PA Football News Archives
September 2023
Nativity BVM/George School highlights and Gallery
September 20, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Green Wave took an early lead and never looked back against a feisty Cougars squad from the George School on Thursday night 39 to 8 at Gosh Orthodontics Field at Spartan Stadium at North Schuylkill Jr./Sr. HS. Game Highlights: Game Photos:
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Good Things Come in Threes
September 20, 2023 | Guy Smith
2023.11. This week Pam and Guy again made it to five more games. Our sporting week started on Wednesday with a DeSales University women’s volleyball win over Moravian. On Thursday we were planning on going to see the New Hope Solebury Lions play but that game was cancelled, so we headed to North Schuylkill High […]
Hollywood’s Cutting room floor: Week 4 Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition
September 19, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
AS we reach the halfway point of the regular season, here is how the Colonial/Schuylkill League breakdowns. After the fourth week of the high school football season closed out this past weekend in the Colonial/Schuylkill League League there are just three teams still undefeated heading into week five: Palmerton, Northwestern Lehigh and Southern Lehigh. Palmerton’s […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Week 4 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Edition
September 18, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Nazareth and Parkland met up on the gridiron this past Friday night, in a game that lived up to expectations. Nazareth and Parkland came into their contest, both ranked in the top 10 in the pafootballnews.com top 10 in the 6A classification. The Trojans had a ten point lead on two occasions in the game, […]
Under The Radar, Bethlehem Catholic Continues to Roll On in EPC South Race
September 17, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Bethlehem Catholic Keeps Pace to Stay in the EPC South Title Chase With Win Over Cross-City Rivals. BETHLEHEM- With all the top dogs in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South played on Friday, the only game in town was a “Christmas City” Battle between Liberty and Becahi at BASD Stadium Saturday night and when the dust […]
Northwestern Lehigh Too Much Firepower for Pen Argyl Saturday.
September 17, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Stout Defensive Effort Along With Potent Offense in Dominating Tiger Performance Saturday Afternoon. PEN ARGYL- The Northwestern Tigers rolled up on the hill on a glorious afternoon for football Saturday in a key Colonial/Schuylkill League contest against an improved Pen Argyl Green Knights squad and came away with an emphatic 41-6 win at Alumni Stadium. […]
Williams Valley gets the overtime win at Minersville
September 16, 2023 | Billy Splain
Thanks to Dawn Daub and husband for the story. Alex Achenbach did his thing to get Williams Valley rolling with an 83 yard td jaunt to put the Vikings up 7-0 on their first drive of the night, then the Vikings defense held on in overtime to give the visiting Vikings a 31-28 win in […]
Palmerton holds off Jim Thorpe to stay Undefeated on the Season.
September 16, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Jim Thorpe- The undefeated Blue Bombers, lead by their Sr. quarterback Matthew Machalik, cruised in to this Friday night matchup the winners of their previous 3 contests and hoped to come away with another victory against the Olympians of Jim Thorpe. It did not take long for Palmerton to get on the board as they […]
Parkland Escapes With A Win In Key Etern Pennsylvania Conference Showdown
September 16, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
In a battle between two state ranked unbeaten teams the Parkland Trojans escape late Nazareth rally Friday night. OREFIELD-In a game that was much hyped, even in the preseason, the Nazareth Blue Eagles traveled the 30 minute drive along route 22 to face the Parkland Trojans, not only in a key EPC South contest, but […]
Parkland Takes Down Nazareth in an EPC Instant Classic
September 16, 2023 | Samantha Baker
It was a highly anticipated matchup between two unbeaten, state ranked teams and it certainly lived up to the hype. Parkland and Nazareth were expected to be two of the top teams in the EPC this season and they had the chance to square off just four weeks into the season. The buzz around the […]
Hurricanes Continue Winning Streak With Victory Over Bulldogs
September 16, 2023 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes beat the Tri Valley Bulldogs with a final score of 27-21. Leyden Hertz, Augustus Warke, Aiden Myers, and Niko Carestia all reached the endzone for the Hurricanes. Noah Porter had all three Bulldog touchdowns. The first half of play appeared to be a strong showing by the Bulldogs. Porter started off […]
North Schuylkill Rolls To A Victory Over Tamaqua Thursday Night.
