The last game of the week and one of the late Saturday games helped reshape the Small School boys portion of the Riverfront Sports Super Six Basketball Power Rankings of District 2 teams.
When the new rankings were posted late Sunday night, Holy Redeemer was still No. 1 and Old Forge had jumped two spots to No. 2.
Old Forge defeated Valley View, 60-51, in a meeting of ranked and unbeaten teams in Sunday’s only game.
Holy Redeemer, the only new No. 1 since the preseason rankings, held on to its claim to the No. 1 position by beating the former No. 2, Holy Cross, 61-54, in one of the last three games to get started Saturday night.
“I thought we played very well,” Holy Redeemer coach Paul Guido said. “They played well. It was just a great environment for early in the year.”
Holy Cross had been the top-ranked team to begin the season.
The other three preseason No. 1s continue to hold down first.
The Abington Heights boys and Scranton Prep girls remained unbeaten as the top-ranked Big School teams.
Dunmore suffered its first loss, but remained in the No. 1 Small School girls position.
The Scranton Prep boys matched Old Forge for the week’s biggest climb, jumping two spots.
The Tunkhannock boys, blue Ridge boys, Hazleton Area girls and Old Forge girls also moved up from last week.
The Delaware Valley boys and Wyoming Seminary girls joined the rankings.
Abington Heights and Dallas, both 4-0, continue to hold down the top two Big School boys positions.
The top-ranked Comets ripped Nanticoke, 64-33, in their only game.
Dallas won a meeting of ranked teams, 62-50, over Scranton Prep then handled Athens, 73-50.
Scranton Prep recovered from the loss to Dallas to rout Wyoming Valley West, 59-21, and jump two spots into third.
Valley View defeated Wyoming Area, 56-38, before its loss to Old Forge and remained fourth.
Tunkhannock beat two Small Schools by a total of 48 points and moved up one spot to sixth.
Delaware Valley rallied past Port Jervis (N.Y.), 46-35, and joined the rankings in sixth.
Hazleton Area lost two in a row and is no longer ranked.
Holy Redeemer suffered its first loss, to District 1 Class 6A contender Spring-Ford, 64-57, but bounced back to beat Holy Cross and hold first.
Before beating Valley View, Old Forge handled Montrose, 64-29.
Holy Cross beat last year’s two District 2 Class 5A finalists, Pittston Area and North Pocono, before its loss at Holy Redeemer. The Crusaders slipped one spot for the second straight week, settling into third.
Mid Valley won twice, but also dropped one position to third.
Blue Ridge did not play, but traded places with Riverside, moving up from sixth to fifth when the Vikings suffered their first loss, at Scranton.
The top three Big School girls teams are unbeaten.
Scranton Prep, Pittston Area and Hazleton Area combined for five wins by a total of 103 points.
The Classics and Lady Patriots held the top two spots.
Hazleton Area traded positions with Wyoming Valley West, moving from fourth to third. Wyoming Valley West lost to Scranton Prep, 62-32, after beating Nanticoke, 52-31.
Abington Heights and Scranton remained in fifth and sixth.
Abington Heights split two games while Scranton won twice.
Dunmore routed Western Wayne, 49-19, then lost to Mount Carmel, 42-36, but remained in the No. 1 position in Small School girls.
Lake-Lehman rolled over Southern Columbia, 59-39, and held second.
Montrose, Holy Redeemer and Old Forge at third, fourth and fifth after each split its two games.
The Lady Meteors passed Holy Redeemer into third after leading into the fourth quarter against defending District 2 Class 5A champion Abington Heights, then routing Holy Cross, 46-18.
Holy Redeemer’s split included a 59-35 victory over Holy Cross.
Wyoming Seminary lost its only game against Marian Catholic, but still joined the rankings in sixth.
Western Wayne (1-4) lost twice by a total of 67 points to fall from the rankings.
The full rankings with records and previous rankings:
RIVERFRONT SPORTS SUPER SIX BASKETBALL POWER RANKINGS
BIG SCHOOL BOYS
| Rank | Team | W-L | Last Rank |
| 1 | Abington Heights | 4-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Dallas | 4-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Scranton Prep | 3-1 | 5 |
| 4 | Valley View | 4-1 | 4 |
| 5 | Tunkhannock | 4-2 | 6 |
| 6 | Delaware Valley | 4-0 | NR |
SMALL SCHOOL BOYS
| Rank | Team | W-L | Last Rank |
| 1 | Holy Redeemer | 5-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Old Forge | 4-0 | 4 |
| 3 | Holy Cross | 2-2 | 2 |
| 4 | Mid Valley | 3-1 | 3 |
| 5 | Blue Ridge | 3-0 | 6 |
| 6 | Riverside | 3-1 | 5 |
BIG SCHOOL GIRLS
| Rank | Team | W-L | Last Rank |
| 1 | Scranton Prep | 3-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Pittston Area | 5-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Hazleton Area | 6-0 | 4 |
| 4 | Wyoming Valley West | 3-1 | 3 |
| 5 | Abington Heights | 3-3 | 5 |
| 6 | Scranton | 4-1 | 6 |
SMALL SCHOOL GIRLS
| Rank | Team | W-L | Last Rank |
| 1 | Dunmore | 2-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Lake-Lehman | 2-2 | 2 |
| 3 | Montrose | 1-2 | 4 |
| 4 | Holy Redeemer | 3-3 | 3 |
| 5 | Old Forge | 3-1 | 6 |
| 6 | Wyoming Seminary | 2-2 | NR |
