North Eastern PA Report

  March 13, 2022   Defending Champs Reign   Archbishop Wood 44, Scranton Prep 21   By Phil T. EASTON – After watching their school’s Boy’s team hold-off the defending AAAAAA champions, Reading, the Lady Vikings took the court to face Scranton Prep. The two teams are familiar with each other as they played in […]

  March 13, 2022   Lady Bucks Rally in Closing Seconds   Dunmore 62, Villa Joseph Marie 53 (OT)   By Phil T. EASTON – When you miss your first 12 attempts from beyond the arc, your odds of winning go down.  When you trail by five with less than 45 seconds to play, your […]

  March 13, 2022   Defense Keys Royals Overtime Victory   Holy Redeemer 66, Executive Education 49 (OT)   LEHIGHTON – While many fans will long remember the avalanche of free throws made by the Royals in the closing minute of overtime (9 of 10, including 6 resulting from three technical fouls called on the […]

  2022 PIAA SECOND ROUND MARCH 13 RESULTS     Boys AAAAAA Scranton 52,  Garnet Valley 49 OT (ends at 18-11)   Boys AAA Holy Redeemer 66, Executive Education 49 OT  (ends at 14-8)    Boys AA Holy Cross 55, Church Farm 39 (ends at 15-9)   Old Forge 51, Karns City 46 (ends at 20-8)  […]

  March 11, 2022   Saints Go Marching into Quarter-Finals   Neumann Goretti 57, Scranton Prep 51   By Phil T BETHLEHEM – Looking back at recent history, the one constant for District 2 Boys’ inter-district hoops is an eventual date with Neumann-Goretti in the PIAA State Tournament. In 2020, the Saints defeated Holy Redeemer […]

  2022 PIAA SECOND ROUND MARCH 11 RESULTS    Boys AAAAA Shippensburg 49, Pittston Area 43 (ends at 21-5)   Boys AAAA Dallas 75, Cardinal O’Hara 57 (ends at 14-11) Neumann-Goretti 57, Scranton Prep 51 (ends at 16-10)   Girls AAA Riverside 64, Palmerton 28 (ends at 23-3) Conwell Egan 58, Western Wayne 55 (ends […]

  March 11, 2022   Balanced Attack Propels Riverside   Riverside 64, Palmerton 28   HAZLETON – Riverside used a 21-2 run throughout much of the second period to surge to a commanding 39-14 lead.  The Lady Vikings momentum continued after intermission as they rolled to an impressive 64-28 Second Round win over District 11 […]

  March 10, 2022   Abington Heights Battles into Second Round   Abington Heights 40, Twin Valley 24   CLARKS SUMMIT – On a night when neither team could find any offensive rhythm and where both teams battled their way through uncharacteristic miscues and turnovers, it was Abington Heights that maintained a 10-point lead throughout […]

  2022 PIAA FIRST ROUND MARCH 8 RESULTS     Girls AAAAAA Methacton 56, Wilkes-Barre Area 44 (ends at 20-6)     Boys AAAAA Pittston Area 53, Lower Dauphin 51 (ends at 13-14)      East Stroudsburg South 47, North Pocono 44 (ends at 18-7)     Boys AAAA Dallas 66, Shamokin 46 (ends at 16-9)  […]

  March 9, 2022   Crusaders Rally to Advance   Holy Cross 57, Antietam 49   By Phil T. SCRANTON – Holy Cross erased an eight-point deficit late in the first half and came back to defeat Antietam, 57-49, in a PIAA Boys 2A First Round game at the Lackawanna College Student Union Gymnasium on […]

  March 9, 2022   Knights Ride into Second Round   Scranton 84, West Chester East 70   SCRANTON – The Northeast Beat does not use the term casually, but tonight’s Boys 6A First Round playoff game between host Scranton and West Chester East at times began to show signs of some truly “McNamara-esque” type […]

  March 8, 2022   WBA Girls Fall in PIAA Opening Round   Methacton 56, Wilkes-Barre Area 44   By Phil T. WILKES-BARRE – For the second consecutive year, the Wilkes-Barre Area Wolfpack came up short in the PIAA State Tournament’s opening round losing to District 1 Methacton 56-44. It was the third year that […]

  March 5, 2022   Scranton Holds Off Williamsport in Title Rematch   Scranton 47, Williamsport 42   WILKES-BARRE – Only one team advances to PIAA State Tournament in the 6A classification creating much more tension in the District 2/4 Subregional championship game between Scranton and Williamsport. Last season, Williamsport came into the title game […]

  March 5, 2022   Mountaineers Hold Off Spartan’s 2nd Half Run   Dallas 61, Mid Valley 53   By Phil T. WILKES-BARRE – Late in the third quarter, a Gabe Tanner triple not only erased a ten-point halftime deficit but also gave Mid Valley their first lead since the opening stanza.  But, as they […]

  March 5, 2022   Lady Comets Hold Off Top-Seed Lady Patriots   Abington Heights 38, Pittston Area 31   By Phil T. WILKES-BARRE – After a slow start to second half, the Lady Comets were able to retake the lead and secure their 38-31 Girls 5A District 2 championship win. Daniella Ranieli got the […]