Lakeland
July 2026
2026 Team Preview: The Lakeland Chiefs
July 29, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Lakeland Chiefs Head Coach: David Piwowarczyk PIAA District 2 Class 2A Conference: Lackawanna Interscholastic Athletic Association – Division 2 2025 Season Record:11-2 Key Starters lost David Naniewicz QB/DE, Kody Miller TE/DE, Gavin Roberts RB/DB, Weston Loomis OL/DL, Caden Cuozzo LB/RB returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year Rocco Spataro QB/DB 5-9 175 […]
City defeats County in a thriller to win the 92nd Annual Dream Game
July 24, 2026 | Jared Samuel
At halftime of the 92nd Annual Dream Game, Lackawanna Trail Coach Steve Jervis was honored as the Scranton Lions Club Man of the Year. He gave a nice, complimentary speech and thanked many people who have made his journey happen and enjoyable. It was a very nice and calm moment. It also was the only […]
2026 PFN Player Profile: Dylan Loomis-LB/TE/DE-Lakeland
June 25, 2026 | Cody Brady
Dylan Loomis Lakeland Class Of 2028 LB/TE/DE Jersey #8 6’2”/225 2025 season:60 total tackles 6 tfls 2.5 sacks 4 fumble recoveries, 1 Fumble recovery for TD. Other Sports Baseball 2025 NPF Lackawanna Football Conference Division 2 First Team Defense Linebacker • 2025 Lackawanna Football Conference Division 2 Coaches’ All-Stars Offensive Tackle • 2025 Lackawanna Football […]
2026 PFN Player Preview: Jackson Pochas-WR/DB-Lakeland
June 19, 2026 | Cody Brady
Jackson Pochas Lakeland Class Of 2028 WR/DB Jersey #1 5’10” 165lbs 46 Receptions 759 yards 8 td’s 2025-2026 Other Sports Baseball and basketball All Region DB, Lackawanna Div. 2 receiving champion, Lackawanna Div.2 First Team WR/DB, District Champion Twitter @Jackson_Pochas1 Coach Says: Jackson is a great student athlete who has worked to become one of […]
Naniewicz named to PA Writers’ Class 2A All-State Team
December 24, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Lakeland Senior QB David Naniewicz has been named to the PA Writers’ Class 2A All-State under the “Athlete” designation, and with good reason: he’s a great athlete. The 6-3 215lb signal-caller led a Lakeland resurgence which saw the return of the Chiefs that we all knew was coming. Lakeland went 11-2 on the season and […]
Rising to the occasion: Lansdale overwhelms Lakeland
November 15, 2025 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Inability to take advantage of outstanding field position was Chiefs undoing GERMANTOWN- When facing a team that has as much talent and speed, you need to take advantage of every opportunity given to you to come out victorious on the gridiron. Saturday afternoon at what is known as the Germantown Supersite or Benjamin L. Johnson […]
Ant & Willie’s Pro Pickem Parade
November 14, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
If you were following Philadelphia Football in early 2000’s you undoubtedly visited Tedsilary,com several times a week. One of the most popular features on the site was the Weekly Picking Parade. What started out as friendly competition between two good friends Huck Palmer and Tom “Puck” McKenna in 2009 they a third participant in Willie […]
Lakeland too much for Dunmore, wins District 2 Class 2A Championship (VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS)
November 8, 2025 | Jared Samuel
On a windy and rainy night up on the hilltop at Lakeland High School, the Chiefs played host to the Dunmore Bucks. Lakeland played great defense, and used a balanced offensive attack early to keep Dunmore off track, and the Chiefs defeated the Bucks 27-7 for the District 2 Class 2A Championship. Lakeland QB David […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: Championship week!!
November 5, 2025 | Jared Samuel
It was a wild opening week for the District 2 playoffs. We had 3 teams who came in with 5-5 records that advanced to the championship game! If you have read any of my articles up to this point, then you probably already know why that happened….but if not, here’s the secret sauce: the programs […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: “Ah, playoffs?! Don’t talk about – playoffs?! You kiddin’ me?!!”
October 30, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Check out our live playoff brackets here: PLAYOFF BRACKETS Ahhhhh yes. Who doesn’t remember that famous rant! In this case however, contrary to what Jim Mora would want, I will talk about playoffs. It has all come down to this, and over the next 2 weekends we will crown 4 District champs and 2 sub-regional champs. […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: “Almost there”…..and “It’s a trap!”
