PA Football News Archives
August 2021
2021 PFN Player Preview: Dylan McCloskey – Bellefonte @DylanMccloskey @BellefonteFoot1
August 11, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
Dylan McCloskey Bellefonte Area High School Class of 2022 OL/DL Ht: 5’8 Wt: 250 Other sports: Track Twitter: @DylanMccloskey Why do you play football? I play football for the atmosphere and bond you build with your team. What has been your best memory from football so far? Winning districts my Sophomore year. Who is your […]
2021 PFN Player Preview: Aaron Eichenlaub – Philipsburg-Osceola @POMountiesPOASD @PO_Athletics
July 18, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
Aaron Eichenlaub Philipsburg-Osceola High School Class of 2022 OG/DT Ht: 5’10 Wt: 220 Other sports: Track and wrestling Why do you play football? I play football because it was the first game I ever fell in love with and from a young age something about just going out there and competing head to head using […]
2021 PFN Player Preview: Michael Dincher – State College @MichaelDincher @SCoachLintal
May 27, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
Michael Dincher State College Area High School Class of 2023 OG/DT Ht: 6’3 Wt: 295 Awards: First-team All-State offensive guard Twitter: @MichaelDincher Why do you play football? I like to go out there and dominate the person in front of me. What has been your best memory from football so far? My first offer has […]
Penns Valley’s Stephen Ripka Stays Close to Home, Commits to Penn State @StephenRipka @PennStateFball
April 28, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
Tuesday afternoon Penns Valley Area High School athlete Stephen Ripka announced his commitment to Penn State football. Ripka a three-year player for the Rams and finished with 63 catches for 964 yards and 18 total touchdowns. On defense, Ripka finished with 46 total tackles and three interceptions. Ripka helped mount one of Penns Valley’s best […]
Eight Centre County Athletes Recognized on All-State Teams
December 28, 2020 | Tristan Klinefelter
This past week the 2020 Pa. Writers’ All-State Teams and the PFN Select All-State Teams were announced and among those teams, eight Centre County athletes were recognized. Two of the athletes were selected for the Writers’ team and six were on the PFN Select teams. Of the eight athletes, two represented State College, four […]
Central Cambria takes win from Bald Eagle Area. @CCHSRedDevils @CoachJNagle (jodon gallery)
November 7, 2020 | Billy Splain
Central Cambria and Bald Eagle area played an “extra” game Friday night, and it was the Red Devils that came away with an “extra” win. Trailing 19-7 midway through the fourth quarter, the Red Devils found the endzone twice to pull out the win in Wingate. Nate Wyrwas hit Ethan Gillin for a 20 yard […]
Penns Valley tops BEA (jodon Gallery)
October 31, 2020 | Billy Splain
Aiden Brinker had a hand in all three scores, a run and two touchdown passes as Penns Valley kept the Iron Bell. One to Mason Leib and one to Stephen Ripka. Penns Valley will play Philipsburg-Osceola next week and BEA is searching for an opponent Jeff Jodon Gallery
Harrisburg Qualifies For District Playoffs With Win Over State College @_officialquise @roderickRogers0
October 26, 2020 | Tristan Klinefelter
Monday night’s game between the Harrisburg Cougars and State College Little Lion was an important one for the Cougars as they needed one more game to be able to play in the playoffs. The Cougars came into this game 3-0 and looking for the fourth win. With an early offensive attack and a very strong […]
Bellwood-Antis BEA photo gallery (Jeff Jodon)
October 25, 2020 | Billy Splain
Bellwood-Antis advanced to the District 6 semifinal game with a win over Bald Eagle Area. Gallery Jeff Jodon
Bellefonte captures Luther Trophy
October 24, 2020 | Billy Splain
PHILIPSBURG – A drive-killing interception led to a backbreaking touchdown which led to a 35-7 victory for Bellefonte over Philipsburg-Osceola in the annual battle for the Luther Trophy Friday night. P-O had fallen behind the Raiders, 7-0 when Ethan Rossman went up the middle from a yard out with 4:18 in the second quarter and […]
Penns Valley Outlasts Bearcats @aidanbrinker2 @StephenRipka @DHarman_22
October 23, 2020 | Tristan Klinefelter
The Penns Valley Rams used a two-headed attack in their Mountain league victory over the Huntingdon Bearcats Friday night. Senior Seth Baney led the Rams attack rushing for 173 yards and two total touchdowns followed by Senior quarterback Aidan Brinker who had 65 yards rushing and accounted for three total touchdowns. The Bearcats weren’t going […]
Undefeated Eagles Bound For Playoffs (via @tyroneeagleeye)
October 22, 2020 | TyroneEagleEyeNews
By Dean Grassi, Assistant Sports Editor The Tyrone Golden Eagles finished the regular season undefeated with a 35-27 win over visiting Philipsburg-Osceola last Friday night. While it was not their best performance of the season by a longshot, finishing the Coronavirus shorted regular season undefeated is an accomplishment that makes Tyrone Head Coach John Franco proud. “We’re […]
