Wallenpaupack claims Division 2 boys title

Wallenpaupack claims Division 2 boys title

Wyatt Peifer scored 10 points and the Wallenpaupack defense held Delaware Valley to three second-half field goals Wednesday night when the Buckhorns clinched the Lackawanna League Division 2 boys title with a 40-22, home-court victory.

Delaware Valley held Wallenpaupack without a basket in the first quarter and scored the first two points of the second for a 9-1 lead.

The Buckhorns outscored the Warriors, 39-13, in the rest of the way.

Ryan Doherty, who finished with a game-high 15 points, did all of the Delaware Valley first-quarter scoring for a 7-1 lead.

Peifer scored five points while Landon Calabrese and Erik Schreiber had four each as Wallenpaupack took a 14-11 halftime lead.

Peifer scored his other five points in the third quarter when his teammates went 5-for-6 from the line on the way to a 28-15 lead.

Calabrese finished with seven points. Jack Smith went 4-for-4 from the line in the second half when he scored all six of his points for the Buckhorns.

Wallenpaupack improved to 10-1 in the division with two games remaining and 16-4 overall.

The division’s other four teams all have at least four losses.

Delaware Valley is 5-6 and 7-11.

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