October 2025
BlueWhite Tailgate Pawcast S2 Ep18 Franklin Out, Iowa Preview, Letterman Great talks Program
October 15, 2025 | Billy Splain
James Franklin is out as the head coach at Penn State. His 11 plus seasons come to an end after a loss to Northwestern extends Penn State’s free fall to three straight games. As fan apathy began to take hold, Penn State AD Pat Kraft decided to make a move. In comes Terry Smith as […]
PFN TAPS into the STATE! Our weekly highlight show featuring plays from around the state!
October 14, 2025 | Billy Splain
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PFN Pennsylvania High School Football Rankings Week 8 2025
October 14, 2025 | Billy Splain
Ok let me explain: Rank 6A Dist Record Pvs rank 1 Harrisburg 3 8-0 1 2 LaSalle College 12 6-1 2 3 Pittsburgh Central Catholic 7 7-1 3 4 St. Joseph’s Prep 12 3-4 4 5 Parkland 11 8-0 5 6 State College 6 7-1 6 7 North Allegheny 7 7-1 7 8 Central York […]
Kiski School Defense Dominates Blair Academy
October 12, 2025 | Billy Splain
Written by Jeremy Walker The Kiski School Cougars returned home to Saltsburg, PA after three consecutive prep road victories in Eastern PA and New Jersey. The 4-2 Cougars hosted another tough prep rival in the Blair Academy Bucs, who came into Saturday’s matchup at 1-3. The Cougars had taken last year’s contest in Blairstown, NJ, […]
Twin Valley roughs up Wyo homecoming with 28-6 win
October 11, 2025 | Billy Splain
If I told you Twin Valley ran exactly two plays in the entire second quarter you would probably guess that Wyomissing won 28-6. You’d be wrong. The Raiders jumped out to a 7-0 first quarter lead and held the Spartans to two field goals in the second, then poured it on in the second half […]
Rams pull away from Bellefonte late for the win (gallery included)
October 11, 2025 | Billy Splain
Trailing 23-20 late in the fourth quarter, Richland quarterback Jacob Regan found Jamere Christian to put the Rams in the lead 27-23 and after forcing a Raider turnover on downs Regan scored from three yards out to give Richland the 33-23 lead. Bellefonte returned the kickoff 80 yards but ran out of time. Your final […]
Shorthanded Roxborough defeats South Philly (pics)
October 10, 2025 | Billy Splain
Roxborough was short about six players. They were declared ineligible for their participation in last week’s brawl. Most of the team played both ways because they only had about 15 players. Still, they got the win 7-6. Highlights: Ref making great catch in heavy traffic Player shows disappointment after dropping a sure pic-six (he’s leaning […]
The STATE of PA Football, Week 7. Talking playoff stretch with the PFN staff
October 8, 2025 | Billy Splain
The PFN Staff takes a look at the stretch run to the playoffs heading into week 8 of the 2025 season
BlueWhite Tailgate Pawcast S2 Ep 17 Franklin’s Future, Can Lions Turn It Around vs N’Western?
October 8, 2025 | Billy Splain
Penn State and James Franklin seem to be in a free fall and the path forward is murky at best. In this episode Mike, Frank and Andrew address fans’ concerns with the media, you make like that segment or you may hate it but we give it a fair shake. The gang also addresses the […]
PFN TAPS into the State: Week 7, 2025! 90 minutes of highlights & interviews from the weekends action!
