Warriors Defeat Nanticoke Area

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Citizens Voice It’s sometimes a cliché, but for the Wyoming Area football team, it all started upfront Friday night.
The Warriors dominated the line of scrimmage against Nanticoke Area.
Before Wyoming Area made substitutions at halftime, the Warriors held Nanticoke Area to 35 yards of offense while amassing 330 yards of their own en route to a 63-21 victory in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 3 game. The Warriors (7-2 overall, 3-0 Division 3) clinched the Division 3 championship in the process.
“I think we’ve come a long way since the beginning of the season,” Wyoming Area head coach Randy Spencer said. “To come out here, in a game like this – credit to Nanticoke for playing, competing hard throughout the game.
“I’m excited that the level we’ve gotten to. I’m excited that we’ve been able to get some guys healthy. And we’re able to play this kind of level of football throughout the game tonight.”
It didn’t matter if it was senior Nick Kondrosky, sophomore Dominic Bartell or junior Semaj Morris lined up in the backfield. Each Warriors running back found holes with ease most of the night, thanks to a strong showing from the offensive line.
Kondrosky led the way with six carries for 100 yards and three touchdowns, including a 68-yard score. Bartell turned three carries into 62 yards and a touchdown, including a 46-yard score.
Morris was the third member of the three-headed rushing attack, and ran for 46 yards and a touchdown on just two carries. He also had a 92-yard kickoff return touchdown in the third quarter, which was one of three kick return touchdowns in the second half. Wyoming Area junior Maddox Fink and Nanticoke Area freshman Yahir De la Cruz had the others.
“We just all came out fired up and ready to execute,” Kondrosky said. “The line was great. They just blocked everyone. They always know what they’re supposed to do now. It’s amazing that I have the line that I do.
“Our best feature had to be our communication upfront,” Wyoming Area senior offensive lineman Logan O’Malley said. “I just trust my guys around me. We communicated, came off theball and hit them.”
Just as impressive as the Warriors offense was the defense. Wyoming Area forced a turnover on three of the first four Nanticoke Area drives, including an interception by senior defensive back Luke Kopetchny, which set up the Warriors first touchdown.
The Trojans’ best drive came at the start of the third quarter. Jeremy Smith’s 3-yard carry capped off a 10-play, 67-yard drive.
“Situationally, I thought we were very sound,” Spencer said of the Wyoming Area defense. “Played to our level of play where we needed to be tonight. Hopefully that puts us in a great spot going forward.”
The victory Friday night puts the Warriors’ win streak at six games.
Next up is a big matchup against Pittston Area, before turning their attention to the playoffs. to securing the No.2 seed in the District 2 Class 3A playoffs.
“I’m very glad that our team can pull together and figured out how to click,” Kondrosky said. “I just really wanted us to see what we could, and I’m glad to see that we can really execute and get (going) now.”
Nanticoke Area (2-7, 1-2) wraps up their regular season at Hanover Area next week.

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