NEPA Sports Nation

Today in NEPA Sports Nation, 9/10

West Scranton and Scranton get together at Memorial Stadium in The Bell Game at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The meeting between the Invaders (1-1) and Knights (2-0) is one of two afternoon, non-league football games still on the schedule.

Berwick is at Abington Heights in a meeting of 0-2 teams at 1 p.m.

Holy Cross forfeited to Mid Valley in a game that had been scheduled for Saturday afternoon.

Scranton retained The Bell with last year’s 35-7 victory over West Scranton in a game that had to be played in Dunmore because of work being done on Memorial Stadium.

The game returns home Saturday afternoon.

There are other sports on the schedule, including some morning activity, particularly in cross country invitationals.

There are also other local rivalries being played out.

Lake-Lehman is at Dallas in boys soccer and Dallas is at Lake-Lehman for a girls soccer game for a 2 p.m. game between the two No. 1 teams in the Riverfront United Super Six Soccer Power Rankings of District 2 teams.

Ranked girls volleyball teams meet when Blue Ridge faces Nanticoke at Wyalusing Valley as part of a tri-match with the host school.

A potential meeting of ranked field hockey teams was rescheduled when the Wyoming Area at Lackawanna Trail game moved to Sept. 28.

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