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Northwestern Lehigh gets out of own way, pulls away from Saucon Valley for District XI Playoff Victory

November 2, 2024

New Tripoli- Northwestern opened this year’s playoff season looking forward to another trip to “The Chap” and another crack at state title, but a relentless Saucon Valley defense and slew of self inflicted mistakes and turnovers provided an early playoff test for the 2023 state runner-ups. The evening’s matchup started with Saucon Valley being forced […]

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Easton escapes victorious in offensive slugfest against Nazareth to claim EPC Division Crown

October 26, 2024

Easton- In a game full of explosive offensive plays, the Red Rovers, amassing 568 yards on the ground, came up with a few more when it counted to come out on top Friday night.  They didn’t waste any time as Sr. running back Dorian Thomas took the first play of the game right up the […]

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Easton comes from behind and wins battle of EPC titans over Freedom

October 19, 2024

Easton- This one definitely lived up to its billing and may be considered the game of the year so far in the EPC.  Easton, winners of their last 7 games, rolled in to Bethlehem on undefeated Freedom‘s Senior Night and played the role of spoiler.  In a tightly contested matchup, Easton played from behind a […]

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Saucon Valley Mauls Pen Argyl For Decisive Victory

October 12, 2024

Hellertown- On Homecoming Night for the Panthers, they left little doubt about who the better team was right from the jump.  The Saucon Valley offense, led by the Rohn brothers found the end-zone early and often and did not punt the ball all evening.  The Panthers received the opening kick and quickly went to work.  […]

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Easton Rolls Over Stroudsburg at Cottingham

September 28, 2024

Easton- On a night celebrating Easton’s “Beast From The East” Marching Band’s 100th year of existence it was the Red Rover defense who got Easton on the board first via a safety early in the 1st quarter.  The Red Rovers were able to pin the Mountaineer offense deep in their own territory after both defenses […]

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Liberty Cruises to Victory Over Dieruff

September 21, 2024

Allentown- In a matchup of East Penn League  undefeated teams, Liberty made quick and decisive work of their hosts.  The Hurricanes jumped out to the lead after a hiccup on their first drive and never looked back.  This hiccup took the form of a fumble by Hurricane QB Antonio Fontanez as he reached for the […]

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Saucon Valley Overcomes Bevy Of Mistakes To Down Blue Bombers

September 7, 2024

Hellertown- In the home opener for the Panthers, who were also christening their brand new scoreboard, the result was in doubt up until half time.  The game started as a stifling defensive battle with neither team able to get anything going on their first few respective possessions.  In addition to the defenses standing strong, penalties […]

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GAME HIGHLIGHTS : Northampton VS Pennsbury 8-23-24

August 28, 2024

Game Highlights from the Week 0 matchup of the 2024 season as Northampton took on Pennsbury at Al Erdosy Field.

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Northampton Begins Their 2024 Campaign With A Victory Over Pennsbury

August 24, 2024

Northampton- In their home opener for 2024, The Konkrete Kids left little doubt as they cruised to a 24-2 victory over the visiting Falcons of Pennsbury from District 1. Stifled by a barrage of turnovers, Pennsbury could never overcome their mistakes, and Northampton would repeatedly cash in. The evening started with The Falcons receiving the […]

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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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