Beyond the Keystone: My 2022 Year In Review
January 18, 2023
2022 Year In Review After the last two years, it’s hard to say that a season was unusual. 2020 had so many twists and turns. Including spring games until June in New York City. Last year, there was some turbulence with scheduling. And I hurt my back after my trip to Arizona and things went […]
Personal Notes – Total Games Attended
January 4, 2023
Over the years, I’ve been to many, many high school football games. Since 1994, in 7th grade, I’ve now attended 1,374 high school football games. And have seen 1,493 different high school football teams play in those games. In Pennsylvania, I’ve now seen 252 different teams play. Counting teams before and during co-ops separately, such […]
PHOTOS: 2022 Class 6A Championship Game – Harrisburg v. St. Joseph’s Prep
December 11, 2022
Class 6A Championship Game December 10, 2022 – 7pm Harrisburg v. St. Joseph’s Prep Chapman Field, Mechanicsburg, PA Photo Gallery: For more, and larger, photos from Championship Weekend, click HERE.
PHOTOS: 2022 Class 3A Championship Game – Belle Vernon v. Neumann-Goretti
December 10, 2022
2022 Class 3A Championship Game December 10, 2022 — 1pm Belle Vernon v. Neumann-Goretti Photo Gallery: For more, and larger, photos, click HERE.
PHOTOS: 2022 Class 5A Championship Game – Pine-Richland v. Imhotep Charter
December 10, 2022
2022 Class 5A Championship Game December 9, 2022 — 7pm Pine-Richland v. Imhotep Charter Photo Gallery: For more, and larger, photos from this game, click HERE.
PHOTOS: 2022 Class 2A Championship Game – Southern Columbia v. Westinghouse
December 9, 2022
2022 Class 2A Championship December 9, 2022 – 1pm Westinghouse v. Southern Columbia Photo Gallery: For more, and larger, photos from this game, click HERE.
PHOTOS: 2022 Class 4A Championship Game – Aliquippa v. Bishop McDevitt
December 9, 2022
2022 Class 4A Championship Game December 8, 2022 — 7pm Aliquippa v. Bishop McDevitt Photo Gallery: For more, and larger, photos from this game, click HERE.
PHOTOS: 2022 Class 1A Championship Game – Steelton-Highspire v. Union
December 8, 2022
PIAA Class 1A Championship Game December 8, 2022 – 1pm Chapman Field, Mechanicsburg, PA Steelton-Highspire 22, Union 8 Photo Gallery: For more, and larger, photos from this game, click HERE.
WPIAL Championship in Photos: Aliquippa Quips over Central Valley Warriors, 34-7
November 27, 2022
WPIAL Class 4A Championship Aliquippa Quips 34, Central Valley Warriors 7 For more, and larger, photos from this weekend, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
WPIAL Championship in Photos: Belle Vernon Leopards over Avonworth Antelopes, 24-7
November 27, 2022
WPIAL Class 3A Championship Belle Vernon Leopards 24, Avonworth Antelopes 7 For more, and larger, photos from this weekend, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
WPIAL Championships in Photos: Steel Valley Ironmen over Beaver Falls Tigers, 34-14
November 27, 2022
WPIAL Class 2A Championship Steel Valley Ironmen 34, Beaver Falls Tigers 14 For more, and larger, photos from this weekend, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
WPIAL Championship in Photos – Union Scotties over Bishop Canevin Crusaders, 26-0
November 27, 2022
2022 WPIAL Class 1A Championship Game Union Scotties 26, Bishop Canevin Crusaders 0 For more, and larger, photos from this weekend, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
Kansas Playoff Spotlight: Holcomb Longhorns v. Pratt Greenbacks
October 30, 2022
Deep in Western Kansas, sits Garden City. A small agricultural outpost among the varied terrain of rolling hills, flat lands, and ragged broken mesas not too familiar to those who’ve only seen Kansas from the interstate or a plane window. Most probably haven’t heard of Garden City. It’s more well known brethren, Dodge City, is […]
Six-Man Spotlight: Follett v. White Deer from Texas
October 30, 2022
Thursday night football is becoming more and more common in the Lone Star State. In the land of Friday Night Lights, the crunch of official shortages, travel issues, etc necessitates moving games from Friday. But Saturday is the realm of college ball. So, Thursday games creep onto the schedule. For Follett, this was the sixth […]
Six-Man Spotlight: Elida v. Animas from New Mexico
October 24, 2022
