September 2019
ProfessorBriggs.com Week Six Mercer County Football Previews
September 26, 2019 | Billy Splain
ProfessorBriggs.com (Click link above to visit his site and read more about D10 teams) (Statistical Information Courtesy of Professor Briggs’ archives, The Herald and Erie Times-News) WEEK SIX FOOTBALL PREVIEWS League play returns in full force Friday night as 11 of the area’s 12 teams will play region games. Seven games comprise this week’s schedule, […]
District 3 Mid Season Report
September 26, 2019 | Billy Splain
Welcome to the weekly District 3 report. Let’s get right to the highlights of the season thus far! As of now there is a whopping 12 undefeated teams sitting at 5-0 but that’ll all change this weekend. Fleetwood takes on Wyomissing, Warwick takes on Cedar Crest and Wilson hosts Manheim Township in three battles of […]
State College will face Cumberland Valley in Beaver Stadium Noon Kick Time @CVSDeagles @SCoachLintal
September 25, 2019 | Billy Splain
It wasn’t too long ago Eric Thomas broke the news that Penn State was in discussions with teams to play a high school game at Beaver Stadium sometime this year. Well, it’s now official. The Little Lions will host Cumberland Valley in the first Beaver Stadium Classic on Saturday, October 26. Kickoff will be at […]
Will’s Southeastern PA Weekly Round Week of Sept 25
September 25, 2019 | Billy Splain
Hello and welcome to Will’s Southeastern PA Weekly Round up. Each and every week throughout the season I will be providing notes and observations from District 1 and 12 if you have anything that you believe to be noteworthy please feel to email at umpirewillie100@gmail or on twitter @WilliePAFN West Chester Henderson Assistant coach Mark […]
PFN Statewide Rankings Sept 24 2019 edition
September 24, 2019 | Billy Splain
PFN Rankings 9-16 PFN Class 6A Rankings Dist Record PVS rnk 1 St. Josephs Prep 12 1-2 1 2 Manheim twp 3 5-0 2 3 State College 6 5-0 3 4 La Salle 12 5-0 4 5 Pine Richland 7 5-0 5 6 Downingtown West 1 5-0 6 7 Harrisburg 3 4-1 7 8 […]
PFN PRESENTS: The STATE of PAFOOTBALL – MID SEASON REVIEW live from CHAMPS Downtown State College!
September 24, 2019 | Billy Splain
LET’S DO IT! PFN PRESENTS: The STATE of PAFOOTBALL! TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE FROM @ChampsPennState Downtown State College! We’ll give our mid season grades and report! Join us live at Champs, get some dinner or watch online:
Keystone Club: Week Four 2019 DEFENSIVE STARS
September 24, 2019 | 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 # […]
Keystone Club: Week Four 2019 OFFENSIVE STARS
September 24, 2019 | 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 Yards All-Purpose […]
Keystone Club: Week Four 2019 SPECIAL TEAM STARS
September 24, 2019 | 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 Performances […]
State College 4th quarter surge leads them past Chambersburg (Mark Helbley gallery) @CASDAthletics @SCoachLintal
September 21, 2019 | Billy Splain
State College Area High School may have faced their toughest opponent yet this year in Chambersburg High School. But State High would win 27-17. Both teams began the game struggling. Until State High broke off with a short drive that lead to an Aiden Spitler Field Goal. Soon after the field goal a long timeout […]
CJ Selby helps pull Jim Thorpe to win over Mustangs. @JTOlympians @MiddWestFB
September 21, 2019 | Billy Splain
Cover Photo: smoke from the tractors hovers over the field As I pulled into the area near the Beaver Spring Fairgrounds I saw they were parking cars way out front of where I knew the Mustang field would be. Made me say “wow! this game gonna be packed! Then as I turned the corner […]
Penns Valley outclaws the Bearcats (Mike Frazier Gallery @BearcatFootbal2 @pvrams84
September 21, 2019 | Billy Splain
The Penns Valley Rams and Huntingdon Bearcats faced off in a Mt. League battle of the quarterbacks Friday night. Penns Valley’s Aaron Tobias and Huntington’s Nick Troha battled all night but Tobias came out with the victory. Tobias finished the game with 270 yards passing with 4 touchdowns and adding 125 yards on the ground […]
Doc Masse District 4: By the Numbers
September 20, 2019 | Billy Splain
