Delaware Valley’s Rowan Eversdyke (8) kicks the ball from Scranton’s Prabeen Subedi at Scranton Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Wednesday, October 28, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Delaware Valley’s Rowan Eversdyke (8) and Scranton’s Ben Fried battle for the ball at Scranton Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Wednesday, October 28, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Delaware Valley’s Christian Sell does a flip after scoring against Scranton at Scranton Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Wednesday, October 28, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Delaware Valley players celebrate after scoring against Scranton at Scranton Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Wednesday, October 28, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Delaware Valley’s Jay Nagy, left, controls the ball as he fends off Scranton’s Ben Fried (13) and Edgar Nolasco at Scranton Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Wednesday, October 28, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Delaware Valley’s Eric Choi (9) keeps the ball away from Scranton’s Gentil Mugabe (25) at Scranton Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Wednesday, October 28, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Delaware Valley’s Christian Sell, left, and Scranton’s Leandro Tovar battle for possession at Scranton Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Wednesday, October 28, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
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Delaware Valley’s Rowan Eversdyke (8) kicks the ball from Scranton’s Prabeen Subedi at Scranton Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Wednesday, October 28, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
SCRANTON — Amani Wilondja pressured the Delaware Valley defense all game, but couldn’t get past goalkeeper Shane Kirk.
With less than 10 minutes left and the game tied, the Scranton senior forward had another opportunity and seized it.
Fellow senior forward Yoshua Salumu lifted a pass to Wilondja, who ran the ball down, had a nice first touch, cut to the left to avoid a defender and create space and blasted the ball into the left side of the net with 9:30 left in the game.
“That was a great goal,” Salumu said. “I didn’t see it coming, I just passed the ball to him and told him to run.”
The goal stood up, and No. 4 Scranton defeated No. 5 Delaware Valley, 4-3, on Wednesday night at Scranton Veterans Memorial Stadium to advance to the District 2-4 Class 4A subregional boys soccer semifinals.
Top-seeded Wyoming Valley West will host the Knights on Monday at 6 p.m.
Scranton and Delaware Valley traded goals all game until Wilondja gave the Knights their first lead at the 70:30 mark.
“It was up and down. It was like a roller coaster with emotions,” Scranton coach Brian Marshall said. “I’m glad they battled and stuck it through and we were able to get the victory, but we’ve still got to play a little smarter, but I’m happy with the team. The boys deserve it, they’ve earned it all year with their hard work. I can’t deny their effort.”
The Warriors got started early, when Jay Nagy lifted a corner to Christian Sell, who headed the ball into the net for a 1-0 lead 1:25 into the game.
Scranton answered two minutes later, when Edwin Tiburcio hit Salumu, who poked the ball into the left side of the net.
Then, Dean Mieczkowski lifted a free kick into the box that Eric Choi tracked down and kicked into the right side of the net to give Delaware Valley a 2-1 lead at the 8:04 mark.
Halfway through the first half, Wilondja gained control of the ball, pushed past two defenders and sent in a cross from the left side that Salumu converted for his second goal of the game.
“It’s awesome. We grew up playing together so we are partners,” Salumu said of Wilondja. “We play a lot, we train a lot every day and we could do a lot better every day.”
In second half, the Warriors again took the lead, when Nagy lifted another nice corner and Choi smashed a header into the back of the net at the 50:37 mark.
However, Scranton converted a corner of its own four minutes later to once again tie the game, as Edgar Nolasco hit Tiburcio on the opposite side of the net, and Tiburcio smashed a header off the turf and into the goal.
Wilondja and Salumu continued to pressure the Delaware Valley defense, but Kirk, who finished with five saves, made some nice stops to keep the game tied.
However, Wilondja broke through with a great individual effort on the game-winner.
“He was amazing, both forwards, Yoshua and Amani both putting pressure up there, causing a lot of grief,” Marshall said. “After those few misses, hopefully when he did finish it brings his confidence way back to where he needed it to be so it was massive for him, massive for us. Without those guys, I don’t know that we’d be where we are today. They were brilliant in that sense.”
In the other Class 4A quarterfinals, No. 3 Williamsport defeated No. 6 West Scranton, 4-0, and No. 2 Wilkes-Barre Area outdueled No. 7 Hazleton Area, 2-1, in overtime. The Wolfpack will host the Millionaires on Monday.
