PA Football News Archives
November 2022
PIAA District 3 Class 3A Championship preview: The Wyomissing Spartans vs The West Perry Mustangs
November 16, 2022 | Billy Splain
Mustang QB Quaker and Spartan RB Kramer (wyo pic via Joe Mays) This Saturday at 1 o’clock, the Spartans of Wyomissing hope to continue their mission of returning to the state finals and hopefully win one. What they don’t want to do is become the next Middletown and lose three straight title games. But that’s […]
Big Seven Rematch in Effect in 1A Semifinal Clash between Union Area and Rochester
November 16, 2022 | Nate Grella
A 10 and a 14 seed in the WPIAL semifinals? That’s the reality in the 1A playoff picture for Big seven rivals the Union Scotties and the Rochester Rams. Out of the final four teams in the 1A WPIAl playoff picture, three of them came out of the 1A Big Seven, and none of […]
Bishop Canevin Looking to Make Second Trip to WPIAL finals in a row with Semifinal Matchup against South Side Beaver
November 16, 2022 | Ethan Spozarski
This Friday the number one seeded Bishop Canevin Crusaders will be taking on the South Side Rams at 7 p.m at Peters Township. South Side finished the season 11-1, and 5-1 in conference. The WPIAL seeded them at the number 10 seed in the 1A conference. While the Crusaders finished 11-1 as well and a […]
PIAA District IV Class 3A Championship Preview: Loyalsock Lancers at Danville Ironmen
November 16, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Back on September 16th, 2022, these two programs squared off in an epic matchup between two (3-0) teams, in the end, Danville was able to hold on to a 17 to 14 victory over the Lancers. In the win, Loyalsock put up the numbers to win, but would also suffer three crucial turnovers, by way […]
Backyard Football News Podcast: Round 2 Review, Round 3 Preview: Onion Scooties
November 15, 2022 | Nate Grella
Nathan and Ethan break down the WPIAL 1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A quarterfinals and the WPIAL 5A and 6A Semifinals! In the second half, they preview EVERY WPIAL PLAYOFF MATCHUP, including a full preview of Aliquippa and McKeesport’s big Semifinal rematch! Our AMIGOS OF THE WEEK Nathan: Cruce Brookins, Steel Valley Ethan: Ben Lane, Freeport […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor Class5A Playoff Edition: Del Val vs Whitehall.
November 15, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
District 2 Champions Del Val Warriors Take To The Road to Face Whitehall Zephyrs Friday at Zephyr Stadium 7PM. WHITEHALL ZEPHYRS(7-5) Coach Matt Seneca 4th Year 16-25 record. Whitehall dominated Southern Lehigh(9-3) Saturday night at Catasauqua HS 43-17 to capture District XI Championship. Trey Dogmanits threw for 275 yards on 11-14 passing against the Spartans […]
Class 3A Preview Neumann-Goretti @ Scranton Prep
November 15, 2022 | PFN Staff
These 2 two storied programs are used to meeting each other on the hardwood, on Friday they will meet under the lights of Pen-fed field. They have also been known staples in their respective districts. Neumann-Goretti out of district 12 in Philadelphia has won five districts title since the school’s merger in 2004. While Scranton […]
Around District 11: The Travels of Guy & Pam Week Twelve: The Championship Triple
November 15, 2022 | Guy Smith
Around District 11: The Travels of Guy & Pam Week Twelve: The Championship Triple 2022.14. The original plan was Phillipsburg (NJ) on Friday and the NCCA D2 PSAC state championship game on Saturday. Then we changed the plan to three D11 championship games on Friday and Saturday. But as happened a number of […]
2022 Keystone Club: Offense/Defense/Special Teams for the week of Nov 10-12
November 15, 2022 | 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 # All-Purpose […]
The 2022 Pennsylvania Football News Rankings took a few hits at the bottom, but the tops stayed mostly in tact after week 12
November 14, 2022 | Billy Splain
The PFN Rankings are compiled by our expert panel every Sunday eve throughout the season. We said there’d be changes this week, and there were. But for the most part the top 7 in each class remained the same. Rewarded were a couple 6A teams that have had great seasons. Some teams dropped right out […]
BOOM! Protime SMOKES the Panel!
