Lake-Lehman moved back to the top of the Small School girls portion of the rankings when the final Riverfront Sports Super Six Track and Field Power Rankings of District 2 teams were released late Monday night. The Lady Knights joined the three other district champions in the top spots in the rankings. Class 3A district champions, the Valley View boys and Abington Heights girls, hold the final No. 1 Big School spots. The Comets moved to the top of the Big School girls rankings in the last set of rankings before the district and state meets. Class 2A champion Mid Valley leads the Small School b ..read more

By Tom Robinson, NEPASportsNation.com SCRANTON – The Valley View boys, Abington Heights girls, Mid Valley boys and Lake-Lehman girls took similar approaches to landing on top of the final team standings at the District 2 Track and Field Championships May 15-16 at Scranton Memorial Stadium. The Cougars, Comets, Spartans and Lady Knights all wound up winning the standings races despite having an opponent that won as many or more of the events. The biggest individual stars in District 2 track this season resided elsewhere, but the four championship teams used the same ability to score points acro ..read more

By Tom Robinson, NEPASportsNation.com UPDATED: 8:46 p.m. SHIPPENSBURG – Susquehanna, with Tatum Norris doing all the work, led all District 2 schools in team scoring at the state meet. The Lady Sabers finished third in Class 2A girls, one year after Norris produced all the points needed for a state championship. Susquehanna now has a first-, second- and third-place finish as a team at the state track meet. The second-place finish was also the result of one outstanding athlete – Teresa Covert. Hazleton Area and North Pocono tied for the best boys team finish, coming in 15th in Class 3A. Crestwo ..read more

Pictured above: Wyoming Area’s Drew Mruk, competing in District 2 Championships last week, is the top seed in the javelin as he pursues a second state title. (Tim Drewes Photo) By Tom Robinson, NEPASportsNation.com FINAL UPDATE SHIPPENSBURG – Hazleton Area’s Matthew Cusatis and Susquehanna’s Tatum Norris were not taking success in this year’s state meet for granted. Norris won three medals last season, including two golds and a silver. Cusatis won two medals in Class 3A, including a silver. Cusatis repeated his silver in the triple jump despite fouling on five of his six attempts. “This year ..read more

CLASS 3A Final Team Scores Place Team Points   1 Abington Heights 103½   2 Dallas   80   3 Wyoming Area   72   4 North Pocono   59   5 Wallenpaupack   54   6 Pittston Area   47   7 Crestwood   44   8 Hazleton Area   41   9 Honesdale   38 10 Delaware Valley   33 11 Scranton   23 11 Nanticoke   23 13 West Scranton   21 13 Tunkhannock   21 15 Berwick   18 16 Valley View   14 17 Wyoming Valley West     9 18 Scranton Prep   ..read more

Day 2 District 2 Track Championship 2023 Photo Gallery by Tim Drewes 5/16/23 ..read more

Pictured above: Wyoming Area’s Drew Mruk, the 2022 District 2 and state javelin champion, won the district Class 3A title Tuesday. (Tim Drewes Photo) By Tom Robinson, NEPASportsNation.com UPDATED: 11:34 p.m. SCRANTON – A review of the Tuesday late-session events on the track, beginning with those at 5:30 p.m., following the break. Action resumed on the track with the 400-meter dash. North Pocono’s Colin Kravitz and Honesdale’s Rachael Collins repeated as Class 3A champions while Holy Redeemer’s Jacob Hunter and Avery Kozerski won the Class 2A titles. Wyoming Area’s Madelyn Keating capped a rar ..read more

Pictured above: Montrose’s Chloe Diaz won the 100-meter hurdles Monday. (Tim Drewes Photo) By Tom Robinson, NEPASportsNation.com SCRANTON – In many ways, the District 2 Track and Field Championships were just getting started Monday. Just one-third of the events were completed in Class 3A and a little more than that in Class 2A. But, Wyoming Area’s Madelyn Keating is already well on her way to another big meet in the Mississippi State-bound distance runner’s final appearance at Memorial Stadium. Keating emerged from Monday’s action as the only athlete with two gold medals. There was nothing sto ..read more

CLASS 3A Team Scores Place Team Points   1 Abington Heights 30   2 Hazleton Area 28½   3 Valley View 25   4 Scranton 22   5 Wilkes-Barre Area 19½   6 Dallas 17   6 Crestwood 17   8 Delaware Valley 14   9 North Pocono 13   9 Wyoming Area 13 11 Honesdale 11 12 Wallenpaupack   7 12 Pittston Area   7 14 Berwick   6 15 Wyoming Valley West   2 15 West Scranton   2 Monday’s event results 3200 relay – 1, Abington Heights (Jack Sorensen, Sean Rooney, Nicholas Booth, Colin Donahoe), 8:05 ..read more

CLASS 3A Team Scores Place Team Points   1 Dallas 33   2 Wyoming Area 28   3 North Pocono 25   4 Wallenpaupack 23   4 Abington Heights 23   6 Hazleton Area 20   7 Crestwood 18   8 Delaware Valley 15   9 Nanticoke   9   9 Wyoming Valley West   9 11 Scranton   7 12 Berwick   6 13 Honesdale   5 14 West Scranton   4 14 Pittston Area   4 16 Valley View   3 17 Tunkhannock   2 Monday’s event results 3200 relay – 1, Wyoming Area (Hannah Stoss, Nina Angeli, El ..read more