August 2026
2026 Team Preview: The Garnet Valley Jaguars
August 3, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Garnet Valley Jaguars Head Coach: Eric Van Wyk PIAA District 1 Class 5A Conference: Central League 2025 Season Record: 8-4 Key Starters lost Paxton Hunt Joey DiMarino Clayton Turner Brandon Scanlon Michael Costa Anthony Gifford Travis Griffith Billy Krause Nate Lengel Erick Spadea Fischer Travis returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year […]
2026 Team Preview: The Hamburg Area Hawks
August 2, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Hamburg Area Hawks Head Coach: Tyler Hartranft PIAA District 3 Class 3A Conference: Lancaster-Lebanon League – Section 5 2025 Season Record: 2-8 Key Starters lost WR/DB Ethan Horvath OL/DL Astian Reppert DL Sawyer Smith OL/DL John Sharp OL/DL Cayden Mason returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year SAF Andrew Arroyo – Sr. […]
2026 Team Preview: The Ridley Green Raiders
August 2, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Ridley Green Raiders Head Coach: Dave Wood PIAA District 1 Class 6A Conference: Central League 2025 Season Record: 9-3 Key Starters lost Casey – OL Coskey – OL Hughes – DL Plummer – RB Solomon – QB Ruffin – WR returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year SR. OT Cooper Smith, 6’5, […]
2026 Team Preview: The Lackawanna Trail Lions
August 1, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Lackawanna Trail Lions Head Coach: Steve Jervis PIAA District 2 Class 1A Conference: Lackawanna Interscholastic Athletic Association – Division 3 2025 Season Record: 12-2 Key Starters lost Isaac Ryon, Tyler Jervis, Lucas Evans, Colin Owens, Blake Stage, Sean Dwyer, Holden Edwards, Brayden Martinez returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year Anthony Paolucci […]
2026 Team Preview: The Central Cambria Red Devils
August 1, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Central Cambria Red Devils Head Coach: Wade Klezek PIAA District 6 Class 2A Conference: Laurel Highlands League – West 2 2025 Season Record: 4-6 Key Starters lost Cam Stevens, Jett Williams, Alex Kubat, Andrew Chappell, Liam O’Brien returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year Offense Hayden Gaunt LT, 6’3 265lbs, SR. Kolten […]
2026 Team Preview: The Dover Eagles
July 31, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Dover Eagles Head Coach: Wayne Snelbaker PIAA District 3 Class 5A Conference: South Central Atlantic Conference – Division 2 2025 Season Record: 3-7 Key Starters lost None returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year Xander Miller, OT/DE senior, Gage Malehorn OG/ILB, junior, Owen Smith C Sophomore, Ashton Swartz OG/DT senior, Robbie Hiden […]
2026 Team Preview: The Catasauqua Rough Riders
July 31, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Catasauqua Rough Riders Head Coach: Joe Henrich PIAA District 11 Class 2A Conference: Colonial League – Division B 2025 Season Record: 4-8 Key Starters lost Key Starters Lost: (7) – Adam Kosciolek (OL/DL), JoJo Lafond (WR/DB), Cadeo Estonzac (WR/QB/DB), Braeden Smith (OL/DL), Chris Wellington (HB/LB), Tray Dunn (RB/LB), Manny Bolmer (WR/DB) returning starters […]
2026 Team Preview: The Upper Perkiomen Indians
July 29, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Upper Perkiomen Indians Head Coach: Dan Heinrichs PIAA District 1 Class 5A Conference: Pioneer Athletic Conference Frontier Division 2025 Season Record: 7-4 Key Starters lost #34 Brody Weiss (MLB, RB) #33 Kane Krier (OLB, FB) #50 Maddux Diaz (DT, OT) #53 Tice Hallman (OT) #11 Ethan Scharneck (TE, DE) #13 Tucker Ruch (CB, WR) […]
2026 Team Preview: The Spring-Ford Rams
July 29, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Spring-Ford Rams Head Coach Mike Palmer PIAA District 1 Class 6A Conference: Pioneer Athletic League – Liberty 2025 Season Record: 6-5 Key Starters lost Blake Turner (WR/DB), Ryan Kerchner (TE/DE), Brayden Hinkle (RB) AJ Moyer (OL/DL), Cole Broderick (RB/LB) Ryan Reavy (K/P) returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year Lynn Bellard (OL/DL) […]
2026 Team Preview: The Lakeland Chiefs
July 29, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Lakeland Chiefs Head Coach: David Piwowarczyk PIAA District 2 Class 2A Conference: Lackawanna Interscholastic Athletic Association – Division 2 2025 Season Record:11-2 Key Starters lost David Naniewicz QB/DE, Kody Miller TE/DE, Gavin Roberts RB/DB, Weston Loomis OL/DL, Caden Cuozzo LB/RB returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year Rocco Spataro QB/DB 5-9 175 […]
2026 Team Preview: The Pittston Area Patriots
July 28, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Pittston Area Patriots Head Coach: Paul Russick PIAA District 2 Class 5A Conference: Wyoming Valley Conference – Division 1 2025 Season Record: 8-3 Key Starters lost Brody Spindler (RB/LB), Paulie Ferentino (QB), Gunnar Zaledonis (OL/DL), Stephen Barnic (WR/DB), Victor Narsavage (LB), Malkom Blackshear (DB), Aidan Brody (DB), Nico Cielo (OL), Brian Hankey (OL/DL […]
2026 Team Preview: The Hollidaysburg Golden Tigers
July 28, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Hollidaysburg Golden Tigers Head Coach: Homer DeLattre PIAA District 6 Class 5A Conference: Independent 2025 Season Record: 13-1 Key Starters lost Bryce Lewis Kayden McCrystal Ethan Rhodes Bravin Matthews Cole DeLattre Josh Banks Jackson York Austin Harr Kasen Metzger Bravin Matthews Matthew Walters returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year SAF 8 […]
2026 Team Preview: The Upper Dublin Cardinals
July 27, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Upper Dublin Cardinals Head Coach: Bret Stover PIAA District 1 Class: 5A Conference: Suburban One League Continental 2025 Record: 4-6 Key Starters lost Justin Waugh DE Kutztown, Benji Ravitz TE Elon, Jacob Reif WR, Gavin Lapa K/P, Potter Rudl OL Millersville returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year QB Lawson Tyler 6’5 […]
