North Eastern PA Report

  January 9, 2020   Comets “Reverse” Fortunes for Undefeated Buckhorns   Abington Heights Comets 33, Wallenpaupack Buckhorns 32   CLARKS SUMMIT – The Abington Heights boys’ hoops program has built quite a reputation across District 2.  And success in recent years has propelled that notoriety to the statewide level.  But, as times change and […]

CONGRATULATIONS !!!   1,000 POINTS   Kieran Burrier Holy Cross Crusaders      Colette Mulderig Scranton Lady Knights  

  DISTRICT 2 GIRLS DIVISION ANALYSIS   games through 1/6     WYOMING VALLEY CONFERENCE    DIVISION 1 Dallas (2-0, 8-1)  4A Berwick (2-0, 7-3)  4A Wilkes-Barre Area (1-1, 8-1)  6A Hazleton Area (1-1, 6-2)  6A Nanticoke Area (1-1, 7-3)  4A Pittston Area (1-1, 6-3)  5A Crestwood (0-2, 3-7)  5A Wyoming Valley West (0-2, 3-7)  […]

  January 7, 2020   West Scranton Tops City Rival Scranton   Scranton Knights 33, West Scranton Invaders 47   by Phil T. SCRANTON— January brings snow and rivalries. On Tuesday night, we got both. Inside the Student Union Gymnasium (at Lackawanna College), Scranton and West Scranton faced off in an early Lackawanna League Division […]

  January 6, 2020   Girls AA Championship Game Rematch   Holy Cross Lady Crusaders 43, Old Forge Lady Devils 67   by Phil T. OLD FORGE — Last March, Holy Cross bested Old Forge, 43-38, for the District 2 AA Girls’ title, but tonight was a much different story. After losing to last year’s […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS DIVISION ANALYSIS   games through 1/4     WYOMING VALLEY CONFERENCE    DIVISION 1 Crestwood (2-0, 8-1)  5A Pittston Area (1-0, 6-3)  5A Hazleton Area (1-0, 5-3)  6A Wilkes-Barre Area (1-0, 4-5)  6A Dallas (0-1, 7-2)  5A Berwick (0-1, 2-7)  4A Nanticoke Area (0-1, 2-7)  4A Wyoming Valley West (0-2, 2-8)  […]

  York Catholic Girls’ Basketball Shootout   Saturday, January 11 (@ York Catholic HS)   Noon:        Lancaster Catholic vs. Trinity 1:30 pm:    Holy Redeemer vs. Bishop McDevitt 3:15 pm:    Berks Catholic vs. Delone Catholic 4:45 pm:    York Catholic vs. Lebanon Catholic    

  BOYS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK   Roland Hamad (6-1 senior forward) helped Wyoming Valley West get their first two wins of the season, capturing the championship of the James M. Akens holiday tournament.  He scored 11 points in their semi-final win over Old Forge.  Then, in the title game, the senior forward netted 15 points, […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10 games through 12/31   1.  Dallas (7-1) 5A  2.  Wallenpaupack (8-0) 5A 3.  Holy Cross (7-1) 2A 4.  Wyoming Seminary (6-2) 3A 5.  Scranton Prep (6-2) 4A 6.  Crestwood (5-1) 5A  7.  West Scranton (8-1) 5A 8.  Hazleton Area (4-3) 6A 9.  Valley View (7-2) 4A   10(tie).  Scranton (5-3) […]

  2019 DISTRICT 2 BOYS HOLIDAY TOURNEYS     Lynett 69th Memorial Tournament (Lackawanna College Student Union on 12-27 and 12-29) Holy Cross 61, Scranton 58 Scranton Prep 57, Dunmore 51 Holy Cross 55, Scranton Prep 54 (Championship) Scranton 58, Dunmore 52 OT (Consolation)   Robert McGrane 54th Tourney (Wyoming Valley CYC on 12-26 and […]

  BOYS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK   Jeremy Callahan (5-11 senior guard) reached the 1,000 point scoring plateau last week in helping Wyoming Seminary post a pair of impressive wins over perennial 5A district contenders.  On Wednesday, he netted 23 points in a 53-46 road win over Abington Heights.  Two night later, he contributed 22 […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS RESULTS   FRIDAY, 12/20 Crestwood 41, Wyoming Seminary 52 Hazleton Area 45, Abington Heights 42 Hanover Area 67, Nanticoke Area 54 Wallenpaupack 36, Wilkes-Barre Area 33 Wyoming Valley West 41, Valley View 50 Western Wayne 45, Tunkhannock 37 Riverside 83, Montrose 26 Susquehanna Community 32, Carbondale 34 Blue Ridge 68, Sullivan […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS RESULTS   FRIDAY, 12/13 Pottsville 37, Abington Heights 46 Williamsport 35, Crestwood 61 Honesdale 46, Dunmore 59 North Pocono 70, Hanover Area 56 Pittston Area 57, West Scranton 61 MMI Prep 35, Marian Catholic 52 Tunkhannock 67, Montrose 30 Lake Lehman 55, Lackawanna Trail 38 (Cal King Tourney) Western Wayne 52, […]

  Welcome back to the LLHoops Northeast Beat   So, What Have We Learned? 11 days into the District 2 high school hoops season and there are plenty of storylines developing.  December is filled with many of the area’s top teams playing rugged exhibition slates, so there’s no lack of marque action taking place each […]

  BOYS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK   Paul Feisel (6-2 junior) has made the transition to varsity action and is making a big impact for Crestwood.  On opening night, he scored 15 points as the Comets defeated Scranton, 71-62.  The next evening, the versatile junior connected on 20 points in an 87-44 win over Lake-Lehman.  Then, […]