The stage is set for the summer high school football all-star tradition.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday night, the County all-stars will face the City all-stars in the 92nd Scranton Lions Club Dream Game at John Henzes\/Veterans Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m. The showcase is the final scholastic competition for graduated seniors who were standouts last fall in the Lackawanna Football Conference.<\/p>\n
The County is riding a six-game winning streak in the series and leads all-time, 44-42-4.<\/p>\n
Lakeland quarterback and Lackawanna College commit David Naniewicz leads the County this season. He will start and lead an All-Region backfield that includes Delaware Valley fullback Justin Estevez and running back Mike Iuzzolino.<\/p>\n
Abington Heights\u2019 record-setting receiver Gavin Anders and teammate Cayd Sespico, a tight end, are also two All-Region players in the County starting lineup. Old Forge record-setter Chris Rasmus will be the other receiver.<\/p>\n
The County roster has only eight linemen available, so there will be a steady rotation of players up front on both sides of the ball. Delaware Valley\u2019s Chris Renna and Old Forge\u2019s Jake Lucarelli are the tackles. Honesdale\u2019s Logan Dietrich and Valley View\u2019s Niiko Hazelton are the guards, and Mid Valley\u2019s Robert Mattioli is the center.<\/p>\n
On the defensive side for the County, Sespico is at end, and Estevez is at linebacker. Both were All-Region selections on defense last season.<\/p>\n
Western Wayne\u2019s Paul Borowski and Landon Visceglia are starters on the defensive line, along with Sespico and Riverside\u2019s Madden Sandly.<\/p>\n
Joining Estevez at linebacker are Riverside\u2019s Max Jackson and Ny-Jai Scott-Holt, and Mid Valley\u2019s Jake Bondy.<\/p>\n
Lakeland\u2019s Gavin Roberts, Abington Heights\u2019 Rocco Sarafinko, and Mid Valley\u2019s Wyatt Youngblood are in the secondary for the County.<\/p>\n
For the City, which last won in 2018, Lackawanna Trail running back Isaac Ryon leads the offense. He had an LIAA record-setting senior year in 2025, with 2,876 yards on 201 carries and 49 touchdowns, and total touchdowns in a season with 54 and points in a season with 354.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna Trail teammate Tyler Jervis is the only quarterback on the City roster. Holy Cross fullback Leland Wudarski will start at fullback.<\/p>\n
Wallenpaupack\u2019s Mason Gonzalez and Scranton Prep\u2019s AJ Croom and teammate Sean McCormack, a tight end, are also in the starting lineup for the City.<\/p>\n
The City has good size up front. Scranton Prep\u2019s Anthony De Los Santos and North Pocono\u2019s Dylan Caster are the tackles. North Pocono\u2019s Warren Kramer and Wallenpaupack\u2019s Tyler Gallo are the guards, and Susquehanna\u2019s Chris Serra is the center. That group averages 258 pounds.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna Trail\u2019s Blake Stage, an All-Region player, and North Pocono\u2019s Seamus Maguire are the starting defensive ends. North Pocono All-Region standout Cole Zimmerman and Holy Cross\u2019 Branden Fadl are the tackles.<\/p>\n
North Pocono\u2019s Aiden Maguire and Wallenpaupack\u2019s Logan Caruso are the outside linebackers, and Scranton\u2019s Jonathan Mrozik and Lackawanna Trail\u2019s Colin Owens, an All-Region selection, are the inside linebackers.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna Trail\u2019s Sean Dwyer and Wallenpaupack\u2019s Izael Rodriguez are the corners, and Scranton Prep\u2019s Mackey Lynett will start at safety.<\/p>\n
92nd SCRANTON LIONS CLUB DREAM GAME<\/p>\n
When: Wednesday, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where: John Henzes\/Veterans Memorial Stadium.<\/p>\n
Coaches: Carbondale Area\u2019s Jeff Arthur (County). Holy Cross\u2019 Joe Giorgio (City).<\/p>\n
Noteworthy: Proceeds from the game benefit the Lackawanna Blind Association. Lackawanna Trail coach Steve Jervis will be honored as the Scranton Lions Club Man of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The stage is set for the summer high school football all-star tradition. On Wednesday night, the County all-stars…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-249047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-high-school-sports","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}