TAYLOR — Dunmore continued its unbeaten roll through the Lackawanna Football Conference on Friday.
This week’s victim was Riverside.
The Bucks scored 30 first-quarter points and allowed the Vikings just 62 total yards of offense on their way to a 58-6 victory to clinch the Lackawanna Football Conference Division II championship Friday at Riverside’s Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Westone Yannone had three touchdowns and Xavier Burke added a pair of scores for the Bucks (9-0 overall, 4-0 Division II). Quarterback Brady McCormick was 13 for 17 passing for 198 yards and three touchdowns.
The Bucks got the scoring started on the second play of the game when the defense gang-tackled Riverside quarterback Jared Jackson in the end zone for a safety.
Following the free kick, McCormick found a wide-open Yannone from 30 yards out to extend the Bucks lead to 9-0, less than two minutes into the game.
Riverside’s Carmelo Barnett halted the next Dunmore drive with an interception.
However, Riverside was forced to punt, punt the Bucks took possession at the Vikings 19 after a short kick.
Two plays later, Burke scored from the 4 for a 16-0 lead with 7:17 left in the first quarter.
Dunmore then forced the Vikings to turn the ball over on downs
This time, the Bucks needed six plays to cover 63 yards. Key to Dunmore’s drive was Burke’s two receptions for 28 yards, with the latter resulting in a 2-yard touchdown and a 23-0 lead with 3:10 left in the opening quarter.
Again, Dunmore forced a Riverside punt, which Yannone returned to the Vikings 9.
McCormick hit Burke with a swing pass for the touchdown and 30-0 lead.
Yannone halted the next Riverside drive with a diving interception.
The Vikings almost escaped further damage, forcing a fourth down. . However, McCormick hit Jack McHale with a 13-yard pass to keep the drive alive.
Two plays later, Yannone raced 14 yards for a score and a 37-0 lead with 7:50 left in the first half.
Later in the quarter after forcing another turnover on downs, Dunmore embarked on a 45-yard drive, capped by Yannone’s 16-yard scoring run with :20 left in the first half and a 44-0 lead.
The second half was played with a running clock per PIAA regulations.
Dunmore added a 30-yard touchdown from Josef Wolff and a Colin Coulthard 1-yard scoring run in the third quarter.
Riverside got on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter on a 10-play, 82-yard drive capped by Caleb Borowski’s 2-yard touchdown run with 3:12 left in the game.