Holmes from 34, and Dunmore beats Wyomissing 23-21

Dunmore trailed by four with 90 seconds left in Saturday's PIAA Class AA semifinal at Northern Lehigh High School in Slatington. Eric DeLuccie called 45 Down. Fullback Pat Reese cleared the linebacker, guard Steve McMynne pulled and cleared his defender, and Colin Holmes ran 34 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 1:22 left. Dunmore won, 23-21.

Wyomissing scored on its first two drives. Sam Weaver finished the first with an 11-yard run, and Peter Geyer caught a 12-yard pass from Scott Kuczala. It was 14-0 in less than nine minutes. Those two drives gained 144 rushing yards. Wyomissing had 76 the rest of the way. Holmes answered from 14 yards, on a 70-yard drive of 10 plays, and that made it 14-7. He finished with 92 yards.

Garrett Murray recovered a fumble in the final minute of the first half. He finished with 10 tackles, 158 rushing yards, and a touchdown. Dunmore reached the Wyomissing 14 with 4 seconds left, and Joe Capooci kicked a 31-yard field goal, his first of the season. Halftime was 14-10.

Murray's 40-yard touchdown with 1:16 left in the third, after a block from Joe Waters, made it 17-14. Christian Martir scored on a 31-yard reverse with 6:21 to play, and Wyomissing led 21-17. After Holmes scored, Wyomissing started at its 31. Tyler Lasher had a shot at an interception in the rain. Martir lunged for a first down on fourth-and-5. Dan Drewes sacked Kuczala for a 13-yard loss, Dominic Mesko broke up a third-down pass, and Tim Drewes batted a pass down at the line. Dunmore was 14-1. South Fayette was next, Saturday at noon at Hersheypark Stadium.