PA Football News Archives
September 2023
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: A Homecoming for Pam
September 7, 2023 | Billy Splain
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: A Homecoming for Pam It was a somber week for us, as we had the sad responsibility of planning Guy’s mother’s funeral. But as is so often the case for us and so many others we found escape in sports. This week we managed to take in four […]
ProTime’s Pick’em Challenge Week 3 Selections
September 7, 2023 | Marcus Sic
Week 3 Brings Some Big Time Matchups Week three of PFN’s ProTime Pick’em Challenge will feature early season match ups match up that will have playoff implications in November. Harrisburg High will travel down to Lancaster County to take on Manheim Township, both teams are off to quick starts at 2-0, with convincing lopsided wins. […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC Week 3 2023.
September 7, 2023 | John Kotsko
Labor Day is past and now we have hit Week 3 of the 2023 High School Football season. We’ve seen some pretty impressive accomplishments in the first two weeks of the season. We saw a shootout in Mountain Top where Brady Zapoticky and Jaden Shedlock traded blow for blow with Dallas taking the victory over […]
Protime Predictions – Protime is Burning Out
September 7, 2023 | Phil Myers
On occasion, Protime doesn’t know whether he’s coming or going. Mrs. P always points him in the right direction because that’s just the way she is. (It’s usually outside or down to the basement to get him out of her hair.) Protime covers a game or two each week (12 the first week), does district […]
The History of the Old Iron Bell Game in Centre County
September 7, 2023 | Kerry Shawley
Note: This Friday at Penns Valley the 2-0 Rams host the 2-0 BEA Eagles in the Battle for the Bell. BEA holds possession of the Old Iron Bell after winning the game last year. This year, both teams are ranked in the state, playing in a new conference and a win here could be key […]
Philadelphia Public League Thursday and Friday games cancelled
September 6, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
The Philadelphia Public League has made the decision to halt all Thursday and Friday football games due to the excessive heat wave. With temperatures this week being stuck between 90-96 degrees the school district decided to dismiss schools early all week and today made the call to cancel the games. One unique thing about the […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Edition Week #2
September 6, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
A Review of this past weekend’s action in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and a look to what is happening this upcoming this weekend. Well it looks like Nazareth, Parkland, Allentown Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic and Bethlehem Liberty are setting themselves apart in the South Division as they all improved to 2-0 on the season. The […]
PFN and The Funding Zone presents: The State of PA Football! Live from Robin Hood Brewing in Bellefonte! Two Segments
September 6, 2023 | Billy Splain
Join host Billy Splain and Intern Todd Ross as they discuss football topics covering the state of PA. This weeks special guests are Bellefonte coach Anthony Confer, BEA coach Jesse Nagle and State High coach Matt Baney. Each coach will have players with them! Tune in or if you’re in the area come on over […]
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Two Rankings
September 6, 2023 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (2-0)- (4) Bethel Park 7pm 2- North Allegheny (2-0)- @ McDowell 7pm 3- Mt. Lebanon (2-0)- Moon 7pm 4- Canon Mac (1-1)- (5) Seneca Valley 7pm 5- Seneca Valley (0-2)- @ (4) Canon Mac 7pm 5A: 1- Pine Richland (1-1)- (2) Penn Hills 7pm 2- Penn Hills (2-0)- @ (1) Pine […]
District 1 Power Rankings- Week 1 & 2
September 6, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
This article was written by Michael Pietrangelo & Marcus Sic 1. Coatesville- Coach Matt Ortega’s Red Raiders are off to a fast 2-0 start defeating Pennsbury and Academy Park by a combined score of 77-7. The Red Raiders have won outright or shared 7 consecutive ChesMont titles, with Ricky Ortega as QB for the first […]
District 12 Rewind & Review: Week 1
September 6, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Week 1 in District 12 was full of excitement with some marque matchups some ended in thrilling fashion, others ended with a running clock. Without further ado lets’ get into the games of the week with the great 8 for the week: #1 St. Joes’ Prep v St Peters Prep: The Hawks coming off a […]
Keystone Club Top Special Teams Performers: Week 1, 2023!
