District 2 Scoring Milestone
January 21, 2020 Jon KCONGRATULATIONS !!! 1,000 POINTS Mackenzie Steele Susquehanna Community Lady Sabers
District 2 Girls Game Recap (Dunmore vs. Holy Cross)
January 20, 2020 Jon KJanuary 20, 2020 Dunmore Recovers from Slow Start to Beat Borough Rival Dunmore Lady Bucks 51, Holy Cross Lady Crusaders 33 By Phil T DUNMORE— Holy Cross jumped out to an early 7-0 lead until Moriah Murray turned it on and got Dunmore rolling. The Lady Bucks got off to a […]
DISTRICT 2 BOYS/GIRLS TOP 10 RATINGS (January 19, 2020)
January 19, 2020 Jon KDISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10 games through 1/19 1. Wallenpaupack (12-1) 5A 2. Holy Cross (12-2) 2A 3. Wyoming Seminary (12-2) 3A 4. Scranton Prep (10-3) 4A 5. Hazleton Area (9-4) 6A 6. Abington Heights (9-5) 5A 7. Pittston Area (10-4) 5A 8. Crestwood (11-3) 5A 9. Dallas (10-4) 5A 10. Valley View […]
District 2 Boys/Girls Scores (1/13 to 1/17)
January 18, 2020 Jon KDISTRICT 2 BOYS SCORES MONDAY, 1/13 Northwest Area 32, North Penn-Mansfield 57 TUESDAY, 1/14 Hazleton Area 56, Dallas 55 (WVC-1) Crestwood 41, Wilkes-Barre Area 40 OT (WVC-1) Pittston Area 46, Berwick 40 (WVC-1) Nanticoke Area 62, Wyoming Valley West 52 (WVC-1) Hanover Area 49, Tunkhannock 53 (WVC-2) Wyoming Area 61, Northwest Area 56 (WVC-2) MMI Prep 32, Wyoming […]
District 2 Girls Game Recap (Dunmore vs. Riverside)
January 18, 2020 Jon KJanuary 17, 2020 Dunmore Surges Past Riverside Dunmore Lady Bucks 50, Riverside Lady Vikings 36 DUNMORE – Lady Bucks’ hoops may not always run like a finely tuned Lamborghini, but their 8-0 run in the final 99 seconds of the third period broke open a close (29-25) matchup and propelled the […]
District 2 Saturday Postponements
January 17, 2020 Jon KThe below Saturday games have been updated per information posted on school athletic schedule websites. SATURDAY, 1/18 (Boys) Valley View at Scranton Prep (LL-1) ppd to 1/20 Honesdale at Abington Heights (LL-1/2) ppd to 1/29 Delaware Valley at West Scranton (LL-1/2) ppd to 1/22 North Pocono at Western Wayne (LL-2) ppd to 2/3 Mid Valley at […]
District 2 Game Boys Recap (Holy Cross vs. Riverside)
January 17, 2020 Jon KJanuary 16, 2020 Riverside Upsets Holy Cross Riverside Vikings 66, Holy Cross Crusaders 62 TAYLOR – While the weather outside may have been downright frightful, things slowly began to heat up inside the Riverside gymnasium Thursday evening. Highly-regarded Holy Cross found themselves in the midst of very physical matchup in which the […]
District 2 Boys Game Recap (Abington Heights vs. Scranton Prep)
January 16, 2020 Jon KJanuary 16, 2020 Abington Heights Hold Off Scranton Prep Rally Abington Heights 51 Scranton Prep 49 by Phil T. SCRANTON— With 30 seconds left and the game tied at 49, Scranton Prep called a timeout and drew up a potential game-winning play. However, they would never get a shot off. When the […]
District 2 Girls Game Recap (Abington Heights vs. Scranton Prep)
January 15, 2020 Jon KJanuary 15, 2020 Scranton Prep Rallies to Defeat Top Rival Scranton Prep 61, Abington Heights 53 CLARKS SUMMIT – Playing on the road against an inspired rival and finding themselves in some unchartered territory on the scoreboard, Scranton Prep dug deep on several occasions to rally and pull out a gutsy […]
District 2 Boys Game Wrap (Hazleton Area vs. Dallas)
January 14, 2020 Jon KJanuary 14, 2020 Scotty Campbell Leads Hazleton Area Over Dallas Hazleton Area 56, Dallas 55 by Phil T. DALLAS— After a back-and-forth first half in which neither team was able to maintain an advantage, including eight lead changes in the second quarter, the crowd at Dallas knew they were going to be […]
LLHoops Neast Beat Players of the Week
January 14, 2020 Jon KBOYS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Rhys Merritt (6-7 senior forward) is leading the way for Scranton Prep and helped the Cavaliers to a pair of impressive Lackawanna League wins last week. He scored 16 points in a come-from-behind crossover victory over North Pocono on Tuesday. Then, on Friday night against Scranton, the senior […]
DISTRICT 2 BOYS/GIRLS TOP 10 RATINGS (January 12, 2020)
January 12, 2020 Jon KDISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10 games through 1/11 1. Holy Cross (10-1) 2A 2. Wallenpaupack (10-1) 5A 3. Scranton Prep (9-2) 4A 4. Wyoming Seminary (10-2) 3A 5, Crestwood (10-2) 5A 6. Dallas (9-3) 5A 7. Hazleton Area (7-3) 6A 8. Pittston Area (8-4) 5A 9. Abington Heights (7-5) 5A 10. Valley View […]
District 2 Boys/Girls Scores (1/2 to 1/11)
January 12, 2020 Jon KDISTRICT 2 BOYS SCORES THURSDAY, 1/2 Crestwood 55, Danville 42 Lake-Lehman 69, Montrose 37 Williamsport 55, Harrisburg 71 FRIDAY, 1/3 Nanticoke Area 26, Hazleton Area 72 (WVC-1) Dallas 59, Pittston Area 66 (WVC-1) Wilkes-Barre Area 63, Wyoming Valley West 33 (WVC-1) Crestwood 63, Berwick 32 (WVC-1) Tunkhannock 37, Wyoming Seminary 51 (WVC-2) Holy Redeemer 67, Wyoming Area […]
District 2 Boys Game Recap (Crestwood vs. Central Bucks West)
January 11, 2020 Jon KJanuary 11, 2020 CB West Too Much For Crestwood Central Bucks West 43, Crestwood 39 MOUNTAIN TOP – On an almost balmy January afternoon, Central Bucks West made the nearly 2-hour trip to take on Crestwood, one the premier teams in District 2 this season. The Bucks (9-4), a solid 6A squad […]
District 2 Girls Game Recap (Hazleton Area vs. Pittston Area)
January 10, 2020 Jon KJanuary 10, 2020 Hazleton Area Cruises by Pittston Area Hazleton Area 71, Pittston Area 31 by Phil T. HAZLETON— After an upset loss to Berwick on Monday, Hazleton Area came out tonight with a message. The message was well heard as Hazleton Area thrashed Pittston Area, 71-31. Pittston Area got off to […]