Dunmore Football 1989 Season

Dunmore won the PIAA Class 1A championship and the Big 11. The semifinal, Dec. 2 at Elmer L. Meyers in Wilkes-Barre, was a 27-12 win over South Williamsport. The final, Dec. 9, was a 57-18 win over Keystone. Tim Ruddy was the all-state lineman.

The 2023 Henzes timeline and the 2026 championship list name the title and do not print an opponent or a score. The PIAA champions list, the PIAA results sheet, Wikipedia, and the Dec. 11, 2012 Times-Tribune story agree on Keystone, 57-18. The champions list and Wikipedia call the field Memorial Stadium in Middletown. The results sheet calls it Memorial Field.

The 2015 account has the season at 13-1. The only loss was Berwick, 6-0, in the Eastern Conference Class A final. Tim Ruddy was the all-state lineman on the state-title team.

A Dec. 10, 2013 account calls the line the Hawgs. Ruddy was 6-foot-4 and 255 pounds. Tom Hopkins, 6-2 and 235, was second-team all-state and went to Lafayette. Tom Pavlowski, 6-2 and 250, was second-team all-state on defense. Kurt Bauman played guard at 5-11 and 215, and T.J. Jimmie was the center. Before the Berwick game, George Curry said Henzes could beat a small college team with that line.

Tom Marchese was in his third year at quarterback and threw for more than 1,000 yards. Tom DePietro and Dave Silvestrini each rushed for more than 800. Rory Altmann averaged 28 yards a catch. Marchese, Altmann, Tom Golden, and Fred Garvey held opponents under 100 passing yards a game. Dunmore averaged 26 points, scored more than 20 nine times, and won by 18 a game. The close ones were Week 3 against Scranton Prep, 14-13, North Pocono 9-0, and Mount Carmel 14-12. Berwick, Scranton Prep, North Pocono, and Mount Carmel were Class AAA teams that year.

That same account prints the regular season as Dunmore 14, Riverside 6; Dunmore 34, West Scranton 8; Dunmore 14, Scranton Prep 13; Dunmore 21, Valley View 12; Dunmore 21, Abington Heights 7; Dunmore 41, Scranton Tech 8; Dunmore 9, North Pocono 0; Dunmore 42, Wyoming Area 16; Dunmore 43, Scranton Central 8; and Dunmore 28, Lakeland 6.