Hazleton Area wins in convincing fashion over Valley West
October 14, 2023
The Hazleton Area Cougars have gone through a lot of adversity this season. They went on a six game losing streak after starting the season with a win. They went through injuries. The Cougars ended up snapping their six game losing streak with a 50-14 victory over Wyoming Valley West. “Despite all the adversity, we’ve […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC: 2023 Week 8 Stormy Weather
October 12, 2023
Outside of one week, the weather has been pretty good on Friday night. Although we should have no issues this Friday, it’s Saturday where the games will be affected with rain. As the temperature drops, the stakes of the games heat up. Several teams are competing for for playoff spots and seeding in the final […]
2023 Week 7 District 2 Week In Review
October 11, 2023
Western Wayne 28 Mid Valley 13 Wildcats running back Josh Vinton rushed for 177 yards and two touchdowns. Quarterback Frankie Leyshon threw for 156 yards and a touchdown as Western Wayne defeated Mid Valley. Spartans running back Jakob Lesher rushed for 167 yards and a touchdown and also caught a touchdown. Pittston Area 35 Lake-Lehman […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC: 2023 Lucky Week 7
October 5, 2023
Oh boy, it’s week number seven. To most, seven is one of the luckiest numbers. To most, most teams know where they stand in terms of the District playoffs. We have two teams left that are undefeated in Dallas and Wyoming Area. Both teams have tough matchups coming up. Both teams have tough matchups in […]
2023 Week 6 District 2 Week In Review
October 4, 2023
Western Wayne 21 West Scranton 14 Wildcats running back Josh Vinton rushed for 248 yards and a touchdown and wideout Sean Owens had four catches for 32 yards as Western Wayne defeated West Scranton. Invaders quarterback Dan Van Dusky threw for 104 yards and two touchdowns. Tunkhannock 13 Lake-Lehman 12 Tigers running back Logan Ross […]
PSAC 2023 Week 5 Review
October 1, 2023
Photo Credit: Bill Snook Twitter: @jamminsnookie Kutztown 34 East Stroudsburg 27 Quarterback Judd Novak threw four touchdown passes to four different receivers and the defense registered five sacks as the Golden Bears handed East Stroudsburg their first loss of the 2023 campaign to go to 2-0 in PSAC play. Warriors quarterback Sean McTaggart threw […]
Wilkes-Barre Area wins fourth straight game with win at Crestwood
September 30, 2023
Both teams entered tonight’s game on winning streaks. The Wolf Pack came in as winners of three straight after an 0-2 start and Crestwood won two straight after starting off 0-3. Wilkes-Barre Area got a big night out of Sophomore Treyvon Gembitski and senior Evan Laybourne-Boddie as the Wolf Pack increased their winning streak to […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC: Whoa!!! We’re Halfway There
September 28, 2023
Hard to believe we’ve hit the midway point of the 2023 High School football season. As the leaves begin to change, the temperature starts to drop, it’s going to be a fun five weeks. Pretty soon, we will be talking some playoffs as we hit October. I usually run out of ideas of what to […]
WVC 2023 Midseason Review
September 26, 2023
Dallas: The Mountaineers have entered mid-season with an outstanding 5-0 record. Their offense has been phenomenal. Quarterback Brady Zapoticky has thrown for 798 yards and 12 touchdowns. He has also added six rushing touchdowns. Wideout Zach Paczewski has 21 catches for 472 yards and eight touchdowns on the year. Looking ahead, the one team that […]
PSAC Review: 2023 Week 4
September 24, 2023
East Stroudsburg 35 Lock Haven 21 Quarterback Sean McTaggart threw for 241 yards and four touchdowns to four different receivers as the Warriors won their 500th game in program history with a victory over Lock Haven. Bald Eagles quarterback Danny Sanchez threw 178 yards and two touchdowns. East Stroudsburg improved to 4-0 on the year. […]
Wiaterowski’s Big Night Propels Nanticoke past Lake-Lehman
September 23, 2023
Every lineman’s dream is to score a touchdown. Well Nanticoke senior offensive lineman Ryan Wiaterowski did just that. However, he found the end zone three times. He had two rushing touchdowns and returned an interception 38 yards for a score as the Trojans defeated Lake-Lehman 42-0 in a Wyoming Valley Conference Divsion 2 matchup. “We […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC 2023 Week 5: Nap Time
September 21, 2023
The crazy thing is when you think “I’ll just shut my eyes for a few minutes” at about 10:30 at night, you just happen to wake up at 1:30 AM. Which is why this article was delayed to this time. Kotsko has been busy of late, to playing several sports (three to be exact), to […]
District 2 2023 Week 4 In Review
