Dunmore vs West Scranton Football Rivalry

Entering the Sept. 16, 2010 game, the Times-Tribune dated the series to 1944, West Scranton's first year of football, and an upset at Athletic Park. The count that night was 63 meetings, Dunmore 31, West Scranton 29, and three ties. Many of them had been Thanksgiving games. West Scranton won 12 of 13 years beginning in 1954. In 1967 and 1969, Nick Donato scored the touchdowns that beat West Scranton. In 1971, Joe Donato and Tony Donato led Dunmore past the Invaders. In 1985 the Ruddy brothers, Bobby and Billy, beat West Scranton twice, in the regular season and in the Eastern Conference Class A title game. In 2007 the teams went to overtime, and Dunmore won 19-13.

The 1985 flashback has the regular-season game at 14-7 and the Eastern Conference Class A final at 27-8. Bob Ruddy scored three touchdowns and ran for 136 yards in that final.

Entering the Aug. 26, 2016 game, the paper called it the 70th meeting and had Dunmore ahead 36-30-3.

On Sept. 12, 2014, at Gatto Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium, Dunmore won 34-14. West Scranton went for it on fourth-and-2 at the Dunmore 10, trailing 14-7. Tim Drewes stopped Andre Chollete Jr. Colin Holmes ran 46 yards, Eric DeLuccie scored from the 2, and Holmes later scored from 34. Holmes finished with 150 yards, 110 after halftime. Sal Marchese had 86 yards and the first two scores. Dunmore rushed for 313 yards. DeLuccie was 7 of 9 for 63 yards.

The 2016 recap said the 2015 game was 27-25, and that Dunmore stopped a two-point conversion with no time left. On Aug. 26, 2016, at Valor Field at Memorial Stadium, Dunmore won 21-17. Colin Holmes lost two fumbles in the first quarter, then ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns. A 71-yard kickoff return set up his 1-yard score. Gavin Darcy sneaked in for 14-7. Nick Gioia ran 47 yards for 17-14. Kyle Lasher forced a bad pitch, Luke Yanisko recovered at the 19, and Holmes scored with 5:30 left. Holmes then broke up a fourth-down pass to Dashawn Minnick with 2:33 left.

On Aug. 25, 2017, at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Dunmore, the Bucks won 28-18. Steve Borgia returned the opening kickoff 86 yards. Dunmore rushed for 248 yards on 49 carries. Cristian Buckley, a freshman, had 112 on 22. The half ended 7-6. Gavin Darcy scored twice in the third quarter, and his pass to Borgia from the 8 made it 28-12 with 5:44 left. Kevin Williams ran for 117 yards and a 6-yard score.

On Oct. 27, 2023, at Dunmore, the Bucks won 42-19 and clinched the first Lackawanna Football Conference Division II title since 2017. Dunmore rushed for 310 yards. Danny Pigga returned the second-half kickoff 78 yards, and the lead was 35-12. He also went over 1,000 yards for the season on his first carry of the half. Nick Donvito scored from 19, and Jacob Hickey had 81 yards, 64 before halftime, and a 5-yard touchdown.