{"id":79910,"date":"2026-01-07T04:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/79910\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T04:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:40:06","slug":"shaffer-kettel-rally-abington-heights-boys-past-scranton-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/79910\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaffer, Kettel rally Abington Heights boys past Scranton \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jordan Shaffer scored 25 of his 27 points in the second half Tuesday night as Abington Heights rallied for a 65-49 victory over visiting Scranton<\/a> in Lackawanna League Division I boys basketball action.<\/p>\n

Andrew Kettel added 12 points \u2014 all in the second half \u2014 for the No. 6 Comets (3-0 league, 6-5 overall), who trailed by six at halftime, but outscored Scranton, 45-23, in the third and fourth quarters.<\/p>\n

Tony Battaglia led the No. 9 Knights (1-2, 4-6) with 17 points, all of which came in the first half. Justin Mayers contributed 12 points and Deondre Dickey wound up with 10 points, all coming in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Scranton Prep 66, North Pocono 36: At Scranton Prep, Packy Doherty scored 22 points to lead the third-ranked Cavaliers to a Division I win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brody Martin scored all 13 of his points in the first half, and Chicky Skoff finished with nine points for Scranton Prep (3-0, 7-2).<\/p>\n

Cole West scored 13 points and DeSantis added 12 for North Pocono (0-3, 3-8).<\/p>\n

Holy Cross 67, Mid Valley 39: At Holy Cross, the Crusaders pulled away in the second half to defeat<\/a> No. 10 Mid Valley in Lackawanna Division II and snap a four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

C.J. Thompson led Holy Cross with 19 points \u2014 16 of which came in the second half when the Crusaders outscored the Spartans, 40-20, and expand an eight-point halftime lead.<\/p>\n

Jack Alpert added 16 points for Holy Cross (1-2, 5-6). Colin Farrell chipped in 14 points and Colin Rittenbusch contributed 13 points.<\/p>\n

Landon Pratt scored 12 points to lead Mid Valley (1-2, 5-6).<\/p>\n

Old Forge 67, Lakeland 41: At Lakeland, Cameron Krushnowski hit six 3-pointers and finished with 18 points to power No. 5 Old Forge to a Lackawanna Division II win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Three other players scored in double figures for the Blue Devils (3-0, 8-2). Ryan DeMarco had 15 points, Logan Fanning had 13 and Cameron Parker netted 12. Fanning also had 10 rebounds, two assists and two blocks.<\/p>\n

Chase Rosenkrans led 11 points for the Chiefs (0-3, 5-6).<\/p>\n

Elk Lake 69, Blue Ridge 64: At Elk Lake, John Heitsman scored eight points in the fourth quarter to help the No. 8 Warriors edge Blue Ridge in a Lackawanna Division III<\/a> matchup.<\/p>\n

Chase Pond led four Elk Lake (3-0, 10-1) players in double figures with 18 points. Heitsman and Brayden Miller finished with 16 points each and Parker Upright added 11.<\/p>\n

Paxton Pingarelli had 17 points \u2014 15 of which came in the second half \u2014 for Blue Ridge. Jack Parks followed with 16 points for the Raiders (1-2, 3-6).<\/p>\n

Lackawanna Trail 51, Mountain View 41: At Lackawanna Trail, the host Lions outscored Mountain View in the third quarter<\/a>, 17-5, to erase a six-point halftime deficit and earn a Lackawanna Division III victory.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Phillips led Lackawanna Trail (3-0, 8-2) with 21 points \u2014 15 of which came in the second half.<\/p>\n

Wyatt Thatcher had 15 points and Hudson Bain added 12 for the Eagles (0-3, 2-8).<\/p>\n

Susquehanna 66, Forest City 31: At Susquehanna, Griffin Fisk pumped in 29 points to lead the host Sabers past Forest City<\/a> in Lackawanna Division III action.<\/p>\n

Fisk had 22 of his points in the first half as Susquehanna built a 25-point halftime lead.<\/p>\n

Mason Keyes added 11 points for the Sabers (3-0, 8-2).<\/p>\n

T.J. Collins topped the Foresters (0-3, 0-11) with 10 points.<\/p>\n

Montrose 69, Carbondale Area 61: At Montrose, the Meteors built a 22-point halftime lead, then withstood a Carbondale Area comeback in the second half<\/a> for a Lackawanna Division III win.<\/p>\n

Jude Adams led Montrose (2-1, 4-7) with 20 points, 13 of which came in the first half. Sawyer Brown added 12 points and Jai Herman chipped in 11 points.<\/p>\n

Cameron Williams had a game-high 23 points for Carbondale Area. Francisco Roman followed with 13 points for the Chargers (0-3, 1-10).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jordan Shaffer scored 25 of his 27 points in the second half Tuesday night as Abington Heights rallied…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-79910","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\/79910","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=79910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}