J.J. Woodward was Royal in Erie’s Victory Over DuBois

September 2019

J.J. Woodward was Royal in Erie’s Victory Over DuBois

September 28, 2019 | Phil Myers

They say to never judge a football team by the first half. That certainly was the case Friday night in DuBois. When the Erie Royals disembarked from the bus after the two and a half-hour trip they appeared to be in a fog. “We got off the bus and we were flat,” said head coach […]

Valley View Cougars slash the Berwick Dawgs

September 28, 2019 | Bryan Wenzel

Going in it was expected that Berwick would not win, was going to be a low scoring game. Berwick won the coin toss and deferred to Valley View. The first quarter was a good quarter the Cougars took almost 6 minutes to score making it 7-0. Then Berwick gets the ball and take the remaining […]

North Schuylkill Dominates Previously Unbeaten Jim Thorpe.

September 28, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

ASHLAND- Sometimes it’s the little things that can determine the outcome of a highly-anticipated high school football game. On Friday night, this came to fruition as Jim Thorpe turned the ball over four times to an opportunistic North Schuylkill squad Friday night at Ghosh Orthodontics Field at Spartan Stadium giving the Spartans a 41-20 decision […]

Hornets score Homecoming win over Athens

September 28, 2019 | Ed Weaver

A 27-point 3rd quarter led the Wellsboro Varsity Football team past Athens for their 5th straight Homecoming win on Friday, September 27.

Newark Catholic 24 Licking Heights 21 @NCWAVEPOOL @HornetsOfLH @PaFootballNews @NewarkAdvocate #BEYONDTHEKEYSTONE

September 28, 2019 | contributor

My plans were to drive two hours north and catch the Mogadore Field at Lodi Cloverleaf game, but there was a family situation, so I had to stay local and catch the Licking Heights at Newark Catholic game. The Field/ Cloverleaf game ended with Cloverleaf winning by three ( 35-32). My game also ended in […]

Penn Manor at Wilson

September 27, 2019 | Olivia Nicastro

The Penn Manor Comets faced the Wilson Bulldogs at Penn Manor High School. The first quarter kicked off with Wilson getting a field goal with 7:51 left in the quarter. The Bulldogs had intended for a touchdown but it was blocked by senior Josh Gibson. Penn Manor gained some initiative with a tackle on the […]

Cathedral Prep throws Fort Hill its first loss to PA team since 1991 @PrepVilla @PrepRamblers @cpmisch87

September 27, 2019 | Billy Splain

Jaelen Carson had 175 yards receiving and scored four touchdowns. Hollidaysburg, USO, Serra Catholic, Westinghouse, Clearfield, Chestnut Ridge, Carrick, Central, Perry, Taylor Allderdice, Bishop O’Reilly. Led by quarterback Collin Johnson, who threw for 6 TDS tying the record by Billy Fessler against McDowell in 2013 and Damion Terry against Central Tech in 2012, the Ramblers […]

Montgomery’s defense holds strong in win against Pottsville Nativity @coachmason4 @MrBozella

September 27, 2019 | Chris Masse sungazette.com/

www.sungazette.com MONTGOMERY — Linebacker Kade Showers blew up first-half plays like a mad scientist toying with unknown materials. So Pottsville Nativity did all it could throughout Thursday night’s second half to avoid the Montgomery senior. One problem: This defense is not a one-man show. It is becoming an outstanding team defense and Montgomery proved that […]

Franklin 21 Bellbrook 14 OT @FranklinFootba2 @BbrookFootball @Pafootballnews #BEYONDTHEKEYSTONE

September 27, 2019 | contributor

Last night I made my way for the first time to Franklin, Ohio to watch the Thursday Night Lights game, that featured the hometown Franklin Wildcats battle the Bellbrook Golden Eagles. Both teams entered at 3-1, with both showing strong defenses. That theme would hold true to for especially in the first half, where both […]

Mid Season Review: What’s going on in District 4?