District 4 Leaders Quarterbacks 36 passes needed to qualify (Rating based on NCAA passing efficiency computation) att com yds td int rating Riley Dan 77 50 862 10 1 199.2 L Lorson SW 46 30 412 7 0 186.3 Ayres Troy 40 25 398 4 1 174.1 Shearer Mtv 36 21 319 4 2 160.6 […]
ProfessorBriggs.com: WEEK FIVE FOOTBALL PREVIEWS
September 19, 2019 | Billy Splain
ProfessorBriggs.com (Statistical Information Courtesy of Professor Briggs’ archives, The Herald and Erie Times-News) WEEK FIVE FOOTBALL PREVIEWS The midpoint of the 2019 regular season features a mixed bag of games on the Week Five calendar. There is one league game, two games between undefeated teams, one game between winless teams, two all-local matchups between longtime […]
Richland’s Burke will join former teammate Instone at New Hampshire @calebb_12 @rhsfootball
September 18, 2019 | Billy Splain
At a combine this summer I had the pleasure of meeting many college coaches. I remember a brief conversation with one of them: “See anyone you like here? Yeah, we really like the Burke kid a lot”. The feeling must have been mutual because on Monday Richland wide receiver Caleb Burke committed to that coaches […]
Thomas Hartnett chooses Dartmouth @ThomasHartnet12 @PCC_FOOTBALL
September 18, 2019 | Billy Splain
Every year it seems there’s a team in PA that has a line we all believe will dominate play throughout the season. This years edition belongs to Pittsburgh Central Catholic. Loaded with players who have long lists of D1 offers, the Vikings lines on both sides of the ball are attracting the attention deserved. Earlier […]
PFN Statewide Rankings Sept 17 2019 edition
September 17, 2019 | Billy Splain
September 10, 2019 PFN Rankings 9-16 PFN Class 6A Rankings Dist Record PVS rnk 1 St. Josephs Prep 12 1-2 1 2 Manheim twp 3 4-0 2 3 State College 6 4-0 3 4 La Salle 12 4-0 4 5 Pine Richland 7 4-0 6 6 Downingtown West 1 4-0 7 7 Harrisburg 3 3-1 […]
Keystone Club: Week Three 2019 OFFENSIVE STARS
September 17, 2019 | 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 Yards All-Purpose […]
Keystone Club: Week Three 2019 DEFENSIVE STARS
September 17, 2019 | 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 […]
Keystone Club: Week Three 2019 SPECIAL TEAM STARS
September 17, 2019 | 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 Performances yards […]
PFN Presents: The STATE of PA Football, Sept 17, 2019
September 17, 2019 | Billy Splain
Join us at Champs or tune in online as we discussed what happened, what might happen, who had big games and who needs to pick it up. We’ll talk records, milestones and match ups on: PFN Presents: The STATE of PA Football! Live From Champs Sports Grill N Atherton St, State College Be present to […]
Open Dates: Penns Valley
September 15, 2019 | Billy Splain
Penns Valley is looking for a week zero (August 28, 2020 and August 27, 2021) and week 5 (October 2, 2020 and October 1, 2021) opponent for football in the next cycle. Penns Valley is a AA football school located just on the other side of Mt. Nittany from Penn State. If you are interested, […]
NAZARETH MAKES A STATEMATE IN KEY EPC WIN OVER FREEDOM
September 14, 2019 | Billy Splain
BETHLEHEM- In a battle of the two top quarterbacks in the EPC Friday night at BASD Stadium, Nazareth’s Andrew Harris outdueled Freedom’s signal caller Jared Jenkins to lead the Blue Eagles to a 35-33 decision over the Patriots before a lage contingent of fans who made it out on a cool crisp night in the […]
TYRONE RALLIES TO DEFEAT P-O
September 14, 2019 | Billy Splain
September 14, 2019 Kerry Naylor Football Three years ago, in a game against a battered Tyrone team that had run out of offensive options following a series of injuries, Bellefonte toppled Tyrone 14-13 at Gray-Veterans Memorial Field. It was significant for many reasons. For one, it was the Raiders’ first win over Tyrone since 1992. But perhaps […]
Tobias continues haunt defenses, Rams improve to 3-1 with win over Central @CentralDragonFB @AaronTobias11
September 14, 2019 | Billy Splain
Austin Fisher goes in for the score All Photos courtesy Cindy Winkleblech The Penns Valley Rams improve to 3-1 on the year with a huge 41-21 victory over the Central Dragons. Rams senior quarterback Aaron Tobias continues to shred apart defenses accumulating 317 yards passing and 6 touchdowns on the night. This now gives Tobias […]
