District 2

October 2024

Wilkes-Barre Area gets past Crestwood

October 19, 2024 | John Kotsko

With the chance of the number 1 seed in the District 2/4 6A Subregional, Wilkes-Barre Area needed a big win on senior night. The Wolf Pack defense came up big as they did not allow any second half points and Jake Howe threw a touchdown pass to Achilles Fuentes late in the third quarter to […]

Mid Valley upends Western Wayne

October 19, 2024 | Jared Samuel

Mid Valley had a promising start to this season, reeling off 4 straight wins before falling short up at Lackawanna Trail in week 5. The Spartans then went 1-2 in their next 3 games to enter their matchup with Western Wayne at 5-3. The Wildcats opened up the season a perfect 8-0, outscoring their opponents […]

Mid Valley at Western Wayne — PHOTO GALLERY

October 19, 2024 | Sherryl Samuel

Photos courtesy of Sherryl Samuel

Scranton Prep Survives Scare Against Jersey Shore

October 19, 2024 | Mason Eddinger

Entering tonight, we stood with just 2 weeks left until the playoffs ensue. In a critical cross-district heavyweight bout against two of the finest teams in the state, Scranton Prep got the upper hand. Jersey Shore has enjoyed plenty of success in recent years. Last year, they suffered just one loss across the season, which […]

Simulation: PA Classification #1 Ranked Teams vs. Rest of Top 10

October 16, 2024 | Matt Herring

As we near the end of the PA football regular season we thought it would be interesting to simulate possible matchups looming in the district and state playoffs. For this experiment we simulated games using the #1 ranked team in each classification versus the remaining Top 10 teams in their classification. These simulations are based […]

Hot Takes: Undefeated and One-Loss Team Forecasts

October 14, 2024 | Matt Herring

There are 34 undefeated Pennsylvania high school football teams and 65 one-loss teams remaining entering the final two weeks of regular season play and while those teams have high hopes for league, district and state titles not all can raise those banners this year. With nearly 100 of the 555 Commonwealth teams sitting on zero […]

Honesdale gets the road victory at Nanticoke

October 12, 2024 | John Kotsko

It took Honesdale over an hour to get to Nanticoke. It took 13 seconds for Mason Avery to give the Hornets the lead. Avery returned the opening kickoff 73 yards and added three touchdowns as Honesdale took the 56-7 victory at Nanticoke. “Mason Avery’s been dynamite for us.” Honesdale head coach Paul Russick said. “There […]

Dallas gets the best of Crestwood in the Battle of 2 Mountains

October 12, 2024 | Jared Samuel

After last year’s wild matchup, a lot of hype preceded this year’s version of the Dallas/Crestwood game. Both teams came into the game at 4-3 with some momentum, with Back Mountain’s Dallas having won 4 straight and Mountaintop’s Crestwood winners of 3 straight. The tension during pre-game was very noticeable, and as a mid-fall chill […]

4th Quarter Comeback leads Hazleton Area over Pittston Area 20-14 (Video Highlights)

October 12, 2024 | Jake Mills

Hazleton Area comes back late in the 4th quarter to defeat Pittston Area 20-14. Hazleton Area started the game off on the right foot as Freddy Corrado found Yohansel Moran to give the Cougars an early 6-0 lead. But Pittston Area came right back, Quarterback Paulie Ferintino ran in for the score and the Patriots […]

Dallas at Crestwood — PHOTO GALLERY

October 12, 2024 | Sherryl Samuel

Photos by Sherryl Samuel

Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: Back Home and New Territory

October 9, 2024 | Guy Smith

2024 Episode 22. We only made a pair of games this week. On Thursday we returned to the old stomping ground at the Bethlehem Area School District to see the Freedom Patriots run their record to 7-0, fairly easily defeating previously two-loss Bethlehem Catholic in a city rivalry matchup. On Friday we ended up at […]

Riverside Improves to 7-0 after Beating Holy Cross 62-20 (Video Highlights)

