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Pair of Nazareth Blue Eagles sign LOI to become Leopards

December 20, 2023

Early signing day has finally arrived and not one, but TWO Nazareth Blue Eagles have put pen to paper to join the Lafayette football family. Sean Kinney and Mason Kuehner will be continuing their football careers as Leopards in the Patriot League this upcoming fall after stellar careers at Nazareth which culminated in a state […]

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Rosahac signs LOI to continue career at Syracuse

December 20, 2023

Noah Rosahac, the Jim Thorpe Olympians’ All-State DT and consensus 3-star recruit, has put pen to paper today and signed on to play at Syracuse.  Rosahac, the 6’5″ 270lb defensive lineman from Jim Thorpe will join a resurgent class for The Orange who are looking to return to their past success under new head ball coach […]

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Palmerton’s Machalik signs LOI to become a Mountain Hawk

December 20, 2023

Matthew Machalik, the Palmerton Blue Bombers Mr. Everything, signed his LOI today to join a slew of other Pennsylvania talent coming to roost at Lehigh. Aside from Lehigh, he also held offers from Navy and Lafayette.  Machalik, the 2023 Colonial League Offensive MVP, led the Blue Bombers to an undefeated (10-0 ) 2023 regular season […]

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Emmaus’ Mario Landino offically a Hoosier

December 20, 2023

Mario Landino, Emmaus’ star defensive lineman follows head football coach Curt Cignetti and flips commitment from JMU to Indiana.  Up until early December, Landino had firmly been a JMU commit since the end of June.  However, with the departure of Cignetti from Harrisonburg, he re-opened his recruitment and quickly found a new home in Bloomington.  […]

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Tremba signs on to join The Black Knights at Army West Point

December 20, 2023

Parkland running back Trey Tremba signed on the dotted line earlier today to become an official member of the 2024 Army West Point class.  Tremba amassed 3,361 rushing yards, 1,232 receiving yards, and 65 Touchdowns during his time at Parkland and was recently named EPC South Offensive Player of the Year and helped lead the […]

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Peters Township’s Historic Season Ends In Defeat at the Hands of Imhotep Charter

December 9, 2023

Mechanicsburg- Peters Township’s undefeated WPIAL championship season came to a close with a loss at the hands of District 12’s Imhotep Charter in the PIAA Class 5A Championship game this evening.  In what they hoped would be Peters Townships first football state title, the Indians just couldn’t overcome a dynamic Panther offense and smothering defense. […]

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Game Highlights: PIAA 3A Semi-Final Wyomissing vs Northwestern Lehigh

December 3, 2023

Game Highlights from the Sidelines during the PIAA 3A Semi-Final matchup between Wyomissing and Northwestern Lehigh at Kutztown University on 12-1-2023. Check out our final Playoff Bracket of the season over at Playoff Central

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Northwestern Lehigh claws their way to Victory over Wyomissing

December 2, 2023

Kutztown- Northwestern Lehigh overcomes a bevy of mistakes and a very solid Wyomissing ground attack to come away victorious en-route to their first ever trip to the PIAA football Championship game. Wyomissing won the coin-toss and elected to defer to the 2nd half which gave the ball to the visiting Tigers to start the game.  […]

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PIAA Class 3A Semi-Final Preview: A Look at Northwestern Lehigh

November 29, 2023

Northwestern Lehigh vs Wyomissing, Friday December 1, 7pm @ Kutztown University How they got here (click to see 4A bracket): 2023 Schedule Last week, the Tigers cruised past Scranton Prep in their state quarterfinal matchup.  The Tigers’ suffocating defense kept the Cavaliers’ offense in check thanks to 3 forced turnovers including Eli Zimmerman’s league leading […]

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Northwestern Lehigh just too much for Scranton Prep

November 25, 2023

New Tripoli- The matchup between the Tigers and Cavaliers pitted two very similar and run heavy teams against each other, but only Northwestern would be able to continue their success on the ground and come away with the convincing victory. The evening started off with Prep choosing to receive the opening kick.  The Cavaliers would […]

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PIAA State 3A Quarterfinal Preview: Northwestern Lehigh vs Scranton Prep

November 23, 2023

Northwestern Lehigh Tigers 13-0 Head Football Coach: Josh Snyder About the Tigers: Northwestern, currently ranked 5th in Class 3A in the State comes in undefeated on the year and fresh off a District XI 3A Championship drubbing of formerly undefeated Palmerton (12-1) by a score of 58-8.  Both sides of the ball for the Tigers […]

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Nazareth gets their Revenge against Parkland

