| Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski, graduated from The Ohio State University. He is a former radio personality for several stations in Columbus, OH. |
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor Class5A Playoff Edition: Del Val vs Whitehall.
November 15, 2022
District 2 Champions Del Val Warriors Take To The Road to Face Whitehall Zephyrs Friday at Zephyr Stadium 7PM. WHITEHALL ZEPHYRS(7-5) Coach Matt Seneca 4th Year 16-25 record. Whitehall dominated Southern Lehigh(9-3) Saturday night at Catasauqua HS 43-17 to capture District XI Championship. Trey Dogmanits threw for 275 yards on 11-14 passing against the Spartans […]
In a Tight Low Scoring Contest Allentown Central Catholic Tops Becahi.
November 13, 2022
Behind a Dominate Offensive Line Caiden Shaffer Powers The Vikings The Hawks in “Holy War II”. WHITEHALL- For the third consecutive year the Vikings of Allentown Central Catholic are PIAA District XI 4A champions, this time their victim was the Golden Hawks of Bethlehem Catholic, their fiercest rival in what has been known in the […]
Spectacular Ending Gives Executive Education Charter District XI Gold.
November 13, 2022
Amazing Ending on 63 Yard Touchdown Pass In Waning Seconds Lift Executive Education to Improbable Win. WHITEHALL- It’s likely whether your young or old and as ports fan at some point heard the late Vin Scully’s call of Kirk Gibson’s home run in the 1988 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland A’s. […]
Parkland Punches Ticket to District XI Championship Game With Win Over Northampton.
November 11, 2022
Trojans advance to District XI 6A Title Game With Strong Second Half Effort and Sets Up rematch With Freedom Patriots. NORTHAMPTON- Parkland came into Thursday night’s District XI 6A semi-final contest with Northampton, the healthiest they have been all year and have posted a 5-1 record since starting out 2-3 once the trio of quarterback […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- District XI 6A Semifinal Part II.
November 9, 2022
7-4 Parkland Trojans vs 11-0 Northampton Konkrete Kids Thursday 7pm at Al Erdosy Stadium. With the threat of tropical storm conditions expected much of the day Friday several games have been moved up to Thursday or pushed back till Saturday. Both District XI 6A Semifinals will be held Thursday. The K-Kids and the Trojans have […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-District XI 6A Semifinal Playoff Part I.
November 9, 2022
9-2 Bethlehem Freedom Patriots at 10-1 Emmaus Green Hornets, Thursday 7pm EPSD Stadium. District XI 6A Semifinal. A re-match of an opening weekend contest, which Emmaus defeated Freedom 19-13 at Bethlehem School District Stadium. This game will be played on Thursday due to a tropical storm that is expected to hit Eastern Pennsylvania on Friday, […]
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference All-Star Team Announced
November 7, 2022
Nazareth’s Sonny Sasso and Freedom’s Owen Johnson Players of the Year. There was little doubt of just how valuable quarterback-safety Sonny Sasso was to this years Nazareth Blue Eagles football team. Sasso had major hand surgery and missed the District XI quarter-final playoff game with Parkland Friday night. A game which his team lost and […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-District XI 5A Clash Edition.
November 7, 2022
6-5 Whitehall Zephyrs vs 9-2 Southern Lehigh Spartans Friday 7pm at Catasauqua HS. This will be the third straight meeting in the playoffs for these two teams. Whitehall won the last two by scores of 42-34 in 2020 and 43-14 last season. The Zephyrs coming off a dominate 49-14 performance against EPC North’s Pleasant Valley […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- District XI 4A Championship Contest
November 7, 2022
Part II of “The Holy War” Set 6-5 Allentown Central Catholic Vikings vs 6-5 Bethlehem Catholic Golden Hawks. The Site: Whitehall Zephyr Stadium Saturday Night 7pm. Two of the most successful programs in the Lehigh Valley will clash once again on the gridiron Saturday night. Between them both they have a combined 13 District XI […]
Dramatic Last-Second Field Goal Lifts Catasauqua to Victory Saturday Night.
November 6, 2022
Seventeen Point Rally Lifts Catasauqua to District Championship Game. KINTNERSVILLE- They say it’s difficult to beat a team twice in the same season, let alone one-upping a contest that went into overtime the first time Palisades and Catasauqua met but on Saturday night on the turf at Walter T. Rohrer Stadium with a berth into […]
Bethlehem Catholic’s Win Sets Up Another “Holy War” Championship Contest
November 6, 2022
Thank you to Dan Reed @pfnDan570FB and Kristine Laskowski @KrissyPfn on twitter for pictures and videos! Superb Defensive Effort Allows a Second Meeting with Allentown Central Catholic. BETHLEHEM- The District XI 4A top-seeded Bethlehem Catholic Hawks took full advantage of their size and speed dominance over their counterparts-the Blue Mountain Eagles Saturday afternoon at Bethlehem […]
Freedom Advances to District XI/II/IV 6A Semi-Final With Shutout Win.
