North Pocono Football 2016 Season

North Pocono finished 10-4. The league line on MaxPreps is 2-3 and fourth in Lackawanna 2. The postseason is the season. District 2 lists North Pocono as the Class 4A champion, with Greg Dolhon the coach.

The district path was 48-14 over Crestwood, 34-6 over Valley View, and 21-6 over Berwick on Nov. 18. The PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal was a 38-7 loss to Imhotep Charter. MaxPreps lists that game as a home date. The regular season had already included a 28-7 home loss to Scranton Prep and a 12-7 home loss to Valley View.

The Sept. 8, 2016, Times-Tribune capsule looked back at the 20-0 win at Abington Heights: three pass attempts, 65 rushing yards for Matt Craig, and a 71-yard touchdown catch by Tyler Musgrave, plus five turnovers and a blocked punt. The same capsule, before that day’s game at Wallenpaupack, said the Buckhorns had won five straight and led the series 11-10. North Pocono won the next night, 20-14.

A July 16, 2017, Times-Tribune story on Matt Craig’s senior year said the five seasons before 2016 produced 11 wins and no playoff appearances. He returned the opening kickoff 55 yards against Riverside, then scored from 7 yards five plays later. Through the 5-0 start he had 509 rushing yards and six touchdowns, three catches for 163 yards and two touchdowns, and scores on a fumble return, an interception return, and a kickoff return. A late pass to him against West Scranton was ruled incomplete. The regular season ended 7-3 after losses to West Scranton, Valley View, and Scranton Prep. In the District 2 Class 4A games against Crestwood and Valley View, a combined 82-20, he had 304 rushing yards and four touchdowns and two touchdown catches for 78 yards. Against Berwick he had 188 yards and two touchdowns in the 21-6 championship, the first district title since 1993. The season ended with a 38-7 loss to Imhotep Charter. The story’s final line is 1,484 rushing yards and 19 rushing touchdowns, 11 receptions for 314 yards and five touchdowns, and a conference-best 27 total touchdowns. Craig was 18 and continued his education at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

A Sept. 20, 2026, Times-Tribune lookback, in the items from 10 years earlier, has Matt Craig rushing for 138 yards and three touchdowns, and scoring on an 86-yard kickoff return, in a 27-20 win over Delaware Valley in September 2016. J.C. Gaughan had three sacks.

On Oct. 21, 2016, at Honesdale, the Times-Tribune has Jeremiah Acker rushing five times for 71 yards and two touchdowns, from 10 yards and from 13, in a 35-6 win. North Pocono was 7-2. Chris Urban scored Honesdale’s touchdown on a 16-yard run in the fourth quarter.

A Sept. 27, 2026, Times-Tribune lookback, in the items from 10 years earlier, has Tamon Brown rushing for 275 yards and four touchdowns on 21 carries as ninth-ranked West Scranton won 27-20 over No. 1 North Pocono in September 2016. Matt Craig had 159 yards and three touchdowns on 27 carries.

An Oct. 11, 2026, Times-Tribune lookback, in the items from 10 years earlier, has Sam Pittsman with 59 yards on 12 carries, six tackles, an interception, and the sack that clinched Valley View’s 12-7 win over North Pocono in October 2016.