The Dream Game will be continuing a long history when it kicks off Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Valley View’s John Henzes/Veterans Memorial Stadium in Peckville.
The 88th annual Scranton Lions Club all-star game, presented by Northeast Rehab, features recent graduates of Lackawanna Football Conference teams.
NEPASportsNation.com took a look at many of the more interesting games in that history during a series prior to last year’s return of the game from a one-year break for COVID.
For those who missed any of those entries in our Nation Nostalgia series or just want a refresher on the game’s history, here are links to stories from that series. Readers should disregard the editor’s note on the end of those stories, which contained information from last season’s game.
1935: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostalgia-1935-marked-start-for-dream-game/.
1937: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostaglia-third-game-got-dream-game-series-rolling/.
1941: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostaglia-olyphant-combo-helped-end-city-dominance/.
1949: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostaglia-dream-game-opened-door-for-oboyle-in-49/.
1951: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostalgia-late-scores-decided-1951-game/.
1954: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostaglia-county-held-city-scoreless-for-three-years-in-1950s/.
1961: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostalgia-iacavazzi-scored-winner-in-1961-dream-game/.
1967: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostaglia-revta-became-quarterback-in-time-for-dream-game/.
1970: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostaglia-hoban-led-the-way-on-record-setting-night/.
1974: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostaglia-mariani-led-high-scoring-dream-game/.
1975: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostalgia-different-styles-made-for-close-finish-in-75/.
1985: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostaglia-sakulich-scored-game-winning-td-in-1985/.
1987: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostalgia-cruciani-went-out-in-style-in-86-game/
1990: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostalgia-domenick-delivered-game-winner-in-1990/.
1998: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostalgia-chandler-stofko-led-city-in-96-game/.
2002: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostalgia-county-passed-its-way-to-2002-win/.
2005: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostalgia-gilroy-delivered-turnovers-by-half-dozen/.
2010: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostalgia-defebo-perry-formed-1-2-punch-for-2010-city-team/.
2014: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostaglia-scoreless-tie-at-half-led-to-exciting-finish-in-2014/.
2019: https://nepasportsnation.com/nation-nostaglia-sauter-dunn-led-county-in-most-recent-game/.
LAST YEAR’S GAME
NEPASportsNation.com covered the 2021 game.
Coverage of that game can be found at:
Game story: https://nepasportsnation.com/janiszewski-callanan-digregorio-help-county-hang-on-in-dream-game/.
Key statistics: https://nepasportsnation.com/10-dream-game-statistics/.
Expanded statistics: https://nepasportsnation.com/expanded-dream-game-statistics/.
Photo Gallery: https://nepasportsnation.com/2021-dream-game-photo-gallery/.