State High at Carlisle on Monday Night Football @Statehighfball @Carlisle_Sports
October 20, 2020 | Caleb Craig
Monday- a day normally reserved for Junior Varsity games, State College Area High School and Carlisle High School varsities played a game postponed from Friday night. As weird as playing on a Monday was both teams were facing the weather- which always makes a good game. The intermittent showers mixed with Carlisle’s grass field […]
Bellefonte gets their 7th straight Curtin Bowl win (Jodon Gallery)
October 17, 2020 | Billy Splain
Jalen Emel hauled in two touchdown passes and Dan Persiko hit a 26 yard field goal to lead the Red Raiders to a 17-7 win. Bald Eagle scored in the fourth quarter on a Eric Burns to Owen Irvin 57 yard strike. GALLERY JEFF JODON
Jeff Hoenstine Leads Dragons Over Rams @jeffhoenstine2 @CentralDragonFB @ParkerGregg11
October 17, 2020 | Tristan Klinefelter
The Central Dragons and Penns Valley Rams faced off Friday night in a Mountain League matchup that saw Central coming out with a huge victory to move them to 6-0 on the season. The Dragons led by Sophomore quarterback Jeff Hoenstine. Before Friday night’s game, Hoenstine had accounted for 1,353 passing yards with 18 touchdowns […]
Tyrone secures senior night win over feisty Mounties
October 16, 2020 | Ron Bracken
TYRONE – Never let it be said that Tyrone quarterback Brandon Lucas is not a man of his word. At a team meeting Lucas told his teammates he was not going to lose a third Senior Night game. He was right as the Golden Eagles held off a game Philipsburg-Osceola team 35-27, Friday night at […]
The Comeback Kids: Tyrone Tops Penns Valley on Late Gripp TD (via @TyroneEagleEye)
October 14, 2020 | PFN Staff
By Dean Grassi, Assistant Sports Editor . For the third time this season, the Golden Eagles found themselves down by a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, this time on the road against Penns Valley. Just like they did in week one against Bellefonte and week four against Bald Eagle, the Golden Eagles stepped up with […]
Defense carries BEA to win over Phillipsburg-Osceola @CoachJNagle @PO_Athletics (Jodon Gallery)
October 10, 2020 | Ron Bracken
The Eagles held the Mounties to 153 yards in total offense, 4 yards through the air, and stopped P-O at the 10 and the 18 when a score would have made it a one-touchdown game. “They played pretty good defense against us,’’ said Mountie coach Jeff Vroman. “Defensively they attacked us in the first half. […]
State High Little Lions soar past the Cumberland Valley Eagles
October 10, 2020 | Caleb Craig
As I highlighted last week State Highs season thus far was full of questions. A big one was if there would be a senior night in newly renovated Memorial Field sporting the new uniforms. The team got just that. A night not only honoring the graduating seniors but a night honoring long time coach […]
Tyrone Advances to 4-0 With Win Over Penns Valley
October 9, 2020 | Tristan Klinefelter
The Penns Valley Rams celebrated Senior night Friday but couldn’t celebrate long as the Tyrone Golden Eagles spoiled it with a 27-21 victory. The Eagles and Rams both showed plenty of offense on the night. Eagles Senior quarterback Brandon Lucas finished the game with 200 yards passing and a touchdown. Senior receiver Damon Gripp would […]
The Drive: Eagles March 96 Yards in Final 1:30 for Win at BEA (via Tyroneeagleeyenews.com)
October 7, 2020 | PFN Staff
By Dean Grassi, Assistant Sports Editor For most of the night against Bald Eagle, the Golden Eagle’s offense was a flop. With two interceptions and only seven points, it was not a good night for quarterback Brandon Lucas and the rest of the Tyrone offense. But Lucas and company came alive when it mattered most. […]
Tyrone spoils BEA homecoming with last minute score @CoachJNagle @GoldenEagles_FB (jodon gallery)
October 3, 2020 | Ron Bracken
WINGATE – On a perfect night for football, Tyrone and Bald Eagle Area combined to play an imperfect game that featured eight turnovers and 11 penalties. But as flawed as it might have been it was as entertaining a contest as you might see all season, one that was won by the Golden Eagles, […]
Central Dauphin once again slams State College @CDRamsFootball @Statehighfball
October 3, 2020 | Caleb Craig
As of two weeks ago, State College Area High school football appeared as though no season would be played… but it’s 2020 and things change fast. The State College Little Lions found out late September 17th that a plan had passed for them to play when in-person courses resumed. In-person instruction was previously stopped […]
Penns Valley Rolls Over Red Raiders @StephenRipka @aidanbrinker2
October 2, 2020 | Tristan Klinefelter
The Penns Valley Rams and Bellefonte Red Raiders faced each other Friday night in a Mountain League matchup. This would be the first time Penns Valley has seen game action due to the cancelation of the past two games due to one of the members from Clearfield testing positive for the Coronavirus. This was also […]
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