Pittston Area and Wyoming Area have the type of rivalry that has produced 60 intense games regardless of the teams’ records, which often are impressive at least on one side in any given year.

Friday night’s game shapes up as potentially the most anticipated since the teams split a pair of games in 2003. That year, Pittston Area matched Berwick for the best record in Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1, but Wyoming Area beat both on the way to the District 2 Class 3A championship.

There will not be any playoff rematches this year – Pittston Area will chase a District 2 Class 5A title while Wyoming Area plays in 3A. Bragging rights will have to be settled just once, unlike those 2003 matchups when Pittston Area won the regular-season finale 26-23, but Wyoming Area won the playoff rematch

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