10 hours Ago By Steve Bennett
Trailing by four points going to the fourth quarter and a spot in the title game on the line, Pittston Area outscored Wallenpaupack by 12 points over the final eight minutes to advance to the District 2 Class 5A boys basketball championship game with a 37-33 win at home Friday. The top-seeded Patriots (15-8) will play No. 2 Abington Heights (13-10) on Feb.
28 at 8 p.m. at Mohegan Arena for the championship.
Silvio Giardina scored seven of his 10 points in the fourth quarter to spark the Patriots. Aiden Lynn finished the game with nine points and was 5 for 5 from the foul line in the fourth quarter. Lucas Lopresto made 3 of four foul shots in the fourth quarter and scored 10 points on the night.
Nick VanBuskirk led Wallenpaupack with 11 points. Diego Adames scored nine. Abington Heights 63, Crestwood 31: Robby Lucas scored 24 points including 17 in the first half to lead second-seeded Abington Heights to a win over Crestwood.
Abington Heights (13-10) advanced to the District 2 Class 5A championship game for the third straight season. Jordan Shaffer contributed 17 points and Andrew Kettel scored 13 for the Comets, who have won the last two District 2 championships. Ayden Agapito scored 13 points to lead third-seeded Crestwood (14-10).
District 2 Class 4A semifinals Valley View 51, Dallas 26: At Dallas, Beyon McLean scored 16 points, eight of them coming in the second half as Valley View, the No 3 seed, advanced to the championship game with a win over No. 2 Dallas. Valley View (19-5) will play top-seeded Scranton Prep (18-6) on March 1 at 4 p.
m. for the district championship at Mohegan Arena. Dallas (18-9) will host No.
4 Wyoming Area (16-9) on Tuesday night at 7 in the third-place game for the right to advance to the state tournament. Valley View led by two points at the end of the first quarter and led, 24-15, at the half. Dallas managed to score two points in the third quarter on a pair of Pat Flanagan free throws.
McLean scored four points in the quarter to help the Cougars expand their lead. Aidan Smola added 12 points for Valley View. Nick Kucharski scored seven while Jagger Roe and Noah Symuleski each scored five.
Jude Nocito led Dallas with nine points. Pat Flanagan scored eight and Kael Berry scored six..