On Saturday afternoon, the Elida Tigers hosted the Animas Panthers on the eastern prairie of New Mexico. Situated part way between Roswell and Portales, Elida is a small stopping point along US 70. The small town just large enough to field a six-man team in the NMAA, the state association of New Mexico. Their opponent […]
New Mexico Spotlight: Mayfield v. Roswell
October 24, 2022
In southern New Mexico, is the city of Las Cruces. Located along the Rio Grande, the City of Crosses, is at a major juncture along Interstate 10. Just west of the trailing end of the Rocky Mountains and the southwestern desert climes to California. The Las Cruces Public Schools built a beautiful, and spacious stadium […]
Arizona Spotlight: Tolleson v. Shadow Ridge
October 23, 2022
On Thursday night in suburban Phoenix, Tolleson celebrated their homecoming by hosting Shadow Ridge. Like a lot of major metropolitan areas in the country, Phoenix has a thriving sprawl of new high schools as the fingers of growth spread out into the desert. Tolleson, officially Tolleson Union, is part of the Tolleson Union School District, […]
North Dakota 9-Man Playoffs: Wyndmere/Lidgerwood 50, Hatton/Northwood 12
October 16, 2022
NDHSAA Class 9B First Round – Wyndmere/Lidgerwood v. Hatton/Northwood at Wyndmere Field in Wyndmere, North Dakota. #46 @PaFootballNews #BeyondTheKeystone @WarbirdsNest @HNThunder_FB pic.twitter.com/jY4ZHQ27RI — Sykotyk (@Sykotyk) October 15, 2022 Brian Quam scored on a 4 yard run to start the game. My tweet of it didn’t go through. Brain Quam with a 20 yard TD run. […]
South Dakota: Warner 55, Northwestern 0
October 15, 2022
Cross County Bowl – Northwestern v. Warner at Northwestern Field in Mellette, South Dakota. #45 @PaFootballNews #BeyondTheKeystone pic.twitter.com/R49AdAXOAU — Sykotyk (@Sykotyk) October 15, 2022 Hunter Cramer with a 5 yard TD run. Kick is good. Warner leads Northwestern, 7-0 with 5:50 left in the first quarter. @PaFootballNews #BeyondTheKeystone pic.twitter.com/1J8lQdv32R — Sykotyk (@Sykotyk) October 15, 2022 […]
Akron North v. Akron Ellet, A Look Back to Thursday Night
October 3, 2022
Akron North v. Akron Ellet at Joseph B. Yost Stadium in Akron, Ohio. #35 @PaFootballNews #BeyondTheKeystone pic.twitter.com/2SD9TDgiC0 — Sykotyk (@Sykotyk) September 29, 2022 Akron North 0, Akron Ellet 0 – End 1st #35 @PaFootballNews #BeyondTheKeystone @JoeEitel pic.twitter.com/lVYQW9t1FH — Sykotyk (@Sykotyk) September 29, 2022 Akron North 0, Akron Ellet 0 – Half #35 @PaFootballNews #BeyondTheKeystone @JoeEitel […]
Clymer/Sherman/Panama v. Portville — Photo Gallery
October 3, 2022
For more, and larger, photos from this game, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
Beyond The Keystone: Nine-Man Doubleheader from South Dakota
September 25, 2022
Ipswich Tigers v. Leola/Frederick Titans At Northern State University, a four-game event featuring Lake Region Conference teams. Two games were played on Friday, and two on Saturday. The host of the event just built the new Dacotah Bank Stadium. Opened on September 11th, 2021, it was the perfect venue for the four game affair. For […]
Beyond The Keystone: Watertown Arrows v. Pierre T.F. Riggs Governors
September 25, 2022
Watertown Arrows v. Pierre T.F. Riggs Governors Watertown v. Pierre T.F. Riggs at Watertown Stadium in Watertown, South Dakota. #32 @PaFootballNews #BeyondTheKeystone @605_sports @Arrow_Football @TFRiggs pic.twitter.com/Cv9xl2YuJd — Sykotyk (@Sykotyk) September 24, 2022 Watertown Stadium was built in 1941. It's definitely one of the unique high school football stadiums. Rare to see an infield present on […]
Small Ball of Texas Six-Man: Kingdom Prep v. Abilene Christian
September 18, 2022
In a situation not unique to Texas, sometimes schools are just small. Be it public or private. Sometimes, you just won’t find enough students to adequately play a football game. And that’s where six-man football comes in. Six-man has been around since 1938. Conceived in Nebraska, it took roots in rural Texas. Where schools spread […]
New Mexico 6A Is Something Different
September 17, 2022
in Southeastern New Mexico stands one of the largest high school stadiums in the country. Watson Memorial Stadium has a listed capacity of 15,000. And, at least for the home side, it needed most of them for Hobbs’ homecoming game. The Hobbs Eagles are a rare 6A school far from Albuquerque and other larger cities […]
