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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.
 
 
 
 

District 9 Review – Week 0

August 29, 2023

The top game of the week had DuBois beating Karns City 41-35 in a wild one.  Trey Wingard, the DuBois sophomore quarterback, threw for 324 yards and 4 touchdowns including the game winner with 4 minutes left.  One other major happening that affected the outcome of the game was late in the third quarter when […]

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Conwell-Egan Falls to Holy Spirit at Ocean City’s Battle at the Beach

August 28, 2023

Playing the third game on the third day of Ocean City’s Battle at the Beach Classic, Conwell-Egan fell to Holy Spirit from Absecon, NJ 24-7.  “We couldn’t get anything going and had our backs against the wall by falling behind.  That’s not good,” said Jack Techtmann Conwell-Egan’s head coach.  The Spartan defense was very Spartan-like […]

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Holy Spirit Topples Conwell-Egan on Last Day at the Beach

August 28, 2023

In the only close game of the four played on Sunday at Ocean City’s ‘Battle at the Beach’ Classic, Holy Spirit rode a strong running game sprinkled with timely passes to down Cowell-Egan 24-7.  The Spartan defense was very Spartan-like in limiting their enemy’s offense to one big play, getting a safety, and forcing a […]

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IMG Edges St. Joes Prep to Highlight the Second Day at the Beach

August 27, 2023

The final game of day two at Ocean City, New Jersey’s Battle at the Beach Classic was between two nationally ranked top ten teams, #4 IMG Academy from Bradenton, FL and #10 St. Josephs Prep out of Philadelphia.  The game did not disappoint the huge throng of thousands of fans in attendance and the ESPN […]

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Toms River North Beats Millville to Highlight Day One at the Beach

August 26, 2023

Toms River North and Millville faced off on the first day of high school football action at ‘The Battle at the Beach’ Classic in Ocean City, NJ.  It was the third game of the day, but the most anticipated of the four games played on Friday.  It was also the best attended game of the […]

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Protime’s All-Time Predicting Records

August 24, 2023

Well, all you all high school football enthusiasts out there it’s time for another season to kickoff.  And your friendly prognosticator is back for his 56th year of predicting football games.  ‘What,’ you say, ‘56 years?’  Yes, proof is in the picture of predictions for the 1969 college bowl games and his 1971 Nebraska sign. […]

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District 9 – Region 3 Conference Preview

August 18, 2023

Bucktail played some competitive football last year and was rewarded with a couple of wins and some other close games.  Coach Frank Sutliff will have a veteran team of Bucks this year as they only lost one senior.  The kids put in a lot of work and everyone involved is hoping the payoff is a […]

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District 9 – Region 2 Conference Preview

August 16, 2023

Brockway is coming off a successful year going 8-5 with a very tough schedule and beating defending district 1A champ Redbank Valley in the playoffs before falling to Port Allegany in the title game.  Coach Jake Heigel feels his team can make it back to the championship game and bring home the district title in […]

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District 9 – Region 1 Conference Preview

August 10, 2023

Bradford returns 5 players on offense including dynamic quarterback Talan Reese who threw for over 2,000 yards last year.  The Owls also return 5 players on defense highlighted by two of their top tacklers in AJ Gleason and Evan Whitmore.  Bradford has struggled in recent years, losing 29 straight games and 36 of their last […]

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District Nine Holds Media at St. Marys High School

August 2, 2023

District Nine held their Media Day Tuesday August 1st at the St. Marys High School.  Over 80 athletes from 22 different schools plus their coaches attended the event.  A full buffet breakfast was served before the teams met with the 15 or so media outlets. Players and coaches alike are anxious to start practicing and […]

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Pitt Football Players Volunteer to Help at Brockway’s Football Camp

July 2, 2023

Eight University of Pittsburgh Panther football players voluntarily travelled the two hour distance to Brockway’s camp on Saturday to give their time in teaching and advising the Brockway Rover Middle School and High School players and coaching staff.  The event lasted from 9:30 until 2:00 at Frank Varischetti Field in Brockway.  It was a once […]

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The 8th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Game Slated for This Friday in Brockway: WATCH LIVE!!

June 30, 2023

JOIN BILLY SPLAIN AND PROTIME AS THEY BRING YOU ALL THE ACTION!   The 8th annual Frank Varischetti All-Star football game will be played at Frank Varischetti Field in Brockway on Friday, June 30. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. The North and South teams are comprised of members of the Class of 2023 who played […]

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The Greatest Games I Ever Saw Part 14 Best of the Best

June 30, 2023

(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022.  All of these game recaps are from my memory, my notes, and some research which included newspaper articles from the Courier-Express, the Trib-Review, the Altoona Mirror, […]

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The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 13 – A Touchdown Differential)

June 23, 2023

(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022.  All of these game recaps are from my memory, my notes, and some research which included newspaper articles from the Courier-Express, the Trib-Review, the Altoona Mirror, […]

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The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 12 – A Day at the Office)

June 16, 2023

(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022.  All of these game recaps are from my memory, my notes, and some research which included newspaper articles from the Courier-Express, the Trib-Review, and the Patriot […]

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The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 11 – Close but No Cigar)

June 9, 2023

(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022.  All of these game recaps are from my memory, my notes, and some research which included newspaper articles from the Centre Daily Times, the Erie Times, […]

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The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 10 – Crazy 4th Quarters)

June 2, 2023

(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022.  All of these game recaps are from my memory, my notes, and some research which included newspaper articles from the Erie Times, Indiana Gazette, Post-Gazette, the […]

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The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 9 – Great Endings to Low Scoring Affairs)

May 26, 2023

(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022.  All of these game recaps are from my memory, my notes, and some research which included newspaper articles from the DuBois Courier-Express, the Altoona Mirror, Lancaster […]

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The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 8 – More Nail-biters)

May 19, 2023

(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022.  All of these game recaps are from my memory, my notes, and some research which included newspaper articles from the DuBois Courier-Express, the Lock Haven Express, […]

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The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 7 – Nail-biters)

May 12, 2023

(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022.  All of these game recaps are from my memory, my notes, and some research which included newspaper articles from the DuBois Courier-Express, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and […]

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The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 6 – Both Teams Score Two Touchdowns)

May 5, 2023

(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022.  I was just a young whipper-snapper in the 60s, joined the Marines in the 70s, and didn’t get to witness many games in the 80s.  From […]

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The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 5 – Both Teams Score 30 Some Points)

April 28, 2023

(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022.  I was just a young whipper-snapper in the 60s, joined the Marines in the 70s, and didn’t get to witness many games in the 80s.  From […]

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The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 4 – Both Teams Score 5 Touchdowns)

April 21, 2023

  (Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022.  I was just a young whipper-snapper in the 60s, joined the Marines in the 70s, and didn’t get to witness many games in the 80s.  […]

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The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 3 – High Scoring Contests)

April 14, 2023

(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022.  I was just a young whipper-snapper in the 60s, joined the Marines in the 70s, and didn’t get to witness many games in the 80s.  From […]

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The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 2)

April 7, 2023

(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of greatest games I’ve seen in PA from the 1970s through 2022.  I was just a young whipper-snapper in the 60s, joined the Marines in the 70s, and didn’t get to witness many games in the 80s.  […]

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