{"id":111754,"date":"2026-02-12T05:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/111754\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T05:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:11:07","slug":"elk-lake-captures-second-straight-league-crown-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/111754\/","title":{"rendered":"Elk Lake captures second straight league crown \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Heitsman had 16 points, as No. 10 Elk Lake captured its second straight Lackawanna League Division III boys basketball title with a 65-41 win over Montrose on Wednesday night at Elk Lake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chase Pond added 12 points, and Parker Upright and Kendel Jones each chipped in eight points for the Warriors (20-2, 13-1), who will be the No. 3 seed for the District 2 Class 2A playoffs. They will host No. 6 Lakeland (10-12) on Feb. 18 in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Montrose led, 16-14, after one quarter, but Elk Lake outscored the Meteors, 51-25, the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

Jai Herman had 14 points for Montrose (9-13, 7-7).<\/p>\n

Lackawanna Trail 64, Forest City 27: At Lackawanna Trail, Jimmy Phillips had 13 points to lead four players in doubles figures, as the No. 9 Lions secured a Division III win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Logan Seigle had 11 points, while Ashton Thiel and Lucas Filipek each added 10 points for Lackawanna Trail (15-6, 10-4). The Lions will be the No. 3 seed for the District 2 Class 2A playoffs and will host either Mountain View or Wyoming Seminary in the quarterfinals Feb. 18.<\/p>\n

TJ Collins had nine points for the Foresters (0-22, 0-14), who are the No. 7 seed for the District 2 Class 2A playoffs. Forest City will play at No. 2 Susquehanna in the quarterfinals Feb. 18.<\/p>\n

Susquehanna 75, Blue Ridge 57: At Blue Ridge, five players scored in double figures for Susquehanna in its Lackawanna Division III victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mason Keyes led the No. 8 Sabers (17-5, 12-2) with 19 points, 14 of which came in the second half. Griffin Fisk followed with 17 points, Jaxon Downton added 13 and Hudson Stengel and Linden Baker each netted 11.<\/p>\n

Paxton Pingarelli poured in a game-high 27 points for the Raiders (9-11, 7-7). Landon Bishop chipped in 10 points.<\/p>\n

Mountain View 60, Carbondale Area 58: At Mountain View, Hudson Bain scored 18 points, including seven in the fourth quarter, to lead the Eagles to a win in Division III<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jordan Jagger added 17 points, and Aidan McCloskey had 11 for Mountain View (7-14, 5-9), which has one nonleague game remaining at Old Forge on Friday.<\/p>\n

Francisco Roman scored 16 points to lead Carbondale Area (3-19, 2-12). Cole Becchetti added 14 points, and Jack Moran had 13 for the Chargers.<\/p>\n

Holy Cross 65, Honesdale 34: At Honesdale, Jack Alpert had 17 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead the No. 5 Crusaders to a Division II win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Colin Rittenbusch added 12 points, while Colin Farrell and Adam Badyrka each tacked on 11 for Holy Cross (13-9, 9-5). The Crusaders clinched the No. 4 seed for the District 2 Class 3A playoffs and will host rival and No. 5 seed Holy Redeemer (14-8) on Feb. 18 in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Levi Martin had eight points for the Hornets (8-14, 4-10). Honesdale is the No. 7 seed for the District 2 Class 4A playoffs and will play at No. 2 Scranton Prep in the quarterfinals Feb. 17.<\/p>\n

Lakeland 54, Mid Valley 44: At Lakeland, Chase Rosenkrans scored 22 points and David Naniewicz added 18 to lead the Chiefs (10-12, 5-9) to the Lackawanna Division II victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lakeland, the No. 6 seed, will play at No. 3 Elk Lake in the District 2 Class 3A quarterfinals Feb. 18.<\/p>\n

Landon Pratt hit five 3-pointers and had a game-high 28 points for the Spartans (7-15, 3-11).<\/p>\n

Scranton Prep 84, Wallenpaupack 59: At Scranton Prep, Packy Doherty had 25 points to lead the No. 4 Cavaliers to a Division I win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brody Martin added 15 points, while Chicky Skoff tacked on 14 points for Scranton Prep (17-5, 12-2).<\/p>\n

Nick VanBuskirk had 18 points for the Buckhorns (8-14, 4-10). Wallenpaupack is the No. 4 seed for the District 2 Class 5A playoffs and will host North Pocono on Feb. 17 in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Valley View 56, Scranton 45: At Scranton, Jagger Roe scored 14 of his game-high 16 points in the second half to lead No. 6 Valley View to a Lackawanna Division I win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Michael Muto hit four 3-pointers and finished with 14 points for the Cougars (17-5, 9-5). Noah Symuleski also had 11 points. Valley View is the No. 4 seed for the District 2 Class 4A playoffs and will host No. 5 Hanover Area (13-9) on Feb. 17 in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Alex Ludovici led the Knights (7-15, 4-10) with 12 points. Justin Mayers followed with 10 points. Scranton is the No. 5 seed for the District 2-4 Class 6A playoffs. The defending champion Knights play at No. 4 Hazleton Area (11-11) on Feb. 18 in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Delaware Valley 52, North Pocono 40: At North Pocono, Delaware Valley hit four 3-pointers in the second quarter and outscored the Trojans<\/a>, 19-8, to break a tie after one quarter and go on to the Lackawanna Division I win.<\/p>\n

Harrison Bixby led the Warriors (14-8, 7-7) with 13 points and Trey Newton added 11 points. Delaware Valley is the No.3 seed for the District 2-4 Class 6A subregional playoffs and will host No. 6 West Scranton on Feb. 18 in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Cole West had 16 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and three blocks to lead North Pocono (4-18, 1-13). The Trojans are the No. 5 seed for the District 2 Class 5A playoffs.<\/p>\n

Abington Heights 70, West Scranton 47: At Abington Heights, Jordan Shaffer went 9 for 9 from the foul line in the fourth quarter to cap a 25-point performance in a win for the Lackawanna Division I champion Comets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Andrew Kettel and Cooper Manning each scored 11 points for No. 3 Abington Heights (17-5, 14-0), which is the No. 1 seed for the District 2 Class 5A playoffs. The defending champion Comets earned a bye into the semifinals.<\/p>\n

Nate Schimelfenig had a game-high 29 points for the Invaders (8-13, 5-9). West Scranton is the No. 6 seed for the District 2-4 Class 6A playoffs and plays at No. 3 Delaware Valley on Feb. 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Heitsman had 16 points, as No. 10 Elk Lake captured its second straight Lackawanna League Division III…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-111754","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\/111754","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=111754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}