Last week served as the most important in the high school volleyball season for Lackawanna Interscholastic Athletic Association schools.

First, Abington Heights seized first place in the Lackawanna League with a 3-1 win over Blue Ridge.

Nate Steenback had 18 kills and seven aces to lead Abington Heights to a 3-1 win over Blue Ridge in a battle of Lackawanna League boys volleyball unbeatens Tuesday.
Quentin Birch had 32 assists for the Comets and Collin Jenkins had seven kills and 10 digs.
Connor Cranage had 11 kills, five blocks and nine digs for Blue Ridge, and Calvin Scheideler had nine kills and six digs. Gerald Welsted had seven kills, Garrett Conklin had 20 digs and Carson Gallagher had 27 assists.

 

Blue Ridge	25	15	22	18	1
Abington Heights	17	25	25	25	3

 

 

 

 

Second, Holy Redeemer earned a measure of revenge when it defeated Delaware Valley, 3-0, to take over sole possession of first place in the Wyoming Valley Conference.

Matt Spiccioli had eight kills, Matt Albrecht had seven kills and Will Wasiakowski had six kills and 19 assists for the Royals.

 

Delaware Valley	17	20	17	0
Holy Redeemer	25	25	25	3

 

 

THE FALLOUT

 

Abington Heights earned a win in its big match, while Delaware Valley fell. The result is that there is a new No. 1 team. Abington Heights takes over the top spot, because in addition to its win over Blue Ridge, the Comets lost to Holy Redeemer, 3-1. By them capturing a game over the Royals and Delaware Valley being shutout, the two teams swap places in this week’s poll.

 

TOP 5 TEAMS

	Rank	Team	Record
	1	Abington Heights COMETS	6–2
	2	Delaware Valley WARRIORS	6–1
	3	Blue Ridge RAIDERS	6–1
	4	Western Wayne WILDCATS	6–4
	5	North Pocono TROJANS	5–2

 

STANDINGS

Lackawanna League	W	L
Abington Heights	6	0
Blue Ridge	6	1
Western Wayne	4	3
North Pocono	3	2
Forest City	2	5
Elk Lake	2	5
Mountain View	0	7
Wyoming Valley Conference	W	L
Holy Redeemer	7	0
Delaware Valley	6	1
Crestwood	4	1
Berwick	4	1
Tunkhannock	3	1
Wyoming Valley West	5	3
Hazleton Area	3	2
Dallas	3	3
Wilkes-Barre Area	3	4
Hanover Area	1	7
Nanticoke	0	6
Lake-Lehman	0	8

 

 

A LOOK AHEAD

 

TUESDAY

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Lackawanna League
Blue Ridge at Western Wayne, 6
Mountain View at Forest City, 6
North Pocono at Elk Lake, 6

 

THURSDAY

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Lackawanna League
North Pocono at Blue Ridge, 6
Elk Lake at Abington Heights, 6
Forest City at Western Wayne, 6

Wyoming Valley Conference
Hanover Area at Delaware Valley, 5:30 p.m.

 

 

2021 LEAGUE SEASON

Abington Heights	Blue Ridge	Elk Lake	Forest City
Western Wayne, W 3-1	Forest City, W 3-0	Abington Heights, L 3-0	Blue Ridge, L 3-0
Elk Lake, W 3-0	North Pocono, W 3-0	Blue Ridge, L 3-0	Mountain View, W 3-0
Forest City, W 3-0	Elk Lake, W 3-0	Forest City, L 3-0	Western Wayne, L 3-0
Mountain View, W 3-0	Western Wayne, W 3-0	Western Wayne, L 3-0	Abington Heights, L 3-0
Blue Ridge, W 3-1	Mountain View, W 3-0	Mountain View, W 3-1	Elk Lake, W 3-0
Western Wayne, W 3-0	Abington Heights, L 3-1	North Pocono, L 3-0	North Pocono, L 3-0
	Forest City, W 3-0	Mountain View, W 3-0	Blue Ridge, L 3-0

 

Mountain View	North Pocono	Western Wayne	Delaware Valley
Forest City, L 3-0	Blue Ridge, L 3-0	Abington Heights, L 3-1	Tunkhannock, W 3-1
North Pocono, L 3-0	Mountain View, W 3-0	Forest City, W 3-0	Nanticoke, W 3-0
Abington Heights, L 3-0	Western Wayne, L 3-2	Blue Ridge, L 3-0	Wilkes-Barre Area, W 3-0
Blue Ridge, L 3-0	Forest City, W 3-0	North Pocono, W 3-2	Wyoming Valley West, W 3-0
Western Wayne, L 3-0	Elk Lake, W 3-0	Elk Lake, W 3-0	Holy Redeemer, L 3-0
Elk Lake, L 3-1		Mountain View, W 3-0	Lake-Lehman, W 3-0
Elk Lake, L 3-0		Abington Heights, L 3-0	Dallas, W 3-0

 

 

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MILESTONE

 

 

Western Wayne’s Matt Henneforth scored the 500th kill of his career last week.

