The 2018-2019 scholastic sports season started with a lot of excitement.

Lackawanna Football Conference teams swept the District 2 championships and Lackawanna Trail made a run to the PIAA Class 1A final in Hershey.

Here is the schedule of recaps for this school year ON THE BLOG:

 

TODAY: Fall Season In Review

 

SATURDAY: Winter Season in Review

SUNDAY: Spring Season in Review

MONDAY: Evaluating the year

 

We begin with a look at how successful programs were in the fall:

 

LIAA REGULAR-SEASON RECORDS

 

 

 

Football Player celebrating a touchdown.

Lackawanna Trail quarterback Nate Rolka led team to PIAA Class 1A championship game.

 

 

 


 

 

 

LIAA CHAMPIONS
GOLF
Division I Abington Heights Comets
Division II Scranton Prep Cavaliers
GIRLS TENNIS
Abington Heights Lady Comets
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Abington Heights Lady Comets
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Wallenpaupack Buckhorns
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Dunmore Lady Bucks
GIRLS SOCCER
Division I Scranton Prep Classics
Division II Montrose Lady Meteors
Division III

Forest City Lady Foresters

 

Elk Lake Lady Warriors

BOYS SOCCER
Division I Scranton Prep Cavaliers
Division II Lakeland Chiefs
Division III Mid Valley Spartans
FOOTBALL
Division I Wallenpaupack Buckhorns
Division II Valley View Cougars
Division III Lakeland Chiefs
Division IV Old Forge Blue Devils

 

 

 

Volleyball player ready to hit serve.

Dunmore’s Antoinette Cantarella serves the ball to Abington Heights.
Jason Farmer / Staff Photographer

 

 

 


 

 

 

GOLF

 

 

Golfer swinging club.

Wallenpaupack’s Alex Pillar.

 

 

DISTRICT 2 CHAMPIONS
BOYS CLASS 3A
TEAM CRESTWOOD COMETS COACH: MARK JAROLEN
INDIVIDUAL ALEX PILLAR WALLENPAUPACK
BOYS CLASS 2A
TEAM SCRANTON PREP CAVALIERS COACH: ED CIMOCH
INDIVIDUAL  BOBBY LUGIANO LAKE-LEHMAN

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Golfer lining up putt to the hole.

Crestwood’s Evie Williams.

 

 

DISTRICT 2 CHAMPIONS
GIRLS CLASS 3A
TEAM NORTH POCONO

LADY TROJANS

COACH:

JOSEPH BORETSKI

INDIVIDUAL EVIE

WILLIAMS

 

CRESTWOOD

GIRLS CLASS 2A
TEAM ELK LAKE

LADY WARRIORS

COACH:

JOE DeSTEFANO

INDIVIDUAL JESSICA

McCLELLAN

 

MMI PREP

 

 

 


 

 

GIRLS TENNIS

 

 

 

Girls Tennis player swinging at ball.

Abington Heights’ Bella Peters.

 

 

 

DISTRICT 2 CHAMPIONS
CLASS 3A
TEAM ABINGTON HEIGHTS

LADY COMETS

COACH:

KELLY ARP

SINGLES BELLA

PETERS

ABINGTON

HEIGHTS

DOUBLES LILY NOWAK

ALYSSA MAZUREK

HAZLETON

AREA

CLASS 2A
TEAM SCRANTON PREP

CLASSICS

COACH:

KATHLEEN McKENNA

INDIVIDUAL KARISSA

GHIGIARELLI

 

RIVERSIDE

DOUBLES CAMRYN CASSETORI

TEA AMARISE

HOLY

REDEEMER

 

 

 

 

Tennis player hitting forehand.

Riverside’s Karissa Ghigiarelli.

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

 

 

 

Volleyball players with winning plaque.

2018 Blue Ridge Lady Raiders.

 

 

 

DISTRICT 2 CHAMPIONS
CLASS 3A
TEAM DELAWARE VALLEY

LADY WARRIORS

COACH:

BRIDGET CRAWFORD

CLASS 2A
TEAM NANTICOKE

LADY TROJANS

COACH:

DEBBIE GAVIN

TEAM HOLY REDEEMER

ROYALS

COACH:

JOHN KABLICK

CLASS 1A
TEAM BLUE RIDGE

LADY RAIDERS

COACH:

LORI ZICK

 

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

HS VOLLEYBALL: Blue Ridge 3, MMI Prep 1 – Highlights

Posted by Joby Fawcett, The Times-Tribune on Friday, November 2, 2018

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

FIELD HOCKEY

 

 

 

Field Hockey Championship Team

2018 Delaware Valley Lady Warriors Field Hockey

 

 

DISTRICT 2 CHAMPIONS

 

CLASS 3A
DELAWARE VALLEY

LADY WARRIORS

COACH:

LINDSAY GONZALEZ

CLASS 2A
WYOMING VALLEY WEST

LADY SPARTANS

COACH:

LINDA FITHIAN

CLASS 1A
WYOMING SEMINARY

BLUE KNIGHTS

COACH:

KAREN KLASSNER

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

CROSS COUNTRY

 

 

 

Girl running cross country.

