@ Wilkes-Barre (Spartan Stadium)

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Times Leader

WEST PITTSTON — As the temperatures begin to drop the heat on the gridiron starts to rise as the District 2 Class 3A playoffs kicked off Friday with Wyoming Area hosting Carbondale Area.
Carbondale Area seemed poised for an upset over the heavily-favored Warriors, but a strong second half performance headlined by Nico Sciandra secured Wyoming Area’s 55-13 victory.
Wyoming Area (9-1) will host either Lake-Lehman or Lakeland in the semifinals next Friday. Those teams play Saturday night. Carbondale Area finished its year 5-6.
After an opening half where the game felt it could go either way, the Warriors took control on the ground scoring four rushing touchdowns in the quarter.
Sciandra got the Warriors going with a 41-yard touchdown, his first of three in the quarter, less than three minutes into the half. Wyoming’s defense would force a fumble off a Joseph Marranca sack and Sciandra would do his business, running 17 yards for a touchdown on the very next play.
Wyoming Area’s following possession would be a quick, three-play drive as Aaron Crossley took the ball 74 yards for his team’s third touchdown of the period.
On the ensuing kickoff, Jayden Rusyn squib kicked the ball, which Carbondale Area failed to recover before Damien Lefkoski fell on it, regaining possession for the Warriors in their opponent’s territory.
Four plays later Sciandra finished the hat trick, rushing for his third touchdown as the Warriors took a commanding 48-13 lead.
“Our guys did a great job of focusing into the second quarter and coming out of halftime,” Wyoming Area coach Randy Spencer said.
The game was a tale of two halves as to the surprise of the home fans the Chargers came out and proved to be a formidable foe to start the game. After forcing Wyoming Area’s off the field after three plays, Vincent DePalma led Carbondale Area out onto the field.
“Coming out of the gate made some mistakes, they also forced us to make some mistakes, so credit to them,” Spencer said.
DePalma factored into every aspect of his team’s opening drive, carrying the ball four times, picking up a 9-yard reception and connecting with Jonathan Orta on a 48-yard option-pass that set the Chargers up in the red zone.
The Warriors stopped the surging Carbondale offense in its tracks, forcing the Chargers to settle for a field goal for the game’s opening score.
Facing a rare deficit the Warriors retook the field, hoping for a better outcome, but the offense continued to sputter. Leo Haros seemed to get the offense going with an 18-yard run to flip the field, but on the next play a fumble would give the Chargers possession of the ball.
After failing to find his mark on his first three attempts Wyoming quarterback, Blaise Sokach-Minnick connected with Haros on a screen pass that he proceeded to take the next 70 yards to the Carbondale Area 3-yard line. Two plays later Haros would put his team on the board with a 2-yard run.
Haros would generate 96 yards of offense in the opening quarter before an injury, suffered on defense, kept him from returning to the game. Spencer said after the game that Haros was “preventably shutdown for the night.”

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — PA, Harry Pugliese 13-48, Drew Menendez 3-17, DeLucca 2-(minus-2), Adam Lazar 5-8, John Barchi-Crich 1-3, Zach Karrott 1-6, Xzayvier Blackshear 1-(minus-5), team 1-(minus-34). WA, Haros 12-73, Sokach-Minnick 5-13, Crossley 12-84, Nico Sciandra 3-12, Pizano 5-85, J.Rusyn 1-7, Keegan Rusyn 1-1, Mike Crane 2-5, Damien Lefkoski 1-2, team 1-(minus-13). 
PASSING — PA, DeLucca 9-20-1-99. WA, Sokach Minnick 2-5-0-40, Pizano 0-1-0-0. 
RECEIVING — PA, Barbieri 1-8, Lockett 2-45, Pugliese 3-19, Menendez 2-23, Gino Triboski 1-4. WA, Harros 1-17, Pizano 1-23. 
INTERCEPTIONS — WA, Elko 1-61. 
MISSED FGs — none. 

Citizens Voice

DUNMORE — Rocco Pizano doesn’t get to run the ball often for Wyoming Area, so when he got some chances Friday, he took advantage.
Pizano ran for 166 yards and three scores on just four carries and added a pair of interceptions as the Warriors rolled to a 35-6 victory over Dunmore in a non-conference high school football game at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Pizano, who entered the game with just 130 yards rushing this season, scored on runs of 30, 70 and 65, scoring once each of the first three quarters.
“I’ve never had a day like this. I usually catch the ball more than I run the ball,” Pizano said. “But without the O-line, that wouldn’t be possible. They were setting blocks up front and they were running downfield making blocks for us. It was unreal.”
Wyoming Area (7-1) used that powerful offensive line to help total 375 yards and four scores on 25 rushes. Leo Haros finished with 108 yards on six carries and Aaron Crossley added 46 yards and a score on five carries. It was his 21-yard run that opened the scoring less than three minutes into the game.
“Up front all year long our kids have played exceptionally with physicality and being able to move people off the ball,” Wyoming Area coach Randy Spencer said. “Our production running the ball is a result of the offensive line and some very talented and explosive skill guys. They’ve given us that kind of play all year.”
Pizano showed his talent on defense, picking off two Dunmore passes, both deep in Wyoming Area territory. The first led to a 27-yard touchdown pass from Blaise Sokach-Minnick to John Morgan early in the second quarter. The second stopped Dunmore (3-5) on the opening drive of the second half and thwarted any comeback hopes the Bucks had.
“He’s a shutdown corner with two interceptions tonight,” Spencer said. “Offensively, what you saw tonight is what he has the ability to do. Any given down, if you put the ball in his hands, he’s got the ability to go.”
Jayden Rusyn helped lead the Wyoming Area defensive effort with a pair of sacks. The Warriors held Dunmore to 126 yards on 34 carries for the game with 112 of those yards coming in the fourth quarter.
“They’re a really good football team and really well-coached,” Dunmore coach Kevin McHale said. “They’ve got it all. They have a lot of kids who played on that ’19 team that won the state championship and they have a really good nucleus.
“But their strength is up front. They maul people and it’s like a college line and we obviously had difficulty with that.”
Dunmore avoided the shutout when Nico Ruggiero scored on a 5-yard run with 7:30 to play. The scoring play capped an 11-play, 80-yard drive with Ruggiero picking up 47 of those yards on six carries.

