September 2024
Cambria Heights downs Northern Cambria in Coal Bowl Classic!
September 21, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
Heritage Conference Game of the Week Cambria Heights Highlanders (4-0) at Northern Cambria Colts (4-0) Last Meeting 11/10/23 D6 Single A Playoffs CH 21 @ NC 12 Coal Bowl All -Time series Colts or Highlanders depends on who you ask. 24-23-1 (Playoffs1-1) CH PF 37.0 PA 4.75 NC PF 37.5 PA 3.00 In a battle […]
Purchase Line gets UGLY win over Homer-Center!
September 14, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
Homer-Center Wildcats(0-3) at Purchase Line Red Dragons (1-2) Last Meeting PL 42 @ HC 22 10/20/23 PL Coach Matt Falisec after the game-“This game set football back 50 years.” Titles I had in mind for tonight’s game. If HC won “Wildcats losing streak is Dunn!” If PL won “Red Dragons Victor (Bartlebaugh) over Wildcats” If […]
Cambria Heights downs Marion Center!
September 8, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
Cambria Heights overcomes turnovers to beat a gritty Marion Center team! Cambria Heights Highlanders (2-0) at Marion Center (2-0) Last Meeting 9/1/23 Cambria Heights 39-7 You don’t often win a game when you commit five turnovers, but that is what happened last night as the visiting Highlanders pulled out a 21-7 victory over the host […]
Purchase Line plays Mountain of a game against West Shamokin! (Gallery Included)
September 7, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
Purchase Line plays Mountain of a game against West Shamokin! Heritage Conference Game of the Week West Shamokin Wolves(0-2) at Purchase Line Red Dragons (0-2) Last Meeting 9/8/23 Purchase Line 27-0 Both team came into the game looking for their first wins. Purchase Line opened with two road games against the conference’s two top teams. […]
Calvert Hall downs outmanned Kiski! (Photo Gallery Included)
September 1, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
Non-PIAA Game Calvert Hall(Towson, MD) Cardinals at Kiski School (Saltsburg) Cougars The Kiski school opened it’s season with a giant challenge. The visiting Cardinals are loaded with at least four Division I recruits, a 58 man roster, two scrimmages and one game already played. The Cougars have been practicing for only two weeks and there […]
Northern Cambria claims a spot at the top of the Heritage Conference with an impressive victory over United Valley! (Gallery Included)
August 31, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
Heritage Conference Game of the Week Northern Cambria Colts (1-0) at United Valley Lions (1-0) Last meeting 8/25/23 United 20-14 The last time these two teams meet was the opener last year in which United Valley won by six points. At the time Ty Dumm was a Northern Cambria wide receiver. He had both of […]
Cambria Heights downs River Valley in a battle of the top two teams in Heritage Conference!
August 24, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
Cambria Heights downs River Valley in a battle of the top two teams in Heritage Conference! GRSN Heritage Conference Game of the Week! Cambria Heights Highlanders at River Valley Panthers Last Meeting 9/15/23 River Valley 20-14 The opening game of the high school football featured the top two teams in the Heritage Conference’s Coaches Poll […]
Season starts with scrimmages across the state!
August 18, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
I was able to make it out to two scrimmages yesterday. I was able to watch four of the twelve Heritage Conference teams in action! 10am River Valley Panthers at Penns Manor Comets A very good defensive struggle. The games biggest offensive play came when the Comets got a huge inside push and Panther quarterback […]
Heritage Conference Media Day!
August 4, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
The Heritage Conference is a 12 school league in Indiana, Cambria and Armstrong counties. All the schools play class A or AA football. It is one of the most competitive conferences in Pennsylvania. Friday they held their annual media day at Cambria Heights High School. Cambria Heights are the defending D6 Champions in class A. […]
Irish Football in Pennsylvania is alive and well!
July 6, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
They play football in Ireland too, but it is a little different and they are playing it in Pennsylvania! The GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) promotes traditional Irish sports like hurling, camogie, rounders and Gaelic football to name a few. Like a lot of international sports it is also played in America. The Pittsburgh GAA competes […]
Raptors down Crusaders 50-6!
May 11, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
The Berks County Raptors (2-5) came to Indiana today to play the host Indiana County Crusaders (0-6). The Raptors won their first game of the season last week and were hoping to build on that. The sun was out when I got there but started to rain just before the game started and rained on […]
Warriors romp over first year Crusaders!
April 27, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
Saturday I covered my first GEFA game of the season against the first place team in the Valley Conference, the Wilkes-Barre Warriors(3-2) and the last place team in the Mountain Conference, the Indiana County Crusaders(0-4). I planned on getting there early and doing some interviews. However the local track meet had a two and a […]
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 […]
PIAA D6 Single A Championship Preview!
November 15, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
D6 Single A Championship Game Preview #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 CH PF 27.3 PA 11.9 PL PF 24.8 PA 16.8 Key Players Passing CH Issac Weiland 50% 958 yds 10-5 TD-Int PL John Elick 53% 1233 yds […]
Unlike Two weeks ago, the Colts make the mistakes!
