Loyalsock vs. Delone Catholic Video

Here is some video of last night's Loyalsock-Delone Catholic game won by the Lancers 35-14. Delone after the big shutout against Trinity last week, were unable to get any consistency on offense. Plain and simple the Lancers did not allow the Squires to get outside. Loyalsock were also able to pressure Delone QB Noah Landi every time he dropped back to pass. Austin Knighton was a bull in the backfield for Loyalsock. Knighton rushed for 148 yards and three touchdowns, but more important it was the yard he gained after initial contact.

In a quote by Lancer lineman Pat Green courtesy of the Sun-Gazette:
“We worked so hard in the summer for this,” said two-way starting Loyalsock lineman Pat Green. “We were running, sweating and bleeding all summer-long, trying to get where we are and it’s paying off now.”

Loyalsock will square off against Dunmore next Saturday afternoon at Kemp Memorial Stadium in Shamokin.

NOTES

- In the last year for the league, the Central Susquehanna Valley Conference Division II has two teams going to week 15 in Loyalsock and Bloomsburg. Selinsgrove could represent Division I of the league with an upset of Thomas Jefferson.

-Who said you can't go home? Delone Catholic quarterback Noah Landi's parents were raised in the greater Shamokin-Coal Township Area.

-Playoff games a boom for the local businesses? Even though the Squires season ended after a 1-2 start, the took a piece or rather 320 pieces of Shamokin with them. Forty pizzas from James Pizza in Shamokin made the long bus ride back to McSherrystown a little easier to swallow.

-Next week Dunmore marks their first visit to Shamokin in 32 years. The constant for Dunmore is Jack Henzes who was on the sideline in 1975 for their 33-20 loss to Shamokin Area in the Eastern Conference Class A Championship game. Shamokin Area's only Big 33 players played in that game in senior center Tim Fanella and junior running back Phil Manney. Also some other notables were Shamokin Area head coach Dave Zielinskie and assistant coach Ed Zack. Current Shamokin lineman Eric Troxell's father, Dave, was also a force on the defense. The Indians were coached by former PSU standout and retired Williamsport coach Tim Montgomery.

For those Dunmore fans making the trip, the old home side in now the visitors side and the field has turf and plenty of parking.

-A strange sound from the Loyalsock-Delone game last night was no sound at all. Neither team had a marching band in at the game.

-Honoring America? Shamokin Area School District has seven days to prepare. Will someone please play or sing the National Anthem!