The best boys basketball teams in the Lackawanna League claimed division championships and now set their sights on earning district gold and PIAA playoff berths.<\/p>\n
Abington Heights is the Division I champion and the No. 1 seed for the District 2 Class 5A playoffs. Riverside won Division II and is the top seed in Class 3A. Elk Lake captured the Division III title and is the No. 3 seed in Class 3A.<\/p>\n
Nothing is official until the District 2 committee puts a stamp on it, however there are no additional games scheduled for teams, according to piaad2.org. Nonleague games do factor into a power rating, so some adjustments could be made before Monday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n
Based on the standings posted, pairings can be projected.<\/p>\n
The playoffs in Class 5A and Class 4A in boys basketball start Tuesday at the sites of the higher-seeded teams.<\/p>\n
Abington Heights (17-5), the three-time defending champion, and Crestwood are the top two seeds and earned byes and home games in the semifinals that are scheduled for Saturday.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, in the quarterfinals, No. 6 Nanticoke Area (3-19) is at No. 3 Pittston Area (11-11). The two Wyoming Valley Conference teams have played twice this season, with Pittston Area winning both games.<\/p>\n
Fifth-seeded North Pocono (4-18) plays at No. 4 Wallenpaupack (8-14). Both teams competed in the Lackawanna Division I and played twice in the regular season. Wallenpaupack beat the Trojans twice, with the second meeting being a 43-42 nailbiter Feb. 9.<\/p>\n
The Class 5A final is Friday, Feb. 27, at Mohegan Arena. The finalists advance to the state playoffs.<\/p>\n
Also Wednesday, the Class 4A quarterfinals will be played. There are four teams each from the Lackawanna League and the WVC in the tournament.<\/p>\n
No. 4 Valley View (17-5), the defending champion that reached the PIAA semifinals last season, is at home against No. 5 Hanover Area (13-9).<\/p>\n
No. 8 Mid Valley (7-15) will open at No. 1 Dallas (20-3). No. 7 Honesdale (8-14) is at No. 2 Scranton Prep (17-5).<\/p>\n
No. 6 Tunkhannock (10-12) plays at No. 3 Wyoming Area (20-3). It will be the third meeting between the teams. Wyoming Area won the first two by an average margin of 17 points.<\/p>\n
Quarterfinal winners advance to the semifinals that are Friday at the home site of the higher-seeded team.<\/p>\n
Three teams in Class 4A qualify for the state tournament. The losers of the semifinal games will play Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the home site of the higher-seeded team at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
The championship game will be Saturday, Feb. 28, at 4 p.m. at Mohegan Arena.<\/p>\n
Wednesday games<\/p>\n
In the District 2-4 Class 6A subregional, Scranton (7-15) is the five-time defending champion. The Knights have a difficult road ahead. They are the No. 5 seed and start the postseason at No. 4 Hazleton Area (11-11) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Williamsport (12-9), the District 4 representative, is the No. 1 seed and draws a bye into the semifinals.<\/p>\n
No. 7 Wyoming Valley West (1-20) will play at No. 2 Wilkes-Barre Area (13-9). The WVC members played twice in the regular season, with Wilkes-Barre Area winning both meetings, including a 66-42 victory Jan. 31.<\/p>\n
No. 6 West Scranton (8-14) plays at No. 3 Delaware Valley (14-8). They too played twice in the regular season. Delaware Valley won both meetings; the first, however, went to overtime.<\/p>\n
The semifinals are Saturday, Feb. 21. The winners will have a week off and play in the final game of Championship Weekend at Mohegan Arena on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
Old Forge finished the season strong with three straight wins, including a 70-60 victory over Dunmore. The Blue Devils are the defending champion in Class 2A, and they earned the No. 1 seed and a bye into the semifinals.<\/p>\n
There are five Lackawanna Division III teams in Wednesday\u2019s quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
No. 7 Forest City (0-22) plays No. 2 Susquehanna (17-5). No. 6 Mountain View will be at No. 3 Lackawanna Trail (15-6) in head-to-head battles between division foes.<\/p>\n
Susquehanna won both games against Forest City, and Lackawanna Trail swept Mountain View in their two games.<\/p>\n
No. 5 Wyoming Seminary (8-14) plays at No. 4 Blue Ridge (10-11) in a rematch of a nonleague game from December. Blue Ridge won that matchup, 62-56.<\/p>\n
The winners advance to the semifinals Saturday, Feb. 21, at the home sites of the higher-seeded teams. The championship game is a week later Saturday, Feb. 28, at 2 p.m. at Mohegan Arena.<\/p>\n
The Class 3A tournament is one of the most interesting in the state.<\/p>\n
Only two teams advance to the state tournament.<\/p>\n
Riverside (21-1) is the No. 1 seed and received a bye into the semifinals Saturday, Feb. 21. The Vikings have won the last two District 2 Class 3A championships.<\/p>\n
No. 7 Montrose (9-13) plays at No. 2 Dunmore (19-3) on Wednesday. The two teams played on Dec. 15, with Dunmore winning, 65-34.<\/p>\n
Sixth-seeded Lakeland (10-12) plays at No. 3 Elk Lake (20-2) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
No. 5 Holy Redeemer (14-9) plays at No. 4 Holy Cross (13-9) in an intense rivalry game. The winner advances to play at Riverside in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
Last season, Holy Cross finished as the District 2 runner-up but reached the PIAA Class 2A semifinals, where it lost on a last-second shot to champion West Catholic.<\/p>\n
The Class 3A championship game is Thursday, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. at Mohegan Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The best boys basketball teams in the Lackawanna League claimed division championships and now set their sights on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":{"0":"post-114736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-high-school-sports","9":"tag-scranton","10":"tag-scranton-headlines","11":"tag-scranton-news","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114736","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=114736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}