Nanticoke takes sole possession of first place with victory over GAR

The GAR Grenadiers traveled to Nanticoke on Tuesday night to take on the Trojans. It was a highly touted matchup with both teams tied for first place in Division 2. The winner would be in first place all alone with two games to go in the regular season.
The Trojans started with four straight points but the Grenadiers would get a basket from Curtis Smith and a three pointer from Will Johnson. After that, it would be back and forth for awhile until Nanticoke went on a 6-0 run. Jared O'Day would break Nanticoke's run with a three pointer but the Trojans would get three straight three point baskets from Nate Kreitzer, Jake Krupinski and Butczynski for a 21-10 lead and would lead 21-14 at the end of the first quarter. The Grenadiers would fight back and cut the Nanticoke lead to three with three pointers by Tyler Young and O'Day. After a Butczynski basket, Smith would hit another Grenadier three to make it a two point game. The Trojans would end up leading 36-31 at halftime.
 Kreitzer would hit a three pointer to start the half to increase the lead to eight. After a Johnson basket, Jake Krupinski would hit a three pointer to make it a nine point lead. The Trojans would keep up the scoring and lead 54-46 at the end of the third. The Trojans would lead as much as 11 but the Grenadiers would make one last push and go on an 8-0 run to make it 61-58. That would be the closest as Nanticoke would sink several free throws and take a 74-65 home victory over GAR. The Trojans are now in first place all alone. The Grenadiers travel to Wyoming Area on Thursday then host Meyers on Friday. The Trojans go on the road to Tunkhannock on Thursday and to Wyoming Area on Saturday.

Thoughts on the game: It was a pretty high scoring game. The Trojans played very well. Nate Kreitzer had an excellent game with 23 and Jake Krupinski had 19. For GAR, Will Johnson led his team with 22 points and Tyler Young added 16.

Nanticoke 74 GAR 65
GAR
Curtis Smith 14
Will Johnson 22
Tyler Young 16
Jared O'Day 11
Shawn Adamson 2


Nanticoke
Trahjan Krupinski 10
Colby Butczynski 17
Jake Krupinski 19
Nate Kreitzer 23
Andy Kozlofski 3
Dylan Szychowski 2