Times Leader

WEST PITTSTON — There were plenty of big plays throughout Wyoming Area’s 42-7 victory over Lake-Lehman on Friday night in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 3A football game.
Running back Leo Haros rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries. Running back Nico Sciandra gained 107 more and score twice just four carries, all in the second half. The Warriors defense forced seven punts and six three-and-outs on 10 Lehman possessions.
However, the biggest arguably occurred when Wyoming Area quarterback Blaise Sokach-Minnick threw a 47-yard pass to receiver John Morgan on the Warriors’ first play from scrimmage.
Sokach-Minnick was hurt playing defense on the first series against Lakeland last Friday and missed the rest of that game. Considering the Warriors already have a couple key pieces out long term, having their quarterback and one of the nation’s top long snappers (Sokach-Minnick has committed to Penn State) was a welcome sight.
“Obviously, it was great to see Blaise back, and he started off well with that nice throw down the field to Johnny Morgan,” Wyoming Area coach Randy Spencer said. “That was very encouraging for us and great to see for Blaise. He’s that type of kid — high character, great football player and young man. So to have him bounce back in that respect was great for him and also for our football team.”
Sokach-Minnick, who didn’t play defense but did most of the long snapping, took a back seat most of the night to the running game. The big guys up front — center Ethan Speece, guards Nick Elko and Ryan Gilpin and tackles Owen Kelly and Matt Clarke — helped open holes to allow Wyoming Area (6-1) to run for 354 yards on 36 rushes.
After Morgan’s reception to the Lehman 33-yard line, Haros rushed on the next four plays, including a 12-yard TD run. Haros did most of the running on the next scoring drive, finishing off with a 25-yard touchdown run to make it 14-0 at 8:31 of the second quarter.
Wyoming Area scored two more times before halftime, with Haros’ 38-yard run eventually leading to fullback Jayden Rusyn powering in from three yards out at 5:56 of the second quarter. The Warriors took a 28-0 lead into the break on a 5-yard misdirection carry by receiver Rocco Pizano.
It was Sciandra’s turn in the second half. On Wyoming Area’s second possession, he broke off a 50-yard run and then finished off the drive with an ensuing 5-yard touchdown run. He added a 46-yard TD run early in the fourth quarter.
Between Sciandra’s two TDs, Lehman (3-3) scored its only touchdown of the game. Quarterback Landon Schuckers ran 45 yards on an option keeper to set up his 4-yard touchdown pass to running back Colby Roberts.
The TD throw was the first of the season for the Black Knights, who had 18 in 2020 with a much more experienced lineup.
“As a coach, you never want your philosophy to be rebuild,” Lehman coach Jerry Gilsky said. “But if you look at the group we had, those seniors we had three years. There are a lot of quality guys on the team, and if you noticed we play a lot of guys. We have to in a situation like this because you never know who’s going to be hurt. And on top of it, you want to work on your depth the next few years.”

Citizens Voice

WEST PITTSTON — Blaise Sokach-Minnick was back under center for Wyoming Area on Friday night. That meant the Warriors didn’t need to get as creative compared to last week, when Sokach-Minnick left the Warriors’ game against Lakeland with an injury on the first defensive series.

Wyoming Area 42, Lake-Lehman 7 
Lake-Lehman`0`0`7`0 — 7
Wyoming Area`7`21`7`6 — 42
First quarter
WA — Leo Haros 12 run (Jayden Rusyn kick), 6:55 
Second quarter
WA — Haros 25 run (Rusyn kick), 8:31 
WA — J.Rusyn 3 run (Liam Burke kick), 5:56 
WA — Rocco Pizano 5 run (Hallie Kranson kick), 2:05 
Third quarter
WA — Nico Sciandra 5 run (Burke kick), 7:26 
LL — Colby Roberts 4 pass from Landon Schuckers (Tanner Mazzoni kick), 1:07 
Fourth quarter
WA — Sciandra 46 run (Kranson kick), 9:45 

Team statistics`LL`WA
First downs`6`17 
Rushes-yards`34-141`36-354 
Passing yards`(-4)`58 
Total yards`137`412 
Passing`2-6-0`3-6-0 
Sacked-yards lost`0-0`0-0 
Punts-avg.`7-34.1`1-36
Fumbles-lost`2-0`1-0 
Penalties-yards`4-27`2-18 
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Lehman, Roberts 14-46, Javon Borger 4-26, Shuckers 6-49, Cole Morio 3-12, Treston Allen 3-7, Jeremy Scouton 3-(minus-1), Josh Ryan 1-2. Wyoming Area, Haros 13-150, Pizano 3-13, Blaise Sokach-Minnick 1-0, Aaron Crossley 5-28, J.Rusyn 3-11, Sciandra 4-107, John Morgan 1-7, Mike Crane 3-20, Keegan Rusyn 2-12, Garret Pocceschi 1-6. 
PASSING — Lehman, Schuckers 2-6-0-(minus-4). Wyoming Area, Sokach-Minnick 3-5-0-58, Damien Lefkoski 0-1-0-0. 
RECEIVING — Lehman, Roberts 2-(minus-4). Wyoming Area, Pizano 1-1, Morgan 2-57. 
INTERCEPTIONS — none. 
MISSED FGs — none.

