Honesdale was the test. It was 63-11

Honesdale scored first, an Alex Valerio field goal, and then Dunmore ran away with the division game. The final at Veterans Memorial Stadium was 63-11. The Bucks are 8-0, 3-0 in LFC Division II. Honesdale is 6-2, 2-1.

On the first play after that field goal, Weston Yannone went 68 yards. He added a 41-yard run, a 24-yard touchdown, and a 1-yard score. In the first half he had 187 yards on seven carries and three touchdowns, and he did not play the second half. Dunmore led 42-3. He talked about 5:30 a.m. lifts and last year's 27-7 loss to Lakeland in the district final.

Xavier Burke, 6-foot-1 and 215, ran for 37 yards and a 16-yard touchdown, took a screen 24 yards for another, and returned an interception 49 yards. Jake Costanzo caught a 53-yard touchdown on the second play of the third quarter and made it 49-3. Josef Wolff scored from 30 in the third. Carter Coyle scored from 30 in the fourth.

Josh Dudick and Eli Dougherty intercepted passes along with Burke. Ethyn Durst, Dougherty, and Jack Donahoe recovered fumbles. Gabe Duda, the division's rushing leader, finished with 46 yards on 13 carries, 23 of them on one run. Dunmore had seven plays of 20 yards or more and averaged 19.1 yards a play.

The Times-Tribune put the season average at 56.1 points and the average margin at 52.3. It was the fourth time Dunmore had scored more than 60. Riverside is Friday at 7.