December 2023
Tremba signs on to join The Black Knights at Army West Point
December 20, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
Peters Township’s Historic Season Ends In Defeat at the Hands of Imhotep Charter
December 9, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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. […]
Game Highlights: PIAA 3A Semi-Final Wyomissing vs Northwestern Lehigh
December 3, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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
Northwestern Lehigh claws their way to Victory over Wyomissing
December 2, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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. […]
PIAA Class 3A Semi-Final Preview: A Look at Northwestern Lehigh
November 29, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
Northwestern Lehigh just too much for Scranton Prep
November 25, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
PIAA State 3A Quarterfinal Preview: Northwestern Lehigh vs Scranton Prep
November 23, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
Nazareth gets their Revenge against Parkland
November 18, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
Previewing The District XI 6A Championship: The Rematch – Parkland Vs Nazareth
November 16, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
Whitehall Blows Past Southern Lehigh En route to District XI 5A Championship
November 11, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
Williams Valley vs Catasauqua Game Highlights 11/4/2023
November 5, 2023 | Torey Petruno
WILLIAMS VALLEY VS CATASAUQUA DISTRICT XI 2A PLAYOFFS
Achenbach and Williams Valley stampede over Catasaqua
November 5, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
Emmaus exacts revenge on Bethlehem Freedom
November 4, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
Allentown Central Catholic emerges Victorious from “Holy War” matchup vs Bethlehem Catholic
October 28, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
Northwestern Lehigh rebounds from sloppy first half to pull away from Bangor
October 14, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
After a shaky start, Emmaus regroups and dominates Easton
October 7, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
Allentown Central Catholic vs Nazareth GAME HIGHLIGHTS 9/29/23
October 1, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Here are some highlights from this EPC matchup last Friday night in Nazareth.
Nazareth does just enough to get by Allentown Central Catholic
September 30, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
EPC Midseason Progress Report
September 27, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
Parkland dominates 2nd half en route to convincing victory over Allentown Central Catholic
September 23, 2023 | Torey Petruno
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 […]
Jim Thorpe vs Palmerton GAME HIGHLIGHTS 9/15/23
September 21, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Game Highlights of the week 3 matchup between the Jim Thorpe Olympians and the Palmerton Blue Bombers.
Palmerton holds off Jim Thorpe to stay Undefeated on the Season.
September 16, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Jim Thorpe- The undefeated Blue Bombers, lead by their Sr. quarterback Matthew Machalik, cruised in to this Friday night matchup the winners of their previous 3 contests and hoped to come away with another victory against the Olympians of Jim Thorpe. It did not take long for Palmerton to get on the board as they […]
Saucon Valley takes care of business vs Wilson Area
September 9, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Hellertown – In their home opener, the Panthers of Saucon Valley left little doubt from the start. Wilson received the opening kick and quickly went 3 and out. The Panthers took over and proceeded to drive right down the field and capped it off with a swing pass from QB Peter Albano(6-9, 61 yards, 3TD) […]
Nazareth leaves no doubt in win over Emmaus
September 2, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Emmaus – In what was billed as a clash of supposed East Penn Conference frontrunners, there was little doubt left by the conclusion of this Friday night matchup which squad is deserving of that title. This was a evening where the Blue Eagles dictated gameplay from opening kickoff to final whistle. Nazareth came out of […]
