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Phil Myers

Phil Myers
Phil "Protime" Myers covers high school football games all over the state with the blessing of his wonderful wife. "Protime" also predicts most of the biggest games around the state each week. His prognostications are second to none, usually averaging 80% or better.
 
 
 
 

2025 District 9 Review – 6th Week

September 30, 2025

Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits: Quarterbacks: Braylon Wagner, Redbank Valley, threw for 300 yards and 4 scores. Trent Colgan, Brookville, passed for 4 touchdowns. Carter Hindman, Central Clarion, had 223 yards throwing the football. Ryan Schenfield, Otto-Eldred, threw a trio of TD passes and also ran […]

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Elizabeth Forward Dominates Greensburg Salem

September 27, 2025

Scoring in every quarter, the visiting Elizabeth Forward Warriors downed Greensburg Salem’s Golden Lions 49-7 at historic Offutt Field in Greensburg Friday night before a large homecoming/alumni crowd.  Offensively, the Warriors were led by QB Ryan Messina, RB Rocco Thompson, and WR Logan Rider. Elizabeth Forward scored twice in the first five minutes of the […]

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2025 District 9 Review – 5th Week

September 23, 2025

Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits including state leaders: Quarterbacks: Dom Corcetti, Keystone, accounted for 5 touchdowns, 3 via the air and 2 more with his legs. Cole Johnston, Karns City, ran for 2 scores and passed for another. Trey Wingard, DuBois, had 4 TD tosses. Ryan […]

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Mason Campagna Was the Man in Claysburg-Kimmel’s Victory Over Curwensville

September 20, 2025

You would be hard-pressed to write a better script for Claysburg-Kimmel quarterback Mason Campagna as he accounted for seven touchdowns in the Bulldogs’ 46-20 win at Curwensville’s Coach Andy Evanko Stadium on homecoming night. Young Mr. Campagna threw 5 touchdown passes, ran for another, and raced to the house with an interception to pave the […]

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Conversation with Coach – Art Walker, Jr. of North Allegheny

September 18, 2025

Art Walker, Jr. is now the tenth all-time winningest football coach in the WPIAL (District 7).  After beating Woodland Hills in the 2025 opener, his teams have won 255 games since 1998 when he began his coaching career at Pittsburgh Central Catholic.  His legendary dad, Art Walker, Sr. has 213 wins, but there is someone […]

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2025 District 9 Review – 4th Week

September 15, 2025

Due to unforeseen circumstances (computer failure), Protime regretted not being able to post last week’s D-9 review.  But he is back in business with a new computer and still learning the ropes as they say.   Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits: Quarterbacks: Dom Corcetti, Keystone, had 288 […]

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DuBois Cruises Past Bradford

September 13, 2025

On Veterans Appreciation Night at Mansell Stadium in DuBois, the Beavers used six touchdown passes and a pair of pick sixes to cruise by the visiting Bradford Owls by a score of 59-20.  “We practiced hard all week,” said DuBois head coach TJ Wingard, “we don’t want to take anyone lightly and the kids want […]

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Conversation with Coach – Blane Gold, Redbank Valley

September 5, 2025

His dream in high school was to become a football coach someday.  He has one of the highest winning percentages in Pennsylvania for any head football coach that has overseen 70 or more games.  One of the biggest influences in his coaching life isn’t even a coach in Pennsylvania, but is a growing legend in […]

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2025 District 9 Review – 2nd Week

September 1, 2025

Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits: Quarterbacks: Trey Wingard, DuBois, threw for 419 yards and 4 touchdowns. Maddox Hetrick, Punxsutawney, accounted for 5 scores and 359 all-purpose yards. He aired it out for 275 yards and a TD plus he rushed for 84 markers and scored 4 […]

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Punxsutawney Tops DuBois With A Strong Second Half Effort

August 30, 2025

The Punxsutawney Chucks upped their record to 2-0 in the young 2025 season as they whipped the DuBois Beavers 49-35 before a large crowd at Mansell Stadium in DuBois.  The offense of the Chucks made some big plays and also consistently moved the football against the Beavers.  But it was the defense, believe it or […]

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Union/AC Valley Surprises Redbank Valley 26-22

August 29, 2025

On a cool, damp night with moisture in the air, the Union/AC Valley Falcon Knights surprised Redbank Valley’s Bulldogs 26-22 before a nice crowd in Rimersburg at Vidunas Stadium.  Some hard running by a pair of senior backs, a perfect pass, ball control, and a tough defense were the keys to UACV’s success. “We have […]

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2025 District 9 Review – 1st Week

August 25, 2025

Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits: Quarterbacks: Trey Wingard, DuBois, started the season by tossing 6 touchdowns against a good General McLane team. He accumulated 387 yards passing and 418 all-purpose yards.  Trey also scored on a run to make 7 TDs he accounted for. Dom Corcetti, […]