September 19, 2023
Crestwood 17 Valley West 7 Comets quarterback Jaden Shedlock rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown and Colin Lazo recorded an interception on defense as Crestwood got their first win of the year with a home victory over Valley West. Spartans quarterback Lucas Zdancewicz scored the lone touchdown and Isaiah Cobb added 124 yards […]
2023 Week 3 PSAC Recap
September 17, 2023
East Stroudburg 55 Seton Hill 21 Warriors quarterback Charlie McKee threw for 181 and a touchdown and Tyriq Lewis ran for 144 yards and a touchdown as East Stroudsburg went to 3-0 with a victory over Seton Hill. Griffins wideout Mark Bails Jr had nine catches for 151 yards and two touchdowns. Ben Weaver had […]
Wyoming Area goes to 4-0 with victory over Nanticoke
September 16, 2023
Early in the first quarter, it looked like the game could end up being a defensive battle but Wyoming Area scored two touchdowns in a minute span in the first quarter as the Warriors went to 4-0 with a 35-6 at home over Nanticoke. Anthony DeLucca threw three touchdowns on the game “He’s been steady […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC: The Roller Coaster
September 14, 2023
This season has been a roller coaster for several teams. Even during the course of a game, you never know what direction you are going to end up. You anticipate the start of the season and then suddenly, you find yourself either 0-3 or 1-2 looking for answers. Several teams are still looking for their […]
2023 Week 3 District 2 Week in Review
September 11, 2023
Valley View 40 Honesdale 13 Cougars running back Camryn Higgins ran for 107 yards and a touchdown and Preston Reed added two rushing touchdowns as Valley View went to 3-0 on the season with a victory over Honesdale. Hornets running back Gabe Duda rushed for 34 yards and a touchdown in the loss. North Pocono […]
Wyoming Area takes home opener over Crestwood
September 9, 2023
When you think of Wyoming Area, you think of star running back Aaron Crossley. However, Friday night proved that they are much more than just one player. Michael Crane stepped up big with two touchdowns and Lidge Kellum scored on a sixty yard touchdown run to give the Warriors the lead for good as Wyoming […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC Week 3 2023.
September 7, 2023
Labor Day is past and now we have hit Week 3 of the 2023 High School Football season. We’ve seen some pretty impressive accomplishments in the first two weeks of the season. We saw a shootout in Mountain Top where Brady Zapoticky and Jaden Shedlock traded blow for blow with Dallas taking the victory over […]
District 2 2023 Week 2 Recap
September 4, 2023
Abington Heights 35 Wilkes-Barre Area 28 Declan Walsh returned a fumble 55 yards and ran for 73 yards and a touchdown as the Comets got their first win of the season with a victory at Wilkes-Barre Area. Wolf Pack running back Howie Shiner added two touchdowns as Wilkes-Barre Area fell to 0-2. Scranton 29 Valley […]
Abington Heights prevails in road victory over Wilkes-Barre Area
September 2, 2023
In a close game, Declan Walsh ended up with two big plays to help seal the victory. He had a 58 yard touchdown run and returned a fumble 55 yards as Abington Heights took a 35-28 road victory at Wilkes-Barre Area. “He’s an explosive runner, when the ball is in his hands, he has a […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC: Week 2
August 31, 2023
Week 1 is now in the books or is it Week 0? I always just call it Week 1 to make things easier. So we are now onto Week number 2. Football is racing through my brain and I just can’t contain this feeling that remains. Bonus points if you know the song I was […]
District 2 2023 Week 1 Review
August 28, 2023
Nanticoke 35 Carbondale 0 Zach Fox rushed for 242 yards and three touchdowns as the Trojans went to 1-0 on the season. Eugene Gyle and Triston Allen each added rushing touchdowns for Nanticoke. Ethan Brewen rushed for 47 yards for the Chargers. Hazleton Area 35 Pittston Area 7 Brady Mizenko rushed for 240 yards […]
Nanticoke takes Season Opener over Carbondale
August 26, 2023
For the Nanticoke Trojans, this season came in with a new turf surface and high expectations. After all the fanfare came to an end, it was time to play the game and the Trojans came to play as they kept Carbondale out of the end zone with Jaidyn Johnson almost in the Chargers backfield every […]
Kotsko’s View: Welcome to 2023!!
August 24, 2023
The 2023 Season is upon us!!! Hard to believe that it feels like it hit June 1st and now it’s suddenly the end of August and Week 1 is finally here. Several contenders from last season were hit hard by graduation and quite a few are hoping this will be the year that their program […]
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