North Eastern PA Report

  December 14, 2021   Dallas Win Mike Duda Championship Over Honesdale   Dallas 67, Honesdale 49   By Phil Thrash WYOMING – The Lady Mounts squared off against the Lady Hornets in search of an early season trophy on Tuesday night.  In the end, Victoria Spaciano would lead her Dallas teammates to a 67-49 […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS RESULTS     FRIDAY, 12/10 Wilkes-Barre Area 39, Scranton Prep 48 Tunkhannock 56, Wyoming Seminary 28 Crestwood 64, Scranton 69 Nanticoke Area 41, North Pocono 65 Elk Lake at Carbondale (postponed) Wyoming Valley West 41, Riverside 44 West Scranton 73, Dunmore 53 Lakeland 35, Valley View 61 Mountain View 38, Holy […]

  BOYS TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT RESULTS   19th Joseph Nespoli Tourney (12/10 and 12/11 @ Berwick) East Stroudsburg South 62, Delaware Valley 37  Berwick 56, Northwest Area 47 East Stroudsburg South 57, Berwick 24 (Championship) Northwest Area 68, Delaware Valley 53   Wallenpaupack Tip-Off Tourney (12/10 and 12/11 @ Wallenpaupack) Nazareth 66, Monticello (NY) 34 Stroudsburg 40, Wallenpaupack […]

  December 10, 2021   Fans Treated with Marquee Matchup on Opening Night   Scranton 69, Crestwood 64   By Phil Thrash SCRANTON – ‘Tis the season… for high school hoops.  Across the area, teams suited up for the first official game of the 2021-2022 hoops season and at the campus of Scranton High School, […]

  Welcome to the 2021-2022 District 2 hoops season and the Northeast Beat.   COVID-Shortened Season Gave Fans Plenty of Thrills Despite the December-less schedule that took place last season, District 2 hoops finally got rolling (well, at least inching along) into January as teams tried their best to navigate through health department protocols regarding […]

  BOYS TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE   19th Joseph Nespoli Tourney (12/10 and 12/11 @ Berwick) Delaware Valley vs. East Stroudsburg South  Berwick vs. Northwest Area   Wallenpaupack Tip-Off Tourney (12/10 and 12/11 @ Wallenpaupack) Nazareth vs. Monticello (NY) Wallenpaupack vs. Stroudsburg   Susquehanna-Bradford County Challenge (12/10 and 12/11 @ Sayre) Blue Ridge vs. Wyalusing Valley (12/10) Susquehanna […]

  UPCOMING 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 […]

  ALL-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 […]

  ALL-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 […]

Foreword 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’ […]

Foreword 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 […]

Foreword 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 […]

Foreword 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 […]

Foreword 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 […]

  2020-2021 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   […]