PA Football News Archives
November 2021
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- District XI Playoff Edition Week 12.
November 18, 2021 | Brian Ptashinski
Taking a Look Back to Week 11 and Previewing Week 12 Games Featuring Teams From District XI. District XI crowned five of the six classification champions this past weekend. We seen some great team efforts as well as fantastic individual performances in some very entertaining contests: 1A Championship WILLIAMS VALLEY 28 TR-VALLEY 13 at NORTH […]
District 1 6A Semifinal Playoff Preview
November 18, 2021 | Kameron Hammond
Coatesville (3) Ridley (7) How Ironic that a month before the Christmas holiday, the Ridley Green Raiders and Coatesville Red Raiders battle it out in Friday’s semifinal playoff game at Coatesville to determine who will move onto the District 1 League Championship. Both teams have had stellar seasons this football season. They have both been […]
Quakertown (5) vs Garnet Valley (1) District One 6A Playoff Preview
November 18, 2021 | Alec Eskin
Garnet Valley and Quakertown will be meeting for the first time since the District One Playoffs in 2019. They faced off in the second round where Garnet Valley came out on top by a final score of 49-14. For the first time ever, Quakertown will be playing in a District One Semifinal game. For Garnet […]
Protime Predictions Week 12, 2021
November 18, 2021 | Phil Myers
Back in the day when Protime was a long-distance runner and ran virtually every day, he seldom cancelled a scheduled run even if the weather was bad. Protime was like the postman, he ran in rain, snow, sleet, and hail. Protime even ran in heat, cold, and wind. A couple of times he ran (not […]
District Four Round Three Preview
November 18, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
As we roll into round three of the PIAA playoffs let’s take a look at some of the District four matchups for this upcoming weekend. A In Class, A Canton won District four last Friday with a dominating 45-7 victory over Muncy. However, they may have a battle on their hands this Saturday as they […]
Around the 717 for more District 3 playoff matchups
November 17, 2021 | Carl Frederick
Lampeter-Strasburg doing their pregame ritual Only two teams remain in the playoffs for the Lancaster Lebanon League after Hempfield, Donegal, Cocalico, Warwick and Manheim Central all went down last week. The Wilson Bulldogs and LS Pioneers are the last ones standing and both are riding multi game winning streaks. Game Preview: Kennard Dale (10-1) […]
District 1 5A Semifinal Preview
November 17, 2021 | Zak Wolf
And then there were four. It’s semi final week in District 1 and the 5A classification has two great games on display. The winners of these two semifinal games for District 1 5A will face off against each other for a chance to play in the state semi final. The top two seeds remain in […]
BackyardPAFootball Podcast: Round 2 Recap, Semis Preview: The Greatest Game in WPIAL History? @PaBackyard @NathanGrella @JeremiahMiller0
November 17, 2021 | Nate Grella
Nathan and Jeremiah take a deep dive into Round 2 of the playoffs and discuss some surprise victories, most notably the OLSH win over Clairton, and the Serra-Laurel Defensive showdown. In the preview section, the boys do a complete preview of the historic Thomas Jefferson-Belle Vernon matchup as well as Aliquippa and McKeesport’s big showdown. […]
Around District 11 We Go: The Travels of Guy & Pam Quest: D11 (Week 12)
November 17, 2021 | Guy Smith
Around District 11 We Go: The Travels of Guy & Pam Quest: D11 (Week 12) The Quest to see as many of the District 11 schools play home or at a neutral post-season site reached its penultimate game this weekend with teams #39 (Parkland) and #40 (North Schuylkill). When the season began in August, we […]
Protime’s District 9 Notes and Playoff Preview
November 17, 2021 | Phil Myers
AA Last Friday Karns City and Ridgway punched their ticket to the AA title game with relatively easy victories. Karns City’s potent ground game was a huge factor in beating Central Clarion 35-7. Big Luke Garing rambled for 175 yards and a couple of TDs for Karns City as the purple and gold piled up […]
QUAKERTOWN #8 PFN rolls to 12-0 and a showdown with Garnet Valley #1 PFN
November 16, 2021 | PFN Staff
The Panthers of Quakertown arrived at Downingtown’s Kottmeyer Stadium with a huge chip on their collective shoulder, the 11-0 Panthers were angry that they had to travel to the twice defeated Cougars, for their second round District 1 playoff tilt. By virtue of the their incredibly tough regular season opponents records, 4th seeded Downingtown had […]
MCA Red Tornadoes break down defensive wall of Troy on road to victory 35 to 7 to advance to District IV Class 2A Championship ! @GOBIGRED19
November 16, 2021 | Daniel Reed
MCA Red Tornadoes break down defensive wall of Troy on road to victory 35 to 7 to advance to District IV Class 2A Championship vs Southern Columbia ! A see of Red and White filled the field of play as both teams colors were red/white, and white/red, with both sporting red helmets. The game started […]
PFN Rankings are IN! Week 12, Nov 15, 2021! CHAOS!