October 16, 2025 | Jared Samuel
There’s the scene in Star Wars Episode IV where the X-Wings are making their first run to try to destroy the Death Star. The Red Leader keeps saying “almost there” as all of the escorts around him are getting picked off by Darth Vader. How is it that I immediately thought of this when I […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: And, down the stretch they come!!
October 1, 2025 | Jared Samuel
I have to say that I miss hearing Dave Johnson use that phrase in the Triple Crown races. It’s just not the same without him. Speaking of stretch runs, this is exactly where we find ourselves in the District 2 races. I covered where I see things in last week’s column…check it out HERE. This […]
Naniewicz Leads Lakeland over Dunmore 28-14 (Video Highlights)
September 27, 2025 | Jake Mills
The Lakeland Chiefs roll to 5-1 on the year after a 28-14 win on the road at Dunmore. Lakeland opened the scoring in this one as QB David Naniewicz ran in a 2 yard touchdown with 6:17 left in the 1st quarter. Dunmore in the 2nd quarter got on the board as Logan Miller fell […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: Whoa, we’re halfway there!
September 24, 2025 | Jared Samuel
We’ve made it to the mid-point of the season, and we had another wild set of games this past week. We had everything, from a Thursday Night game in Montrose that featured a visit from none other than PSU Head Coach James Franklin to an absolutely wild finish in the Back Mountain on Friday and […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: 3 Up, 3 Down
September 17, 2025 | Jared Samuel
I don’t know how we are doing it, but we’ve picked 4 straight great Friday games that we’ve covered. And it’s early! I feel like I’m playing the Eliminator, where you pick one team to win per week but then you can’t pick them again in the same season….it’s hard! Thankfully, I can usually pick […]
Wyoming Area Moves to 4-0 after Statement Win over Lakeland 38-14 (Video Highlights)
September 13, 2025 | Jake Mills
Wyoming Area defeats Lakeland in a fantastic game 38-14. The Warriors of Wyoming Area were down 14-0 with 10:30 left until halftime. QB David Naniewicz ran in the first score on a tush push and aired one out to Chase Rosenkrans from 21 yards out. Wyoming Area’s pass game looked very off early in this […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: Sample Sizes
September 10, 2025 | Jared Samuel
The J-Man had 3 games to cover this past weekend…..whew! We went from pouring rain Thursday to warm temps Friday then back to cooler temps Saturday with rain actually moving kickoff times out later. It was 41 degrees this morning at the Captain’s Quarters, and colder for Sherryl when she left for work just after […]
Lakeland beats Riverside 33-23 on the road, continues to roll.
September 6, 2025 | EJ Samuel
Lakeland came into Riverside Veterans Memorial stadium with one goal in mind, get the win. They were able to do so 33-23 over Riverside. Although this one was a dog fight in the beginning with the score being tied at 7 at the half, the 2nd half is where everything opened up and it seems […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: Bring on the Fall Weather!
September 3, 2025 | Jared Samuel
The J-Man gives his thoughts, a recap of last week’s games and a look ahead at key matchups this week in District 2! I don’t know about you, but feeling that cool breeze on Friday night got me wanting the Fall weather. These football games are always so much better when the cooler, fall weather is […]
The J-Man’s View Of District 2: 2 games in before Labor Day!
August 27, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Who else remembers the days when the season started later? I remember, and though I might be dating myself a bit I recall those were the days before the State playoff system began. I’ll gladly take the trade-off! And now it means teams will have 2 games in before Labor Day — that will sure […]
Lakeland wins 52-14 over Carbondale in impressive fashion (Video Highlights)
August 23, 2025 | Jake Mills
The Lakeland Chiefs won 52-14 over Carbondale Area to open up the season. Jackson Pochas had 2 touchdowns along with Rocco Spataro, one of which was a kickoff return to open up the 2nd half. Gavin Roberts, Chase Rosenkrans, Evan Lonzinski and Caden Cuozoo also scored for Lakeland. Carbondale got their scores from Francisco Roman […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: What week is it anyway?
August 21, 2025 | Jared Samuel
This whole Week Zero or Week One thing has me perplexed. I took plenty of math classes in high school and in college, and if I learned anything about zero it is this: it equals NOTHING. Good enough for me. Week 1 it is!! Welcome to my weekly look at all things District 2 in […]
91st Annual Scranton Lions Club Dream Game: County overwhelms the City
July 24, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Over the past few years, the Lackawanna Football Conference’s de-facto Senior Bowl, the Scranton Lions Dream Game, has been a close affair. When the rosters were announced, it looked like there were strengths and weaknesses on both sides. And as practices happened leading up to the 91st version of this game, you could sense that […]
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