North Eastern PA Report

  WELCOME BACK TO THE NEAST BEAT  !!!   There was plenty of terrific District 2 girls’ hoops action to get the 2018-2019 season rolling.  This week we’ll recap how some of the top teams got started, check out the top individual performances, and wrap up all of the tip-off tournaments.  Stop back on Thursday […]

  WELCOME BACK TO THE NEAST BEAT  !!!   The first couple days of the 2018-2019 hoops season are in the books and most District 2 teams have played at least one game, though a few squads will just be hitting the floor this week.  Here’s glance at some of the top performances and tournament […]

  BOYS TIP-OFF TOURNAMENTS (UPDATED)   18th Joseph Nespoli Tourney (12/7 and 12/8 @ Berwick) Wyoming Seminary 64, East Stroudsburg South 55  Selinsgrove 47, Berwick 44 Wyoming Seminary 90, Selinsgrove 50 (Championship) East Stroudsburg South 70, Berwick 38   Lake Region Tip-Off Tourney (12/7 and 12/8 @ Wallenpaupack) Stroudsburg 67, Monticello (NY) 64 Wallenpaupack 49, East Stroudsburg […]

  Welcome Back to the 2018-2019 Edition of the Northeast Beat.   As I started highlighting this weekend’s opening match-ups and news around District 2 boys’ and girls’ basketball, my attention got re-directed to this evening’s ESPN coverage of the Jimmy V. Foundation for cancer research.  Not sure how many times I’ve seen that oh-so-powerful […]

  UPCOMING DISTRICT 2 BOYS GAMES   FRIDAY, 12/7 Pocono Mountain West at Abington Heights Crestwood at Scranton Wilkes-Barre Meyers at Scranton Prep North Pocono at Nanticoke Area Delaware Valley at Wilkes-Barre GAR Valley View at Lakeland Riverside at Wyoming Valley West Holy Cross at Mountain View Hanover Area at Pittston Area Elk Lake at […]

  ALL-DISTRICT 2 BOYS TEAM   Jay Bittner (Dallas, 6-0, Senior, G, 11.5 ppg) Jawane Buckner (W-B Meyers, 5-9, Senior, G, 18.7 ppg) Jackson Danzig (Abington Heights, 6-6, Senior, G, 17.3 ppg) Mason Deakin (Susquehanna, 6-0, Junior, G, 14.8 ppg) Anthony DeGori (Honesdale, 6-2, Senior, G, 13.8 ppg) Tyler Faux (Tunkhannock, 5-11, Junior, G, 17.5 […]

  Boys AAAAA Tuesday, March 27 (8 pm, Giant Center)   Abington Heights 67   vs.   Mars 55            

  PIAA SEMI-FINAL MATCHUPS   MONDAY, MARCH 19 GAMES   BOYS AAAAA (2-1) Abington Heights 56 vs. (12-1) Bonner-Prendergast 51 (OT)     GIRLS AAA (2-1) Dunmore 42 vs. (12-2) Neumann-Goretti 66       SATURDAY, MARCH 24 GAMES   BOYS AAAAAA (2-1) Hazleton Area 74 vs. (12-1) Abraham Lincoln 76 (OT)     BOYS […]

    PIAA QUARTER FINAL RESULTS     FRIDAY, MARCH 16 GAMES   BOYS AAAAA (2-1) Abington Heights 76,  (3-3) Northeastern (ends at 27-4)   BOYS A (4-1) Lourdes Regional 64, (2-1) Susquehanna 44 (ends at 19-10)      GIRLS AAA (2-1) Dunmore 57, (12-1) Imhotep Charter 42 (ends at 22-8)       SATURDAY, […]

  PIAA SECOND ROUND RESULTS/MATCHUPS   TUESDAY, MARCH 13 RESULTS   BOYS AAAAA (2-1) Abington Heights 49, (1-4) Chester 48 (ends at 19-9) (11-1) Allentown CC 61, (2-2) Dallas 59 2OT (ends at 21-6)        BOYS AAAA (12-1) Imhotep 44, (2-1) Scranton Prep 32 (ends at 21-6)  (3-1) Berks Catholic 56, (2-2) Valley […]

    PIAA FIRST ROUND SCORES District 2 advanced 15 of 22 teams into the PIAA Second Round.      FRIDAY, MARCH 9 GAMES   BOYS AAAAA (2-1) Abington Heights 75, (3-8) Garden Spot 47 (ends at 15-14) (2-2) Dallas 70, (3-4) Lower Dauphin 54 (ends at 19-8)      BOYS AAAA (2-1) Scranton Prep 69, […]

  PIAA FIRST ROUND PREVIEWS First Round Previews involving District 2 teams will be added throughout the week       FRIDAY, MARCH 9 GAMES   BOYS AAAAA (2-1) Abington Heights (22-3) vs. (3-8) Garden Spot (15-13), Scranton 7:30 (2-2) Dallas (20-5) vs. (3-4) Lower Dauphin (19-7), Wyoming Area 7:30     Abington Heights captured their […]

    DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10 games through District 2 Tournament     Hazleton Area (23-1) 6A Abington Heights (22-3) 5A Scranton Prep (20-5) 4A Wyoming Seminary (21-4) 3A Dallas (20-5) 5A Scranton (16-8) 6A Nanticoke Area (20-5) 4A Holy Cross (20-6) 2A Holy Redeemer (18-7) 3A Valley View (16-9) 4A   OTHERS TO WATCH […]

  updated on 3/4     2017-2018 PIAA FIRST ROUND BOYS MATCHUPS     “hosts” means a game within District 2 “visits” means within opponents district number before team – indicates district seeding going into tourney     Boys AAAAAA PIAA First Round District 2 Champion hosts District 1, #7 Team   1-Hazleton Area (23-1) vs.  7-Norristown […]

  2018 District 2 Tournament      BOYS PLAYOFFS  BOYS PLAYOFFS   BOYS CLASS AAAAAA 2/4 SUB-REGIONAL   SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24 (SEMI-FINALS) (1) Hazleton Area 84, (4) Delaware Valley 33 (ends at 12-11)   (2) Scranton 80, (3) Williamsport 79 (ends at 13-10)     SATURDAY, MARCH 3 @8 PM (D2/4 SUB-REGIONAL FINAL @MOHEGAN SUN) (1) […]