Abington Heights played spoiler while securing its own postseason trip.
Mason Fedor accounted for three touchdowns Friday night when the Comets defeated host Delaware Valley, 38-13, in a Lackawanna Football Conference Division 1 finale.
The win meant Abington Heights did not need to do any scoreboard watching regarding a West Scranton result in order to know it was headed for the District 2 Class 5A semifinals with a 3-7 overall record, including a 3-3 finish in divisional play over the last six weeks of the regular season.
The loss cost Delaware Valley a share of the LFC Division 1 championship after winning the previous three titles outright. It also sent the Warriors on the road for the District 2 Class 5A playoffs, dropping them from first seed to third and a trip to second-seeded Pittston Area.
Jack Burke scored two touchdowns in the first quarter to put Abington Heights in front and Fedor, who threw a pass to Burke for one of those scores, added two touchdown receptions in the fourth quarter to put Delaware Valley away.
Shawn Theodore went 13-for-21 for 206 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Comets passed for 4 scores.
Delaware Valley (4-2, 5-5) broke in front with 5:31 left in the first quarter when Logan Olsommer hit Jayden Ramirez with a 9-yard touchdown pass.
The Warriors, however, only led for 1:24.
Abington Heights tied the game on a 43-yard pass from Fedor to Burke, who finished with 5 catches for 81 yards.
Burke then intercepted a pass near midfield and returned it for a touchdown with 1:20 remaining in the first quarter to put the Comets ahead to stay.
Theodore found Nico Bossi for a 23-yard touchdown with 39 seconds left in the half to make it 21-7 and the Comets expanded that lead on Michael Hartshorn’s 35-yard, third-quarter field goal.
Abington Heights sandwiched a pair of Theodore-to-Fedor touchdown passes around Delaware Valley’s Tyler Bird-to-Aiden Black TD pass in the fourth quarter.
Fedor finished with 8 catches for 122 yards.
Bossi, Connor Casey and Burke led the Abington Heights defense.
Bossi had seven tackles and three assists. Casey had six tackles, including a sack and another for a loss, and assisted on another tackle. Burke had a sack to go with his Pick Six.
Paulie Weinrich carried 18 times for 98 yards for the Warriors along with producing a sack and a blocked punt.
Justin Kalitsnik led the Delaware Valley defense with 5 tackles and 12 assists.
Bird passed for 120 yards.
Abington Heights opens the playoffs at Scranton Friday.
