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Comets clinch division, top playoff seed

By Tom Robinson
Scranton Edition sports correspondent

The District 2-4-11 Class AAAA Subregional football pairings have been finalized.

All four games will be Friday night at 7.

Nazareth will be at top-seeded Easton in the top half of the eight-team bracket along with Williamsport (7-3) at Hazleton Area (7-3).

Williamsport (7-3) will be at Parkland and Bethlehem Liberty will be at second-seeded East Stroudsburg South.

UPDATED: 10:21 p.m.

District 2 has announced the official Class AAA football pairings and two games for Saturday, November 14 at 1 p.m.

Abington Heights (9-1) is the top seed and will host Berwick (7-3). North Pocono (9-1) will be at Dallas (9-1).

UPDATED: 10:18 p.m.

Carbondale defeated Holy Cross, 35-21, Saturday to finish second in Division 3 of the Lackawanna Football Conference.

UPDATED: 7:19 p.m.

Scranton Prep defeated visiting Western Wayne, 28-14, Saturday afternoon in a Lackawanna Football Conference Division 2 game.

The Cavaliers finished tied for second in the division at 4-2 while going 7-3 overall. They are a likely team for the Eastern Conference playoffs, which should be announced later this weekend.

Western Wayne went 2-4 and 4-6 after winning just one game in the last five seasons combined.

UPDATED: 4:30 p.m.

James Fruehan scored two touchdowns and intercepted two passes Saturday afternoon as host Abington Heights romped over winless Honesdale, 41-6, to clinch a share of the Lackawanna Football Conference Division 1 title and the top seed in the District 2 Class AAA playoffs.

Abington Heights shares the Division 1 title with North Pocono, the only team to beat the Comets. Abington Heights and North Pocono, another Class AAA playoff team, each went 5-1 in the division and 9-1 overall.

Paul Gallagher also had two touchdowns for Abington Heights.

All of the scoring was done in the first half.

For more details on this event, see Don McGlynn's coverage in the upcoming edition of the Abington Journal.

UPDATED: 3:59 p.m.

District 2 has already announced playoff pairings for Class AA and Class A semifinals, which begin next weekend.

The district confirmed that the pairings were as projected, including Dunmore and Old Forge as unbeaten top seeds.

The Class AAA pairings and the District 2-4-11 Class AAAA Subregional will be confirmed when teams complete play Saturday.

Dunmore (10-0) will be home Friday night in Class AA against Mid Valley (7-3) while Lakeland (7-3) is at second-seeded GAR (8-2).

Old Forge (10-0) will be home Friday night against Riverside (3-7). Although Northwest (7-3) is the second seed, it will play at Meyers (4-6) Saturday at 7.

Wallenpaupack made the Class AAAA playoffs when it won against Delaware Valley and Wyoming Valley West lost to Coughlin Friday night. The loss knocked Valley West ouf of a potential berth.

Hazleton Area and Williamsport also qualified. All three teams are 7-3 and will be joined in the field by five teams from District 11.

The District 2 Web site confirms Abington Heights, Dallas, North Pocono and Berwick have qualified for the Class AAA playoffs.

Abington Heights, which is also trying to wrap up its share of the Lackawanna Football Conference Division 1 title, opened a 41-6 halftime lead on Honesdale Saturday afternoon.

The Comets are playing the second half under the Mercy Rule, going through the formality of clinching the top seed and a home game against Berwick.

Return to www.scrantonedition.com/sports throughout the weekend for more information on the end of the regulation and plans for the postseason.