First: Sell (DV) from Nagy, 1:25. Salumu (SCR) from Tiburcio, 3:34. Choi (DV), 8:04. Salumu (SCR) from Wilondja, 20:01; Second: Choi (DV) from Nagy, 50:37. Tiburcio (SCR) from Nolasco, 54:01. Wilondja (SCR), 70:30; Shots-corners: SCR 12-5, DV 9-4; Saves: Brogan (SCR) 4, Kirk (DV) 5; Records: SCR 6-6-3, DV 4-11-3.
Abington Heights 11, Hanover Area 0: At Abington Heights, the second-seeded Comets opened the postseason with a convincing win over No. 7 Hanover Area in the District 2 Class 3A quarterfinals.
Lucas Samala had four goals and two assists, Jack Leuthe had three goals and an assist, Wes Illian had a goal and three assists, Carter DeSarno had a goal and two assists, Owen Morgan and Griffin Frieder each had a goal and Sam James, Jayden Alu and Connor McDonald each had an assist for the Comets.
Abington Heights will host the winner of No. 3 North Pocono and No. 6 Honesdale — which play Thursday — on Tuesday.
First: DeSarno (AH) from Samala, 5:32. Samala (AH) from James, 6:39. Leuthe (AH) from DeSarno, 7:28. Samala (AH) from Illian. Leuthe (AH) from Samala. Morgan (AH) from Illian; Second: Illian (AH) from Leuthe, 42.33. Salama (AH) from Alu, 49:19. Leuthe (AH) from McDonald, 54.28. Samala (AH) from Illian, 55:34. Frieder (AH) from DeSarno, 58:18; Shots-corners: AH 22-3, HAN 3-0; Saves: Johnson (AH) 2, Gardner (AH) 1, Griffin (HAN) 3; Records: AH 15-2-1, HAN 6-11-2.
Girls
Natalie Rude and Bria Hill each scored a goal to lead host No. 2 Lakeland to a 2-1 win over No. 7 Dunmore on Wednesday in the District 2 Class 1A quarterfinals.
Greta Takach had 12 saves for the Lady Chiefs, who will host No. 3 Holy Redeemer in the semifinals Saturday.
Isabella Blair had a goal for the Lady Bucks and Angelita Cantarella had 11 saves.
First: Rude (LAK), 34:22. Hill (LAK), 2:21; Second: Blair (DUN), 21:55; Saves: Takach (LAK) 12, Angelita Cantarella (DUN) 11; Records: LAK 13-3-3, DUN 4-12-3.
Holy Cross 2, Elk Lake 1: At Schautz Stadium, Ryleigh Conway scored the game-winning goal off an assist from Liza Froncek in double overtime for the No. 4 Lady Crusaders in the Class 1A quarterfinals.
Alexis Wasp scored off an assist from Natalya Musto in the first half, and Alaina Scassellati had nine saves for Holy Cross, which visits No. 1 Blue Ridge in the semifinals Saturday.
Laci Ayotte scored for the No. 5 Lady Warriors, and Olivia Gallela had 12 saves.
First: Wasp (HC) from Musto, 21:35; Second: Ayotte (EL), 42:42; 2OT: Conway (HC) from Froncek, 1:07.54; Shots: HC 13, EL 11; Saves: Scassellati (HC) 9, Gallela (EL) 12; Records: HC 10-3-5, EL 8-10-1.
Blue Ridge 3, Forest City 0: At Blue Ridge, Harper Gallagher had two goals to lead the No. 1 Lady Raiders to a Class 1A quarterfinal win.
Izzy Parks added a goal for Blue Ridge.
First: Gallagher (BR), 39:41. Parks (BR), 4:27; Second: Gallagher (BR) PK, 31:32; Shots-corners: BR 27-5, FC 4-2; Saves: Bloomer (BR) 3, Seaman (FC) 9; Records: BR 13-2-4, FC 4-10-1.
Holy Redeemer 8, Mountain View 0: In Forty Fort, Nina Lombardi and Emily Werner each scored two goals, and Elyse Kunec had a goal and an assist for the Royals in a win over Mountain View in the Class 1A quarterfinals.
Lia Limongelli and Megan Ohrin also added a goal each.