Delaware Valley is the premier boys\u2019 swimming program in the Lackawanna League.\u00a0It\u2019s been that way since its inception in 2007.<\/p>\n
The Warriors have 39 straight dual-meet wins and are 151-3 in league history.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, they face their most daunting challenge in the last four years: Abington Heights. Both teams enter the meet undefeated, and the winner will have the inside track on the league title. The meet starts at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Ryan O\u2019Connell is a two-time All-Region selection for the Warriors (7-0). He won a bronze medal in the 100-yard freestyle and finished fourth in the 200 individual medley in last season\u2019s District 2-4 Class 3A subregional meet.<\/p>\n
Thomas Zaucha is one of the top swimmers in the 200 free and the 100 breaststroke. John Calabria is steady, as has Samuel Fisher and diver Benjamin Kruler.<\/p>\n
Abington Heights (7-0) has some of the fastest swimmers in the state, and they have dominated this season.<\/p>\n
Jason Casper is the reigning Times-Tribune Male Swimmer of the Year. Derek Williams is an All-Region sprinter. Geoff Stanton was an All-Region swimmer. Micah White and Ryan Horutz are two of the top divers in District 2.<\/p>\n
Casper had an outstanding performance at the recent 2026 LAC IMX Extreme Meet at Franklin and Marshall College\u2019s Kunkel Natatorium. He was the top point scorer in the 17-year-old division of the IMX Extreme competition with 3,604 points and won the 500 free (4:50.02), the 200 breaststroke (2:15.74), the 200 fly (1:59.29), and the 200 IM (2:00.26).<\/p>\n
Williams won the 17-year-old division in the IMR Ready with 2,137 points. He won the 200 free (1:59.99), the 100 back (59.52), the 100 breaststroke (1:03.46), and the 100 fly (59.86).<\/p>\n
Les Richards Championships<\/p>\n
The Les Richards Championships are set for Feb. 13-14 at Scranton High School.<\/p>\n
The diving competition starts at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Last season, Abington Heights graduate Ethan Horutz set a meet record with a score of 510.20. Ryan Horutz finished second (478.65), and Micah White was fourth (457.70).<\/p>\n
Delaware Valley graduate Etain Starr won the girls\u2019 event.<\/p>\n
The swimming competition is Saturday at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
Last season, Scranton Prep\u2019s Rebecca Oakes won the 50 free and the 100 free and was part of two winning relays, highlighting the meet.<\/p>\n
District 2 meets<\/p>\n
The District 2 Championships start with the diving event Feb. 21 at the Wyoming Valley Catholic Youth Center. Class 3A competition is scheduled for 11 a.m.; Class 2A is at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
Last season\u2019s champions were Dallas\u2019 Megan Kuzma (Class 2A), Delaware Valley\u2019s Jessica Willson (Class 3A), Tunkhannock\u2019s River Strauss (Class 2A), and Abington Heights\u2019 Micah White (Class 3A).<\/p>\n
The swimming competition will be Feb. 27-28 at Wilkes-Barre Area High School. The Class 3A meet starts at 11 a.m. both days; the Class 2A is at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
The team champions from last season were Tunkhannock (Class 2A boys), Delaware Valley (Class 3A boys), Dallas (Class 2A girls), and Abington Heights (Class 3A boys).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delaware Valley is the premier boys\u2019 swimming program in the Lackawanna League.\u00a0It\u2019s been that way since its inception…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-104574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-high-school-sports","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}