Abington Heights Comets
| Abington Heights Comets |
| Head Coach: Joe Repshis |
| PIAA District 2 - Class 5A |
| Lackawanna Interscholastic Athletic Association - Division 1 |
| Stadium: Comets Stadium |
| OVERALL | PCT | CONF | PCT | HOME | AWAY | STREAK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-5 | 0.615 | 3-3 | 0.500 | 5-3 | 3-2 | L1 |
08-17 |
vs. Wyoming Area (11-2) |
- |
08-23 |
vs. East Stroudsburg South (10-3) |
L, 14-33 |
08-31 |
vs. West Scranton (0-10) |
W, 42-0 |
09-06 |
@ Dallas (8-4) |
W, 30-13 |
09-13 |
@ Valley View (11-2) |
L, 13-18 |
09-20 |
@ North Pocono (5-6) |
W, 21-3 |
09-28 |
vs. Delaware Valley (6-6) |
L, 28-35 |
10-04 |
@ Scranton Prep (12-2) |
L, 21-27 |
10-10 |
vs. Wallenpaupack (4-6) |
W, 41-0 |
10-18 |
@ Scranton (5-6) |
W, 42-21 |
10-25 |
vs. Hazleton (5-6) |
W, 27-0 |
11-01 |
vs. Wyoming Valley West (0-11) |
W, 35-0 |
11-09 |
vs. Delaware Valley (6-6) |
W, 20-14 |
11-15 |
vs. Hollidaysburg (13-1) |
L, 23-24 |
Hollidaysburg Survives Against Abington Heights
November 15, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
Thanksgiving looms, Christmas awaits, The New Year lurks, and High School Football in Pennsylvania winds down. The pool of teams get smaller and smaller by the week. This week, Abington Heights took on Hollidaysburg at Alumni Field in Milton. Not many could have predicted the Abington Heights Comets being this good this early. The Comets […]
Abington Heights Stuns Delaware Valley 20-14 To Win District 2 5A Title (Video Highlights)
November 9, 2024 | Jake Mills
Abington Heights at ‘The Pit’ on Saturday afternoon stunned Delaware Valley 20-14 to win the District 2 5A Title. Delaware Valley up to this point had won 8 straight District 2 titles in both the 6A and 5A classes. On offense, Abington Heights was led by Shawn Theodore as he had to step in and […]
District 2 Playoffs Week 2 Preview
November 7, 2024 | Jared Samuel
The first week of the D2 playoffs is in the books, so let’s take a look at where things stand as some classes will decide champions this week! Class 1A — sub-regional with District 11 Tri-Valley (7-4) at Lackawanna Trail (10-1) In Lackawanna Trail’s 47-20 win over Nativity BVM, RB’s Demitrius Douglas and Isaac Ryon […]
District 2 Playoff Preview
November 1, 2024 | Jared Samuel
Final District 2 Standings 1A 1. Lackawanna Trail (9-1) 2. Old Forge (4-6) 3. Holy Cross (3-7) 2A 1. Riverside (9-1) 2. Susquehanna Community (6-4) 3. Dunmore (4-6) 4. Lakeland (3-7) 5. Holy Redeemer (0-10) 3A 1. Scranton Prep (9-1) 2. Western Wayne (9-1) 3. Wyoming Area (9-1) 4. Mid Valley (7-3) 5. Lake Lehman […]
Delaware Valley wins a come-from-behind thriller over Abington Heights
September 28, 2024 | Jared Samuel
CALRKS SUMMIT — We had heard talk all week about how this might be the last game ever at “The Pit”, also known as Comets Stadium. The Delaware Valley Warriors came in at 1-4, finally notching their first win of the season last week against Wallenpaupack. Abington Heights came in at 3-2, fresh off a […]
Delaware Valley at Abington Heights — PHOTO GALLERY
September 28, 2024 | Sherryl Samuel
Images courtesy of Sherryl Samuel
District 2 Mid-Season Review
September 26, 2024 | Jared Samuel
Current District 2 Standings 1A Lackawanna Trail (4-1) Old Forge (3-2) Holy Cross (2-3) 2A Riverside (5-0) Susquehanna Community (4-1) Lakeland (2-3) Dunmore (1-4) Holy Redeemer (0-5) 3A Western Wayne (5-0) Scranton Prep (4-1) Wyoming Area (4-1) Mid Valley (4-1) Lake Lehman (3-2) Carbondale Area (3-2) Berwick (1-4) Tunkhannock (1-4) Montrose (0-4) Hanover Area (0-5) […]
Abington Heights gets huge road win over Mountaineers 30-13: Video recap
September 7, 2024 | EJ Samuel
Both Dallas and Abington Heights had something to prove tonight and they only stood in each other’s way. Dallas came into the game at 0-2 and in uncharted territory, white Abington Heights came in at 1-1 and under the radar. Dallas got the ball to start the game and just like Abington Heights, they struggled […]
2024 Lackawanna Football Conference Division 1 Preview
August 13, 2024 | Jared Samuel
Division 1 of the Lackawanna Football Conference was quite competitive last year, as all 7 teams made the District 2 playoffs. This year should be very competitive as well, top to bottom. Let’s take a look at the teams! Abington Heights Comets Head Coach: Joe Repshis 2023 Record: 7-5 The Comets return QB Nick Bradley, […]
Valley View Defense Pivotal in 35-14 Victory Over Abington Heights
September 30, 2023 | PFN Staff
Steven Halloran plays every snap thinking of his late father. The senior played one of the best games of his career. He forced and recovered a fumble in the fourth quarter that gave the Cougars all the momentum they needed to knock off the Comets. The Cougars knew they needed to start fast. They did […]
Abington Heights soars over Western Wayne, 34-14
September 16, 2023 | Jared Samuel
The Abington Heights Comets arrived at the Pit in Clarks Summit off of nice back-to-back road wins over Wilkes-Barre Area and Berwick. The Western Wayne Wildcats were feeling good after a big win last Friday night at Old Forge. With both teams having winning records, it appeared to be a close matchup and the winner […]
Abington Heights dominates 2nd half, beats Berwick
September 8, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
Week three of the High School Football season got underway once again under the historic lights of Crispin Field. This time, an unusual taste filled the air. A Berwick Bulldogs team that has built a prestigious program faces a crossroads. After an 0-2 start for a second straight year, Head Coach Mike Bennett resigned and […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC Week 3 2023.
