| 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. |
PIAA Class 3A Preview: Central vs. Clearfield
November 16, 2023
Central won the first meeting on October 20th by a score of 27-21. Clearfield holds the lead in the all-time series winning 11 of the 17 games played. Central, though, has won the past 3 contests played including a 35-6 victory last year in the state playoffs. Central-Martinsburg (11-0) – The Scarlet Dragons are the […]
District Nine Class A Championship Preview: Port Allegany vs. Redbank Valley
November 16, 2023
Port Allegany is the defending D-9 Class A champs. The Gators defeated RBV last year 8-7 in the regular season. They did not meet in the 2022 playoffs. Redbank could do no wrong earlier this year when they smoked Port 57-13. Because these two teams played in different District Nine leagues through the years and […]
Protime Predictions – Cartoon Characters
November 16, 2023
Protime was hearkening back to yesteryear again last week when the thought occurred to him, if Protime could be one real-life old-time cartoon character, who would it be? It has to be someone suave and debonair like Bugs Bunny. Mr. Magoo was a thought, but he couldn’t see and how would Protime be able to […]
Protime’s Pigskin Parlance – Milestones, Record Breakers & Game Shakers – Top Quarterbacks Edition
November 15, 2023
Protime’s weekly column will attempt to get readers up to date on current football facts, stats, and miscellaneous tidbits of information from across the entire state of Pennsylvania. His crack staff of one will peruse some, but not all newspapers and other sources for hopefully what will be up to date scoop on the previous […]
Lakeview Smothers Mercer and Avenges Regular Season Loss
November 12, 2023
The Lakeview Sailors did not play perfect football, but they played near perfect football and certainly well enough to earn a solid victory over the Mercer Mustangs, one of the two teams to beat the Sailors during the regular season. Playing before a pretty full Troy-Alan Stadium on the campus of Slippery Rock High School, […]
Central Clarion Makes It Look Easy in Winning Back-to-Back D-9 AA Crowns
November 11, 2023
Central Clarion was never threatened as they defeated Brookville to win their second consecutive District Nine AA title by the score of 63-18 last night at Clarion University’s Memorial Stadium before a large crowd. Coming into the game, the Wildcats had one of the top scoring teams in Pennsylvania. They did not disappoint by rolling […]
Protime Predictions – Christmas Lights
November 9, 2023
It’s time. Protime has decided to put up the yuletide lights early this year. He’s not getting any younger and he grows weary each year throwing up the little buggers when it’s cold and snowy outside. Over the years he’s gotten much smarter when decorating for Christmas. For example, Protime tests the lights before hanging […]
Protime’s Pigskin Parlance – Milestones, Record Breakers & Game Shakers – Team Trifectas
November 8, 2023
Protime’s weekly column will attempt to get readers up to date on current football facts, stats, and miscellaneous tidbits of information from across the entire state of Pennsylvania. His crack staff of one will peruse some, but not all newspapers and other sources for hopefully what will be up to date scoop on the previous […]
Clearfield Defeats Punxsutawney for Fourth Straight District 9 AAA Crown
November 4, 2023
The Clearfield Bison knows what it takes to win. They’ve been in this situation the past three years, playing for the district 3A title. St. Marys had been the victim the past three times, but this year Punxsutawney was the Bison’s new and worthy opponent. Last night at Mansell Stadium in DuBois, Clearfield earned their […]
Protime Predictions – Are the Protimes College Scouts?
