Lackawanna Trail scored four touchdowns in a span of 8:18 during the second quarter Aug. 23 on the way to its first victory ever at Tunkhannock, beating the Tigers, 41-7, in a non-league football opener.
The game served as a Homecoming for Lions coach Steve Jervis, who played quarterback for and began his head coaching career at Tunkhannock.
Jervis was pleased with the way his team responded to trailing 7-0 after one quarter.
“I do give credit to our kids, they didn’t get rattled,” Jervis said. “Kind of settled down. It’s more, we talk a lot about culture and process and all those things. Week One, you get behind and I was real happy with our kids, they went right back to work and I think we had a pretty good bounce-back second quarter there that set the tone for the rest of the game.”
Tunkhannock’s lone score came with just 2:40 left in the first quarter when senior tailback Karver Lewis sprinted to the right side and scored from 16 yards out.
Lackawanna Trail wiped out the Tunkhannock lead with its big second quarter.
Isaac Ryon tied the game with a 4-yard touchdown run 9:27 before halftime.
Quarterback Tyler Jervis, Steve’s son, connected with a wide-open Max Kimmel on a 44-yard touchdown to put the Lions ahead with 5:43 left in the second quarter.
Demetrius Douglas scored two of his three touchdowns in the final three minutes of the half. He scored on runs of 20 and 16 yards.
Ryon, who ran for a game-high 121 yards on 12 carries, scored on a 20-yard run late in the third quarter to increase the lead to 34-7.
Douglas scored from the 1 with 5:03 left in the fourth quarter to complete the scoring.
Holden Edwards kicked three of the team’s extra points and Ryon had two.
The Lions held statistical advantages of 18-7 in first downs, 266-79 in rushing yards, 96-63 in passing yards and 362-142 in total offense.
Tyler Jervis hit all three of his passes for 96 yards and two touchdowns.
Kimmel had two catches for 82 yards and also intercepted a pass.
Lackawanna Trail, the defending Lackawanna Football Conference Division 3, District 2 Class A champion travels to face LFC Division 2 favorite Western Wayne Aug. 30.
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