November 1st will begin the first round for boy’s soccer, while the girl’s first round begins November 2nd.
2021 District II/IV Class 4A Girl’s Soccer Subregional
#5 Hazleton Area will travel all the way to #4 Williamsport. It hasn’t been long since these teams last matched up. The 2020 district championship to be exact, in which the Lady Millionaires won 4-0. Prediction: Williamsport 6, Hazleton Area 0
#6 Scranton will travel to Solomon Plains Junior High School to take on the out of conference #3 Wilkes-Barre Area. These teams have never met in the past. The Lady Wolfpack has two Top 4 scorers on their roster (E. Mendola, 27 goals) & (Haertter, 25 goals).
Prediction: Wilkes-Barre Area 7, Scranton 0
2021 District 2 Class 3A Girl’s Soccer
#8 Honesdale clinched the final playoff seed on the final day of play, and will travel to play the #1 seed in Abington Heights. The Lady Comets won the first match 3-0, then tied 0-0 the second time around.
Prediction: Abington Heights 2, Honesdale 0
#5 Wallenpaupack will travel to Mountain Top and take on #4 Crestwood. The Lady Buckhorns had a slow start to the season, but won their last 7/10 games. Emma Suhoski leads Crestwood in goals scored (15) and assists (7).
Prediction: Crestwood 3, Wallenpaupack 2 OT
#7 Scranton Prep will make their way into the Back Mountain and take on district runner-ups #2 Dallas. Megan MacNeely, an ECNL player for Match Fit Academy leads the Lady Mounts in goals scored with 20.
Prediction: Dallas 5, Scranton Prep 0
#6 Valley View will take the 1 hour 15 minute bus drive to #3 Berwick. The Lady Bulldogs are led by Kayla Fernandez who yet again is a league leader in goals and assists in the WVC. Eva Canevari & Ava Sherman are in control of the offense for the Lady Cougars.
Prediction: Berwick 5, Valley View 1
2021 District 2 Class 2A Girl’s Soccer
#8 Mid Valley will trek into Lehman country, and take on the reigning district champions in #1 Lake-Lehman. The Lady Spartans finished their season with a 3-11-2 overall record, while the Lady Knights finished 13-5. Prediction: Lake-Lehman 11, Mid Valley 0
#5 Greater Nanticoke Area who finished the season with a 12-6 record, will be the lower seed against #4 Western Wayne (11-5-2). Alexis Atkins is the leading goal scorer in the WVC with 36 goals.
Prediction: Nanticoke 7, Western Wayne 2
#7 Hanover Area will travel to a familiar foe in #2 seeded Wyoming Area. The Lady Warriors won both matchups this season (12-0, 9-0). Halle Kranson is third in the league with 25 goals scored, and #1 with 23 assists.
Prediction: Wyoming Area 10, Hanover Area 0
#6 Wyoming Seminary hasn’t lost a game by more than 4 this season. But besides that, all of their games have been tight. They will travel to #3 Holy Redeemer. The Lady Royals won both games 1-0 this year, however I smell the first upset of district playoffs.
Prediction: Wyoming Seminary 1, Holy Redeemer 0
2021 District 2 Class 1A Girl’s Soccer
#1 Lakeland was granted a first round bye with Carbondale Area forfeiting.
#5 Holy Cross will take on #4 Mountain View. The Lady Eagles won both matches against the Lady Crusaders this season (6-0, 3-0). Maressa Salansky (MTV) is top 4 in goals scored this season with 23.
Prediction: Mountain View 5, Holy Cross 0
#7 Elk Lake matches up with #2 Montrose in the first round. In their one matchup this season, the Lady Meteors won 8-1. Tangi Smith leads all Montrose scorers with 26 (3rd in LIAA), followed by Riley Keihl, Aspen Smith, and Cici Adams who all have 15 goals.
Prediction: Montrose 7, Elk Lake 0
#6 Forest City takes on #3 Dunmore. These two teams played once this season in which the Lady Bucks won 9-0. Dunmore freshman Kaylie Zimmer is 7th in the league with goals scored (20).
Prediction: Dunmore 7, Forest City 0
2021 District II/IV Class 4A Boy’s Soccer Subregional
#5 Delaware Valley will take the very long drive to Luzerne County, and take on #4 Wyoming Valley West. Both teams finished with an almost identical record. WVW (6-8-1), Del Val (6-9-3).
