October 2019
PROTIME PREDICTIONS by Phil
October 24, 2019 | Phil Myers
Protime wants to know if anyone still plays board games. It seems all anyone wants to do these days is stare at a smart phone. Even now Protime, Mrs. Protime, and Protime Junior play board games on any given night. And back in the day, Protime and brothers Protime spent hours seeing who was better […]
Keystone Club: Week Nine 2019 OFFENSIVE STARS 10-17 thru 10-19
October 23, 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 Nine 2019 DEFENSIVE STARS 10-17 thru 10-19
October 23, 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 […]
Keystone Club: Week Nine 2019 SPECIAL TEAM STARS 10-17 thru 10-19
October 23, 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 Special Teams Performances yards […]
B. Hollywood’s 2/11 Mid-Week Report.
October 23, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
It all comes down to this week, as we close out the 2019 high school football regular season in District XI. There are still District playoff spots available as we look ahead to plenty of rivalry games this weekend, while looking back to games played in week nine. In The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference North, the […]
District Nine Tidbits
October 23, 2019 | Phil Myers
The Ridgway Elkers claimed their second consecutive D-9 League Large School Title when they scored a 28-14 victory over Brookville last week. Coudersport won the D-9 League Small School North Division with a convincing 42-0 win against Smethport. The state ranked Falcons are the only District Nine squad that remains unbeaten. The Small School South […]
Great PA Teams – Parkland 2002 @PHSTrojansFB
October 23, 2019 | Hal Wilson
We are pleased to host a series, Great PA Teams, by the great Hal Wilson, a long time contributor to PA High School Football. Hal has written many stories in the past for PAFootballNews dating back to our print days. Great PA Teams – Parkland 2002 In the 2002 season, a great team emerged in […]
Penn Manor at Hempfield
October 22, 2019 | Olivia Nicastro
On October 18th, 2019, the Penn Manor Comets faced the Hempfield Spartans. The first quarter began with a touchdown by Hempfield in the first two minutes of the game. With the extra point good, the beginning score was 7-0. After Penn Manor received the ball, they made two hand offs to junior Isaiah Stoltzfus and […]
PFN Statewide Rankings Oct 22 2019 edition
October 22, 2019 | Billy Splain
10-22-2019 PFN Rankings 10-21 PFN Class 6A Rankings Dist Record PVS rnk 1 St. Josephs Prep 12 5-2 1 2 Manheim twp 3 9-0 2 3 North Allegheny 7 9-0 4 4 PCC 7 8-1 5 5 Pine Richland 7 8-1 7 6 Wilson West Lawn 3 8-1 8 7 McDowell 10 8-1 9 […]
PFN Presents: THE STATE OF PA FOOTBALL! Live from Champs Sports Grill State College Oct 22, 2019
October 22, 2019 | Billy Splain
LIVE from Champs North Atherton Street, State College Victory Sports & Fitness owner Rob Oshinskie will join us to talk off season training and coal region football! State College AD Chris Weakland will be with us to talk about the Beaver Stadium Classic. We’ll also be talking playoff implications statewide and more! Stop by […]
Eisenhower rallies for dramatic win over Cochranton
October 22, 2019 | PFN Staff
Eisenhower quarterback Owen Trumbull fires a pass during Friday night’s game against Cochranton at the Pasture of Pain. The Knights rallied for a wild 21-14 win in their regular season finale Brian Hagberg There’s just something about the second half of Cochranton-Eisenhower football games. A year after combining for 54 second-half points, the Cardinals and […]
#BeyondTheKeystone Colorado (Wiggins v. Yuma)
October 21, 2019 | Sykotyk
Wiggins Tigers v. Yuma Indians Tiger Field, Wiggins, CO October 18, 2019 Y — 7 – 3 – 0 – 6 — 16 W — 0 – 0 – 6 – 0 — 6 The Yuma Indians traveled just over 70 miles to drive home a victory. A first quarter touchdown would prove to be […]
#BeyondTheKeystone Colorado (Weldon Valley v. Flagler/Hi-Plains) [6-Man]
October 21, 2019 | Sykotyk
Weldon Valley v. Flagler/Hi-Plains Weldon Valley Field, Weldona, CO October 18, 2019 FHP — 44 – 12 – 0 – 7 — 63 WV — 0 – 14 – 6 – 6 — 26 For the game, it was a mismatch. Undefeated Flagler/Hi-Plains, a team in the hunt for a state title, taking on winless […]
Penn Manor at Elizabethtown
October 21, 2019 | Olivia Nicastro
