Beyond The Keystone

September 2020

Walnut Ridge shakes off rust to defeat Centennial 36-14 @pafootballnews @walnutridgescot @Centennialstars @thebhscougars @CapCityPreps

September 18, 2020 | contributor

This night was a weird one. I had called Beechcroft high school and was added to their pass list. I get to the school, only to be told I was taken off of the pass list because of A-league rules stating no media. First I want to give thanks to the Marion Franklin coach, […]

#BeyondTheKeystone – Ohio (Lowellville v. Waterloo) @LowellvilleAth @WaterlooAth

September 13, 2020 | Sykotyk

Saturday, September 12, 2020 Lowellville Rockets v. Waterloo Vikings Lowellville, OH v. Atwater, OH Wildcat Stadium, Struthers, OH W – 0 – 0 – 12 – 0 — 12 L – 6 – 15 – 7 – 13 — 41 On Saturday night in Struthers, Ohio, two winless teams met on the turf at […]

Frontier uses stout defense to beat Bridgeport 50-6 @Go_Dogs1 @PaFootballNews

September 13, 2020 | contributor

Last night I made the short trip from Bellaire to Martins Ferry for the 2nd game of my doubleheader. Frontier VS Bridgeport. Bridgeport has played their home games here while their own field goes through A major reconstruction. I will be making A trip next season to see how good it looks. I am […]

Dominating line plays leads Bellaire to A 33-21 win over Harrison Central @wearethebigreds @HC_Football__ @PaFootballNews

September 13, 2020 | contributor

Saturday afternoon I made another drive to Nelson Field in Bellaire, to watch Bellaire host Harrison Central. Both teams came in 2-0 making this a covid-19 mid-season big-time game. I had seen Harrison Central once this season and new that Kobe Mitchell, Trevor Carmen, and Jonathon Vermillion were all dangerous on the offensive side of […]

Dominate Line Play Leads Paint Valley A 47-6 Win Over Huntington @PVBearcatsFball @PaFootballNews @CavanCooper @PVCoachCoop @CoachDye1 @trent_mettler @BeauBlankenshi5 @HuntingtonLocal @SamMitchell347 @DevlenSpradlin

September 12, 2020 | contributor

Game number 11 for me this season took me back to the Huntington Athletic complex to watch the hometown Huntsmen hosting the Paint Valley Bearcats. This is the 2nd time that I have watched this match up and the 2nd time watching it at the Huntington Athletic complex. The score in that game was […]

#BeyondTheKeystone Montana (Culbertson v. Fairview) @CulbertsonK12

September 11, 2020 | Sykotyk

This is a tad delayed due to server issues. From last week: Culbertson Cowboys v. Fairview Warriors Culbertson, MT v. Fairview, MT September 4, 2020 Culbertson is located along US2, which is called the Hi-Line. A title coterminus with the rail line that follows the same route whose name derives the highway’s title. The […]

#BeyondTheKeystone Montana (Plentywood v. MonDak) @PwoodWildcats @GrenoraS

September 11, 2020 | Sykotyk

A little delayed getting these posted due to server troubles. Plentywood Wildcats v. MonDak Thunder Plentywood, MT v. Westby, MT/Grenora, ND September 3, 2020 This game was all MonDak Thunder. So, a Thursday contest was a surprise. Two, in fact. Plentywood, Montana is located at the intersection of route 5 and 16 in the […]

All defense for Beaver Local in 49-0 win over Indian Creek @BeaverFB_JUICE @BL_Athletics @ICHS_Athletics @ICCreekFootball @PaFootballNews

September 11, 2020 | contributor

Last night I made my first ever trip to East Liverpool, to watch Beaver Local host Indian Creek. First I have to say the facilities there is top of the line and the lighting is out of this world, for A high school stadium. The P.A. announcer was amazing. He called the name and number […]

Beyond The Keystone @DohnHighSchool @cbuscrusaders COLUMBUS CRUSADERS 20 DOHN COMMUNITY 8

September 7, 2020 | contributor

Saturday afternoon I opted to make the drive to Columbus to watch the Columbus Crusaders battle Dohn Community. This was my first time to not only see a game at Cookston Field but to see the Crusaders play. Before I get into the game. I wanted to think the ladies working the gate, for the program […]

BeyondTheKeystone: Lakewood OH at Newark Catholic OH @NewarkCatholic @LWHSLancers @LWoodAthletics @CoachLeeLw

September 6, 2020 | contributor

Before I get into the game I wanted to let you know the rosters that I used came from Hudl and MaxPreps. Last night my nightcap game was Lakewood at Newark Catholic, at White Field in Newark, Ohio. The Lancers came in 1-0, with a win over Northridge Vikings, while the Green Wave came in […]

Alexander Comets v. Drayton Bombers @AlexanderComets @BombersDrayton @MSportsNetLive

September 6, 2020 | Sykotyk

If there were ever two photos to show what the football experience is like in the midwest, these two would be the ones. September 5, 2020 Alexander Comets v. Drayton Bombers Alexander, ND v. Drayton, ND Comet Field, Alexander, North Dakota D — 0 – 2 – 6 – 6 — 14 A — 6 […]

Paint Valley uses huge 2nd half to beat Piketon 56-19 @piketonstreaks @PVBearcatsFball @PaFootballNews @CavanCooper @PVCoachCoop @CoachDye1 @trent_mettler @BeauBlankenshi5

September 5, 2020 | contributor

Last night I made my 2nd trip of the season to Bainbridge to watch the Paint Valley Bearcats play host the Piketon Redstreaks. This would be my first time ever seeing Piketon play and complete the list of seeing all the teams in the conference. Talk on Southeasternohiopreps.com was this game was to be […]

