Wyoming Valley Conference boys basketball doesn’t want a repeat of last year at Mohegan Arena. Five championship games and no championships.

Or 2024 where the WVC went 1-5 in title contests. Or 2023 where the Lackawanna League made a clean sweep of all six championships.

The WVC’s best chances for a title come in the three biggest classifications. Class 6A appears wide open. Crestwood is a legitimate contender in 5A. Dallas and Wyoming Area both won WVC divisional championships, but are in a top-heavy Class 4A bracket.

Tickets for all rounds through the semifinals are $6 and available at piaad2.org through the Hometown Ticketing link. There is a pesky processing fee added to each ticket.

Fans over 65 and under 5 are admitted free with proof of age. PIAA Gold passes will be honored. Tickets for the championship games are $8 and available at the Mohegan Arena box office or on Ticket Master.

Seedings were based on a power rankings formula which included only regular-season games. Team records include any postseason games played.

CLASS 6A

(two teams to states)

Seedings: 1. Wilkes-Barre Area (13-9); 2. Williamsport (12-10); 3. Delaware Valley (14-8); 4. Hazleton Area (11-11); 5. Scranton (7-15); 6. West Scranton (8-14); 7. Wyoming Valley West (1-20).

Defending Champion: Scranton

Outlook: As of late Saturday night, Williamsport’s loss to Executive Education appears to have allowed Wilkes-Barre Area to jump over the Millionaires for the top seed in Class 6A.

If District 4 Williamsport wins the tournament then Wilkes-Barre Area will be the District 2 champion based on final power rankings. No doubt the Wolfpack would prefer to get to the arena and post a victory.

As for five-time defending champion Scranton, the Knights bring a four-game losing streak into the tournament and have won just three times since the calendar flipped to 2026.

Wilkes-Barre Area has lost three in a row after a five-game winning streak that included victories over D2-5A second seed Crestwood and Williamsport.

Delaware Valley has won four in a row, but prior to that had one win in six games.

Williamsport has victories over D2-4A top seed Dallas, Crestwood and Holy Redeemer. The Millionaires score plenty of points, but give up plenty as well.

Hazleton Area has defeated Williamsport once and Wilkes-Barre Area twice.

In other words, no one can predict how things will shake out.

CLASS 5A

(two teams to states)

Seedings: 1. Abington Heights (17-5); 2. Crestwood (16-8); 3. Pittston Area (11-11); 4. Wallenpaupack (8-14); 5. North Pocono (4-18); 6. Nanticoke Area (3-19)

Defending Champion: Abington Heights

Outlook: While it’s tempting to rubber stamp Abington Heights and Crestwood for the title game based on records, keep an eye on Pittston Area.

Pittston Area ended its regular season with a 42-40 upset of Wyoming Area and has a win against Crestwood. The Patriots have been streaky with three three-game winning streaks and three three-game losing streaks.

Abington Heights has won the last three titles and six of the nine since the PIAA went to five classifications. The Comets hit a rough patch around Christmas, losing three in a row. Since then, they’ve been on a 13-game winning streak.

The other Comets — those from Crestwood — have never played at the arena, although they won the championship in 2021 because Abington Heights had to forfeit due to a COVID-19 situation. The defense has been strong all year, but in five losses Crestwood has failed to reach 40 points.

CLASS 4A

(three teams to states)

Seedings: 1. Dallas (21-3); 2. Scranton Prep (17-5); 3. Wyoming Area (20-3); 4. Valley View (17-5); 5. Hanover Area (13-9); 6. Tunkhannock (10-12); 7. Honesdale (8-14); 8. Mid Valley (7-15)

Defending Champion: Valley View

Outlook: Four quality teams and only three make the state playoffs. So someone is the odd man out.

Dallas had an 11-game winning streak heading into Saturday’s WVC Tournament championship game.

Scranton Prep’s only losses since Dec. 20 have been to D2-5A top seed Abington Heights (twice) and Pocono Mountain West, a District 11 Class 6A team with 19 wins.

Valley View and Wyoming Area enter under shakier circumstances. Valley View has won one in its last four games. Wyoming Area lost to Pittston Area in its regular-season finale and to Crestwood in the WVC Tournament semifinals. Both times the Warriors had pockets of inconsistent offense.

Hanover Area plays hard and has been solid on defense. The Hawkeyes have more than tripled their win total from last season, but like the teams behind them have the deck stacked against them.

CLASS 3A

(two teams to states)

Seedings: 1. Riverside (21-1); 2. Dunmore (19-3); 3. Elk Lake (20-2); 4. Holy Cross (13-9); 5. Holy Redeemer (14-9); 6. Lakeland (10-12); 7. Montrose (9-13)

Defending Champion: Riverside

Outlook: Holy Redeemer is the only WVC team in the bracket. The Royals play Holy Cross, which defeated them 49-40 on Dec. 15, in the quarterfinals.

Redeemer is capable of avenging the loss, but then things get more difficult.

Two-time defending champion Riverside is loaded. The Vikings’ only loss was 72-67 to Dunmore on Jan. 6. They later defeated Dunmore 88-71.

That leads us to Dunmore. The Bucks’ other losses were 77-63 to D2-4A second seed Scranton Prep and 70-60 to D2-2A top seed Old Forge.

Elk Lake has an impressive record, but didn’t play as challenging a schedule as the other teams seeded in the top five.

CLASS 2A

(two teams to states)

Seedings: 1. Old Forge (16-6); 2. Susquehanna (17-5); 3. Lackawanna Trail (15-6); 4. Blue Ridge (10-11); 5. Wyoming Seminary (8-14); 6. Mountain View (7-15); 7. Forest City (0-22)

Defending Champion: Old Forge

Outlook: Wyoming Seminary is the only WVC teams in the tournament and sort of in the same boat as Holy Redeemer in Class 3A. The Blue Knights are capable of defeating Blue Ridge in the quarterfinals despite losing to the Raiders 62-56 back on Dec. 9. Then things get a little more tricky.

Old Forge is a very strong favorite to repeat. Three losses have been by three points and one by two points. Susquehanna defeated Lackawanna Trail twice, but that’s no guarantee the Sabers get to the championship game.

CLASS A

MMI Prep (5-17) ran off three consecutive wins to end its season, placing it in the sixth and final spot in the subregional with District 11. However, the standings didn’t have MMI clinching the position, so perhaps a few other games could allow Notre Dame East Stroudsburg (5-14) to leap past them.

All D11-A teams had finished their season as of Friday.