Liam Harrison scored both goals Wednesday when Valley View opened the Lackawanna League boys soccer season by defeating defending Division 1 champion Delaware Valley, 2-1.
Shay Gillen assisted one of the goals.
Valley View, which opened the season ranked third among Big Schools in the Riverfront United Super Six Soccer Power Rankings of District 2 teams, improved to 2-0 overall.
Delaware Valley, ranked fifth, is 0-2 overall after losing an out-of-state game in its weekend opener.
In other Division 1 games: Abington Heights shut out Honesdale, 5-0; North Pocono blanked Scranton Prep, 4-0; and Wallenpaupack defeated Scranton, 3-1.
The Abington Heights win was the first since 2019.
The Comets sat out last season when the school’s administration canceled fall “contact” sports as a pandemic precaution. The team then suffered a pair of one-goal losses in non-league games to begin this season.
All of the scoring took place in the second half.
Yoshi Matsui scored two goals, the first coming 1:09 into the half.
Nate Steenback assisted Matsui, then scored 45 seconds later.
Kohen Stiles assisted Steenback, then made it 3-0 by scoring 3:08 later.
Philip Sykes made four saves and Nick Slusser three while combining on the shutout.
Top-ranked North Pocono won its game, which was halted with 14 minutes left because of lightning.
Jonah Yurkanin scored on a pair of penalty kicks and assisted the other two goals, by Cayden Lougee and Corbin Lankford.
Lakeland defeated Forest City, 7-1, in Lackawanna Division 2 and Riverside downed Mid Valley, 6-2, in Lackawanna Division 3.
Chase Flynn, Jordan Case and Aaron Yurkanin scored twice each for Lakeland.
Division 2 of the Wyoming Valley Conference also opened.
Kendall Heck had three goals and an assist as Wyoming Area shut out Nanticoke, 6-0.
Dylan Kostik added two goals and an assist.
In other WVC Division 2 games: Wyoming Seminary shut out Hanover Area, 8-0, and Holy Redeemer defeated MMI Prep, 5-1.
Wyoming Seminary opened its division title defense.
Mark Atherton scored twice for Holy Redeemer.
In non-league play, No. 2 Big School Crestwood lost at Lewisburg, 2-0.
