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Lakeland\u2019s Chase Rosenkrans looks to throw a pass during a Lackawanna Football Conference Div. II game against Western Wayne on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (ROBERT TOMKAVAGE\/STAFF PHOTO)<\/p>\nS. CANAAN TWP. \u2014 Lakeland bounced back from consecutive losses and defeated Western Wayne, 42-14, in a Lackawanna Football Conference Division II game Friday night.<\/p>\n
Led by Luke McFarland, who accounted for 300 yards of total offense (180 rushing, 120 receiving), the No. 9 Chiefs overpowered the Wildcats from the start.<\/p>\n
After McFarland took a pop pass from quarterback Chase Rosenkrans and bolted 55 yards, Evan Lonzinski capped off the 9-play opening drive with a 1-yard touchdown run.<\/p>\n
McFarland padded Lakeland\u2019s lead with a 69-yard touchdown run off a direct snap on the fourth play of the Chiefs\u2019 next possession.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur line blocked incredibly the whole time,\u201d McFarland said. \u201cWe put in our best effort every play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lakeland\u2019s Chase Rosenkrans looks to throw a pass during a Lackawanna Football Conference Div. II game against Western Wayne on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (ROBERT TOMKAVAGE\/STAFF PHOTO)<\/p>\n
It was nearly a carbon copy on Lakeland\u2019s following possession when McFarland took another direct snap on the fourth play of the drive and scampered 64 yards for a touchdown.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t ask for better blocks and when I see that hole, I just try my best to get in the end zone,\u201d McFarland said.<\/p>\n
Lonzinski opened the scoring in the second half with a 21-yard touchdown run with 4:35 remaining in the third quarter<\/p>\n
Then, after McFarland recovered a Western Wayne fumble forced by Landon Widzon, Rosenkrans found the end zone on an 11-yard run with 1:49 left in the third. Rosenkrans connected with Lonzinski for the 2-point conversion.<\/p>\n
Rosenkrans, the school\u2019s all-time leading receiver, credited the tutelage of Rocco Spartaro, who was the team\u2019s starting quarterback before suffering an injury before the first game, and Jackson Pochas, who switched from wide receiver to quarterback this season before suffering his own injury in Week 6, for helping him adapt to the quarterback position.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are mentoring me each practice,\u201d he said. \u201cThe game is starting to slow down, so it\u2019s getting a little bit easier back there. I thought all 11 guys on the field played great. It\u2019s nice that these guys have faith in me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Western Wayne (4-5 overall, 1-3 division) got on the scoreboard when Jake Grodack found Jason Sparks for a 15-yard touchdown with 10:02 remaining in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Lakeland (7-2, 2-2) quickly answered when Rosenkrans hit McFarland for a 28-yard touchdown, which the junior hauled in despite being interfered with on the play.Rosenkrans connected with Nathan Boyarsky for the 2-point conversion.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a phenomenal athlete,\u201d Lakeland head coach Dave Piwowarczyk said of McFarland. \u201cHe\u2019s receiving some Division I interest, and you can see why. The sky is still the limit for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Western Wayne added a late touchdown on a 1-yard run by Josh Figueroa.<\/p>\n
As Lakeland prepares for the District 2 Class 2A playoffs in a few weeks, following a matchup with Dunmore, Piwowarczyk praised his players for rallying together.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt started at the beginning of the year when we lost Rocco,\u201d he said. \u201cThe team came together and we had a goal in mind to get to where we were last year. Then, losing Jackson kind of took the wind out of our sail. In 2A football, anytime you go through four quarterbacks, that\u2019s going to make a difference, but I said it from the beginning of the year, this team is very resilient.\u00a0I\u2019ve had these guys since they were in seventh grade and I love them. They\u2019re willing to do anything, every kid is willing to step up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"S. CANAAN TWP. \u2014 Lakeland bounced back from consecutive losses and defeated Western Wayne, 42-14, in a Lackawanna…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-313216","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\/313216","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=313216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}