Holy Redeemer forced nine turnovers in the first quarter to take a double-digit lead, but it wasn’t until midway through the fourth that the Royals pulled away for a 74-57 win against Nanticoke Area on Wednesday night in Wyoming Valley Conference girls basketball.
Redeemer used an inside basket from Brooke Kroptavich, a layup by McKenzie Chimock and a 3-pointer by Megan Albrecht to take a 66-49 lead with three minutes left. A pair of inside baskets by Gillian Parsons a short time later made it 70-51.
The Royals led 24-13 after one quarter, using an 11-0 burst in the final two minutes. Nanticoke moved within 24-19 early in the second on consecutive 3-pointers by Marli Donahue and Natalee Atkins. Redeemer, though, was able to build its advantage to 34-21 with another run ending with a 3-pointer by Kroptavich.
Kroptavich led Redeemer with 17 points followed by Megan Albrecht with 16. Chimock added 13 and Parsons had 11.
Atkins had 16 and Kate Reed scored 15, all on 3-pointers, for Nanticoke Area. Navaeh Baran added 12.
Lake-Lehman 53, MMI Prep 8
Ella Wilson scored 11 points and Kinley Purdy added eight as Division 2 leader Lake-Lehman defeated MMI Prep.
Shreeya Parikh had four points for MMI Prep.
Crestwood 58, Berwick 30
Crestwood pulled away in the middle quarters, outscoring Berwick 35-11 on the way to a victory.
Charlie Hiller led Crestwood with 24 points followed by Jackie Gallagher with 14. Kendall Petrosky had 11.
Carly Post scored 10 for Berwick.
Wyoming Seminary 33, Wyoming Area 19
Ella Stambaugh netted 16 points and Stella Ruiz added eight as Wyoming Seminary defeated Wyoming Area.
Jailynn Park had seven for Wyoming Area. Aminah Dixon and Kendall Day each had five rebounds.
Hazleton Area 70, Dallas 28
Unbeaten Hazleton Area continued to roll through its schedule as Kaitlyn Bindas scored 15 points to lead the Cougars.
Sophia Shults and Sophia Benyo had 11 each.
Brianna Casey paced Dallas with 10.
Wyoming Valley West 40, Wilkes-Barre Area 38
Thalia Irizarry scored 15 points to help Wyoming Valley West hang on against Wilkes-Barre Area.
Alyvia McLaughlin added nine points on three 3-pointers for the Spartans.
Jaida Underwood did the bulk of the scoring for the Wolfpack with a game-high 23 points.
Northwest 73, Montgomery 17
Ashlyn Hermanofski had 23 points to lead a trio of Rangers in double-figures.
Ava Ruckle added 16 points and Jordin Bowman finished with 12 for Northwest.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Holy Redeemer 74, Nanticoke Area 57
NANTICOKE AREA (57) — Nevaeh Tolodziewski 0 0-0 0, Natalee Atkins 6 0-0 16, Caitlin Majiros 1 4-6 6, Kate Reed 5 0-0 15, Marli Donahue 2 0-0 6, Navaeh Baran 3 5-7 12, Haley Verazin 0 0-0 0, Jordyn Johnson 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 9-13 57.
HOLY REDEEMER (74) — Kearney Quinn 0 0-0 0, Tessa Cegelka 3 2-3 9, Megan Albrecht 5 5-5 16, Bella Boylan 3 0-0 7, Mary Lombardi 0 0-0 0, Brooke Kroptavich 7 1-1 17, Kayla Pekarovsky 0 1-2 1, McKenzie Chimock 4 5-8 13, Gillian Parsons 5 0-0 11. Totals 27 14-19 74.
Nanticoke Area`13`14`16`14 — 57
Holy Redeemer`24`12`17`21 — 74.
Three-point goals: NA 12 (Atkins 4, Reed 5, Donahue 2, Baran). HR 6 (Cegelka, Albrecht, Boylan, Kroptavich 2, Parsons).
Lake-Lehman 53, MMI Prep 8
MMI PREP (8) — Anna Drobnock 0 1-2 1, Arushi Solgama 0 0-0 0, Shreeya Parikh 2 0-0 4, Cedrah Abdulrahman 0 0-0 0, Siya Patel 0 0-0 0, Ruhani Shah 0 0-0 0, Chloe Allen 0 0-0 0, Olivia Moore 0 0-0 0, Lanie Paniagua 0 0-0 0, Georgia Washko 1 1-2 3. Totals 3 2-4 8.
LAKE-LEHMAN (53) — Asa Dorris 1 0-0 2, Delcia Biscotto 3 0-0 6, Kate Hynick 0 1-2 1, Morgan Breslford 1 0-0 2, Olivio Corcoran 0 0-0 0, Ella Wilson 5 0-0 11, Brianna Wright 2 0-0 4, Kathryn Morgan 2 3-4 7, Gianna Decesaris 1 0-0 2, Amanda Battin 0 0-2 0, Kinley Purdy 4 0-0 8, Olivia Oliver 1 0-0 3, Lauryn Katchik 0 0-0 0, Kae Dougherty 1 0-0 2, Stephanie Branham 1 0-0 2, Sloane Dougherty 1 0-0 3. Totals 23 4-8 53.
MMI Prep`3`2`3`0 — 8
Lake-Lehman`22`11`15`5 — 53
Three-point goals: LL 3 (Wilson, Oliver, S.Dougherty).
Crestwood 58, Berwick 30
CRESTWOOD (58) — Aryanna Kijek 0 0-0 0, Cameron Vieney 1 0-0 3, Charlie Hiller 11 0-2 24, Kendall Petrosky 4 0-0 11, Jackie Gallagher 4 5-6 14, Jordan Andrews 2 0-0 4, Annika Leno 0 0-0 0, Mia Manosky 0 0-0 0, Kate Gallagher 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 5-10 58.
