Dunmore Football 2023 Season

Twelve wins, the District 2 Class 2A title, and the Division III title. Southern Columbia Area ended it on Dec. 1, 39-7. That MaxPreps line is tagged home and lists Hazleton Area High School as the venue. The other losses were Mount Carmel 7-34 at home on Sept. 1 and Lackawanna Trail 21-46 at home on Sept. 22. Undescribed results against Pottsville and Mahanoy Area are not in the 12-3.

The state wins were Williams Valley 41-21 on the road and Camp Hill 41-25 at home. Riverside was beaten 20-16 on the road on Sept. 15 and 13-7 at home on Nov. 10. Lakeland was a 55-7 road win. McHale, in his fifth season, was the coach the November legacy story was written about.

On Nov. 30, with Dunmore at 12-2 and Southern Columbia still to play, the Times-Tribune capsule listed Danny Pigga at 138 carries, 1,668 yards, and 15 touchdowns. Jacob Hickey had 118 carries for 647 yards and four touchdowns. Thomas Bowen was 63 of 127 for 1,033 yards and 12 touchdowns, with three interceptions, and ran 79 times for 347 yards and 11 touchdowns. Domenic DeSando ran 63 times for 321 yards and six touchdowns and caught 14 passes for 247 yards and two scores. Eric Reesey kicked 41 extra points.