A pair of players and a coach from District 2 will be part of a postseason high school football all-star game.
Valley View center Anthony Mengoni, Wyoming Area running back Nick O'Brien and Scranton coach Mike Marichak will be a part of the East all-star team when it plays the West all-stars in the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association game scheduled for May 5 at Downingtown West High School.
For Mengoni, it's been a rewarding couple of weeks as he recently committed to accept a football scholarship to Delaware State.
A three-year starter for the Cougars, the 6-foot-2, 265-pound Mengoni helped pave the way for the Cougars offense that averaged 320.5 yards per game and 247.5 yards on the ground last season. He also stood out on defense and was chosen to the LFC Division I coaches' all-star second-team as a defensive lineman.
"It's awesome, especially after all of the hard work I put in," Mengoni said. "First the scholarship and now this. It's just unbelievable. It's nice to have an opportunity to represent Valley View and it's an honor to be chosen.
"It's going to be awesome to suit up again before I have to go to college."
At Wyoming Area, O'Brien proved to be one of the top players in the history of the Wyoming Valley Conference.
This past season, he led the team to the District 2 Class AA championship with 1,853 yards and 29 touchdowns, he passed for 11 touchdowns and returned three punts for scores.
He finished his career with 5,036 yards rushing to rank third all-time in the WVC.
Marichak will assist Downington East coach Mike Matta. This season, Marichak guided Scranton to a 10-0 regular season, the Lackawanna Football Conference Division I championship and an 11-1 overall record.
"It's a great honor to be able to coach a great group of all-stars from Pennsylvania," Marichak said. "There are some top-notch athletes who will be playing and I am excited about the opportunity."
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