September 2019
Warriors roll past Lancers to win Battle of the Bridge
September 21, 2019 | Chris Masse sungazette.com/
KAREN VIBERT-KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette Montoursville’s Logan Ott and Cameron Wood celebrate Wood’s touchdown during the game against Loyalsock at Kenneth M. Robbins Stadium on Friday for the Battle of the Bridge trophy. Dylan Bennett charged through the line, wrapped his arms, hit dynamic running back Davion Hill hard and dropped him for a 1-yard loss. The game’s first play […]
State College 4th quarter surge leads them past Chambersburg (Mark Helbley gallery) @CASDAthletics @SCoachLintal
September 21, 2019 | Billy Splain
State College Area High School may have faced their toughest opponent yet this year in Chambersburg High School. But State High would win 27-17. Both teams began the game struggling. Until State High broke off with a short drive that lead to an Aiden Spitler Field Goal. Soon after the field goal a long timeout […]
CJ Selby helps pull Jim Thorpe to win over Mustangs. @JTOlympians @MiddWestFB
September 21, 2019 | Billy Splain
Cover Photo: smoke from the tractors hovers over the field As I pulled into the area near the Beaver Spring Fairgrounds I saw they were parking cars way out front of where I knew the Mustang field would be. Made me say “wow! this game gonna be packed! Then as I turned the corner […]
Penns Valley outclaws the Bearcats (Mike Frazier Gallery @BearcatFootbal2 @pvrams84
September 21, 2019 | Billy Splain
The Penns Valley Rams and Huntingdon Bearcats faced off in a Mt. League battle of the quarterbacks Friday night. Penns Valley’s Aaron Tobias and Huntington’s Nick Troha battled all night but Tobias came out with the victory. Tobias finished the game with 270 yards passing with 4 touchdowns and adding 125 yards on the ground […]
Penns Valley outclaws the Bearcats (Mike Frazier Gallery @BearcatFootbal2 @pvrams84
September 21, 2019 | Tristan Klinefelter
The Penns Valley Rams and Huntingdon Bearcats faced off in a Mt. League battle of the quarterbacks Friday night. Penns Valley’s Aaron Tobias and Huntington’s Nick Troha battled all night but Tobias came out with the victory. Tobias finished the game with 270 yards passing with 4 touchdowns and adding 125 yards on the ground […]
Hauser breaks 1,000 as Hornets hammer Hughesville
September 21, 2019 | Ed Weaver
Aidan Hauser ran for 3 touchdowns, returned a punt for a touchdown, and threw a touchdown pass to help Wellsboro dismantle Hughesville on Friday, September 20.
QUIPS GROUND ATTACK PROVES TO MUCH FOR BEAVER FALLS
September 21, 2019 | PFN Staff
Mark Ross Antonio Quinn wasn’t around last year for the Aliquippa State Championship season but hes quickly become acclimated to the history of Quips football. “They have a saying here – we don’t rebuild we just reload.” How true that statement proved true as Quinn, who transferred in from Tennessee rushed for 215 yards and […]
BEA balanced attack too much for Central (Jodon Gallery) @CoachJNagle @CentralDragonFB
September 21, 2019 | PFN Staff
Ron Bracken WINGATE – BEA got injured quarterback Jaden Jones back after a two-week absence but the Eagles stayed on the ground as they topped Central 29-7 on the brand new turf at Alumni Stadium. BEA had a balanced offense, running for 141 yards and throwing for 170 with backup quarterback Kaden Bittiinger scoring twice […]
Tigers Tear Apart Blue Jays
September 21, 2019 | Dave Fegley
Southern Columbia Posts Another Shutout By: Dave Fegley (9-21-19) Friday night was the annual celebration of Homecoming for Southern Columbia at Tiger Stadium. The school welcomed the return of alumni to cheer on the Tigers. Unfortunately, the Tigers on the gridiron didn’t make their guests from Central Columbia feel that same sense of hospitality. SoCo […]
Another Record-Setting Night, As Nazareth Stymies Becahi.
