If all goes well, the most anticipated boys volleyball match of the Lackawanna League season is scheduled for Tuesday night.

Abington Heights spring sports teams have been on pause since last week due to COVID-19 situations. However, athletics are scheduled to resume Tuesday.

So, let’s hope for the best.

Blue Ridge, the defending champion from the 2019 season, visits Abington Heights, this season’s preseason favorite. Both teams are undefeated in the league.

 

 

 

 

LACKAWANNA LEAGUE

 

BLUE RIDGE

at

ABINGTON HEIGHTS

Tuesday, 6 p.m.

Abington Heights Elementary School

 

NOTEWORTHY

• Abington Heights is the last team to defeat Blue Ridge in the Lackawanna League. The Comets won that match, 3-1, in 2019. Blue Ridge has won nine straight since that defeat.
• So far in 2020, both teams have lived up to preseason expectations. Blue Ridge is 5-0, while Abington Heights is 4-0.
• Both have each only dropped one set. Abington Heights defeated Western Wayne, 3-1, while Blue Ridge beat North Pocono, 3-1.

 

 

 

 

WYOMING VALLEY CONFERENCE

Then, the top two teams in the Wyoming Valley Conference collide.

 

HOLY REDEEMER

at 

DELAWARE VALLEY

Thursday, 5:30 p.m.

Delaware Valley High School

NOTEWORTHY

• Delaware Valley snapped a stretch of five straight titles and a 78-match conference winning streak for Holy Redeemer with a 3-0 win in 2019.
• Holy Redeemer’s Matt Spiccioli leads the WVC with 49 kills, Matt Prociak has 12 blocks, Will Wasiakowski has a WVC-best 110 assists.
• Holy Redeemer has won all of its WVC matches by 3-0 scores.

 

 

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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

3A	School	W	L	T	Rating	TWP	OWP	Games Sch(Left)
1	Delaware Valley	4-	0-	0	0.724019	1.000000	0.326877	12(8)
2	Abington Heights	4-	0-	0	0.720143	1.000000	0.317422	14(10)
3	Hazleton	3-	1-	0	0.523173	0.737500	0.214751	7(3)-PP=5
4	Wyoming Valley West	3-	3-	0	0.456916	0.483051	0.419306	12(6)
5	Wilkes-Barre	1-	4-	0	0.386566	0.191919	0.666667	11(6)

 

 

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	9-	0-	0	0.768659	1.000000	0.435754	20(11)
2	Holy Redeemer	6-	0-	0	0.736981	1.000000	0.358491	16(10)
3	Blue Ridge	5-	0-	0	0.719833	1.000000	0.316667	12(7)
4	Tunkhannock	3-	1-	0	0.618964	0.756410	0.421176	13(9)
5	Western Wayne	5-	3-	0	0.613224	0.608974	0.619339	18(10)
6	Berwick Area	4-	1-	0	0.585268	0.783505	0.300000	11(6)
7	Crestwood	4-	3-	0	0.544376	0.559441	0.522698	14(7)
8	Southern Lehigh (SR=11)	4-	4-	0	0.515183	0.518987	0.509709	15(7)
9	Forest City Regional	2-	3-	0	0.448583	0.383838	0.541752	12(7)
10	Bethlehem Catholic (SR=11)	2-	6-	0	0.441141	0.269231	0.688525	16(8)-PP=3
11	Dallas	2-	2-	0	0.424304	0.475000	0.351351	11(7)
12	North Pocono	1-	2-	0	0.417704	0.311475	0.570571	17(14)
13	Elk Lake	0-	4-	0	0.292582	0.000000	0.713615	12(8)
14	Lake Lehman	0-	5-	0	0.289412	0.000000	0.705882	13(8)
15	Greater Nanticoke Area	0-	6-	0	0.283260	0.000000	0.690878	11(5)
16	Mountain View	0-	4-	0	0.282417	0.000000	0.688822	12(8)
17	Hanover Area (2)	0-	5-	0	0.246318	0.000000	0.600775	11(6)

 

 

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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
	Mountain View, W 3-0		Elk Lake, W 3-0

Mountain View	North Pocono	Western Wayne	Delaware Valley* WVC
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		North Pocono, W 3-2	Wyoming Valley West, W 3-0
		Elk Lake, W 3-0

 

 

TOP 5 TEAMS

	Rank	Team	Record
	1	Delaware Valley WARRIORS	4–0
	2	Abington Heights COMETS	4–0
	3	Blue Ridge RAIDERS	5–0
	4	Western Wayne WILDCATS	3–2
	5	North Pocono TROJANS	1–2

 

 

STANDINGS

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

 

A LOOK AHEAD

 

TUESDAY

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

 

WEDNESDAY

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Wyoming Valley Conference
Delaware Valley at Crestwood, 5:30 p.m.

 

THURSDAY

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

Wyoming Valley Conference
Holy Redeemer at Delaware Valley, 5:30 p.m.

 

 

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