Solving the Scenarios

Well the end of the regular season is upon us. Some teams have already punched their ticket into next week and some need wins in the finale. Some of those teams in the playoffs are also fighting for seeding in the District 2 Tournament which starts next week. Well, with that being said, let's go into the scenarios

6A
-All teams make the postseason, and all are fighting for seeding.

-Scranton and Hazleton Area have clinched the 3 and 4 seeds in the 6A playoffs

-Williamsport and Delaware Valley have clinched home games

-Williamsport can clinch home field advantage throughout the District 2 playoffs with a win over Berwick or a Delaware Valley loss

-Delaware Valley can clinch the top seed with a victory over Abington Heights and a Williamsport loss

5A
-All 3 make the playoffs, top seed gets the bye

-Wallenpaupack has clinched the 3rd seed

-Valley West can clinch the top seed with a victory over Coughlin or an Abington Heights loss.

-Abington Heights can get the top seed with a victory or a Valley West loss

4A
-8 teams make the playoffs

-North Pocono, Wyoming Area, Berwick, Valley View, Coughlin, and West Scranton have clinched playoff spots.

-Crestwood can clinch with a win over Hazleton Area or a Pittston Area/Tunkhannock loss.

-Pittston Area can clinch a playoff spot with a victory over Wyoming Area with a win or Tunkhannock loss

-Tunkhannock can clinch a playoff spot with a victory over Northwest or a Pittston Area loss.

-North Pocono can clinch the No 1 seed with a win or a Wyoming Area loss.

-Wyoming Area can clinch the No 1 seed with a win and a North Pocono loss.

-Wyoming Area clinches the No 2 seed with a win

-Berwick cannot go higher than the No 3 seed, however will clinch the No 3 seed with a win.

-Valley View clinches the No 3 seed with a win and a Berwick loss.

-Coughlin cannot go lower than the No 6 seed.


3A
-Scranton Prep has clinched home field throughout the District 2 playoffs.

-Every team except for Holy Redeemer is still alive for a District 2 playoff spot.

2A
-Dunmore, Lakeland, Riverside and Mid Valley have clinched playoff spots

-Dunmore has clinched the top seed.

-Lakeland has clinched the No 2 seed.

-Riverside clinches the No 3 seed with a victory.

-Mid Valley clinches the No 3 seed with a victory over Lakeland and a Riverside loss.

A
-Lackawanna Trail and Northwest have clinched spots in the District Championship game.

-Northwest would clinch home field in Title game with a win over Tunkhannock

-Lackawanna Trail would clinch home field with a win over Montrose and a Northwest loss.

Week 7 Review

With 2 weeks left, several teams have clinched their spots in the playoffs whereas some teams are packing it up in two weeks when the season ends. Some teams in the final two weeks are still fighting to get in or are now fighting for seeding especially in 4A where 8 teams make it.

LAKELAND TAKES RAILRIDERS BOWL
Lakeland took down Old Forge 44-14 on Saturday night at PNC Field. Cyril Babcanec ran for 137 yards and 2 TDs and Mike Lowry ran in for 3 TDs. Both received the MVP Award. With the Old Forge loss, Northwest would need a win to clinch a spot in the A Championship Game.

VALLEY VIEW UPSETS NORTH POCONO
Valley View came to North Pocono and took the victory 12-7 to go to 4-4 on the season. Evan Carey ran in for a touchdown and Chandler Fuller threw a TD pass to Jake Osborne. Evan Carey also had an interception on defense.

CRESTWOOD TAKES DOWN HANOVER AREA
Lance Blass ran for 325 yards and 4 TDs as Crestwood took down the Hawkeyes 28-20. Crestwood has Valley West and Hazleton Area left and currently have the 7th seed in the 4A playoffs with Pittston Area and Tunkhannock trailing them for the final playoff spot.