2026 Team Preview: Souderton Indians
July 24, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Souderton Indians Head Coach: Ed Gallagher PIAA District 1 Class 6A Conference: Suburban One League – Continental Key Starters lost QB Ben Walsh WR / CB Hunter Smeltz WR / FS Timmy Meehan FB / DT Michael McCormick OLB Noah Porter HB / CB Mujana Sudi returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class […]
2026 Team Preview: Lake Lehman Black Knights
July 24, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Lake Lehman Black Knights Head Coach: Mike Mully PIAA District 2 Class 3A Conference: Wyoming Valley Conference – Division 3 2025 Season Record: 4-6 Key Starters lost Bobby Gregor, Jaydon Skipalis, Chris Yetter returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year Logan Rybka OL/DL 6’1″ 200lbs 2027, Zachary Koval OL/DL 6’1″ 260lbs 2027, […]
2026 Team Preview: The Greensburg Salem Golden Lions
July 24, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Greensburg Salem Golden Lions Head Coach: Ty George PIAA District 7 Class 3A Conference: WPIAL 3A Section 1 2025 Season Record: 3-7 Key Starters lost Maxim Topper, Anthony Matthews, Isaiah Stillwagon returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year Braydon Miller WR/ DB Jackson Stevey TE/LB Orion Leone OL/ DL Brandt Sandstrom CB […]
2026 Team Preview: The Stroudsburg Mountaineers
July 22, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Stroudsburg Mountaineers Head Coach: Jim Miller PIAA District 11 Class 6A Conference: Eastern PA – Monroe 2025 Season Record: 5-6 Key Starters lost Essam Alrefai Alex Ball Zion Essington Joe Monaco Aren Quintero Jaylin Rieara Octavian Riszko Karis Wilkens Camron Satterfield Anderson Soto returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year) Keyen Johnson, […]
West Chester East Cummings Commits To Towson
May 27, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
On Wednesday afternoon, West Chester East QB Logan Cummings gave his verbal commitment to Towson University. In his Jr season, Cummings completed 60 percent of his passes for 1863 yards and 23 total touchdowns and led the Vikings to a 6-5 record and an appearance in the District 1 5A Playoffs. Towson was one of […]
OH BOY: O’Brien’s Big Day Leads LaSalle to Second State Championship in School History
December 7, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
MECHANICSBURG: Former NFLer Santana Moss famously once said, “Big time players make big time plays in big time games.” For the LaSalle Explorers and Joey O’Brien, that quote was the case on Saturday. All the Five-Star Notre Dame Commit did Saturday was catch 10 passes for 99 yards, throw for a touchdown on the offensive […]
Smooth Sailing: LaSalle Reaches First State Championship Game in 15 Years with Rout of North Penn
November 29, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
WARRINGTON: Every championship-caliber team has its stars that get all the attention, then they have players who fly under the radar but make big contributions. In an offense that features Missouri commit Gavin Sidwar, JMU commit JP Oates, and Notre Dame commit Joey O’Brein, it’s easy to forget about Jimmy Mahoney. On Saturday, Mahoney caught […]
Historic Season For Chester Comes to Ends With Loss to Springfield In District Championship
November 22, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
SPRINGFIELD: Entering the 2025 the expectations were high for the Chester Clippers and through the first 13 weeks of the season the Clippers lived up them, completing the first undefeated 10-0 regular season in school history and continued their winning ways into the District One 5A playoffs where they rolled up three more victories to […]
District 1 5A Championship Preview
November 20, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
The Who: 4th-Ranked Chester Clippers at 6th-Ranked Springfield Cougars The What: District 1 5A Championship/State Quarterfinal Where Springfield High School, 200 S. Rolling Rd, Springfield, PA 19064 When: Friday, November 21, 7 pm For Updates on X, follow: @williepafn and @Nickmashmedia Last Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Clippers and Cougars since the 1960s About […]
In Final CAA Game Villanova Works Overtime but Gets Victory over Stony Brook
November 16, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
RADNOR: There’s a popular saying that says All Good things must come to an end. For the Villanova Wildcats football team. That was the case Saturday when they marked the end of an era by participating in their final regular-season Colonial Athletic Conference (CAA) game. Beginning in 2026, the Wildcats will be a member of […]
LaSalle Claims First District 12 Championship in 10 Years (Recap)
November 16, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
Since joining the PIAA back in 2008, the Catholic League has dominated the biggest class of District 12, having won the District title at that classification every year except 2008, when George Washington defeated LaSalle. Since going to 6 classes in 2016, it has been St Joseph’s Prep that has every single District 12 6A […]
Cardinal O’Hara Claims First District 12 Championship in School History
November 16, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
Cardinal O’Hara has been playing football since 1965, and in their storied history, they have won two Philadelphia City Titles in 1973 and 1979, but that was before the Philadelphia Catholic League joined the PIAA. On Saturday morning at Northeast High School, the 2025 version of the Lions put their names in the school’s history […]
