PA Football News Archives
November 2023
PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 2A
November 3, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
The Game #2 New Hope- Solebury Lions @ #1 Bristol Warriors #1 Bristol About the Warriors: Bristol heads into the District 2A championship as the heavy favorite. The Warriors are averaging 36.9 points offensively per game and yielding 11.3 points per game. They sport a +12.6 point differential and look to keep rolling. The Warriors […]
Aleem Medley returns home to Benjamin Franklin restoring hope & promise to the program
November 3, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
The 2022 football season for Benjamin Franklin HS was grim, tiresome and at times depressing. Due to a late coaching change, key players bolted for other schools, the first 2 games were cancelled and when they finally did get on the field to play a game, they were playing with first time varsity players at […]
District 7: WPIAL Playoff Preview
November 3, 2023 | Ethan Spozarski
The regular season has ended, however the postseason is just getting started. For most this is another week, but for others this is a turnaround year from the past and look to keep playing another week. Here is your 2023 District 7 Playoff Preview. Class 1A: South Side (1) – The Rams were one of two […]
District 12 4A Playoff Preview
November 3, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Both the Public & Catholic Leagues will crown District 12 4A champions in their leagues this weekend. In the Public League John Bartram High & the HS of the Future battle it out for the PL title Saturday at noon at Bartram Stadium, while Bonner & Cardinal O’Hara will duke it out for the CL […]
Coaches Corner Playoff Edition: 2A District 4 Wyalusing Rams
November 3, 2023 | Matt Herring
This week we sat down with 2A District 4 #6 seed Wyalusing Rams Head Coach Rich Rogers as he prepares his team for a clash with PA Football News 2A #6 ranked Mount Carmel (District 4 #3 seed). The 6-4 Wyalusing squad have regained their place in Northern Tier League relevancy with a playoff berth […]
Inside The Huddle: Going Deep Inside The Playoff Brackets
November 3, 2023 | Matt Herring
As we enter the PA High School Football playoffs it’s an opportune time to take a tour through this seasons post-season brackets to break down which teams are favored to make deep state runs and which teams could pull off upsets along the way. View our official PA State Playoff Brackets here… PIAA Football Playoff […]
Behind Josh Ludlow’s Six Touchdown Performance Crusaders Roll Over Panthers Thursday Night
November 3, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
District XI 3A Playoff Quarterfinal Dominated by Notre Dame Green Pond over Saucon Valley. BETHLEHEM TWP- The man of the hour Thursday night in the opening round of the District XI 3A playoff, was RB Josh Ludlow of Notre Dame Green Pond Crusaders, who rushed for six touchdowns Thursday night, just one shy of […]
PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 1A
November 2, 2023 | Marcus Sic
The Game #2 Jenkintown Drakes @ #1 Morrisville Bulldogs MORRISVILLE HOST JENKINTOWN FOR THE DISTRICT 1 1A TITLE There are not many teams in District 1 that are in the smallest classification 1A, which means Morrisville and Jenkintown will battle it out in round 1 of the playoffs for the District 1 1A title Friday […]
Linglestown Gazette Sports Post Season Preview Show: Live from American Legion post 272, Breaking down DIII and more. Wednesday 11/2 7 pm
November 2, 2023 | Billy Splain
Join Joe Gilloway and guest hosts Billy Splain from PA Football News and Ben Dupree as they break down the 2023 District 3 brackets as well as the statewide brackets.
