Dunmore started the postseason the same way it handled every game during the regular season – by completely dominating its opponent.

The Bucks scored touchdowns on six of their 20 offensive plays in the first half, and added a pair of returns for scores to jump out to a 49-point halftime lead on the way to a 69-14 win over Holy Redeemer in the District 2 Class 2A semifinals Friday.

Dunmore (11-0) will face Lakeland (8-3) in the championship game Nov. 13. The Chiefs defeated Riverside, 36-13 in Friday’s other semifinal.

Brady McCormick was 8 for 11 passing for 185 yards and three touchdowns, Weston Yannone added three touchdowns and the Bucks rushed for 244 yards on 17 carries (14.4 yard average).

Dunmore’s first-half barrage started with a Yannone 67-yard punt return for a touchdown with 10:46 left in the first quarter, and ended with a Jacob Costanzo 81-yard kickoff return for a score with 2:42 left in the second quarter to give the Bucks a 55-6 lead.

In between those scores, the Bucks added six other touchdowns to quickly grab control of the game — something they have done all season, outscoring opponents, 629-57.

Leading, 7-0, the Bucks pushed the lead to 14-0 on a 22-yard McCormick-to-Logan Miller pass with 7:38 left in the first.

Following a Holy Redeemer three-and-out, it took Dunmore just three plays to push the lead to 21-0 when Yannone scored on a 17-yard run with 5:00 left in the first.

Three plays after another Holy Redeemer punt, Dunmore made it 28-0 when Josef Wolff scored on a 39-yard run with 1:13 remaining in the first quarter.

Yannone came up with an interception on the Royals’ next play, and two plays later, Wolff was in the end zone again, this time on a 37-yard pass from McCormick on the final play of the first quarter.

Holy Redeemer got on the scoreboard with a 13-play, 83-yard drive, capped by a 6-yard scoring strike from Brady McDermott to Michael Zbierski, making 48-6, with 2:57 left before halftime. By that point, however, Dunmore had most of its defensive starters out of the game.

Then, Jake Costanzo returned the ensuing kickoff 81 yards for a touchdown, making it 55-6.

The second half began with a running clock because of the PIAA mercy rule, and was reduced to 8-minute quarters per the agreement of both coaches.

But that couldn’t stop the Bucks.

Noah Rought took a handoff 45 yards for a score on the second play of the third quarter for a 62-6 Dunmore lead.

Beau Golden added a 36-yard touchdown run with 1:46 left in the fourth quarter to make it 69-6.

Holy Redeemer capped the scoring – and became the first team this season to have multiple touchdowns against the Bucks – when Lucas Shrader hit Ryan Zelinka with a 47-yard touchdown pass with :08 left in the game. Shrader ran in the 2-point conversion, capping the scoring at 69-14.

Shrader completed 5 of 6 passes for 129 yards, and added 40 yards rushing on 12 carries for the Royals, who still managed to put up 275 yards of offense, including 192 through the air. Josh Grochowski led the way with three cathces for 81 yards, while Zbierski added 5 for 43, and Zelinka had 2 for 49.

Yannone, Luke Franek and Aiden Zilaitis had interceptions for the Bucks.