North Pocono Football
North Pocono Football 2005 Season
- Record
- 8-3
- League
- 5-2, 2nd
Head coach John Whitelavich. PIAA District 2. Lackawanna 1. Season ended at Lehighton, 14-20 in overtime.
Whitelavich’s 2005 team was the winning season in the five years East Stroudsburg lists for him at North Pocono, 2002 through 2006: 8-3, 5-2, and second in Lackawanna 1. North Pocono was 5-0 at home. The league wins included 27-26 over West Scranton, 35-7 over Valley View, and 21-20 at Delaware Valley.
Abington Heights won 42-0, Scranton won 35-14, and Lehighton won 20-14 in overtime.
A Sept. 21, 2025, Times-Tribune lookback, in the items from 20 years earlier, has running back Claude O’Connor with 293 yards and five touchdowns on 26 carries in a 35-13 win over Wallenpaupack. The season log dates that game to Sept. 23 at home.
Notable games
Dunmore · W 29-12
2005-09-02. Away.
Riverside · W 42-18
2005-09-09. Home.
West Scranton · W 27-26
2005-09-16. Home, league.
Wallenpaupack Area · W 35-13
2005-09-23. Home, league. A Sept. 21, 2025, Times-Tribune lookback, in the items from 20 years earlier, has Claude O’Connor with 293 yards and five touchdowns on 26 carries in the 35-13 win.
Western Wayne · W 63-0
2005-09-30. Home.
Honesdale · W 42-14
2005-10-09. Away, league.
Abington Heights · won 42-0
2005-10-15. Away, league.
Scranton · won 35-14
2005-10-21. Away, league.
Valley View · W 35-7
2005-10-28. Home, league.
Delaware Valley · W 21-20
2005-11-04. Away, league.
Lehighton · won 20-14 in overtime
2005-11-11. Away.