VALLEY WEST TAKES DOWN THE BULLDOGS
Valley West came back from 14-0 down to take down Berwick 48-24. Aaron Austin ran for 126 yards and 3 TDs and Sean Judge ran for 142 yards and 3 TDs. Valley West has Crestwood and Coughlin remaining, if they are to win out, they can clinch a spot in the 5A District 2 Championship Game.

NORTHWEST SNEAKS PAST GAR
Jake Anderson ran for 171 yards and 3 TDs as Northwest got past GAR 20-17. If Northwest wins next week, they can clinch a spot in the District 2 A Championship game.

COLLEGE ROUNDUP
Delaware Valley took down Wilkes 52-10. Ryan Dailey threw for 215 yards and a touchdown pass to Zach Bogoly for Wilkes' only touchdown.

West Chester took down Bloomsburg 27-7. Duffy Gilhool threw a 16 yard touchdown pass to Hazleton Area grad Chad Hoffman for the Huskie' lone score.

DISTRICT 2 STANDINGS
6A
1 Williamsport 7-1 880 Pts
2 Delaware Valley 6-2 800 Pts
3 Scranton 3-5 310 Pts
4 Hazleton Area 1-7 110 Pts

5A
1 Valley West 6-2 780 Pts
2 Abington Heights 5-3 640 Pts
3 Wallenpaupack 3-5 310 Pts

4A
1 Wyoming Area 7-1 920 Pts
2 North Pocono 6-2 900 Pts
3 Berwick 5-3 630 Pts
4 Valley View 4-4 580 Pts
5 West Scranton 4-4 550 Pts
6 Coughlin 4-4 480 Pts
7 Crestwood 3-5 370 Pts
8 Pittston Area 2-6 240 Pts

9 Tunkhannock 2-6 220 Pts
10 Dallas 1-7 120 Pts
11 Honesdale 0-8 0 Pts

3A
1 Scranton Prep 7-1 1010 Pts
2 Lake-Lehman 5-3 650 Pts
3 Western Wayne 5-3 610 Pts
4 Meyers 5-3 590 Pts

5 Hanover Area 4-4 540 Pts
6 GAR 3-5 400 Pts
7 Nanticoke 3-5 390 Pts
8 Holy Redeemer 1-7 80 Pts

2A
1 Dunmore 8-0 1100 Pts
2 Lakeland 7-1 930 Pts
3 Riverside 5-3 590 Pts
4 Mid Valley 4-4 450 Pts

5 Susquehanna 3-5 360 Pts
6 Carbondale 3-5 360 Pts
7 Montrose 1-7 90 Pts

A
1 Lackawanna Trail 6-2 810 Pts
2 Northwest 5-3 760 Pts

3 Old Forge 3-5 400 Pts
4 Holy Cross 0-8 0 Pts

Coming into Place

The playoff picture is looking to become much more clearer as we head toward the end of the regular season. With some teams making the playoffs automatically, most are just playing for seeding. In 4A's case, all of the above .500 teams will make the playoffs and some are interesting like A, 2A and 3A. A gets only 2 and 2A and 3A get 4. With that being said, here are a few highlights from this past weekend and the standings will be at the end.

DELAWARE VALLEY KNOCKS OFF UNBEATEN WILLIAMSPORT
Delaware Valley knocked off Williamsport from the rank of unbeaten with a 42-40 victory on Saturday afternoon. Ryan Obiso ran for 194 yards and 4 touchdowns, the last one being the game-winning score. Matt Cavallaro threw for 275 yards for Delaware Valley.

VALLEY WEST TAKES TOP SPOT IN 5A
Jake Gurtis kicked a 37 yard field goal as time expired to give the Spartans a 23-20 victory over Abington Heights and gets them the top spot in 5A at the moment. Aaron Austin rushed for 127 yards and a score and threw for 106 yards for the Spartans.

LACKAWANNA TRAIL TAKES DOWN OLD FORGE
Thomas Huffsmith ran for 106 yards and a touchdown as the Lions took down Old Forge 17-8. Nathan Rolka also scored a touchdown for Lackawanna Trail.

