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December 2022

 

PHOTOS: 2022 Class 1A Championship Game – Steelton-Highspire v. Union

December 8, 2022  |  

PIAA Class 1A Championship Game December 8, 2022 – 1pm Chapman Field, Mechanicsburg, PA Steelton-Highspire 22, Union 8 Photo Gallery: For more, and larger, photos from this game, click HERE.

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Union Area’s Bid for Title Comes Up Short 22-8

December 8, 2022  |  

Braylon Thomas accounted for 134 yards and a touchdown for the Scotties. The Union Area Scotties came up on the short end of the championship stick as they lost a tough, hard-fought game to the Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers Thursday afternoon.  This game was anybody’s game to win until the last five minutes and thirty seconds of […]

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Burnette’s 3 TDs lead Steel-High To 22-8 Win Over Union

December 8, 2022  |  

MECHANICSBURG – Ronald Burnette carried Steelton-Highspire to their 4th PIAA Class 1A championship after defeating Union Area 22-8, kicking off Championship Weekend at Cumberland Valley’s Chapman Field.

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December 8-10 2022 Scoreboard

December 8, 2022  |  

PA Football News Scoreboard for December 8-10, 2022

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5A Championship Preview: Pine-Richland

December 8, 2022  |  

Pine-Richland Rams (12-3) Head Coach: Jon LeDonne Starting Lineups: Defense 1 Andrew Mellis Cb 12 5’9” 180 19 Bryce O’Brien Cb 11 5’10” 175 18 Joey Perry DE 12 5’11” 210 34 Aiden Hasley DE 12 6’1” 215 7 John Rottinghaus DT 12 6’2” 220 75 Ryan Cory DT 11 6’4” 290 4 Evan Johnson […]

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Imhotep looks for redemption and their 2nd state championship

December 8, 2022  |  

Imhotep Charter Panthers Head Coach Devon Johnson Imhotep Charter is a small school in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. They don’t have a stadium on campus, they use the Germantown Supersite for home games, they don’t have their own practice facility, so they use the local recreation center field that has very little grass and […]

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PIAA CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW – SOUTHERN COLUMBIA

December 8, 2022  |  

Tigers Looking For Record 13th State Title Will the Tigers need to replace the 1 with a 2?   Southern Columbia won’t be starstruck on Friday afternoon when they play for the PIAA Class 2A Championship in Mechanicsburg. After all, the Tigers are making their record 21st appearance into the gold medal clash, more than […]

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Westinghouse will battle for first state title

December 8, 2022  |  

BULLDOGS MUST STOP THE TIGERS 5 YEAR RUN TO WIN THEIR FIRST TITLE The Westinghouse Bulldogs are playing in their first state title game in school history, it’s been 25 years since a City League school has made it to the state championship game. Across the field the Tigers, of Sothern Columbia are shooting for […]

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ProTimes Pick’em Panel and Special Guest Pickers take on Championship Week!

December 8, 2022  |  

IT’S CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK LET’S BRING IN SOME GUEST GUESSERS   ProTime officially wrapped up the ProTimes Pick’em Panel’s season long championship going an impressive 11-1 during the state semifinals week. He ran his record to 159-62. Although overall it was a pretty good week for the ProTime Pick’em Panel, of course unless you look at […]

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UPDATE: PIAA Presents Initial NIL Plan

December 7, 2022  |  

UPDATE: Today the PIAA Board of Directors passed the amendment, with the vote of 25-4, per Chris Harlan of Triblive.com. The changes go into effect immediately. The amendment prohibits NIL deals involving the following: – Adult entertainment products – Casinos, gambling, lottery, etc. – Tobacco, electronic smoking products – Pharmaceuticals – Dangerous substances (weapons, firearms, […]

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Quips hoping for two in a row

December 7, 2022  |  

Aliquippa Quips Head Coach Mike Warfield Starting Lineup: Offense: Defense: OT: Naquan Crowder DE: Jayace Williams OG: Jason Mcbride DT: Jason Mcbride C: Braylon Wilcox NG: Naquan Crowder OG: Neco Eberhardt DT: Neco Eberhardt OT: Kamari Matthews DE: Dorious Moreland TE: Jayace Williams LB: Isaiah Martinez WR: Donovan Walker LB: Cameron Lindsey WR: Brandon Banks […]

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2022 Championship Preview: Bishop McDevitt Crusaders(12-1) look to avenge last years championship loss !

