| 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. |
Protime Predictions Week 12, 2021
November 18, 2021
Back in the day when Protime was a long-distance runner and ran virtually every day, he seldom cancelled a scheduled run even if the weather was bad. Protime was like the postman, he ran in rain, snow, sleet, and hail. Protime even ran in heat, cold, and wind. A couple of times he ran (not […]
Protime’s District 9 Notes and Playoff Preview
November 17, 2021
AA Last Friday Karns City and Ridgway punched their ticket to the AA title game with relatively easy victories. Karns City’s potent ground game was a huge factor in beating Central Clarion 35-7. Big Luke Garing rambled for 175 yards and a couple of TDs for Karns City as the purple and gold piled up […]
Cornell Runs Away from Leechburg @Coachdawson17 @lasd_athletics
November 13, 2021
The old adage, speed kills held true as Cornell bested Leechburg 46-18 in a District 7 Class A quarter final contest held at North Allegheny’s Wright Field at Newman Stadium. It wasn’t that Leechburg didn’t give it their all or couldn’t move the ball. They did. They gained 347 total yards for the game. It […]
Protime Predictions Week 11, 2021
November 11, 2021
This past Saturday Protime’s Sunday School class had a coffee and doughnut social event where everyone could turn out and chat about anything that came to mind. Well, the subject quickly turned to creatures that people had dealt with in their homes over the years such as rodents and snakes. This did not sit well […]
Protime’s District 9 Notes
November 10, 2021
Only five games were played last week and every one was competitive, at least for a while. In the AAA D-9 championship game, Clearfield defeated St. Marys 49-27, but the Flying Dutchmen had the lead after the first quarter and again early in the second. Then Clearfield took charge and scored 28 unanswered points before […]
Clearfield Wins Second Straight District 9 AAA Title @Bison_Football @coachjanocko @SmDutchNation @ChrisDworek
November 6, 2021
On a cold, frosty night at Frank Varischetti Field in Brockway the Clearfield Bison successfully defended their District 9 AAA crown by defeating the St. Marys Flying Dutchmen by a score of 49-27. “It’s very satisfying to be where we’re at,” said Bison head coach Tim Janocko, reflecting his emotion immediately after the game. It […]
Protime Predictions week 10 2021
November 5, 2021
The other day Protime’s trusty ole jalopy died in the middle of a busy intersection. The truck driver behind him couldn’t make the turn because Protime was blocking the way. After honking at Protime the truck driver got out and started walking briskly toward Protime. The guy reminded Protime of bad, bad Leroy Brown. As […]
Breaking down the PIAA District 9 Playoffs
November 4, 2021
Breaking down the PIAA District 9 Playoffs Class 1A (seeds in parenthesis) (5) Port Allegany 5-4 @ (4) Keystone 7-2 – Port lost a heartbreaker to Keystone 36-30 during the regular season when the Panthers hit an 82-yard TD pass with a little over two minutes remaining. Keystone also intercepted 4 passes in that game. […]
Breaking down the PIAA District 5 Playoffs
November 4, 2021
Class 1A (seeds in parenthesis) (2) Tussey Mountain (3-6) vs. (1) Northern Bedford (7-3) @ Hollidaysburg – The No. Bedford Black Panthers beat Tussey Mountain 34-7 two weeks ago. Their record may be deceiving as they lost to three 2A schools, #4 ranked Windber (9-0), Bellwood-Antis (9-1), and Cambria Heights (9-1). Bellwood and Heights are […]
Protime’s District Nine Notes
November 3, 2021
Well, the regular season is suddenly over and the playoffs begin this week all across the state. In District 9 the feature game is the AAA championship contest Friday night in Brockway between the St. Marys Flying Dutchmen and the undefeated Bison of Clearfield who are ranked 7th in the state by PFN. St. Marys […]
Hollidaysburg Wins Third Straight by Defeating Linsly, West Virginia @HollidaysburgF @CoachHDeLattre @LinslyFootball
October 30, 2021
Joe Paterno used to emphasize that his defenses used the ‘bend but don’t break’ philosophy. The saying actually comes from Aesop’s fables, but that same wisdom also comes from ancient writings. Hollidaysburg’s coach, Homer DeLattre adheres to that philosophy too, “that’s what we talk about, we bend but we don’t break.” Many a football game […]
Protime Predictions week 9 2021
October 28, 2021
Halloween is upon us this weekend and Protime hearkens back to yesteryear when he was just a kid who enjoyed trick and treating. Some of Protime’s favorite Halloween costumes included Fred Flintstone (although it was kind of cold in bare feet at the end of October), Bugs Bunny (it got old saying, “what’s up doc?” […]
Protime’s District Nine Notes
October 27, 2021
A review of last week’s big single A game between two schools with only one loss, Redbank Valley defeated AC Valley 28-6. Neither offense really got it going as the defenses ruled the day, especially Redbank’s as they forced an unbelievable 9 turnovers. Ashton Kahle garnered 3 interceptions for the Bulldogs. In the fantastic finish […]
Big Plays Propel Central Clarion Past DuBois @Coach_Egg57 @DASDBeavers
October 23, 2021
The Central Clarion Wildcats celebrated Senior Night on Friday by scratching out a hard-fought win over the visiting DuBois Beavers. The Wildcat offense generated nine plays of 20 yards or more against a Beaver defense that had been playing extremely well as of late. Central Clarion’s stout defense, which included an inspired goal line stand […]
Protime Predictions Week 8 2021
October 21, 2021
A while back when Protime used to dabble in juggling, he decided he was good enough to juggle three of Mrs. Protime’s plates. So, before supper he put on a nice show for the lovely Mrs. P and Protime Jr. Now for the record, Mrs. P vehemently protested but Protime said the show must go […]
Protime’s District Nine Notes
October 20, 2021
The game of the week last week was the Port Allegany-Brockway battle, hands down. Port’s Noah Archer snared a 40-yard touchdown pass from Drew Evens with 6 minutes left in the game to give the Gators a 26-21 lead. Not to be outdone Brockway’s Brayden Fox led his team into the red zone with 3 […]
Karns City Overpowers Ridgway @KC_GremlinFball @RidgwayFootball
October 16, 2021
The Karns City Gremlins chalked up win number seven on the 2021 season by overpowering the Ridgway Elkers 35-0 on a warm and humid Friday evening in Johnsonburg at the Paper City’s Memorial Field. The win by the Gremlins enabled them to get one step closer to the top seed in the District Nine AA […]
Protime Predictions Week 7 2021
October 14, 2021
A couple weeks ago Protime and Mrs. Protime went for a walk. When they got back, the door was locked and Protime had forgotten the keys. When Protime checked the other door and all of the first-floor windows he found they were all locked also. This created quite a dilemma. After weighing his options, Protime […]
Protime’s District Nine Notes
October 13, 2021
A couple of fantastic finishes to games occurred last week. First off, Union/AC Valley came from three scores down to give Keystone their first loss of 2021. The Falcon Knights staved off the Panthers’ two-point conversion try on a trick play with over four minutes to go and then thwarted Keystone’s desperation attempts in the […]
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 […]
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