Dunmore vs West Catholic Football Rivalry

On Nov. 28, 2008, in Philadelphia, West Catholic won 49-21 in a PIAA Class AA quarterfinal. West Catholic rushed for 449 yards on 38 carries. Curtis Drake hit Eric Young for a 53-yard touchdown 51 seconds in, then ran 53 yards for a score. Rob Holloman returned a Miller Holmes punt 75 yards, and the first quarter ended 21-0. Drake added a 1-yard sneak. Michael Perry scored from 9 yards, Shawn Dente kicked the extra point, and the half ended 28-7. Drake finished with 182 yards on 11 carries, 174 of them before halftime. He later hit Young for 34 yards. Raymond Maples ran 80 yards, and the extra point was blocked. He had 160 yards on eight carries. Holmes had come into the game with 5,184 career passing yards, and he hit Michael Ehnot for 60 yards. Holloman scored from 17. Perry scored from 3 yards with 1:08 left. Dunmore rushed for 111 yards on 22 carries and passed for 202.

In the Class AA first round at Palisades High School, the week of Thanksgiving, West Catholic won 13-0. Dunmore allowed nearly 300 rushing yards. The two West Catholic scoring drives started at the Dunmore 40 and the Dunmore 35. Jim Sabia, a 300-pound junior, had 11 tackles. Tom Dailey had 10. Michael Perry had 8.

On Dec. 5, 2015, at Northern Lehigh High School in Slatington, West Catholic won 28-10 in a PIAA Class AA quarterfinal. Dunmore finished 12-2. West Catholic was 10-4 and went on to play Southern Columbia. Garrett Murray rushed for 76 yards and scored from 4 yards at the end of a 92-yard drive. Kyle Lasher, a junior, had 75 yards. Colin Holmes had 51. Dominic Mesko had 45 on four carries. Pat Orr's 31-yard field goal was Dunmore's only score of the first half. Pat Reese and Chris Coviello recovered fumbles that stopped drives inside the Dunmore 10. Joshua Evans rushed for 74 yards, scored from 15, and completed 7 of 11 passes for 98 yards, including a 27-yard touchdown to Amir Postley. Calil Wortham scored from 2 yards after a Dunmore fumble and from 48 yards with 1:42 left. He had 87 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries. Dunmore rushed for 260 yards on 54 carries. West Catholic rushed for 256 on 34.

On Nov. 17, 2018, at Northern Lehigh High School in Slatington, West Catholic won 21-3 in a PIAA Class 2A first round. Dunmore was 9-4. West Catholic was 11-2. Zaire Hart-Hawkins threw an 11-yard touchdown to Seth Degree, and Steve Borgia intercepted the next drive. Hart-Hawkins then hit Degree for 59 yards while taking a hit, and he was carted off before halftime. Rayshaun Dawkins turned an ankle on his first carry. Borgia completed three passes for 31 yards on the drive that ended with Peyton Badyrka's 33-yard field goal, and the half ended 14-3. Two later Dunmore drives ended with Borgia interceptions. Jacir Savoy scored from 9 yards after Tre Johnson's 49-yard pass and 29-yard run.