{"id":225530,"date":"2026-06-23T04:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T04:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225530\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T04:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T04:40:10","slug":"2026-times-tribune-boys-volleyball-all-region-team-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225530\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 TIMES-TRIBUNE BOYS VOLLEYBALL ALL-REGION TEAM \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ValleyValley View\u2019s Luke Stevens (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nPlayer of the Year<\/p>\n

Luke Stevens<\/p>\n

Valley View, Senior<\/p>\n

Outside Hitter<\/p>\n

He led Valley View to a second-place finish in the Lackawanna League and an appearance in the District 2 Class 2A semifinals in the program\u2019s fourth year of existence. He had 222 kills in 66 sets with a 52.9 kill percentage. He also had 107 service points with 43 aces, 37 blocks and 80 digs this season. He had a season-high 19 kills in a win over Western Wayne. He contributed 29 kills in two matches against Lackawanna League and District 2 Class 3A champion Abington Heights. He had 11 games with 10 or more kills this season. This is his second All-Region selection.<\/p>\n

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\"AbingtonAbington Heights\u2019 Ryan Horutz (SUBMITTED PHOTO)<\/p>\n

Ryan Horutz<\/p>\n

Abington Heights, Junior<\/p>\n

Setter<\/p>\n

He helped Abington Heights win the Lackawanna League and District 2 Class 3A championships. He had 672 assists, 36 kills, 143 service points with 66 aces and 173 digs. He had 1,267 assists in the last two seasons and has 1,535 in his career. He had a season-high 53 assists in a five-set win over Valley View. He had 121 assists in 13 sets in the postseason. This is his second All-Region selection.<\/p>\n

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\"AbingtonAbington Heights\u2019 Nolan Moore (SUBMITTED PHOTO)<\/p>\n

Nolan Moore<\/p>\n

Abington Heights, Junior<\/p>\n

Outside Hitter<\/p>\n

He led Abington Heights to the Lackawanna League and District 2 Class 3A championships. He had 252 kills in 80 sets with a 36.5 kill percentage. He also had 191 service points with 34 aces, 10 blocks and 116 digs. He had a season-high 19 kills in a 3-2 win over Valley View to force a playoff game for the Lackawanna League title. He has 389 kills, 191 service points, 14 blocks and 211 digs in two seasons.<\/p>\n

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\"NorthNorth Pocono\u2019s Aden Butler (SUBMITTED PHOTO)<\/p>\n

Aden Butler<\/p>\n

North Pocono, Senior<\/p>\n

Outside Hitter<\/p>\n

He led North Pocono to the District 2 Class 2A semifinals. He had 223 kills with 135 blocks. He also contributed 135 digs, 41 aces and 27 assists this season. He had 33 kills and 18 digs in a District 2 Class 2A quarterfinal win over Blue Ridge. He also had 20 kills in a regular-season win over Blue Ridge, and 16 kills against Holy Redeemer and Lackawanna Trail. He finished his career with 365 kills, 322 digs, 185 assists and 35 blocks.<\/p>\n

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\"JacobJacob Brown, Blue Ridge<\/p>\n

Jacob Brown<\/p>\n

Blue Ridge, Sophomore<\/p>\n

Middle blocker, Outside hitter<\/p>\n

He led Blue Ridge to the District 2 Class 2A playoffs. He was the team leader with 242 kills in 63 sets with a 39.6 kill percentage. He also had 42 blocks, 30 service points and 17 digs.\u00a0 He had a season-high 23 kills in a five-set win over Hanover Area, 21 kills in a five-set win over Abington Heights and 12 games with 10 or more kills. He contributed 23 kills in two postseason games. He has 320 kills in two seasons.<\/p>\n

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\"DelawareDelaware Valley\u2019s Chase Peereboom (SUBMITTED PHOTO)<\/p>\n

Chase Peereboom<\/p>\n

Delaware Valley, Senior<\/p>\n

Outside Hitter<\/p>\n

He led Delaware Valley to the District 2 Class 3A semifinals. He had 178 kills, 136 service points with 35 aces, 134 digs, seven blocks and two assists this season. He had 24 kills in a victory over Hazleton Area in the regular season. He had 221 kills, 193 service points with 46 aces and 154 digs in his career.<\/p>\n

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\"DelawareDelaware Valley\u2019s Eric Choi (SUBMITTED PHOTO)<\/p>\n

Eric Choi<\/p>\n

Delaware Valley, Junior<\/p>\n

Opposite, Outside Hitter, Setter<\/p>\n

Versatile player who helped Delaware Valley reach the District 2 Class 3A semifinals. He had 61 kills, 18 blocks, 351 assists, 72 service points with 32 aces and 78 digs. He had a season-high 34 assists in a five-set win over Nanticoke Area. He had 52 assists in two matches against Hazleton Area. He has 77 kills, 59 blocks, 800 assists, 130 service points with 53 aces and 146 digs in his career.<\/p>\n

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\"ValleyValley View\u2019s Jagger Roe<\/p>\n

Jagger Roe<\/p>\n

Valley View, Senior<\/p>\n

Outside Hitter<\/p>\n

He helped Valley View to a second-place finish in the Lackawanna League and an appearance in the District 2 Class 2A semifinals in the program\u2019s fourth year of existence. He was second on the team with 140 kills with a 54.9 kill percentage. He also had 138 service points with 24 aces, 32 blocks, 30 digs and 16 assists. He had a season-high 12 kills against North Pocono, Western Wayne and Nanticoke Area. He had 12 kills and an 85.7 kill percentage in a District 2 Class 2A playoff win over Nanticoke Area.<\/p>\n

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\"AbingtonAbington Heights\u2019 Dan Beck (SUBMITTED PHOTO)<\/p>\n

Dan Beck<\/p>\n

Abington Heights, Senior<\/p>\n

Middle Blocker, Middle Hitter<\/p>\n

He helped Abington Heights win the Lackawanna League and District 2 Class 3A championships. He had 189 kills with a 52.4 kill percentage in 80 sets. He also had 160 service points with 31 aces, 67 total blocks and 42 digs. He had a season-high 17 kills in a five-set loss to Blue Ridge and had 23 kills in 13 sets in the postseason. He had 283 kills with a 50.2 kill percentage and 95 blocks in the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

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\"AbingtonAbington Heights coach Jesse Edwards (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nCoach of the Year<\/p>\n

Jesse Edwards<\/p>\n

Abington Heights<\/p>\n

He guided Abington Heights to its second straight Lackawanna League and District 2 Class 3A championships in his first season as head coach. He got the team back on track after a loss in late March and guided the Comets to a six-game winning streak, where they did not lose a set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valley View\u2019s Luke Stevens (SUBMITTED PHOTO) Player of the Year Luke Stevens Valley View, Senior Outside Hitter He…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-225530","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\/225530","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=225530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}