Centre County Report
Centre County Report Week Two
September 9, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
As week one of the Pennsylvania high school football season came to an end two of the five Centre County teams were able to run away with wins as the other three had hard-fought defeats. The Bellefonte Raider defeated Philipsburg and Penns Valley took down Huntingdon. For State College, and Bald Eagle it was a […]
Bellefonte gets first win for new head coach Vaughn Donmoyer: Mike Frazier Gallery @BellefonteFoot1 @POMountiesPOASD
September 4, 2021 | Billy Splain
The Raiders forced 6 turnovers and turned them into Vaugh Donmoyer’s first win as a head coach. Nolan Weaver had three of the six defensive turnovers. He had a 9-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown and a 25-yard interception return for a touchdown First Quarter: 1:54 16-yard touchdown pass by quarterback Ben Gustkey to Martin […]
Penns Valley gets back on winning track with 40-7 win over Huntingdon
September 4, 2021 | Billy Splain
With week 2 in the books, and Penns Valley coming off of a tough loss to Richland last week, jumped out to a big lead in this game against Huntingdon, never looking back. These two teams were pretty evenly matched with being young and having 12 Seniors each. Penns Valley won the opening toss and […]
Centre County Report Week One @BellefonteFoot1 @CoachJNagle @SCoachLintal
September 2, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
With week 0 of the 2021 high school football season in the books let’s take a look at a recap of how Centre County teams faired in their first games as well as a preview for their week one matchup. Let’s start with the State College Little Lions. Last week they put on an impressive […]
BEA Topples Troy 20-0 (Gallery) @TroyASD @Masonimbt50 @EliCrane10 @CoachJNagle
August 29, 2021 | Billy Splain
In the first drive Bald Eagle made things look easy. From that point on, the Troy defense did everything they could to make life difficult for the Eagles. The Troy defense held strong the rest of the night, but the Troy offense couldn’t get on track and Bald Eagle handed the Trojans a 20-0 loss to […]
Jersey Shore Rolls Over Bellefonte In Season Opener
August 29, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
The Jersey Shore Bulldogs and Bellefonte Raiders squared off Saturday night in a game that the Bulldogs dominated on all three aspects of the game. On offense, there was an explosion from new starting quarterback Brady Jordan as well as the return of Senior All-State receiver Cayden Hess. Jordan finished Saturday’s contest with over 200 […]
Richland cruises to 54-14 win over Penns Valley @rhsfootball
August 28, 2021 | Billy Splain
Special Contributor, Rodney Brungart When Penns Valley and Richland lost their opponents late this week, the two quickly hooked up to play each other. Both teams have recently met in the playoffs with Richland getting the better of Penns Valley each time. Tonight was not much different as the talent laden Richland Rams cruised to […]
2021 Centre County Report: Week 0
August 25, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
With the 2021 season kicking off in just three days it’s time to take a look back at the five Centre County teams 2020 season campaigns and just a bit of a look ahead for this upcoming season. With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the whole world, it not only interfered with daily lives, but it […]
2021 PFN Player Profile: Nolan Weaver – Bellefonte @NolanWeaver10 @BellefonteFoot1
August 21, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
Nolan Weaver Bellefonte Area High School Class of 2022 FB/LB/DE Ht: 5’10 Wt: 175 Other sports: Track and ski club. Awards: PFN All-Academic Gold Team. Twitter: @NolanWeaver10 Why do you play football? In my opinion, football is the best sport out there because it is one of the few sports you can hit people and […]
2021 PFN Team Preview: The Penns Valley Rams @PennsValleyASD
August 12, 2021 | Billy Splain
Penns Valley Rams PFN Page Head Coach Martin Tobias Assistant Coaches Rob Irwin, Matt Myers, Kurt Troxell, Dave Yoder, Evan Heiser, Fred Ironside, Brian Randolph, Marlin Fultz 2020 Season Record 5-3 2021 Schedule DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/SCORE 08-21 vs. Mount Union (SCR) 10:00 am 08-27 @ Mercyhurst Prep (0-0) Mercyhurst University 7:00 pm 09-03 vs. Huntingdon (0-0) * 7:00 pm 09-10 […]
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 […]
