Kyle Lasher

In the District 2 Class 2A final against Lakeland, he carried 21 times for 192 yards and three touchdowns and caught a pass for 30 yards. Dunmore won 28-14. A week later, at Harman-Geist Stadium in Hazle Twp., he carried 48 times for 263 yards and five touchdowns in a 48-35 win over York Catholic. He had 170 of those yards after halftime. Dunmore had trailed 19-7. He recovered a fumble and scored from 11 yards, and the lead was 20-19 with 1:22 left in the half. The season-ending account had him at 1,552 yards, 8.4 a carry, and 25 touchdowns, the most rushing yards in the Lackawanna Football Conference. In three seasons the same account had him at 2,666 yards and 44 touchdowns.

On Oct. 2, 2015, at Dunmore Veterans Memorial Stadium, he scored from 22 yards and from 20 in the third quarter of a 46-0 win over Carbondale Area. It was Jack Henzes' 400th career win.

Before the South Fayette final in 2014, the paper had him at 499 rushing yards. He scored eight touchdowns in the regular season, punted, and played defensive line on passing downs. On Aug. 26, 2016, at West Scranton, he forced a bad pitch that Luke Yanisko recovered at the 19, and Dunmore won 21-17.

Lasher was a senior running back and linebacker in 2016, 18 years old, and deaf. His father, Tony, played at Dunmore in the early 1980s. His mother is Rose, his sister Jenna, and his brother Tyler. He started with the Dunmore Oilers at 6 and made the freshman team as an eighth grader. He and Tyler were teammates on the 2014 team that reached the PIAA Class AA championship game. NFL Films put a short piece on him in the Super Bowl 50 pregame, then came back in September 2016 to shoot a longer feature. Through his interpreter that week, the paper had him at 305 rushing yards and two touchdowns. The season before, he ran for 615 yards and 11 touchdowns as the third back behind Garrett Murray and Colin Holmes.

The June 14, 2017 roster for the 83rd Scranton Lions Club Dream Game listed him at running back and linebacker for the City. He was one of the All-Region players on that side. Kickoff was July 19 at 7 p.m. at John Henzes/Veterans Memorial Stadium. Michael Marichak of Scranton was the City coach.