There is no way that the schedule-makers who have to come up with the matrix for a two-year cycle a year in advance could have foreseen the way the 2019 season is playing out, but they sure did things right.

This week the Wyoming Valley Conference and the Lackawanna League will conclude their regular seasons and the top two teams in both will go head-to-head in the finales.

First, Delaware Valley (10-0) and the No. 1 team in The Times-Tribune Boys Volleyball Top 5, will play at Holy Redeemer (10-0) the perennial champion of the WVC and winners of 77 straight in the regular season. That match is Wednesday at Holy Redeemer.

Then, Blue Ridge (8-1) will take on Forest City (9-1) on Thursday in a rematch of an earlier showdown which Blue Ridge won 3-0.

 

Here’s a closer look: 

 

 

WYOMING VALLEY CONFERENCE

 

 

 

DELAWARE VALLEY

AT

HOLY REDEEMER

Wednesday

 

 

DELAWARE VALLEY LEADERS

Blake Gearhart	Jackson Shafer	Thomas Raniero
199 Kills	149 Kills	355 Assists

 

 

 

HOLY REDEEMER LEADERS

Jared Piontkowski	George Beck	Nate Roppelt
192 Kills	270 Assists	122 Points

 

 

 

 

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LACKAWANNA LEAGUE

 

 

FOREST CITY

AT

BLUE RIDGE

Thursday

 

 

THE LAST TIME. …

 

Ben Bleck had 24 assists and eight digs and Cameron Franks had 15 kills, 14 digs and 12 points to lead Blue Ridge to a 3-0 win over Forest City boys volleyball match between the two Lackawanna League leaders Tuesday.
Bobby Reynolds had 15 digs and seven points and Garrett Conklin had 26 digs for the Raiders (6-0).
Nicholas Andrews had seven points, seven digs and nine assists for Forest City (5-1), Matthew Giles had eight kills, Brady Hentschel had seven points and five aces and Carmine Gigliotti had seven digs.

 

 

	Blue Ridge (6-0)	25	25	25
	Forest City (5-1)	22	16	17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TOP 5 POLL

 

 

Here is The Times-Tribune High School Volleyball Top 5 for Week 4. Blue Ridge’s win over Forest City caused a flip-flop among the No. 2 and No. 3 teams.

 

 

 

	Rank	Team	League	Overall
	1	Delaware Valley WARRIORS	10–0	11–0
	2	Blue Ridge RAIDERS	9–1	9–1
	3	Forest City FORESTERS	9–1	9–1
	4	Abington Heights COMETS	6–4	6–5
	5	Susquehanna SABERS	6–5	6-5

 

 

 

 

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DISTRICT 2

 

 

Here is a look at the Power Rating standings as of May 2 courtesy of piaad2.org. They do not reflect results from matches played Friday, May 3.

 

 

CLASS 2A

 

 

CLASS 3A

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE

 

 

MONDAY

Wyoming Valley Conference
Dallas at Delaware Valley

 

 

TUESDAY

Lackawanna League
Mountain View at Blue Ridge
Abington Heights at Western Wayne
Elk Lake at Forest City

 

 

WEDNESDAY

Wyoming Valley Conference
Delaware Valley at Holy Redeemer

 

 

THURSDAY

Lackawanna League
Forest City at Blue Ridge
Susquehanna at Western Wayne
Abington Heights at Mountain View

 

 

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