North Pocono Football 2022 Season

North Pocono took a 2-0 record into Hazleton Area on Sept. 9, with many of the same players from the 2021 team that won 10 games and finished second in District 2 Class 4A. Hazleton Area won 54-7. The only North Pocono score was a pass from West to LaFave that made it 15-7.

The Citizens’ Voice preview that week had Greg Dolhon in his 11th season at 53-54. Michael Blaine had 290 rushing yards and four touchdowns, Noah West had thrown for 181 yards and a touchdown the week before, and Ty LaFave had five catches for 125 yards and a score. A NEPA Football preview the same summer printed 52-54. Those are the lines as printed that summer. The coach-page record is still 77-75 entering 2026.

Valley View won 33-13 on Sept. 16. Connor Hilling had 198 yards and three touchdowns. On Oct. 7 at Wallenpaupack, Blaine rushed for 210 yards, scored from 45 yards with three seconds left in the half, scored again in the fourth, and threw a touchdown to Ashton Smith. Riley Moore caught an 80-yard screen pass for a touchdown and intercepted three passes. North Pocono won 28-7 and stood 3-4, 1-3.

Scranton Prep won 32-0 on Oct. 15. Louis Paris scored three rushing touchdowns and threw two more, including a 58-yard score to James Pappas. The year finished 4-7 and 2-4, sixth in Lackawanna 1. The other wins were Wyoming Valley West, Western Wayne, and Abington Heights. Crestwood won 47-0.

On Nov. 4, fourth-seeded Berwick won the District 2 Class 4A quarterfinal at Crispin Field, 28-14. Two early special-teams mistakes hurt North Pocono. Blaine rushed for 91 yards and West passed for 140. North Pocono was 1 for 7 on fourth down and 2 for 14 on third down, and 0 for 7 on third down in the second half. Riley Moore’s 51-yard interception return made it 14-6. Spencer Kishbaugh caught a 37-yard touchdown. Moore’s 17-yard catch and a West-to-LaFave conversion cut it to 21-14. Drey Wilk’s 46-yard catch and Bo Sheptock’s 1-yard run with 4:29 left finished it. The Times Leader preview that week printed Dolhon at 55-60 in his 11th year, the Berwick series at 7-4, North Pocono at 4-6, and Blaine as a 1,000-yard rusher with 10 touchdowns. That 7-4 is the series as printed that week.