PA Football News Archives
August 2023
IUP defense saves the day as special teams and miscues almost down the Hawks in opener!
August 31, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
The Crimson Hawks played a very good Ashland team and tried to gift wrap them a win. The defense had other ideas. The IUP special teams were in a word terrible. -They muffed the opening kickoff. -Their first two punts were blocked, the first after a fumbled snap and the second in their own end […]
Mayhem’s Game of the Week- Souderton @ Pennridge (Week2)
August 31, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
Mayhem’s Game of the Week The Game: Souderton Indians @ Pennridge Rams Friday, September 1, 2023 Kickoff: 7 pm Helman Field 1228 N 5th Street, Perkasie, Pa 18944 Last 3 Meetings: 9/2/22: Souderton 24, Pennridge 21 (Regular Season) 11/13/20 Souderton 31, Pennridge 17 (State Playoff) 9/20/19 Souderton 24, Pennridge 21 (Regular Season) The Details: Souderton […]
State College Takes on Downingtown East in Big 6A Matchup
August 31, 2023 | Todd Ross
Both teams enter this game with a 1-0 record and look to be some of the top teams in 6A this season. Downingtown is coming off of a 43-0 shutout against Pennridge and State College won 49-20 at Williamsport. These teams have faced off against each other for the past two years; in 2021 the […]
District 12 Great 8 Rankings Week 1
August 31, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Week 0 of the 2023 season had some interesting and competitive games while there were a handful of blowouts including a record for a league in points scored. I’ve released my initial weekly rankings in honor of the late great Ted Silary. Every preseason he would list “The Great 8” in which coaches from each […]
ProTime Pick’em Challenge Week Duo
August 31, 2023 | Marcus Sic
Playoff Seeding Fallout on the Line in Early Season Card Thursday starts the first full weekend of the 2023 football season, with early playoff implications on the line. Headlining this week’s games are a pair of 6A tilts involving Downingtown’s two teams. Downingtown East (PFN HM) visits State College (PFN #4), while Downingtown West (PFN […]
Protime Predictions – Protime goes to the Beach
August 31, 2023 | Phil Myers
Protime has not been to the beach in years. When he found out they play high school football at the beach in Ocean City, New Jersey he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to go, especially when he discovered they were going to play 12 games in 3 days. PFN’s resident photographer, Sykotyk, happened to be […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC: Week 2
August 31, 2023 | John Kotsko
Week 1 is now in the books or is it Week 0? I always just call it Week 1 to make things easier. So we are now onto Week number 2. Football is racing through my brain and I just can’t contain this feeling that remains. Bonus points if you know the song I was […]
PFN Presents: The STATE of PA Football: Week Zero 2023 review!
August 30, 2023 | Billy Splain
Join our staff from all corners of the state as we break down the week that started the 2023 season!
THEY’RE BACK! Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: The Coin Toss
August 30, 2023 | Billy Splain
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: The Coin Toss It took two seasons for Guy and Pam to see a home game (varsity or JV) for every football school in District 11. And for the schools that we went to see for JV during that time, we had seen varsity in the past, so […]
Protime picks results, Week 0 2023……the Master got beat!
August 30, 2023 | Billy Splain
ProTime Pick’em Challenge Week Zero Results Marcus and Tristan Top the Table The first week of the 2023 ProTime Pick’em Challenge, week zero if you are the PIAA (don’t get me started), are in and much like last year’s challenge ProTime Phil is not in the lead. Breaking out to a fast start with 8 […]
Keystone Club top special team performers: Week 0, 2023!
August 30, 2023 | 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 Performanced Kickoff returns for […]
Keystone Club top defensive performers: Week 0, 2023!
August 30, 2023 | 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 (13 or more) […]
Keystone Club top offensive performers: Week 0, 2023!
August 30, 2023 | 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 Yards (400-yards […]
Conversation with Coach, Kevin Clancy – Strath Haven
August 30, 2023 | Phil Myers
He is the winningest coach in the history of District 1 football. He has nine children, eight of them sons who played football, yet he never coached any of them in high school. Why? He began his coaching career at Archbishop Carroll, his alma mater, but eventually took the head coaching position at a fledgling […]
What the heck’s happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 1
August 30, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
_________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome to another week of What the heck’s happening in Districts I and XII. Week zero is in the books, let’s look at what happened. Milestone Game for Roman Catholic: Last Friday’s night 49-14 victory over Wilson was the program’s 1200 game. It also was the program’s 526 win. Boyertown’s Cole Yesavage has 5 […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Edition Opening Weekend.
