PA Football News Archives
November 2023
Farrell Gets Defensive – Wins Third Straight D10 AA Title
November 18, 2023 | Shane Lux
Meadville – Farrell used a suffocating defense to win their third straight District 10 AA title with a 16-9 victory over Mercyhurst Prep. Coming into Saturday’s title game, something had to give as the Lakers went into the contest averaging over 58 points a game while the Steelers, on average, gave up less than 12 […]
Cambria Heights win D6 Single A Title!
November 18, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
D6 Single A Championship Game #4 Cambria Heights Highlanders (9-3) vs #2 Purchase Line Red Dragons (9-3) Last Meeting Week #1 8/25/23 CH 7 @ PL 19 Cambria Heights win D6 Single A Championship in a wet one, Purchase Line’s season ends as they are unable to climb the final mountain! I’ve been to […]
Photos from Dunmore’s win over Williams Valley
November 18, 2023 | Billy Splain
Gallery credit Dawn Daub
PREVIEW: New Mexico 2A State Championship between Texico and Eunice
November 18, 2023 | Sykotyk
Saturday is the state championship game in New Mexico for Class 2A. Unlike Pennsylvania or Ohio, the higher seed hosts in the playoffs. No neutral site games. However, when teams meet a second time, they alternate home sites year-over-year. Since Eunice had hosted the state championship game against Texico in 2019, Texico will be hosting […]
Southern Columbia Captures D4 Gold
November 18, 2023 | Dave Fegley
Tigers shut down Troy to win 31st district title Troy thought this was their year. After all, the Trojans had dismantled everyone in their path leading up to the District 4 Class 2A championship meeting. There was only one problem. Unfortunately for them, it wasn’t a minor one. In order to win the gold they […]
Indians prove they’re for real. 21-7 victory over Meadville on rainy night.
November 18, 2023 | Quincy Piper
Not very often do we see trilogy matchups occur outside the confines of the combat sports arena. But see one unfold we did, in the birthplace of the zipper. The first time these two teams crossed paths was two years ago this coming Sunday. When the Indians lost a heart-breaker 34-27. “A lot of the […]
Watterson uses strong defense with a dash of offense to defeat Bellefontaine 19-13
November 18, 2023 | David Burnworth
(Note: Watterson does not have a complete roster online with numbers included, so I pieced their players together the best I could.) I hope everything is correct. cbcsportsonline.com not only has the full Bellefontaine roster on it, it has every team in the league on it. In a much-anticipated matchup between the stout Watterson defense […]
Central Advances as They Beat Clearfield in Double Overtime
November 18, 2023 | Phil Myers
In one of the best games of the year, the Central-Martinsburg Scarlett Dragons beat the Clearfield Bison 41-35 in a thrilling double overtime game that will be talked about for years to come. Before a strong contingent of fans from both schools who braved the rain at Mansell Stadium in DuBois, Central and Clearfield put […]
McDowell Rushes Past State College
November 18, 2023 | Todd Ross
The McDowell Trojans had a dominant performance against State College thanks to some very strong rushing play and a solid defensive effort. A Dominic Berarducci hat trick, and a few scores from teammates would help the Trojans win 47-20. The first score of the game started with a bobbled snap on a State College punt […]
South Grinds Out 57-20 Win Over Muncy To Capture D4 Class 1A Championship
November 18, 2023 | Ed Weaver
MUNCY – Ryan Casella and Kaiser Kistner and carried the South Williamsport Mountaineers to a 57-20 win over Muncy to capture their first District IV Class 1A championship since 2014, avenging an 29-28 overtime loss back on October 6.
