North Eastern PA Report

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   […]

  March 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 […]

  2020-2021 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)   […]

  2020-2021 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) […]

Lancaster 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 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 […]

  March 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 […]

   2021 District 2 Tournament     BOYS PLAYOFFS  BOYS PLAYOFFS     BOYS CLASS AAAAAA 2/4 SUB-REGIONAL   FRIDAY, MARCH 5 (QUARTER-FINAL) (1) Scranton (12-2) bye (2) Williamsport (11-4) bye (3) Wilkes-Barre Area (11-6) bye (4) Hazleton Area 56, (5) Delaware Valley 31 (ends at 10-9)   TUESDAY, MARCH 9 (SEMI-FINALS) (1) Scranton 73, […]

    March 9, 2021   Cougars Roared Back, Knights Prevailed   Scranton 73, Hazleton Area 68   By Phil T. SCRANTON – To the disbelief of the entire crowd, Hazleton Area caught fire in the second half, hitting 11 triples as they erased Scranton’s 21-point lead and turning the game to a nail-biter in […]

  March 8, 2021   Lady Mountaineers:  Arena Bound   Dallas 46, North Pocono 43   By Phil T. DALLAS – After Dallas saw their 12-point lead dissipate, a costly turnover in the closing seconds gave North Pocono the chance to force overtime.  However, the Lady Mountaineers would get bailed out again as Julia Kocher […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10   (games through 3/7)   1.  Crestwood (15-1) 5A 2.  Scranton (12-2) 6A  3.  Abington Heights (12-3) 5A 4.  North Pocono (14-3) 5A 5.  Riverside (15-2) 3A 6.  Wyoming Seminary (13-2) 3A 7.  Williamsport (11-4) 6A 8.  Valley View (10-5) 5A    9.  Scranton Prep (10-5) 4A 10. Holy […]

  2021 District 2 Tournament Semi-Finals     BOYS PLAYOFFS  BOYS PLAYOFFS     BOYS CLASS AAAAAA 2/4 SUB-REGIONAL   TUESDAY, MARCH 9 (SEMI-FINALS) (4) Hazleton Area (10-7) at (1) Scranton (11-2), 7 pm (3) Wilkes-Barre Area (11-6) at (2) Williamsport (11-4), 7 pm           BOYS CLASS AAAAA   TUESDAY, MARCH 9 […]