NORTH POCONO BLOWS OUT WESTERN WAYNE
Matt Craig ran for 73 yards and 2 touchdowns as North Pocono took down Western Wayne 51-12. Tyler Musgrave ran for 98 yards and a touchdown for the Trojans.

NORTHWEST TAKES DOWN THE HAWKEYES
Dave Piestrak scored on a 1 yard run with 10.7 seconds left as the Rangers took down Hanover Area 28-22. Jake Anderson ran for 153 yards and a touchdown for the Rangers.

COLLEGE ROUNDUP
-King's took Misericordia 42-35. Zach Whitehead threw for 355 yards and 3 TDs and ran for 99 yards and 2 TDs. Brandon Leap threw for 2 TDs and Clayton Vleck ran in for 2 scores.

-Bloomsburg fell to Kutztown 34-24. Chris Palubinsky passed for 267 yards and a touchdown and Lawrence Elliott Jr rushed for 2 TDs.

-Penn State beat Maryland 38-14. Saquon Barkley rushed for 202 yards and a touchdown and Trace McSorley threw for 152 yards and 2 touchdowns and also ran another one in.

District 2 Standings
6A
1 Williamsport 6-1 730 Pts
2 Delaware Valley 5-2 620 Pts
3 Scranton 3-4 290 Pts
4 Hazleton Area 0-7 0 Pts

5A
1 Valley West 5-2 620 Pts
2 Abington Heights 4-3 470 Pts
3 Wallenpaupack 3-4 300 Pts

4A
1 North Pocono 6-1 870 Pts
2 Wyoming Area 6-1 800 Pts
3 Berwick 5-2 600 Pts
4 Coughlin 4-3 460 Pts
5 West Scranton 3-4 450 Pts
6 Valley View 3-4 390 Pts
7 Crestwood 2-5 230 Pts
8 Tunkhannock 2-5 220 Pts

9 Pittston Area 1-6 120 Pts
10 Dallas 1-6 110 Pts
11 Honesdale 0-7 0 Pts

3A
1 Scranton Prep 6-1 830 Pts
2 Western Wayne 5-2 600 Pts
3 Lake-Lehman 4-3 530 Pts
4 Hanover Area 4-3 520 Pts

5 Meyers 4-3 460 Pts
6 Nanticoke 3-4 380 Pts
7 GAR 3-4 380 Pts
8 Holy Redeemer 1-6 80 Pts

2A
1 Dunmore 7-0 920 Pts
2 Lakeland 6-1 770 Pts
3 Riverside 4-3 500 Pts
4 Mid Valley 4-3 440 Pts

5 Susquehanna 3-4 350 Pts
6 Carbondale 2-5 250 Pts
7 Montrose 1-6 90 Pts

A
1 Lackawanna Trail 650 Pts
2 Northwest 4-3 600 Pts

3 Old Forge 3-4 390 Pts
4 Holy Cross 0-7 0 Pts

Upsets and Changes at the top

Week 6 came as a surprise to me on a few games. Nanticoke beating Crestwood just came as a major surprise to me, but well I was proven wrong. West Scranton knocking off North Pocono also came as a major surprise as well despite some controversy. In another game I found interesting that I didn't expect was Riverside knocking off Old Forge. Now with District 2 A, only 2 teams will be in the playoffs and currently Old Forge is third and 50 points behind Northwest. Some interesting matchups next week with Williamsport taking on Del Val. Abington Heights hosting Valley West which might determine who gets the bye in 5A. North Pocono takes on Western Wayne who are coming in with 5-1 records. Lake-Lehman and Nanticoke are playing on Thursday and are both 3-3 and can mix up the District 2 3A race. Meyers takes on Coughlin in a crossover matchup.

