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NANTICOKE &#8212; Saturday afternoon was shaping up quite nicely for Nanticoke Area.Sharpshooter Nate Kreitzer connected on the 193rd 3-pointer of his career, breaking the school record set by his coach John Beggs. The Trojans built an 11-point lead early in the second quarter over Wyoming Seminary, which looked a bit out of sorts on the offensive end.Then everything changed. Seminary started hitting shots, and Nanticoke Area couldn&#8217;t get anything to drop.The end result &#8212; Seminary 51, Nanticoke Area 42 in a matinee battle between division leaders in Wyoming Valley Conference boys basketball.Seminary improved to 5-0 in Division 3 and 11-1 overall. Nanticoke Area fell to 4-3 in Division 2 and 9-3 overall with its third loss in its past five games. The other setbacks were to Crestwood and Hazleton Area, which are tied atop Division 1.Nanticoke Area led 17-9 after the first quarter. Then in the second, the Trojans got a rebound basket by Trahjan Krupinski and a 3-pointer by Kreitzer to push the lead to 25-14 at the six-minute mark.Nanticoke Area, though, didn&#8217;t score again until 4:37 of the third quarter. During the dearth, Seminary went on a 16-0 run.&#8220;We made an adjustment on our defense that I thought was critical,&#8221; Seminary coach Pete Moses said. &#8220;And we got some pretty good bench minutes from some kids that gave us a spark.&#8221;The first flicker of offensive life came from starting guard Jeremy Callahan. The junior rattled in a 3-pointer from the left corner to start a 10-0 run over the final six minutes of the second quarter. Reserve Ryan Anderson capped it with a rebound basket, moving the Blue Knights within 25-24 at the break.Seminary guard Jake Koretz opened the third with a defensive rebound and finished off the play on the offensive end as the Blue Knights took their first lead, 26-25. Nick Ganter and Todd Phillips followed with buckets, boosting the advantage to 30-25 before Nanticoke Area stopped the 16-0 run.&#8220;We knew we could come back,&#8221; said Callahan, who finished with 10 points. &#8220;I hit a couple threes, and we just had to keep playing our game. Early, we didn&#8217;t have many shots going and Dimitri (Gnall) was getting the ball a little bit too far from the basket than we wanted. We went into halftime, made some adjustments and got some open looks for him.&#8221;Nanticoke Area rallied and managed to tie the score twice in the fourth &#8212; 35-35 on a 3-pointer by Kreitzer at 6:02 and 39-39 with 3:41 remaining when Jake Krupinski nailed a trey. But a turn-around jumper by Gnall and solid free-throw shooting down the stretch allowed the Blue Knights to stay ahead for good.&#8220;We hit a dry spell and that&#8217;s been a consistent problem this year,&#8221; Beggs said of the 16-0 run that flipped the score. &#8220;We go for long periods of time without scoring. Part of it was we forced some shot that we didn&#8217;t take early. We were being a little bit one-pass, no-pass offense.&#8221;Dallas 70, Valley West 48Jack Farrell scored 15 points and Nick Nocito and Austin Finarelli combined for 25 as the Mountaineers pulled away from the Spartans.Dallas took a six-point lead into halftime and outscored Valley West 20-8 in the third quarter behind six points from Farrell to pull away.Nocito finished with 13 points and Finarelli had 12 in the victory.Christian Michak made five 3-point field goals and had a game-high 17 points for Valley West and Roland Hamad had 11 in the loss.Crestwood 53, Pittston Area 47Jacob Zaleski scored all nine of his points in the second half and Sean Murphy and Camden Boris each scored 11 as the Comets held off the Patriots.Logan Booth led Pittston Area with a game-high 17 points and Brennan Higgins added 14 in the loss.Northwest 67, Wyoming Area 58Walker Yaple scored 24 points, Bryce