{"id":48426,"date":"2025-11-30T18:21:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/48426\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T18:21:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:21:30","slug":"photos-greater-pittston-santa-squad-holds-turkey-bowl-football-game-toy-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/48426\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Greater Pittston Santa Squad holds Turkey Bowl football game, toy drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"image-link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/131963549_web1_GPSS-2025-Turkey-Bowl-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/131963549_web1_GPSS-2025-Turkey-Bowl-2.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Defender Dave Girman, right, just missed blocking a touchdown catch by Rob Williams, left, during the annual Greater Pittston Santa Squad game at Pittston Area\u2019s Charley Trippi Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 23.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;                                 &lt;p&gt;Tony Callaio | For Sunday Dispatch&lt;\/p&gt;\"   class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-3\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Defender Dave Girman, right, just missed blocking a touchdown catch by Rob Williams, left, during the annual Greater Pittston Santa Squad game at Pittston Area\u2019s Charley Trippi Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 23.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Callaio | For Sunday Dispatch<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"image-link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/131963549_web1_GPSS-2025-Turkey-Bowl-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/131963549_web1_GPSS-2025-Turkey-Bowl-3.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Dr. Dana Costantino and Bobby Breymeier, of the Greater Pittston Santa Squad, manned the toy drop off during the annual Greater Pittston Santa Squad touch football game on Nov. 23.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;                                 &lt;p&gt;Tony Callaio | For Sunday Dispatch&lt;\/p&gt;\"   class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-3\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dana Costantino and Bobby Breymeier, of the Greater Pittston Santa Squad, manned the toy drop off during the annual Greater Pittston Santa Squad touch football game on Nov. 23.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Callaio | For Sunday Dispatch<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"image-link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/131963549_web1_GPSS-2025-Turkey-Bowl-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/131963549_web1_GPSS-2025-Turkey-Bowl-4.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Preston Klem, one of Santa\u2019s helpers, stopped by Trippi Stadium to catch a few plays of the annual Turkey Bowl game sponsored by the Greater Pittston Santa Squad on Sunday, Nov. 23.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;                                 &lt;p&gt;Tony Callaio | For Sunday Dispatch&lt;\/p&gt;\"   class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-3\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Preston Klem, one of Santa\u2019s helpers, stopped by Trippi Stadium to catch a few plays of the annual Turkey Bowl game sponsored by the Greater Pittston Santa Squad on Sunday, Nov. 23.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Callaio | For Sunday Dispatch<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"image-link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/131963549_web1_GPSS-2025-Turkey-Bowl-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/131963549_web1_GPSS-2025-Turkey-Bowl-5.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Players and volunteers for the Greater Pittston Santa Squad Turkey Bowl touch football game at Charley Trippi Stadium paused for a photo after the game.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;                                 &lt;p&gt;Tony Callaio | For Sunday Dispatch&lt;\/p&gt;\"   class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-3\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Players and volunteers for the Greater Pittston Santa Squad Turkey Bowl touch football game at Charley Trippi Stadium paused for a photo after the game.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Callaio | For Sunday Dispatch<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"prev\" onclick=\"plusSlides(-1)\">\u276e<\/a><br \/>\n                <a class=\"next\" onclick=\"plusSlides(1)\">\u276f<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>YATESVILLE \u2014 The Greater Pittston Santa Squad (GPSS) held the annual Turkey Bowl touch football game fundraiser at Pittston Area\u2019s Charley Trippi Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 23. Toys and monetary donations were collected on site for the 2025 GPSS Christmas campaign. Food was provided by local vendors LaFratte\u2019s Catering and Arcaro\u2019s the Next Generation. The field and use of the concession stand were courtesy of Pittston Area School District.<\/p>\n<p> \u2014Tony Callaio<\/p>\n<p>\n]]>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Defender Dave Girman, right, just missed blocking a touchdown catch by Rob Williams, left, during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-48426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48426","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=48426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}