Washington Earns Hard-Fought Win Over McGuffey

August 2024

Washington Earns Hard-Fought Win Over McGuffey

August 23, 2024 | Brett Gombita

On Friday night, the Washington Prexies defeated the McGuffey Highlanders by a score of 14-7. This historic rivalry game usually takes place in the last week of the regular season, but with McGuffey’s move to 3A, the two teams faced off in week 0. Washington’s first drive of the game ended in seven points when […]

Bellefonte Travels To Central For LHAC Week One Matchup

August 23, 2024 | Baron Dionis

High school football is back tonight at 7 PM. For the first week, we have a Laurel Highlands matchup between the Bellefonte Red Raiders and the Central Scarlet Dragons. These two teams are very familiar with each other as they were in the Mountain Conference before moving to the Laurel Highlands. Both are on the […]

2024 WPIAL Conference Preview: Interstate

August 23, 2024 | Mia Williams

2024 Season Schedule: Elizabeth-Forward Warriors – PA Football News 2024 Season Schedule: Mount Pleasant Vikings – PA Football News 2024 Season Schedule: Derry Trojans – PA Football News 2024 Season Schedule: Southmoreland Scotties – PA Football News 2024 Season Schedule: Greensburg-Salem Golden Lions – PA Football News 2024 Season Schedule: […]

2024 Inter County Conference South Preview

August 23, 2024 | Baron Dionis

2023 ICC South Standings (Overall Record/Conference) Northern Bedford 12-1 (9-0) Berlin Brothersvalley 10-2 (7-1) Windber 8-4 (6-3) North Star 7-4 (5-3) Meyersdale 6-5 (2-4) Everett 2-8 (2-6) Tussey Mountain 2-8 (2-7) The ICC South section is looking to be very competitive in 2024. Both Windber and Berlin look to be very good teams, but Northern […]

Miscues and turnovers help Canton rout Northwest in season opener

August 23, 2024 | Aaron Hardy

Bailey Gardner leads Warriors to victory by Aaron Hardy @AaronHa96122301 on X/Twitter Its finally high school football season in Pennsylvania and it’s a new era for Northwest football as Stephen Nestorick lead his team on the field on Friday night at Lewis and Miller Memorial Stadium. The Rangers pregame celebrated quarterback Jace McCoy […]

Annual York Rose Bowl Classic is ready to roll. First kick today at 5

August 23, 2024 | Billy Splain

Ron Coursey had some challenges to get through this year but nothing was going to stop the second edition of the York Rose Bowl Classic. The first challenge is always finding teams. Together with PFN the teams finally lined up. Next up was the field. Because of concerns with crowds and parking along with all […]

Tennessee Spotlight: Anderson County slips by Powell, 28-25

August 23, 2024 | Sykotyk

Anderson County v. Powell at Maverick Stadium in Clinton, Tennessee. #11 @PaFootballNews #BeyondTheKeystone @PowellHighFB @ACMav4Life pic.twitter.com/jp1rTc2aoq — Sykotyk (@Sykotyk) August 22, 2024 Waylon Larue with a 5 yard TD run set up by this acrobatic catch by Trent Strickland. Kick is good. Anderson County leads Powell, 7-0 with 7:28 left in the first quarter. @PaFootballNews […]

ProTime’s PICK’EM CHALLENGE SEASON III

August 23, 2024 | Marcus Sic

ProTime Phil goes for the Threepeat Death, taxes and ProTime Phil’s high school picks; the only three guarantees in life. After toying with the other scribes from PaFootballNews.com for most of the season, ProTime Phil once again ran away with PaFootballNews.com’s ProTime’s Pick’em Challenge, after crushing the field in the inaugural Pick’em Challenge. Much like […]

2024 Inter County Conference North Preview

August 23, 2024 | Baron Dionis

2023 ICC North Standings (Overall Record/Conference) Mount Union 9-3 (8-1) Juniata Valley 7-4 (5-3) Moshannon Valley 5-6 (4-3) West Branch 5-6 (5-4) Glendale 3-7 (3-6) Claysburg-Kimmel 3-7 (3-7) Curwensville 2-8 (2-6) Southern Huntingdon 0-10 (0-9) The North Section of the Inter County Conference looks to be more competitive in 2024 after Mount Union stole the […]

2024 Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference Preview: West 2 Section

August 23, 2024 | Baron Dionis

2023 Final LHAC Standings (Overall-Record/Conference) Central 12-1 (11-0) Bald Eagle 12-2 (10-1) Richland 11-2 (10-1) Penn Cambria 9-3 (9-3) Clearfield 8-4 (7-3) Chestnut Ridge 7-4 (7-3) Forest Hills 8-4 (7-4) Bishop Guilfoyle 6-5 (6-4) Tyrone 6-5 (6-5) Penns Valley 6-5 (6-5) Central Cambria 4-6 (4-6) Philipsburg-Osceola 4-6 (4-6) Bedford 3-7 (3-7) Somerset 3-7 (3-7) Bishop […]

