Recap
Dunmore Clinches A Share of the Lackawanna League Division II Football Championship
Dunmore 47, Honesdale 21
Honesdale, PA — Danny Pigga ran 76 yards for a touchdown, breaking a tie with 9:31 left in the third quarter, and sparking the fifth-ranked Bucks to a 47-21 victory.
Pigga had three touchdowns, all of which either tied the game or gave the Bucks the lead, Thomas Bowen had a pair of touchdown passes as Dunmore (7-2) won its fifth straight game.
The teams played a close first half with Honesdale relying on the running of Mason Avery, who scored on a 1-yard run to give the Hornets a 7-0 lead with 10:23 left in the second quarter.
Dunmore answered with a 5-play, 62-yard drive, capped by Pigga’s 7-yard run that tied the game, 7-7, with 8:34 left in the first half.
The Bucks took the lead, 14-7, with 16 seconds left in the first half when Bowen found Pigga in the corner of the end zone on an 11-yard strike.
On the first play after the ensuing kickoff, Pigga broke off his long touchdown run on a counter play and the Bucks were back in front, 21-4 with 9:31 left in the third.
Following a drive into Dunmore territory that ended on a turnover on downs, Bowen hooked up with Domenic DeSando on a 63-yard touchdown pass for a 27-14 lead with 3:18 left in the third quarter.
After another turnover on downs, it did not take the Bucks long to find the end zone again. This time, Jake Hickey scored on a 7-yard run as the lead grew to 33-14 with 10:54 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Brayden Reuther scored on a 1-yard run and Logan Miller added a 16-yard touchdown reception from Brayden Canavan with :55 remaining in the game for the Bucks.
Gabe Duda had a short touchdown run with 5:16 left in the fourth quarter for Honesdale’s other score in the game.
(SOURCE: The Scranton Times)