Valley View at North Pocono

Recap

NORTH POCONO 42, VALLEY VIEW 0

Cole West served notice to all who were wondering that the North Pocono Trojans were ready for all comers, scoring two touchdowns and throwing for another as his teammates drilled Valley View 42-0 in the District 2 Class 4A semifinals. The victory sets up a showdown with undefeated Dallas next weekend in the Back Mountain to decide the district title.

The Trojans, playing on a snow-covered field in Moscow, got on the board quickly when senior tailback Henry Wolff raced 70 yards through the middle of the Cougar defense. Shane Youngblood’s point after was on the money and North Pocono led 7-0 with 9:39 left to play in the opening period.

After the rest of the first quarter elapsed with no points for either side, North Pocono extended its lead when senior signal caller Chase Zimmerman found Max LaFave on a pretty crossing pattern to double the Trojans’ advantage to 14-0 with 8:30 on the second quarter clock.

Later in the second period, West took the shotgun snap from center and found a streaking Wolff behind the Valley View secondary to complete a 21-yard scoring play. Youngblood again added the point after to make it 21-0 with 3:49 left before halftime.

The final Trojan touchdown of the half came when Zimmerman rolled to his right, broke a tackle on the perimeter, and lofted a pass toward the right corner of the end zone. West fully extended to snare the pass for a 23-yard touchdown. North Pocono led at halftime 28-0.

West left no doubt as to the outcome when he tallied again in the third period. Once again taking the snap in the Wildcat formation, West scampered 11 yards through a hole off tackle. Youngblood was automatic once again to extend the Trojan lead to 35-0 and put the game into the mercy rule with 5:07 left to play in the third period.

The final North Pocono touchdown came courtesy of Ethan Baulo who scooted 38 yards to the end zone to complete the rout.

Valley View finishes their season with a mark of 6-6.

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER

NP – Henry Wolff 70-yd run (Shane Youngblood kick) – North Pocono 7-0

2ND QUARTER

NP = Max Lafave 16-yd pass from Chase Zimmerman (Youngblood kick) – North Pocono 14-0

NP – Wolff 21-yd pass from Cole West (Youngblood kick) – North Pocono 21-0

NP – West 23-yd pass from Zimmerman (Youngblood kick) – North Pocono 28-0

3RD QUARTER

NP – West 11-yd run (Youngblood kick) – North Pocono 35-0

4TH QUARTER

NP – Ethan Baulo 38-yd run (Andrew Derenick kick) – North Pocono 42-0