September 7, 2023 | John Kotsko
Labor Day is past and now we have hit Week 3 of the 2023 High School Football season. We’ve seen some pretty impressive accomplishments in the first two weeks of the season. We saw a shootout in Mountain Top where Brady Zapoticky and Jaden Shedlock traded blow for blow with Dallas taking the victory over […]
District 2 2023 Week 2 Recap
September 4, 2023 | John Kotsko
Abington Heights 35 Wilkes-Barre Area 28 Declan Walsh returned a fumble 55 yards and ran for 73 yards and a touchdown as the Comets got their first win of the season with a victory at Wilkes-Barre Area. Wolf Pack running back Howie Shiner added two touchdowns as Wilkes-Barre Area fell to 0-2. Scranton 29 Valley […]
Abington Heights prevails in road victory over Wilkes-Barre Area
September 2, 2023 | John Kotsko
In a close game, Declan Walsh ended up with two big plays to help seal the victory. He had a 58 yard touchdown run and returned a fumble 55 yards as Abington Heights took a 35-28 road victory at Wilkes-Barre Area. “He’s an explosive runner, when the ball is in his hands, he has a […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC: Week 2
August 31, 2023 | John Kotsko
Week 1 is now in the books or is it Week 0? I always just call it Week 1 to make things easier. So we are now onto Week number 2. Football is racing through my brain and I just can’t contain this feeling that remains. Bonus points if you know the song I was […]
Dallas edges Abington Heights in a Thriller, 31-28
August 26, 2023 | Jared Samuel
A warm and humid evening greeted the visiting Dallas Mountaineers as they arrived in Clarks Summit to face the Abington Heights Comets. Both teams have a solid core of skill players returning from last season and looked to feature them early and often to get an early win in the new season. It was a […]
Kotsko’s View: Welcome to 2023!!
August 24, 2023 | John Kotsko
The 2023 Season is upon us!!! Hard to believe that it feels like it hit June 1st and now it’s suddenly the end of August and Week 1 is finally here. Several contenders from last season were hit hard by graduation and quite a few are hoping this will be the year that their program […]
Lackawanna Football Conference Division 1 Breakdown
August 24, 2023 | PFN Staff
We start off our conference breakdown with quite possibly the hardest division in all of District 2. Last season the division saw 2 district champions and 2 district runner-ups, and everyone in the division at least had 1 loss. The division also holds two state-ranked teams, and with that let’s meet the teams. Delaware Valley […]
An Overtime Thriller in the 89th Annual Scranton Lions Dream Game (Gallery included)
July 20, 2023 | Jared Samuel
On the outside, it seemed like just another football night up in Peckville, home of John Henzes Memorial Stadium where the Valley View Cougars play in the fall. And on a night where these graduated seniors had nothing left to prove, they showed once again why they love to play. After all, they don’t call […]
The Greatest Games Protime Ever Saw (Part I)
March 31, 2023 | Phil Myers
Brought to you by Two Birches Winery (Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of the greatest games I’ve seen in PA from the 1970s through 2022. I was just a young whipper-snapper in the 60s, joined the Marines in the 70s, and didn’t […]
What a Knight, Stepeny Sparks Scranton past Abington Heights 42-7
November 5, 2022 | PFN Staff
“He’s our leader,” said Scranton head coach Steve Shumbres about Senior WR Donato Stepney who accounted for 3 touchdowns in the Knights’ 42-7 win over Abington Heights in the Class 5A Quarterfinals. The Knights (8-3) will host Delaware Valley (6-5) Friday for the Class 5A title. The Knights wasted no time getting the scoring started. […]
Berwick first win comes at Abington Heights
September 11, 2022 | Billy Splain
Carla Wolfinger Gallery here The Dawgs had high hopes coming into the 2022 season, but an 0-2 start wasn’t something they wanted to see. In week one they had Southern Columbia on the ropes but couldn’t close the deal, then they gave up a late score to Valley View for their second loss. […]
Lackawanna Football Conference 2022 Preview, What can we expect?
August 9, 2022 | PFN Staff
As the 2022 Highschool football season approaches,19 teams from the Lackawanna Football Conference will begin their journey to the state Championship. Before we hop into our preview off this conference some things have changed. The Lackawanna League is now back to just three divisions instead of four, and we also have some new classifications let’s […]
Schultz Runs Wild as Crestwood wins the battle of the Comets
October 9, 2021 | John Kotsko
It was a fantastic night up in Mountain Top for Crestwood’s Homecoming. The home team answered the special occasion with an amazing night from junior Noah Schultz and the defense pitched a shutout, forcing three turnovers. They defeated Abington Heights 33-0. Crestwood started with the ball and went 10 plays over 75 yards, ending with […]
Berwick Too Much for Abington Heights on Opening Night @berwickdawgs @CometsAH
August 27, 2018 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
BERWICK- Expectations are always high down in the hamlet of Berwick come the beginning of the new football season, and this year is no exception. Friday night at Historic Crispin Field, The Bulldogs got the 2018 year off to a fabulous start with a 42-0 drubbing of visiting Abington Heights. Led by Junior Teagan Wilkes […]
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