Great PA Teams: North Allegheny, 2012 @nafootball_tfl

NORTH  ALLEGHENY  2012 North Allegheny emerged as a new high school in the northern Pittsburgh suburbs in 1958 and quickly became an athletic power in the WPIAL and State. However, the Tigers didn’t win their first WPIAL football championship until 1990 after disappointments in 1982, when an injury to star fullback Tim Manoa helped cause […]

BackyardPAFootball Podcast Weekly Interviews 3/30-4/3

The BackyardPAFootball Podcast has announced a 3 podcast interview a week schedule to help satisfy your high school football needs while you stay at home! For the week of March 30th to April 3rd, Nick, Nathan and Caleb will interview… Quintin Mapstone: Former Offensive Lineman for the Brownsville Falcons and current lineman for the Waynesburg […]

East Stroudsburg South DB Christian Sapp ends recruitment, chooses Villanova @cloutedsapp @ESSCavalierFB

East Stroudsburg South DB Christian Sapp didn’t have to wait until his senior season began to decided where he is heading to play college ball. The all Conference DB made his choice known via twitter earlier today: Thank you to @NovaFootball and Staff for putting your trust and support in me like no other🙏🏽Can’t wait […]

Pennsylvania Football Recruiting History, 2000-2020

  Recruiting has come a really long way over the past 21 years. In 2000, the website Scout.com ranked the top high school recruits in Pennsylvania – well, at least the top four recruits in the state. Before that, die-hards need to subscribe to newsletters or (if you can believe it) call recruiting hotlines for the latest […]

Coaching Jobs: Chichester Defensive Asst @chi_football5

Chichester High School (Del-Val, District 1 4A) is seeking a defensive assistant coach for the varsity/JV team. The position we are looking to fill would be responsible for coaching their own position group on the defensive side (specific position is flexible). There is also potential to fill the special teams coordinator role if the successful […]

Great PA Teams: Lower Merion 1923…..For Kobe and the Lower Merion family

  LOWER MERION 1923 Dating from the 19th century, Lower Merion football has a long and rich tradition. Over the years, the suburban Philadelphia school has fielded many fine teams. Perhaps the greatest of all was the perfect record squad of 1923. This Maroon team from Ardmore scored 349 points in ten games while allowing […]

Wyoming Area Stuns Central Valley in Second Half Comeback Win for the PIAA 3A @wascoreboard @cvqbclub

“That big pass over the middle that Riley Rusyn caught, it wasn’t even meant for him, it was meant for Derek Ambrosino but he just jumped up and grabbed it.” That was the moment Wyoming Area quarterback Dom DeLuca says turned the momentum their way. Coming back into the game after being injured with his […]

PIAA State Championships – 3A Wyoming v. Central Valley (GALLERY) @WaScoreboard @WyomingAreaSC @cvqbclub @CVHSWarriors

  PIAA Class 3A Championship Saturday  December 7, 2019 Hersheypark Stadium  Hershey, PA Wyoming 21, Central Valley 14 – Final More photos will be available at http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/

Great PA Teams: HARRISBURG JOHN HARRIS 1931 @HBGCougar_FBall

  Beginning in 1926, the two new schools in Harrisburg, John Harris and William Penn, succeeded rapidly to the gridiron glory of Tech and Central in Pennsylvania’s capital city. Penn won the East-West title in 1928, led by the great back Don Watts. Then in 1929, John Harris, under Coach Harry Rote, entered a golden […]

2019 All-Berks League Football Team

Special thanks to Mike Drago All Berks Section 1 & 2 Team HERE The All-Berks teams were announced at the Berks County Football Coaches Association annual awards banquet Sunday at Crowne Plaza Reading 2019 All-Berks Football Team Coach of the Year: Bob Wolfrum Wyomissing Offensive Back of the Year: Max Hurleman Wyomissing Receiver of the […]

Hauser signs National Letter of Intent to Kutztown

Wellsboro senior Aidan Hauser signed his National Letter of Intent to continue his football career at Kutztown University back on Wednesday, February 5.

Great PA Teams: Coal Township 1955 @ShamokinSports

  1955 Coal Township Purple Demons First Row. L. to R. Fellin, Gurski, Blascovich, Switzer, Sabol, Brightbill, Narke, Carter. Second Row. L. to R. Zablosky, Thomas, Rumberger, Blasick, Rubendall, Paczkoski, Forbes, Soroka. Third Row. L. to R. Dobson, Rozinski, Yanchuck, Zimmerman, Rosini, Hetzendorf, Martin, Shaffer. Fourth Row. L. to R. Hoffman, Nye, Lubreski, Stutz, Doty, […]

Farrell roasts Tussey Mountain (FULL GAME GALLERY/VIDEO) @farrellfootball @peguesAmp @farrellfootball

  The Farrell Steelers made quick work of District 5 champion Tussey Mountain in the Round of 16 of the PIAA Class A state tournament. The Steelers scored on nine of their first ten possessions and grabbed a 60-0 lead by the end of the third quarter en route to 60-14 thrashing of the Titans. […]

Bald Eagle Advances in Overtime Win, Defeats Bedford 21-20 (Gallery Jodon)

Trailing 14-0 since the 8:51 mark of the second quarter, the Bald Eagle Area defense came up big when it counted. The Eagle defense forced four second half turnovers, two of which gave the BEA offense good field position that they took advantage of, the last leading to the game tying score with just 1:06 […]

Purchase Line senior football players commit to colleges

  It’s been a long time since Purchase Line has had seniors that would go on to play football at the collegiate level. Recently, the Red Dragons have had two seniors commit to Division III schools and those players are senior running back Kyle Day and senior lineman Giovanni Scott. Day has committed to Geneva […]

