With matches on Monday and Tuesday finishing out the bulk of the regular season in the Lackawanna League, Abington Heights claimed the 2019 championship with a 14-0 record.

First-year coach Michele Petrasko guided the Comets through a season where they navigated through a tough middle of the season, then finished strong despite losing No. 1 singles player Rory Harris to an injury.

 

 

 

 

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2019 SEASON

 

 

Here is a quick recap of the Lackawanna League season. There is still one match remaining between Montrose and Riverside, but this will be the last time this data is published due to the rapid fire pace of the postseason in District 2.

 

 

SEASON RESULTS

 

 

 

 

FINAL POLL

 

 

	Rank	Team	Record
	1	Abington Heights COMETS	14–0
	2t	Scranton KNIGHTS	12–2
	2t	Valley View COUGARS	12–2
	4	Delaware Valley WARRIORS	10–4
	5	Holy Cross CRUSADERS	11–3

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION: Scranton Prep (9-5), Dunmore (8-6), Honesdale (7-7).

 

 

 

 

 

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SEASON RECORDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOP PLAYERS

 

 

Delaware Valley’s Tomas Reese finished a perfect regular season to claim the final No. 1 spot in the rankings. He will likely be the top seed for the District 2 Class 3A tournament. Western Wayne’s Lenny Maiocco, last season’s Times-Tribune Player of the Year, finished at No. 2. Reese defeated Maiocco in the regular season.

 

 

 

	Rank	Player	Record
	1	Tomas REESE DELAWARE VALLEY	14–0
	2	Lenny MAIOCCO WESTERN WAYNE	13–1
	3	Logan GREGORY HOLY CROSS	11–2
	4	Carlo POSSANZA VALLEY VIEW	11–3
	5	Varun IYENGAR ABINGTON HEIGHTS	10–4

 

 

 

 

OTHERS CONSIDERED: Rory Harris (Abington Heights); Harrison Oven (Scranton Prep); Harsh Patel (Scranton); Joey Lennon (Holy Cross); Sam Weis (Abington Heights); Kevin Duffy (Valley View).

 

 

 

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DISTRICT 2 PLAYOFFS

(Courtesy piaad2.org)

 

 

CLASS 2A

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE

 

DISTRICT 2
CLASS 2A
Today’s First Round
9-Honesdale (10-9) at 8-Dunmore (8-6), 4 p.m.
10-Berwick (6-5) at 7-Scranton Prep (9-5), 4 p.m.

Thursday’s quarterfinals
Honesdale/Dunmore winner at 1-Wyoming Seminary (11-1), 4 p.m.
5-Wyoming Area (9-2) at 4-Holy Cross (11-3), at University of Scranton, 4 p.m.
Scranton Prep/Berwick winner at 2-Dallas (10-1), 4 p.m.
6-Holy Redeemer (8-3) at 3-Valley View (14-2), 4 p.m.

Semifinals, May 7
at Kirby Park
Quarterfinal winners, 1 p.m.

Final, May 7
at Kirby Park
Semifinal winners, 3:30 p.m.

 

 

 

CLASS 3A

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE

 

DISTRICT 2-4 SUBREGIONAL
Class 3A
Today’s quarterfinals
8-North Pocono (4-10) at 1-Abington Heights (14-0), 4:15 p.m.
5-Crestwood (6-5) at 4-Delaware Valley (10-4), 4 p.m.

Thursday’s quarterfinals
6-Wallenpaupack (7-8) at 3-Scranton (12-2), 4 p.m.
7-Wyoming Valley West (5-6) at 2-Williamsport (11-1), 4 p.m.

Semifinals, May 7
at Kirby Park
Quarterfinal winners, 11 a.m.

Final, May 7
at Kirby Park
Semifinal winners, 3 p.m.

 

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