Homecoming Hit Different: Yannone Scores Three as Dunmore Rolls Past Susquehanna, 56-6
By: Justin Bradley | SportzWire | September 26, 2026 | Photo courtesy Justin Focus
SUSQUEHANNA — For Weston Yannone, Saturday wasn’t just another road game.
William Emminger Field is part of his story.
Yannone grew up in Susquehanna. His father played on the field. His grandfather did, too. And in what the Dunmore senior knew would be his final opportunity to play there, he left with a performance worth remembering.
Yannone rushed for 109 yards and three touchdowns on just four carries, helping Dunmore overwhelm Susquehanna, 56-6, and remain unbeaten at 5-0.
“The Sabers will always hold a place in my heart. It’s where I grew up,” Yannone said. “My family grew up here. My dad played on this field, my grandfather.”
Then he went out and made the most of his own final chapter there.
Yannone opened the scoring with a 49-yard touchdown run less than three minutes into the game, beginning a first-quarter avalanche from the Bucks.
Xavier Burke followed with a 66-yard touchdown run. Yannone struck again from 15 yards out, and just 18 seconds later Burke jumped a Susquehanna pass and returned the interception 15 yards for another touchdown.
Just like that, it was 28-0 after one quarter.
Dunmore kept its foot on the gas in the second.
Quarterback Brady McCormick connected with Jacob Costanzo for a 21-yard touchdown, and Josef Wolff added a 10-yard rushing score to send the Bucks into halftime with a commanding 42-0 advantage.
The Bucks did their damage efficiently. Dunmore finished with 392 total yards, including 295 rushing yards on only 24 attempts.
Burke needed just three carries to produce 82 yards and a touchdown, while also contributing the pick-six defensively. Wolff added 56 yards and a score on eight carries.
McCormick completed 6 of 11 passes for 97 yards and a touchdown.
Yannone added the final piece to his personal homecoming early in the third quarter, scoring from five yards out for his third touchdown of the afternoon and pushing Dunmore’s lead to 49-0.
For him, there was meaning behind that final trip across the goal line.
“It’s my last time playing here, last touchdown I’ll ever score here,” Yannone said.
Anthony Cordaro added a 10-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to complete Dunmore’s scoring.
Susquehanna continued battling despite the deficit and finally broke through with 21 seconds remaining when Jaxson Williams ripped off a 46-yard touchdown run. Williams finished with 50 yards on three carries.
But Saturday belonged to Dunmore. The Bucks scored four times in the opening quarter, produced touchdowns on the ground, through the air and on defense, and held Susquehanna to 79 rushing yards and no completed passes.
Even after another lopsided victory, Dunmore coach Kevin McHale wasn’t interested in measuring his team by the scoreboard alone.
“A lot of mistakes to clean up,” McHale said. “But we’re happy to get out of here with a victory and getting out of here healthy as well.”
With the Bucks unbeaten through five games, McHale’s focus remains on continued improvement as Dunmore enters the second half of its schedule.
“We just try and, I know it sounds a little cliche, but just get a little better each day,” McHale said. “Week to week, taking one game at a time.”
Next comes Mid Valley, followed by a stretch McHale knows will demand more from his team.
“We gotta stay dialed in, gotta keep the energy levels up,” McHale said. “Day after day, getting the workouts in and getting ready for weeks six through ten.”
For Dunmore, Saturday was another convincing step forward.
For Yannone, it was something a little more personal: one final afternoon on a field woven through generations of his family and three touchdowns to remember it by.
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