MILFORD \u2014 Delaware Valley had all the momentum.<\/p>\n
A blocked field goal followed by a lengthy scoring drive early in the fourth quarter put the Warriors right back in their Lackawanna Football Conference Division I game with North Pocono.<\/p>\n
The Trojans needed a response and they got one. Cole West\u2019s 22-yard touchdown run with 5:17 remaining enabled No. 3 North Pocono to subdue Delaware Valley, 21-7, on Friday night at Warrior Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cCredit DV. They do a great job and they had a great drive,\u201d North Pocono head coach Greg Dolhon said. \u201cBut our kids are so resilient, I\u2019m so proud of them. Things didn\u2019t look good, 14-7. But that was a big answer drive, it really was.\u201d<\/p>\n
Delaware Valley head coach Keith Olsommer said North Pocono did what good teams do.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood teams don\u2019t make mistakes. They catch passes and when they face adversity, they answer,\u201d Olsommer said. \u201cAnd when you have Chase (Zimmerman) and Cole in your backfield, you\u2019re going to have a lot of answers.\u201d<\/p>\n
West finished with 81 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries, while Henry Wolff added 98 yards and a score on 15 carries. The Trojans (7-1 overall, 4-1 Division I) had 273 rushing yards (321 total) as they bounced back from last week\u2019s tough triple-overtime loss to Scranton Prep.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a great group of guys. We had some injuries; one of our best linemen Z-Bell (Zach Bell) went down,\u201d West said. \u201cBut that\u2019s what great teams do. They fight through the pains and get the job done.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe took that (Scranton Prep loss) hard. It was a tough week coming back from that. But we had to forget about it. All week we were preaching that we had to get after them (Delaware Valley). That\u2019s a good team. That\u2019s a heck of a win we had.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leading, 14-0, at halftime, North Pocono looked to extend its advantage after Max LaFave deflected a Delaware Valley pass into the arms of teammate Jayden Taylor and he returned it eight yards to the Delaware Valley 32. The Trojans moved to the 5 and when the drive stalled, they attempted a 22-yard field goal on fourth-and-goal. But Shane Youngblood\u2019s kick was blocked by Lucas Purdon and the score remained 14-0.<\/p>\n
Buoyed by the blocked kick, Delaware Valley (2-6, 1-4) then marched 80 yards in 19 plays, consuming 9:15 off the clock. Devon Estevez did most of the work, carrying 12 times on the drive for 57 yards, including a pair of fourth-down conversions. Estevez finished with 115 yards on 23 carries.<\/p>\n
Dylan Bannon capped the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run and Matt Marotta\u2019s kick cut the deficit to 14-7 with 9:25 to play.<\/p>\n
However, North Pocono answered with an eight-play, 65-yard scoring drive. Runs of 10 yards by Wolff and 17 yards by Taylor put the Trojans at the Delaware Valley 37. West had a pair of 4-yard runs and Chase Zimmerman was held to one yard on third down, setting up fourth-and-1 from the 28. West gained six yards for the first down, then went 22 yards for the touchdown. Youngblood\u2019s third extra point made it 21-7.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe felt our line was getting pushed up front and we know we\u2019re better than that,\u201d West said. \u201cOur guys are awesome and they came through at the end. That\u2019s what we needed them to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey gave me a hole and I found a crease. But it starts up front with the line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Again, Delaware Valley tried to rally. It drove from its 20 to the North Pocono 14, but an incompletion on fourth-and-5 ended the threat with 2:07 left. Wolff then ran 53 yards and Taylor followed with a 14-yard run to seal the victory for North Pocono.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know what was smart, Henry slid. And then JT had that run and he got down and slid,\u201d Dolhon said. \u201cThose two kids weren\u2019t looking for touchdowns, they were looking for wins. I\u2019m so proud of them that they made the right decision.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following a scoreless first quarter, LaFave intercepted a pass on the second play of the second quarter and returned it 13 yards to the Delaware Valley 43. Eight plays later, on fourth-and-inches from the 13, West broke through the line to not only pick up the first down, but the touchdown to make it 7-0 with 7:18 left.<\/p>\n
After the next three possessions ended in punts, North Pocono took over at the Warriors 40 with 1:31 left, no timeouts and perfectly executed a two-minute drill. Zimmerman hit Wolff for six yards on a screen pass. Wolff ran for seven on the next play, getting out of bounds to stop the clock. Next, Zimmerman flipped the ball to Wolff for a 15-yard gain, then hit him for nine yards. Wolff might have had a touchdown, but stumbled and fell down at the 5.<\/p>\n
No matter. He scored on the next play to give the Trojans a 14-0 lead with 35 seconds left before halftime.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was flawless,\u201d Wolff said. \u201cWish I could have stayed on my feet on the first one, but I got sniped by the turf monster. I was a great momentum builder going into halftime.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dolhon credited Zimmerman for engineering the drive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was our senior quarterback,\u201d Dolhon said. \u201cWe made some good plays in some open spaces, but we have great players. It\u2019s our job to put them in the right situations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not only was he a factor with his running and receiving (3 catches, 30 yards), Wolff averaged 39.5 yards on two punts and had touchbacks on all four of his kickoffs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s just a talent I have and I\u2019m grateful for it,\u201d Wolff said. \u201cAny way I can help this team, I love to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n
Olsommer said Wolff definitely was a difference-maker.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll around, he was tough on defense, ran the ball well and he\u2019s kicking the ball,\u201d Olsommer said. \u201cIt pins you. And when you\u2019re struggling offensively like we were, that\u2019s a long, long field you\u2019re looking down at. He was able to pin us all night.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILFORD \u2014 Delaware Valley had all the momentum. A blocked field goal followed by a lengthy scoring drive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-308517","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\/308517","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=308517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}