Times Leader

CHAPMAN LAKE — When quarterback Blaise Sokach-Minnick went down with an injury while playing defense in the game’s opening series, Leo Haros had his workload grow significantly for Wyoming Area.
Haros responded by running for two touchdowns, including the game-winner, and intercepting two passes, including the clincher at the 3-yard line on the game’s final play, to lift visiting Wyoming Area over previously unbeaten Lakeland, 19-14, in a non-league victory in a meeting between District 2 Class 3A football contenders.
Both teams come out of the game with 5-1 records.
The fifth win was not easy for the Warriors.
Wyoming Area trailed for more than 30 of the game’s 48 minutes and never led until Haros scored on a 3-yard run with 3:25 left on a night when they were forced to improvise offensively.
Haros, expected to take on the bulk of the tailback duties for the night with Drew Mruk sidelined by an injury, was the focal point of each of the two offensive approaches Wyoming Area used in the absence of Sokach-Minnick, who suffered a lower leg injury that will need further evaluation.
For most of the night, Haros lined up as the quarterback in shotgun formation, taking direct snaps and simply taking off on runs. When coach Randy Spencer chose to turn to 5-foot-7, 125-pound freshman Damian Lefkoski, Haros’ younger brother, the playbook expanded and resembled a more traditional Wyoming Area approach, but still featured Haros, who then moved to tailback.
“Growing up, I was kind of in a quarterback position … so I wasn’t really dumbfounded when I wound up in that position and that helped out a lot,” Haros said. “Along with my brother, who’s the backup quarterback and he stepped in like he’s been playing all year.
“I’m really proud of him.”
Haros also came through on defense when Wyoming Area held Lakeland scoreless through the second half, allowing just 62 yards, 38 of which came in the final drive after the Warriors had moved in front.
Wyoming Area was hurt by four personal foul penalties in the third quarter while trailing 14-13, but Haros limited the damage with an interception at the 11 late in the quarter.
Haros returned the pick 27 yards and Wyoming Area moved 73 yards on 17 plays for the winning score.
There were two important fourth downs along the way.
Haros hit 300-pound senior Nick Elko, a former fullback, with a 9-yard pass on a fourth-and-9, tackle-eligible play. Elko ran over two defenders, driving forward as he went to the ground to make the conversion by about a foot.
Wyoming Area appeared to go ahead with 4:06 left on a 31-yard Jayden Rusyn field goal. When Lakeland roughed the kicker, Spencer chose to take the points off the board to go for more points and use more time.
Haros scored the touchdown two plays and 41 seconds later.
Dominico Spataro, who surpassed 1,000 passing yards for the season, ran for one score and passed for another to give Lakeland a pair of seven-point leads.
When the Chiefs tried a fake punt from their 32 with 1:39 left in the half, it backfired.
Joe Marranca intercepted and returned it 24 yards to the 17 to set up the first Haros touchdown.
Nico Sciandra ran for the other Wyoming Area score.

Citizens Voice

SCOTT TWP. — It is a play Wyoming Area fans might not forget.
Facing a fourth-and-8 from the Lakeland 22-yard line, and Wyoming Area trailing by one point in the fourth quarter, massive offensive lineman Nicholas Elko hauled in a tackle-eligible screen pass. The Division I prospect then relied on his skills as a former fullback to power his way to a 10-yard gain and a first down that kept the Warriors on the move.
Later in the drive, Wyoming Area gambled and took a made field goal off the board and continued forward after a roughing the kicker penalty. As the Warriors chewed up the clock, they cashed in on a touchdown that capped a 17-play drive for the winning points in a 19-14 comeback win over No. 3 Lakeland on Friday in a nonconference slugfest between two of the top teams in District 2 Class 3A.
“I was nervous,” Elko said. “I haven’t run a route like that in three years, so I was excited and nervous at the same time. I knew we needed 10 yards so I just powered through and reached the ball out for the first down.”
Elko also figured prominently on the drive as the strength of the offensive line forged through a Lakeland defense that held the Warriors in check through the first three quarters.
Wyoming Area (5-1), which played without tailback Drew Mruk and lost quarterback Blaise Sokach-Minnick on Lakeland’s opening series, ran for 125 yards on its first 32 carries, had 62 in the final 13. Leonardo Haros, who filled in for Sokach-Minnick at quarterback and played some running back, had 34 of his 111 yards and the go-ahead touchdown with 3:2 to play.
“Once we knew that we were down, and there were plays to be made that we weren’t making, everybody just snapped into it,” Haros said. “After the half, we had to base our offense off the running game. I focused in. Our guys up front are animals. They put their full effort out there on every play.”
Lakeland (5-1) controlled the game in the first half.
Quarterback Dominico Spataro used his accurate passing and shifty scrambling ability to rush for 40 yards and throw for 119 in the first half. He ran for a 10-yard touchdown in the first quarter and added a 4-yard touchdown pass to Lacota Dippre that gave the Chiefs a 14-7 lead with 4:22 to play in the half.
But with the ball and facing a fourth-and-1 from its own 32, Lakeland attempted a fake punt. Joe Marranca read it and made an interception and gave the Warriors possession on the Chiefs’ 17.
Five plays later, Haros scored on a 4-yard run. The extra-point kick sailed wide, but the Warriors went into the break with momentum after a half where they gained 78 yards on 21 plays.
“We have been preaching to stay together all year and we are going to give every game all that we have,” Lakeland coach David Piwowarczyk said. “On the punt, we were trying to shift and see how they were lining up. We hadn’t shown it. If I had to do it all over again I would have stepped in the field and taken a penalty and punted.
“This team buys into everything we ask them to do. I feel they would run through a brick wall for us.”

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Wyoming Area posts emphatic rebound, blanks Crestwood

WRIGHT TWP. — A week after taking multi-year defending state champ Southern Columbia to the limit, Wyoming Area showed no signs of physical or mental fatigue on Friday night, rolling through Crestwood 27-0 at Crestwood High School.
The Warriors rode the strength of their defense all night, holding the Comets scoreless and picking off a pair of passes, one for a touchdown.
“I’m very proud of this defense,” Wyoming Area coach Randy Spencer said after his team’s win. “When the ball came out, we were in the right places.”
Of the Comets’ 148 yards of total offense, almost half of them came on a long Noah Schultz run before halftime, trying to put his team in position to get points on the board.
That drive was halted by the halftime whistle, and Crestwood really didn’t put together any scoring chances after that.
The Warriors’ first score of the came from the defense, with Leo Haros picking off an overthrown pass from Crestwood quarterback Jason Swank and taking it 16 yards untouched for the score.
Haros, who has been asked to do a little bit of everything for this Warrior team, was also at the center of the Wyoming Area run game. The senior ran for 59 yards and a touchdown and kept the chains moving all night long.
The strength of the Warriors rushing attack this year has been the ability to rotate a number of different guys into the backfield who can produce.
Wyoming Area was without Drew Mruk on Friday night, but Haros was complemented by Aaron Crossley (52 yards) and Nico Sciandra, who had a touchdown run and a successful two-point conversion for the Warriors.
“Throughout the year, Nico Sciandra has stepped up and stepped in when we need him,” Spencer said. “He’s in that stable of backs now.”
Sciandra’s score and conversion made it a 20-0 Warrior lead heading into the final quarter. The defense promptly went and turned Crestwood over courtesy of an interception from Usamah Alansari, and one late Warrior touchdown — a great catch falling to the turf from Rocco Pizano despite great coverage from the Comets defensive back guarding him — made it a 27-0 final.
It was business as usual for the Warriors after a tough loss last week.
“That was an emotional game; we were so close,” Spencer said. “That experience is invaluable, it gives you a chance to reach and stretch for your potential.”
Wyoming Area improved to 4-1 with the win, and will look ahead to next week’s matchup on the road against Lakeland.
Crestwood (1-4) will also be on the road next week, with a trip up north to take on Valley View.