November 14, 2022 | Billy Splain
The MASTER took the panel too class! His first perfect score of the season, and to do it in the playoffs is quite a feat! Not all the panel needed the lesson though, Willie had his best cards of the year and only drew one joker and Dan had the same hand! Mayhem drew 13 […]
Coach Weider’s @Go_Rout Coaches Notebook: Weekly awards after the 2nd weekend of Playoffs and the best 5 wins so far in the District 3 playoffs
November 14, 2022 | Pat Weider
Visit GoRout get the most out of your practices! On Saturday night I was at the PIAA 2A District 3 Championship game. Trinity came out and played a great game and dominated Annville-Cleona all night. A super impressive effort by Trinity. Annville-Cleona deserves a ton of credit as they had a […]
Wildcats Claim First D9 Championship In Program History
November 13, 2022 | David McClaine
Above – Central Clarion Wildcats – 2022 District Nine Class-AA Champions CLARION SPORTS ZONE on 13 November, 2022 at 19:59 The Central Clarion Wildcats claimed the first District Nine title in the young program’s four year history on Saturday night (November 12th), with a 35-0 victory over the Brookville Raiders in the Class-AA championship, at […]
PIAA District XI Class 6A Semi-Final Game Highlights Video and Photo Gallery ! Bethlehem Freedom 28, Emmaus 27 FINAL
November 13, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Freedom RB-Jalen Fletcher scores on the play, leading the Patriots(10-2) to victory over Emmaus 28 to 27, and advancing to the District XI Class 6A Championship game next week against a healthy Parkland Trojans team that defeated the Patriots earlier in the season 21 to 13, the last team to beat Freedom this season. Game […]
Forced Turnovers Lead Tigers To Victory
November 13, 2022 | Dave Fegley
Southern beat Troy 48-12 in D4 Class 2A semifinal Southern Columbia knew what it had to do on Saturday afternoon in order to keep their season alive, and the Tigers (9-3) executed their game plan masterfully. After a scoreless first quarter, the five-time defending PIAA Class 2A Champions dominated the second quarter. SCA built a […]
Hill too much to climb for Mustangs!
November 13, 2022 | Greg Ricupero
Hill too much to climb for Mustangs!
South Side Runs all over Mapletown 47-6
November 13, 2022 | Nate Grella
By Ethan Spozarski The South Side Rams defeated the previously undefeated Mapletown Maples 47-6 last Friday night. South Side dominated time of possession, and just the game overall despite the very rainy wet weather. Junior Ryan Navarra ran in for a one-yard touchdown to kick off the scoring midway through the first quarter. RYAN NAVRRA […]
Mayhem’s Game of the Week-District One-5A-Quarterfinal (8) Great Valley at (1) Upper Dublin
November 13, 2022 | Michael Pietrangelo
In my Game of the Week, I saw the eighth seeded Great Valley Patriots (8-4) out of the Chest-Mont-League-American Conference take on the top dogs in the bracket, the first seeded Upper Dublin Cardinals (12-0) who reside in the Suburban One League-Continental Conference. Upper Dublin took control from the opening whistle until the final horn […]
Northeast reigns as Champions over a tough Lincoln team
November 13, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
The Lincoln Railsplitters entered the game looking for their first Public League Chip since 1978 and made their first title game appearance since 1979. The Railsplitters came into the game undefeated against PL competition and faced a tough non league schedule that very well prepares them for this title game. They started off on fire […]
Hilling, Howanitz Help Power Valley View past Dallas 31-14
November 13, 2022 | PFN Staff
Dallas head coach Rich Mannello said earlier in the week ”the quarterback is 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds and is a heck of a kid. They have the district 100-meter champ at tailback.” That quote aged like fine wine as Hilling ran for 131 yards and a touchdown, and Howanitz accounted for 4 touchdowns 2 through […]
Team effort from Hawks knocks Rams from the unbeaten!
November 13, 2022 | Greg Ricupero
Hawks beat unbeaten Rams behind a total team effort! IUP are PSAC Champions! PSAC Championship (EC)#3 Shepherd Rams (10-0) at (WC)#19 IUP Crimson Hawks (8-1) The Rams came to Indiana undefeated. They were 5-0 all time against Indiana. They had Harlin Hill Trophy winner Tyson Bagent at quarterback. IUP was without their best player Duane […]
Lehigh Snaps Seven Game Losing Streak Versus Colgate on Last Second Touchdown Pass
November 13, 2022 | Alec Eskin
For both of these teams yesterday, both of whom are out of FCS and Patriot League contention, they were looking to get another check mark in the win column and looking to finish off their respective seasons with a good last few games. Today would prove to be just that, with a lot of back […]
Solanco holds off Shippensburg’s rally advancing to the District Semi-finals
November 13, 2022 | Carl Frederick
It may not have been the finished they would have wanted, but Solanco behind Josiah Forren’s monster evening held off Shippensburg 42-35. “I did not like the way we finished” Forren said “Happy we won but not happy with how we finished”. The Golden Mules remain a perfect 11-0 on the year as they […]
Hoenstine Breaks Record in Victory over Penn Cambria Panthers
November 13, 2022 | Billy Splain
Jeff Hoenstine led his Central Dragons to another District 6 AAA Championship over Penn Cambria Panthers. Hoenstine also broke the state career passing touchdown record. All totaled, he accounted for over 350 yards of offense with 219 in the air and 135 on the ground. The Scarlet Dragons held the Panthers to a single touchdown […]
Zephyrs win District XI Class 5A GOLD with impressive team effort, routing Southern Lehigh 43 to 17 !
November 13, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Zephyrs win District XI Class 5A GOLD with impressive team effort, routing Southern Lehigh 43 to 17 ! Game Coverage by: @PFNDan570FB and @BPtashinski on Twitter… https://twitter.com/PFNDan570FB and https://twitter.com/BPtashinski On this exact day last year, the Whitehall Zephyrs were playing in the DXI title game against E. Stroudsburg South, eventually falling to the Cavaliers 47 to 41. […]
