North Eastern PA Report

  AWESOME! HOLIDAY CHALLENGE   Saturday, December 22 (@ Muhlenberg College) 1:30 pm:   Bangor vs. Susquehanna Township 3:10 pm:   Executive Education vs. Scranton 4:45 pm:    Emmaus vs. Abington Heights 6:15 pm:   Pennridge vs. Scranton Prep 8:00 pm:    Pocono Mt. West vs. Williamsport    

  CONGRATULATIONS !!! 1,000 POINTS   Sam Saxe Northwest Area Rangers      Nate Kreitzer Nanticoke Area Trojans      

  WELCOME BACK TO THE NEAST BEAT  !!!   Not only is it the most wonderful time of the year, it may be one of the busiest times of the year, at least for Wyoming Valley Conference teams.  This year most schools will play a pair of conference games prior to the holiday break.  Girls’ […]

  BOYS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK   Dimitri Gnall (6-5 senior forward) is quickly showing why he is considered to be one of the elite inside players in the district.  Last week he helped guide Wyoming Seminary to the championship of the 18th Joseph Nespoli Tournament played in Berwick.  In the opening round, he scored […]

  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, […]