Dunmore vs Mount Carmel Football Rivalry

On Sept. 2, 2022, at The Silver Bowl in Mount Carmel, Mount Carmel won 42-14. Dunmore was 1-1. Mount Carmel was 2-0. Mount Carmel outgained Dunmore 540-158, and the halftime edge was 323-94. Twelve rushers combined for 416 yards. Xaviar Diaz ran for 95 yards and a touchdown. Cole Spears completed 10 of 11 passes for 124 yards and two touchdowns, and he added 33 rushing yards on four carries. Mount Carmel turned the ball over three times. Dunmore scored on none of them. Spears' first five passes reached the Dunmore 13 before a fumble. Thomas Bowen was sacked and lost the ball at his own 10. Nick Nestico returned it 12 yards. The kick failed, and it was 6-0 with 6:25 left in the first quarter. Dunmore then stopped a fourth-down play at the Mount Carmel 27. Jacob Schultz caught a 24-yard touchdown from Spears, Luke Blessing ran in the two-point conversion, and the lead was 14-0. Domenic DeSando answered with a 31-yard catch from Bowen, 14-7. A fumble at the Dunmore 30 led to a punt. Michael Farronato ran 26 yards to finish a six-play, 79-yard drive, and Danny Pigga brought the kickoff back 88 yards. It was 21-14. Farronato scored again from 21 yards, six plays covering 61, and the half ended 28-14. He had 52 yards on three carries. Diaz scored from 28 yards in the second half. With 4:45 left in the third quarter Spears hit Schultz for 30 yards, a four-play drive of 66. Schultz finished with 70 yards and two touchdowns on four catches. Kevin McHale pointed to the penalties, including 12 men and offsides, and said Dunmore could not execute. John Darrah coached Mount Carmel.

On Sept. 1, 2023, at Dunmore Veterans Memorial Stadium, Mount Carmel won 34-7. The first quarter stayed scoreless. Cole Spears found Chase Balichik, one foot in bounds, for a 7-0 lead, then found Xavier Diaz to make it 13-0. Nick Donvito blocked the extra point. Danny Pigga returned the kickoff 79 yards, and Dunmore was within 13-7. Pigga had 46 yards on seven carries in the first half, then left with cramps. Gabe Franek was called for pass interference. Domenic DeSando and Franek broke up a fourth-down pass, and the margin was still six at halftime. The second half was 21 unanswered points. Spears hit Diaz again, 21-7. Noah Shimko recovered a fumble, one of three Dunmore lost. Spears hit Jacob Shultz for 53 yards, and it was 27-7 with 3:11 left in the third quarter. Spears finished 13 of 18 for 263 yards and four touchdowns. Luke Blessing ran 55 yards for the last score and finished with 151 yards on 18 carries. McHale said the first half had been pretty good, and that Dunmore had no answer after that.