PA Football News Archives
September 2023
2023 Week 3 District 2 Week in Review
September 11, 2023 | John Kotsko
Valley View 40 Honesdale 13 Cougars running back Camryn Higgins ran for 107 yards and a touchdown and Preston Reed added two rushing touchdowns as Valley View went to 3-0 on the season with a victory over Honesdale. Hornets running back Gabe Duda rushed for 34 yards and a touchdown in the loss. North Pocono […]
The Bell Game: Knights defeat the Invaders 43-25
September 9, 2023 | Jared Samuel
When it comes to rivalry games, both teams usually get very motivated to win no matter how their current season is going. The Scranton Knights came into the Bell game with a 2-0 record and off of a shutout win over Wyoming Valley West last Friday night. The West Scranton Invaders entered with an 0-2 […]
Scranton at West Scranton: The Bell Game — PHOTO GALLERY
September 9, 2023 | Sherryl Samuel
Wyoming Area takes home opener over Crestwood
September 9, 2023 | John Kotsko
When you think of Wyoming Area, you think of star running back Aaron Crossley. However, Friday night proved that they are much more than just one player. Michael Crane stepped up big with two touchdowns and Lidge Kellum scored on a sixty yard touchdown run to give the Warriors the lead for good as Wyoming […]
Lions roar past the Trojans, 40-13
September 8, 2023 | Jared Samuel
From a tough week of very hot weather followed by some severe thunderstorms, both Lackawanna Trail and Nanticoke Area faced challenges leading up to this game. On Friday morning, there was doubt that this game would happen due to power outages in Nanticoke that disrupted school. Unfortunately for the Trojans, there was no outage when […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC Week 3 2023.
September 7, 2023 | John Kotsko
Labor Day is past and now we have hit Week 3 of the 2023 High School Football season. We’ve seen some pretty impressive accomplishments in the first two weeks of the season. We saw a shootout in Mountain Top where Brady Zapoticky and Jaden Shedlock traded blow for blow with Dallas taking the victory over […]
Berwick head coach Mike Bennett stepping away from position due to health, Bo Orlando will serve as interim head coach
September 5, 2023 | Billy Splain
Due to some health issues, Berwick head coach Mike Bennett is stepping away from coaching for a while. While it isn’t known how long Mike will be away, Berwick Athletic Director Bo Orlando will assume the position for the interim. Mike was coaching at the Berwick game last Friday night against Southern Columbia in the […]
District 2 2023 Week 2 Recap
September 4, 2023 | John Kotsko
Abington Heights 35 Wilkes-Barre Area 28 Declan Walsh returned a fumble 55 yards and ran for 73 yards and a touchdown as the Comets got their first win of the season with a victory at Wilkes-Barre Area. Wolf Pack running back Howie Shiner added two touchdowns as Wilkes-Barre Area fell to 0-2. Scranton 29 Valley […]
Cavaliers repel the Invaders 42-12
September 2, 2023 | Jared Samuel
Scranton Prep is no stranger to facing local teams who simply want to knock them down a notch. They arrived at today’s game in that position again, fresh off of a lopsided win against Lakeland. The West Scranton Invaders had some success last week in the 2nd half against a good Riverside squad, but ultimately […]
Spears, Diaz, Blessings Help Power Mount Carmel past Dunmore 34-7
September 2, 2023 | PFN Staff
Mount Carmel had opportunities to pull away from North Schuykill last week but didn’t, This week when the opportunity arose Cole Spears answered the call. The senior QB threw 263 yards and 4 touchdowns en route to a 34-7 victory over Dunmore. After a scoreless first quarter, Mount Carmel struck on the first play of […]
Abington Heights prevails in road victory over Wilkes-Barre Area
September 2, 2023 | John Kotsko
In a close game, Declan Walsh ended up with two big plays to help seal the victory. He had a 58 yard touchdown run and returned a fumble 55 yards as Abington Heights took a 35-28 road victory at Wilkes-Barre Area. “He’s an explosive runner, when the ball is in his hands, he has a […]