On October 11, 2019, the Penn Manor Comets faced the Elizabethtown Bears. The game began with a touchdown by Penn Manor four minutes into the quarter. The extra point was missed making the beginning score 6-0. Soon after this, Penn Manor received a flag for holding. The first quarter continued slowly with struggles on both […]
#BeyondTheKeystone Colorado (Wiley v. Holly) [8-Man]
October 21, 2019 | Sykotyk
Wiley Panthers v. Holly Wildcats Wiley Field, Wiley, CO October 19, 2019 H – 28 – 7 – 8 – 0 — 43 W – 0 – 0 – 0 – 6 — 6 The Holly Wildcats made quick work of the home-standing Wiley Panthers, racking up 35 first half points thanks to effective running, […]
Springfield Township’s Strong Second Half Leads To 34-6 Win Over Palumbo Academy
October 21, 2019 | Mark Carfagno
Springfield Township High School from Montgomery County PA runs a play called the Fly Sweep. Unlike most Jet or Rocket Sweeps the Fly Sweep is a forward pitch, if the pitch is dropped it’s an incomplete pass and not a fumble. The Spartans coaching staff mentioned this to me on numerous occasions. No need to […]
Cincinnati College Prep 42 St. Bernard 36 @SBEPAthletics @Coach_Pflug @AthleticsCcpa @PaFootballNews
October 20, 2019 | contributor
I took in the game between Cincinnati College Prep Academy VS St Bernard-Elmwood Place because I had told their coach Jeremy Pflug I was going to cover one of his games. He coaches CCP, a school going back to 2009 had only had seasons that did not have losing records and both of them was […]
PIAA District XI Official Power Rankings.
October 20, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Here are the official District XI and regional standings after week 9. These rankings determine the playoff berths for all District XI football teams. Rankings are based on formula used in the PIAA based on several factors. x-Denotes Clinched Playoff Spot 1A (4 teams qualify) 1. x- Williams Valley 7-2 .609 2. x- Tri-Valley 4-5 […]
A Game of Inches, as Freedom Survives Scare from Allentown Central Catholic.
October 20, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Bethlehem Freedom and Allentown Central Catholic pic.twitter.com/dMsplSw4zK — Brian Ptashinski (@BPtashinski) October 20, 2019 ALLENTOWN- The cliche is that football is a game of inches. No more was that the case Saturday night at J. Birney Crum Stadium, as a furious second half rally by the underdog Central Catholic Vikings came up three points short, […]
Wilson Puts it in Cruise Control With Win Over Bangor.
October 20, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Final score from Wilson Area. pic.twitter.com/aydWayVoo9 — Brian Ptashinski (@BPtashinski) October 20, 2019 WILSON-It’s been a long time coming. Not since 2014 has the Wilson Warrior football team defeated a Bangor Slater squad. That drought ended emphatically Saturday after at Wilson Stadium on Senior Day by a count of 48-3. It was the fourth victory […]
Dayton Christian 26 Dohn Community 00 @DCSATHLETICS @DohnHighSchool @PaFootballNews
October 20, 2019 | contributor
This game got on my radar late only because it was also being held at Cincinnati Walnut Hills High School as was the game I had planned on seeing. Walnut Hills has a big stadium and from what I have been told a practice stadium, with turf also. This game was played at the smaller […]
Malvern Prep victorious over Penn Charter 49-44 @MalvernPrepFB @pcquakersFB
October 19, 2019 | Kathy Leister
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Berwick unable to hold on through to the end
October 19, 2019 | Bryan Wenzel
When these 2 teams met last year on the same weekend it was a very low scoring game with Dallas benefiting from Berwick’s mistakes. This year was a different story. It started in the 1st half of the 1st quarter where it was mostly back and forth making it seem like there were more yards made […]
Steel Valley pulls away from Summit Academy
October 19, 2019 | Shane Lux
NiJay Burt rushed for 160 yards and scored four touchdowns as Steel Valley pulled away from Summit Academy 33-16 Saturday afternoon. “NiJay’s our go-to guy since we put him at tailback,” said Steel Valley head coach Ray Braszo. “He’s not a big kid, but he runs hard and is a great running back. I thought […]
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