September 21, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
NAZARETH- Last week it was Andrew Harris,who broke the school record for most touchdown passes at Nazareth with 61. The record was held by Travis Stefanik. Friday night it was Nathan Stefanik’s turn to join his brother. Nathan had two picks and now has a school-record nine picks in a single season and career record […]
ARCANUM 20 NATIONAL TRAIL 17 OT @PaFootballNews @NationalTrailAD @ArcanumTrojans #BEYONDTHEKEYSTONE
September 21, 2019 | contributor
Yesterday I ventured to Arcanum, Ohio to catch the National Trail (3-0) at Arcanum (3-0) game. After sitting in Columbus rush hour traffic plus major construction for almost an hour, I started to find another game to go to. I am glad I did not because this game, so far turned out to be the […]
Neumann Goretti Saints defeat Conwell Egan Eagles 18-7; pix from the game can be purchased here: https://www.knlpix.com/p577268842
September 20, 2019 | Kathy Leister
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Gratz Coach Makes Statement After Game Halted By Gunshots
September 20, 2019 | Mark Carfagno
Tonight’s Philadelphia Public game featuring league powerhouse Imhotep Charter and Simon Gratz was terminated with 8 minutes left in the second quarter after gunshots were fired in or in the vicinity of the stadium. Two teenagers were injured with gunshot wounds to the leg both are listed in stable condition and should be released soon. […]
Doc Masse District 4: By the Numbers
September 20, 2019 | Billy Splain
District 4 Leaders Quarterbacks 36 passes needed to qualify (Rating based on NCAA passing efficiency computation) att com yds td int rating Riley Dan 77 50 862 10 1 199.2 L Lorson SW 46 30 412 7 0 186.3 Ayres Troy 40 25 398 4 1 174.1 Shearer Mtv 36 21 319 4 2 160.6 […]
Butler 41 West Carrollton 7 @Pafootballnews @Vandaliabutler @WCPiratesAD #BEYONDTHEKEYSTONE
September 20, 2019 | contributor
I used the rosters from hudl.com and maxpreps.com neither was complete so any names missed, you can blame those responsible for getting the info to those two great sites. Last night I made my 2nd drive to Vandalia to watch Butler, host West Carrollton in another Thursday night matchup. Butler came in 1-2, while West […]
September 19-25 2019 Scoreboard
September 19, 2019 | Ed Weaver
PA Football News Scoreboard for September 19-25, 2019
ProfessorBriggs.com: WEEK FIVE FOOTBALL PREVIEWS
September 19, 2019 | Billy Splain
ProfessorBriggs.com (Statistical Information Courtesy of Professor Briggs’ archives, The Herald and Erie Times-News) WEEK FIVE FOOTBALL PREVIEWS The midpoint of the 2019 regular season features a mixed bag of games on the Week Five calendar. There is one league game, two games between undefeated teams, one game between winless teams, two all-local matchups between longtime […]
PROTIME PREDICTIONS: WEEK 5, WHO YA GOT?
September 18, 2019 | Phil Myers
Last week Protime decided to try the sidelines instead of the press box where he usually takes pictures and keeps game stats. You probably won’t see him on the sidelines again for a while. First of all, he lost the lens to his camera. (It was found after the game under the goal posts, right […]
B. Hollywood’s Mid-Week 2/11 Report
September 18, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
This high school football season is moving along at a fast clip. We are heading into week five and the midway point of the regular season. With that we will first look at District XI. In the Colonial League East Division Notre Dame Green Pond and Saucon Valley lead the way with identical 3-1 overall […]
Will’s Southeastern PA Weekly Round up
September 18, 2019 | Willie McGonigle
District 1 Weekly Round Week of Sept 17 Hello and welcome to Will’s Southeastern PA Weekly Round up. Each and every week throughout the season I will be providing notes and observations from District 1 and 12 if you have anything that you believe to be noteworthy please feel to email at umpirewillie100@gmail or on […]
Richland’s Burke will join former teammate Instone at New Hampshire @calebb_12 @rhsfootball
September 18, 2019 | Billy Splain
At a combine this summer I had the pleasure of meeting many college coaches. I remember a brief conversation with one of them: “See anyone you like here? Yeah, we really like the Burke kid a lot”. The feeling must have been mutual because on Monday Richland wide receiver Caleb Burke committed to that coaches […]
Thomas Hartnett chooses Dartmouth @ThomasHartnet12 @PCC_FOOTBALL
September 18, 2019 | Billy Splain
Every year it seems there’s a team in PA that has a line we all believe will dominate play throughout the season. This years edition belongs to Pittsburgh Central Catholic. Loaded with players who have long lists of D1 offers, the Vikings lines on both sides of the ball are attracting the attention deserved. Earlier […]
PFN Statewide Rankings Sept 17 2019 edition
September 17, 2019 | Billy Splain
September 10, 2019 PFN Rankings 9-16 PFN Class 6A Rankings Dist Record PVS rnk 1 St. Josephs Prep 12 1-2 1 2 Manheim twp 3 4-0 2 3 State College 6 4-0 3 4 La Salle 12 4-0 4 5 Pine Richland 7 4-0 6 6 Downingtown West 1 4-0 7 7 Harrisburg 3 3-1 […]
Keystone Club: Week Three 2019 OFFENSIVE STARS
September 17, 2019 | Billy Splain
Each week we will present the Keystone Club. This Club consists of players meeting the requirements sent to coaches. It is a statewide compilation of top performances for the previous weekend. PLEASE EMAIL billy@pafootballnews.com if you wish someone to be on this list! Entries must be from coach or verified. Top Offensive Performances Yards All-Purpose […]
Keystone Club: Week Three 2019 DEFENSIVE STARS
September 17, 2019 | Billy Splain
Each week we will present the Keystone Club. This Club consists of players meeting the requirements sent to coaches. It is a statewide compilation of top performances for the previous weekend. PLEASE EMAIL billy@pafootballnews.com if you wish someone to be on this list! Entries must be from coach or verified. Top Defensive Performances # Tackles […]
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