Valley View’s Noah Symuleski attempts a basket during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Valley View’s Michael Muto moves pass Holy Cross’ Adam Badyrka during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Valley View’s Jagger Roe and Cash Roe close in on Holy Cross’ Collin Farrell during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Valley View’s Noah Symuleski catches the pass during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Holy Cross’ Finn Kennedy attempts to stop Valley View’s Noah Symuleski during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Holy Cross’ Adam Badyrka leaps for the hoop during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Valley View’s Michael Muto leaps for the hoop during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Holy Cross’ Jack Alpert looks for an open teammate to pass to during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Valley View’s Jagger Roe moves the ball across the court during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Holy Cross’ Adam Badyrka attempts a basket during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Valley View players celebrate their win over Holy Cross after the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Valley View’s head coach Mike Kurpis calls out to players during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Valley View cheerleaders during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Holy Cross’ cheerleaders during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
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Valley View’s Noah Symuleski attempts a basket during the basketball game at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Cash Roe scored 17 points as Valley View upset No. 1 Holy Cross, 56-46, in a nonleague boys basketball game Friday night.
Valley View, which started the season needing to replace all five starters from a team that won the District 2 Class 4A championship and reached the PIAA Class 4A semifinals, improved to 2-0.
“This is a really big win to give the kids to give them some confidence to build on,” Valley View coach Mike Kurpis said. “Our seniors, who played roles for us last season during that run, saw that level of play, and we are relying heavily on them. Cash Roe, a sophomore, played out of this world.”
Jagger Roe, Noah Symuleski, and Cash Roe each scored four points in the third quarter, when the Cougars outscored Holy Cross 15-8 to seize control of the game. It is the fourth year in a row that Valley View has beaten Holy Cross, which came off a 66-36 win over Fannie Lou Hamer of Brooklyn, New York, last Saturday.
“It is something for these guys to keep in the backs of their minds that when they play well, they can play with the best teams in the area,” Kurpis said. “They know that it is their turn now, and if they continue to buy in and work, there could be big things ahead.”
Symuleski finished with 12 points and Aiden Plotkin had 10 for the Cougars.
Adam Badyrka scored 33 points for Holy Cross (1-1).
Cathedral Prep 92, Scranton Prep 86: Michael Thompson scored 28 points and Nando Mirarchi scored 17 of his 25 points in the first half to lead the Ramblers to a win in the North Catholic Tip-off Tournament in western Pennsylvania.
Ahmari Horton scored 16 points, and Ashton Wilbur helped Cathedral Prep (2-0) hold off Scranton Prep by scoring eight of his 12 points in the fourth quarter.
Packy Doherty scored 20 of his 31 points during a wild fourth quarter when Scranton Prep scored 31 points. Chicky Skoff added nine of his 21 in the fourth.
Charlie Skoff finished with 12 points for the Cavaliers (0-1), who play Devon Prep on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Dunmore 75, Carbondale Area 20: Carter Sload scored 18 of his 30 points during a 35-point outburst by the sixth-ranked Bucks in a nonleague win over the Chargers.
Sload followed with four 3-pointers in the second quarter as Dunmore built a 65-12 advantage at the half.
Nate Aviles added 10 points for Dunmore (3-0).
Francisco Roman scored seven points for Carbondale Area (1-2).
Delaware Valley 82, Wyoming Valley West 45: At Valley West, Tyler Lombardo scored a game-high 20 points and Harrison Bixby scored 17 to lead No. 7 Delaware Valley to the nonleague victory.
Colin McGarvey scored 10 points and Trey Newton added nine for Delaware Valley (3-0).
AJ Hickson led Valley West with 11 points. Rashawn Lee and Dylan Mattis each scored eight.
Mid Valley 40, North Pocono 37: Landon Pratt scored 14 points, including nine in the first half, to lift the Spartans past No. 8 North Pocono in a nonleague game.
Jeremy Cali added 11 points for Mid Valley (1-1).
Cole West had 13 points and Dylan O’Neill scored eight of his 10 points in the fourth quarter for North Pocono (0-2).
Lackawanna Trail 54, Western Wayne 51: Lucas Filipek and Logan Seigle each scored four points in overtime to lift the 10th-ranked Lions to an overtime win in the semifinals of the Cal King Tournament.
Seigle finished with 16 points and Jimmy Phillips added 14 points. Filipek finished with 10, and host Lackawanna Trail (1-1) will play Nanticoke Area in the championship game on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
Omar Vargas scored 16 points, including five in overtime, and Ashan Stookey added 10 points for Western Wayne (0-1). The Wildcats will play Lake-Lehman in the consolation game at 1 p.m.
Wyoming Area 66, Lakeland 63: Luke Kopetchny scored 37 points to lead the Warriors to an overtime win in a nonleague game.
Kopetchny had seven 3-pointers.
Shane Pepe added 18 points for Wyoming Area (4-0).
Chase Rosenkrans scored 24 points and David Naniewicz added 10 for Lakeland (2-1).
Towanda 55, Montrose 27: Markel Gatner scored 19 points and Darrius Ferrell scored 11 to lead Towanda (1-0) to the nonleague win.
Sawyer Brown scored 10 points for Montrose (1-1).