While it is still early, boys lacrosse hosts its regular-season version of a final four Monday in the Wyoming Valley Conference.<\/p>\n
Two matchups feature the most talented teams in District 2 and four teams that are undefeated in WVC play.<\/p>\n
Abington Heights (4-1 overall, 2-0 in WVC) is at defending conference champion Delaware Valley (4-3, 3-0) at 5 p.m. Wyoming Seminary (5-0, 3-0) plays at Scranton Prep (5-0, 3-0) at the Loyola Athletic Complex at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Abington Heights suffered its first loss last week in a nonleague match against Parkland (5-3), a District 11 Class 3A opponent. Parkland is battling Delaware Valley for playoff positioning in the District 2-11 subregional tournament standings.<\/p>\n
Rodman Azar and Chris Bohn are two of the offensive standouts for Abington Heights. Both have double-digit goals for the Comets, who average 16 goals a game.<\/p>\n
Azar and Gavin Anders lead the team with 12 goals each, while Bohn has 11 goals and 12 assists.<\/p>\n
The Comets scored 19 goals in three straight matches \u2014 victories over Wyoming Area, Lewisburg and Tunkhannock.<\/p>\n
Chris Naholnik has been solid in goal with 27 saves and 22 goals allowed.<\/p>\n
Delaware Valley snapped a two-game losing streak with a 12-2 win over Lake-Lehman last week.<\/p>\n
Tyler Husejnovic has 15 goals, and Colin McGarvey has 14, including five in a win over Lake-Lehman, to fuel the Warriors\u2019 offensive attack.<\/p>\n
Delaware Valley is 8-0 all-time against Abington Heights. The Warriors won last season\u2019s matchup, 16-5.<\/p>\n
Wyoming Seminary has a high-powered offense, averaging 20.8 goals per game. The Blue Knights ended last week with a 20-2 win over Dallas.<\/p>\n
Freshman TJ Rushmer has 33 goals in his first five varsity games. He scored seven goals against Wilkes-Barre Area, Selinsgrove and Dallas. He also has 13 assists, including five against Selinsgrove.<\/p>\n
Owen Stretanski has 16 goals, and freshman Ronav Gupta has 13 for Wyoming Seminary.<\/p>\n
Scranton Prep has a balanced attack. Junior Braedon McPartland leads the team with 17 goals, while Will McPartland \u2014 a Fairfield commit \u2014 and Mackey Lynett each have 14 goals. Freshman Owen McPartland has 11 goals and seven assists.<\/p>\n
Both teams played Selinsgrove. Scranton Prep defeated the Seals, 18-2, on March 19. Wyoming Seminary secured a 20-6 win over Selinsgrove on March 30.<\/p>\n
Wyoming Seminary plays at Delaware Valley on Friday at 5 p.m. in an important week for the Blue Knights.<\/p>\n
Girls lacrosse<\/p>\n
This week is challenging for WVC leader Abington Heights (6-1, 4-0).<\/p>\n
The Lady Comets start on Tuesday at home against Lake-Lehman, then play Pittston Area at home on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Those matchups lead into the much-anticipated showdown at Crestwood on Saturday at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
Abington Heights responded after losing to Parkland, 5-4. The Lady Comets defeated Allentown Central Catholic, 17-5, and Hazleton Area, 20-5, last week.<\/p>\n
Last season, Abington Heights edged Crestwood, 12-11, in the District 2 Class 2A championship game.<\/p>\n
Boys tennis<\/p>\n
Abington Heights, which won its 52nd straight league match last week, had its season stymied by inclement weather.<\/p>\n
Overall, the Comets had six matches postponed or rescheduled. That created a backlog of matches they must play before the postseason. They made up a match against Honesdale, which they won, 5-0.<\/p>\n
Abington Heights is scheduled to play Mid Valley on Thursday, Dunmore on April 14, Wallenpaupack on April 20 and Holy Cross on April 22. A match against North Pocono needs a date to be rescheduled.<\/p>\n
This week, the Comets try to gain ground on the schedule. They host Valley View on Tuesday, are at Mid Valley on Thursday and host West Scranton on Friday.<\/p>\n
Overall, Abington Heights, which leads the District 2 Class 3A power ratings, has 11 matches to play this season.<\/p>\n
The battle against Valley View (3-1) is important. The Cougars are second to Abington Heights in the Class 3A standings.<\/p>\n
In Class 2A, undefeated Holy Cross (5-0, .717) leads the District 2 power ratings. The Crusaders also have a busy week ahead. They play at Dunmore on Monday, at Wallenpaupack on Tuesday and are at home against Scranton Prep on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Boys volleyball<\/p>\n
Blue Ridge (5-0 overall, 3-0 in league) hosts North Pocono (4-3, 2-1) on Tuesday in an important match in the Lackawanna League.<\/p>\n
Jacob Brown leads the Raiders with 58 kills, and Jacek Motyka has 47. Bryce Conklin has 55 digs, Riley Phillips has 120 assists and Michael Rosa has 46 service points for Blue Ridge.<\/p>\n
Aden Butler has 52 kills for North Pocono. Warren Kramer has 23 kills, Jace Butler has 98 assists and Colin Colangelo has 30 digs.<\/p>\n
Blue Ridge is one of three undefeated teams in District 2 Class 2A. The Raiders are third behind Crestwood (5-0, .821) and defending champion Holy Redeemer (4-0, 714).<\/p>\n
Valley View (6-1, 3-0) is fourth in the power ratings. The Cougars host Scranton on Tuesday and are at North Pocono on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Luke Stevens has 59 kills and 57 service points, while Drew Stevens and Jagger Roe each have 42 for Valley View. Antonio Farina has 142 assists and 58 service points.<\/p>\n
Abington Heights leads the District 2 Class 3A power rating standings. The Comets (4-1, 3-1) had shutout wins over North Pocono and West Scranton last week.<\/p>\n
Nolan Moore leads Abington Heights with 44 kills and 49 service points. Dan Beck has 43 kills, Chris Cummins has 34 service points and 15 aces, Chase Beerman has 36 service points and Ryan Horutz has 98 assists for the Comets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While it is still early, boys lacrosse hosts its regular-season version of a final four Monday in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-158439","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\/158439","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=158439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}