North Eastern PA Report

  February 23, 2024   4th Period Push Gets Lady Knights Into 5A Final   Scranton 55, Crestwood 45   SCRANTON – After battling even with Scranton, the District 2 Girls 5A top seed, for over 28 minutes, Crestwood saw their hopes for pulling off an incredible upset disappear in under 30 seconds.  After Cameron […]

  Updated 3/2   2023-2024 PIAA FIRST ROUND BOYS MATCHUPS   “hosts” means a home court game (or within District 2) “visits” means opponent’s home court (or in their district) ( # ) before team name indicates team’s district seeding going into that tourney     Boys AAAAAA PIAA First Round (3/9) District 2 Champion hosts […]

  February 21, 2024   Big Second Half Sends Mid Valley into Semi-Finals   Mid Valley 51, Dunmore 35   THROOP – After falling behind 10-0 five minutes into the contest, Dunmore regrouped and took advantage of several Mid Valley miscues and missed shots to climb back into their Boys 3A Quarter-Final game with a […]

  2024 District 2 Tournament   Wednesday, February 21   GIRLS CLASS AAAAA   WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 (QUARTER-FINALS) (8) Honesdale (9-13) at (1) Scranton (20-2), 7 (5) Crestwood (15-7) at (4) North Pocono (15-7), 7     (7) Wallenpaupack (12-10) at (2) Dallas (18-6), 7  (6) Pittston Area (12-10) at (3) Abington Heights (16-6), 7    […]

  2023-2024 PIAA FIRST ROUND BOYS MATCHUPS   “hosts” means a home court game (or within District 2) “visits” means opponent’s home court (or in their district)     Boys AAAAAA PIAA First Round District 2/4 Champion hosts District 1, #9 Team  District 2/4 Runner-up visits District 1, #3 Team     Boys AAAAA PIAA First Round District 2 […]

   2024 District 2 Tournament Tuesday, February 20     BOYS CLASS AAAAAA 2/4 SUB-REGIONAL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 (QUARTER-FINALS) (5) Delaware Valley (8-14) at (4) Williamsport (7-14), 6 (6) Wyoming Valley West (5-17) at (3) Hazleton Area (14-8), 7   GIRLS CLASS AAAAAA 2/4 SUB-REGIONAL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 (QUARTER-FINAL) (5) Delaware Valley (4-18) at (4) […]

  2024 District 2 Tournament Picks     BOYS CLASS AAAAAA 2/4 Subregional   (1) Scranton (18-4) bye (5) Delaware Valley (8-14) @ (4) Williamsport (7-14) (2) Wilkes-Barre Area (19-5) bye (6) Wyoming Valley West (5-17) @ (3) Hazleton Area (14-8)   FAVORITE:  Scranton                KEEP AN EYE ON:  Wilkes-Barre Area, Hazleton Area              DON’T […]

  February 17, 2024   Balanced Attack Keys Dallas Title Win   Dallas 61, Wilkes-Barre Area 46   HAZLE TOWNSHIP – When the Dallas Mountaineers can rappel at their own pace and control the temp of a game, they are a very dangerous team.  They have a lightning quick defense and a lineup without any […]

  February 17, 2024   Lady Cougars Win First WVC Championship   Hazleton Area 64, Lake-Lehman 33   HAZLE TOWNSHIP – Spurred on by their impressive semi-final win over Division 2 champion Holy Redeemer, Hazleton Area got back to basics Saturday afternoon.  The Lady Cougars erased an early deficit and used a 17-0 run to […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10   (games through 2/17/24)   1.  Abington Heights (22-0) 5A  2.  Scranton (18-4) 6A  3.  Holy Cross (19-3) 2A 4.  Riverside (19-3) 3A 5.  Dallas (18-6) 5A 6,  Wilkes-Barre Area (19-5) 6A 7.  Scranton Prep (13-9) 4A 8.  Valley View (17-5) 4A 9.  Hazleton Area (14-8) 6A 10. Crestwood […]

  Wyoming Valley Conference Championship Games   The title game matchups are all set in the Wyoming Valley Conference.   Girls Semi-Finals (Wednesday 2/14) Lake-Lehman (D2 runner-up) 48, Dallas (D1 winner) 46 Hazleton Area (D1 runner-up) 67, Holy Redeemer (D2 winner) 61        Boys Semi-Finals (Thursday 2/15) Wilkes-Barre Area (D1 winner) 87, Wyoming Area […]

  February 12, 2024   Royals Rumble to Another Division Crown   Holy Redeemer 58, Wyoming Area 48   WILKES-BARRE – After giving up 16 first half points to Dane Schutter in which the 6-5 senior repeatedly found a wide-open landing strip in the middle, Holy Redeemer tightened up their defense and got their versatile […]

  District 2 Boys Division Races So far, 5 of the 6 division races for District 2 Boys’ teams have been decided.  In the Wyoming Valley Conference, Wilkes-Barre Area regrouped after suffering their first division loss to Hazleton Area to take the Divison 1 title.  In Division 2, Holy Redeemer and Wyoming Area both finished […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10   (games through 2/11/24)   1.  Abington Heights (21-0) 5A  2.  Scranton (17-4) 6A  3.  Holy Cross (17-3) 2A 4.  Wilkes-Barre Area (18-4) 6A 5.  Riverside (17-3) 3A 6.  Valley View (16-4) 4A 7.  Scranton Prep (12-9) 4A 8.  Dallas (15-6) 5A 9.  Hazleton Area (14-8) 6A 10. Crestwood […]

  District 2 Basketball Playoff Glance   Boys AAAAAA (Subregional with District 4) 1.  Scranton (17-4) 2.  Wilkes-Barre Area (18-4) 3.  Hazleton Area (14-8) 4.  Delaware Valley (8-13)   Defending champion:  Scranton Teams qualify for district tourney: 6 Quarter-final byes: top 2 seeds Advance to states: 2     Boys AAAAA 1.  Abington Heights (21-0) […]