North Pocono vs Berwick Football Rivalry

The Citizens’ Voice week-one capsule on Aug. 28, 2026, had Berwick leading the series, 8-4, before that night’s game at Trojan Stadium. North Pocono won it, 36-20.

The meetings that still get told are older than that capsule. In 1991 North Pocono beat Berwick 22-21 to finish 12-0 and end a 45-game Eastern Conference winning streak. In 1994 Berwick won the District 2 Class AAA final, 36-7, and North Pocono finished 10-2. In 2016 North Pocono won the District 2 Class 4A final, 21-6. In 2022 Berwick won 28-14 at Berwick.

EasternPAFootball’s Class A championship table lists Berwick 27, North Pocono 7, in 1988.

A Sept. 8, 2001, Times Leader story has Friday’s game at Berwick at 21-15 for North Pocono. A.J. Sabatelle carried 38 times for 283 yards and two touchdowns, and North Pocono led 21-0 at halftime. That score is on the 2001 season page.

The Nov. 29, 1992, Times Leader has the Eastern Conference Class Division III championship at Berwick, a 35-0 Berwick win. North Pocono had 15 yards on 14 plays in the first half, and Berwick scored all of its points before halftime. A Sept. 28, 2017, Times-Tribune story calls that postseason the Eastern Conference Class I playoffs and prints North Pocono at 9-4.