Gigantic 4th quarter gives Harrison Central a 32 point win over Toronto. @PaFootballNews @hcathletics99 @RedKnightAthlet @WTOV9

September 4, 2020 | contributor

Last night I made my first ever trip to the home of Harrison Central, to watch their Thursday Night Lights game against Toronto. Harrison Central comes in 1-0, while Toronto is 0-1. The last time I watched Toronto play was way back in 2000, against Newark Catholic in the playoffs. This game was wacky at […]

Valley Christian knocks off East Palestine @CoachWare31 @VCSAthletics123 #BeyondTheKeystone

August 30, 2020 | Shane Lux

Valley Christian scored four touchdowns in a span of 5:32 of the first quarter and looked back en route to a 39-0 win over East Palestine Saturday night at Memorial Stadium. “To score 26 points right of the bat for a team that went 2-8 last season, was a relief to be able to sit […]

#BeyondTheKeystone Texas (Stanton v. San Angelo Grape Creek)

August 30, 2020 | Sykotyk

August 28, 2020 Stanton Buffaloes v. Grape Creek Eagles Buffalo Stadium, Stanton, TX In a game with struggling offenses, the lone score came in the second quarter on a 4 yard run. A two point pass accompanied it. And that was all the Stanton Buffaloes would need to win the first game of the season, […]

Another Comeback win: Cincinnati College Prep 26 St. Bernard-Elwood Place 22 @SBEPAthletics @Coach_Pflug @AthleticsCcpa @PaFootballNews

August 30, 2020 | contributor

Last night I made a rare trip to Cincinnati to catch a single game. Cincinnati College Prep Vs St. Bernard-Elmwood Place, At the home of Roger Bacon. Last year Prep won on the last play of the game and this year they almost waited that long to pull off another dramatic comeback win over the […]

Experience overcomes youth as Adena beat Paint Valley 50-28 @PaFootballNews @CoachDye1 @PVCoachCoop @PVBearcatsFball @AdenaFootball @trent_mettler @CavanCooper @iannlee41

August 29, 2020 | contributor

Last night was my fourth game of the 2020 season and the third one was delayed by lightning. This one started a little after 9:00, making another two-hour-plus delay, that I endured. This was also the 2nd trip to Paint Valley this season, as I took in their inter-squad scrimmage. The Bearcats played host to […]

#BeyondTheKeystone Texas (Aspermont v. Turkey Valley)

August 28, 2020 | Sykotyk

August 27, 2020 Aspermont Hornets v. Valley Patriots Hornets Stadium, Aspermont, TX In a six-man game that may have been the first overall game in Texas this season, kicking off at 6pm, there was a lot of back-and-forth. After the homestanding Hornets scored, Valley ran off three straight touchdowns. Deep turnovers were costly, including an […]

Defense leads Barnesville to a 35-0 win over Buckeye Local @Buckeyelocalhs @BHSGoRocks @PaFootballNews

August 28, 2020 | contributor

(I had to use the rosters from Hudl.com and Maxpreps.com. Both desperately need to update) This was my first trip to World War II Memorial Stadium, the home of the Buckeye Local Panthers. The Panthers hosted Barnesville in a rematch of A game I covered for PAFOOTBALLNEWS last season. The weather was ugly after […]

#BeyondTheKeystone North Dakota (Heart River v. Bowman County) @BCHSBulldogs @heartrivercgrs

August 23, 2020 | Sykotyk

August 22, 2020 Heart River Cougars v. Bowman County Bulldogs Belfield Football Field, Belfield, ND BC — 6 – 20 – 0 – 0 — 26 HR — 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 — 0 BC 6:11 44 yd TD pass, PAT failed BC 6-0 BC 9:52 25 yd TD pass, pass good […]

#BeyondTheKeystone North Dakota (Beach v. Hettinger/Scranton) @ZierMike @hettingernd @dixtrix1 @jakewright1996

August 23, 2020 | Sykotyk

August 21, 2020 Beach Buccaneers v. Hettinger/Scranton Nighthawks Buccaneer Field, Beach, ND H/S – 0 – 8 – 0 – 0 — 8 BEA – 8 – 8 – 8 – 8 — 32 7:05 BEA 5 yd TD run, run good BEA 8-0 3:22 BEA 1 yd TD run, run good BEA 16-0 3:09 […]

Landmark Christian 47 Crimson Knights 00 @LandmarkEagles @PaFootballNews

August 23, 2020 | contributor

After a two-hour delay Landmark Christian and Crimson Knights were ready to get the battle of Ohio Vs Indiana started. Would either team come out ready to start with the energy that they might have had at four o’clock when the game was supposed to kick-off? That question was answered early when Sam Young scored […]

Union County 53 Northeastern 15 @pats_sports @NEKnightsFB @PaFootballNews @MasonWIcker_7 @UC_Boosters

August 22, 2020 | contributor

My 2020 high school football season kicked off with a trip to Fountain City, Indiana to watch the hometown team Northeastern Knights battle the Union County Patriots. The Knights had won the last three games in this series. In watching the teams warm-up I was intrigued by the energy both teams displayed as well as […]

#BeyondTheKeystone Utah (Hunter v. Bonneville)

August 15, 2020 | Sykotyk

Friday, August 14 Ed Mayne Stadium, West Valley City, UT West Valley City, UT v. Washington Terrace, UT Hunter Wolverines v. Bonneville Lakers With the first full Friday of high school football set to kickoff, the Hunter Wolverines were set to host the Bonneville Lakers at venerable Ed Mayne Stadium in West Valley City. The […]

#BeyondTheKeystone Utah (Herriman v. Davis)