Coaching Jobs: Bellefonte Head JR. High Football Coach

The Bellefonte Area School District is currently seeking a Head JR. High  Football Coach. Responsibilities include the following; development, implementation and monitoring of all Jr. Football programming. Provide supervision for all players, staff, and volunteers. Maintain a working relationship with players, parents, and school personnel. Experience: Minimum of three years coaching experience. Head coaching experience preferred, […]

Great PA Teams: North Allegheny, 2012 @nafootball_tfl

NORTH  ALLEGHENY  2012 North Allegheny emerged as a new high school in the northern Pittsburgh suburbs in 1958 and quickly became an athletic power in the WPIAL and State. However, the Tigers didn’t win their first WPIAL football championship until 1990 after disappointments in 1982, when an injury to star fullback Tim Manoa helped cause […]

BackyardPAFootball Podcast Weekly Interviews 3/30-4/3

The BackyardPAFootball Podcast has announced a 3 podcast interview a week schedule to help satisfy your high school football needs while you stay at home! For the week of March 30th to April 3rd, Nick, Nathan and Caleb will interview… Quintin Mapstone: Former Offensive Lineman for the Brownsville Falcons and current lineman for the Waynesburg […]

District 8 – Perry v. Carrick @PGHCityLeague

Perry v. Carrick Cupples Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA October 4, 2019 C – 6 – 0 – 6 – 8 — 20 P – 12 – 20 – 20 – 0 — 52 For more, and larger, photos from this game and others this weekend, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/

Pittsburgh City League: USO v. Perry @PGHCityLeague

Friday, September 13 USO v. Perry Cupples Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA PTA – 0 – 6 – 14 – 0 — 20 USO – 14 – 6 – 0 – 18 — 38 For more, and larger, photos from this weekend, click HERE. For more photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/

Former East Brady Football Coach Terry Henry Receives Super Birthday Present From Former Player And Best Friend

Above: from second from left: Thurman Thomas, Coach Henry, Jim Kelly at Delray Beach There are presents and then there are PRESENTS, a nice tie or tickets to a big name concert or major sporting event better yet, seats at the Super Bowl (last row corner of the endzone), better yet, Row 10 on the […]

Preview Of New Wildcat Football Uniforms Presented At Clarion School Board Meeting

(Above Image) There are several different types of helmets. Shown is a Schutt helmet with Matte Navy Blue finish Clarion School District Superintendent Dr. Joe Carrico gave those in attendance at the District School Board meeting, on Tuesday night (January 14th) a preview of what the new football uniforms for the Central Clarion Wildcats will […]

D10 Football Conferences in holding pattern: Update, Regions approved

UPDATE: New Regions Approved While the District 10 Committee voted to approve new Region alignments for most of its sports during its Jan. 15 meeting in Sharon, football still remains in a holding pattern. The football regions will be finalized once the PIAA hears Wilmington’s appeal. The Hounds objected to being moved from 2A to […]

District 10 rang in the new year with a major region realignment proposal.

Brian Hagberg Reporter hagbergbrian@gmail.com District 10 rang in the new year with a major region realignment proposal. The district has periodically shuffled its regions based on updated classification, but for the 2020-2022 cycle D10 went in a different direction. The new region proposal is more geographically based and will feature mixed classes.  The most obvious […]

East Stroudsburg South DB Christian Sapp ends recruitment, chooses Villanova @cloutedsapp @ESSCavalierFB

East Stroudsburg South DB Christian Sapp didn’t have to wait until his senior season began to decided where he is heading to play college ball. The all Conference DB made his choice known via twitter earlier today: Thank you to @NovaFootball and Staff for putting your trust and support in me like no other🙏🏽Can’t wait […]

Great PA Teams: Easton 1958 @EastonFootball

Great PA Teams: Easton 1958   The Easton Red Rovers have had many outstanding teams in the past 100 or so years. The very best at the Forks of the Delaware may have been the great 1958 edition of the Rovers. This team marched through a difficult nine game schedule, climaxing a marvelous season with […]

St. Joe’s Prep defeats Central Dauphin 35-13 to become PIAA 6A Football Champions! LEISTER GALLERY

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Hawks win 2nd title in a row, Central Dauphin improbable season ends with loss (Gallery) @CDRamsFootball @SJPREP

Rumor had it this St. Joe’s team could be beat.  Even this reporter said it. After all, they were missing their starting quarterback, Kyle McCord, a junior and OSU commit. Also missing was future Clemson star Jeremiah Trotter Jr. on defense. They didn’t have Anthony Rightley, a standout wide receiver and defensive back. Their back […]

East Stroudsburg South DB Christian Sapp ends recruitment, chooses Villanova @cloutedsapp @ESSCavalierFB

East Stroudsburg South DB Christian Sapp didn’t have to wait until his senior season began to decided where he is heading to play college ball. The all Conference DB made his choice known via twitter earlier today: Thank you to @NovaFootball and Staff for putting your trust and support in me like no other🙏🏽Can’t wait […]

Pennsylvania Football Recruiting History, 2000-2020

  Recruiting has come a really long way over the past 21 years. In 2000, the website Scout.com ranked the top high school recruits in Pennsylvania – well, at least the top four recruits in the state. Before that, die-hards need to subscribe to newsletters or (if you can believe it) call recruiting hotlines for the latest […]

Recruiting while we battle the Coronvirus: What should recruits expect/do right now

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Trying time for athletes, recruits and many more. The effect of the Coronavirus is far reaching

In addition to that statement from Thursday, Friday they made even more decision including closing down the recruiting quiet period and instating a dead period for recruiting until at least April 15, “I feel really bad for the seniors”. It’s a statement that we’ve seen a hundred times in the past 24 hours. In these […]