Ten years ago, the PIAA increased the number of classifications from four to six to create more opportunities to compete for state championships.

Since that adjustment, teams from the Lackawanna Football Conference enjoyed success in the expanded District 2 playoffs.

LFC teams won 43 of the 56 championships awarded in the 10 seasons. The conference already won one title this season with Lackawanna Trail (10-1) winning in Class 1A and playing Tri-Valley (7-4), the District 11 representative in the subregional, on Friday at 7 p.m. Wilkes-Barre Area (7-4), which hosts Williamsport (6-5), a District 4 representative, is the District 2 Class 6A champion in the subregional.

An LFC team will also win gold in Class 5A, where Delaware Valley (6-5) plays at Abington Heights (9-2) on Friday at 7 p.m., and in Class 2A, with Dunmore (8-3) playing at Lakeland (10-1) on Friday at 7 p.m.

Top-seeded North Pocono (11-0) is hosting No. 3 Dallas in the Class 4A final, and third-seeded Scranton Prep (6-5) plays at No. 1 Berwick (11-0) in Class 3A. Both games are Friday at 7 p.m.

Delaware Valley and Lackawanna Trail won the most District 2 championships since the expansion.

Delaware Valley won the first six titles in Class 6A (2016-2021) and then won two in a row after dropping to Class 5A (2022, 2023) based on its enrollment.

With its Class 1A title this season, Lackawanna Trail won seven championships in Class 1A (2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025) and one in Class 2A (2021). The Lions are also the only LFC team to advance to a PIAA final in the last nine years, reaching the Class 1A title game in 2018.

Scranton Prep earned seven championships in Class 3A (2016-2018 and 2021-2024), with its only loss in the postseason coming in 2019 to eventual PIAA champion Wyoming Area.

Dunmore won six Class 2A championships (2016-2020, 2023) in nine seasons. The Bucks played in eight championship games. There was no final game in Class 2A in 2020 because of adjustments caused by the COVID-19 pandemic when Dunmore earned the championship.

Abington Heights and Lakeland enter this weekend as LFC teams to win multiple District 2 championships since the move to six classes. The Comets won the Class 5A championship in 2016 and in 2024. Lakeland won the Class 3A championship in 2020 and the Class 2A title in 2022.

North Pocono, which won the District 2 Class 4A championship in 2016, can join the Comets and Chiefs if it defeats Dallas on Friday.

Valley View has four District 2 Class 4A championships (2017, 2018, 2021, 2024) in the last nine years, and Old Forge won three Class 1A titles. Wallenpaupack won one in Class 5A (2018), and Riverside won a championship in Class 2A (2024).

Wyoming Valley West has the most titles from the Wyoming Valley Conference. The Spartans won four district championships in Class 5A (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021).

Dallas heads into its championship matchup with North Pocono with two titles (2019, 2023) since 2016. In both years, the Mountaineers reached the PIAA Class 4A final.

Wilkes-Barre Area won the last three Class 6A championships; Crestwood won Class 4A championships in 2020 and 2022.

Wyoming Area won the 2019 championship and the only PIAA title for District 2 since the move to six classifications. Hazleton Area won a title in Class 6A (2022).

District 2 leaders

There are four District 2 championship games and two subregional finals scheduled for Friday.

Berwick senior Ty’Meere Wilkerson has the most yards rushing in District 2 this season. He has 2,707 yards on 198 carries for a 13.7 yards per carry average with 39 touchdowns. Lackawanna Trail senior Isaac Ryon also eclipsed 2,000 yards. He has 2,312 yards on 145 carries for an average of 15.9 yards per carry with 39 touchdowns.

Delaware Valley senior Mike Iuzzolino (1,270 yards) and Abington Heights junior Jayden Anglin (1,235 yards) are other backs with more than 1,000 yards rushing who are still in action this weekend.

Wilkes-Barre Area quarterback Jake Howe leads the district with 2,314 yards passing and 23 touchdowns.

Five other quarterbacks are playing in championship games who have more than 1,000 yards passing this season. Delaware Valley senior Colin McGarvey (1,653), Lakeland senior David Naniewicz (1,528), Scranton Prep senior Will McPartland (1,229), Dallas’ Talan Geskey (1,176) and Abington Heights senior Nick Bradley (1,150).

Abington Heights senior Gavin Anders is the leading receiver still playing in District 2 with 66 receptions for 1,093 yards with nine touchdowns. Delaware Valley sophomore Trey Newton also has more than 50 receptions (53) and more than 600 yards (656). Lakeland sophomore Jackson Pochas (629) and junior Chase Rosenkrans (627) also have more than 600 yards heading into championship weekend.

Ryon is the leading scorer in District 2 with 44 total touchdowns, four 2-point conversions, four extra points and two field goals for 282 points. Wilkerson has 234 points. McPartland (120) and Iuzzolino (108) have more than 100 points and are still playing.

Berwick’s Caleb Yost made 63 extra points and a field goal for 66 points. Abington Heights’ Jack Hartshorn and Delaware Valley’s Reagan Decker each have 61 kicking points, and North Pocono’s Shane Youngblood has 58.

State-ranked

There are four District 2 teams ranked in this week’s Pennlive.com polls.

Undefeated North Pocono (11-0) is at No. 8 in the Class 4A rankings. Twin Valley (District 3) is the No. 1 team in the state with a 10-0 record.

Berwick, also undefeated, is at No. 6 in Class 3A. Scranton Prep (6-5), after its 42-0 win over Wyoming Area, which was ranked at No. 8, received honorable mention in Class 3A. District 7’s Avonworth is the No. 1 team in the state with a 10-0 record.

Lakeland (10-1) is ranked No. 9 in Class 2A. District 11’s Schuylkill Haven (11-0) is the No. 1 team in the state.

Lackawanna Trail (10-1) is ranked No. 5 in Class 1A. District 7’s Fort Cherry (11-0) and Clairton (10-1) are the top two teams in the state.