BERWICK (30) — Abby Calarco 1 2-2 5, Addy Zanoline 0 0-0 0, Lily Nespoli 3 0-1 8, Carly Post 3 3-3 10, Destiny Salcido 0 0-0 0, Yari Rivas 0 0-0 0, Alex Rivera-Diaz 0 0-0 0, Ashlyn Zakewsky 2 0-0 6, Grace Robbins 0 1-2 1. Totals 9 6-8 30.
Crestwood`15`16`19`8 — 58
Berwick`12`6`5`7 — 30
Three-point goals: CRE 7 (Vieney, Hiller 2, Petrosky 3, J.Gallagher).
Wyoming Seminary 33, Wyoming Area 19
WYOMING AREA (19) — Sydney Ratchford 0 0-0 0, Addison Gaylord 2 0-0 4, Aminah Dixon 0 0-0 0, Krea Bonita 1 0-0 2, Aubrey Lewis 0 0-0 0, Abby Sterba 1 0-2 2, Shannon Kearns 1 1-4 3, Kendall Day 0 1-4 1, Jailynn Park 3 1-4 7. Totals 8 3-14 19.
WYOMING SEMINARY (33) — Rhea Mascarenhas 0 0-0 0, Stella Ruiz 3 0-0 8, Ruby Ruiz 0 0-0 0, Maddy Marinello 0 0-0 0, Avery Luksic 0 0-0 0, Ella Stambaugh 4 7-8 16, Ellie Kersey 1 0-0 3, Clare Griffin 3 0-0 6, Maya Gross 0 0-0 0, Sydney Pane 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 7-8 33.
Wyoming Area`5`1`8`5 — 18
Wyoming Seminary`14`2`12`5 — 33
Three-point goals: WS 4 (S.Ruiz 2, Stambaugh, Kersey).
Hazleton Area 70, Dallas 28
DALLAS (28) — Izzy Evans 1 0-0 2, Caitlyn Mizzer 1 2-6 4, Mia DelGaudio 2 0-2 4, Zoey Sutzko 0 0-0 0, Peyton Strobel 0 0-0 0, Riley Samanas 0 0-0 0, Malaysia Shaw 1 0-0 2, Odessa Kanton 3 0-0 6, Lacey Youngblood 0 0-0 0, Lucy Brunn 0 0-0 0, Brianna Casey 2 5-6 10, Alyssa Traver 0 0-0 0, Ava Knorr 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 7-14 28.
HAZLETON AREA (70) — Mariah Marolo 3 2-2 9, Sophia Benyo 5 1-3 11, Jayla Eberts 1 0-0 2, Kaitlyn Bindas 5 2-2 15, Olivia Williams 2 1-2 6, Evelyn Shults 0 2-2 2, Kayla Lagowy 0 0-2 0, Alexis Reimold 4 0-0 10, Sophia Shults 2 7-8 11, Juliana Silva 0 0-0 0, Sophia Rodgers 1 0-0 2, Miranda Chupela 1 0-0 2, Ella Radice 0 0-0 0, Hannah Matyas 0 0-0 0, Leah Meyers 0 0-0 0, Lirianis Santiago 0 0-0 0, Meadow Pavlick 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 14-21 70.
Dallas`0`12`10`6 — 28
Hazleton Area`21`14`21`14 — 70.
Three-point goals: DAL 1 (Casey). HA 8 (Marolo, Bindas 3, Williams 2, Reimold 2).
Wyoming Valley West 40, Wilkes-Barre Area 38
WYO. VALLEY WEST (40) — Gabbi Novitski 0 0-0 0, Janylah Porchea 0 0-0 0, Jayla Zuluaga 0 0-0 0, Ava Yancey 0 0-0 0, Thalia Irizarry 3 6-10 15, Aniyah Davis 0 0-0 0, Anna Sierra 2 1-2 5, Sanai Williams 1 0-0 2, Alyvia McLaughlin 3 0-0 9, Anya Richet 3 1-6 7, Helen Lewis 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 8-18 40.
WILKES-BARRE AREA (38) — Tatianna Medina 0 1-2 1, Jaida Underwood 8 5-12 23, Emily Barrouk 3 2-4 8, Aniyah Hudson 0 3-4 3, Emily Davidson 1 0-0 3, Hannah McAfee 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 11-22 38.
Wyo. Valley West`6`9`11`14 — 40
Wilkes-Barre Area`7`8`7`16 — 38
Three-point goals: WVW 6 (Irizrry 3, McLaughlin 3), WBA 3 (Underwood 2, Davidson).
Northwest 73, Montgomery 17
MONTGOMERY (17) — Aubrey Hetner 0 0-0 0, Rihanna Arrendondo 2 0-0 4, Avelyn Moore 0 0-0 0, Addy Brown 1 0-0 2, Addy Mahl 2 0-0 4, Idalia Garcia 0 1-3 1, Anali Pick 3 0-2 6, Gabby Hill 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 1-5 17.
NORTHWEST (73) — Ashlyn Hermanofski 9 3-6 23, Ava Ruckle 7 0-0 16, Natalia Ninotti 3 0-0 6, Jordin Bowman 6 0-0 12, Arheya Williams 2 2-2 6, Ali Miner 1 0-0 2, Natalie Mullins 1 0-0 2, Callie Moyer 1 0-0 2, Auria Daniels 2 0-0 4, Hartley Crawford 0 0-0 0, Michaela Thomas 0 0-0 0.
Montgomery`6`6`2`3 — 17
Northwest`20`23`18`12 — 73
Three-point goals: NWT 4 (Hermanofski 2, Ruckle 2).