District XII 5A Public League Playoff Preview
November 2, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Public League 5A Playoff Preview: Entering the semifinal weekend, the following teams are still alive in the quest for the Public League 5A championship. #1 seed Imhotep Charter which was idle last week after Roxborough opted to forfeit their quarterfinal game is well rested as they’ll take on #7 seed Benjamin Franklin which […]
District XII Public League 6A Playoff Preview
November 2, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 6A Playoffs Public League The Public League 6A Playoffs Semi-final bracket has been set and the final 4 this season are Abraham #1 Lincoln (4-5), #2 Northeast (6-4), #5 George Washington (8-1) & #6 South Philadelphia (4-4). Abraham Lincoln earned their semi-final berth with a 65-6 trounce of Academy of Palumbo. Northeast won […]
PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 4A
November 2, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
Scott Reed’s Pope John Paul II Trojans come into the District 1 4A tournament as an overwhelming favorite, after taking down 6A powerhouse Spring-Ford in the Pioneer Athletic Conference’s title game. PJPII has already handily defeated both Pottstown and Pottsville, during the regular season. Bishop Shanahan, out of the tough ChesMont National division, led by […]
District 10 6A Title Game Preview
November 2, 2023 | Shane Lux
District 10 6A Title Game Preview Friday, November 3rd – Erie vs. McDowell – 7 pm – Edinboro University McDowell won the regular season contest 47-21 on September 15th. Blayze Myers completed 22-of-27 passes for 230 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 47 yards and a score. Dominic Berarducci rushed for 60 yards and […]
PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 6A
November 2, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
The Matchups #16 Cheltenham Panthers @ #1 Central Bucks West Bucks #1 Central Bucks West (10-0,7-0) About the Bucks: The Bucks are the #1 seed in the district & finished the regular season undefeated. They finished first in their Conference & captured a SOL-National Title. They have impressive wins against #8 Garnet Valley(17-13) & #5 […]
PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 5A
November 2, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
The Matchups #16 Upper Moreland Bears @ #1 Chester Clippers #1 Chester About the Clippers: The road to the District 1 5A championship starts at Exit 6, where since dropping their season opener to Perkiomen Valley the Chester Clippers have rolled off 9 consecutive victories and landed the top seed in the 5A for the […]
PIAA District 3 Playoff Preview
November 2, 2023 | Billy Splain
District 3 Class A Steelton-Highspire vs Halifax The winner will get Belmont Charter out of Philadelphia. The winner of that game gets the winner of the D5 bracket. So here’s the skinny. We all know the Rollers are a perennial powerhouse, returning state champs, have record breaker Alex Erby at qb, brother Andrew on the […]
PROTIME’S PICK’EM CHALLENGE TURNS TO PLAYOFF MODE
November 2, 2023 | Marcus Sic
PLAYOFFS? YOUR TALK’IN PLAYOFFS! To a high school football geeks, like the writers of PaFootballNews.com, this week is like Christmas, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July all rolled into one. IT’S PLAYOFF TIME BABY! The last ten weeks of the greatest sport known to man has been a rush, but there is nothing like the […]
WPIAL Elite Eight: Final Regular Season Rankings
November 2, 2023 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (9-1) @AvonworthFB2- North Allegheny (9-1) 3- Canon Mac (6-4) 4- Mt. Lebanon (5-5) 5- Seneca Valley (3-7) 5A: 1- Peters Township (10-o) 2- Penn Hills (8-2) 3- Pine Richland (7-3) 4- Upper St. Clair (8-2) 5- Moon (5-5) 6- Woodland Hills (6-4) 7- Gateway (5-5) 8- Franklin Regional (6-4) 4A: 1- […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Northwestern Lehigh Runs the Table
November 2, 2023 | Guy Smith
After seeing four or five games most weeks, we only went to a pair during the final week of the regular season. With no D11 game on Thursday, we supported our local high school girls’ volleyball team for the third and final time this season as the Pleasant Valley Bears were eliminated by Nazareth. The […]
District 2 Playoff Preview
November 2, 2023 | John Kotsko
Single-A Game (1) Lackawanna Trail: The Lions enter the District 2 Single-A Championship game with an unblemished record in 2023. They have an impressive running attack to get this far. Senior running back Lukas Gumble leads the rushing attack, he has 1,106 yards on the ground and 18 touchdowns. Lackawanna Trail has proven they can […]
Protime Predictions – Are the Protimes College Scouts?
November 2, 2023 | Phil Myers
Last week Protime took Protime Jr. to his game of the week. Not long after the game started, a couple of excited ball boys came up to Junior and asked if he was a scout for the Ohio State Buckeyes because he was wearing his official Ohio State black quarter-zip pullover and tan pants. “No,” […]
Breaking down D6 -Single & Double A
November 2, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
Heritage Conference // District 6 Playoff Preview D6 Single A 1st Round Marion Center Stingers #8 (4-6) at Northern Cambria Colts #1 (9-1) MC PF 15.6 PA 21.0. NC PF30.5 PA 12.9 The only rematch of the week. These teams meet in week #3 at Northern Cambria and the Colts won 21-7. […]
Protime’s Pigskin Parlance – Milestones, Record Breakers & Game Shakers – Top Receivers Edition
November 1, 2023 | Phil Myers
Protime’s weekly column will attempt to get readers up to date on current football facts, stats, and miscellaneous tidbits of information from across the entire state of Pennsylvania. His crack staff of one will peruse some, but not all newspapers and other sources for hopefully what will be up to date scoop on the previous […]
District Nine Playoff Preview
November 1, 2023 | Phil Myers
It’s that time of year. Teams from all around the state have played out their regular season in hopes of getting to the next step, the playoffs. In District Nine it’s no different. It’s time for the players to ignore those bumps and bruises and take their game to the next level. It’s time for […]
Westinghouse 42 University Prep 14 on 10/28/2023 (Gallery)
November 1, 2023 | William Spicher
Westinghouse comes back after being down early to win the 2023 PCL Championship over University Prep 42 – 14. Click Here For Article 2022 PCL Championship Gallery Click Here For More Photos
