North Pocono continued its unbeaten run this regular season through Week 8 and faces an important Lackawanna Football Conference Division I game.<\/p>\n
The Trojans have been the No. 1 team in The Times-Tribune High School Football Poll since the preseason. They defeated Scranton, 37-14, and can clinch the division championship with a win Friday against No. 4 Delaware Valley at home.<\/p>\n
The Warriors are on a four-game tear, defeating Valley View, 41-0, last Friday night and evening their record after an 0-4 start. Delaware Valley can pull into a tie for first place in the division with a win in the showdown.<\/p>\n
Two small-school teams hold down the two spots in between North Pocono and Delaware Valley.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna Trail and Lakeland both improved to 7-1 this season and are ranked second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n
The two teams had impressive wins in Week 8. Lackawanna Trail defeated Susquehanna, 54-14, and will host Holy Cross on Friday night. Lakeland beat Western Wayne, 40-14, and plays at West Scranton on Friday.<\/p>\n
Riverside, the other team with a 7-1 record in the LFC, remains ranked fifth. The Vikings are averaging 55.4 points per game since a loss to Lakeland in Week 3. On Friday, they host Old Forge in the annual Triboro Rivalry game.<\/p>\n
No. 6 Abington Heights (6-2) defeated No. 10 Wallenpaupack, 31-14, in a matchup of ranked teams last Friday. The Comets won two straight since back-to-back losses to North Pocono and Delaware Valley. They get Week 9 started early with a Thursday night game at the Abington Heights High School Athletic Complex against Scranton.<\/p>\n
Wallenpaupack held onto the No. 10 spot in this week\u2019s poll.<\/p>\n
Scranton Prep (4-4) got back to .500 with a 35-0 win over Mid Valley. The Cavaliers are ranked No. 7 and have a challenging nonconference game against Jersey Shore on Friday.<\/p>\n
Dunmore (5-3) remained ranked No. 8 in the poll after a 42-7 win over West Scranton. The Bucks outscored their last two opponents, 77-20, and play at Honesdale on Friday.<\/p>\n
Valley View (4-4) stayed in the poll at No. 9. The Cougars are 4-4 overall and play at Wyoming Valley West on Friday in a nonconference game.<\/p>\n
The Times-Tribune High School Football Poll<\/p>\n
1. North Pocono (8-0)<\/p>\n
Voting points:\u00a040 (4).<\/p>\n
Last rank:\u00a01.<\/p>\n
Last week:\u00a0Beat Scranton, 37-14.<\/p>\n
Next:\u00a0Friday vs. Delaware Valley.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Lackawanna Trail (7-1)<\/p>\n
Voting points:\u00a033.<\/p>\n
Last rank:\u00a02.<\/p>\n
Last week:\u00a0Beat Susquehanna, 54-14.<\/p>\n
Next:\u00a0Friday vs. Holy Cross.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
3. Lakeland (7-1)<\/p>\n
Voting points:\u00a032.<\/p>\n
Last week:\u00a0Beat Western Wayne, 40-14.<\/p>\n
Last rank:\u00a03.<\/p>\n
Next:\u00a0Friday at West Scranton.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
4. Delaware Valley (4-4)<\/p>\n
Voting points:\u00a030.<\/p>\n
Last rank:\u00a04.<\/p>\n
Last week:\u00a0Beat Valley View, 41-0.<\/p>\n
Next:\u00a0Friday at North Pocono.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
5. Riverside (7-1)<\/p>\n
Voting points:\u00a024.<\/p>\n
Last rank:\u00a05.<\/p>\n
Last week:\u00a0Beat Carbondale Area, 55-7.<\/p>\n
Next:\u00a0Friday vs. Old Forge.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
6. Abington Heights (6-2)<\/p>\n
Voting points:\u00a021.<\/p>\n
Last rank:\u00a06.<\/p>\n
Last week:\u00a0Beat Wallenpaupack, 31-14.<\/p>\n
Next:\u00a0Thursday vs. Scranton.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
7. Scranton Prep (4-4)<\/p>\n
Voting points:\u00a016.<\/p>\n
Last rank:\u00a07.<\/p>\n
Last week:\u00a0Beat Mid Valley, 35-0.<\/p>\n
Next:\u00a0Friday vs. Jersey Shore.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
8. Dunmore (5-3)<\/p>\n
Voting points:\u00a012.<\/p>\n
Last rank:\u00a08.<\/p>\n
Last week:\u00a0Beat West Scranton, 42-7.<\/p>\n
Next:\u00a0Friday at Honesdale.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
9. Valley View (4-4)<\/p>\n
Voting points:\u00a08.<\/p>\n
Last rank:\u00a09.<\/p>\n
Last week:\u00a0Lost to Delaware Valley, 41-0.<\/p>\n
Next:\u00a0Friday at Wyoming Valley West.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
10: Wallenpaupack (3-5)<\/p>\n
Voting points:\u00a04.<\/p>\n
Last rank:\u00a010.<\/p>\n
Last week:\u00a0Lost to Abington Heights, 31-14.<\/p>\n
Next:\u00a0Friday vs. Pittston Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Pocono continued its unbeaten run this regular season through Week 8 and faces an important Lackawanna Football…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":{"0":"post-1352","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\/1352","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=1352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}