Wild, Wild Mountain: Dallas outlasts Crestwood 42-35
September 2, 2023 | Jared Samuel
The Dallas Mountaineers came into this one off of a tight 3 point win at Abington Heights last week, while the Crestwood Comets entered this game from a narrow loss at Valley View. Dallas and Crestwood have faced off several times in the last few years, and while the Comets did win the District 2 […]
Dallas Mountaineers at Crestwood Comets — PHOTO GALLERY
September 2, 2023 | Sherryl Samuel
Valley View uses dominant running game to beat Berwick
September 1, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
After a disappointing 50-0 loss in week one, Berwick welcomed in 1-0 Valley View into Crispin Field for the home opener. Valley View survived a tough test in week one as they beat Crestwood 21-14, they have beaten Berwick 8 straight times previously and wanted to make it 9 in succession. Valley View wasted no […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC: Week 2
August 31, 2023 | John Kotsko
Week 1 is now in the books or is it Week 0? I always just call it Week 1 to make things easier. So we are now onto Week number 2. Football is racing through my brain and I just can’t contain this feeling that remains. Bonus points if you know the song I was […]
District 2 2023 Week 1 Review
August 28, 2023 | John Kotsko
Nanticoke 35 Carbondale 0 Zach Fox rushed for 242 yards and three touchdowns as the Trojans went to 1-0 on the season. Eugene Gyle and Triston Allen each added rushing touchdowns for Nanticoke. Ethan Brewen rushed for 47 yards for the Chargers. Hazleton Area 35 Pittston Area 7 Brady Mizenko rushed for 240 yards […]
Scranton Prep Dominates Lakeland, 70-7
August 26, 2023 | Jared Samuel
The Lakeland Chiefs went into their season opener this afternoon from a season that saw them advance to the State playoffs in 2022. They faced a Scranton Prep Cavaliers squad that also advanced to the State playoffs a season ago. Last season, the Chiefs humbled the Cavaliers in the regular season with a 41-14 victory, […]
Dallas edges Abington Heights in a Thriller, 31-28
August 26, 2023 | Jared Samuel
A warm and humid evening greeted the visiting Dallas Mountaineers as they arrived in Clarks Summit to face the Abington Heights Comets. Both teams have a solid core of skill players returning from last season and looked to feature them early and often to get an early win in the new season. It was a […]
A Scranton Shootout, Gaughan, Riverside avoid West Scranton upset 47-39
August 26, 2023 | PFN Staff
One year ago Reese Gaughan left Veterans Memorial stadium with his head down. Tonight he left PennFed field with his head up, celebrating as he led Riverside to a 47-39 win over West Scranton. The game started as well for the Vikings. On the second play of the Viking’s second drive, Reese Gaughan caught a […]
Nanticoke takes Season Opener over Carbondale
August 26, 2023 | John Kotsko
For the Nanticoke Trojans, this season came in with a new turf surface and high expectations. After all the fanfare came to an end, it was time to play the game and the Trojans came to play as they kept Carbondale out of the end zone with Jaidyn Johnson almost in the Chargers backfield every […]
Southern Columbia dominates Berwick in Week 1 Victory
August 25, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
It’s that time of year again, High School football is back. The Berwick Bulldogs and Southern Columbia Tigers met for the third consecutive year in the season opener. In 2021, the Tigers took down Berwick 43-0, which started a 15-1 season and another state title. The story was different a year later. Berwick led 14-0 […]
Kotsko’s View: Welcome to 2023!!
August 24, 2023 | John Kotsko
The 2023 Season is upon us!!! Hard to believe that it feels like it hit June 1st and now it’s suddenly the end of August and Week 1 is finally here. Several contenders from last season were hit hard by graduation and quite a few are hoping this will be the year that their program […]
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