Expand<\/a><\/p>\nCLINTON TWP. \u2013 As his players gathered in a postgame huddle, Carbondale Area head coach Jeff Arthur asked them to move the gathering over to the fence area to allow fans to share a long-awaited celebratory speech.<\/p>\n
His 10th-ranked Chargers pounded out a 40-21 win over Lackawanna Trail on Friday night at Lion Pride Stadium. The triumph secured Carbondale Area a share of the Lackawanna Football Conference Division III championship, the program\u2019s first since 2005.<\/p>\n
Carbondale Area (6-3 overall, 4-0 Division III) can win its first outright championship since 1973 with a win over Old Forge next week.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna Trail (3-6, 3-1), which had its 21-game division winning streak snapped, closes out the season against Montrose and is chasing a spot in the District 2-11 Class 1A subregional playoffs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis win means a lot,\u201d senior running back Caedon Voglino said. \u201cWe haven\u2019t won a division in a long time. This is huge. We practiced hard all week, and I can\u2019t say enough about all of these guys. I love them so much.\u201d<\/p>\n
Voglino continued to provide explosive plays, leading the Chargers with 163 rushing yards on 17 carries and four touchdowns. He led Carbondale Area\u2019s potent running game that finished with 324 yards on the ground in 47 carries.<\/p>\n
His brother, Mason, contributed 84 yards \u2013 64 in the second half \u2013 and a touchdown. Fullback Cole Balderas had 44 rushing yards and a touchdown, and Francisco Roman had 30 rushing yards in the attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll offseason, we practiced the run, and we are a heavy run team,\u201d said Carbondale Area lineman Parker Mursch Davitt, a 6-foot-2, 290-pound junior tackle. \u201cWe worked so hard on staying low and moving our feet. We had to push the guy in front of us and let our running backs do their things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among his efforts, Caedon Voglino had a 74-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, added a 17-yard punt return, and ran a 28-yard run.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is all about my linemen,\u201d Caedon Voglino said. \u201cI can\u2019t take any of the credit. The linemen worked hard in practice all week.<\/p>\n
Carbondale Area\u2019s defense also played a physical game and stymied the Lackawanna Trail running game for all but one play.<\/p>\n
Carter Edwards scored on a bruising 29-yard touchdown run in the third quarter that brought Lackawanna Trail within 29-15. Other than that burst, the Lions managed 101 yards on 28 carries.<\/p>\n
Baldreas dominated, especially early, recording eight tackles in the first half.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to set the tone early,\u201d Balderas said. \u201cAgainst a good team like Trail, you have to do that. My guys up front, they were taking up blocks and making crazy lanes for me to fill the holes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carbondale Area jumped out to a 12-0 first-quarter lead. Caedon Voglino returned a punt 17 yards, setting the Chargers up at the Lackawanna Trail 26. Balderas scored the first touchdown on a 4-yard run.<\/p>\n
After forcing another punt, Caedon Voglino took a direct snap and sprinted 74 yards on a third-and-6 with 3:18 left in the quarter.<\/p>\n
Carbondale Area\u2019s defense forced Lackawanna Trail to punt on its fourth straight drive to end the quarter. Caedon Voglino dashed 28 yards on a reverse, and the Lions were hit with a 15-yard penalty, leading to his 7-yard touchdown and a commanding 19-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna Trail attempted a fake punt at midfield on its next possession, but the Chargers stuffed the play. Mason Voglino finished the ensuing drive with a 12-yard touchdown run, pushing the lead to 26-0.<\/p>\n
The Lions got on the board late in the first half when Lucas Filipek hit Joey Thomas for a 9-yard touchdown. Things got interesting when Edwards powered in for his 29-yard score in the third and the defense forced a punt.<\/p>\n
However, sophomore Caige Nolan intercepted a Lions\u2019 pass, and the Chargers continued dominating up front on both sides of the ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe outpowered them a little bit,\u201d said Carbondale Area two-way lineman Owen Kovaleski, a 6-0, 270-pound sophomore. \u201cOverall, I think that we played a great game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Caedon Voglino scored twice more on quarterback sneaks.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna Trail\u2019s final touchdown came on a pass from Filipek to Timmy Richmond.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis win for us is everything,\u201d Balderas said. \u201cWe knew it was going to be tough. We knew it was going to be a dogfight. We worked so hard for this. We really strapped it up and played hard.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carbondale Area\u2019s Mason Voglino running back looks for an opening against L:ackawanna Trail on Friday, Oct. 24, 2026,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-313380","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\/313380","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=313380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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