Big Fourth Quarter lifts Fort Cherry to victory
November 18, 2023 | Andrew Schaffer
Just like the first game it was a good game between Fort Cherry and Bishop Canevin. But in the fourth quarter Fort Cherry showed dominance in their 33-21 win over Bishop Canevin. “Making plays in big moments like that, there has been some times in games where we’ve stepped up big and had big quarters, […]
Nazareth gets their Revenge against Parkland
November 18, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Bethlehem- In a rematch from week 4 in the EPC, Nazareth flips the script and scores the late touchdown to grab the victory, this time, for the District XI crown. To start off the game Parkland kicked off to the Blue Eagles who muffed the opening kickoff and started with less-than-ideal field position to start […]
Central Bucks South Stuns Central Bucks West with Dominating 42-14 Victory
November 18, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
Feature Photo courtesy of Kim Supko Photography In a highly anticipated District 1-6A matchup, the 5th-seeded Titans of Central Bucks South (12-1) faced off against the top-seeded Central Bucks West Bucks (12-1). The Titans came into the game as the underdogs but proved their worth on the field. In week nine of the regular season, […]
Dallas wins District 2 4A Championship
November 18, 2023 | John Kotsko
With the District Championship on the line, trailing by four points in the fourth quarter, the Dallas Mountaineers key players came up big. Brady Zapoticky got a big completion to Nick Farrell on fourth down. Dylan Geskey scored his third touchdown of the night to give the Mountaineers the lead and Gavin Lewis snuffed out […]
Danville vs Loyalsock District 4 Class 3A Title (Gallery)
November 18, 2023 | Jayden Eberly
Lackawanna Trail’s Defense Handles Minersville Rushing Attack in State Playoff Win…
November 18, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Senior RB-Lukas Gumble(#20) and Junior RB-Demitrius Douglas(#5) led the way offensively with six touchdowns between the two in 40 to 0 victory over the Battlin’ Miners of Minersville at the Eagles Nest, Blue Mountain HS, improve to 13-0 for the first time in program history. The tone was set right from the beginning following the […]
Delaware Valley gets revenge against Whitehall, advances to next round in PIAA Class 5A playoffs
November 18, 2023 | Jared Samuel
It was a playoff rematch from last season as the Whitehall Zephyrs came in to square off against the Delaware Valley Warriors. Last season, the Zephyrs defeated the Warriors 34-13 in the same round of the state playoffs. This year, Whitehall (8-4) won the District 11 5A Championship by defeating Southern Lehigh and Delaware Valley […]
Avonworth Returns to WPIAL 3A Final With 21 – 10 Win Over Elizabeth Forward (Gallery)
November 18, 2023 | William Spicher
Avonworth returns to WPIAL 3A Championship game on November 24 after defeating Elizabeth Forward on a rainy evening at Gateway High School. Avonworth will face Belle Vernon again in this year’s 3A final. Click Here For More Photos
Selinsgrove joins Southern Columbia and Danville for D4 trifecta in Quarterfinals
November 18, 2023 | Billy Splain
Picture via John Peters, Story provided by @LSVSports It’s a 29 mile drive from Selinsgrove to Danville then to Southern Columbia. Shades of old when Berwick, Mt. Carmel and Southern dominated the playoff scene, three schools also close together. But not this close. The Seals dispatched of Bethlehem Catholic 28-13 to advance to the PIAA […]
Northwestern Lehigh Goes Back-to-Back as District Champions in Convincing Fashion.
November 18, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Northwestern Lehigh captures District XI 3A Championship in convincing fashion LEHIGHTON- On paper this game looked like it could be destined to go down as an instant classic. Both Northwestern Lehigh and Palmerton came into their much-anticipated contest as unbeaten at 12-0. Both teams were ranked by PaFootballNews.com in the top ten teams in […]
Nazareth Blue Eagles Get Redemption On Parkland To Become District 11 Champions
November 18, 2023 | Samantha Baker
The Nazareth Blue Eagles took home the District 11 Championship trophy after a battle with the previously undefeated Parkland Trojans. The game was highly anticipated as it featured the two most talented football teams in the Lehigh Valley. Parkland came into the district playoffs with a gold EPC championship trophy, but Nazareth had a lot […]
South Side runs all over Clairton, winning 28-12
November 18, 2023 | Tyler Aaron
In the first quarter, Clairton marches their way down the field but is stopped before getting into field goal range as Clairton turns the ball over on downs. South Side would proceed to take the ball into Clairton territory but the drive quickly stalled and South Side punted the ball back to Clairton. Clariton finished […]
With great second half effort, McKeesport defeats Montour 28-14
November 18, 2023 | Joey Chirillo
Written by: Dean Shazer McKeesport defeats Montour and punches their ticket to the 4A WPIAL Championship On Friday night McKeesport defeated Montour 28-14. The game had a slow start with a few missed opportunities and a big Montour stop on the goal line that forced a fumble on Keith Spell of McKeesport. However, McKeesport and […]
Avonworth heads to second title game in a row after beating Elizabeth-Forward 21-10
November 18, 2023 | Joey Chirillo
The Avonworth Antelopes advance to the 3A championship at Acrisure Stadium facing off against the Belle Vernon Leopards for the second year in a row after defeating the Elizabeth-Forward Warriors 21-10 at Gateway High School. Facing some brutal weather in the late afternoon into the early evening with constant rain, this game was poised […]