At Hazleton Area, Dylan Stish scored 17 points and Nikoli Santiago scored 15 to lead Hazleton ARea to a victory over Valley West in the opening round of the District 2-4 Class 6A subregional playoffs.
Hazleton Area will advance to Thursday's semifinals where it will play at Wilkes-Barre Area.
Joey Marshall added nine points for the Cougars while Bryant Diaz and Luke Gennaro each scored eight.
Ethan Benson led Valley West with 11 points. Navion Terry and Nathan Woods each scored eight.