North Pocono Football
North Pocono Football 2008 Season
- Record
- 2-8
- League
- 1-5, 6th
Head coach Jason Sepkowski. PIAA District 2. Lackawanna 1. Did not qualify.
Sepkowski’s second season was 2-8 and 1-5, sixth in Lackawanna 1. The wins were 48-7 at Montrose and 42-30 at home against Honesdale. The other eight were losses, including 56-12 against Riverside and 46-21 at West Scranton. No game on the log is marked a playoff.
On Nov. 6, 2009, after a 35-0 win over West Scranton clinched a share of the Division I title, the Times-Tribune wrote that the celebration made up for two seasons in which North Pocono won a total of four games. This is the second of those seasons.
A Sept. 15, 2018, Times-Tribune lookback, in the items from 10 years earlier, has Jay Velehoski throwing five touchdowns in Riverside’s 56-12 win over North Pocono in September 2008.
Notable games
Valley View · won 29-6
2008-08-29. Away.
Scranton Prep · won 14-6
2008-09-05. Home.
Riverside · won 56-12
2008-09-12. Home.
Wallenpaupack Area · won 25-21
2008-09-19. Home, league.
Delaware Valley · won 35-18
2008-09-26. Away, league. The Times Herald-Record has Nick Raven throwing for 316 yards for North Pocono in a 35-18 loss to Delaware Valley.
Abington Heights · won 35-7
2008-10-04. Away, league.
Scranton · won 40-23
2008-10-10. Home, league.
Montrose · W 48-7
2008-10-17. Away.
Honesdale · W 42-30
2008-10-24. Home, league.
West Scranton · won 46-21
2008-10-31. Away, league.