Wyoming Area 27, Crestwood 0
Wyoming Area`6`6`8`7 — 27
Crestwood`0`0`0`0 — 0
First quarter
WA — Leo Haros 16 interception return (kick failed) 2:12
Second quarter
WA — Haros 1 run (conversion failed), 0:19
Third quarter
WA — Nico Sciandra 2 run (Sciandra run) 0:31
Fourth quarter
WA — Rocco Pizano 20 pass from Blaise Sokach-Minnick (Halle Kranson kick) 1:57 

Team statistics`WA`CRE
First downs`12`4 
Rushes-yards`42-188`29-148 
Passing yards`98`26 
Total yards`286`174 
Passing`7-16-0`4-10-2 
Sacked-yards lost`0-0`0-0 
Punts-avg.`5-37`6-33 
Fumbles-lost`0-0`0-0 
Penalties-yards`5-35`7-60 
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — WA, Haros 14-59, Sokach-Minnick 8-14, Pizano 4-30, Aaron Crossley 8-52, Sciandra 9-33. CRE, Noah Schultz 12-98, Chase Pugh 2-5, Robert Knight 1-(-2), Jason Swank 4-6, Ethan Shudak 9-41. 
PASSING — WA, Sokach-Minnick 7-14-98-0, Pizano 0-2-0-0. CRE, Swank 4-10-26-2. 
RECEIVING — WA, Usamah Alansari 1-16, John Morgan 2-6, Pizano 2-39, Haros 1-4, Sciandra 1-33. CRE, Schultz 2-11, Shudak 1-10, Pugh 1-5. 
INTERCEPTIONS — WA, Haros, Alansari.

Times Leader

But as the Warriors found out in painful fashion, Southern Columbia didn’t win 63 consecutive games coming into Friday night by luck. The Tigers instead overcame a miserable first half and rallied to defeat Wyoming Area 37-30.
Southern did so by driving 99 yards with just over three minutes remaining after stuffing Wyoming Area at the 1-yard line on a fourth-down run. Running back Gavin Garcia’s 1-yard TD run with 31.8 seconds left and Wes Barnes’ ensuing two-point run gave the Tigers their first lead of the game at 37-30.
“An incredible high school football game,” Wyoming Area coach Randy Spencer said. “It was everything you hoped for with a high level of competition. Our guys poured everything they had out on that field tonight. Very proud of their effort tonight.”
Wyoming Area had, perhaps, an opportunity to seal the win after Aaron Crossley recovered a Southern fumble at the Tigers’ 22-yard line with 7:30 remaining and the Warriors up 30-29.
The Warriors used a 12-yard reception by John Morgan to step up a first-and-goal at the Tigers’ 9-yard line. Southern, though, stuffed a fourth-down run at the 1 and took over with 3:10 remaining.
Garcia got Southern out of the hole with a 9-yard run and followed with a 54-yard run where he used just about every move possible to avoid tacklers. He and his fullback, Barnes, kept the drive moving before his 11-yard run gave the Tigers a first-and-goal at the 1.
Garcia then scored his fifth touchdown of the night and Barnes’ two-point run gave Southern its first lead of the game, 37-30. The Tigers trailed 24-7 at halftime.
“We got the ball and we were like in a trench,” said Garcia, referring to the pitch on the grass field to allow for draining. “I’m standing in the end zone like five yards deep and I literally had to run three yards uphill on that first carry. Got us 10 yards, got us out of the ditch. From there, it was just pounding the football.”
After the ensuing kickoff resulted in a touchback, Wyoming Area picked up 12 yards on a hook-and-ladder pass. Four incompletions later, Southern secured the victory.
“We got the opening drive (of the second half) and weren’t able to establish a drive or momentum, which was very important,” Spencer said. “They came back and Garcia made the big run to start momentum the other way. Then it was a matter of those guys responding like you knew they were going to respond.”
Garcia finished with 22 carries for 258 yards, but he and the offense had a miserable first half. He rushed six times for 26 yards in the first two quarters. The Tigers totaled 96 yards at halftime, while Wyoming Area had 224.
The Warriors used the running of Drew Mruk and were able to get past the Southern secondary for two touchdowns for a 24-7 halftime lead. Their only touchdown of the second half came in the third quarter.
Running back Leo Haros took the snap as quarterback Blaise Sokach-Minnick was sidelined with a cramp and darted 37 yards to give the Warriors a 30-13 lead at the 6:51 mark.
“The way we were down and how the first half went, it really wasn’t an X’s and O’s type of thing in the locker room,” Southern coach Jim Roth said. “There wasn’t too much to talk about scheme-wise because we weren’t making plays pretty much in all phases.”
Wyoming Area, though, went three-and-out on two consecutive drives while Southern finished off the third quarter with two Garcia touchdown runs and two Barnes two-point runs to move within 30-29 entering the fourth quarter.
“It was a tremendous game by our players,” Garcia said. “We had a lot of key turnovers in that first half that were momentum killers. Blocked punt, a fumble. Other than that I think we really showed how good of an offensive team we are when we came back in the second half and scored that many points and they scored only once.”

