The Pittston Area Patriots traveled to Nanticoke to take on the Trojans in the first week of the High School Football season. The Patriots are coming in having to replace key contributors on offense. The Trojans return several key players on offense. Both teams are looking to start off right with a victory, but who would come out on top? Let's find out!
The Patriots would start with the ball and would face a third and 6 and quarterback Mike Nocito would scramble for 11 but on the next set of downs, a sack and a few penalties would result in a Pittston Area punt. The Trojans would then take over at their own 47. Nanticoke would face a third and 4 and Joe Ammons would run for five yards and a first down. Colin Kashatus would go for 11 on second and 4 to the Patriot 37 yard line. After a loss of three on first down, Colby Butczynski would find a wide open Darren Boseman for a 30 yard touchdown. The PAT would make it 7-0 with 5:13 remaining in the first quarter. First play of the next Pittston Area drive, Dylan Lukachko would gain 12 but would be unable to move the chains on their next set and would be forced to punt. The Trojans would fumble the ball away on their next possession and the Patriots Seth Johnson would recover at the Trojans 25 yard line. Nocito would go to Bryan Giambra for 16 yards on the first play of the drive to the Trojans 9 yard line. The first quarter would end with Nanticoke leading 7-0. At the start of the second quarter, the Patriots would face a third and goal at the 19 after a sack and Nocito would find Giambra for the touchdown. The extra point would be blocked and the Trojans would still lead 7-6. First play of the Trojans possession, the offensive line would open up a gap for Joe Ammons and would go 85 yards for the touchdown. The PAT would make it 14-6 with 11:30 remaining in the second quarter. The Patriots would try to respond as Lukachko would go for 17 on the first play of the drive. On second and 4, Nocito would find Giambra for 43 yards to the Nanticoke 19 yard line. The Patriots would face a fourth and 3 and Lukachko would go for no gain as Austin Cheslaw would make the stop as the Trojans would take over. However, the Troajns would go three and out on their next possession. The Patriots on their next possession would take over at the Nanticoke 38 yard line. On second and 7, Nocito would find Giambra for eight yards. On a third and 2, Lukachko would get five yards for a first down. Lukachko would get 12 on the next play for a first and goal at the two yard line. The Patriots would face a fourth and goal at the one and Nocito would go in for the score and would go for two and Nocito would find Fran George for 2 to tie the game at 14 with 2:14 to go in the second quarter. The Trojans would go three and out on their next possession. Patriots would take over at their own 39 with 1:18 to go. Nocito would go for 12 on third and 1 to the Trojans 39 yard line then Nocito would find Andrew Krawczyk for 32 to the Nanticoke 7. As the clock hit zero, Nocito would find Giambra in the end zone for the second time of the night and give the Patriots a 20-14 lead at halftime as the PAT was blocked.
The Trojans would get the ball to start the second half and Joe Ammons would go for 18 on the first play. They would drive to the Patriot 30 yard line but a sack would change the drive and would face a fourth and 17 and wouldn't be able to get it as the Patriots would take over at their own 32. The Patriots would go three and out, however. The Trojans would start at their own 30. They would face a third and 5 and the Patriots would go offsides to give Nanticoke a first down at midfield. On third and 1, Butczynski would go for three yards on the run, then on a third and 2, Butczynski would find Dylan Szychowski for a 30 yard touchdown and the PAT would make it 21-20 in favor of Nanticoke with 2:51 to go in the third quarter. Pittston Area would go three and out on their next possession as the third quarter came to an end as Nanticoke would lead 21-20. The Trojans would be forced to punt after a three and out and it would be blocked and recovered by the Patriots at the Nanticoke 30. On second and 8, Nocito would find Krawczyk for 16 to the Trojans 12. On third and 5, Nocito would Giambra in the end zone for the third time of the night for a six yard touchdown. They would go for two and get it as they would lead 28-21 with 8:22 to go. The Trojans would take over at their own 38 yard line. Joe Ammons would get five on second and 3, then Kashatus would get 12 on the next play as they got to the Patriot 38 yard line. Ammons would get three on second and 3 to get to the 28 yard line. The Trojans would face a third and 3 at the Patriot 21 yard line and Butczynski would get eight yards to the 13 yard line. They would face a third and 4 at the seven yard line and it looked like the Trojans would have enough for a first down but the ball would be fumbled and recovered in the end zone by Pittston Area for a touchback. The Patriots would go three and out and give the ball back to the Trojans with 2:02 to go with the ball at their own 31 yard line. On third and 4, Butzcynski would find Joe Ammons for 13 yards to midfield. On third and 5 at the Patriot 45 yard line, the Trojans tried some trickery as Keanu Ammons would try to go to Darren Boseman but would fall incomplete but Pittston Area would get called for pass interference, moving the ball to the 30 yard line. Next play, Butzcynski would go for 14 yards and go out of bounds with 22.6 to go. After a loss of 2 on a run, which a timeout was called after and a false start. The ball was snapped prematurely and went past the QB and the Patriots would recover and seal the game as Pittston Area would take a 28-21 road victory over Nanticoke.
Thoughts on the game: Overall, it was a pretty good high school football game. Nanticoke had their chances to win late but made a few mistakes that cost them. Joe Ammons was impressive for Nanticoke. For Pittston Area, I was impressed by Mike Nocito who made his first varsity start. Nocito scored all four touchdowns for the Patriots and all three passing touchdowns were to Bryan Giambra. Barring injury, I think both these teams could be very good moving forward.
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