December 7, 2022  |  

Bishop McDevitt Crusaders(12-1) League: Mid-Penn Conference-Keystone Head Coach: Jeff Weachter Starting Line up: Left Tackle 59 12 Gabe Arena Left Guard 77 12 Dimitri Chacon Center 53 12 Kameron Zaengle Right Guard 55 12 Riley Robell Right Tackle 52 12 Ethan Straining Tailback 5 12 Marquese Williams Wide Reciever 3 12 Jeff Penn Wide Reciever […]

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1A Championship Preview – Steelton-Highspire

December 7, 2022  |  

The Rollers of Steelton-Highspire return to the Class 1A finals on Thursday afternoon against the WPIAL’s Union Area, looking to claim their fourth state championship.

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1A Championship Preview: Union Area

December 7, 2022  |  

Union Area Scotties (12-3) Head Coach: Kim Niedbala Starting Lineup: OFF 2 Braylon Thomas 11 6’2” 180 QB 24 Mike Gunn 11 6’0” 175 RB 44 Mark Stanley 12 6’2” 250 RB 10 Elijah Booker 12 5’10” 150 WR 4 Matt Stanley 12 5’10” 180 WR 21 Dayne Johnke 11 6’1” 170 WR 7 Maddox […]

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Protime Predictions (Protime’s Championship Seasons)

December 7, 2022  |  

Protime remembers the old electric football game where you lined up your individual men on the board, gave one the little felt football, hit the on switch, the board vibrated, and off they all went in every which direction.  When a player from the opposing team touched the ball carrier, he was tackled.  You just […]

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Around District 11: The Travels of Guy & Pam Week Fifteen: Another New Stadium Visited

December 6, 2022  |  

Around District 11: The Travels of Guy & Pam Week Fifteen:  Another New Stadium Visited   2022.17.  Only one game for us this week.  Our Friday choice was affected by Saturday plans.  We narrowed it down to two: Allentown Central Catholic vs. Aliquippa at Bald Eagle, or Trinity vs. Southern Columbia at Selinsgrove.  We really […]

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Pennsylvania high school football rankings ending nearly as they began

December 6, 2022  |  

  Every Sunday eve our expert staff meets to discuss the weekends results and then they adjust the rankings accordingly. Well, it’s hard to believe we are entering the last week of the season. Seems like yesterday we released our preseason rankings. Speaking of which, our staff released their title game week rankings and low […]

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Central vs Belle Vernon, PIAA Semifinals Photo Gallery

December 6, 2022  |  

Full Gallery link below https://leomurrayphotography.smugmug.com/Central-vs-Belle-Vernon/  

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The Wyomissing Spartans Magical Run Ends

December 6, 2022  |  

The Wyomissing Spartans entered the 2022 season with lofty expectations after a great 2021 season saw them earn a state title appearance where they narrowly were defeated by Central Valley. They came into this season with an experienced team and a very large offensive line led by mammoth Penn State commit J’ven Williams (6-4 295). […]

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PAFootballnews.com & @TheFundingZone Presents: The 2022 State Championship Preview Show! Video tour of facilities for fans/media

December 5, 2022  |  

We made it! Another year of football is almost in the books, but, we have one more weekend to go! This year the title games have moved, they’re at Cumberland Valley HS, and we’re going to break down the teams and games! Join us LIVE at Appalachian Brewing Company on Wednesday, December 7 from 6-8:30  […]

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Lakewood St Ed earns state title with 28-14 win over Springfield

December 4, 2022  |  

St Ed, Ohio’s best division one team went about their business at the state final team like a machine with the result being another state title win over a very gritty but outmanned Springfield team. The Wildcats stunned the smallish crowd when they went on top thanks to a 1-yard run from Jayvin Norman followed […]

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Canfield Cardinals beat the Bloom Carroll Bulldogs 35-14 to earn the state title.

December 4, 2022  |  

The Division Three-State Final would pit the Canfield Cardinals (13-1) against the Bloom Carroll Bulldogs (13-1). This would mark the first time these two teams had faced off. Both schools would feature two solid players for the Cardinals, Broc Lowry, and for the Bulldogs, Dylan Armentrout. Lowry, a 6-3, 205-pound quarterback, would have a big […]

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South Range uses strong line play to beat Ironton 53-27.

December 4, 2022  |  

Coming into the state final game, both South Range and Ironton stood at 15-0. For South Range, they had ten wins against teams with a winning record. For Ironton, they had beaten twelve teams with winning records. Both teams had shown all season they were championship contenders, though when all was said and done, South […]

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