North Pocono Football
North Pocono Football 1998 Season
Head coach Anthony Donato. Eastern Conference. Eastern Conference Class AAA playoff win over Bangor, 28-12, then Tunkhannock won, 27-24. Not a conference championship.
Anthony Donato’s 38-26 covers 1996 through 2001.
A Sept. 15, 2018, Times-Tribune lookback, in the items from 20 years earlier, has Tony Shields catching two fourth-quarter touchdown passes as North Pocono rallied for a 21-14 win over Honesdale in September 1998.
The Pocono Record’s Nov. 14, 1998, story has North Pocono ahead 21-0 and winning 28-12 over Bangor in an Eastern Conference Class AAA playoff game at Bangor Memorial Park. EasternPAFootball’s 1998 Division III championship table lists the next game as Tunkhannock 27, North Pocono 24.
An Oct. 20, 2018, Times-Tribune lookback, in the items from 20 years earlier, has Joe Radick rushing for 188 yards and two touchdowns in a 21-14 win over Scranton in October 1998.
Notable games
Honesdale · W 21-14
September 1998. Tony Shields caught two fourth-quarter touchdown passes in a rally.
Scranton · W 21-14
October 1998. Joe Radick rushed for 188 yards and two touchdowns.
Bangor · W 28-12
1998-11-13. Eastern Conference Class AAA playoff at Bangor Memorial Park. North Pocono led 21-0.
Tunkhannock · won 27-24
Eastern Conference Division III championship table, 1998. Tunkhannock 27, North Pocono 24.