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Crestwood, Nanticoke advance in District 2 Boys Volleyball Tournament

The race to PNC Field begins Friday.District 2 released all four brackets for its postseason baseball tournament on Wednesday. The finalists across the four classes of competition will once again meet up at the RailRiders&#8217; stadium in Moosic for a full slate of games on Memorial Day.Class 3A and Class 2A open first-round play on Friday. Class 4A and Class A start on Monday with the quarterfinal round. All games start at 4:30 p.m. unless noted.Division 3 champion Holy Redeemer was the lone Wyoming Valley Conference team to capture a top seed. The Royals (13-1) are No. 1 in Class 2A and earned a first-round bye for their efforts.Unbeaten Delaware Valley (4A), Valley View (3A) and defending champ Blue Ridge (A) are the other No. 1 seeds in the district.The WVC&#8217;s other two division winners &#8212; Wyoming Valley West (Division 1) and Wyoming Area (Division 2) &#8212; are the No. 2 seed in the 4A and 3A brackets, respectively.For Wyoming Area (10-3), that also means a first-round bye. Wyoming Valley West (11-2), meanwhile, will host No. 6 Scranton on Monday at Spartan Stadium. Valley West is the defending tournament champion and reached the PIAA finals in State College last June.Elsewhere in the Class 4A regional, No. 6 Hazleton Area (8-5) will make the trip out to Williamsport to play the District 4 Millionaires at Bowman Field.The opening round in Class 3A features three WVC vs. WVC matchups. No. 9 Lake-Lehman (5-8) at No. 8 Pittston Area (5-8) is the first postseason game in the area, starting at 12:30 p.m. The other WVC games are No. 12 Coughlin (4-9) at No. 5 Crestwood (6-7) and No. 13 Tunkhannock (4-9) at No. 4 Berwick.Pittston Area beat Lake-Lehman in the regular season. Tunkhannock swept both games from Berwick while Crestwood and Coughlin split their series.Rounding out the 3A schedule, No. 6 Dallas (6-7) plays host to No. 11 Scranton Prep. Wyoming Area will host the winner of Abington Heights and Honesdale in Tuesday&#8217;s quarterfinals. Abington Heights is the three-time defending Class 3A champion.In Class 2A, No. 9 Hanover Area (7-7) will take on No. 8 GAR (8-6) in a Division 3 rubber match after splitting the first two games. No. 7 Northwest (9-5) will play host to No. 10 Mountain View.No. 13 Nanticoke (4-10) and No. 14 Wyoming Seminary (4-10) will have to wait until Thursday to learn their opponents as Holy Cross and Lakeland have a playoff to decide the Lackawanna Division 3 title. The winner of that game will host Seminary and the loser hosts Nanticoke.No. 5 Meyers (10-4) will start their postseason run at 2 p.m. Saturday, hosting No. 12 Riverside.Second-seeded Montrose won the 2A tournament in 2015.Finally, in Class A, No. 6 MMI Prep (1-13) will hit the road to take on No. 3 Old Forge on Monday.<style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta>DISTRICT 2 BASEBALL TOURNAMENT(District champions advance to states)All games 4:30 p.m. unless notedCLASS 4A (DISTRICT 2-4 REGIONAL)QuarterfinalsMonday, May 23&#8226; No. 7 Scranton (2-12) at No. 2 Wyoming Valley West (11-2)&#8226; No. 6 Hazleton Area (8-5) vs. No. 3 Williamsport (14-4) at Bowman Field, Williamsport&#8226; No. 5 Wallenpaupack (8-4) vs. No. 4 West Scranton (8-4) at Connell Park, ScrantonSemifinalsWednesday, May 25&#8226; West-Paupack winner at No. 1 Delaware Valley (12-0)&#8226; Valley West-Scranton winner vs. Hazleton-Williamsport winner at higher seedChampionshipMonday, May 30&#8226; Semifinal winners at PNC Field, 4 p.m.__________CLASS 3AFirst roundFriday, May 20&#8226; No. 9 Lake-Lehman (5-8) at No. 8 Pittston Area (5-8), 12:30 p.m.&#8226; No. 13 Tunkhannock (4-9) at No. 4 Berwick (6-7)&#8226; No. 12 Coughlin (4-9) at No. 5 Crestwood (6-7)&#8226; No. 11 Scranton Prep (4-8) at No. 6 Dallas (6-7)&#8226; No. 10 Honesdale (4-8) at No. 7 Abington Heights (5-7)QuarterfinalsTuesday, May 24&#8226; Pittston-Lehman winner at No. 1 Valley View (11-1)&#8226; Abington-Honesdale winner at No. 2 Wyoming Area (10-3)&#8226; Dallas-Prep winner at No. 3 North Pocono (6-6)&#8226; Berwick-Tunkhannock winner vs. Crestwood-Coughlin winner at higher seedSemifinalsThursday, May 26&#8226; Quarterfinal winners at higher seedsChampionshipMonday, May 30&#8226; Semifinal winners at PNC Field, 1 p.m.__________CLASS 2AFirst roundFriday, May 20&#8226; No. 15 Carbondale (0-12) at No. 2 Montrose (11-1)&#8226; No. 14 Wyoming Seminary (4-10) at No. 3 Holy Cross/Lakeland (11-2)&#8226; No. 13 Nanticoke (4-10) at No. 4 Holy Cross/Lakeland (10-3)&#8226; No. 10 Mountain View (5-7) at No. 7 Northwest (9-5)&#8226; No. 9 Hanover Area (7-7) at No. 8 GAR (8-6)Saturday, May 21&#8226; No. 11 Dunmore (4-8) at No. 6 Mid Valley (8-4), 1 p.m. at Washington St. Park&#8226; No. 12 Riverside (4-8) at No. 5 Meyers (10-4), 2 p.m.QuarterfinalsTuesday, May 24&#8226; GAR-Hanover winner at No. 1 Holy Redeemer (13-1)&#8226; Montrose-Carbondale winner vs. Northwest-Mt. View winner at higher seed&#8226; HC/Lakeland-Nanticoke winner vs. Mid Valley-Dunmore winner at higher seed&#8226; HC/Lakeland-Seminary winner vs. Meyers-Riverside winner at higher seedSemifinalsThursday, May 26&#8226; Quarterfinal winners at higher seedsChampionshipMonday, May 30&#8226; Semifinal winners at PNC Field, 10 a.m.__________CLASS AQuarterfinalsMonday, May 23&#8226; No. 6 MMI Prep (1-13) at No. 3 Old Forge (6-6)&#8226; No. 5 Elk Lake (5-7) at No. 4 Lackawanna Trail (5-7)SemifinalsWednesday, May 25&#8226; Trail-Elk Lake winner at No. 1 Blue Ridge (8-4)&#8226; Old Forge-MMI winner at No. 2 Forest City (8-4)ChampionshipMonday, May 30&#8226; Semifinal winners at PNC Field, 7 p.m.</factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLsports</shirttailMeta></div>

District 2 baseball brackets unveiled