{"id":284224,"date":"2026-09-12T03:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/284224\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T03:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:02:08","slug":"hs-football-pochas-rosenkrans-help-lakeland-speed-past-lackawanna-trail-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/284224\/","title":{"rendered":"HS FOOTBALL: Pochas, Rosenkrans help Lakeland speed past Lackawanna Trail \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lakeland\u2019s Chase Rosenkrans catches a touchdown pass in the first quarter against Lackawanna Trail on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 at Lakeland High School. (JESSE CAREY \/ CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Lakeland\u2019s Dylan Loomis (8) forces a fumble in the second quarter against Lackawanna Trail on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 at Lakeland High School. Lakeland recovered the fumble.
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Lakeland\u2019s Evan Lonzinski breaks free for a touchdown in the first quarter against Lackawanna Trail on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 at Lakeland High School. (JESSE CAREY \/ CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Lackawanna Trail\u2019s Ayden Fowler looks for running room in the first quarter against Lakeland on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 at Lakeland High School. (JESSE CAREY \/ CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Lakeland\u2019s Chase Rosenkrans catches a touchdown pass in the first quarter against Lackawanna Trail on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 at Lakeland High School. (JESSE CAREY \/ CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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CHAPMAN LAKE \u2013 Just too much speed.<\/p>\n

Lakeland put its outside quickness and big playmaking ability on full display in the first half, building a six-touchdown halftime lead en route to a 49-28 triumph over visiting Lackawanna Trail in a Lackawanna Football Conference crossover game Friday.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs (3-0) burned the Lions with four first-half scores between 29 and 68 yards, with junior quarterback Jackson Pochas and senior wide receiver Chase Rosenkrans accounting for much of the damage.<\/p>\n

Pochas ran for two scores, threw for two more and caught a shovel pass for another as No. 7-ranked Lakeland cruised to a 49-0 lead. Rosenkrans caught both scoring strikes from Pochas, for 25 and 23 yards, and flipped a short pass to Pochas, who turned the corner and went untouched on a 46-yard score.<\/p>\n

Pochas started the impressive outburst with a 15-yard scoring run, following a 31-yard jaunt, as the Chiefs scored on the fourth play of the game.<\/p>\n

Lackawanna Trail (0-3) quickly responded, driving 14 plays to the Lakeland 36, but the drive fizzled after a dropped pass behind the Chiefs secondary.<\/p>\n

It took just two plays to make it 13-0 at the 2:22 mark, Evan Lonzinski scoring on a 45-yard toss play.<\/p>\n

Rosenkrans running scoop and return of a bouncing punt created another opportunity, and Pochas hit him on the next play with a 29-yard strike at the 1:08 mark, part of a stretch that saw Lakeland score five touchdowns in seven snaps.<\/p>\n

The lead grew to 27-0 on the shovel pass from Rosenkrans to Pochas, and 35-0 after Dylan Loomis\u2019 16-yard, fourth-down sack set up Luke McFarland\u2019s 20-yard wildcat formation touchdown.<\/p>\n

Pochas\u2019 bubble screen to Rosenkrans covered 23 yards to up the margin to 42-0, and Pochas capped Lakeland\u2019s outburst with a 45-yard scramble across the field after a fumbled shotgun snap with 39.9 seconds left.<\/p>\n

Trail got untracked 20 seconds later, with Lucas Filipek drilling Ayen Fowler in stride for a 68-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n

The Lions added the final three touchdowns in the second half, Colby Stanton bursting 35 yards on an inside reverse, followed by Cooper Castellano\u2019s 15-yard scoop and score after a sack.<\/p>\n

The Lions added their final score in the fourth, Adam Pettinato powering into the end zone from 2 yards with 5:59 to play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lakeland\u2019s Chase Rosenkrans catches a touchdown pass in the first quarter against Lackawanna Trail on Friday, Sept. 11,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-284224","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\/284224","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=284224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}