Koser scored 17 and Sam Saxe added 13 as the Rangers won on the road.Cole Coolbaugh scored 16 and Dan Wiedl had 15 to pace Wyoming Area. Jake Greenfield added 12.Holy Redeemer 62, GAR 52Holy Redeemer center Nick Prociak scored 27 points, including all 15 of his team&#8217;s points in the third quarter, as the Royals topped GAR.Collin Cook added 16 for Redeemer.GAR&#8217;s Will Johnson led all scorers with 29. Jared O&#8217;Day had 16. The Grenadiers had just four players figure in the scoring.Tunkhannock 66, MMI Prep 44Tyler Faux scored 32 points and played a big role in Tunkhannock opening an early lead.Jack Chilson added 14 for the Tigers, who led 36-22 at halftime.Tyler Degenhart paced MMI with 12.Lake-Lehman 43, Meyers 42Max Paczewski scored eight of his team-high 14 points in the fourth quarter as the Black Knights rallied to nip Meyers. Lehman outscored the Mohawks 17-7 in the final period.Neil Dougherty added 11 for Lehman.Blake Masker scored 15 and Jordan Diggs had 14 for Meyers.Hazleton Area 82, Coughlin 45Da&#8217;Mir Faison scored 14 points, Andrew Vayda had 13 and Warren Seigendall added 12 as Hazleton Area had one of its top offensive outputs of the season.The Cougars had 11 players score.Tony Egidio had 14 and Matt Egidio had 10 for Coughlin. Aaron Bennett scored nine.Wyoming Seminary 51, Nanticoke Area 42WYOMING SEMINARY (51) &#8212; Jake Koretz 4 0-0 8, Todd Phillips 4 1-2 9, Jeremy Callahan 2 4-4 10, Dimitri Gnall 4 4-4 13, Nick Ganter 2 0-0 4, Nick Bufalino 1 0-0 3, Ryan Anderson 1 0-0 2, Ethan Meuser 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 9-10 51.NANTICOKE (42) &#8212; Nate Kreitzer 5 3-4 16, Trahjan Krupinski 3 2-2 8, Dylan Szychowski 0 0-0 0, Colby Butczynski 4 1-2 12, Jake Krupinski 1 0-0 3, JJ Bielecki 1 0-0 3, Luke Myers 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 6-8 42.Wyo. Seminary`9`15`11`16 &#8212; 51Nanticoke Area`17`8`5`12 &#8212; 42Three-point goals &#8212; WS 4 (Callahan 2, Gnall, Bufalino). NA 8 (Kreitzer 3, Butczynski 3, J.Krupinski, Bielecki).BOYS BASKETBALLDallas 70, Valley West 48DALLAS (70) &#8212; Jack Farrell 7 1-2 15, Dylan Schuster 2 1-1 5, Nick Nocito 4 2-2 13, Sam Nocito 1 0-0 2, Austin Finarelli 5 0-0 12, Justin Finarelli 4 0-1 8, Drew Dickson 0 2-2 2, Eric Berley 1 0-0 2, Aidan Conrad 0 0-0 0, Luke DelGaudio 4 1-4 9, Chris Killian 0 0-0 0, Jake Wienckoski 0 0-0 0, Logan Evanosky 1 0-0 2. Totals 29 7-12 70.VALLEY WEST (48) &#8212; Danny Gibbons 1 1-1 3, Roland Hamad 3 4-4 11, Tyler Gillespie 0 2-4 2, Joey Lombardo 1 2-2 4, Saquan Portee 1 0-2 2, Tom Federici 2 0-0 5, Kenny Brown 0 0-0 0, Jahmaal Patterson 0 0-0 0, Tyler Dalley 0 0-0 0, Christian Michak 5 2-2 17, Brandon Littman 0 0-0 0, Jumir Johnson 1 0-0 2, Cole Gorham 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 11-15 48.Dallas`18`12`20`20 &#8212; 70Valley West`13`11`9`15 &#8212; 48Three-point goals &#8212; DAL 5 (N. Nocito 3, A. Finarelli 2); WVW 7 (Michak 5, Federici, Hamad).Crestwood 53, Pittston Area 47CRESTWOOD (53) &#8212; Ryan Petrosky 2 3-4 7, Connor Olenginski 0 0-0 0, Marcus Vieney 1 1-2 3, Frank Casarella 1 0-0 3, Brad Papura 2 0-1 4, Sean Murphy 3 2-2 11, Camden Boris 4 1-2 11, Jacon Zaleski 2 4-6 9, Mike Palmiero 2 0-0 5, Paul Feisel 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 11-17 53.PITTSTON AREA (47) &#8212; Logan Booth 5 7-7 17, Mike George 2 2-4 6, Sevion Leak 0 0-0 0, Matt Johnson 0 0-0 0, Brennan Higgins 7 0-0 14, Adam Penxa 0 0-0 0, Andrew Krawczyk 1 0-0 2, JJ Walsh 3 0-0 8. Totals 18 9-11 47.Crestwood`23`2`13`15 &#8212; 53Pittston Area`14`9`11`13 &#8212; 47Three-point goals &#8212; CRE 8 (Murphy 3, Boris 2, Palmiero, Zaleski); PA 2 (Walsh 2).Northwest 67, Wyoming Area 58NORTHWEST (67) &#8212; Tyler Stevens 1 0-0 2, Sam Saxe 3 6-6 13, Jason Yaple 2 3-5 8, Bryce Koser 8 1-1 17, Walker Yaple 10 2-5 24, Matt Saxe 1 1-2 3, John Karam 