Beyond The Keystone
The Greatest Games I Ever Saw Outside of Pennsylvania
February 11, 2023 | Phil Myers
(Note: I will be working on multi-part articles regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1960s through 2022. All of these game recaps are from my memory, my notes, and some research which included newspaper articles from the Albany Herald, Valdosta Times, and Indianapolis Star. Pictures used were from the Albany Herald, […]
Beyond the Keystone: My 2022 Year In Review
January 18, 2023 | Sykotyk
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 | Sykotyk
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 […]
2022 KSFL All-League Teams
December 31, 2022 | Billy Splain
2022 KSFL All-League Teams Offensive Player of the Year Zion Ortiz, Quarterback, Maryland School for the Deaf 56 carries for 1,070 yards and 16 TDS. 26 out of 38 passing for 510 yards and 8 TDS. 2 catches for 43 yards. Set championship game record with 5 rushing touchdowns. FIRST TEAM Luke Golumbic, SR, Mercersburg […]
Lakewood St Ed earns state title with 28-14 win over Springfield
December 4, 2022 | David Burnworth
St Ed, Ohio’s best division one team went about their business at the state final team like a machine with the result being another state title win over a very gritty but outmanned Springfield team. The Wildcats stunned the smallish crowd when they went on top thanks to a 1-yard run from Jayvin Norman followed […]
Canfield Cardinals beat the Bloom Carroll Bulldogs 35-14 to earn the state title.
December 4, 2022 | David Burnworth
The Division Three-State Final would pit the Canfield Cardinals (13-1) against the Bloom Carroll Bulldogs (13-1). This would mark the first time these two teams had faced off. Both schools would feature two solid players for the Cardinals, Broc Lowry, and for the Bulldogs, Dylan Armentrout. Lowry, a 6-3, 205-pound quarterback, would have a big […]
South Range uses strong line play to beat Ironton 53-27.
December 4, 2022 | David Burnworth
Coming into the state final game, both South Range and Ironton stood at 15-0. For South Range, they had ten wins against teams with a winning record. For Ironton, they had beaten twelve teams with winning records. Both teams had shown all season they were championship contenders, though when all was said and done, South […]
Williamstown wins WVSSAC Class A Title
December 4, 2022 | Shane Lux
Wheeling – Williamstown rolls to first state title since 2014 with 52-20 victory over James Monroe. “I’m so proud of these kids,” said Williamstown head coach Chris Beck. “We talk all the time about setting goals – in life, it’s easy to say, I want to do this or that, but then you make excuses. […]
Huntingdon wins first state football title
December 3, 2022 | Shane Lux
Wheeling – Huntingdon wins first state football championship. “I’m happy for our kids. They deserve all the credit,” said Huntingdon head coach Billy Seals. “These kids stayed the course after we got beat here last year. We deserved to be back, and these guys deserved to win a championship.” The Huntingdon Highlanders got defensive and […]
Toledo Central Catholic hangs on for state title win 28-21 over Akron Hoban
December 2, 2022 | David Burnworth
Chris Edmonds got the night started for the Fighting Irish when he used some excellent work from his offensive line and some nice speed to pick up nearly 40 yards, with 8:20 left in the quick-paced opening quarter. Using a nice block from Tyrell Green, Edmonds would pick up another 17 yards at the 6:45 […]
Middletown with a last minute score wins again
November 12, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
The Middletown Cavaliers are the defending Delaware State 3A champs. They are led by HC Zachary Blum and despite having had tons of talent over the years they didn’t win their first state under Blum until last year. With them being defending champs the pressure was on from the moment the 2022 offseason began. In […]
Bellaire Big Reds overpower Worthington Christian Warriors 42-15
November 6, 2022 | David Burnworth
Saturday afternoon in Bellaire Ohio the Big Reds were set to battle the Warriors from Worthington Christian in round two of the Ohio playoffs. The crowd as one Bellaire fan setting near me was smallish for a playoff game but they were loud, at times. On a side note, this was the only high game […]
Columbus East Tigers needed double overtime to take down the Cambridge Bobcats 40-39
November 5, 2022 | David Burnworth
On Friday night I made my way to Harley Field for the fourth time this season to watch the East Tigers host the Cambridge Bobcats in the second round of the Ohio high school athletic association playoffs. Last week East not only made history by not only hosting their first-ever home playoff game they won […]
