North Eastern PA Report

  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 […]

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  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 […]

  January 16, 2020   Riverside Upsets Holy Cross   Riverside Vikings 66, Holy Cross Crusaders 62   TAYLOR – While the weather outside may have been downright frightful, things slowly began to heat up inside the Riverside gymnasium Thursday evening.  Highly-regarded Holy Cross found themselves in the midst of very physical matchup in which the […]

January 16, 2020   Abington Heights Hold Off Scranton Prep Rally   Abington Heights 51 Scranton Prep 49   by Phil T. SCRANTON— With 30 seconds left and the game tied at 49, Scranton Prep called a timeout and drew up a potential game-winning play. However, they would never get a shot off. When the […]

  January 15, 2020   Scranton Prep Rallies to Defeat Top Rival   Scranton Prep 61, Abington Heights 53   CLARKS SUMMIT – Playing on the road against an inspired rival and finding themselves in some unchartered territory on the scoreboard, Scranton Prep dug deep on several occasions to rally and pull out a gutsy […]

January 14, 2020   Scotty Campbell Leads Hazleton Area Over Dallas   Hazleton Area 56, Dallas 55   by Phil T. DALLAS— After a back-and-forth first half in which neither team was able to maintain an advantage, including eight lead changes in the second quarter, the crowd at Dallas knew they were going to be […]

  BOYS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK   Rhys Merritt (6-7 senior forward) is leading the way for Scranton Prep and helped the Cavaliers to a pair of impressive Lackawanna League wins last week.  He scored 16 points in a come-from-behind crossover victory over North Pocono on Tuesday.  Then, on Friday night against Scranton, the senior […]

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

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS SCORES   THURSDAY, 1/2 Crestwood 55, Danville 42 Lake-Lehman 69, Montrose 37 Williamsport 55, Harrisburg 71   FRIDAY, 1/3 Nanticoke Area 26, Hazleton Area 72 (WVC-1) Dallas 59, Pittston Area 66 (WVC-1) Wilkes-Barre Area 63, Wyoming Valley West 33 (WVC-1) Crestwood 63, Berwick 32 (WVC-1) Tunkhannock 37, Wyoming Seminary 51 (WVC-2) Holy Redeemer 67, Wyoming Area […]