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 13-19 67.WYOMING AREA (58) &#8212; Dan Wiedl 4 6-9 15, Nick Rubino 1 0-0 3, Cole Coolbaugh 6 1-2 16, Sammy Solomon 1 0-0 2, Jake Greenfield 3 5-6 12, Evan Melberger 1 0-0 3, Nick Elko 3 1-2 7, FJ Braccini 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 13-19 58.Northwest`12`17`23`15 &#8212; 67Wyoming Area`11`20`11`16 &#8212; 58Three-point goals &#8212; NWT 8 (Stevens, S.Saxe, J.Yaple, W.Yaple 4, M.Saxe). WA 7 (Wiedl, Rubino, Coolbaugh 3, Greenfield, Elko).Holy Redeemer 62, GAR 52HOLY REDEEMER (62) &#8212; Derek Answini 0 0-0 0, Josh Andrejko 2 4-6 8, Justice Shoats 2 1-2 5, Jared Piontkowski 3 1-2 7, Collin Cook 2 9-11 16, Nick Prociak 12 3-6 27, Matt Prociak 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 18-27 62.GAR (52) &#8212; Will Johnson 11 4-5 29, Jared O&#8217;Day 6 0-0 16, Tyler Young 1 1-2 3, Curtis Smith 2 0-1 4, Curon Smith 0 0-0 0, Shawn Adamson 0 0-0 0, George Placencio 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 5-8 52.Holy Redeemer`11`18`15`16 &#8212; 62GAR`15`11`12`14 &#8212; 52Three-point goals &#8212; HR 2 (Cook). GAR 7 (Johnson 3, O&#8217;Day 4).Tunkhannock 66, MMI Prep 44MMI PREP (44) &#8212; Mason Marchetti 4 1-1 9, AJ Jordan 0 0-0 0, Harry Kress 0 0-0 0, Matt Marchetti 4 0-0 8, Marcus Kassick 1 6-7 8, Tyler Degenhart 6 0-0 13, Dave Antolick 0 0-0 0, Keefer Hoover 2 0-0 6, Rob Rinaldi 0 0-0 0, Josue Rodriguez 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 7-8 44.TUNKHANNOCK (66) &#8212; Ryan Harder 0 1-2 1, Jack Chilson 6 2-3 14, Logan Helsel 0 0-0 0, Tyler Faux 10 7-7 32, Nick Reposa 2 1-3 6, Erik Bennett 0 1-2 1, CJ Wright 0 0-0 0, Isiah Simon 0 0-0 0, Avery Billings 4 0-0 8, Jaren Robinson 0 0-0 0, Chris Trochak 1 0-0 2, Dylan Cavanaugh 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 12-17 66.MMI Prep`12`10`13`9 &#8212; 44Tunkhannock`21`15`12`18 &#8212; 66Three-point goals &#8212; MMI 3 (Degenhart, Hoover 2). TUN 6 (Faux 5, Reposa).Lake-Lehman 43, Meyers 42LAKE-LEHMAN (43) &#8212; Abe Dabsheh 4 0-1 9, Max Paczewski 6 0-0 14, Nate Salus 1 0-0 2, Josh Kane 1 0-0 3, Ethan Adams 1 0-0 2, Neil Dougherty 5 1-3 11, CJ Cercone 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 1-4 43.MEYERS (42) &#8212; Tanner Nilon 0 0-0 0, Kendall Brewster 1 1-4 3, Keegan Brewster 1 0-0 2, Cole Walker 3 2-3 8, Watkeen Gumbs 0 0-0 0, Jihad Yancey 0 0-0 0, Jordan Diggs 4 2-3 14, David Kasper 0 0-0 0, Blake Masker 7 1-1 15, Jack Gilgallon 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 6-11 42.Lake-Lehman`6`16`4`17 &#8212; 43Meyers`11`10`14`7 &#8212; 42Three-point goals &#8212; LL 4 (Dabsheh, Paczewski 2, Kane). MEY 4 (Diggs 4).Hazleton Area 82, Coughlin 45HAZLETON AREA (82) &#8212; Kevin Gill 1 0-0 3, Andrew Vayda 5 0-0 13, Sparky Wolk 1 2-2 5, Scott Campbell 2 0-1 5, Kyle Franek 4 1-2 9, Jawardt Nieves 0 2-6 2, Jecxander Moronta 2 0-0 5, Nickolas Norman 0 0-0 0, Rammdy Melendez 3 0-0 6, Da&#8217;Mir Faison 8 0-0 14, Warren Seigendall 4 4-5 12, Ryan Fisher 1 0-0 3. Totals 30 9-16 82. COUGHLIN (45) &#8212; Aaron Bennett 1 6-8 9, Brandon Hall 3 1-2 7, Tony Egidio 7 0-0 14, Matt Egidio 4 1-1 10, Prince Allen 0 0-2 0, Damon Jones 0 3-4 3, Kimmeng Eab 0 0-0 0, Shawn Valenzuela 1 0-0 2, Adamis Pena 0 0-0 0, Alex Kulikowich 0 0-1 0. Totals 16 11-17 45. Hazleton Area`16`23`13`30 &#8212; 82 Coughlin`13`5`18`9 &#8212; 45 Three-point goals &#8212; HA 10 (Gil, Vayda 3, Wolk, Campbell, Moronta, Faison 3). COU 2 (Bennett, M.Egidio).<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Nate Kreitzer drives to the hoop past Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Jeremy Callahan in WVC boys basketball action Saturday afternoon in Nanticoke. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web1_TTL011319HSBB-Nanticoke-Seminary_2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Nate Kreitzer drives to the hoop past Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Jeremy Callahan in WVC boys basketball action Saturday afternoon in Nanticoke. