BLAKELY \u2013 Earlier in the week, Lackawanna Trail graduate Tyler Jervis knew he would have a hard time controlling his emotions after the 92nd Scranton Lions Club Dream Game.<\/p>\n
His participation in the all-star classic was going to be his final football contest before he heads to Colgate University.<\/p>\n
That alone, he knew, would bring him to tears.<\/p>\n
Add in that at halftime, his father and head coach Steve Jervis was honored as the Scranton Lions Club Man of the Year, and he knew it was going to be a big night at John Henzes\/Veterans Memorial Stadium.<\/p>\n
As the only quarterback on the City all-star roster, Jervis turned in an outstanding performance, motivated to lead his team to a win that would snap a six-game losing streak to the County. He completed eight passes for 197 yards and two touchdowns in a 36-35 comeback win on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Not a bad final effort to cap a championship career.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo honor my dad like this, it\u2019s just amazing,\u201d Jervis said. \u201cHe told me before the game he didn\u2019t care if I went 10-for-10 for 400 yards or if I was 0-for-10 with interceptions; he loves me no matter what. He is the best father in the world, and I respect him so much. He deserved his award.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jervis thrived as the starting quarterback for Lackawanna Trail in the Delaware Wing-T scheme that is primarily a running offense. He completed 47 of 95 passes for 935 yards and 14 touchdowns in two seasons, while leading the Lions to a 23-4 record.<\/p>\n
In the City\u2019s win, he had a 37-yard touchdown pass to Lackawanna Trail teammate Isaac Ryon. Jervis also found Wallenpaupack\u2019s Mason Gonzalez for catches of 35 and 48 yards and connected with Scranton Prep\u2019s Mackey Lynett for the game\u2019s final touchdown and deciding 2-point conversion in the last five seconds of play.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy job was easy,\u201d Jervis said. \u201cOur line was amazing. Our skills were amazing. I just needed to get the ball to the right spots.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis game came down to playing as a team. Our O-line killed it up front, and our defense made some stops.\u201d<\/p>\n
Defensive stars<\/p>\n
Mid Valley\u2019s Rhys Williams had an interception in the second quarter and returned it 16 yards for a County touchdown to highlight the defensive performances.<\/p>\n
Lakeland\u2019s Gavin Roberts had four tackles, and Lakeland\u2019s Kody Miller had a sack for minus-16 yards and a forced fumble for the County.<\/p>\n
North Pocono linebacker Aidan Maguire led the City defense with five tackles. West Scranton\u2019s Cameron Cole and Lackawanna Trail linebacker Colin Owens each had three stops.<\/p>\n
Big plays<\/p>\n
There were 14 plays from the two teams combined of 20 or more yards.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna Trail running back Isaac Ryon had runs of 25 and 38 yards in the second quarter, and Wallenpaupack\u2019s Logan Caruso had runs of 20 and 25 yards to highlight the City\u2019s 253-yard rushing effort. Wallenpaupack\u2019s Mason Gonzalez had receptions of 35 and 48 yards, Ryon had receptions of 37 and 30 yards, and Lynett hauled in passes of 31 and 27 yards.<\/p>\n
Delaware Valley\u2019s Mike Iuzzolino had a 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and a 35-yard run for the County. Honesdale\u2019s Kobe White caught a 32-yard pass from Mid Valley\u2019s Brett Yanoski, and Abington Heights\u2019 Gavin Andes had a 31-yard catch.<\/p>\n
Kicking standouts<\/p>\n
Both the City and the County had outstanding performances by their respective kickers.<\/p>\n
Delaware Valley\u2019s Reagan Decker and Riverside\u2019s Santino D\u2019Amico, two All-Region players, combined for seven touchbacks and were 5-for-5 on extra points for the County. Dunmore\u2019s Johnley Jean had one touchback and made two extra points.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
SUMMARY<\/p>\n
First quarter<\/p>\n
CITY \u2014 Isaac Ryon 37 pass from Tyler Jervis (bad snap). 6:35<\/p>\n
COUNTY \u2014 Cayd Sespico 2 pass from David Naniewicz (Reagan Decker kick). :26.2<\/p>\n
Second quarter<\/p>\n
COUNTY \u2014 Mike Iuzzolino 7 run (Santino D\u2019Amico kick). 3:45<\/p>\n
CITY \u2014 Tyler Jervis 1 run (Logan Caruso pass from Tyler Jervis). 1:06<\/p>\n
COUNTY \u2014 Mike Iuzzolino 94 kickoff return (Santino D\u2019Amico kick). :54.1<\/p>\n
COUNTY \u2014 Rhys Williams 16 interception return (Reagan Decker kick). :39.9<\/p>\n
Third quarter<\/p>\n
CITY \u2014 Isaac Ryon 5 run (Johnley Jean kick). 3:33<\/p>\n
CITY \u2014 Isaac Ryon 3 run (Johnley Jean kick). 6:24<\/p>\n
Fourth quarter<\/p>\n
COUNTY \u2014 David Naniewicz 1 run (Reagan Decker kick). 1:19<\/p>\n
CITY \u2014 Mackey Lynett 8 pass from Tyler Jervis (Mackey Lynett pass from Tyler Jervis). :4.6<\/p>\n
RUSHING: City \u2014 Isaac Ryon 20 carries, 155 yards, 2 TDs; Logan Caruso 8-85; Josiah Gray 5-20; Ryan Mecca 2-4; Leland Wudarski 1-3; Tyler Jervis 4-(minus 14), 1 TD. County \u2014 Mike Iuzzolino 11-79, 1 TD; David Naniewicz 8-51, 1 TD; Justin Estevez 1-6, Mason Vinansky 1-1; Team 1-(minus 1).<\/p>\n
PASSING: City \u2014\u00a0Tyler Jervis 9-15-1, 197 yards, 2 TDs; Isaac Ryon 1-1-0, 27; Team 0-2-0.\u00a0County \u2014 Brett Yanoski 5-6-0, 60; David Naniewicz 2-4-0, 33, TD.<\/p>\n
RECEIVING: City \u2014 Mackey Lynett 3 receptions, 66 yards, TD; Mason Gonzalez 2-83; Isaac Ryon 2-67, 1 TD; AJ Croom 2-8.\u00a0County \u2014\u00a0Kobe White 1-32; Gavin Anders 1-31; Justin Estevez 1-10; Chris Rasmus 1-7; Max Jackson 1-7; Jake Bondy 1-4; Cayd Sespico 1-2, TD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BLAKELY \u2013 Earlier in the week, Lackawanna Trail graduate Tyler Jervis knew he would have a hard time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-250218","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\/250218","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=250218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}