North Pocono Football 1991 Season

North Pocono went 12-0 under Nick Donato, won the Big 11, and won the Eastern Conference Class I final. The Times-Tribune later called it the program’s best season and wrote that many people around the state had the Trojans No. 1 in Class AAA. Shamokin took the Region I berth. North Pocono did not play for a PIAA title.

The first five games were won by a combined 173-0. The regular season was 10-0, by an average of 27.3 points. The closest game was 19-15 over Valley View.

The final was 22-21 over Berwick. B.J. Gallis hit Keith Olsommer for a 6-yard touchdown, and Ryan McGee scored the 2-point run that ended Berwick’s 45-game Eastern Conference winning streak. Donato said he thought it was their destiny.

A Sept. 4, 2021, Times-Tribune lookback, in the items from 30 years earlier, has Marc Jackett rushing for 102 yards and a touchdown in a 20-0 win over Pocono Mountain in September 1991. An Oct. 8, 2011, lookback, in the items from 20 years earlier, has him rushing for 130 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries in a 35-0 win over Scranton Prep in October 1991. The paper called it North Pocono’s fifth win, and the Trojans were still unscored upon.