October 2023
District 9 Review – Week 7
October 17, 2023 | Phil Myers
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 | Phil Myers
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 […]
Protime Predictions – Five One Point Losses
October 12, 2023 | Phil Myers
Last week Protime lost eight games, which happens, but five of them were by one point. That has never happened to the Proud Prognosticator before, never. Protime spent the whole week contemplating his error and the good fortune of those five teams he picked against. Time and time again the final scene from Rocky III […]
District 9 Review – Week 6
October 10, 2023 | Phil Myers
The game of the week: It had to be the St. Marys at DuBois overtime thriller won by DuBois 21-14. The Beavers trailed 14-7 until there were 7 minutes remaining in the game. That was when they tied the game. Eventually DuBois got the ball back with a minute to go. A 36-yard defensive fumble […]
United Valley Demolishes Purchase Line
October 7, 2023 | Phil Myers
In 1987, the rock group Starship had a number one song entitled, ‘Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now.’ That was the way United Valley played Friday night at Barry T. Madill Memorial Field in Commodore when the visiting Lions absolutely demolished Purchase Line’s Red Dragons 46-0 before a very large crowd on Homecoming night. The game […]
Protime Predictions – Protime Used to Play Hooky
October 5, 2023 | Phil Myers
Protime wants to know if anyone out there in cyber land ever ‘played hooky’ from school? Protime also wonders if the younger generation even knows what that means? Protime was an advanced hooky player. In fact, he once spent a whole day in a neighbor’s garage when he was in third grade. He can’t remember […]
District 9 Review – Week 5
October 4, 2023 | Phil Myers
The game of the week: There were two fantastic games last week in District Nine. The premier game was Cameron County’s fourth quarter comeback to down Bucktail 30-28. The Red Raiders were down 22-6 at one point in the third quarter and 28-14 with 7 and a half minutes to go. A touchdown, a defensive […]
Meadville Wins Showdown with Oil City
October 1, 2023 | Phil Myers
Meadville used a tenacious defense and an explosive offense to defeat Oil City 32-8 Saturday night in front of a nice sized crowd at the Barco-Duratz Athletic Complex in Meadville. The Bulldog ‘D’ shut down one of the most prolific runners in Pennsylvania in recent years, and the offense put on a nice show led […]
River Valley Stings Marion Center Thanks to Big 1st Half
September 30, 2023 | Phil Myers
The River Valley Panthers scored touchdowns on all five 1st half possessions, plus the defense chimed in with a score too as the Panthers built up an insurmountable 40-8 halftime lead over the Marion Center Stingers at Dr. John R. Mallino Stadium in Marion Center Friday night on their way to a 40-16 victory. River […]
District Nine’s Mid-Season Report
September 28, 2023 | Phil Myers
There is not much that has surprised many in District 9 as far as who the top teams are. The head of the class right now appears to be Central Clarion with their 5-0 record. The Wildcats are PFN’s #7 ranked AA team. They average 60 points a game and are pretty dangerous on defense […]
Protime Predictions – Protime’s Trip
September 28, 2023 | Phil Myers
Last week Protime decided he needed a break, so he went on a vacation with Mrs. P to Noah’s Ark and Creation in Kentucky. His question is this, ‘is it really a vacation if you are retired?’ That aside, Protime decided to get involved with the wildlife sections of each destination. He got to pet […]
Conversation with Coach – Doug Dahms, Wilson West Lawn
September 27, 2023 | Phil Myers
Cover picture via Bulldog Hour Doug Dahms never wanted to be the head football coach at Wilson West Lawn or anywhere else for that matter. Yet after 30 years as an assistant to three different coaches at Wilson, what changed his mind? To top it off, he only agreed to be the head coach for […]
District 9 Review – Week 4
September 26, 2023 | Phil Myers
The game of the week: There were not very many close games that could even be considered the game of the week. One did however meet those qualifications and that was Coudersport’s 26-14 win over Cameron County. The game went into the intermission deadlocked 0-0. The fireworks all went off in the second half. After […]
Protime Predictions – Passing on His Class Reunion
September 21, 2023 | Phil Myers
