Well, the State Championships have come and gone for High School basketball. Now there's still the Senior all-star games left but high school basketball has come to an end for this season. When the season started on December 9th, the blog hit several milestones and I covered 32 basketball games. All of which had interesting things about them that made each game unique. Now with all this being said, let's delve into the season and the milestones this blog had along the way.
HOLY REDEEMER BOYS AND GIRLS TAKE DISTRICT TITLES
The boys started off the weekend taking the District 2 3A Title in a dramatic victory. Then on Saturday, the girls would take on undefeated Dunmore and would take the victory 51-38.
SCRANTON PREP BOYS THREE-PEAT
The Scranton Prep boys took their third straight District title with a 64-45 victory over GAR. However, they had to fight to get into the Title game. Down 24 points to Nanticoke in the third quarter, they made a furious comeback and took the victory in double overtime and advanced to the title game.
ABINGTON HEIGHTS GIRLS AND BOYS REPEAT AS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
The boys played Friday night and shot lights out against West Scranton and blew them out for their 3rd consecutive District Championship. The Girls played Saturday evening and squeaked out a 32-30 victory over Valley West to take their 2nd straight championship. The Abington Heights boys made a big run in the State Playoffs, losing to Archbishop Wood in the 5A Final Four.
THE NANTICOKE TROJANS' MAGICAL RUN
Not many gave Nanticoke a chance to get into the State Playoffs after how they lost to Scranton Prep. One would have thought they wouldn't be up for the third place game but they proved everyone wrong and took the victory over Meyers 57-46. They ended playing Bethlehem Catholic, the District 11 Champion and the site was practically a home game for the District 11 champions. Not many gave the Trojans a shot, but even after a bad third quarter, the Trojans made a comeback and ended up taking the victory 58-56. Nanticoke then outplayed Conwell-Egan and advanced to the quarterfinals 62-54. They then played West Philadelphia, a school out of District 12 and they would shoot lights out and advance to the Final Four with a 78-62 victory. Afterwards the Trojans players came into the stands and celebrated with their fans. They would fall to Imhotep Charter in the 4A Final Four but their run was one of the most impressive things I saw this season. Every player on the Trojans contributed to their run throughout the playoffs
NEPA SportsPage hits 1,000 followers on Twitter
Right around December, I noticed how close I was to 1,000 followers on Twitter and I was hoping I would get that. I ended up getting 1,000 followers in early January and now have over 1,100. Something I didn't think I'd hit for a very long time. I'm thankful for everyone who reads the blog, likes the page on Facebook and follows me on Twitter.
Other News
Well, with High School Basketball over, I will now be focused on High School Baseball and Softball as well as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders. So there will be at least one post up per day, with having either a High School game being covered or a SWB Railriders game covered. My hope is to do a college game or two but we'll see how that goes. My SWB Coverage will have an MLB Scoreboard on the bottom as well as an International League Scoreboard with up-to-date standings.
SPECIAL THANKS
Before I finish this up, I have some people I want to thank. I want to thank my fiancé for travel to the games and my dad for the trip to Bethlehem Freedom for the Nanticoke/West Philadelphia game. I also want to thank all of you for reading and following all along the way. I've enjoyed doing and I hope you've enjoyed reading.
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