September 6, 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 1, 2023!
September 6, 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 1, 2023!
September 6, 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 RECORDS 95 Connor Foltz […]
ProTime Pick’em Panel Week 1 Results
September 6, 2023 | Marcus Sic
ProTime Pick’em Panel Red Hot Week One Results PFN’s panel of high school football writers were red hot with their “educated” guesses for week one, picking an incredible 133 winners out of 168 games for a preposterous .792 winning percentage. Apparently Protime Phil was not happy with his third place effort last week, rumor has […]
Berwick head coach Mike Bennett stepping away from position due to health, Bo Orlando will serve as interim head coach
September 5, 2023 | Billy Splain
Due to some health issues, Berwick head coach Mike Bennett is stepping away from coaching for a while. While it isn’t known how long Mike will be away, Berwick Athletic Director Bo Orlando will assume the position for the interim. Mike was coaching at the Berwick game last Friday night against Southern Columbia in the […]
2023 Pennsylvania High School Football PFN Rankings Week 2
September 5, 2023 | Billy Splain
“Steady as she goes” was not a saying used often this week. The rankings took several hits this week, namely State College dropping a close one to Downingtown East in 6A. 5A saw three at the lower end drop out. 4A had one change. 3A saw several changes as did both 2A and 1A. Enough […]
Upper Perkiomen Indians/Schuylkill Valley Panthers Game Highlights with Interviews and Photo Gallery
September 5, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Panthers take down the Indians with under 1:20 to go in the game ! GAME HIGHLIGHTS and POST-GAME INTERVIEWS:
On The Side Line With Noah Stomsky: Episode 1- Quasir Sampson
September 5, 2023 | Noah Stomsky
Welcome to the first episode of “On The Side Line With Noah Stomsky”. In the show’s first interview, Running Back/Linebacker Quasir Sampson for Wissahickon was the guest. He talks about what he likes about Wissahickon, why he decided to come to Wissahickon, His future plans for football, and more.
Community Joins Coach Larry Wiser In Celebration Christening Wiser Field
September 5, 2023 | Billy Splain
Photo by Bri Kirkland-Kirkland Photography – Coach Wiser, former players, assistants and folks from throughout the area who were involved in the Bobcat program throughout the years (All photos by Bri Kirkland -Kirkland Photography unless otherwise listed) A large crowd was on hand Friday (September 1st) night as the newly refurbished field behind Clarion Area […]
District 9 Review – Week 1
September 5, 2023 | Phil Myers
The most important thing this week is that everyone should be in prayer for Mason Martin, Karns City’s quarterback, who was injured in the game with Redbank on Friday. He suffered a significant brain bleed and a collapsed lung. He was flown to Pittsburgh where he underwent surgery. He is still in critical condition at […]
District 2 2023 Week 2 Recap
September 4, 2023 | John Kotsko
Abington Heights 35 Wilkes-Barre Area 28 Declan Walsh returned a fumble 55 yards and ran for 73 yards and a touchdown as the Comets got their first win of the season with a victory at Wilkes-Barre Area. Wolf Pack running back Howie Shiner added two touchdowns as Wilkes-Barre Area fell to 0-2. Scranton 29 Valley […]
The Bald Eagles of Lock Haven U. jumped out to a quick start against the Eagles of Post U. & never looked back (Gallery)
September 4, 2023 | Doug Lane
On a blistering Hot Saturday afternoon at Hubert Jack Stadium the Bald Eagles Football machine was firing on all cylinders with a balanced offensive attack. 178 rushing yards & 131 thru the air along with a stingy defense that Post had no answer for, and the home team came away with a convincing opening season […]
Temple scores three times in fourth for come from behind win over Akron (Gallery)
September 4, 2023 | Billy Splain
Temple defeated the Akron Zips at Lincoln Financial Field, 24-21, to open the 2023 season with a victory. Behind a strong defensive showing in the second half, the Owls overcame a 21-7 deficit to close the game out with 17 unanswered points. Temple held Akron to just 41 total yards in the second half. More […]
