Dunmore vs Hanover Area Football Rivalry

On Oct. 19, 2001, at Dunmore, Dunmore won 25-6. Dunmore was 5-3. Hanover Area was 6-2. Jim Ross ran for 195 yards and three touchdowns. A 57-yard run on fourth down and a 6-yard catch made it 12-0 at the half. The catch came after Rich Loftus gained 14 yards to set up fourth-and-1. Tom Drewes returned an interception 26 yards to the 4, and Ross scored two plays later for 19-0. Jeff Shook hit Joe Cefalo five times on an 11-play, 77-yard drive. Cefalo's last catch was a 16-yard touchdown, and it was 19-6 with 9:08 left. Tom Cummings returned an interception 29 yards for the last score. Hanover Area reached the Dunmore 38, the 24, the 20, and the 36 in the first half and came away with nothing. Henzes said the win might move Dunmore up and give the Bucks an outside shot at the district playoffs.

On Oct. 24, 2008, at Dunmore, Dunmore won a non-league game, 35-9. The Bucks were unbeaten. Hanover Area was 5-4 and fourth overall, in a five-way battle for the last three District 2 Class AA spots. Hanover Area used 17 plays and almost eight minutes, and Mike Redick kicked a 32-yard field goal. Dunmore scored 14 points in the next 28 seconds. Michael Perry returned the kickoff 83 yards. He had returned the opening kickoff 29 yards to the Dunmore 45 and said he ran into the kicker. Tim Brier blocked the kicker on the 83. J.J. Dempsey recovered a fumble, and the next play was a 13-yard touchdown from Miller Holmes to Brian Copeland. It was 21-3 after the first quarter. Dunmore had the ball for 3:12. Hanover Area had it for 8:48. Ron Hummer said the burst broke their spirit. Rich Colorusso scrambled three times for 27 yards on the opening drive, then left after getting his bell rung, and he was all right afterward. Dunmore scored on all five first-half possessions and led 35-3. Perry scored from 10 yards, his third touchdown, and Chris Mecca scored from the 1 with 2:59 left in the half. Hanover Area managed one first down the rest of the half. Brandon Colorusso, a 5-foot-9, 130-pound junior and Rich's brother, completed 8 of 12 passes for 92 yards in the second half in his first action at quarterback. His 1-yard sneak on fourth down, with 2:09 left in the third quarter, made the final 35-9.

On Oct. 30, 2009, at Hanover Area Memorial Stadium in Hanover Twp., Dunmore won 14-6 and stayed unbeaten. The Times-Tribune had the Bucks ranked first. Michael Perry ran for 143 yards on 27 carries and scored twice. Dave Olivetti passed for 143 yards. After a Dunmore punt, Hanover Area drove 44 yards and fumbled at the Dunmore 2. The next Dunmore punt came loose, and Dunmore recovered. Perry's 42-yard touchdown ended a seven-play, 64-yard drive, and the lead was 7-0. In the second quarter Hanover Area drove 54 yards. Mike Redick ran 50 yards to the Dunmore 3 and scored from the 1, and it was 7-6. Hummer said Redick ran hard again. After halftime Olivetti hit Mike Ehnot for 28 yards, and Dunmore fumbled on first-and-goal. Hanover Area took over at its own 2, drove 92 yards to the Dunmore 6, and Tomas Cabrera broke a 39-yard run on the way. Holding wiped out an apparent Cabrera touchdown on third-and-6, and a 27-yard field goal missed wide right. In the fourth quarter Perry scored from 15 yards at the end of a 61-yard drive, and it was 14-6. Hanover Area had to throw and was stopped. Hummer said the kids fought back and showed heart.