Schuylkill/Colonial Blue Division 2024 Outlook

August 23, 2024 | Daniel Reed

SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL BLUE DIVISION OUTLOOK Mahanoy Area Head Coach: David Holman 2023 Record: 4-7 The Golden Bears have some experience returning this year. Coach Holman has his QB, Levi Terry and a nice stable of backs to lean on. It’s a tough division this year. Coach Holman says “Nice group of upperclassmen with a good bit […]

Schuylkill/Colonial White Division 2024 Outlook

August 23, 2024 | Billy Splain

SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL WHITE DIVISION OUTLOOK Catasauqua Head Coach: Joe Henrich(NEW) 2023 Record: 6-6 The Rough Riders finished the 2023 season at .500 with a senior heavy class. They’ll be entering the 2024 season with plenty of opportunities for newcomers to see the field, including quarterback Aiden Reilly. Catty’s greatest strength this season will be the return of […]

Schuylkill/Colonial Red Division 2024 Outlook

August 23, 2024 | Billy Splain

SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL RED DIVISION OUTLOOK Bangor Head Coach: Vinnie Andrews 2023 Record: 6-5 The Slaters lost a host of talented starters from last season but the cupboard is not bare. While standout athletes Noah Hillis, MJ Soo, Gavin Nelson and QB Greg Campbell graduate, they will receive a boos from the returns of Riley Waldron and […]

Warren John F. Kennedy Catholic holds off Liberty

August 23, 2024 | Shane Lux

Liberty Township – John F. Kennedy Catholic scored 22 first-half points en route to a 22-19 victory over Liberty. Warren JFK might not have played the most complete game, but in the end, the Eagles did enough to thwart Liberty High School’s second-half comeback attempt. The Eagles scored two quick touchdowns to jump out to […]

Big 30 All Star Classic – NY 39 PA 18 (Gallery) on 8/3/24

August 22, 2024 | William Spicher

Article for this game can found at this link Big 30 Classic Article More photos at Deacon Blues Blog

2024 Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference Preview: West 1 Section

August 22, 2024 | Baron Dionis

Mayhem’s Game of the Week: Upper Dublin @ Wissahickon (Week1)

August 22, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo

The Game: Upper Dublin Cardinals @ Wissahickon Trojans Friday, August 23, 2024 Kickoff: 7pm 521 Houston Rd, Ambler, PA 19002 Team Details: Upper Dublin Cardinals Head Coach: Bret Stover (21st Season) League: Suburban One League-Continental Conference (5A) Last Season: (7-5) overall (4-2) Conference Last Game: Lost 21-26 to Strath Haven (Playoffs- District 5A Quarter-Final) Cardinals […]

2024 Pioneer Athletic Conference Liberty Conference Preview

August 22, 2024 | Willie McGonigle

Last season the Spring-Ford Rams took home the Liberty Conference and advanced to the PAC Title Game where they lost a heartbreaker to Pope John Paul II. This year the Rams appear poised to return to the PAC Championship. Perkiomen Valley and Owen J Roberts appear to be the top challengers. Let’s take a team-by-team […]

2024 WPIAL 1A-Eastern Conference Preview

August 22, 2024 | Cole Keller

Brentwood Spartans 2024 Schedule 2023 Season: 2-8 (2-4 Conf) Head Coach: Nick Caponi Key Players Lost: Key Players Returning: WR/CB Forrest Betz, T/DT Daymire Spencer, QB/OLB Cedric Davis, T/DT Max Rock, LB Owen Beck What to expect: The Spartans got bumped down a classification from 2A to 1A which could benefit them a lot after […]

PHAC Preview 2024

August 22, 2024 | Dave Fegley

Football Ready In Central PA There are plenty of storylines heading into the 2024 high school football season in the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference.Between the 19 teams, they are all excited to get the helmets on and go to work on Friday nights. Will the Tigers of Southern Columbia be able to keep their historic […]

2024 Northern Tier League Small School Division Preview

August 22, 2024 | Ed Weaver

2023 was another solid year for the Northern Tier League. In the Large School Division Troy gave 14-time state champion Southern Columbia all they could before fall 14-0 in the mud at Alparon Park. In the Small School Division, District IV Class 1A champion South Williamsport made it all the way to the Eastern Finals, […]

Philadelphia Public League 2024 National Division Preview

August 22, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC LEAGUE NATIONAL DIVISION The 2024 season will feature 7 teams in the 3rd tier Public League Division commonly known as the National Division. George Washington won the division in 2023 and was promoted to the Liberty Division. The division is top heavy and it’s quite likely the division title winner won’t be known […]

PFN’s District One Pre-Season Rankings- Small School

August 22, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo

The 2024 high school football season is upon us and the District 1 staff here at PFN has been busy compiling stats and developing our power rankings for all six classifications. We broke them down into two groups. Yesterday we looked at the big schools. Today we dive into the small schools. Big School-5A & […]

2024 PFN Team Preview: Central Columbia Blue Jays

August 22, 2024 | Davin Ridall

Central Columbia Blue Jays Head Coach: E.J. Smith (3rd Season) PIAA District 4 – Class 3A League: Heartland Athletic Conference – Division 2 Assistant Coaches: – Brett Comstock – Kevin Bradley – Doug Brown – Isaac Gensemer – Jeff Groshek – Jon Hidlay – Jeremiah Johnson – Brad Keller – Grant Marshman – Bill […]