Prediction: Wyoming Valley West 3, Delaware Valley 2 OT
#3 Wilkes-Barre Area finished the season with a record below .500, but it was still good enough for a first round home game. The Wolfpack takes on #6 Scranton, who they beat in the first round last year. Prediction: Wilkes-Barre Area 2, Scranton 0
2021 District 2 Class 3A Boy’s Soccer
#8 West Scranton clinched the final seed in Class 3A on the final day of regular season matches. The Invaders take on Division 1 powerhouse #1 North Pocono. Jonah Yurkanin (14 goals), Corbin Lankford (13 goals), and Cayden Lougee (12 goals) lead the scoring for the Trojans. Sinaubaya Muhire has 16 goals scored for the Invaders.
Prediction: North Pocono 8, West Scranton 1
#5 Tunkhannock has been having a very impressive season finishing 11-5-1. The Tigers will take on #4 Abington Heights who finished 12-4-1. Prediction: Abington Heights 1, Tunkhannock 1. Penalties: Abington Heights 5, Tunkhannock 4
#7 Wallenpaupack takes on #2 Valley View, who was undefeated for most of the season. Cougars’ Shay Gillen has 19 goals scored this season, which is 6th best in the league. Valley View won both matchups this season (3-0, 1-0)
Prediction: Valley View 2, Wallenpaupack 0
#6 Dallas takes on #3 Crestwood in which will definitely be a highly anticipated match. You know you are getting a good game when these two teams match up. Huge rivals in the WVC, but only one can come out on top. Dallas won both games this year (3-2, 1-0).
Prediction: Dallas 2, Crestwood 1 - double OT
2021 District 2 Class 2A Boy’s Soccer
#8 Western Wayne clinched the final seed after games concluded on 10/28/21. The Wildcats will travel to play #1 Wyoming Area. Kendall Heck leads the league with 30 goals scored for the Warriors. These two teams did match up during the season, with Wyoming Area winning 4-1.
Prediction: Wyoming Area 4, Western Wayne 2
#5 Lakeland comes to town, and will head over to Forty Fort to take on the #4 seed Holy Redeemer. Seeding wise, I do view this game as an upset.
Prediction: Lakeland 4, Holy Redeemer 1
#7 Scranton Prep takes on #2 Dunmore in the first round of action in Class 2A. Prep finished the season with a 4-10-2 record. However, they keep their games tight. Their biggest loss came against North Pocono (4-0) in the first week of the season. Dunmore’s Maynor Castro-Lemus is third in the league with goals scored (22). Prediction: Dunmore 2, Scranton Prep 1 OT
#6 Lake-Lehman will take on their division rival in #3 Wyoming Seminary. The Blue Knights won both matchups this year (3-1, 8-2). Thomas Iskra has 10 goals & 10 assists for Sem this season. Cole Kaiser (LL) is second in the league with goals (21), and Ben Wnuk (LL) leads the league with 16 assists.
Prediction: Wyoming Seminary 5, Lake-Lehman 1
2021 District 2 Class 1A Boy’s Soccer
#8 MMI Prep, the lone WVC team in Class 1A will take on #1 Holy Cross. The Crusaders’ Ron Prislupski has 57 goals scored this season, and is just 5 shy of 100 for his career. Did I mention he’s only a junior? Andrew Smith (HC) leads the league with 24 assists. Prediction: Holy Cross 7, MMI Prep 0
#5 Old Forge takes on their crosstown rival in #4 Riverside. The Blue Devils are without their star Tyler Pepsin, while Riverside’s Gary Mrozinski has been tearing it up. Mrozinski has 14 goals and 13 assists for the Vikings this season. Riverside won both matchups this season by score of 4-2 & 3-2. Prediction: Riverside 3, Old Forge 2 - double OT
#7 Gregory the Great will head to #2 Blue Ridge for their first round opener. Gerald Welsted has 34 goals scored for the Raiders, which is second in the league.
Prediction: Blue Ridge 4, Gregory the Great 1
Last, but not least. #6 Mountain View will take on #3 Elk Lake. Matt Mowry has 22 goals scored for the Warriors this season, and Jake Gustin is not far behind with 20. Nathan Ofalt leads the scoring with 9 for Mountain View. Despite finishing 6-9, the Eagles are reigning district champions and will most certainly put up a fight.
Prediction: Mountain View 2, Elk Lake 1 - double OT
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