October 2024
PIAA Competition Formula Rule Changes Approach Final Vote
October 16, 2024 | Matt Herring
Last week, the PIAA voted and approved on second reading to alter their competition formula which moves teams up in class based on a two-year cycle of post-season success and athlete transfers into a school’s athletic programs. A third and final reading and passing vote is required for the new rule changes to be approved […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week 7 (Spartans, Spartans, Eagles & Eagles)
October 14, 2024 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best matchups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, October 10 3A North Schuylkill (4-3) vs. 4A Blue Mountain (6-1) Friday, October 11 […]
Hot Takes: Undefeated and One-Loss Team Forecasts
October 14, 2024 | Matt Herring
There are 34 undefeated Pennsylvania high school football teams and 65 one-loss teams remaining entering the final two weeks of regular season play and while those teams have high hopes for league, district and state titles not all can raise those banners this year. With nearly 100 of the 555 Commonwealth teams sitting on zero […]
PIAA Officials Appreciation Week
October 13, 2024 | Matt Herring
As part of PIAA Officials Appreciation Week PA Football News would like to thank the men and women who dedicate their time and talents officiating youth athletics in the Commonwealth. These officials play a crucial role in Pennsylvania athletics in both fairness of play and also safety of all players. Those considering becoming a PIAA […]
North Schuylkill overpowers Blue Mountain with Miller Mania (highlights & Pictures)
October 10, 2024 | Matt Herring
Thursday night football. While the Northern lights were lighting up the sky all across PA, the Spartans and Luke Miller were lighting up the scoreboard on their way to a 38-14 win over the Eagles. Miller had three tds on the night. Here’s the highlights by @CCHastings1863, PLENTY of pics by Bill Snook below: The Eagles […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week 6 (Patriots, Titans, Redskins & Explorers)
October 7, 2024 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best matchups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, October 3 6A #6 Bethlehem Freedom (6-0) vs. 4A Bethlehem Catholic (4-2) Friday, October 4 […]
Public vs. Private Football Debate: Write Your Local Congressperson
October 4, 2024 | Matt Herring
Earlier this week the Pennsylvania House Commerce Committee voted 24-1 to separate playoffs and post-season championship play for public and private schools. While many would assume this vote creates an immediate split between public and private schools in all interscholastic sports the road to the passing of an actionable law (which is required in the […]
Inside The Huddle: Going Deep Inside The PFN Rankings
October 2, 2024 | Matt Herring
As we hit the home stretch of the PA High School Football regular season schedule it’s the perfect time to take a deep dive on our PA Football News Rankings and sort out which teams are battle-tested while others are just beginning to test the waters in our Top 10’s. There’s numerous undefeated and one […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week 5 (Black Knights and Ironmen)
September 30, 2024 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, September 26 2A Towanda (3-2) vs. 1A Canton (3-2) Friday, September 27 3A […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week 4 (Hurricanes, Titans, Panthers & Golden Hawks)
September 23, 2024 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, September 19 2A #8 Schuylkill Haven (3-1) vs. 2A HM Minersville (3-1) […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week 3 (Patriots and Crusaders)
September 16, 2024 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Wednesday, September 11 The STATE of PA Football: Weekly Recap and Preview Show […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week 2 (Cavaliers, Pioneers, Cougars & Hurricanes)
September 9, 2024 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, September 5 5A East Stroudsburg South (1-1) vs. 5A #Whitehall (0-2) Friday, September […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week One (Blue Streaks, Indians, Cougars & Trojans)
September 2, 2024 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Wednesday, August 28 The STATE of PA Football: The Battle For The Rock Thursday, […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week Zero (Jaguars, Saints and Marauders)
August 26, 2024 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Tuesday, August 20 The STATE of PA Football: Rankings Show Friday, August 23 5A […]
Public vs. Private Football Debate: “You Can’t Handle The Truth”
April 30, 2024 | Matt Herring
If you read the headline to this article and immediately thought to yourself, “It’s not fair public football schools have to compete against private football schools” may be a public school apologist who is perpetuating a myth. While you are entitled to your opinion your statement may be baseless and I’ll explain why in this […]
Hot Takes: PFN News and Notes – Loading up, Scheduling up & Dominating the mats
February 3, 2024 | Matt Herring
Take a trip across the Commonwealth as we recep the latest news and notes in Pennsylvania High School Football Quips Loading Up For 5A Challenge Coming off the heels of the recent PIAA Competition Formula ruling forcing 2A-by-enrollment Aliquippa to 5A for the next two seasons it appears the Quips have help on the […]
Hot Topic: Transfers In PA High School Sports
January 25, 2024 | Matt Herring
After the PIAA’s two-year Competiton Formula cycle for football concluded with the State Championships at Cumblerland Valley in December the hot topic across the Commonwealth was which teams would be forced to play up in classification based on accruing enough success points on the field coupled with receiving three or more football transfers over the […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (State Semis & Finals…plus Golf)
December 11, 2023 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Friday, December 1 3A Northwestern Lehigh (14-0) vs. 3A Wyomissing (12-1) Friday, December 1 […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (State Quarterfinals)
November 27, 2023 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Friday, November 24 1A #2 Fort Cherry (13-0) vs. #4 South Side Beaver (13-0) 2A […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (Playoffs Week 3)
November 20, 2023 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Wednesday, November 15 The STATE of PA Football Live – C3 Sports, State College Friday, […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (Playoffs Week 2)
November 13, 2023 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Friday, November 10 2A #5 Southern Columbia (10-1) vs. 2A #6 Mt. Carmel (9-2) Saturday, November […]
District 4 Class 2A Playoffs: Troy 44 – Line Mountain 0: VIDEO RECAP
November 12, 2023 | Matt Herring
The undefeated District 4 #1 seeded Trojans continued their winning ways with a convincing 44-0 second round victory vs. Line Mountain at Alpron Park. Head Coach Jim Smith guided his 2A state-ranked #4 squad to their 12th victory on the season as they seek their first District 4 title since 2013. Troy will face 13-time […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (Playoffs Week 1)
November 6, 2023 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Wednesday, November 2 The State of PA Football – Live at MaGerks’s (Lionville) Thursday, […]
District 4 Class 2A Playoffs: Troy 36 – Hughesville 0: VIDEO RECAP
November 5, 2023 | Matt Herring
The undefeated District 4 #1 seeded Trojans continued their winning ways with a convincing 36-0 first round victory vs. Hughesville at Alpron Park. Head Coach Jim Smith guided his 2A state-ranked #4 squad to their 11th victory on the season as they seek their first District 4 title since 2013. Click the video below for […]
Coaches Corner Playoff Edition: 2A District 4 Wyalusing Rams
November 3, 2023 | Matt Herring
This week we sat down with 2A District 4 #6 seed Wyalusing Rams Head Coach Rich Rogers as he prepares his team for a clash with PA Football News 2A #6 ranked Mount Carmel (District 4 #3 seed). The 6-4 Wyalusing squad have regained their place in Northern Tier League relevancy with a playoff berth […]
