North Eastern PA Report

  BOYS TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT RESULTS   Wilkes-Barre Area Tip-Off (12/2 and 12/3 @ Wilkes-Barre Area) Bethlehem Freedom 46, Mid Valley 44 Holy Redeemer 56, Wilkes-Barre Area 45 Holy Redeemer 61, Bethlehem Freedom 56 (Championship) Mid Valley 58, Wilkes-Barre Area 27 (Consolation)    20th Joseph Nespoli Tourney (12/2 and 12/3 @ Berwick) East Stroudsburg South 65, Bloomsburg 41 […]

  December 10, 2022   Faux Nails 7 Triples to Key Dallas Comeback Victory   Dallas 56, Boys’ Latin Charter 52   By Jon K. DALLAS – Local hoops fans have come to expect a certain style of basketball from the Mountaineers – a tenacious defense that helps create explosive fast-break offense.  But, on Saturday afternoon […]

  December 2, 2022   Scranton Prep Rallies for Opening Night Win   Scranton Prep 59, Tunkhannock 56   By Jon K. SCRANTON – Begin with some intense, pressure defense.  Add in some timely, long-range shooting.  And don’t forget to cash-in on charity stripe opportunities.  That is the formula for success that fans have come […]

  2022-2023 Season Gets Underway Friday Night The District 2 exhibition season gets underway tomorrow evening with a total of 25 boys’ and girls’ games to be played across the area.  There are also 14 Tip-Off tourneys taking place over the next two weeks throughout the region involving another 29 hoops teams (including Williamsport, a […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS RESULTS   2022-2023 Boys Standings (link) Boys’ Tip-Off Tournaments (link)   FRIDAY, 12/2 Tunkhannock 56, Scranton Prep 59 Hazleton Area 49, Allentown Dieruff 50 North Pocono 48, Nanticoke Area 50 Scranton 53, Crestwood 45 Riverside 63, Wyoming Valley West 46 Wyoming Seminary 61, Lackawanna Trail 37 Lake-Lehman 38, Montrose 47 MMI […]

  Welcome to the 2022-2023 District 2 hoops season and the LLhoops Northeast Beat.   2021-2022 Season Gave Fans Plenty of Excitement While District 2 hoops fans did not get the chance to see any local teams lifting up an oversized Hershey bar on the Giant Center hardwoods, there were plenty of incredible hoops memories […]

  UPCOMING DISTRICT 2 BOYS SCRIMMAGES   * dates/times subject to change (check athletic schedules)   FRIDAY, 11/25 Abington Heights at Wilkes-Barre Area (10 am) Palmyra/Shamokin at Hazleton Area (10 am) Tunkhannock at Carbondale Area (10 am) Riverside at Elk Lake (10 am) Dallas at Allentown Allen (11 am) Dunmore at Loyalsock Township (4 pm) […]

  ALL-DISTRICT 2 BOYS 2021-2022 TEAM   Arvel Chandler (Scranton, 6-1 Senior G, 11.7 ppg)  Ben Chilson (Tunkhannock, 6-5 Junior G, 17.8 ppg) Connor Cranage (Blue Ridge, 5-10 Sophomore G, 18.3 ppg) Michael Cumbo (Dallas, 6-0 Sophomore G, 13.6 ppg) Ryan Doherty (Delaware Valley, 6-1 Senior G, 14.1 ppg)  Andrew Ferguson (Scranton Prep, 6-1 Senior […]

  ALL-DISTRICT 2 GIRLS 2021-2022 TEAM   Riley Baird (Greater Nanticoke Area, 5-3 Senior G, 17.1 ppg) Maria Belardi (Scranton Prep, 5-8 Senior G, 11.5 ppg) Finley Bittenbender (Scranton, 5-3 Sophomore G, 14.8 ppg) Kallie Booth (Pittston Area, 5-8 Junior G, 13.7 ppg) Jillian DelBalso (Holy Redeemer, junior G, 9.8 ppg) Krista Jones (Elk Lake, 5-7 […]

  March 18, 2022   Dallas Playoff Run Ends   Neumann-Goretti 77, Dallas 50   BETHLEHEM – Throughout their deep playoff run, the Dallas Mountaineers were able to negate what many perceived to be their Achilles heel, not having a player taller than 6-2 in their lineup.  Their ability to play stellar defense, run the […]

  March 19, 2022   Tide Breaks Royals Title Dreams   Devon Prep 73, Holy Redeemer 72 (OT)   BETHLEHEM – Glancing around the spacious and historic Bethlehem Liberty Gymnasium, one realizes that there have undoubtedly been many memorable hoops games played in front of those iconic (and steep) wooden bleachers.  On Saturday afternoon, another […]

  2022 PIAA SEMI-FINALS MARCH 19 RESULTS     Boys AAA   Devon Prep 73, Holy Redeemer 72 OT (ends at 24-5)     Boys AA   Constitution 67, Old Forge 40 (ends at 18-10)        

  2022 PIAA SEMI-FINAL MARCH 18 RESULT      Boys AAAA   Neumann-Goretti 77, Dallas 50 (ends at 27-4)          

The following are simply cold-hard facts. The state of Pennsylvania ranks as the fifth-most populous state in all the Union. With such a distinction, it’s easy to reconcile that fact once you consider that the state is home to some roughly 13-million people and change. Not only that, but the state’s governing scholastic sports body, […]

  March 16, 2002   Aces Play Like Aces   Lower Merion 72, Scranton 44   By Phil T. BETHLEHEM – It was no secret that Scranton could battle with the best of District 1, defeating West Chester East and Garnet Valley in the opening two rounds of the PIAA 6A Boys’ Tournament. On Wednesday […]