CITIZENS VOICE

WEST PITTSTON — Eventually, the championship pedigree was going to make an appearance. Whether it was going to be enough for Southern Columbia to continue on its historic run was the only thing that remained to be seen.
But with Gavin Garcia in the backfield, anything is possible.
So much so that the Tigers were able to erase a 17-point halftime deficit and close out Wyoming Area late in the fourth quarter in a 37-30 victory Friday night at Wyoming Area.
Southern Columbia extended the nation’s longest high school winning streak to 64, won its 92nd consecutive regular season game and improved to 4-0 on the season. Wyoming Area dropped to 3-1.
“It was a tremendous game, we had a lot of key turnovers in the first half, they were momentum killers,” said Southern Columbia running back Garcia, who rushed for 259 yards and four touchdowns. “I think we showed how good an offensive team we are when we came back in the second half and scored all those points.”
Wyoming Area came out and used its strong offensive line to push the Tigers around. Defensively, the Warriors bottled up Garcia, who gave a verbal commit to Kent State, by holding him to 25 yards in the first half.
Blaise Sokach-Minnick threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first half, and Drew Mruk scored on a 31-yard run to help the Warriors grab all the momentum. Jayden Rusyn kicked a 30-yard field goal late in the second quarter to put the Warriors ahead, 24-7, at the half.
“There wasn’t really too much to talk about at the half,” said Southern Columbia coach Jim Roth. “We were not making plays all phases on defense, and on offense we never got in a rhythm. It was about trying to regroup and come out with a different mindset and play a better half of football.”
Consider the message received.
Wyoming Area went three-and-out on its first drive of the second half. That set the stage for a 54-yard touchdown run by Garcia. The Warriors responded when Leo Haros, filling in at quarterback, took a snap under center and raced 37 yards for a touchdown to put the Warriors ahead, 30-13, with 6:51 left in the third quarter.
Garcia added a 32-yard touchdown run with 29.3 left in the third to get the Tigers within 30-29, setting the stage for a fourth quarter where the first team to score was likely going to win the game.
That score came from Garcia, as he capped a 99-yard drive after the Southern Columbia defense stopped the Warriors on a fourth down play from the 3-yard line.
Garcia carried for 10 yards to get the Tigers some breathing room, then took off for 54 yards to make things interest. The Tigers got down to the 1-yard line, and Garcia finished it off with the game-winning touchdown on a 1-yard run.
“Right down to a few seconds, everything you hoped for in terms of high-level competition ,” Wyoming Area coach Randy Spencer said. “Our guys poured everything they had out on the field tonight. It was a fight to the finish in the fourth quarter. The gloves were off. I’m proud of the kids, but we are not satisfied by any means.”

Team statistics`SC`WA
First Downs`20`14 
Rushes-Yards`46-298`32-192 
Passing Yards`90`160 
Total Yards`388`352 
Passing`4-8-0`9-20-0
Sacked-Yards Lost`3-27`0-0 
Punts-Avg.`2-33.2`4-36 
Fumbles-Lost`3-2`0-0 
Penalty Yards`5-33`8-50 
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Southern, Garcia 22-258, Barnes 14-71, Klebon 5-(minus-27), Trevor Yorks 1-(minus-2), Matt Masala 2-(minus-2), team 2-(minus-8). Wyoming Area, Sokach-Minnick 3-7, Mruk 11-92, Aaron Crossley 3-5, Haros 15-86, Nico Sciandra 2-2. 
PASSING – Southern, Klebon 4-8-0-90. Wyoming Area, Sokach-Minnick 9-20-0-160. 
RECEIVING – Jake Rose 3-62, Garcia 1-28. Wyoming Area, John Morgan 3-43, Alansari 1-26, Pizano 3-60, Sciandra 1-16, Crossley 1-5, Haros 0-10. 
INTERCEPTIONS – none 
MISSED FGS – none

TIMES LEADER

WEST PITTSTON — The good vibrations on the Nanticoke Area sideline lasted all of one play.
The Trojans’ Jaylin Collins returned the opening kick half the length of the field into Wyoming Area territory. From that point, the glimmer of hope turned into an onslaught of despair.
Wyoming Area pounded Nanticoke Area for a 47-13 victory on Friday night. The Warriors remain undefeated through three games on the season.
“We did a great job, spreading the ball around and getting all of our playmakers involved,” Wyoming Area coach Randy Spencer said. “Our skill guys, led by Rocco Pizano, were making big plays in the passing game. It was important for us to build our confidence.”
The Warriors forced a fumble on the first Nanticoke Area offensive play. On the Wyoming Area’s second play, Pizano caught a 42-yard catch down the field into the red zone. Quarterback Blaise Sokach-Minnick avoided a fleet of Nanticoke Area defenders and flicked a pass in traffic to Aaron Crossley for a 4-yard touchdown.
Sokach-Minnick’s quick thinking and accurate passing kept the Nanticoke Area secondary on its heels. In just one half’s worth of work, the Wyoming Area senior quarterback completed 11 of 14 passes for 208 yards and four touchdowns.
“He was throwing amazing,” Crossley said. “He should have had five honestly! I kind of messed up the last play. But he still got it done.”
All four of his touchdowns were thrown to different Wyoming Area receivers. Pizano found the end zone on a 22-yard pass on the team’s second drive. Usamah Alansari had one of his two touchdowns on the night via a 17-yard connection in the second quarter. Sokach-Minnick closed out his lucrative first half by finding John Morgan in the corner of the end zone to put Wyoming Area ahead by a 40-0 score at halftime.
Alansari also had a touchdown on a 58-yard punt return.
With three wins under its belt, Wyoming Area faces state powerhouse Southern Columbia next weekend. Even with a formidable opponent on the horizon, the Warriors didn’t overlook the winless Trojans on Friday night.
“Southern Columbia is a big game,” Crossley said. “But we have to treat this like any other game. We came in focused and saw it out.”
Nanticoke Area added a pair of touchdowns in the second half. Payton Kepp escaped Wyoming Area defenders for a 59-yard run on the Trojans’ opening possession of the third quarter. Jayden Heslett punched in Nanticoke Area’s second touchdown with 10:42 left in the game.
Despite the lopsided score, the Trojans outran the Warriors by a 166-118 margin. Nanticoke’s rush defense kept the Wyoming Area runners to less than 5 yards per carry.
“You get better playing better teams,” Nanticoke Area coach Ron Bruza said. “We’re hoping that’s what happens here. We’ve played some Grade A programs. What’s great about football is you get another shot at it next week.”