August 29, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
A Review pf this past weekend’s action in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and a look into what is happening this week. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS BACK! The EPC will look much different next season as the North and South divisions will be replaced with the Lehigh, Northampton and Monroe divisions in 2024. Northampton, William Allen […]
2023 Pennsylvania High School Football PFN Rankings Week 1
August 29, 2023 | Billy Splain
Well, week zero is in the books! Our group of ranking experts met Sunday night and the report is in: not too many changes. There are a few, but for the most part we didn’t punish those who lost to powerhouse out of state teams (SJP, Cathedral Prep, McDowell, Pine-Richland and Neuman Gorretti). We did […]
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week One Rankings
August 29, 2023 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (1-0)- @ St. Ignatius (OH) 7pm 2- North Allegheny (1-0)- (4) Canon Mac 7:30pm 3- Mt. Lebanon (1-0)- @ (3) Bethel Park 7pm 4- Canon Mac (1-0)- @ (2) North Allegheny 7:30pm 5- Seneca Valley (0-1)- @ (4) Peters Township 7pm 5A: 1- Pine Richland (0-1)- Kiski 7pm 2- Penn Hills […]
Jim Thorpe vs Blue Mountain Season Opener Video Highlights and Photos !
August 29, 2023 | Daniel Reed
For full story of the game, click the link here>>> Jim Thorpe vs Blue Mountain Final Photo Gallery: VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: Follow www.pafootballnews.com for all your high school football updates, scores, stories, rankings and more ! You can also follow us on Twitter at @PaFootballNews and on Facebook at Pennsylvania Football News, as well as on […]
District 9 Review – Week 0
August 29, 2023 | Phil Myers
The top game of the week had DuBois beating Karns City 41-35 in a wild one. Trey Wingard, the DuBois sophomore quarterback, threw for 324 yards and 4 touchdowns including the game winner with 4 minutes left. One other major happening that affected the outcome of the game was late in the third quarter when […]
Conwell-Egan Falls to Holy Spirit at Ocean City’s Battle at the Beach
August 28, 2023 | Phil Myers
Playing the third game on the third day of Ocean City’s Battle at the Beach Classic, Conwell-Egan fell to Holy Spirit from Absecon, NJ 24-7. “We couldn’t get anything going and had our backs against the wall by falling behind. That’s not good,” said Jack Techtmann Conwell-Egan’s head coach. The Spartan defense was very Spartan-like […]
Battle at the Beach – Day Three In Photos
August 28, 2023 | Sykotyk
For more, and larger, photos from the Battle at the Beach, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
District 2 2023 Week 1 Review
August 28, 2023 | John Kotsko
Nanticoke 35 Carbondale 0 Zach Fox rushed for 242 yards and three touchdowns as the Trojans went to 1-0 on the season. Eugene Gyle and Triston Allen each added rushing touchdowns for Nanticoke. Ethan Brewen rushed for 47 yards for the Chargers. Hazleton Area 35 Pittston Area 7 Brady Mizenko rushed for 240 yards […]
Holy Spirit Topples Conwell-Egan on Last Day at the Beach
August 28, 2023 | Phil Myers
In the only close game of the four played on Sunday at Ocean City’s ‘Battle at the Beach’ Classic, Holy Spirit rode a strong running game sprinkled with timely passes to down Cowell-Egan 24-7. The Spartan defense was very Spartan-like in limiting their enemy’s offense to one big play, getting a safety, and forcing a […]
60-50-40, Tigers Win In Garcia’s Return
August 28, 2023 | Dave Fegley
SCA impresses in shutout over Berwick Southern Columbia head coach Jim Roth has mapped out his plan for years. Improve each week, and when the playoffs hit, start peaking. With the way the Tigers played in their season opener against Berwick, it’s hard to say where they have any signficant improvement needed. SCA dominated the […]
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