| 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. |
Clearfield Makes Statement in Shutting Out Trinity @Bison_Football @coachjanocko @Trinity_Hillers @trinitystc @PaBackyard
October 9, 2021
The Clearfield Bison needed to play a quality opponent to get a gauge on how good they are. The Trinity Hillers, a 4A school from the WPIAL, was that opponent. Clearfield did its best imitation of a boa constrictor as they slowly squeezed the life out of the Hillers in coming away with a 30-0 […]
Conversation with Coach – Stan Dakosty, Marian Catholic @CoachOG @MarianColtsFB @Coach_Dakosty
October 7, 2021
The 1990 State Champs There is nothing like Friday night high school football in coal country. The community excitement, the huge crowd nearly filling the stadium, the passion of the players playing in front of so many people, the anxious anticipation of coaches hoping for a good showing of their squad, and so on. One […]
Protime Predictions Week 6, 2021
October 7, 2021
Protime wants to know if his readers ever saw the Tim Conway-Harvey Korman dentist skit on the old Carol Burnett show. If some of you players, fans, and coaches have never seen it, Google it. Protime thinks you will not be disappointed and you’ll laugh hysterically and want to show it to your friends. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IUSM4EKcRI […]
Protime’s District Nine Notes
October 5, 2021
The monster game of the week between unbeaten Karns City and once beaten St. Marys did not disappoint. The Gremlins’ Luke Garing scored on a short run to put Karns City on top 28-27 with less than four minutes left in the game. But player of the game and of the week, Christian Coudriet threw […]
Bishop Guilfoyle Rallies for Win Over Westmont @BGMarauderFball @westysports
October 3, 2021
The Marauders of Bishop Guilfoyle overcame a sluggish first half to defeat the Westmont Hilltoppers 35-14 on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Johnstown at Trojan Stadium. Westmont is getting a new state of the art football field with lights that is under construction and therefore they are playing their home games at Johnstown High School’s […]
Gregg and Hoenstine Lead Central to Big Win Over Richland @CentralDragonfb @rhsfootball
October 2, 2021
The Central Scarlet Dragons were breathing fire all night as they bested the Richland Rams 40-13 before a packed house in Richland Friday night. It was the Jeff Hoenstine and Parker Gregg show pretty much all night long. Gregg scored five touchdowns and Hoenstine threw for 275 yards and 3 scores to up his state […]
Protime Predictions Week 5, 2021
September 30, 2021
Protime checked one item off of his bucket list this summer when he played baseball with his son in the local Federation League. Always wanting to play second base for the last third of an inning with Protime Junior on the mound, Protime got his wish on Fathers’ Day no less. After walking 2 miles […]
Protime’s District Nine Notes
September 29, 2021
Protime didn’t pull the trigger last week and pick DuBois to upend Ridgway but he did warn everyone that it might happen. And it did as the DuBois ‘D’ dominated the Elker offense that came in averaging 41 points per game. The final was 21-6 with Ridgway garnering a total of 136 yards. The other […]
Cambria Heights Makes History with a Little Help from Ryan Haluska @CH_Highlanders @WestShamokinSH
September 25, 2021
The Cambria Heights Highlander football team treated the 2021 homecoming crowd to something that hasn’t happened since 1978. The Highlanders are now 5-0 for the first time in 43 years as they defeated a game West Shamokin squad 42-21 before a rather large homecoming throng. The hero of the game was Ryan Haluska who ran […]
Protime Predictions, Week 4, 2021
September 23, 2021
When Protime began to cover high school football games he didn’t park his duff in the pressbox or roam on the sidelines, he sat as close as he could to the fifty-yard line and as high up as he could to get that bird’s eye view. The very first game he attended as a member […]
Protime’s D-9 Notes
September 23, 2021
District 9 still has six undefeated teams through the first four weeks of the 2021 season. They are Clearfield, Karns City, Ridgway, Smethport, and Brookville all at 4-0 and Keystone is 3-0. There are two big games this week in District 9, Ridgway visits DuBois and Karns City travels to Brookville. The Ridgway at DuBois […]
Another @Go_Rout Conversation with Coach – Brandon Phillian, Wilmington @NW_Hounds_FB
September 21, 2021
(Editor’s note: PFN has interviewed 11 legendary Pennsylvania high school football coaches the past two and a half years plus another one this fall, so we thought it would be a nice change of pace to talk to a couple younger coaches that are going to be future legends. Brandon Phillian of Wilmington is the […]
Sayre Notches Big Win Over Montgomery @ntlathletics @CoachK_Gorman @MontgAthletics
September 18, 2021
The Sayre Redskins dampened the spirits of a huge Montgomery homecoming crowd by giving the Red Raiders their first loss of the 2021 campaign by a score of 36-16 on a warm and humid late summer night at Red Raider Stadium. The game, which had four lead changes, was actually nip and tuck until the […]
Protime Predictions Week 3, 2021
September 16, 2021
Last week Mrs. Protime and Protime saw Johnny Mathis in concert with the accompaniment of a 30-piece orchestra. It was wonderful, wonderful. Protime then figured chances are awfully good that Mrs. P would go to a high school football game with him. So, Protime asked her which game she wanted to go see and she […]
Protime’s District 9 Notes
September 15, 2021
There are six unbeaten teams left in D-9. They are Clearfield, Karns City, Ridgway, Smethport, Keystone, and Brookville. There are also six teams without a win in the 2021 season to date. There appears to be no ‘big’ games on tap this week so the teams without a loss should remain unblemished, except Karns City […]
When it comes to PA High School Football, Mt. Lebo grad Hal Wilson was a walking encyclopedia. R.I.P. Hal. Thanks for the memories.
