The first one-third of the District 2 championships have been completed and the first two titles determined have an impact on this week’s Riverfront Sports Super Six Softball Power Rankings of District 2 teams.
The latest rankings were released Wednesday morning, prior to the remaining four championships scheduled for later in the day.
District 2-4 Class 6A Subregional champion Hazleton Area moved up from fifth to fourth in Big Schools while District 2 Class 2A champion Elk Lake climbed from fourth to third in Small Schools.
The other move was made by West Scranton, which rejoined the rankings by reaching the District 2-4 Class 5A Subregional final.
The top three Big School spots remained the same and the top two held their positions among Small Schools going into a Wednesday championship meeting.
No. 1 Holy Redeemer hosts No. 2 Mid Valley in the District 2 Class 3A championship game.
The Small School rankings are for Class 3A, 2A and A teams.
Holy Redeemer is the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 champion while Mid Valley is the Lackawanna League Division 3 champion. They each won once last week, in the district semifinals.
Abington Heights, Tunkhannock and Pittston Area are 1-2-3 in the Big School rankings.
Lackawanna Division 1 champion Abington Heights won once to reach the District 2-4 Class 5A championship game.
WVC Division 1 champion Tunkhannock won once to get to the District 2 Class 4A title game.
Pittston Area was eliminated in the District 2-4 Class 5A semifinals to end a season in which it went 14-4 overall and finished second to Tunkhannock in the division standings.
West Scranton jumped into the rankings in the fifth spot, behind Hazleton Area, after knocking out Pittston Area, 3-1.
Berwick won to reach the District 2 Class 4A final and held on to sixth.
Honesdale fell from fourth to out of the rankings after a Class 4A semifinal loss to Honesdale.
Elk Lake traded places in the Small School rankings with Holy Cross, the team it beat, 2-1, in the Class 2A final.
District 2 Class A finalist Old Forge and Dunmore held fifth and sixth.
Dunmore lost, 4-2, to Holy Redeemer in the Class 3A semifinals.
The full softball rankings, with previous ranking and record through Tuesday, for each team:
RIVERFRONT SPORTS SUPER SIX SOFTBALL POWER RANKINGS
Big Schools
| Rank | Team | Previous | Record |
| 1 | Abington Heights | 1 | 16-1 |
| 2 | Tunkhannock | 2 | 18-2 |
| 3 | Pittston Area | 3 | 14-4 |
| 4 | Hazleton Area | 5 | 15-7 |
| 5 | West Scranton | NR | 11-3 |
| 6 | Berwick | 6 | 13-8 |
Small Schools
| Rank | Team | Previous | Record |
| 1 | Holy Redeemer | 1 | 19-1 |
| 2 | Mid Valley | 2 | 18-2 |
| 3 | Elk Lake | 4 | 17-1 |
| 4 | Holy Cross | 3 | 13-6 |
| 5 | Old Forge | 5 | 15-6 |
| 6 | Dunmore | 6 | 10-9 |
