North Eastern PA Report

  PIAA Girls 1A Championship Bishop Guilfoyle 35, Mountain View 17   HERSHEY – After Mountain View grabbed their only lead of the game at 2-0, Bishop Guilfoyle used a 21-2 run to take control of the game midway through the second period.  The Lady Marauders, a very balanced squad that has a long history […]

  PIAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL ROUND   FRIDAY, MARCH 22 RESULTS   GIRLS A (6-1) Bishop Guilfoyle 35, (2-1) Mountain View 17 (ends at 24-5)   BOYS AA (7-1) Aliquippa 74, (2-1) Holy Cross 52 (ends at 24-4)     SATURDAY, MARCH 23 RESULT   GIRLS AAAA (7-2) Blackhawk 56, (2-1) Scranton Prep 44 (ends […]

  March 16, 2024   Classics’ Defense Keys Spot in Semi-Finals   Scranton Prep 46, Central Columbia 25   HAZLE TOWNSHIP – When their hot-shooting start cooled-off a bit in the second period, Scranton Prep continued to turn up their defensive pressure.  The result was allowing a mere 8 first half points to Central Columbia […]

  March 15, 2024   PIAA Boys 4A Quarter-Final   Cavaliers Go Marching In to Semi-Finals   Scranton Prep 76, Neumann-Goretti 75   BETHLEHEM – When Scranton Prep welcomed the New Year with a 4-5 season mark, they focused on turning those defeats against powerhouse teams (Roman Catholic, Executive Education, Pocono Mountain West, and Bethlehem […]

  PIAA SEMI-FINAL ROUND   MONDAY, MARCH 18 RESULT   BOYS AAAA (12-3) Archbishop Carroll 66, (2-1) Scranton Prep 56 (ends at 19-10)     TUESDAY, MARCH 19 RESULTS   GIRLS AAAA (2-1) Scranton Prep 83, (12-1) Universal Audenried 50 (ends at 25-6)   BOYS AA (2-1) Holy Cross 78, (12-1) Constitution 55 (ends at […]

  PIAA QUARTER-FINAL ROUND   FRIDAY, MARCH 15 RESULTS   BOYS AAAAA (12-1) Imhotep Charter 56, (2-1) Abington Heights 46 (ends at 26-1)   BOYS AAAA (2-1) Scranton Prep 76, (12-1) Neumann-Goretti 75 (ends at 24-4)   GIRLS AAA (4-2) Loyalsock Township 51, (2-1) Holy Redeemer 34 (ends at 23-6)   BOYS A (3-1) Linville […]

  PIAA SECOND ROUND   TUESDAY, MARCH 12 RESULTS   GIRLS AAAAAA (12-2) Cardinal O’Hara 55, (2-1) Hazleton Area 46 (ends at 24-5)   BOYS AAAAA (2-1) Abington Heights 76, (11-2) Whitehall 70 (2OT) (ends at 17-10) (1-1) Unionville 74, (2-2) Dallas 36 (ends at 21-8)    BOYS AAAA (2-1) Scranton Prep 71, (12-4) Overbrook […]

  March 9, 2024 (Girls 4A First Round)   Scranton Prep Rolls Into Second Round   Scranton Prep 55, North Schuylkill 22   SCRANTON – As the fans filed into the Xavier Center following a rain-soaked ending to the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade just a handful of blocks away, the anticipation was high as […]

  March 9, 2024 (Boys 3A First Round)   Third Quarter Run Keys Riverside Victory   Riverside 75, SLA at Beeber 57   TAYLOR – After a back-and-forth first 16 minutes, Riverside used a 12-0 run to start the second half to grab a lead that they would not give up as the scrappy and […]

  March 8, 2024 (Girls 6A First Round)   Hot Shooting, 360-Defense Advances Hazleton Area   Hazleton Area 63, Pennsbury 48   HAZLE TOWNSHIP – It’s one thing to get invited to the PIAA basketball party.  But, it’s a whole different situation after getting a First Round win as that’ll earn you a lot more […]

  PIAA FIRST ROUND RESULTS   FRIDAY, MARCH 8 RESULTS   GIRLS AAAAAA (2-1) Hazleton Area 63, (1-9) Pennsbury 48 (ends at 20-8)   BOYS AAAAA (2-1) Abington Heights 91, (12-4) Bonner-Prendergast 64 (ends at 11-15) (2-2) Dallas 71, (12-3) West Philadelphia 61 (ends at 10-14)    BOYS AAAA (2-1) Scranton Prep 79, (3-4) Fleetwood […]

  GIRLS AAAAAA Hazleton Area 49, Williamsport 33 Kate Bindas pic.twitter.com/PXVZ5WP7lT — LLHoops Neast Beat (@LLHoopsNEPbeat) February 26, 2024 Sophia Shults pic.twitter.com/pFJhCNeYe3 — LLHoops Neast Beat (@LLHoopsNEPbeat) February 26, 2024 Lady Cougars score off the turnover to go up 39-29 pic.twitter.com/hYQZwVTokA — LLHoops Neast Beat (@LLHoopsNEPbeat) February 27, 2024 Sophia Shults for a 43-30 lead […]

  BOYS AAAAAA  Scranton 68, Hazleton Area 58  Pedro Lugo with the SLAM !!! pic.twitter.com/xsaRZQWCVw — LLHoops Neast Beat (@LLHoopsNEPbeat) March 1, 2024 District 2/4 Boys 6A Subregional Championship (mid 1Q): Scranton 11, Hazleton Area 2 pic.twitter.com/QCfDL1OQjP — LLHoops Neast Beat (@LLHoopsNEPbeat) March 1, 2024 Cougars lead 32-23 pic.twitter.com/26sdFF8n9B — LLHoops Neast Beat (@LLHoopsNEPbeat) March […]

  2024 District 2 Basketball Tournament     BOYS PLAYOFFS  BOYS PLAYOFFS   BOYS CLASS AAAAAA 2/4 SUB-REGIONAL   TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 (QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS) (1) Scranton (18-4) bye (4) Williamsport 51, (5) Delaware Valley 50 (ends at 8-15) (2) Wilkes-Barre Area (19-5) bye (3) Hazleton Area 81, (6) Wyoming Valley West 41 (ends at 5-18) […]

  February 23, 2024   4th Period Push Gets Lady Knights Into 5A Final   Scranton 55, Crestwood 45   SCRANTON – After battling even with Scranton, the District 2 Girls 5A top seed, for over 28 minutes, Crestwood saw their hopes for pulling off an incredible upset disappear in under 30 seconds.  After Cameron […]