November 2, 2023
Last week Protime took Protime Jr. to his game of the week. Not long after the game started, a couple of excited ball boys came up to Junior and asked if he was a scout for the Ohio State Buckeyes because he was wearing his official Ohio State black quarter-zip pullover and tan pants. “No,” […]
Protime’s Pigskin Parlance – Milestones, Record Breakers & Game Shakers – Top Receivers Edition
November 1, 2023
Protime’s weekly column will attempt to get readers up to date on current football facts, stats, and miscellaneous tidbits of information from across the entire state of Pennsylvania. His crack staff of one will peruse some, but not all newspapers and other sources for hopefully what will be up to date scoop on the previous […]
District Nine Playoff Preview
November 1, 2023
It’s that time of year. Teams from all around the state have played out their regular season in hopes of getting to the next step, the playoffs. In District Nine it’s no different. It’s time for the players to ignore those bumps and bruises and take their game to the next level. It’s time for […]
District 9 Review – Week 9
October 31, 2023
The game of the week: The GOTW pitted the only two D-9 undefeated teams against each other in what is becoming a rivalry. Redbank Valley held their own against Central Clarion. The high-water mark was when the Bulldogs tied the game at 14 in the third quarter. After that C.C. took control to grind out […]
Central Clarion Stays Unbeaten With Win Over Redbank Valley
October 28, 2023
On a warm late October evening, before one of the largest crowds in years to watch a football game in New Bethlehem, the visiting Central Clarion Wildcats defeated the Redbank Valley Bulldogs 35-14 to finish the year undefeated at 10-0. The win by Central Clarion avenged their only regular season loss they had last year […]
Protime Predictions – Protime Hearkens Back to the Days of Yore
October 26, 2023
On occasion Protime loves to hearken back to the days of yore and wax nostalgic. As Mary Hopkin sang back in 1968, “those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end.” Protime and brothers Protime used to love watching Captain Kangeroo, Tom and Jerry, the Bugs Bunny Show, etc. In fact, Protime still […]
Protime’s Pigskin Parlance – Milestones, Record Breakers & Game Shakers – Top Rusher Edition
October 25, 2023
Protime’s weekly column that will attempt to get readers up to date on current football facts, stats, and miscellaneous tidbits of information from across the entire state of Pennsylvania. My crack staff of one will peruse some, but not all newspapers and other sources for hopefully what will be up to date scoop on the […]
District 9 Review – Week 8
October 24, 2023
The games of the week: Central-Martinsburg remained undefeated when they beat Clearfield 27-21 in a battle that came down to the last seconds. Just like they did against Richland the week before, the Bison battled back from a deficit. They tied the game in the 4th only to have Central go up by six late. […]
Madden Patrick is the Difference in Danville’s Win Over Hollidaysburg
October 21, 2023
Danville’s record setting quarterback, Madden Patrick, celebrated his birthday Friday at Tiger Stadium in Hollidaysburg by leading his Ironmen to a 28-21 victory over the Golden Tigers. All Patrick did was account for Danville’s four touchdowns by throwing for three and running for the other. He completed 18 of 28 passes for 343 yards and […]
Three Hours Later, Redbank Valley 52 Brockway 28
October 20, 2023
(Feature picture by Chris Wechtenhiser of the Courier-Express) It took almost three hours for Redbank Valley to come away with the 52-28 victory at Brockway’s Frank Varischetti Field on a rare Thursday night game in District Nine. The Bulldogs and the Rovers combined for 80 points, over 800 yards of offense, 66 passes, and 258 […]
Protime Predictions – Pet Peeves
October 19, 2023
Protime had a nice conversation with a long-time friend a couple weeks back. During the chat, Protime’s pal mentioned that he had a pair of boxers named Peeves One and Peeves Two. He usually only took one of his dogs at a time on a walk because he had trouble controlling them. When he ran […]
Protime’s Pigskin Parlance: Milestones, record breakers & game shakers- program wins edition
October 18, 2023
Protime’s weekly column that will attempt to get readers up to date on current football facts, stats, and miscellaneous tidbits of information from across the entire state of Pennsylvania. My crack staff of one will peruse some, but not all newspapers and other sources for hopefully what will be up to date scoop on the […]
District 9 Review – Week 7
October 17, 2023
The games of the week: A defensive stand at the end of the game, enabled St. Marys to fend off the visiting Bradford Owls, 28-20. The Dutch held an eight-point lead late, but Bradford moved the ball to the St. Marys 21-yard line. Then a fourth down pass fell incomplete to give the Dutch the […]
#3 Richland Tops Clearfield in Hard-Hitting Game
October 14, 2023
The Richland Rams, ranked third in AA in the most recent PFN poll, started slow, picked up momentum as the game wore on, and made a couple of plays late that enabled them to hold on and earn a hard-fought 35-28 victory over the Clearfield Bison at Herlinger Field in Richland Friday night. Winning Coach […]
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