Frank Butash

On Sept. 18, 2009, at Taylor, sixth-ranked North Pocono beat Riverside 47-6. Frank Butash scored on a 30-yard run for the Trojans in the second half. Matt Smith scored on a 27-yard run to open and on a 25-yard run later, and he threw a 23-yard touchdown to Frank DePietro. Kurt Knott kicked a 32-yard field goal. E.J. Waldsmith scored. Riverside’s Corey Talerico ran 61 yards, and halftime was 25-6. North Pocono was 3-0. Riverside was 0-3.

On Oct. 23, 2009, at Moscow, North Pocono beat Montrose 42-0 and rushed for 326 yards. Frank Butash scored on a 28-yard run in the second quarter. Nick Reuther, Matt Smith, E.J. Waldsmith, Nick DeSavino, and John Gething also scored. Montrose was held to 59 rushing yards on 29 carries.

On Oct. 30 at Honesdale, North Pocono won 39-6 and rushed for 323 yards. In the second quarter the Times-Tribune has the Trojans scoring on all three possessions, including a 13-yard run by Frank Butash.

The April 17, 2010, Times-Tribune said fullback Frank Butash and quarterback Matt Smith, who had helped North Pocono to a share of the Lackawanna Football Conference Division I crown, were headed to Moravian. Moravian’s 2011-12 roster lists Frank Butash as a sophomore defensive lineman from Roaring Brook Township, with North Pocono as his high school, No. 42, 5-foot-11 and 205 pounds. In 2011 he played eight games and had four tackles. In 2010 he played six games.