November 15, 2021 | Billy Splain
The 2021 PAFootballNews.com rankings for week 12 are in! Rankings are compiled and reviewed by a panel of 20 PFN reporters from around the state. rk 6A Rec Pvs 1 Garnet Valley (1) 12-0 3 2 Mount Lebanon (7) 11-0 4 3 St. Joseph’s Prep (12) 8-2 6 4 Coatesville (1) 11-1 7 5 Harrisburg […]
Imhotep Panthers cruise to another Public League Title
November 15, 2021 | Anthony Franklin
Saturday afternoon the Panthers of Imhotep Charter went into the game fresh after 3 consecutive weekends off and showed no rust as they physically dominated an undefeated Frankford Pioneers team 44-0 with all of their points coming in the first half. The Panthers are led by 4 seniors with FBS offers including stud DL Enai […]
Wyomissing weathers storm to take down Middletown Area 14 to 0, advances to District III Championship ! @WyoFootball
November 15, 2021 | Daniel Reed
Wyomissing weathers the storm to take down Middletown Area 14 to 0 at Wyomissing Football Field, Saturday afternoon ! This game was definitely a tail of two halfs, at least as far as the weather goes. We started out with a drizzle, then a couple of heavy downpours that didn’t last long, then more drizzle […]
Coach Weider’s @Go_Rout Coaches Notebook: Big breakdown from all all the area playoff games
November 15, 2021 | Pat Weider
Team of the week– Exeter Township. Exeter went into Manheim Central as the number 7 seed and took care of a business with a 43-27 win. Exeter dominated in all phases of the game and took a 36-0 lead at the half. It was a dominating performance all around for Exeter. Next up for Exeter […]
Slippery Rock advances to District 10 Final @SRAHSATHLETICS @SRAHSFootball @RocketSchools @HSD_Athletics
November 15, 2021 | Shane Lux
Grove City – Slippery Rock gets its revenge on Hickory. On October 8th, the Slippery Rock Rockets tasted defeat for the first time in 2021 as Hickory rallied from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit in the final four minutes to beat the Rockets 27-23. A little over a month later, the two met again at Grove City’s […]
St. Joe’s Prep routes La Salle 35-7, @LaSalle_Sports @SJPrep_Football
November 14, 2021 | Will Ryan
Revenge is a dish best served cold. The temperature at Franklin Field dropped from a mild 62° all the way down to 44° during the St. Joe’s Prep vs La Salle rematch. In their last outing, the game was close for all 48 minutes and ended in La Salle winning, 28-21. But Saturday’s matchup was […]
Wildcats lose to Juniata by inches! @usofootball @PGHCityLeague @JHS_Football
November 14, 2021 | Greg Ricupero
Wildcats lose to Juniata by inches! @usofootball @PGHCityLeague @JHS_Football USO WildcatsWildcat (3-6) District 8 vs Juniata Indians (9-2) District 6 at Mansion Park PIAA 4A Playoffs My Twitter @GregoryRicupero If you like good defense, Mansion Park was the place to be Saturday. The USO Wildcats and the Juniata Indians battled to a scoreless tie after […]
Southern Offense Dominant In Win
November 14, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Tear Apart Mounties High school football games are played in 12-minute quarters. In a District 4 Class 2A semifinal meeting between No. 1 Southern Columbia and No. 4 South Williamsport, the Tigers were on offense for just 2 minutes and 26 seconds in the opening half. The four-time defending PIAA champions didn’t need any […]
North Schuylkill Gets Back to Business by Rolling Past Olympians. @NSAthetics @JTOlympians
November 14, 2021 | Brian Ptashinski
Balanced Attack Propels Spartans to Convincing Win Saturday Night. LEHIGHTON- Saturday night was the first time in two weeks that the Spartans took the field to play a football game. Last week’s District XI 3A semi-final was canceled, due to an in-school incident within the Tamaqua school district and the Spartans were awarded a forfeit […]
Blue Bombers Got Framed Saturday Afternoon In Lehighton by a Pack of Bulldogs. @AthleticsNLsd @PalmertonHigh
November 14, 2021 | Brian Ptashinski
Matt Frame Sliced the Palmerton Defense to the Tune of 334 Yards and Five Touchdowns. Lehighton- On a cold, dreary and rainy backdrop to the PIAA District XI 2A Championship Saturday afternoon in Lehighton, a star shone brightly for the Bulldogs of Northern Lehigh, running back Matt Frame was on top of his game leading […]
Hempfield vs Harrisburg
November 13, 2021 | David
Harrisburg came out the locker room with smoke and continued smoking Hempfield all afternoon at Severance Field they had too much offense for Hempfield. Freshman quarterback Shawn Lee led the cougars on a relentless running game with Mahkai Hopkins, Justin Cook and Kyle Williams Jr. Harrisburg’s defense was just as relentless and held Hempfield to […]
Canton Rolls Past Muncy, Takes First District Title Since 1990
November 13, 2021 | PFN Staff
TOWANDA – Canton pounded their way past Muncy 45-7 to win their first District IV, Class A football title since 1990.
Forest Hills Crawley continues playoff tear, gashes BEA as Rangers advance to Title Game (Gallery Jodon) @FH_Rangers @Football_FH
November 13, 2021 | Billy Splain
“Damon Crawley is the best athlete in the District 6 region, no matter what classification. Any field, anywhere, he’s the best player on the field in this area no question.” That was BEA Head Coach Jesse Nagle’s assessment of the Forest Hills running back who ran over, around and through one of the toughest defenses […]