October 5, 2024 | Jake Mills

Riverside remains undefeated after rolling past Holy Cross 62-20. Richie Kostoff had a monster game for the Vikings scoring 5 touchdowns and laying out defenders. Ny-Jai Scott-Holt, Matt Goldlewski, Quinn Puchilowski and Brady Pavalonis also scored today for Riverside. Holy Cross scored 3 touchdowns in the 2nd half after being down 41-0 at the half. […]

Wyoming Area takes down Hanover Area

October 5, 2024 | EJ Samuel

Wyoming Area came into their matchup against Hanover Area with one simple goal: win. To say they reached that goal is an understatement. Many times we were shown the brilliance of upcoming Hanover Area QB Logan Richardson in this game. However, the Wyoming Area defense was too much for the undersized offensive line and the […]

Wilkes-Barre Area uses strong second half to defeat Pittston Area

October 5, 2024 | Jared Samuel

It certainly looked to be a good matchup on paper as the Pittston Area Patriots made the short trip down River Street to face the Wilkes-Barre Area Wolfpack. Both teams entered at 2-4, Pittston coming off a tough loss against Crestwood and Wilkes-Barre reeling a bit from a shutout loss to Hazleton. Prior to the […]

Pittston Area at Wilkes-Barre Area — PHOTO GALLERY

October 4, 2024 | Sherryl Samuel

Photos by Sherryl Samuel

Kucharski Leads Valley View to Victory over North Pocono 21-14 (Video Highlights)

October 4, 2024 | Jake Mills

Valley View defeated North Pocono tonight in a Lackawanna Football Conference Division 1 Matchup 21-14. Nick Kucharski had a big game for the Cougars with 2 touchdowns and many big plays on defense. North Pocono was down Freshman standout Running Back Joe Briskie but the Trojans still gave Valley View all it had. Quarterback Chase […]

Berwick Earns Second Win in Shutout Victory over Nanticoke

October 4, 2024 | Mason Eddinger

October, already. As the leaves fall and the temperature decreases, High School Football enters its peak month. It’s week 7 already. Teams across the state are crossing their Ts and dotting their Is in anticipation of the playoffs in a few short weeks. The same stands true for Berwick and Nanticoke. Two struggling teams clashed […]

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

Crestwood gets past Pittston Area

September 28, 2024 | John Kotsko

There was one word that Crestwood head coach Ryan Arcangeli can say about senior Lincoln Bibla. “Special.” Arcangeli said. “He’s a strong kid, his character is strong. He works so hard and deserves this.” Arcangeli continues. Bibla had two rushing touchdowns as Crestwood got their road victory at Pittston Area 21-14. Bibla on his performance […]

Strong 2nd Half Leads Dallas over North Pocono 45-28 (Video Highlights)

September 28, 2024 | Jake Mills

Dallas continues their winning streak after an 0-3 start as they defeated North Pocono 45-28. A very strong and balanced offensive performance from Dallas didn’t quite start out that way. The score was 10-0 Dallas after 1 quarter of play, both Dallas scores coming from a field goal and a pick six by Gavin Lewis. […]

Lake Lehman plays spoiler to Nanticoke’s homecoming with 35-7 win

September 28, 2024 | EJ Samuel

The Lake Lehman Knights played spoiler to Nanticoke’s homecoming, and no matter what angle you view the game, it seemed like the key factor was capitalizing on miscues. The rain helped contribute to a scoreless 1st quarter, and then both teams traded blows. Within a few minutes, we went from a scoreless tie, to a […]

Lackawanna Trail throttles Old Forge

September 27, 2024 | Jared Samuel

There has been some bad blood over the years whenever Old Forge plays Lackawanna Trail. Over the last few years, these 2 teams have traded spots as the top 1A team in District 2, and along the way there have been some great matchups both in the regular season and post-season. Recently, however, it has […]

Lackawanna Trail at Old Forge — PHOTO GALLERY