November 12, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
D6 Single A Semi #1 Heritage Conference Game The 50th Coal Bowl #4 Cambria Heights Highlanders (8-3) at #1 Northern Cambria Colts (10-1) Series tied 24-24-1 Last Meeting 10/27/23 NC 28 @ CH 11 Week #10 CHH PF 27.8 PA 11.9 Colts PF 31.8 PA 11.7 Cambria Heights Head Coach Jarrod Lewis jokingly told me […]
Unlike two weeks ago, Comets unable to score against Red Dragons!
November 10, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
D6 Single A Semi #2 Heritage Conference Game #6 Penns Manor Comets (6-5) at #2 Purchase Line Red Dragons (8-3) Last Meeting 10/27/23 PM 22@ PL 19 Week #10 Comets PF 20.6 PA 18.1 Dragons PF 25.3 PA 18.2 Purchase Line scored 19 points and loss to Penns Manor by three, two weeks ago. Unlike […]
Lions stumble late to Mount Union!
November 5, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
District VI Class 2A 1st Round Playoff #6 Mt. Union Trojans (8-2) at #3 United Valley Lions (9-1) Two Conference Champions meet Friday night at Thomas J. Madill Athletic Field in Armagh. The Trojans came in with the number one offense in 2A scoring 41 points a game. The Lions came in with the number […]
Heritage Conference has big week in Single A playoffs!
November 5, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
Heritage Conference locks up all 4 spots in D6 Single A beating three Inter-County Opponents! Comets rush by Hornets! Penns Manor 34 Juniata Valley 14 The Comets have pretty much been one dimensional all season. They have only averaged about 30 yards passing per game. Fortunately they only had to throw two passes Friday […]
Balanced Rangers end Panthers season 41-13!
November 5, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
Balanced Rangers end Panthers season! Playing in the Heritage Conference means facing tough opponents weekly. It doesn’t really prepare you for a top flight passing attack. Ranger quarterback Nate Cornell completed 78 percentage of his passes for 164 yards and two touchdowns. Forest Hills went right down the field on their first possession and scored. […]
Colts trample Stingers in rematch!
November 4, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
District VI 1A Game of the Week D6 1A 1st Round Playoff Marion Center Stingers (4-6) at Northern Cambria Colts (9-1) Last Meeting 9/8/23 Week 3 MC 7 @ NC 21 Northern Cambria won a Heritage Conference rematch last night. This time it was no contest, as the Colts cruised to a 45-0 victory. […]
Breaking down D6 -Single & Double A
November 2, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
Heritage Conference // District 6 Playoff Preview D6 Single A 1st Round Marion Center Stingers #8 (4-6) at Northern Cambria Colts #1 (9-1) MC PF 15.6 PA 21.0. NC PF30.5 PA 12.9 The only rematch of the week. These teams meet in week #3 at Northern Cambria and the Colts won 21-7. […]
Dumm’s one man show propels Northern Cambria pass Cambria Heights!
October 28, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
Dumm’s one man show propels Northern Cambria pass Cambria Heights! Heritage Conference Game of the Week The 49th Coal Bowl Northern Cambria (8-1) at Cambria Heights (7-2) Series CH leads 24-23-1 Last Meeting 11/12/22 NC41 @ CH 0 Semifinal D6 Playoffs The Coal Bowl is a high school football game played between two rival schools […]
Youth Football alive and well in the Tri-County!
October 22, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
Youth Football alive and well in the Tri-County!@Heritage_Confer @CH_Highlanders @IASDAthletics @HCWildcatSports The Tri-County Youth Football League which has 13 schools in Armstrong, Cambria and Indiana counties played their 3rd/4th and 5th/6th grade championships last night at Shannock Valley’s Tom Brewer Field. It has been 23 since Shannock Valley and Dayton high schools merged to […]
More experienced Dragons maul younger Wildcats! @PLRedDragons @HCWildcatSports @Heritage_Confer
October 21, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
More experienced Dragons maul younger Wildcats! Purchase Line Red Dragons (7-2) at Homer-Center Wildcats (2-7) Last Meeting: 10/21/22 Wildcats 12 @ Red Dragons 14 All -Time Series Wildcats 49 wins Red Dragons 14 wins Homer- Center won the first 23 games Purchase Line hadn’t won in Homer City since 2011 the only year the Wildcats […]
Hampton runs pass Indiana! @TALBOTBOOSTERS @IASDAthletics @AJWPIAL
October 14, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
WPIAL Game of the Week Hampton Talbots (2-5) at Indiana Indians (2-5) Last Meeting : 10/14/22 Indians 7 Talbots 42 On paper they were both 2 & 5. However the Talbots two wins were against Kiski & Armstrong, two teams that handled the Indians easily. The loss guaranteed Indiana another losing season. They haven’t had […]