October 8, 2025 | Billy Splain
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PFN Pennsylvania High School Football Rankings: Week 7 2025, very few changes
October 7, 2025 | Billy Splain
We said what we said. Our rankings staff almost always comes to a unanimous agreement. This week was no exception. The coming weekend will tell the tail and expose the truth. Some big matchups coming. Rank 6A Dist Record Pvs rank 1 Harrisburg 3 7-0 1 2 LaSalle College 12 5-1 2 3 Pittsburgh Central […]
Williams Valley Head Coach Steps down amid turmoil
October 6, 2025 | Billy Splain
This is not the time of the year you want to see a head coach step down. Steve Sedesse took over the top spot replacing Tim Savage in 2023. Sedesse stepped in and the success that Savage had there continued on with the Viking program with the team continuing to be ranked highly in the […]
Temple sends UTSA packing
October 6, 2025 | Billy Splain
AP: The Temple Owls (3-2, 1-0) hosted the University of Texas at San Antonio (2-3, 0-1) on Saturday afternoon from Lincoln Financial Field. Temple’s offense had 309 yards (181 yards passing, 128 yards rushing) and 15 first downs. They scored 10 unanswered points to beat the Roadrunners 27-21. Temple quarterback Evan Simon completed 16 of […]
Kiski School Shuts Out Wyoming Seminary for 3rd Straight Road Victory
October 5, 2025 | Billy Splain
The Kiski School Cougars made their third consecutive road trip to the Eastern Pennsylvania region to take on the Wyoming Seminary Blue Knights in Kingston, PA. The story of the game was Kiski School’s relentless defense, which came into the contest allowing only 10 points per game. The Cougar defense again posted an impressive day, […]
Is the the end of James Franklin at Penn State? UCLA embarrasses Lions 42-37
October 5, 2025 | Billy Splain
Penn State is out coached, out played, and disorganized for 60 minutes against an 0-4 UCLA team. Is this the end of James Franklin at Penn State? At least two of us believe so. Email the show at BlueWhiteTailgatePawcast@gmail.com
BlueWhite Tailgate Pawcast S2 Ep 16: Has Penn State peaked? Where do the Lions go from here?
October 1, 2025 | Billy Splain
Penn State once again fell flat in a big game? Drew Allar once again ended a game essentially with an interception? Where does Penn State go from here? Can they bounce back and do they have a legitimate shot at a national title or has this program peaked under James Franklin? Are we overreacting to […]
PFN & TAP into the State, Week 6! 90 minutes of highlights from this past weekends games!
October 1, 2025 | Billy Splain
Welcome to PFN TAPS into the State! It was a GREAT weekend of football, and we’re going to wrap it up for you! Enjoy the show! PFNTapsSep30 by PAFootball Newsdotcom
PIAA/PAB partnership means discounts for broadcasters
September 30, 2025 | Billy Splain
PAB, PIAA ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP This initial partnership will continue through the end of 2026. The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters (PAB) and the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc, (PIAA) have entered a partnership through December 2026 that will assist local broadcasters and help bring more exposure to student-athletes across PIAA member schools. Both organizations hope to […]
PFN Pennsylvania high school football rankings: week 6 2025
September 30, 2025 | Billy Splain
Steady as she goes. Not many changes. Rank 6A Dist Record Pvs rank 1 Harrisburg 3 6-0 2 2 LaSalle College 12 4-1 1 3 Pittsburgh Central Catholic 7 5-1 3 4 St. Joseph’s Prep 12 2-3 4 5 Parkland 11 6-0 5 6 State College 6 5-1 7 7 North Allegheny 7 5-1 6 […]
Roxborough claims 6-0 in shortened game over Kipp
September 28, 2025 | Billy Splain
Roxborough claimed a 6-0 in a shortened game on Saturday.
Neshaminy fast start too much for CBW (gallery)
September 28, 2025 | Billy Splain
NESHAMINY 28, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 18 Neshaminy recovered a CBW fumble on the opening kickoff and never looked back on their way to a convincing win. Seven plays after the fumble Michael Eckart scored from five yards out. After forcing a punt, Eckart found Bobby Lagler with a toss over the middle and Lagler raced […]
Armstrong, McCrorey lead Kiski School to Signature Win in Philadelphia
September 28, 2025 | Billy Splain
Writtten by Jeremy Walker The Kiski School Cougars, off of a decisive road win at the Peddie School last week, traveled to Philadelphia, PA to take on perennially formidable Inter-AC Conference power the William Penn Charter School Quakers. Penn Charter had taken last season’s contest, 45-28 in Philadelphia. The game was tightly contested in the […]