CITIZENS VOICE

WEST PITTSTON — This was the ultimate trap game for Wyoming Area.
Winless Nanticoke Area coming to town Friday night with an enormous matchup with state power Southern Columbia lurking next week.
There was no looking ahead on this night.
The Warriors scored on their first four possessions, Blaise Sokach-Minnick tossed four touchdowns and Wyoming Area rolled to a 47-13 victory over the Trojans on senior night.
“We were focused. We know that Southern Columbia is a big game, but we wanted to make sure we treated this one with as much importance,” said sophomore Aaron Crossley, who scored the game’s first touchdown. “We were prepared, and it showed.”
No game is easy in the Wyoming Valley Conference, but one couldn’t help but wonder how Wyoming Area would respond. Coming off a heart-stopping win over Wilkes-Barre Area in Week 2, and with the top-ranked team in the state coming to town next week, it would have been easy for the focus to slip.
It wasn’t the case for Randy Spencer’s club, as the team rolled up more than 360 yards of offense, involving almost the entire roster in some way.
“We did a great job of spreading the ball around to all of our skill players,” Spencer said. “Rocco made some big plays, and we did a good job on some of those catch-and-run opportunities. I think it was important for us to build some confidence. We did well in protection, and I thought that Blaise threw the ball exceptionally well.”
It was the ultimate business-like approach by Wyoming Area, which led 40-0 at the break. Eleven different rushers were able to carry the ball effectively, while Sokach-Minnick was efficient through the air — completing 11 of his 14 passes for 208 yards.
The throws were on the button, and each touchdown was something different.
It started with a roll-out and quick shovel pass to Crossley for the first score, a quick 4-yard pitch near the goal line. And it ended on a pretty corner route by John Morgan where Sokach-Minnick sprinted to Sandwiched between was a 22-yard score by Rocco Pizano where the speedstar got behind the Trojan secondary and a 17-yard strike to Usamah Alansari.
“Blaise was throwing amazing,” Crossley said.
For Nanticoke Area (0-3), it was the third game in a brutal stretch which saw the Trojans line up across from Scranton Prep, Lake-Lehman and Wyoming Area.
There were some positives for Nanticoke head coach Ron Bruza. All-athlete Payton Kepp finished with 71 yards rushing — including a 59-yard sprint early in the third quarter.
The Trojans were able to move the ball in the second half, and ended with 189 yards. But Nanticoke was held to just 38 yards in the opening 24 minutes against a stout Wyoming Area defense.
“They are a good football team, and our schedule has been so top-heavy,” Bruza said. “We have to take care of ourselves mentally. Hats off to them. We wanted to stop their run game, and I thought we were successful with that. But good football teams adapt, and they have a lot of good athletes over there. We just got to move forward. What’s great about football is you get another shot at it the following week.”

A Leo Haros’ 28-yard score gave Wyoming Area (3-0) a 20-0 lead after one, and the team scored three more times before halftime — two Sokach-Minnick TD throws and a 58-yard punt return by Alansari on a play where it looked like a Nanticoke defender tipped the ball into his hands.
“It was senior night, so that added a little more excitement. We couldn’t have our community with us for football games last year, and I think that focus came from the care and feeling that we have playing with Warrior nation in the stands, and our family and friends,” Spencer said.

TIMES LEADER BOX

Wyoming Area 47, Nanticoke 13
Nanticoke`0`0`7`6 — 13
Wyoming Area`20`20`7`0 — 47
First quarter
WA — Aaron Crossley 4 pass from Blaise Sokach-Minnick (kick fail), 8:23
WA — Rocco Pizano 22 pass from Sokach-Minnick (pass fail), 5:19
WA — Leonardo Haros 28 run (Haros run), 2:18
Second quarter
WA — Usamah Alansari 17 from Sokach-Minnick (Jayden Rusyn kick), 9:18
WA — Alansari 58 punt return (kick fail), 6:44
WA — John Morgan 12 from Sokach-Minnick (Hallie Kranson kick), 1:21
Third quarter
NAN — Payton Kepp 59 run (Sophia Lukowski kick), 8:49
WA —Nico Sciandra 1 run (Liam Burke kick), 5:12
Fourth quarter
NAN — Jayden Heslett 4 run (kick fail), 10:42

Team statistics`NAN`WA
First downs`8`15
Rushes-yards`30-166`26-118
Passing yards`17`208
Total yards`183`326
Passing`4-9-2`12-18-0
Sacked-yards lost`0-0`1-8
Punts-avg.`4-26`1-42
Fumbles-lost`3-2`1-0
Penalties-yards`0-0`6-35
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — NAN, Kepp 6-71, Ashton Brozusky 8-14, Seth Raymer 1-4, Zack Fox 4-19, Heslett 5-32, Alex Fine 4-23, Lucas Stachowiak 1-2, TEAM 1-1. WA, Sciandra 7-14, Crossley 2-7, Sokach-Minnick 2-(minus-4), Haros 3-47, Pizano 1-8, Keegan Rusyn 1-2, Michael Crane 5-9, Matthew Rutkoski 1-(minus-1), Damien Lefkoski 2-42, Matthew Ragantesi 1-0, Dylan Rosati 1-(minus-6).
PASSING — NAN, Raymer 4-9-2-17. WA, Sokach-Minnick 11-14-0-208, Pizano 1-1-0-27, Lefkoski 0-3-0-0.
RECEIVING —NAN, JJ Kus 1-4, John Kus 1-(minus-2), Kepp 2-15. WA, Alansari 2-22, Pizano 3-69, Crossley 2-23, Sokach-Minnick 1-27, Sciandra 1-19, Morgan 3-64, Riley Knaub 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS — WA, Alansari 1-0, Morgan 1-29
MISSED FGs — None

