Expand<\/a><\/p>\nAfter a busy weekend battling for District 2 championships at Mohegan Arena, high school basketball teams from the Lackawanna League and Wyoming Valley Conference now turn their attention to the PIAA playoffs.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, the PIAA released times and sites for the first-round games, which tip-off Friday and Saturday across the state.<\/p>\n
There are 11 games featuring teams from District 2 on Friday night, and another 10 scheduled for Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
In boys action Friday, Abington Heights and Scranton Prep have home games, while Crestwood, Dallas and Valley View all hit the road.<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s girls games include home contests for Dunmore, Hazleton Area and Scranton while Mountain View hosts a game at Carbondale Area High School. Meanwhile, Holy Redeemer and Wyoming Seminary have road games.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Delaware, Old Forge and Riverside boys all host games. Hitting the road for boys games will be Dunmore, Susquehanna and Wilkes-Barre Area.<\/p>\n
In girls action Saturday, Crestwood and Scranton Prep are home while North Pocono and Valley View are on the road.<\/p>\n
First-round winners advance to the second round. Winners of Friday\u2019s games will play Tuesday, March 10, while teams that advance Saturday while be back in action Wednesday, March 11.<\/p>\n
BOYS CLASS 6A<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s first round\u00a0<\/p>\n
2-2 Wilkes-Barre Area (13-10) at 11-2 Bethlehem Liberty (17-10), 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
1-7 Abington (18-8) at 2-1 Delaware Valley (18-8), 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
BOYS CLASS 5A<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s first round<\/p>\n
1-4 Springfield Delco (21-4) at 2-1 Abington Heights (19-5), 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
2-2 Crestwood (17-8) vs. 1-3 Holy Ghost Prep (19-3) at Bensalem HS, 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
BOYS CLASS 4A<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s first round\u00a0<\/p>\n
2-3 Valley View (19-6) at 4-2 Montoursville (18-7), 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
3-3 Schuylkill Valley (17-9) at 2-1 Scranton Prep (20-5), 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
2-2 Dallas (19-4) at 11-2 Northwestern Lehigh (21-6), 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
BOYS CLASS 3A<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s first round<\/p>\n
4-3 Mifflinburg Area (16-9) at 2-1 Riverside (23-1), 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
2-2 Dunmore (21-4) vs. 4-1 Warrior Run (23-2) at Loyalsock Twp., 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
BOYS CLASS 2A<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s first round\u00a0<\/p>\n
4-3 East Juniata (10-15) at 2-1 Old Forge (18-6), 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
2-2 Susquehanna (19-6) at 4-1 Northeast Bradford (22-3), 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
GIRLS CLASS 6A<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s first round<\/p>\n
1-8 Garnet Valley (18-7) at 2-1 Hazleton Area (24-2), 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
3-4 Red Lion (22-2) at 2-2 Scranton (11-13), 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
GIRLS CLASS 5A<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s first round<\/p>\n
3-4 Cocalico (17-9) at 2-1 Crestwood (23-3), 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
2-2 North Pocono (21-5) vs. 1-3 Gwynedd Mercy (16-9), 12 p.m., at Wissahickon HS<\/p>\n
GIRLS CLASS 4A<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s first round<\/p>\n
3-4 Lancaster Catholic (15-8) at 2-1 Scranton Prep (20-5), 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
2-2 Valley View (19-6) at 11-2 Blue Mountain (14-12), 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
GIRLS CLASS 3A<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s first round<\/p>\n
2-2 Holy Redeemer (18-8) at 4-2 Loyalsock (18-8), 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
4-4 Mount Carmel (16-9) at 2-1 Dunmore.(22-3), 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
GIRLS CLASS 2A<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s first round<\/p>\n
4-3 Northwest (20-6) vs. 2-1 Mountain View (19-6), 6 p.m., at Carbondale Area HS<\/p>\n
2-2 Wyoming Seminary (17-7) at 4-1 Muncy (22-4), 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crestwood\u2019s Jordan Andrews and Keira Dougherty during present their teammates the D2 Class 5A girls basketball championship plaque…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-127869","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\/127869","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=127869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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