{"id":278720,"date":"2026-09-04T05:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278720\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T05:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:48:17","slug":"gameface-week-2-lfc-players-to-watch-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278720\/","title":{"rendered":"GAMEFACE WEEK 2: LFC Players to Watch \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DelawareDelaware Valley\u2019s James Dabney.
\nJAMES DABNEY<\/p>\n

Delaware Valley, TE<\/p>\n

A top college prospect, Dabney caught three passes for 22 yards and a touchdown in a loss to Bethlehem Catholic.<\/p>\n

\"NorthNorth Pocono\u2019s Jayden Taylor (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nJAYDEN TAYLOR<\/p>\n

North Pocono, RB-LB<\/p>\n

Had a strong game on both sides of the ball. He ran for 23 yards and a touchdown, and added six tackles, five for loss, in a win over Berwick.<\/p>\n

\"Scranton'sScranton\u2019s Daris McCollum (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nDARIS McCOLLUM<\/p>\n

Scranton, DE<\/p>\n

He is an athletic, physical lineman who is the leader on both sides of the ball for the Knights.<\/p>\n

\"ScrantonScranton Prep\u2019s Brandon Farmer (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nBRANDON FARMER<\/p>\n

Scranton Prep, RB<\/p>\n

Helped fuel Scranton Prep\u2019s opening game with 72 yards rushing on 13 carries and three touchdowns in a 41-34 loss to Loyola Blakefield.<\/p>\n

\"ValleyValley View\u2019s Brady Bachman.
\nBRADY BACHMAN<\/p>\n

Valley View, LB<\/p>\n

A junior, he had 17 total tackles and two passes defended, leading the Cougars\u2019 defense in a 28-16 loss to District 11 power Northwestern Lehigh.<\/p>\n

\"Wallenpaupack'sWallenpaupack\u2019s Jake Rafferty (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nJAKE RAFFERTY<\/p>\n

Wallenpaupack, QB-DB<\/p>\n

He completed 10 of 20 passes for 151 yards and ran for 55 yards and two touchdowns in the Wayne-Pike Shrine Bowl loss to Honesdale.<\/p>\n

\"WestWest Scranton\u2019s Jonyae Sostre (SUBMITTED PHOTO)<\/p>\n

JONYAE SOSTRE<\/p>\n

West Scranton, WR-DB<\/p>\n

He had 35 yards rushing and two touchdowns, and added five receptions for 41 yards in the Invaders\u2019 win over Hazleton Area.<\/p>\n

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\"Dunmore'sDunmore\u2019s Josef Wolff (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nJOSEF WOLFF<\/p>\n

Dunmore, RB<\/p>\n

He had four carries for 67 yards and a touchdown in a win over Wyoming Area last week.<\/p>\n

\"Honesdale'sHonesdale\u2019s Turk Acker (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nTURK ACKER<\/p>\n

Honesdale, RB-DB<\/p>\n

He had a big game with five total tackles. He also had 36 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the Hornets\u2019 26-14 win over Wallenpaupack in the Wayne-Pike Shrine Bowl.<\/p>\n

\"Lakeland'sLakeland\u2019s Jacob Passiment (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nJACOB PASSIMENT<\/p>\n

Lakeland, WR-DB<\/p>\n

A junior wide receiver, he hauled in a 21-yard touchdown reception and had two passes defended in a 27-6 win over Wellboro in Week 1.<\/p>\n

\"MidMid Valley\u2019s Nick Hricenak (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nNICK HRICENAK<\/p>\n

Mid Valley, WR-DB<\/p>\n

He had six receptions for 86 yards and two touchdowns in a 14-13 loss to Lake-Lehman.<\/p>\n

\"Riverside'sRiverside\u2019s Exavier Pelton (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nEXAVIER PELTON<\/p>\n

Riverside, OL-DL<\/p>\n

He was one of the key players who helped the Vikings run for 325 yards and also had seven tackles, four for loss, in a 42-7 win over Susquehanna.<\/p>\n

\"WesternWestern Wayne\u2019s Jason Sparks (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nJASON SPARKS<\/p>\n

Western Wayne, WR-DB<\/p>\n

He had two catches for 92 yards, including a 73-yard touchdown, and returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown in a win over Lackawanna Trail.<\/p>\n

\"CarbondaleCarbondale Area\u2019s Cole Balderas (STAFF PHOTO)
\nCOLE BALDERAS<\/p>\n

Carbondale Area, FB<\/p>\n

He had 79 yards rushing and 72 yards receiving in the Chargers\u2019 season-opening win over Nanticoke Area.<\/p>\n

\"HolyHoly Cross\u2019 Luca Berardi (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nLUCA BERARDI<\/p>\n

Holy Cross, WR-DB<\/p>\n

He is a returning starter who had 15 receptions for 230 yards last season for the Crusaders.<\/p>\n

\"LackawannaLackawanna Trail\u2019s Lucas Filipek (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nLUCAS FILIPEK<\/p>\n

Lackawanna Trail, QB<\/p>\n

The junior completed 9 of 15 passes for 193 yards and a touchdown, and added a rushing touchdown last week against Western Wayne.<\/p>\n

\"OldOld Forge\u2019s Rylan Gutowski (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nRYLAN GUTOWSKI<\/p>\n

Old Forge, RB<\/p>\n

He carried 25 times for 92 yards and scored a touchdown in a 28-21 loss to Pen Argyl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delaware Valley\u2019s James Dabney. JAMES DABNEY Delaware Valley, TE A top college prospect, Dabney caught three passes for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-278720","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\/278720","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=278720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}