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Lakeland girls climb to No. 1

The Riverfront Sports Super Six Track and Field Power Rankings of District 2 teams feature a new No. 1 for the third straight week.

Lakeland climbed from second to first in Small School girls when the new rankings were posted Monday night.

All three of the new No. 1s are from the Lackawanna Track Conference.

Valley View took over first in Big School boys last week and Mid Valley became the new No. 1 in Small School boys a week earlier.

Six-time Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 champion Dallas remains the top team in Big School girls.

This week’s other changes included both Wyoming Area teams, the Delaware Valley boys, Montrose girls and Mid Valley girls moving up while the Dallas and Elk Lake boys joined the rankings.

Lakeland wrapped up its LTC Division 3 girls title with a 106-39 rout of Riverside, the closest of the five league meets that it won by an average of 83 points.

Montrose, the LTC Division 4 champion which beat out Lakeland by two points for the Jordan Relays title, moved from third to second in Small School girls.

Lake-Lehman dropped from first to third after suffering its first loss of the season in WVC Division 2.

Mid Valley, which tied with Lakeland for second at the Jordan Relays, gained one spot, moving from fifth to fourth to trade places with Blue Ridge.

Dunmore remained in sixth.

LTC Division 1 and Jordan Relays Class 3A champion Valley View remains first in Big School boys.

Crestwood and Hazleton Area held on to second and third.

WVC Division 2 champion Wyoming Area and LTC Division 2 champion Delaware Valley gained one spot each into fourth and fifth after each completed unbeaten division seasons last week.

Dallas rejoined the rankings in sixth.

North Pocono fell out of the rankings after a loss to Delaware Valley in a first-place battle.

The top five teams in Small School boys held their positions.

Mid Valley is followed by Holy Redeemer, Lakeland, Dunmore and LTC Division 4 champion Montrose.

Elk Lake took over sixth place from Susquehanna after beating the Sabers to finish second behind Montrose.

Abington Heights, Wallenpaupack and Crestwood continue to follow Dallas in Big School girls. Abington Heights won its 16th straight LTC Division 1 title and the Jordan Relays last week. Wallenpaupack won LTC Division 2.

Wyoming Area traded places with Hazleton Area when the WVC Division 2 champions moved from sixth to fifth after taking their title battle with Lake-Lehman.

The full track and field rankings, with previous ranking and divisional records going into a limited schedule of make-up meets Monday:

RIVERFRONT SPORTS SUPER SIX TRACK AND FIELD POWER RANKINGS

Big School Boys

RankTeamLast RankDivision Record
1Valley View14-0
2Crestwood24-1
3Hazleton Area35-1
4Wyoming Area56-0
5Delaware Valley64-0
6DallasNR5-1

Small School Boys

RankTeamLast RankDivision Record
1Mid Valley15-0
2Holy Redeemer24-1
3Lakeland34-1
4Dunmore43-2
5Montrose55-0
6Elk LakeNR4-1

Big School Girls

RankTeamLast RankDivision Record
1Dallas16-0
2Abington Heights24-0
3Wallenpaupack34-0
4Crestwood44-1
5Wyoming Area66-0
6Hazleton Area54-2

Small School Girls

RankTeamLast RankDivision Record
1Lakeland25-0
2Montrose35-0
3Lake-Lehman15-1
4Mid Valley54-1
5Blue Ridge44-1
6Dunmore63-2

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