Dunmore vs Scranton Prep Football Rivalry

Nick Solfanelli called the schools crosstown rivals after Scranton Prep won the 2014 opener.

On Aug. 29, 2014, at Dunmore Veterans Memorial Stadium, Scranton Prep won 26-0. Solfanelli threw for 281 yards, 256 in the first half, and two touchdowns. Dan Ryan caught four passes for 109 yards, including a 45-yard score that made it 14-0 with 10:50 left in the second quarter. Justin Weckel ran for 64 yards and two scores in the first 24 minutes. Scranton Prep had no first down in the second half. Sal Marchese finished with 51 rushing yards. Kyle Lasher, a sophomore, had 29, all in the second half.

On Sept. 4, 2015, at the same field, Scranton Prep won 21-0, a second straight shutout there. Kevin Holmes caught four passes for 72 yards and a score, and he intercepted a pass at the 3 with less than five seconds left in the half. Jake Ryan was 12 of 19 for 133 yards. Chris O'Brien's 12-yard catch and Holmes' two-point catch made it 14-0. Tyler Stafursky ran 14 yards for the last score. Dunmore finished with 161 yards and no passing yards. Dominic Mesko left in the third quarter.

On Aug. 24, 2018, at Dunmore, Scranton Prep won 31-0 and ended a 29-game Dunmore regular-season winning streak. The paper called that streak a Lackawanna Football Conference record dating to the 2015 opener. Ryan Cosgrove ran for 150 yards and a touchdown. Leo O'Boyle threw for 91 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 20 yards and a score. Tucker Johnson had 12 tackles. Entering the 2019 opener, Scranton Prep had won three straight in the series, by a combined 78-0.

On Aug. 24, 2019, at Scranton Memorial Stadium, Scranton Prep won 28-17. Carter Odell returned a punt 52 yards and a kickoff 92 yards, and he finished with 191 total yards. Paddy Grady, in his first start, sneaked in from the 1 for a 14-0 lead. Dunmore had no positive yards for the first 21 minutes. Steve Borgia hit Cristian Buckley for 43 yards, sneaked in from the 1, and later ran 29 yards for a 17-14 lead. He finished with 75 yards rushing and 69 passing. Peyton Badyrka kicked a 25-yard field goal. Odell's kickoff return put Prep back in front. Grady later hit Odell for 14 yards, and Grady intercepted a pass to end it.