North Eastern PA Report

  December 15, 2023   Crusaders Cruise to Victory   Holy Cross 69, Holy Redeemer 49   By Phil Thrash DUNMORE – With matchups against high-level teams as Wilkes-Barre Area, Scranton, Emmaus and Loyalsock, Holy Redeemer entered Holy Cross’ gymnasium on Friday night with yet another tough opponent in their way. Paul Guido spoke of […]

  2024-2025 and 2025-2026 District 2 Basketball Classifications   Listed below are the District 2 schools that will be changing classifications for the next 2-year enrollment PIAA cycle.  Of note is that both Scranton and West Scranton will move up to 6A for both boys’ and girls’ programs.  The number of schools in both 3A […]

  BOYS TIP-OFF TOURNAMENTS   Wilkes-Barre Area Tip-Off (12/1 and 12/2 @ Wilkes-Barre Area) Emmaus 49, Holy Redeemer 29 Mid Valley 60, Wilkes-Barre Area 56  Emmaus 60, Mid Valley 48 (Championship) Holy Redeemer 63, Wilkes-Barre Area 40 (Consolation)   Hawley Tip-Off Tourney (12/1 and 12/2 @ Wallenpaupack) Nazareth vs. Monticello, NY (postponed) Stroudsburg 46, Wallenpaupack […]

  Welcome to the 2023-2024 District 2 basketball season and another year of coverage by the LLhoops Northeast Beat.   2022-2023 Season Was Oh-So-Sweet The season preview column most often looks back on some of those memorable hoops’ campaigns that came ever so close to reaching the ultimate achievement of playing for a state championship […]

  UPCOMING DISTRICT 2 BOYS GAMES   Tip-Off Tournament Schedule/Results (link) District 2 Boys Records (link)   FRIDAY, 12/1 Hazleton Area 56, Whitehall 68 Crestwood 36, Scranton 59 Delaware Valley 48, Nanticoke Area 53 Scranton Prep 59, Bethlehem Liberty 73 Wyoming Valley West 17, Riverside 51 Elk Lake 48, Carbondale 54 Mountain View 41, MMI […]

  UPCOMING DISTRICT 2 BOYS SCRIMMAGES   * dates/times subject to change   FRIDAY, 11/24 Abington Heights at Wilkes-Barre Area (10 am) Loyalsock Township at Dunmore (10 am)   Elk Lake at Riverside (10:30 am) Wallenpaupack at Carbondale (12 pm) Blue Ridge at North Pocono (1 pm) Canton at Susquehanna Community (1 pm)   SATURDAY, […]

  ALL-DISTRICT 2 BOYS 2022-2023 TEAM   Frankie Antoniacci (Riverside, 6-2 Senior G, 16.4 ppg) Anthony Cencetti (Pittston Area, 5-10 Senior G, 10.7 ppg) Ben Chilson (Tunkhannock, 6-5 Senior G, 18.8 ppg) Connor Cranage (Blue Ridge, 5-11 Junior G, 21.1 ppg) Luke Gennaro (Hazleton Area, 5-9 Junior G, 14.4 ppg) Hayden Hosie (Holy Cross, 5-11 […]

  ALL-DISTRICT 2 GIRLS 2022-2023 TEAM   Kallie Booth (Pittston Area, 5-8 Senior G, 14.6 ppg) Giada Costa (Valley View, 5-7 Sophomore G, 10.1 ppg) Jillian DelBalso (Holy Redeemer, 5-9 Senior G, 11.1 ppg) Maya Jenkins (Scranton Prep, 5-7 Sophomore G, 13.2 ppg) Lia Keefe (Lake-Lehman, Senior G, 9.1 ppg) Cadie Lewis (Dunmore, 5-5 Senior […]

  March 23, 2023   Elusive State Championship Bagged by Lady Bucks   Dunmore 42, River Valley 30   by Jon K. HERSHEY – Just wait until next year.  It’s a popular way to lessen the blow of a disappointing loss while keeping hopes sky-high for the upcoming season.  When the Dunmore Lady Bucks, led […]

  PIAA FINAL RESULT     THURSDAY, MARCH 23   GIRLS AAA   (2-1) Dunmore 42, (6-1) River Valley 30 (ends at 29-3)  

  March 20, 2023   Dunmore is Heading Back to Hershey   Dunmore 43, Lancaster Catholic 37   By Phil T. POTTSVILLE – “Don’t eat candy you find on the floor” said every mother, EVER.  A definite exception to that rule had to be given following the shower of Hershey Kisses after the Lady Bucks’ […]

  PIAA SEMI-FINAL RESULTS     MONDAY, MARCH 20   GIRLS AAA (2-1) Dunmore 43, (3-1) Lancaster Catholic 37 (ends at 26-3)   GIRLS AA (6-1) Homer Center 47, (2-1) Montrose 13 (ends at 23-5)       TUESDAY, MARCH 21   GIRLS AAAA (12-1) Lansdale Catholic 60, (2-1) Scranton Prep 28 (ends at 24-3) […]

  March 17, 2023   Game-Ending 17-3 Streak Sends Montrose to Semi-Finals    Montrose 45, Faith Christian Academy 29   by Jon K. EXETER – If their 49-47 Second Round victory over Marian Catholic on Wednesday night was a classic example of “survive and advance”, then Friday’s Quarter-Final 45-29 win over Faith Christian Academy might […]

  March 15, 2023   Holy Cross Controls Paint in 2nd Round Matchup   Holy Cross 66, Muncy 38   By Phil T. HAZLE TOWNSHIP – Holy Cross surged throughout the second half, outscoring their opponent 36-14 after the break, en route to their 66-38 Boys 2A Second Round win over Muncy. The Crusaders shot […]

  March 15, 2023   Abington Heights Advances to Boys 5A Quarter-Finals   Abington Heights 61, Pocono Mountain East 56   HAZLE TOWNSHIP – When Pocono Mountain West trimmed the Abington Heights lead to a single point early in the second half, the inside-outside combination of Mason Fedor and Ryan Nealon righted things for the […]