Times Leader

Wyoming Area survives wild finish to defeat Wilkes-Barre Area

KINGSTON — Seemingly on the highway to victory, Wyoming Area hit a detour.
The Warriors, though, were able to find the on-ramp to victory,edging Wilkes-Barre Area 31-30 on Saturday afternoon in a Wyoming Valley Conference interdivisional game.
Wyoming Area (2-0) held off a furious fourth-quarter rally where WBA (1-1) scored the game’s final 20 points, including two touchdowns just 10 seconds apart. A bit of good fortune was also involved as WBA missed a tying extra point with 5:57 remaining and had a 21-yard field goal attempt with 3:21 left go awry because of a bad snap.
Both teams had to deal with key injuries as well.
Wyoming Area lost running back Drew Mruk, who had 55 yards on eight carries in the first half. Compounding his absence was the next two guys in line were not dressed for the game because of injuries.
Senior Nico Sciandra stepped in and rushed seven times for 120 yards, including a 79-yard TD run where he started right and then cut back left and angled across the field on his way into the end zone. He also caught a 14-yard TD pass from quarterback Blaise Sokach-Minnick, who finished with three touchdown throws in all.
“We’ve learned that lesson over the past several years, not that every program doesn’t experience it, but we’ve had more of our share where the next guy has to step up and do a great job,” Wyoming Area coach Randy Spencer said. “You definitely have to recognize Nico Sciandra effort here today. Just an outstanding effort carrying the ball and making some big plays.”
WBA starting quarterback Javant McClary also headed to the bench with an injury. Sophmore Mekhi Nelson, who plays various roles on offense, took over and nearly led a comeback from a 31-10 deficit.
“The kids, like I said last week, never quit,” said WBA coach Ciro Cinti, whose team spotted Scranton a 13-point lead in the opener and rallied for a 35-13 win. “You’re down to a great team like Wyoming Area 31-10 and the kids didn’t have any quit in them. A lot of team would have laid down and gone underneath the turf and they didn’t.”
After Wyoming Area took a 31-10 lead on an 81-yard catch-and-run by Rocco Pisano on the first play of the fourth quarter, the Wolfpack started their comeback bid.
Nelson, who had an outstanding varsity debut in the season opener vs. Scranton, scored five plays later on a 35-yard scramble to move WBA within 31-17 with 10:24 left in the fourth quarter. Kicker Evan Corcoran dropped the ensuing kickoff over the front line of Warriors and well short of the return men. Mike Andrzejewski pounced on the loose ball, giving the Wolfpack possession at the Wyoming Area 23-yard line. Nelson scored on a run on the next play, as WBA scored its second TD in a 10-second span to move within 31-24.
Wyoming Area went three-and-out on its next series and WBA took over at Wyoming Area’s 38 after a punt. Nelson scored on a 5-yard run six plays later, but a missed extra point allowed the Warriors to retain a 31-30 lead with 5:07 remaining.
The sigh of relief turned into nervousness when Wyoming Area fumbled on its first play from scrimmage after the score. Andrzejewski recovered, setting up the Wolpack at the Wyoming Area 22.
A 10-yard pass from Nelson to running back Howie Shiner, which was supposed to be an option pitch but was thrown slightly forward, set up a first-and-goal at the 8. Two runs yielded four yards and a third-down pass missed the mark, setting up Corcoran for a 21-yard field goal with 3:21 left.
But after so much went wrong for Wyoming Area in the fourth quarter, something finally went right. A bad snap forced holder Ariel Lopez, a backup quarterback who was in there because of McClary’s injury, to improvise. His pass fell incomplete and Wyoming Area was able to run out the remaining clock.
Sokach-Minnick finished 5 of 7 for 169 yards. His 65-yard TD pass to John Morgan and the 81-yarder Pisano were catch-and-runs where the receivers put matador moves on their final defender.
WBA’s first touchdown came on a 13-yard interception return by defensive lineman Ian Bednar. Naquon Johnson deflected a pass right to Bendar, who ran in untouched.

Citizens Voice

WARRIORS hold on to beat Wilkes-Barrea Area

KINGSTON — Not only were their backs against their own goal line, but the outcome of the game was potentially in the balance.
But when Wyoming Area needed to come up with a big play on the defensive side of the ball, the Warriors rose to the occasion and stuffed a Wilkes-Barre Area field goal attempt late in the fourth quarter of a 31-30 victory Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium.
It was only when quarterback Blaise Sokach-Minnick could take a snap and let the final 18 seconds tick off the clock that the Warriors could celebrate the win that moved them to 2-0 on the season.
Because while Wyoming Area took control of the third quarter as well as the early part of the fourth, Wilkes-Barre Area showed once again that it will not go down without a fight.
“We had our backs against the wall, and (Wilkes-Barre Area) had the momentum,” Wyoming Area coach Randy Spencer said. “Just like last week, Wilkes-Barre fell behind early and grew from that. They were right on the doorstep, but our guys bowed their backs up on the goal line. I think we did a great job of doing what we had to do in the final plays.”
An Evan Corcoran field goal as the first half expired allowed Wilkes-Barre Area to tie the game, 10-10.
But concerning for the Warriors, leading rusher Drew Mruk did not play in the second half due to injury. That came on top of the Warriors already being thin at the running back spot coming into the game. However, if there is any program that understands the next man up philosophy, it is certainly Wyoming Area based on previous experiences over the last four seasons.
“We learned that lesson over the past several years, not that every program does not experience that next guys have to step up,” Spencer said. “That is why you have a team, not 11 football players. We talk about playable depth, and building that depth. Here we are in Week 2 needing that depth.”
Nico Sciandra provided that depth for the Warriors on Saturday. He rushed for a 79-yard touchdown in the third quarter, and caught a 14-yard TD pass in the second. The Warriors scored twice in the third quarter, and when Rocco Pizano caught an 81-yard touchdown pass at the 11:27 mark of the fourth quarter, Wyoming Area led 31-10.
That is when Wilkes-Barre Area’s Mekhi Nelson took over the game. Nelson scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, the first coming on a 35-yard run. The Wolfpack were able to take advantage of a few Wyoming Area mistakes to climb back into the game.
Following the Nelson touchdown, the Warriors appeared to try and set up to defend against the onside kick, but left Wilkes-Barre Area kicker, Evan Corcoran, a lot of free real estate to work with on the right side of the field. Corcoran placed the kick down the field perfectly, and Michael Andrzejewski recovered the loose ball. One play later, Nelson scored from 23 yards out to make it 31-24.
“All I can say is the kids never quit,” Wilkes-Barre Area coach Ciro Cinti said. “They were down 31-10, a lot of teams would have laid down and went underneath the turf. They kept fighting. Our coaches did a great job of keeping them in the game, keeping them focused.

After forcing Wyoming Area to punt, the Wolfpack moved the ball down the field, and Nelson scored on a 5-yard run to cut the deficit to 31-30, and on Wyoming Area’s first possession on the ensuing kick, fumbled the ball away at its own 22.
The Wolfpack got to the Wyoming Area 4-yard line, but on fourth down went for the field goal, and was unable to get the kick away, and a pass attempt on the play fell incomplete.
“Just one or two plays didn’t go our way,” Cinti said. “If they do, it’s a different game. These are kids that want to win. They are going to keep driving that way.”

