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12/26/2025

🚨 SCHEDULE UPDATE – TURONIS TOURNAMENT ❄️

The Turonis Tournament has been moved to Sunday, Dec. 28 and Tuesday, Dec. 30.

SUNDAY (Dec. 28)
🏀 5:00 PM – Valley View vs Lakeland
🏀 6:30 PM – Mid Valley vs Carbondale Area

TUESDAY (Dec. 30)
🏀 5:00 PM – Consolation Game
🏀 6:30 PM – Championship Game

Please continue to monitor for updates and stay safe.

12/26/2025

🚨 SCHEDULE UPDATE – TAYLOR LIONS CLUB TOURNAMENT ❄️🏀

Friday (12/26) games are postponed due to weather.
➡️ First Round: Sunday
➡️ Consolation & Championship: Tuesday at 6:00 PM & 7:30 PM
📍Riverside High School

Please continue to check back for updates.

❄️ Stay safe!

12/26/2025

🚨 DISTRICT 2 IS ON THE STATE STAGE 🚨

Six of NEPA’s finest have earned Mini Maxwell recognition, placing them among the top 55 high school football players in Pennsylvania and in the running for State Player of the Year honors.

🏆 District 2 Mini Maxwell Recipients
• Nick Bradley — Abington Heights
• Ty Wilkerson — Berwick
• Mike Iuzzolino — Delaware Valley
• Brody Spindler — Pittston Area
• Will McPartland — Scranton Prep
• Max Getzie — Wyoming Area

This honor goes beyond Friday nights, it’s about leadership, consistency, impact, and representing your program the right way. District 2 football continues to earn statewide respect.

📍 Winners announced February 1 at the Mini Max Awards Dinner

👏 Congrats to the players, coaches, families & communities behind the grind.

12/26/2025

Pennsylvania high school football excellence has a long memory and once again, District 2 talent is etched into it.

Six local standouts have earned Mini Maxwell recognition, placing them among the state’s elite and one step closer to football immortality.

Read more here ⤵️

Six players from PIAA District 2 earned Mini Maxwell recognition for the 2025 season, placing them among 55 elite players statewide now in contention for:

12/26/2025

🚨 WEATHER UPDATE – JAYCEES TOURNAMENT ❄️🏀
Due to the winter storm warning, Day 1 has been postponed.

The tournament will now be played on SATURDAY, DEC. 27 and MONDAY, DEC. 29 with the same game times.

🗓️ UPDATED SCHEDULE

SATURDAY (Dec. 27)
Girls:
4:15 JV – Western Wayne vs Wallenpaupack
5:45 Varsity – Western Wayne vs Wallenpaupack
7:15 Varsity – Forest City vs Honesdale

Boys:
5:00 JV – Wallenpaupack vs ESS
6:30 Varsity – Wallenpaupack vs ESS
8:00 Varsity – Western Wayne vs Honesdale

MONDAY (Dec. 29)
Girls:
4:15 JV – Forest City vs Honesdale
5:45 Varsity – Consolation
7:15 Varsity – Championship

Boys:
5:00 JV – Western Wayne vs Honesdale
6:30 Varsity – Consolation
8:00 Varsity – Championship

🕒 Times approximate
🧥 Bring a NEW coat → FREE admission
❄️ Stay safe & check back for updates

12/26/2025

Holiday hoops officially tip off today across District 2, as teams open tournament play and settle in for one of the busiest stretches of the basketball season.

With packed gyms, back-to-back games, and championship brackets on the line, the holiday tournament season brings a postseason-like feel to December all while keeping an eye on the weather for any schedule adjustments.

Fans are encouraged to stay alert for updates as tip-offs begin and the holiday basketball grind gets underway, weather permitting.

The holiday basketball season officially gets underway today across District 2, with multiple tournaments and nonleague matchups filling gymnasiums throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania.

12/25/2025

Join the broadcast crew, Paul, Brian, Mike & Rich as they make the trek to Wildwood, NJ to bring you Hazleton Area Lady Cougars Basketball by the Beach!

Live from the Boardwalk Basketball Classic on Sunday & Monday, catch all of the action at www.sportzwire.com

12/25/2025

🎄✨ From our Sportzwire hearts to yours! ✨🎄
The Sportzwire team wants to thank our athletes, families, partners, and communities for an incredible year of support. We’re grateful for every connection, every game, and every moment along the way.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a joyful holiday season! ❤️

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12/24/2025

Unanimously voted No. 1 in the coaches poll, Riverside has more than justified its spot at the top of the boys basketball rankings.

The Vikings are off to a perfect start and have consistently imposed their will against quality competition.

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Unanimously voted No. 1 in the coaches poll, Riverside has more than justified its spot at the top of the boys basketball rankings. The Vikings are off to a perfect start and have consistently imposed their will against quality competition. Through seven games, Riverside is winning by nearly 27 poin...

12/24/2025

🎄🏀 CHRISTMAS EVE RANKINGS UPDATE – DISTRICT 2 GIRLS 🏀🎄

Santa delivered a fresh Coaches Poll Top 10, and the race across District 2 is heating up as teams head into the holiday break.

🔥 Christmas Eve Top 10:
1️⃣ Hazleton
2️⃣ Crestwood
3️⃣ Abington Heights
4️⃣ Scranton Prep
5️⃣ Dallas
6️⃣ Dunmore
7️⃣ Valley View
8️⃣ North Pocono
9️⃣ Holy Redeemer
🔟 Scranton

👀 On the Bubble:
Del Val and Nanticoke are knocking on the door—receiving serious votes and right in the mix moving forward.

🎁 Huge thank you to our sponsors Northeast Valley Mechanical LLC for supporting local coverage and helping make these rankings possible.

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Who’s climbing next after the holidays? 🎄🔥

12/24/2025

🎄🏀 Christmas Eve Top 10 is here 🏀🎄

Just before the holiday break, the District 2 Boys Basketball Coaches Poll has a fresh look — and the race is tight heading into the heart of the season.

🔥 Riverside sits atop the rankings, followed closely by Valley View, Dunmore, and Scranton Prep, with plenty of movement throughout the rest of the Top 10. Every night matters from here on out.

👀 Right on the bubble: Abington Heights — edged out by a single vote. With plenty of season left, don’t blink… this one is far from settled.

🎁 Huge thank you to our latest sponsor Northeast Valley Mechanical LLC for supporting District 2 basketball and helping make coverage like this possible.

Merry Christmas, happy hoops, and buckle up — the stretch run is coming. 🎄🏀