Protime is showing his age here, but the show must go on as they say. His 50th high school class reunion is coming up and as much as he’d like to go (he’s never been to any of the prior ones), he just can’t pull the trigger. Protime knows if he and the lovely Mrs. […]
District 9 Review – Week 3
September 19, 2023 | Phil Myers
The game of the week: Union/AC Valley, who lost to Central Clarion 72-0 the prior week, defeated Brockway 12-7 in a stunning upset of PFN’s #6 ranked 1A team in the state. This may have been the biggest upset in years in relation to District Nine football. Brockway scored first and led 7-6 at the […]
Redbank Valley Overcomes Slow Start to KO Keystone 42-9
September 16, 2023 | Phil Myers
Redbank Valley is ranked #9 in the state by PFN in Class 1A and for good reason. They have an explosive offense that can beat you a number of ways. The Bulldogs also have a tenacious defense that seems to get better as games progress. But Saturday afternoon in Knox at Keystone’s home field, Redbank […]
Mohawk Too Much for Riverside
September 16, 2023 | Phil Myers
After a slow start, Mohawk kicked it into high gear and pulled away from Riverside 45-0 Friday night at Riverside’s stadium in Ellwood City. Riverside was shorthanded as 4 starters were missing from the line-up, but the Panther defense played especially well early on. The Warriors of Mohawk only led 3-0 after the opening period […]
Protime Predictions – Protime Locks Himself Out
September 14, 2023 | Phil Myers
Earlier this week Protime was feeling great. He was heading off to the gym to fellowship with the gym rats for a while. Later when he left the gym, he didn’t feel so great. He couldn’t find his keys and it was clouding up like it was going to rain cats and dogs. Had one […]
District 9 Review – Week 2
September 13, 2023 | Phil Myers
The game of the week was Punxsutawney giving Redbank Valley fits through 3 quarters before succumbing 50-27. Redbank’s offense could do no wrong as they scored on 7 of 9 possessions and rolled up over 500 yards against the Chucks. To Punxsy’s credit, they never gave up and accounted for over 450 yards of offense […]
Conversation with Coach – Mike Warfield, Aliquippa
September 11, 2023 | Phil Myers
Everyone in Pennsylvania knows Aliquippa is a sports town especially proficient in football. Aliquippa is the only high school in America that can boast about having three players in the NFL Hall of Fame (Mike Ditka, Ty Law, and Darrelle Revis). The Quips have won the state championship four times. They have made the WPIAL […]
Wagner to Clouse Leads Redbank Valley to Win Over Punxsy
September 9, 2023 | Phil Myers
In a game where there were almost 1,000 yards of offense, Braylon Wagner accounted for all 7 Redbank touchdowns much to the delight of the home town fans in New Bethlehem, but much to the chagrin of the visiting Punxsutawney Chucks. Wagner connected on 21 of 23 passes for 391 yards and 6 touchdowns in […]
Protime Predictions – Protime is Burning Out
September 7, 2023 | Phil Myers
On occasion, Protime doesn’t know whether he’s coming or going. Mrs. P always points him in the right direction because that’s just the way she is. (It’s usually outside or down to the basement to get him out of her hair.) Protime covers a game or two each week (12 the first week), does district […]
District 9 Review – Week 1
September 5, 2023 | Phil Myers
The most important thing this week is that everyone should be in prayer for Mason Martin, Karns City’s quarterback, who was injured in the game with Redbank on Friday. He suffered a significant brain bleed and a collapsed lung. He was flown to Pittsburgh where he underwent surgery. He is still in critical condition at […]
Brockway Ekes Out the Overtime Win Against DuBois
September 2, 2023 | Phil Myers
Only eleven miles separate Brockway and DuBois. Yet they have only met four other times in their history. The most recent was last year’s heart stopper where DuBois stopped a slant pass at their one-yard line as time expired to preserve the 27-26 win. That DuBois victory upped the Beavers’ all-time record against Brockway to […]
Moniteau’s Logan Campbell and Defense Key to Victory Over ECC
September 1, 2023 | Phil Myers
Every once in a while, good players have great games. Every once in a while, defenses appear to be really focused, create turnovers, pressure the quarterback, and allow no breathing room for the opposing offense. That every once in a while occurred twice in last night’s game when Moniteau’s Logan Campbell scored four touchdowns and […]