Abington Heights’ Abigail Marion.

 

 

 

CLASS 3A
TEAM ABINGTON HEIGHTS

LADY COMETS

COACH:

MICHAEL LUDKA

INDIVIDUAL ABIGAIL

MARION

ABINGTON

HEIGHTS

CLASS 2A
TEAM VALLEY VIEW

COUGARS

COACH:

LISA PAONE

INDIVIDUAL MOLLY

DEMARZO

 

CRESTWOOD

CLASS 1A
TEAM HOLY CROSS

LADY CRUSADERS

COACH:

ALEX HIGLEY

INDIVIDUAL KRISTA

JONES

ELK

LAKE

 

 

 

 

Runner competing.

Elk Lake’s Krista Jones.

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Runners competing and racing through the woods.

Wallenpaupack’s Tyler Wirth.

 

 

 

 

DISTRICT 2 CHAMPIONS
CLASS 3A
TEAM WALLENPAUPACK

BUCKHORNS

COACH:

STEVE BROWN

INDIVIDUAL TYLER

WIRTH

 

WALLENPAUPACK

CLASS 2A
TEAM HOLY REDEEMER

ROYALS

COACH:

NICK CAPACI

INDIVIDUAL MITCHELL

ROME

 

DALLAS

CLASS 1A
TEAM MONTROSE

METEORS

COACH:

DEAN BREWER

INDIVIDUAL ANDREW

HEALEY

HOLY

CROSS

 

 

 

Runner crossing the finish line.

Holy Cross’ Andrew Healey.
Christopher Dolan / Staff Photographer

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

SOCCER

 

 

Soccer players battling for the ball.

North Pocono’s Christian Quirico (7) and Scranton’s Shamir Pradhan battle for control.
Jason Farmer / Staff Photographer

 

 

 

 

DISTRICT 2 GIRLS CHAMPIONS
CLASS 4A
TEAM DELAWARE VALLEY

LADY WARRIORS

COACH:

JEFF RAINEAR

CLASS 3A
TEAM DALLAS

MOUNTAINEERS

COACH:

NIKKI PEKARSKI

CLASS 2A
TEAM WYOMING AREA

LADY WARRIORS

COACH:

NIKKI SITKOWSKI

CLASS 1A
TEAM MONTROSE

LADY METEORS

COACH:

JENTON ESWORTHY

 

 

 

 

 

Girl kicking soccer ball.

Montrose’s Maddy Gilhool.

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Soccer player kicking ball.

Gregory the Great Academy’s John Bateman.
Jake Danna Stevens / Staff Photographer

 

 

 

 

DISTRICT 2 CHAMPIONS
CLASS 4A
TEAM SCRANTON

KNIGHTS

COACH:

SHAMUS MCCORMICK

CLASS 3A
TEAM CRESTWOOD

COMETS

COACH:

DAVE McFARLAND

CLASS 2A
TEAM WYOMING SEMINARY

BLUE KNIGHTS

COACH:

AARON LITTZI

CLASS 1A
TEAM GREGORY

THE GREAT

COACH:

GARRET VAN BEEK

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

FOOTBALL

 

 

Football players celebrating after a win.

Valley View quarterback Janaasah Boone.

 

 

 

 

CLASS 6A
TEAM DELAWARE VALLEY

WARRIORS

COACH:

KEITH OLSOMMER

CLASS 5A
TEAM WALLENPAUPACK

BUCKHORNS

COACH:

MARK WATSON

CLASS 4A
TEAM VALLEY VIEW

COUGARS

COACH:

GEORGE HOWANITZ

CLASS 3A
TEAM SCRANTON PREP

CAVALIERS

COACH:

TERRY GALLAGHER

CLASS 2A
TEAM DUNMORE

BUCKS

COACH:

JACK HENZES

CLASS 1A
TEAM LACKAWANNA TRAIL

LIONS

COACH:

STEVE JERVIS

 

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

HS FOOTBALL: Good luck, Lions

Posted by Joby Fawcett, The Times-Tribune on Wednesday, December 5, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

Football player running with the ball.

Delaware Valley’s Josh Balcarcel.

 

 

 

Football lineman blocking.

Wallenpaupack’s Josh Moore.

 

 

 

Quarterback throwing football.

Scranton Prep’s Leo O’Boyle.
Jason Farmer / Staff Photographer

 

 

Football player running with ball.

Dunmore’s Steve Borgia.

 

 

 

Football player celebrating a touchdown.

Lackawanna Trail’s Ray Melnikoff.

 

 

Football coach and players with trophy.

2018 Lackawanna Trail Lions.
Jake Danna Stevens / Staff Photographer