North Eastern PA Report
Upcoming District 2 Boys’ and Girls’ Hoops Scrimmages
November 24, 2021 Jon KUPCOMING DISTRICT 2 BOYS SCRIMMAGES ***subject to change*** FRIDAY, 11/26 Elk Lake at Riverside Tunkhannock at Susquehanna Community SATURDAY, 11/27 Dallas at Scranton Mid Valley at Crestwood Hazleton Area at Cheltenham Holy Redeemer at Bethlehem Catholic Allentown Central Catholic at Scranton Prep Pittston Area at Lakeland Old Forge at Nanticoke Area […]
2020-2021 LLHoops All-District 2 Girls’ Team
May 5, 2021 Jon KALL-DISTRICT 2 GIRLS 2020-2021 TEAM Riley Baird (Greater Nanticoke Area, 5-3 Junior G, 13.6 ppg) Cecelia Collins (Scranton Prep, 6-1 Senior G, 16.5 ppg) Carena Colo (North Pocono, 5-7 Senior G, 13.8 ppg) Bella Hill (Dallas, 5-6 Senior G, 15.1 ppg) Helena Jardine (Crestwood, 5-7 Senior G, 13.3 ppg) Kylie Lavelle (Riverside, 6-1 […]
2020-2021 LLhoops All-District 2 Boys’ Team
May 5, 2021 Jon KALL-DISTRICT 2 BOYS 2020-2021 TEAM Ryan Harder (Tunkhannock, 6-4 Senior G, 18.4 ppg) Jake Koretz (Wyoming Seminary, 6-2 Senior G, 16.4 ppg) Zach Kovalchik (Valley View, 6-3 Senior G, 14.2 ppg) Mike Leonardo (Delaware Valley, 6-5 Senior G, 13.7 ppg) Mason Mendygral (Wyoming Valley West, 5-11 Senior G, 16.1 ppg) Cayden Merrifield (West […]
2020-21 Pennsylvania Sportswriters’ All-State Team (6A Classification)
May 1, 2021 Andy HerrForeword written by Mike Drago of the Reading Eagle… Rahsool Diggins earned All-State recognition as both a sophomore and junior, but he changed his game for his senior season at Archbishop Wood. Knowing he’d be playing point guard at the University of Connecticut he prepared himself by playing that role for the Vikings. Diggins’ […]
2020-21 Pennsylvania Sportwriters’ All-State Team (5A Classification)
April 30, 2021 Andy HerrForeword written by Mike Gross of LNP… Archbishop Ryan’s Aaron Lemon-Warren was leading the powerful Philadelphia Catholic League in scoring in the 2019-20 season when a broken foot shut him down for the year. Ryan started this season two weeks after everyone else in the PCL due to a COVID-19 shutdown, and the PCL […]
2020-21 Pennsylvania Sportswriters’ All-State Team (4A Classification)
April 29, 2021 Andy HerrForeword written by Mike Gross of LNP… It was far from a normal boys’ basketball season for Neumann-Goretti, one of Pennsylvania’s most successful programs. The Saints, who have won nine state championships since 2009, went 4-6 with no postseason in 2020-21, thanks to a combination of pandemic-related issues and the use, acknowledged by the […]
2020-21 Pennsylvania Sportswriters’ All-State Team (3A Classification)
April 28, 2021 Andy HerrForeword written by Mike Gross of LNP… “The only thing on my bucket list that I really want,’’ Loyalsock boys’ basketball coach Ron Insinger told the Williamsport Sun-Gazette last month, was a state championship. Insinger’s Lancers got him there a few days later, defeating Brookville 75-53 for the PIAA Class 3A championship and completing […]
2020-21 Pennsylvania Sportswriters’ All-State Team (2A Classification)
April 27, 2021 Andy HerrForeword written by Mike Gross of LNP…. No Pennsylvania high school basketball team had a better year than Class AA state champion Sacred Heart, a truth reflected in voting for the Pennsylvania Sportswriters’ all-state team. Jake DiMichele, a 6-3 junior swingman for the Chargers, is the AA player of the year, which goes to […]
District 2 PIAA Semi-final Results
March 23, 2021 Jon K2020-2021 PIAA PLAYOFFS BOYS SEMI-FINAL RESULT Boys AA District 2 Champion vs. District 12 Champion March 23, 2021 (Saint Joseph’s Prep HS, 7pm) Constitution 62, Old Forge 60 (ends at 9-8) 2020-2021 PIAA PLAYOFFS GIRLS SEMI-FINAL RESULT Girls AAAA […]
PIAA Boys 6A Quarter-final Recap (Scranton vs. Reading)
March 21, 2021 Jon KMarch 20, 2021 Scranton Falls to Reading in Boys 6A Quarterfinals Reading 68, Scranton 53 By. Phil T. READING – Scranton’s incredible season came to an end in the quarter-final round of the PIAA Boys 6A state playoffs. Reading, every bit as good as advertised, jumped out early using runs of […]
District 2 PIAA Quarter-final Results
March 20, 2021 Jon K2020-2021 PIAA PLAYOFFS BOYS QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS Boys AAAAAA District 2/4 Champion at District 3 Champion (3/20, 1pm @Berks Catholic) Reading 68, Scranton 53 (ends at 14-3) Boys AAAAA District 2 Champion at District 1 Champion (3/19, 7pm) Chester 58, Crestwood 52 OT (ends at 17-2) […]
District 2 PIAA First Round Results
March 18, 2021 Jon K2020-2021 PIAA PLAYOFFS BOYS FIRST ROUND RESULTS Boys AAAA District 2 Champion hosts District 4 Champion (3/16, 7pm) Danville 51, Scranton Prep 49 (ends at 12-6) Boys AAA District 2 Champion at District 3 Champion (3/17, 7pm) Lancaster Catholic 50, Riverside 47 (ends at 17-3) […]
Cardiac Crusaders Strike Again As Nevin Roman’s Last-Second Triple Pushes Lancaster Catholic Past Riverside, Into PIAA-3A Quarterfinal Round
March 18, 2021 Andy HerrLancaster Catholic 50 Riverside 47 First Round of PIAA 3A Boys March 17, 2021 For most teams, just making the postseason is an accomplishment worthy of celebrating. Fair enough. Then again, not everyone is exactly Lancaster Catholic either. Long established as one of the Lancaster-Lebanon League’s premier franchises, seeing the Crusaders succeed on the hardwood […]
District 2 Boys/Girls Top 10 Ratings (March 14, 2021)
March 14, 2021 Jon KDISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10 (games through 3/14) 1. Crestwood (17-1) 5A 2. Scranton (14-2) 6A 3. Abington Heights (13-4) 5A 4. Riverside (17-2) 3A 5. Scranton Prep (12-5) 4A 6. North Pocono (14-4) 5A 7. Wyoming Seminary (14-3) 3A 8. Mid Valley (11-5) 4A 9. Holy Cross (11-3) 2A 10. Old […]
District 2 Girls 5A and Boys 6A Championship Recaps
March 14, 2021 Jon KMarch 13, 2021 Lady Comets & Knights Win District 2 Championships Abington Heights 63, Dallas 58 Scranton 48, Williamsport 39 By Phil T. WILKES-BARRE – The District II Championship weekend came to an end Saturday night with a AAAAA Girls’ matchup, between Abington Heights and Dallas, and a AAAAAA Boys’ Subregional […]