North Pocono Football
North Pocono Football 1999 Season
Head coach Anthony Donato. Eastern Conference. Eastern Conference Class AAA champion. Beat Milton 17-14.
The Times-Tribune’s 2016 flashback says North Pocono reached the Eastern Conference Class AAA playoffs in 1999 and won the title. The same story says the District 2 playoffs were the more significant tournaments by then.
A Nov. 23, 2019, Times-Tribune lookback, in the items from 20 years earlier, has A.J. Sabatelle running for 84 yards and a touchdown in a 17-14 win over Milton in the Eastern Conference Class 3A championship.
EasternPAFootball’s championship table lists that Milton game with the 1999 Division III championship games, and it also lists North Pocono 27, Shamokin 0. Anthony Donato’s 2015 profile gives him the head job from 1996 through 2001.
A Sept. 26, 2009, Times-Tribune lookback, in the items from 10 years earlier, has Abington Heights quarterback Chris Kelly throwing for 184 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-21 win over previously unbeaten North Pocono in September 1999.
Notable games
Abington Heights · won 35-21
September 1999. Chris Kelly threw for 184 yards and four touchdowns. The paper called North Pocono previously unbeaten.
Shamokin · W 27-0
Listed with the 1999 Eastern Conference Division III championship games.
Milton · W 17-14
Eastern Conference Class 3A championship. A.J. Sabatelle ran for 84 yards and a touchdown.