TIMES LEADER BOX

Wyoming Area 31, Wilkes-Barre Area 30
Wyoming Area`0`10`14`7 — 31
Wilkes-Barre Area`0`10`0`0 — 0
Second quarter
WA — Jayden Rusyn 27 FG, 9:52
WBA— Ian Bednar 13 interception return (Evan Corcoran kick), 6:12
WA — Nico Sciandra 14 pass from Blaise Sokach-Minnick (Rusyn kick), 1:02
WBA — Corcoran 30 FG, 0:00
Third quarter
WA — Sciandra 79 run (Rusyn kick), 11:09
WA — John Morgan 65 pass from Sokach-Minnick (Rusyn kick), 8:06
Fourth quarter
WA — Rocco Pisano 81 pass from Sokach-Minnick (Rusyn kick), 11:27
WBA — Mekhi Nelson 35 run (Corcoran kick), 10:24
WBA — Nelson 23 run (Corcoran kick), 10:14
WBA — Nelson 5 run (kick failed), 5:57

Team statistics`WA`WBA
First downs`15`17
Rushes-yards`39-258`32-207
Passing yards`169`103
Total yards`427`310
Passing`5-8-1`10-13-0
Sacked-yards lost`0-0`2-18
Punts-avg.`3-26`6-28.8
Fumbles-lost`1-1`0-0
Penalties-yards`10-71`7-55
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Wyoming Area, Drew Mruk 8-55, Aaron Crossley 6-11, Pisano 7-33, Sokach-Minnick 9-43, Sciandra 7-120, team 2-(minus-4). WBA, Javant McClary 5-8, Nelson 15-106, Howie Shiner 10-91, Naquan Johnson 2-2.
PASSING — Wyoming Area, Sokach-Minnick 5-7-1-169, Sciandra 0-1-0-0. WBA, McClary 6-6-0-62, Nelson 4-6-0-41, Arvil Lopez 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING — Wyoming Area, Pisano 3-90, Sciandra 1-14, Morgan 1-65. WBA, Nelson 1-23, Naquon Johnson 5-43, Sincere Williams 2-12, Mike Andrzejewski 1-14, Shiner 1-10.
INTERCEPTIONS — Bednar 1-13.
MISSED FGs — none.

CITIZENS VOICE

Wyoming Area tops Hazleton Area in opener

HAZLETON — Junior running back Drew Mruk ran for 113 yards and two touchdowns, and teammates Leo Haros and Aaron Crossley combined for 133 yards and three scores as Wyoming Area rolled past Hazleton Area 35-7 on opening night at Harman-Geist Stadium.
The Warriors got on the board early, forcing Hazleton Area to punt on its opening possession. Rocco Pizano returned the kick 50 yards all the way to the Cougar 22-yard line.
On the Warriors’ first play from scrimmage, Mruk went up the middle untouched and into the end zone for a 22-yard score. Jayden Rusyn kicked the first of his three PATs, and Wyoming Area was off and running, up 7-0 less than 2½ minutes into the game.
After the teams exchanged punts, the Warriors embarked on a 15-play, 88-yard scoring march highlighted by a 22-yard screen pass from Blaise Sokach-Minnick to Mruk, and a pass interference call on the Cougars.
Mruk ran the final four plays of the drive, finally plowing in from a yard out at the 8:38 mark of the second quarter for a 14-0 lead.
The Cougars came right back and threatened to cut that lead in half as first-year quarterback Tyler Wolfe hit Ryan Matyas on a 17-yard completion, and Wolfe than added a 12-yard run to move the chains again.
Wolfe found Connor Shamany (5 catches, 96 yards) on a crossing pattern that covered 42 yards to the Wyoming Area 2-yard line as the Cougars appeared poised to punch it in.
However, a missed handoff on first down hit the ground, and Wyoming Area’s Rusyn was there to pounce on it and end the Cougars threat.
The Warriors then drove 95 yards in nine plays to extend their lead, with Mruk runs of 14 and 27 yards, and a Pizano 15-yard jet sweep showing the way. Haros scored on a 10-yard run with 1:56 left in the half to make it 21-0.
Taking the opening kickoff of the second half, Wyoming Area chewed up nearly nine minutes off the clock with a 14-play, 72-yard scoring drive capped by Crossley’s 6-yard touchdown run.
The PAT try failed, keeping the score at 27-0.
Forcing a Cougar punt moments later, the Warriors got a 65-yard return from John Morgan that took the ball inside the Hazleton Area 10.
On the ensuing play, Crossley scored on a 7-yard burst. Mruk ran in the two-point conversion, and with 1:35 still to play in the third quarter, the Warriors were up 35-0 and the PIAA Mercy Rule was invoked.
The Cougars answered with their only score of the night, driving 65 yards in 10 plays, highlighted by a Wolfe-to-Shamany 26-yard completion. On third-and-11 from the Warrior 14, Matt Buchman took a sweep left and crossed the goal line for a 14-yard score with 8:05 to play. Luke Russo’s point after accounted for the final score.
The Warriors (1-0) will play another Class 6A school a week from Saturday, when they take on Wilkes-Barre Area at Spartan Stadium in Kingston.
The Cougars (0-1) are back in action Friday night at home against Class 6A power Harrisburg.

Team statistics`WA`HAZ
First downs`17`6 
Rushes-yards`44-283`12-59 
Passing yards`22`139 
Total yards`305`197 
Passing`1-4-0`11-20-0 
Sacked-yards lost`0-0`0-0 
Punts-avg.`1-31`5-43 
Fumbles-lost`2-0`2-1 
Penalties-yards`3-15`7-55
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — WA, Mruk 12-99, Crossley 8-51, Haros 11-75, Blaise Sokach-Minnick 2-5, Rich Hyzinski 1-3, Rocco Pizano 1-14, Keegan Rusyn 1-3, Michael Crane 4-9, Damian Lefkoski 2-15, Matthew Rutkowski 2-7. HAZ, Matthew Cusatis 1-11, Buchman 6-28, Tyler Wolfe 4-17, Ryan Matyas 1-3. 
PASSING — WA, Sokach-Minnick 1-4-22-0. HAZ, Wolfe 11-20-139-0. 
RECEIVING — WA, Mruk 1-22. HAZ, Mitchell Masten 1-6, Matyas 1-17, Buchman 1-5, Connor Shamany 5-96, Cusatis 2-15, Christian Price 1-(-1). 
INTERCEPTIONS — none. 
MISSED FGs — none.