North Eastern PA Report

  January 7, 2023   Royals Get Buzzer-Beater in Hoops Thriller   Holy Redeemer 76, Saint John Neumann 75 (OT)   by Jon K. WILKES-BARRE – The term “instant classic” might get a bit overused throughout the course of a basketball season.  And while Saturday afternoon’s non-conference matchup between Holy Redeemer and Saint John Neumann […]

  January 6, 2023   Hot Shooting Propels Pittston Past Hazleton   Pittston Area 48, Hazleton Area 32   by Phil T. YATESVILLE – Never take your baskets for granted.  Late in the third period, Nikolii Santiago drove to the bucket for a floater that pulled the Cougars within three points, however that would be […]

  January 5, 2023   Scranton Prep Finds Shooting Touch to Defeat Top Rival   Scranton Prep 40, Abington Heights 21   SCRANTON – Watching a Scranton Prep Girls’ basketball game can sometimes seem as routine as reading the instructions on a bottle of shampoo – Wash. Rinse. Repeat.  Their swarming, trapping defense can often […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS RESULTS   Boys Standings (Link)    MONDAY, 1/2 Lake-Lehman 30, Dallas 72 Shenandoah Valley 44, MMI Prep 40   TUESDAY, 1/3 Abington Heights 56, Scranton 49 OT (LL-1) West Scranton 53, Scranton Prep 75 (LL-1) Valley View 53, Wallenpaupack 44 (LL-1/2) Delaware Valley 30, North Pocono 50 (LL-2) Honesdale 54, Western […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10   (Games Through 12/30/22)   1.  Abington Heights (7-0) 5A  2.  Williamsport (6-2) 6A 3.  Holy Redeemer (7-2) 3A  4.  Old Forge (7-0) 3A 5.  Dallas (5-1) 5A 6.  Valley View (7-1) 4A 7.  Scranton Prep (5-2) 4A 8.  Hazleton Area (5-3) 6A 9.  Delaware Valley (6-0) 6A 10. […]

  2022 DISTRICT 2 BOYS HOLIDAY TOURNEYS   Boys Standings (Link)    Lynett 71st Memorial Tournament (Lackawanna College Student Union on 12-27 and 12-29) Scranton Prep 66, Dunmore 53 Scranton 58, Holy Cross 52 Scranton Prep 39, Scranton 35 (Championship) Holy Cross 61, Dunmore 48 (Consolation)   Robert McGrane 56th Tournament (Wyoming Valley CYC on […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS RESULTS   Boys Standings (Link)   MONDAY, 12/26 Tunkhannock 54, Northwest Area 58   TUESDAY, 12/27 Dallas 63, Wilkes-Barre Area 68 (WVC-1) Danville 23, Abington Heights 71 Nanticoke Area 48, Mahanoy Area 67   THURSDAY, 12/29 Emmaus 55, Abington Heights 58 (OT) Nanticoke Area 54, Wilkes-Barre Area 36   FRIDAY, 12/30 […]

  December 29, 2022   Comets Remain Undefeated with Overtime Victory   Abington Heights 58, Emmaus 55 (OT)    by Jon K. CLARKS SUMMIT – Playing tenacious defense to create offensive scoring opportunities.  Working the ball around the perimeter to find an open player for a high-percentage basket.  Over the years, those have been some […]

  December 28, 2022   Holy Redeemer Wins 56th Robert McGrane Tournament   Holy Redeemer 43, Crestwood 33   By Phil Thrash WILKES-BARRE – In what many consider a holiday hoops tradition at this point, the Royals of Holy Redeemer walked from the Wyoming Valley CYC with the Robert McGrane Tournament championship in hand. On […]

  December 27, 2022   Cougars, Chargers Advance to Pete Turonis Holiday Tournament Championship   Valley View 57, Lakeland 29 Carbondale 49, Mid Valley 48   By Jon K. CARBONDALE – A large crowd was on-hand Tuesday evening at Carbondale Area high school to take in the annual Pete Turonis Holiday Tournament.  A few of […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS RESULTS   District 2 Boys Standings (Link)   MONDAY, 12/19 Dallas 61, Lewisburg 59 Riverside 60, North Pocono 66 Holy Redeemer 63, Williamsport 67 Mid Valley 57, Scranton 45 Schuylkill Haven 59, MMI Prep 37 Wyoming Valley West 24, Abington Heights 79 Wilkes-Barre Area 55, Hanover Area 54 Wyoming Area 62, […]

  December 19, 2022   Abington Heights Moves to 5-0 as Ken Bianchi Wins No. 850   Abington Heights 79, Wyoming Valley West 24   By Phil T. A defensive eruption and an offensive explosion were on the docket tonight as Abington Heights totaled 59 points in the first half en route to their 79-24 […]

  CONGRATULATIONS TO ABINGTON HEIGHTS COMETS HEAD COACH KEN BIANCHI  

  December 17, 2022   Trojans Balanced Attack Defeats Berwick   by Jon K. It’s been quite a while since LLHoops stopped by Berwick to catch a regular season boys’ game.  After a 2-19 campaign last year, the Bulldogs were off to a 3-1 start.  With their hoops program headed in the right direction and […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS RESULTS   District 2 Boys Standings (link)   MONDAY, 12/12 Hazleton Area 57, Reading 91 Pittston Area 36, Holy Cross 42 Crestwood 54, Nanticoke Area 42 Wilkes-Barre Area 62, West Scranton 66 Towanda 58, Montrose 50 Marian Catholic 41, Wyoming Seminary 54   TUESDAY, 12/13 Scranton Prep 50, Dallas 62 Holy […]