Kansas Playoff Spotlight: Holcomb Longhorns v. Pratt Greenbacks
October 30, 2022 | Sykotyk
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 | Sykotyk
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 […]
Middletown Christian Eagles fly high in 46-0 win over Calumet Christian Patriots
October 30, 2022 | David Burnworth
Calumet played with only 13 players dressed in this one as they had five out with injuries and a two-way lineman suspended from a previous game. Those kids playing for the Patriots never quit they simply were outmanned and out-talented in this contest. I love how the fans for them always found something positive to […]
Columbus Crusaders turn back Osceola Grace Eagles 15-8
October 30, 2022 | David Burnworth
This was a defensive battle that featured some hard-hitting blocks, and big-time hits, with just a little scoring making it a very entertaining game for the 250 fans or so that were there to take it in. A 28-yard field goal off of the strong foot of Maurice Diawara put Columbus up 3-0 with 4:04 […]
Cincinnati Landmark Eagles soar to win over Illinois Crossroad Crusaders 41-7
October 30, 2022 | David Burnworth
Yesterday I drove over three hours from Columbus, Ohio to Marion, Indiana to catch the Landmark Eagles battle the Crossroad Crusaders on the campus of Indiana Wesleyan. This would mark my time catching a game in Marion and also the first time seeing the Crusaders. I know head coach Mike Goodpastor from Landmark and he […]
Columbus East Tigers use Doomsday like defense to beat Vinton County 34-14
October 29, 2022 | David Burnworth
On Friday night, I made another trip to Harley Field, home of the Columbus East Tigers, where they were set to play their first home playoff game against a very game Vinton County Vikings squad that came in a little beat up with injuries. In watching both teams go through warmups, you could tell both […]
Six-Man Spotlight: Elida v. Animas from New Mexico
October 24, 2022 | Sykotyk
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 | Sykotyk
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 | Sykotyk
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, […]
Northland Vikings sail to defensive win over Beechcroft Cougars 12-7
October 22, 2022 | David Burnworth
(I am using the roster from hudl to get the Vikings players’ names. It is missing several players) On a perfect Saturday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio the Northland Vikings hosted league rival Beechcroft in the regular season city league battle. For Beechcroft, a win gave them the undisputed city league title. For the Vikings, the […]
Trimble Tomcats roll to win over the South Gallia Rebels 56-14
October 22, 2022 | David Burnworth
(I am using the rosters given to me by the South Gallia staff in the press box) Last night I made my first-ever trip down to Crown City Ohio to see South Gallia host the Trimble Tomcats. The Rebels came in with a 4-5 record, on a four-game losing streak but had already clinched a […]
Whetstone Braves scalp the Centennial Stars 31-14
October 21, 2022 | David Burnworth
Last night I made the thirty-minute drive North to Centennial Stars battle the Whetstone Braves. Both teams entered this one with identical 2-6 records. The Stars with only four seniors on the rosters, with only three of them dressing. The Braves had thirteen seniors on their roster which seemed to be a difference-maker last night. […]
Riverview East Academy dominates Millersport Lakers 72-6.
October 16, 2022 | David Burnworth
Riverview East Academy came into the Millersport game scoring 162 points through eight games this season, with a high of forty-four in one of their two wins this season. Millersport came in 0-7 scoring just 66 points and losing their starting quarterback a couple of weeks ago. The smallest crowd I have seen all year […]
Defense wins the battle but offense wins the war in Bellaire 8-7 win over Union Local
October 16, 2022 | David Burnworth
*Using the roster from digitalscout.com for the Jets* Saturday afternoon I made the drive from Claysville, Pennslyvania where I watched my Friday night game to Bellaire, Ohio to watch a game at Nelson Field one of my favorite places to watch high school football. The battle pitted Union Local against Bellaire in a battle that […]
North Dakota 9-Man Playoffs: Wyndmere/Lidgerwood 50, Hatton/Northwood 12
October 16, 2022 | Sykotyk
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 | Sykotyk
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 […]
