Dunmore Football @ Riverside

Dunmore is at Riverside Veterans Memorial Stadium on Friday at 7. NEPA Football lists it as an away division game, with a listen link. The Bucks are 8-0 and 3-0 in Division II after Friday's 63-11 win over Honesdale. The Times-Tribune recap put the season average at 56.1 points and the average margin at 52.3. It was the fourth time this season Dunmore scored more than 60.

Riverside comes in off a league loss. On Oct. 16, NEPA Football had Riverside 14 and Western Wayne 16 at Sharkey-Rosetti Sports Complex. MaxPreps had Riverside at 5-3 after that game. The Oct. 14 Game Watch, written before that kickoff, had the Vikings at 5-2 after a 5-0 start and two straight losses, and did not expect quarterback Brayden Rose for the Western Wayne game. No newer injury note was in the coverage checked on Oct. 20.

Last year took two games. Riverside won the opener, 17-14 in overtime, at Dunmore on Aug. 22. Santino D'Amico kicked the field goal after a Dunmore turnover. In the District 2 Class 2A semifinal, Dunmore won at Riverside, 27-7. Entering that semifinal, NEPA Football had the series at Dunmore 61-22-2. A new series number after the 27-7 was not printed. The Oct. 31, 2025 Gameface called the Week 1 game the start of the season and noted postseason meetings in 2022, 2023, and 2024. EasternPAFootball's season preview called the 27-7 the avenging game.

NEPA's Week 8 capsule said the winner of Honesdale at Dunmore would have the inside track in the division. Dunmore won that game. Lakeland is next, Oct. 30, at home. That is the team that ended 2025, 27-7. A Week 9 Gameface for Friday was not in the sources checked on Oct. 20.