An important week in lacrosse will conclude with a much-anticipated showdown.

Scranton Prep (9-0 overall, 6-0 in Wyoming Valley Conference) and Abington Heights (8-2, 5-0) are on a collision course for a game Friday night at the Abington Heights Athletic Complex.

Before that, though, players for both teams can’t look past Monday’s schedule.

Scranton Prep faces Tunkhannock (2-7, 2-4) at 5:30 p.m. at the Loyola Athletic Complex. Abington Heights hosts Crestwood (5-3, 3-2) at 7 p.m.

Those games lead up to the rivalry clash between the Cavaliers and Comets.

Braedon McPartland leads Scranton Prep with 28 goals. His brother, Will, a Fairfield commit, is second with 27 goals, with Mackey Lynett scoring 22 and Owen McPartland adding 21.

Scranton Prep has scored more than 15 goals five times, with a season-high 26 against Wyoming Area and 24 against Wilkes-Barre Area.

Goalies James Stallman and Packy James have yielded 38 goals and made a combined 67 saves for the Cavaliers.

Abington Heights also has a potent offense. The Comets have scored 15 or more goals six times, with a season–high 20 against Lake-Lehman.

Sophomore Chris Bohn leads the team with 27 goals, senior Gavin Anders has scored 23 goals, Rodman Azar has added 20 goals, and Gavin Lindsay has 19.

Boys tennis

The top two teams in Lackawanna League tennis are on tap to play this week.

On Wednesday, Holy Cross will be at Abington Heights at the Middle School Courts at 4 p.m.

Before the leaders meet, both have matches Monday. Abington Heights (8-0) is at Wallenpaupack (0-9) and Holy Cross (8-0) hosts Valley View (6-2) at the University of Scranton at 4 p.m.

Alex Harrison, Ray Zhang, and Alfred Betts are all undefeated in eight singles matches for Holy Cross.

Abington Heights has won all of its matches by shutout. Prayush Mallaiah, William Arp and Brady Comstock are undefeated in singles matches.

The Comets, 12-time defending District 2 Class 3A champions, have won 60 straight Lackawanna League matches.

Girls lacrosse

Crestwood plays at Scranton Prep in an important Wyoming Valley Conference match Saturday at 10 a.m.

It is a busy week for Crestwood, which plays five times. The Comets are at Holy Redeemer on Monday and at Tunkhannock on Tuesday. They play Pittston Area at home on Wednesday and are at Pittston Area on Thursday.

Scranton Prep hosts Delaware Valley on Tuesday and Holy Redeemer on Thursday ahead of the match against Crestwood.

Abington Heights, undefeated in the WVC, plays its Morgan’s Message Dedication game Tuesday at the high school athletic complex at 4:30 p.m.

Morgan’s Message games are held to “eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health within the student-athlete community and equalize the treatment of physical and mental health in athletics,” according to the website.

Morgan Rodgers, a Duke lacrosse player who struggled with anxiety and depression after suffering a devastating knee injury before her sophomore season, died by suicide in 2019. She was 22 years old.

The Lady Comets play at Tunkhannock on Thursday and at Dallas on Saturday at 10 a.m.