September 15, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
North Schuylkill Spartans jumped out to a 31 point lead on Tamaqua Thursday night en route to a 38-15 win. TAMAQUA- The North Schuylkill Spartans are on a mission! Two weeks ago a disappointing 18-17 loss to rival Blue Mountain was a stinging blow to Coach Wally Hall’s squad, but then a shutout win over […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor: Week 3 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Edition
September 12, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Weather was the culprit last week that wreaked havoc on games in the EPC. Week three of the high school football season was marred by postponements and cancellations leading to rescheduling of contests in the Lehigh Valley. The week started with a Thursday night game between East Stroudsburg South and Pleasant Valley but the game […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: When One Becomes Five
September 12, 2023 | Billy Splain
How does one game become five? Let us explain. Last week we said it would likely be a short blog this week, as we only had one varsity high school football game on our schedule. The original schedule for last week had Pam and Guy heading to DeSales University on Wednesday for a soccer double […]
Minersville’s quick start earns big victory over the Blue Devils ! Game Highlights and Photo Gallery included
September 12, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Miners quick start scores big over the Blue Devils in a 48 to 7 victory at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Minersville. With the rain coming down before and during the game, most teams will run the ball. Minersville did just that on Sunday rushing for 175 yards on 20 carries, most of the yardage coming […]
Pleasant Valley Slides by East Stroudsburg South.
September 11, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Game was resumed after lightning caused a postponement. BRODHEADSVILLE- It took nearly 92 hours to complete, but a decision was rendered Monday afternoon as the Bears of Pleasant Valley posted a 14-12 victory over East Stroudsburg South Monday afternoon in a key Eastern Pennsylvania Conference North Division game. The game began at 8pm Thursday night, […]
Hurricanes Win Thriller Against Vikings 24-21
September 10, 2023 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes reign victorious over the Williams Valley Vikings with a final score of 24-21. Niko Carestia had two touchdowns and two sacks for the Canes. The Vikings kept it close with scores from Evan Achenbach, Alex Achenbach, and Brady Shomper. The Hurricanes knew they needed to get the first score of the […]
Northampton Rolls to Shutout Win Over Stroudsburg.
September 9, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Konkrete Kids methodically stifled the Mountaineers in all aspects of the game Saturday afternoon. NORTHAMPTON- Mother nature wreaked some havoc this weekend of high school football games in the Lehigh Valley. One being the Stroudsburg at Northampton game originally scheduled Friday was postponed till Saturday afternoon. On a hot muggy afternoon, the Konkrete Kids […]
Saucon Valley takes care of business vs Wilson Area
September 9, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Hellertown – In their home opener, the Panthers of Saucon Valley left little doubt from the start. Wilson received the opening kick and quickly went 3 and out. The Panthers took over and proceeded to drive right down the field and capped it off with a swing pass from QB Peter Albano(6-9, 61 yards, 3TD) […]
Southern Lehigh Stays Unbeaten With Convincing Win Friday Night.
September 9, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Southern Lehigh Quarterback Chris Fritts was perfect Friday night in a key Colonial/Schuylkill League Football game Friday night. BANGOR- The Southern Lehigh Spartan express picked up right where they left off last week. Coming off a 68-28 win over a talented Notre Dame Green Pond team. Friday night on the road at Paul Farnan Field, […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: A Homecoming for Pam
September 7, 2023 | Billy Splain
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: A Homecoming for Pam It was a somber week for us, as we had the sad responsibility of planning Guy’s mother’s funeral. But as is so often the case for us and so many others we found escape in sports. This week we managed to take in four […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Edition Week #2
September 6, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
A Review of this past weekend’s action in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and a look to what is happening this upcoming this weekend. Well it looks like Nazareth, Parkland, Allentown Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic and Bethlehem Liberty are setting themselves apart in the South Division as they all improved to 2-0 on the season. The […]
Hurricanes Stun Green Wave in 40-6 Win
September 3, 2023 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes dominated the Nativity Green Wave with a 40-6 victory. Hurricane running back Niko Carestia led his team with three touchdowns, followed by Aiden Myers with two. Samuel Spolski scored Nativity’s lone touchdown. The scoring action in this matchup didn’t begin until the second quarter. The Hurricanes used the first to gain […]
Golden Hawks Soar Saturday Afternoon Over The Zephyrs.
September 3, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Bethlehem Catholic Improves to 2-0 with Impressive Win Over Whitehall Saturday Afternoon. BETHLEHEM- On a day that saw temperatures in the upper 80’s Saturday afternoon across the Lehigh Valley. The play of the Bethlehem Catholic Golden Hawks was just as hot as they rolled to a 34-21 win over an equally talented Whitehall Zephyr team […]
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