New Season and Changes

Greetings everyone! Welcome to the start of the 2018-2019 High School Sports season. As with the start of another two year cycle, there is plenty of movement in the classifications and different formats for playoffs in High School Football. Another change is that every sport will be seeded by a power rating system. With that being said, here is the playoff format for each classification and who is in the classification.

6A
Teams:
Hazleton Area
Williamsport (District 4)
Delaware Valley
Scranton

Playoff Format and Changes: Williamsport's appearance makes this District playoffs a Subregional. All four teams make the playoffs regardless of record. This is one of two classifications that didn't see any changes to their format or teams.

5A
Teams:
Valley West
Wallenpaupack
East Stroudsburg South (District 11)
East Stroudsburg North (District 11)
Pocono Mountain East (District 11)
Whitehall (District 11)
Southern Lehigh (District 11)

Playoff Format and Changes: Abington Heights dropped to 4A which turned 5A into a two team classification in District 2. 5A is in a subregional with District 11 which has five teams in the classification. Regardless of District, four teams make the Subregional. If no District 2 teams make the subregional, they will both face off in a District Championship game. If one team qualifies for the Subregional, they will be automatically the District Champion. If both District 2 teams qualify, they will match up in the semifinal to determine the District Champ.

4A
Teams:
North Pocono
West Scranton
Crestwood
Coughlin
Dallas
Honesdale
Tunkhannock
Berwick
Valley View
Abington Heights
Pittston Area
Nanticoke
Montrose

Playoff Format and Changes: Eight out of 13 teams qualify in the District 2 4A Playoffs. Abington Heights dropped from 5A to 4A. Nanticoke and Montrose moved up from 3A to 4A.

3A
Teams:
Western Wayne
Lake-Lehman
GAR
Lakeland
Hanover Area
Holy Redeemer
Scranton Prep
Meyers
Wyoming Area

Playoff Format and Changes: Eight out of nine teams qualify in the District 2 3A Playoffs. This is a change from four teams that qualified over the last two years. Wyoming Area drops from 4A to 3A. Lakeland moves up from 2A to 3A.

2A
Teams:
Riverside
Dunmore
Susquehanna
Carbondale
Mid Valley

Playoff Format and Changes: Four out of five teams qualify in the District 2 2A Playoffs. No notable changes of teams moving into 2A.

A
Teams:
Lackawanna Trail
Old Forge
Northwest
Holy Cross

Playoff Format and Changes: Two out of four teams qualify for the Single-A District Championship. No changes were made in the format or teams from the last two years.

That will do it for this week's article, I hope you enjoyed it. Stay tuned as there will be a Week 1 preview as well as a game blog on Friday. So with that, I bid you all a good day.