North Eastern PA Report

  January 24, 2020   Lakeland Comeback Defeats Mid Valley   Lakeland Chiefs 43, Mid Valley Spartans 38   By Phil T. THROOP – Inside a loud, packed gym at Mid Valley High School it was the Chiefs who would prevail in a tightly contested game, 43-38. The Spartans would jump out to an early […]

January 24, 2020   Trivelpiece Keys Hazleton Area Victory   Hazleton Area 52, Berwick Area 36   HAZLETON – Not sure whether Hazleton Area came into tonight’s game needing any extra motivation.  Sure, Lady Cougars’ fans may have circled this one as an opportunity to avenge their only conference loss (32-31 to Berwick Area back on […]

  January 23, 2020   Division Leaders Battle at Paupack    Scranton Prep Cavaliers 51, Wallenpaupack Buckhorns 45   By Phil T. HAWLEY – Scranton Prep, tied for the Lackawanna League Division 1 lead with Valley View, made the trip east to take on Wallenpaupack, the frontrunner in Division 2.  In a back-and-forth affair throughout […]

  CONGRATULATIONS !!!   1,000 POINTS   Alex Wesneski Wyoming Seminary Blue Knights    

  January 22, 2020   Invaders Roll Over Warriors   West Scranton 49, Delaware Valley 27   WEST SCRANTON – After neither team could get on the board through the first two minutes of the game, West Scranton would get a pair of scores by Cayden Merrifield off Delaware Valley turnovers plus a 5-point spurt […]

  January 22, 2020   Dallas Gets Season Sweep Over Pittston Area   Dallas Lady Mounts 47, Pittston Area Lady Patriots 31   By Phil T PITTSTON— Dallas used a big 4th quarter in which they nearly doubled their point total to secure the win and get a season sweep over Pittston Area, 47-31. In […]

  BOYS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK   Brandon Hall (6-5 junior forward) helped Wilkes-Barre Area put together their most complete game of the Wolfpack’s inaugural hoops season last Friday as he netted 17 points in their highly impressive 73-63 road win over Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 co-leader Hazleton Area.  The junior forward also scored […]

  January 21, 2020   Wyoming Seminary Takes Lead in WVC Division 2   Wyoming Seminary 65, Holy Redeemer 58   By Phil T. WILKES-BARRE – After a back and forth first half in which Holy Redeemer held a one-point lead over Wyoming Seminary, the third quarter brought more of the same as both teams […]

  January 21, 2020   Spartans Defense Stymies Lions   Mid Valley Spartans 51, Lackawanna Trail Lions 19   FACTORYVILLE – It’s been a while since the Neast Beat landed in Tunnel Hill to take in a Lackawanna Trail hoops game.  The Lions currently lead Division 4 of the Lackawanna League with a 5-0 mark […]

  CONGRATULATIONS !!!   1,000 POINTS   Mackenzie Steele Susquehanna Community Lady Sabers     

  January 20, 2020   Dunmore Recovers from Slow Start to Beat Borough Rival   Dunmore Lady Bucks 51, Holy Cross Lady Crusaders 33   By Phil T DUNMORE— Holy Cross jumped out to an early 7-0 lead until Moriah Murray turned it on and got Dunmore rolling. The Lady Bucks got off to a […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10 games through 1/19   1.  Wallenpaupack (12-1) 5A  2.  Holy Cross (12-2) 2A 3.  Wyoming Seminary (12-2) 3A 4.  Scranton Prep (10-3) 4A 5.  Hazleton Area (9-4) 6A 6.  Abington Heights (9-5) 5A  7.  Pittston Area (10-4) 5A 8.  Crestwood (11-3) 5A 9.  Dallas (10-4) 5A   10.  Valley View […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS SCORES   MONDAY, 1/13 Northwest Area 32, North Penn-Mansfield 57   TUESDAY, 1/14 Hazleton Area 56, Dallas 55 (WVC-1) Crestwood 41, Wilkes-Barre Area 40 OT (WVC-1) Pittston Area 46, Berwick 40 (WVC-1) Nanticoke Area 62, Wyoming Valley West 52 (WVC-1) Hanover Area 49, Tunkhannock 53 (WVC-2) Wyoming Area 61, Northwest Area 56 (WVC-2) MMI Prep 32, Wyoming […]

  January 17, 2020   Dunmore Surges Past Riverside   Dunmore Lady Bucks 50, Riverside  Lady Vikings 36   DUNMORE – Lady Bucks’ hoops may not always run like a finely tuned Lamborghini, but their 8-0 run in the final 99 seconds of the third period broke open a close (29-25) matchup and propelled the […]

  The below Saturday games have been updated per information posted on school athletic schedule websites.   SATURDAY, 1/18 (Boys) Valley View at Scranton Prep (LL-1)  ppd to 1/20 Honesdale at Abington Heights (LL-1/2)  ppd to 1/29 Delaware Valley at West Scranton (LL-1/2)  ppd to 1/22 North Pocono at Western Wayne (LL-2)   ppd to 2/3 Mid Valley at […]