DUNMORE — After bowing out of last season’s district tournament due to COVID-19 concerns, the Dunmore girls basketball team has unfinished business.
Dunmore rolled through the regular season, losing one game, and continued their dominant season with a 69-9 win over Nanticoke Area on Saturday in the District 2 Class 4A semifinals.
By the time Mia Blume hit her second three-pointer to put the Bucks up 12-0 that would be all the offense needed, but it was only the start of the scoring.
The Bucks would continue their run, establishing a 44-0 lead, before a Claire Aufiero three got the Trojanettes on the board with 48 seconds remaining in the first half.
With the win Dunmore secured their spot in the upcoming PIAA tournament and advanced to the district championship game in 4A, where the Bucks will face Scranton Prep at Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday night. Both the teams played earlier this year at Scranton Prep with Dunmore walking away with a 46-17 victory.
Nanticoke Area’s season remains alive. The Trojanettes will look to rebound as they can still secure a spot in the state tournament with a win over Lake-Lehman in the third-place game on Tuesday night.
Sophia Talutto got the game started with two successful attempts at the foul line and Blume followed her up with a triple and a putback layup.
Several minutes later Cadie Lewis would force her first steal of the game and find a streaking Talutto down the court for an early 14-0 Dunmore lead, forcing Nanticoke to use its timeout halfway through the opening stanza. Coming out of the huddle Talutto maintained momentum for Dunmore, sinking another shot…