 

 

BY THE NUMBERS

Years			Sets	Kills
20-21	Senior	Varsity	35	130
18-19	Sophomore	Varsity	72	216
17-18	Freshman	Varsity	73	161
Totals			180	507

 

 

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DISTRICT 2 PLAYOFFS

 

Right now, there are plans to host a district postseason. Things do get a bit tricky and it is likely going to be the higher seeded team hosting all games including the championship finals, just as the girls did in the fall.

 

Here is what piaad2.org has posted

 

CLASS 3A

Since there are 5 teams in the classification, District 2 will have its own tournament. All teams will qualify and be seeded on
their power ranking. Tournaments do not count in either the power rankings or winning percentage. All matches will be
single matches and be held at the site of the higher seed.

• Quarterfinals: Wednesday, May 19 at the highest seed.
• Semifinals: Tuesday, May 25 at the site of the highest seed.
• Championship: Thursday, May 27
• Note: The first round of the state tournament will be June 1, quarterfinals are scheduled for June 5, semifinals
  will be on June 8 and the finals will be on June 12 at Rec Hall on the campus of Penn State at 1 p.m.

 

STANDINGS

Courtesy piaad2.org

 

	School	W	L	T	Rating	TWP	OWP	Games Sch(Left)
1	Abington Heights	6-	2-	0	0.681725	0.730769	0.611150	14(6)
2	Delaware Valley	6-	1-	0	0.680040	0.848921	0.437016	12(5)
3	Wyoming Valley West	5-	4-	0	0.506573	0.546961	0.448454	12(3)
4	Hazleton	3-	2-	0	0.472566	0.595960	0.295000	12(7)-PP=1
5	Wilkes-Barre	3-	5-	0	0.404290	0.365385	0.460276	11(3)

 

 

 

 

CLASS 2A

District 2 is in a subregional with District 1 — Dock Mennonite and District 11 — Bethlehem Catholic and Southern Lehigh.

In order to qualify for the playoffs a team must either finish in the Top 8 ranked teams OR have a .500 winning percentage in either the league or overall record. Tournaments do not count in the power ranking or winning percentage. A minimum of 8 teams would qualify for the subregional, but the potential for more teams qualifying exists if they finish above .500.
With the completion of all league schedules by May 13th, the volleyball committee recommended spreading the tournament out over two weeks.

• First round: Monday, May 17 at the higher seeds and will be
  announced by the Volleyball Committee by Friday, May 14.
• Quarterfinals:  Wednesday, May 19 and will be held at the site of the highest seed.
• Semifinals: Tuesday, May 25 at the site of the highest seeds.
• Championship: Thursday, May 27 at the site of the highest remaining seed.
• Third-place: Since District 1-2-11 will send 3 teams into the state tournament, a third-place match will be held May
  27 at the site of the highest remaining seed.

 

STANDINGS

Courtesy piaad2.org

2A School  W  L  T  Rating  TWP  OWP  Games Sch(Left) 1 Dock Mennonite Academy 13- 0- 0  0.767539  1.000000  0.433023  20(7) 2 Holy Redeemer 9- 1- 0  0.742847  0.895000  0.523896  16(6) 3 Blue Ridge 6- 1- 0  0.675998  0.857143  0.415326  12(5) 4 Tunkhannock 3- 1- 0  0.627184  0.756410  0.441224  11(7)-PP=1 5 Berwick Area 4- 1- 0  0.596479  0.783505  0.327343  11(6) 6 North Pocono 5- 2- 0  0.591918  0.697842  0.439490  16(9) 7 Western Wayne 6- 4- 0  0.574212  0.587629  0.554906  18(8) 8 Crestwood 4- 4- 0  0.505298  0.487805  0.530472  14(6) 9 Southern Lehigh (SR=11) 4- 6- 0  0.460029  0.414141  0.526062  15(5) 10 Dallas 3- 3- 0  0.424524  0.483051  0.340302  11(5) 11 Forest City Regional 2- 5- 0  0.391774  0.269504  0.567723  12(5) 12 Bethlehem Catholic (SR=11) 2- 9- 0  0.363152  0.197183  0.601985  16(5) 13 Elk Lake 2- 5- 0  0.344734  0.269504  0.452991  12(5) 14 Hanover Area (2) 1- 7- 0  0.284856  0.117284  0.525997  11(3) 15 Greater Nanticoke Area 0- 7- 0  0.267121  0.000000  0.651515  11(4) 16 Lake Lehman 0- 8- 0  0.236319  0.000000  0.576389  13(5) 17 Mountain View 0- 7- 0  0.216967  0.000000  0.529187  12(5)

 

GREEN: Clinched playoff berth

 

 

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