September 26, 2019 | Billy Splain

Let’s take a look at District 4 after five games have been played: Ok, where should we start? Just kidding, have you heard? Southern Columbia is a good team. With four players committed to Big Ten teams (Garcia/Haladay-Michigan, Zachman-Wisconsin, Fleming-OSU) and Max Tillett being courted by several D1 schools, this edition of the Tigers […]

September 26-October 2 2019 Scoreboard

September 26, 2019 | Ed Weaver

PA Football News Scoreboard for September 26-October 2, 2019

What’s happening in District 5 & 6: Mid Season review

September 26, 2019 | Billy Splain

Let’s take a look at Districts 5 & 6 at the midway point of the season: We’ll start off with Centre County teams where Penns Valley and Bellefonte records just keep falling. Rams QB Aaron Tobias woke up Sunday morning as the states leading passer with over 1,600 yards through the air and 20 tds. […]

What’s going on in the WPIAL this week? September 27/28 @BucFever422

September 26, 2019 | Steve Richey

This week we introduce our new guy on the sites Steve Richey! He’ll be keeping us up to date on what’s happening in District 7. WELCOME ABOARD! 6A Quad County Conference: Butler Golden Tornado (0-3, 0-5) at Norwin Knights (0-3, 1-4): A big one in the bottom four of the conference as the top six […]

PROTIME PREDICTIONS: WEEK 6, WHO YA GOT?

September 26, 2019 | Phil Myers

Many years ago, Protime decided he would go into the predictions business. He began with college games and progressed into the high school dynamic. He’s been trying to divine winners for almost 50 years now. During the first year he acquired a very special crystal ball that is correct more times than not. He has […]

Mid-Season District Nine Report

September 26, 2019 | Phil Myers

Some football teams in District 9 are having banner years, and some are not. We’ll start with the haves. Heading into Friday’s games six teams are undefeated. They are Clarion, Clearfield, Kane, and Redbank Valley who are all 5-0. Coudersport and Smethport are 4-0. There will be at least two less come next week as […]

ProfessorBriggs.com Week Six Mercer County Football Previews

September 26, 2019 | Billy Splain

ProfessorBriggs.com (Click link above to visit his site and read more about D10 teams) (Statistical Information Courtesy of Professor Briggs’ archives, The Herald and Erie Times-News) WEEK SIX FOOTBALL PREVIEWS League play returns in full force Friday night as 11 of the area’s 12 teams will play region games. Seven games comprise this week’s schedule, […]

District 3 Mid Season Report

September 26, 2019 | Billy Splain

Welcome to the weekly District 3 report. Let’s get right to the highlights of the season thus far! As of now there is a whopping 12 undefeated teams sitting at 5-0 but that’ll all change this weekend. Fleetwood takes on Wyomissing, Warwick takes on Cedar Crest and Wilson hosts Manheim Township in three battles of […]

B. Hollywood’s Mid-Week 2/11 Report

September 25, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

We have reached the mid-way point of the high school football season. Some teams are looking to solidify their position in the playoff race. Others looking to just make the playoffs. While the rest are waiting till next year! Let’s kick off with the EPC South, where Nazareth (5-0, 4-0 EPC South) and Easton (5-0, […]

State College will face Cumberland Valley in Beaver Stadium Noon Kick Time @CVSDeagles @SCoachLintal

September 25, 2019 | Billy Splain

It wasn’t too long ago Eric Thomas broke the news that Penn State was in discussions with teams to play a high school game at Beaver Stadium sometime this year. Well, it’s now official. The Little Lions will host Cumberland Valley in the first Beaver Stadium Classic on Saturday, October 26. Kickoff will be at […]

Will’s Southeastern PA Weekly Round Week of Sept 25

September 25, 2019 | Billy Splain

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 twitter @WilliePAFN West Chester Henderson Assistant coach Mark […]

PFN Statewide Rankings Sept 24 2019 edition

September 24, 2019 | Billy Splain

PFN Rankings 9-16 PFN Class 6A Rankings Dist Record PVS rnk 1 St. Josephs Prep 12 1-2 1 2 Manheim twp 3 5-0 2 3 State College 6 5-0 3 4 La Salle 12 5-0 4 5 Pine Richland 7 5-0 5 6 Downingtown West 1 5-0 6 7 Harrisburg 3 4-1 7 8 […]

PFN PRESENTS: The STATE of PAFOOTBALL – MID SEASON REVIEW live from CHAMPS Downtown State College!

September 24, 2019 | Billy Splain

LET’S DO IT! PFN PRESENTS: The STATE of PAFOOTBALL! TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE FROM @ChampsPennState Downtown State College! We’ll give our mid season grades and report! Join us live at Champs, get some dinner or watch online:

Keystone Club: Week Four 2019 DEFENSIVE STARS

September 24, 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 # […]