DISTRICT 4 BOYS BASKETBALL: NEB CRUISES PAST SAYRE IN CLASS AA QUARTERFINALS (17 PHOTOS) (February 18, 2026)

Valley Sports Report
ROME, Pa. — Sayre scored the first bucket of the game, but Northeast Bradford netted the next 16 on its way to a 74-25 win here Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the District 4, Class AA boys basketball playoffs.

Freshman Zach Hall put the Redskins on the board in the opening minute of the game, but the Panthers reeled off 16 straight points in a 23-4 run to end the first quarter with a 23-6 lead.

Eli Stanton scored six points in the opening stanza, and NEB made 8 of 12 free-throw attempts, while sophomore Brayden Northrup canned a 3-pointer for the Redskins.

The Panthers drained a trio of 3-pointers, and were 5-for-5 from the charity stripe in a 22-5 blitz that put them up 45-11 at the halftime intermission.

Eight different Panthers put their names in the scoring column in a 21-11 third-quarter run that extended the lead to 66-22 heading into the final eight minutes. 

Northrup and junior Rommel Suba combined for nine points in the stanza for the Redskins.

Northrup, who canned a pair of 3-pointers, led Sayre with eight points, while Suba scored six, and junior Quinn Chandler added a 3-pointer.

Nate Gross led NEB with 15 points, while Eli Stanton and Cooper Brown scored 12 points apiece, and Clay Wilks added 10 points.

Sayre and NEB met twice during the regular season with NEB winning the first at Sayre, 72-26, and the second at home, 77-24, just 12 days ago.

Sayre wraps up the 2025-26 campaign at 3-20, while NEB improves to 20-3.

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IN PHOTO 1: Sayre's Tyrese Gamby. IN TOP PHOTO: Sayre's Rommel Suba. ... PHOTOS BY CHRIS MANNING.

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