November 5, 2022
Three First half touchdowns propel Patriots into Semi-Finals against common foe. BETHLEHEM- When two teams meet on the gridiron, that are unfamiliar with each other, there is a feeling out process to see what what your opponent’s tendencies are and to make the necessary adjustments and to get in a “comfort zone” of making proper […]
2022 District XI Class 6A Quarter-Final Preview: Hazleton Area at Bethlehem Freedom
November 4, 2022
Friday night at BASD Stadium 8-2 Hazleton Area Cougars at 8-2 Bethlehem Freedom Patriots PIAA District XI/II/IV 6A Subregional Quarter-Final Contest. Follow @BPtashinski on Twitter for live game updates. The PIAA District II/IV/XI 6A Subregional Bracket is chocked full of State ranked teams by pafootballnews.com Emmaus, Northampton and Nazareth are all ranked in the top […]
Freedom Cruises to Capture City of Bethlehem Title Over Liberty.
October 30, 2022
Patriots Defeat Cross-Town Rivals for Fourth Consecutive Time. BETHLEHEM- Saturday afternoon, under a cloudless blue sky, at Historic Bethlehem School District Stadium, the Freedom Patriots rolled to their seventh straight win of the 2022 season with a convincing 38-7 rout of the Liberty Hurricanes in front a packed house by a score of 38-7 to […]
Emmaus Takes Control in Capturing The Battle of Cedar Crest Boulevard.
October 29, 2022
Green Hornets Score 23 Second Quarter Points and then Stave Off Trojan Second Half Comeback. EMMAUS- The 2022 version of the “Battle of Cedar Crest Blvd” certainly lived up to the hype, though the Emmaus Green Hornets certainly did all the could early to blow the game open and make it a rout. The Trojans […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Regular Season Finale in the EPC
October 26, 2022
Nine of the Eighteen Teams in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Have Clinched a Playoff Berth. Seems like the 2022 high school football season just begun and poof, just like that it’s over, at least for the regular season come Saturday. We still have jockeying of District XI playoff positions in the 6A classification with six […]
Kutztown Bears Maul Lock Haven
October 23, 2022
Three Touchdown Performance by Darryl Davis-McNeil Paves Way To Homecoming Win. KUTZTOWN- The Blueprint this season for the Kutztown University Golden Bears is to run the ball and behind Davis-McNeil and Jordan Davis, they did just that to the tune of 289 yards while just throwing for 93 in a 35-7 dismantling of the Bald […]
Blue Eagles Continue to Soar With Convincing Win Over Zephyrs.
October 22, 2022
Nazareth Keeps Pace In District XI 6A Playoff Chase with Convincing Win Friday Night. WHITEHALL- The Nazareth Blue Eagles, coming off an emotional win over Emmaus a week ago 20-14 stepped on the turf at Zephyr Stadium to face a very good Whitehall squad, who also had an eye-opening win over Allentown Central Catholic a […]
Allentown Central Catholic Gets Back On Track In Route of Pocono Mountain East
October 20, 2022
Vikings Overwhelm Cardinals on Senior Night Sets Up Huge Game with Bethlehem Catholic in the “Holy War.” ALLENTOWN- Thursday night’s contest between Pocono Mountain East at Allentown Central Catholic was originally scheduled for Saturday night because the Vikings rent J. Birney Crum Stadium from the Allentown School District and William Allen and Louis Dieruff get […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Edition Week Eight
October 19, 2022
Just Two Weeks Left In The Regular Season, But So Much Still So Much Left To Be Decided. Well the “Game of the Year” lived up to the hype as Nazareth knocked off previously unbeaten Emmaus 20-14 behind a stout defensive effort by the Blue Eagles and quarterback Sonny Sasso throwing for nearly 150 yards […]
Executive Education Charter Posts Shutout Over Belmont Charter
October 15, 2022
Raptors Snap Three Game Skid on Senior Night With a Shutout Win ALLENTOWN- Murphy’s Law basically states what can go wrong will go wrong. For the Belmont Charter Tigers on Saturday night, nothing seemed to go right as the Executive Education Charter Raptors snapped a three game losing streak with a 28-0 win before a […]
Nazareth Takes Down Unbeaten Emmaus On Senior Night.
October 15, 2022
Solid Effort Gives Blue Eagles Some Measure of Retribution From Last Years District Loss. NAZARETH- The Nazareth Blue Eagles football team knew the task at hand Friday night in front of a standing room only crowd Andrew Leh Stadium Friday night. It was there last November when the Emmaus Green Hornets ended their season 20-19 […]
Bethlehem Catholic Head Football Coach Kyle Haas Resigns.
October 13, 2022
Personal Reasons Given for Sudden Resignation. With just three games left in the regular season and his team leading in the District XI 4A power rankings, Head football coach at Bethlehem Catholic Kyle Haas has “resigned both his teaching and coaching position effective immediately for personal reason” in a statement released by Becahi Principal Luke […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Week #8 Edition in Eastern Penn Conference
October 13, 2022
Coming To The Top Of The Stretch, Still Plenty To Decide In The EPC Heading Into Week Eight. Well Hollywood was stricken with Vertigo early in the week and was unsure of coming up with an article in time for this crucial week of high school football. Thanks to the staff at Lehigh Valley Cedar […]
Konkrete Kids Stay Unbeaten With Impressive Performance Against Becahi
October 2, 2022
Northampton Gives EPC North It’s Only Win Versus EPC South on Cross-Over Weekend BETHLEHEM- Under gloomy grey skies and a gentle tropical mist showering the playing surface at Bethlehem School District Stadium Saturday afternoon, the K-Kids of Northampton improved to 6-0 with a well-rounded performance in a 31-21 victory over Bethlehem Catholic Golden Hawks before […]
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