November 18, 2023

Bethlehem- In a rematch from week 4 in the EPC, Nazareth flips the script and scores the late touchdown to grab the victory, this time, for the District XI crown. To start off the game Parkland kicked off to the Blue Eagles who muffed the opening kickoff and started with less-than-ideal field position to start […]

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Previewing The District XI 6A Championship: The Rematch – Parkland Vs Nazareth

November 16, 2023

Parkland Trojans (12-0) (9-0 EPC) Head Football Coach: Tim Moncman About the Trojans: Parkland, ranked 7th in the 6A PAfootball News rankings,  went wire to wire this season as the top team in the EPC with their only scare coming week 3 against Nazareth.  Their 31-24 victory was their only single score victory during the […]

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Whitehall Blows Past Southern Lehigh En route to District XI 5A Championship

November 11, 2023

Story updated 11/12/23 Catasauqua- On this cold November evening, The Zephyrs of Whitehall and the EPC proved to be too much for the Spartans of Southern Lehigh and Schuylkill Colonia League to handle.  The game would begin with  Whitehall receiving the opening kick and after getting an initial first down, being turned away by a […]

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Williams Valley vs Catasauqua Game Highlights 11/4/2023

November 5, 2023

WILLIAMS VALLEY VS CATASAUQUA DISTRICT XI 2A PLAYOFFS

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Achenbach and Williams Valley stampede over Catasaqua

November 5, 2023

Photos by Dawn Daub Williamstown-  In what turned out to be a very special Saturday night for Williams Valley’s Alex Achenbach (36 rushes, 295 yds, 3TD), the Roughriders seemed to have no answer for the prolific ball carrier from Tower City.  Not only did Alex help propel his team to a playoff victory and berth […]

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Emmaus exacts revenge on Bethlehem Freedom

November 4, 2023

Bethlehem- In a rematch from 2 weeks ago during EPC conference play, Emmaus emerges victorious this time over the Patriots of Freedom.  Finally, after not having beaten Freedom in the playoffs since 2016, the Hornets managed to finally accomplish that feat once again this evening. Freedom won the coin toss and deferred to the 2nd […]

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Allentown Central Catholic emerges Victorious from “Holy War” matchup vs Bethlehem Catholic

October 28, 2023

Allentown – On senior night in Allentown, the Vikings of Central Catholic were more than what the Hawks of Becahi could handle.  This long-standing rivalry game has seen numerous back and forth, or down-to-the-wire games over the years and this game looked like it could turn in to one of these early on.  Becahi didn’t […]

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Northwestern Lehigh rebounds from sloppy first half to pull away from Bangor

October 14, 2023

Bangor- In a game riddled with penalties and mistakes, Northwestern was able to weather the storm and come away with a victory due to a dominant 2nd half performance. Northwestern received the opening kick after Bangor deferred their choice to the second half.  After picking up a single first down, the Slater defense tightened up […]

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After a shaky start, Emmaus regroups and dominates Easton

October 7, 2023

Easton- In a matchup of two .500 teams in the EPC, Emmaus was quick to prove who was the better team after an early hiccup.  After each team’s defense forced opening possession punts, the Red Rover defense capitalized off an errant pass by Emmaus QB Josiah Williams with Logan Braido intercepting the pass and turning […]

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Allentown Central Catholic vs Nazareth GAME HIGHLIGHTS 9/29/23

October 1, 2023

Here are some highlights from this EPC matchup last Friday night in Nazareth.

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Nazareth does just enough to get by Allentown Central Catholic

September 30, 2023

Nazareth- In this mid-season match-up between two of the top teams in the EPC South, Nazareth got just enough out of their normally prolific, but this evening somewhat stunted passing game to grab the victory over the visiting Vikings of Allentown Central Catholic 14-7. The game began with the Vikings receiving the opening kickoff and […]

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EPC Midseason Progress Report

September 27, 2023

Here we are,  finished with week 5 of the 2023 season and gearing up for the home stretch of what at least to me seems like a rapidly accelerating football season.  Here in the EPC, the South Division is getting a majority of the hype with it being home to the only 2 remaining undefeated […]

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Parkland dominates 2nd half en route to convincing victory over Allentown Central Catholic

September 23, 2023

Allentown-  In what was to be a clash of EPC titans, the first half sure lived up to that billing.  Parkland received the opening kickoff and after getting a first down on a Luke Spang (6 rush, 37 yards, 1 TD) rush were stifled on 4th down of the next set of downs by a […]

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Jim Thorpe vs Palmerton GAME HIGHLIGHTS 9/15/23

September 21, 2023

Game Highlights of the week 3 matchup between the Jim Thorpe Olympians and the Palmerton Blue Bombers.

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