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Nanticoke Area edges Northwest Area on Senior night

 
Tagged under: District 2, District 4, Gameday Hub, News

| October 17, 2026

Behind the duo of Jeremy Smith and Justin Johnson a long with a stout defense Nanticoke ended 4 game skid Friday night.

NANTICOKE- The combination of Jeremy Smith and Justin Johnson together with an excellent defensive effort led the Nanticoke Area Trojans to a 20-19 win over Northwest Area Rangers on Senior Night at Frank Chicknosky Memorial Stadium.

Jeremy Smith led the ground attack with 164 yards and two touchdowns, while Johnson picked 117 yards receiving and one score in the victory.

The Trojans started the game off with an impressive 12 play 60 yard drive only to see the drive end at the Rangers 22 as a field goal attempt was blocked.

Nanticoke got the ball back after holding the Rangers on downs, on their initial drive of the game.

Northwest’s Chris Martinez stepped in front of a Trojan pass and raced into the end zone on a 65 yard interception return to make the score 7-0 with 2:53 left in the opening quarter.

Following a series of punts on each teams possessions, Nanticoke managed two consecutive pass interceptions by its defense the first by Johnson the second by Corey Alvarez.

It took the Trojans just one play after the Alvarez interception to score, when Smith scampered in from 20 yards out to tie the game at 7 with 2:54 left in the first half.

Northwest started the second half with the ball and drove it 80 yards in eight plays, with a key Robby Voynton 54 yard run on the drive, that culminated with quarterback Cole Cavuto scoring from five yards, but the point-after wsas no good leaving the score 13-7 in favor of the Rangers with 8:11 left in the quarter.

Three plays after Cavuto’s touchdown, Nanticke found themselves scoring as Johnson caught a Chet Beggs ass over the middle and outran the Ranger defense to a 78 yard score, the Trojans converted the PAT making the score 14-13 with still 6:56 left in the third quarter.

Nanticoke began the final quarter with a 75 yard eight play drive when Smith scored his second touchdown of the game from 24 yards out, but the point-after failed leaving the score at 20-13 with 7:01 left to play.

ON the Rangers ensuing drive, with Nanticoke defense crowding the line of scrimmage, running back speedster Noah Arnett broke though the line and sprinted 75 yards for a score, but the Trojan s snuffed out the two-point conversion leaving the score at 20-19.

Nanticoke, then picked up a few first downs on their final drive to close out the game.

“Our underclassman stepped and played for the seniors tonight, we have a great group of guys here and the seniors deserved it. It has been a tough couple years here, they deserve this.” first year coach Joe Shimko stated after the game.

Nanticoke (2-6) will be on the road next week at “The Jake” Jake Sobeski Stadium in Wyoming to face the 6-2 Wyoming Area Warriors. The Warriors defeated Lake-Lehman Friday by a score of 49-6 Northwest Area (4-4) will try to end their losing streak at 4 games when they host Lake-Lehman (3-5) next Friday at Lewis and Miller Memorial Stadium in Shickshinny.

 
 
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