Northeast Pennsylvania Regional
| Northeast Pennsylvania Regional | |
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| General Information | |
| Map |   |
| Location | Penn State Wilkes-Barre |
| State |  Pennsylvania
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| Member of SO Since | 1991 |
| Total teams | 8 B, 24 C |
| Division B Champion | Harlan Rowe Middle School |
| Division C Champion | Athens Area High School |
| Date | March 10-13, 2021 |
| Website | [1] |
The Northeast region of Pennsylvania is held at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. The 2021 competition was held virtually on Wednesday, March 10 through Saturday, March 13, and was home to 28 Division C teams. Division B teams competed with teams from Central East and Southeast regionals to temporarily form an East Regional.
The Northeast region is home to the following counties: Bradford, Carbon, Clinton, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne, and Wyoming.
History
The Northeast Regional was formed out of a split in the Eastern Pennsylvania Regional in 1991 (results from this time can be found on the Southeast Pennsylvania Regional page). Then, in 1997, teams from the Lehigh Valley joined teams from the Reading area who had been competing in the Southeast region) to form the Central East Regional, and the composition of the Northeast Regional has remained largely unchanged since then.
In the original years, teams from Stroudsburg dominated the region, but later Athens Area High School took the torch from Stroudsburg High School in Division C, and several schools fought for the supremacy in Division B previously held by Stroudsburg Junior High School. Eventually, Harlan Rowe Middle School emerged in Division B after competing for many years in relative anonymity, becoming the first team from the region in either division for 13 years to qualify for the national tournament. North Pocono High School and Abington Heights High School have exchanged regional wins following Athens' fall after 2013, but Athens has started experiencing a resurgence with the start of the 2020s.
In 2020, due to a low number of B Division teams in the Central East region, most of those teams were expected to compete in the Northeast region. This included the five-time defending state champions Springhouse Middle School. However, this tournament was eventually cancelled due to the 2019-20 Coronavirus outbreak.
In 2021, due to ongoing recovery from COVID-19, teams from Division B competed in the temporary East Regional with teams from Central East and Southeast regionals. The Division C iteration was held virtually, with participation from some teams from the Central East Pennsylvania Regional, which was not held.
Event Clarifications
In 2009 and 2010, only 22 events were held, as Technical Problem Solving was only a practice event in 2010 and not held at all in 2009, and Pentathlon was not held at all either year. Also, only the top 3 teams received medals in each event rather than the usual 4 in 2010. In 2011, medals were once again given to the top 4 in every event.
In 2011, Shock Value was cancelled because the supervisor was unable to attend. All Division C events were held.
Past Regional Champions
This is a record of the past Regionals champions and runners up, and their respective places at the state competition. Scores at the regional competition may be shown in parentheses.
- 1 These placements represent the relative placements of Northeast Regional teams based on the results of the combined East Regional. See Southeast South Pennsylvania Regional for full East Regional results.
Scores
Active Teams
NOTE: This is a list of all teams that registered for the 2020 version of this regional. For a more complete list of all teams that have competed in this regional, please see Pennsylvania#Teams.
Division B
Division C
- Abington Heights High School
- Allentown Central Catholic High School
- Athens Area High School
- Crestwood High School
- Dallas High School
- Delaware Valley High School
- East Stroudsburg High School South
- Emmaus High School
- Exeter Township Senior High School
- Honesdale High School
- Lake Lehman Senior High School
- Nazareth Area High School
- North Pocono High School
- Northampton Area High School
- Northwestern Lehigh High School
- Pittston Area High School
- Pocono Mountain East High School
- Pocono Mountain West High School
- Scranton Preparatory School
- Stroudsburg High School
- Twin Valley High School
- Wallenpaupack Area High School
- Weatherly Area High School
- Western Wayne High School
- Wyoming Area Secondary Center
- Wyoming Seminary Upper School
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