18, J.D. Turosky 5 0-0 10, Nick Prociak 3 2-2 8, Bryce Yencha 2 2-3 6, Joey Judge 2 1-2 6, Derek Answini 1 0-0 3, Tucker Ell 0 0-0 0, Jake Adonizio 0 0-0 0. <strong>Totals 17 15-18 51.</strong></p><p><strong>RIVERSIDE (45)</strong> &#8212; Marcos Echevarria 7 0-0 17, Michael Ricket 4 3-4 12, Jason Holman 3 0-1 7, Evan Carrubba 1 2-2 5, Razen Reyes 1 0-0 2, Michael Antoniacci 1 0-0 2, Brayden Thiel 0 0-0 0. <strong>Totals 17 5-7 45.</strong></p><p><strong>Holy Redeemer`15`9`12`15 &#8212; 51</strong></p><p><strong>Riverside`7`10`14`14 &#8212; 45</strong></p><p><strong>Three-point goals </strong> &#8212; HR 2 (Answini, Judge); RIV 6 (Carrubba, Holman, Ricket, Echevarria 3).</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Bryce Yencha shoots against Riverside&#8217;s Evan Carrubba on Friday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/web1_TTL022418HSBB-Redeemer-Riverside_3-1-.jpg</photo0><caption0>Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Bryce Yencha shoots against Riverside&#8217;s Evan Carrubba on Friday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/web1_TTL022418HSBB-Redeemer-Riverside_1-1-.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Nick Prociak looks to shoots against Riverside defender Jason Holman in a District 2 Class 3A boys semifinal at Pittston Area High School on Friday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/web1_TTL022418HSBB-Redeemer-Riverside_1-1-.jpg</photo1><caption1>Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Nick Prociak looks to shoots against Riverside defender Jason Holman in a District 2 Class 3A boys semifinal at Pittston Area High School 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/2018/02/web1_TTL022418HSBB-Redeemer-Riverside_2-1-.jpg">
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D2 basketball: Redeemer takes down Cinderella Riverside squad in Class 3A