Saturday will be a wild one at Scranton Memorial Stadium when our hometown NEPA Miners hosts the Hudson County Bounty Hunters in their final regular season home game. The fans in Scranton will be getting a playoff caliber match up and a halftime concert all for the price of eight dollars or less! The NEPA Miners are coming off a much needed bye week as the team played seven straight weeks going 4-2-1 in league play while the Bounty Hunters are 4-3 having won three in a row. The Miners are battle tested after playing one of the more challenging schedules in the Regional American Football League (RAFL). Our hometown team is looking to start a win streak of there own and get a home playoff game in Scranton. The Miners are already motivated knowing the RAFL Championship game is being held November 1st at Scranton Memorial Stadium. The Miners boast a tenacious defense anchored by a front line with Malcolm Singleton and Eyad Elbattah. The Miners offense is full of weapons led by Quarterback J.P. Antosh who is approaching 2000 yards passing on the season.The fans at Scranton Memorial Stadium will not only enjoy an action packed football game but a half time concert by the up and coming female R & B group Minxx. The girls recently won the Underground Music Award for Best female R&B Group. The event was @ B.B. Kings in Times Square in NY. Buttons the Clown and the NEPA Miners Girls Entertainment Team will also be on hand to entertain our fans. The NEPA Miners are asking the fans of North Eastern Pennsylvania and our local media to band together for this second year organization that performs for our community and the love of the game. See you Saturday at Scranton Memorial Stadium, 7PM kickoff. GO MINERS!
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The North East Pennsylvania (NEPA) Miners are a minor league football team bringing a first of its kind football league to North Eastern Pennsylvania that will set the Miners apart from their competitors. While the Miners represent all of North East Pennsylvania, their basis of operations is the Poconos, encompassing the areas of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. The Miners play in the Regional Atlantic Football League (RAFL) with home games at the area’s finest facilities.
The Miners’ goal is to serve the people of North East Pennsylvania with year-round community service while providing superior customer service and quality family entertainment on Saturday nights during the football season. Led by their President and Head Coach Daniel LaMagna and supported by Charlie Wysocki — a Wilkes-Barre native and legendary football player — the Miners aim to exemplify the utmost in sportsmanship while entertaining their fans. We are Scranton Football at its finest!