WEST SCRANTON UPSETS NO 1 NORTH POCONO
West Scranton knocked off top ranked North Pocono 27-20. Tamon Brown ran for 275 yards and 4 touchdowns in West Scranton's upset win. It looked like North Pocono could have tied it in the final minutes but the refs ruled the pass incomplete, I saw the play and I thought the refs made the right call because it looked like the ball hit the ground first and he didn't have possession.

NANTICOKE KNOCKS OFF CRESTWOOD
In one of the more surprising games, Nanticoke beat Crestwood on Friday night 25-22. Justin Casey caught a touchdown pass and also returned a fumble for the touchdown. I was impressed by Nanticoke overall, they are a young team that hopefully can get better.

SCRANTON PREP SQUEAKS BY VALLEY VIEW
Ricky Morgan ran for 91 yards and a touchdown and Jake Ryan also ran in for a touchdown as they knocked off Valley View 12-8.

MEYERS GETS PAST DALLAS
Kenny Macko kicked a game-winning FG with 43 seconds left to knock off Dallas 36-35. Janssen Wilborn ran for 126 yards and 2 TDs, he also threw 2 touchdown passes to Willie Wallace in the Mohawks victory.

WYOMING AREA BEATS HANOVER AREA
Brandon Charney ran for 92 yards and a touchdown and PJ Angeli threw a touchdown pass and also had the game-sealing interception as Wyoming Area got back in the win column.

COLLEGE ROUNDUP
King's fell to Albright 27-7. Zach Whitehead ran in for King's only touchdown of the day. Brandon Gonzalez had an INT for King's.

Wilkes lost to FDU-Florham 32-28. Ryan Dailey threw for 258 yards and 3 touchdowns. Garrett Armstrong caught 5 balls for 87 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Misericordia fell to Stevenson 48-0.

Bloomsburg knocked off Millersville 29-15 to go to 4-1 on the season and 2-0 in PSAC play. Lawrence Elliott Jr ran for 130 yards and 2 touchdowns and Chris Palubinsky threw for 236 yards and a touchdown.

Penn State knocked off Minnesota in overtime 29-26. Saquon Barkley ran in the game-winning score after Minnesota kicked a field goal on the opening possession of overtime. Trace McSorley threw for 335 yards and a touchdown to Irvin Charles. McSorley also ran in for a score.

District 2 Standings
6A
1 Williamsport 6-0 700 Pts
2 Delaware Valley 4-2 440 Pts
3 Scranton 2-4 180 Pts
4 Hazleton Area 0-6 0 Pts

5A
1 Abington Heights 4-2 460 Pts
2 Valley West 4-2 460 Pts
3 Wallenpaupack 2-4 200 Pts

4A
1 North Pocono 5-1 700 Pts
2 Wyoming Area 5-1 640 Pts
3 Berwick 4-2 470 Pts
4 West Scranton 3-3 420 Pts
5 Coughlin 3-3 320 Pts
6 Valley View 2-4 260 Pts
7 Tunkhannock 2-4 220 Pts
8 Pittston Area 1-5 120 Pts

9 Crestwood 1-5 110 Pts
10 Dallas 1-5 110 Pts
11 Honesdale 0-6 0 Pts

3A
1 Scranton Prep 5-1 680 Pts
2 Western Wayne 5-1 590 Pts
3 Hanover Area 4-2 500 Pts
4 Meyers 4-2 460 Pts

5 Lake-Lehman 3-3 400 Pts
6 Nanticoke 3-3 370 Pts
7 GAR 3-3 370 Pts
8 Holy Redeemer 1-5 80 Pts

2A
1 Dunmore 6-0 770 Pts
2 Lakeland 5-1 600 Pts
3 Riverside 4-2 490 Pts
4 Susquehanna 3-3 340 Pts

5 Mid Valley 3-3 320 Pts
6 Carbondale 1-5 160 Pts
7 Montrose 1-5 90 Pts

A
1 Lackawanna Trail 4-2 490 Pts
2 Northwest 3-3 430 Pts

3 Old Forge 3-3 380 Pts
4 Holy Cross 0-6 0 Pts