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Lackawanna golf pairings set

Scranton Prep and Abington Heights used their division championships to earn top seeds in the Lackawanna League playoff brackets that will determine the league’s representatives in the District 2 boys team golf championship matches.

After going 14-0 in the Class 2A Division, Scranton Prep is the top seed for an eight-team Class 2A tournament that begins with quarterfinals Wednesday.

Abington Heights is the top seed in the four-team Class 3A tournament that starts with Thursday’s semifinals.

The Class 2A semifinals are scheduled for Friday and/or Saturday.

The two league finals are scheduled for Oct. 5.

The Wyoming Valley Conference will determine its representatives in Oct. 6 matches at Fox Hill Country Club when Crestwood faces Hazleton Area in Class 3A and Lake-Lehman meets either Holy Redeemer or Wyoming Seminary in Class 2A.

The District 2 team championships will be Oct. 11 at Fox Hill Country Club.

The bottom three seeds in Lackawanna League Class 2A were determined in a three-way playoff Monday when Mid Valley took the sixth seed by shooting a four-player team score of 193 at Stone Hedge. Dunmore is the seventh seed after shooting 203 and Western Wayne wound up with the eighth spot with a 209.

Lackawanna League pairings (all 3:30 p.m. starts):

WEDNESDAY’S CLASS 2A QUARTERFINALS

8, Western Wayne (8-6) at 1, Scranton Prep (14-0) at Glenmaura National

5, Holy Cross (9-5) at 4, Montrose (11-3) at Montrose Country Club

6, Mid Valley (8-6) at 3, Lackawanna Trail (12-2) at Stone Hedge

7, Dunmore (8-6) at 2, Riverside (13-1) at Pine Hills

THURSDAY’S CLASS 3A SEMIFINALS

4, Wallenpaupack (9-5) at 1, Abington Heights (13-0-1) at Glen Oak Country Club

3, Honesdale (9-4-1) at 2, North Pocono (11-2-1) at Elmhurst Country Club

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