September 14, 2021
Harold “Hal” H. Wilson Jr. February 13, 1930 – August 19, 2021 Hal said he’d been using this press pass since 1998!! It is with sad news that we report our dear friend and wonderful contributor Hal Wilson has passed away. There was nobody that knew Pennsylvania high school football better than Hal. This story […]
Octorara Goes to 3-0 by Downing Pottstown 55-13 @octathletics @PottstownTrojan @OctoraraSS18
September 11, 2021
The Octorara Braves remained undefeated by beating a shorthanded Pottstown squad Friday night at Gene W. Davis Memorial Field in Atglen 55-13. Six different players scored for the Braves as their quick paced offense racked up 583 yards of offense against Trojans. Pottstown was undermanned because of Covid restrictions leaving about a dozen players in […]
Protime Predictions Week 2, 2021
September 9, 2021
This past Sunday in church Protime struggled to stay awake. He remembered a few years ago when a gentleman pressed the snooze button and his head did a double dribble off the pew in front of him giving him a nice goose bump and a case of embarrassment that haunts him to this day. Protime […]
Another @Go_Rout Coaches Corner “Conversation with Coach” – Andrew Erby, Steelton-Highspire @SteeltonRoller @AndrewErby
September 9, 2021
(Editor’s note: PFN has interviewed 11 legendary Pennsylvania high school football coaches the past two and a half years plus another one this fall, so we thought it would be a nice change of pace to talk to a couple younger coaches that are going to be future legends. Andrew Erby of Steelton-Highspire is the […]
Protime’s District Nine Notes
September 8, 2021
District 9 was not without some great games and fantastic finishes in ‘week 1.’ Keystone was involved in the game of the week again. This time they beat Port Allegany 36-30. The game saw 6 lead changes and was decided on an 82-yard pass with just over 2 minutes to go. For the second week […]
CSP Answers Questions with First Game Victory @CSPfootball
September 5, 2021
Clymer Central/Sherman/Panama head coach, Ty Harper, said after his team’s 28-7 triumph over Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove, “I was talking to Coach Payne our defensive coordinator on the sidelines as time was winding down, and I think he said it perfectly when he said, ‘man I think we answered a lot of questions today.’” The […]
Northwestern Thrashes Maplewood @NWSD_FOOTBALL @MHSTigersFootb1
September 4, 2021
Up in Albion a legend has it that wildcats in the area defended their territory with a phenomenal ferociousness. Aggressive and offensive when they had to be, defensive and protective of home turf when necessary. Last night was a prime example of that at Rogers Field in Albion where the Northwestern Wildcats completely dismantled the […]
Protime Predictions Week 1, 2021
September 2, 2021
Well, after a long hiatus Protime dusted off his old duffel bag and headed back to the gym last week. He marvels at how things have changed. The first thing he noticed was the music or lack thereof. There was no Styx or Bruce Springsteen or Bob Seger or Rolling Stones or even Frank Sinatra […]
Protime’s District 9 Notes
August 31, 2021
With upsets abound across the state in week zero, District 9 certainly wasn’t immune from ranked teams and odds-on favorites going down in flames. Let’s start with the biggest upset of all, the Keystone Panthers beating Redbank Valley’s Bulldogs 22-20. Redbank is the defending D-9 Class A champs and returns much of their core from […]
Brashear is Bullied by St. Vincent Pallotti @SVPHSAthletics @Brashear_Fball
August 29, 2021
It took 58 minutes, but the game resumed. In the first of three West versus Rest football contests played Saturday at the Wolvarena’s George A. Novak Field, the Brashear Bulls were upended by a solid St. Vincent Pallotti Panther squad from Laurel, Maryland to the tune of 33-6. (Laurel is about 20 miles northeast of […]
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