Class 2A
\n2-Holy Redeemer (19-2) vs. 1-Crestwood (17-2)<\/p>\n
When: Thursday, 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where: Scranton High School.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next: The winner advances to the PIAA first round June 2 and will host the third-place team from District 12. The runner-up advances to the PIAA first round June 2 and will play the District 3 runner-up.<\/p>\n
Players to watch<\/p>\n
Holy Redeemer: Koirey Tang (254 kills), Sebastian Cooney (211 kills, 78 digs, 167 service points), Jack Wasiakowski (182 kills, 89 digs, 647 assists, 171 service points), Jack McCue (161 kills, 70 digs), Brandon Delbalso (139 kills), Max Mohutsky (99 kills, 99 digs, 111 assists, 275 service points), Austin Rood (117 digs, 184 service points).<\/p>\n
Crestwood: JJ Stec (464 kills, 208 digs, 218 service points), Eric Rinehimer (202 kills), Larry Little (179 kills, 185 digs, 142 service points), Ben Reilley (48 kills); Zachary Koons (37 kills, 739 assists, 196 service points), Luke Joseph (541 digs, 252 service points).<\/p>\n
Noteworthy: Holy Redeemer is the defending champion and the champion in the Wyoming Valley Conference. Holy Redeemer beat Crestwood, 3-2, in the WVC regular season, and rallied from two sets down to win, 3-2, in the WVC championship playoff match. Sebastian Cooney had 14 kills, Jack McCue had 12 kills and Koiret Tang had 11 for Holy Redeemer in the first meeting. Jack Wasiakowski led Holy Redeemer with 16 kills, Tang had 14 and McCue had 11 in the rematch.<\/p>\n
Class 3A
\n2-Abington Heights (14-5) vs. 1-Hazleton Area (15-2)<\/p>\n
When: Thursday, 30 minutes after the Class 2A final.<\/p>\n
Where: Scranton High School.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next: The winner advances to the PIAA first round June 2 and will host the District 11 runner-up.<\/p>\n
Players to watch<\/p>\n
Abington Heights: Nolan Moore (229 kills, 107 digs, 175 service points), Dan Beck (176 kills, 62 blocks, 150 service points), Ben Reese (147 kills, 103 digs), Billy Johnson (147 kills, 44 blocks), Ryan Horutz (613 assists, 159 digs), Chris Cummins (239 digs), Chase Beerman (107 digs, 146 service points).<\/p>\n
Hazleton Area: Kendrick Ortiz Mendez (200 kills), Sebastian Burgos (364 assists), Mario Batista (82 service points, 96 digs), Tyler Vargas (32 kills), Daniel Posada (186 digs), Gian Rodriguez, Jadiel Dominquez.<\/p>\n
Noteworthy: Abington Heights is the defending Class 3A champion. Hazleton Area defeated Lackawanna Trail, 3-0, Elk Lake, 3-0, and Blue Ridge, 3-0, in matchups against Lackawanna League teams. Abington Heights defeated Nanticoke Area, 3-0, and Wilkes-Barre Area twice, 3-2 and 3-1, and lost to Holy Redeemer, 3-0, and Crestwood, 3-0, in matches against WVC opponents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Class 2A 2-Holy Redeemer (19-2) vs. 1-Crestwood (17-2) When: Thursday, 5 p.m. Where: Scranton High School. What\u2019s next:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-198549","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\/198549","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=198549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}