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web1_TTL011319HSBB-Nanticoke-Seminary_4.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Colby Butczynski is double-teamed by Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Ethan Mueser (33) and Nick Ganter in WVC boys basketball action Saturday afternoon in Nanticoke. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web1_TTL011319HSBB-Nanticoke-Seminary_4.jpg</photo1><caption1>Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Colby Butczynski is double-teamed by Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Ethan Mueser (33) and Nick Ganter in WVC boys basketball action Saturday afternoon in Nanticoke. </caption1><photoCredit1>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web1_TTL011319HSBB-Nanticoke-Seminary_5.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Jake Krupinski shoots over Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Dimitri Gnall in WVC boys basketball action Saturday afternoon in Nanticoke. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web1_TTL011319HSBB-Nanticoke-Seminary_5.jpg</photo2><caption2>Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Jake Krupinski shoots over Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Dimitri Gnall in WVC boys basketball action Saturday afternoon in Nanticoke. </caption2><photoCredit2>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web1_TTL011319HSBB-Nanticoke-Seminary_3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Nick Ganter, left, passes at the baseline ahead of Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Trahjan Krupinski in WVC boys basketball action Saturday afternoon in Nanticoke. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web1_TTL011319HSBB-Nanticoke-Seminary_3.jpg</photo3><caption3>Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Nick Ganter, left, passes at the baseline ahead of Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Trahjan Krupinski in WVC boys basketball action Saturday afternoon in Nanticoke. </caption3><photoCredit3>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web1_TTL011319HSBB-Nanticoke-Seminary_6.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Todd Phillips passes into the lane against Nanticoke Area in WVC boys basketball action Saturday afternoon in Nanticoke. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web1_TTL011319HSBB-Nanticoke-Seminary_6.jpg</photo4><caption4>Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Todd Phillips passes into the lane against Nanticoke Area in WVC boys basketball action Saturday afternoon in Nanticoke. </caption4><photoCredit4>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit4></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web1_TTL011319HSBB-Nanticoke-Seminary_1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Dylan Szychowski, left, and Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Dimitri Gnall battle for a rebound in WVC boys basketball action Saturday afternoon in Nanticoke. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo5>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web1_TTL011319HSBB-Nanticoke-Seminary_1.jpg</photo5><caption5>Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Dylan Szychowski, left, and Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Dimitri Gnall battle for a rebound in WVC boys basketball action Saturday afternoon in Nanticoke. </caption5><photoCredit5>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit5></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By John Erzarjerzar@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach John Erzar at 570-991-6394 or on Twitter @TLJohnErzar</shirttailMeta></div>

WVC boys basketball: Wyoming Seminary rallies past Nanticoke Area