| 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 – 9th Week
October 20, 2025
Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits: Quarterbacks: Braylon Wagner, Redbank Valley, passed for 225 yards and 2 touchdowns and rushed for 201 yards and 2 touchdowns. Mason Swanson, Smethport, had a couple TD passes, plus he caught a touchdown pass. Maddox Hetrick, Punxsutawney, had 208 yards passing […]
Karns City Knocks Punxsy From the Ranks of the Unbeaten With A Strong Performance
October 18, 2025
Using a pounding running game and throwing in some timely pass completions, plus playing a physical bend but don’t break defense, the Karns City Gremlins went on to defeat the Punxsutawney Chucks 35-23 before a large senior night crowd at Jack Hart Field in Punxsutawney. “We’re a pretty decent running team for the most part,” […]
Central Clarion Plays Best Game of Year and Defeats DuBois
October 17, 2025
There was a lot of excitement at Mansell Stadium in DuBois Thursday night. One, it was senior night, and two, the Beaver quarterback set the school record for career touchdown passes. But other than that most of the excitement and cheers came from the visitor’s side of the field as Central Clarion pretty much manhandled […]
2025 District 9 Review – 8th Week
October 14, 2025
Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits: Quarterbacks: Trey Wingard, DuBois, passed for 251 yards and 4 touchdowns. Weston Cook, Moniteau, had 3 TD tosses. Cole Johnston, Karns City, had 245 all-purpose yards, passing for 3 touchdowns and running for 2 more. Malakai Zucal, Cameron County, ran for […]
Hempfield Upsets Exeter Township in a Classic
October 11, 2025
It may be a long time before football fans on both sides will see another game as good as this one. Hempfield came from behind and scored ten points in the fourth quarter. Then the Black Knights stopped a 2-point conversion inches short of the goal line late in the game to upset unbeaten Exeter […]
Miller Sets School Record as North Schuylkill Cruises Past Blue Mountain
October 10, 2025
It was the Luke Miller show at Spartan Stadium in Ashland as the North Schuylkill Spartans scored touchdowns on their first six possessions to cruise by the Eagles of Blue Mountain 42-21. The large crowd on hand witnessed a record setting performance by Miller as he rushed for nearly 400 yards (379 by my count, […]
2025 District 9 Review – 7th Week
October 7, 2025
Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits: Quarterbacks: Maddox Hetrick, Punxsutawney, is now the top career passer in Chuck history with over 3,800 yards as he completed 13 of 15 passes and threw for 267 yards and 2 scores. He also ran for a touchdown Trey Wingard, DuBois, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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