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Protime’s First Week Games Highlights and Comments

August 25, 2025

Kirtland, Ohio 30 Central Clarion 7 – Kirtland showed why they are one of the top Division VI teams in Ohio year in and year out.  Their coaching is phenomenal and they have a nice system on offense that is hard to stop.  Central Clarion did a good job on defense until the 4th quarter […]

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Punxsutawney Shuts Out Brockway

August 24, 2025

The Punxsutawney Chucks pitched a shutout on defense and scored in every quarter on offense to beat the visiting Rovers of Brockway 31-0 Saturday evening at the famous Jack LaMarca Stadium in Punxsutawney. Head coach Brandon Snyder stated this after the game, “We’re happy with the defense.  We moved to the 3-4 this year.  We […]

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DuBois Outlasts McLane in a Wild One

August 24, 2025

The DuBois Beavers and the General McLane Lancers gave the fans some excitement on a warm Saturday afternoon at EJ Mansell Stadium in Beavertown.  Both teams combined for 13 touchdowns and 980 total yards for the day in a game that lasted almost three hours.  DuBois scored the last 21 points and came away with […]

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Kirtland’s Running Game and Defense Key to Victory Over Central Clarion

August 23, 2025

A western Pennsylvania native, that is a legend in Ohio, brought his Kirtland Hornets to Clarion to tackle the Central Clarion Wildcats on a weather perfect Friday night.  In the end, Tiger LaVerde’s Kirtland squad upended Central Clarion 30-7 before a large crowd.  It was the running game and the defense of the Hornets that […]

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Protime’s Triple Header Preview for Week One or is it Week Zero

August 21, 2025

Good day football fans.  It is time.  The 2025 PA high school football season is here.  Even though Protime has retired his predictions column and cut back on a few other things, Billy Splain has been more than kind enough to put up with the old codger for another year of regular season coverage.  Protime […]

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District 9 Media Day – Part 4

August 2, 2025

As stated in Part 1, District 9 is split into four divisions for this upcoming football season.  Division IV consists of Bucktail, Cameron County, Coudersport, Otto-Eldred, and Smethport.  This division looks to be competitive with one or more probably making the playoffs.  Otto-Eldred is the pick of the coaches to win the division, but this […]

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District 9 Media Day – Part 3

August 2, 2025

As stated in Part 1, District 9 is split into four divisions for 2025.  Division III will consist of Kane, Keystone, Moniteau, Ridgway, and Union-AC Valley.  This division looks to be very competitive on paper as at least three teams return quite a bit from 2024. The coaches have named Keystone as the team to […]

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District 9 Media Day – Part 2

August 1, 2025

As divulged in Part 1, the D-9 committee has broken down the league into four divisions of five teams.  Part 2 will consider Division II which looks to be quite competitive.  Division II is the only division that boasts two state finalists in the past 4 years in Redbank Valley (2021) and Port Allegany (2024), […]

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District 9 Media Day – Part 1

August 1, 2025

Enthusiasm and anticipation surrounded the 2025 D-9 Media Day as players and coaches are excited for the upcoming season.  District 9 has improved vastly from 20 years ago and just last year was on the cusp of bringing home the district’s first state football title as two teams vied for that honor.  Even though Class […]

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Ferguson leads South to Victory in the 10th Varischetti All-Star Game, Watch the game here!

June 28, 2025

Scoring in every quarter the South dominated the 10th annual Frank Varischetti All-Star game, winning 45-6.  It was the most lopsided win of the ten all-star games played thus far.  The 45 points scored by the South is the most points scored by one team to date.  With that win, the South evened the series […]

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District Nine Individuals Had Quite a Year in 2024

December 17, 2024

Now let’s take a look at what was a banner year for D9 players.  Statistics don’t tell you everything, but sometimes they open eyes to how well an individual is playing and his potential at the next level.  That next level does not necessarily mean at the D-1 level.  Many young men have made important […]

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District Nine Teams Had Quite a Year in 2024

December 17, 2024

For District Nine, 2024 was a year like no other in recent memory.  Since 1988 when the PIAA went to state championship games D9 had only three representatives in the finals in those 36 years prior to this season.  (Keystone lost to Dunmore 57-18 in 1989, Smethport lost to Scotland School 24-7 in 1992, and […]

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Three Days at the Chap – A Review of the Games and More – Year Three (2024)

December 12, 2024

Last weekend at Chapman Field in Mechanicsburg, home of the Cumberland Valley Eagles, we saw some of the best high school football in the 37 years the PIAA has been holding football state title games.  There were six teams that had never played in the championship game before and two more who had chalked up […]

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