PA Football News Archives
November 2022
District 2/11 Class A Playoff Preview: Northern Lehigh vs. Lackawanna Trail
November 17, 2022 | Phil Myers
The District 11 Class A champion Northern Lehigh Bulldogs face off against the District 2 Class A champion Lackawanna Trail Lions at Dunmore Veterans Memorial Stadium, Saturday 11/19 at 1pm Northern Lehigh (11-1), under Head Coach Joe Tout, head into this week’s game fresh off of a 40-15 victory over Tri Valley. On the […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor Class5A Playoff Edition: Del Val vs Whitehall.
November 15, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
District 2 Champions Del Val Warriors Take To The Road to Face Whitehall Zephyrs Friday at Zephyr Stadium 7PM. WHITEHALL ZEPHYRS(7-5) Coach Matt Seneca 4th Year 16-25 record. Whitehall dominated Southern Lehigh(9-3) Saturday night at Catasauqua HS 43-17 to capture District XI Championship. Trey Dogmanits threw for 275 yards on 11-14 passing against the Spartans […]
Around District 11: The Travels of Guy & Pam Week Twelve: The Championship Triple
November 15, 2022 | Guy Smith
Around District 11: The Travels of Guy & Pam Week Twelve: The Championship Triple 2022.14. The original plan was Phillipsburg (NJ) on Friday and the NCCA D2 PSAC state championship game on Saturday. Then we changed the plan to three D11 championship games on Friday and Saturday. But as happened a number of […]
PIAA District XI Class 6A Semi-Final Game Highlights Video and Photo Gallery ! Bethlehem Freedom 28, Emmaus 27 FINAL
November 13, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Freedom RB-Jalen Fletcher scores on the play, leading the Patriots(10-2) to victory over Emmaus 28 to 27, and advancing to the District XI Class 6A Championship game next week against a healthy Parkland Trojans team that defeated the Patriots earlier in the season 21 to 13, the last team to beat Freedom this season. Game […]
Zephyrs win District XI Class 5A GOLD with impressive team effort, routing Southern Lehigh 43 to 17 !
November 13, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Zephyrs win District XI Class 5A GOLD with impressive team effort, routing Southern Lehigh 43 to 17 ! Game Coverage by: @PFNDan570FB and @BPtashinski on Twitter… https://twitter.com/PFNDan570FB and https://twitter.com/BPtashinski On this exact day last year, the Whitehall Zephyrs were playing in the DXI title game against E. Stroudsburg South, eventually falling to the Cavaliers 47 to 41. […]
In a Tight Low Scoring Contest Allentown Central Catholic Tops Becahi.
November 13, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Behind a Dominate Offensive Line Caiden Shaffer Powers The Vikings The Hawks in “Holy War II”. WHITEHALL- For the third consecutive year the Vikings of Allentown Central Catholic are PIAA District XI 4A champions, this time their victim was the Golden Hawks of Bethlehem Catholic, their fiercest rival in what has been known in the […]
Spectacular Ending Gives Executive Education Charter District XI Gold.
November 13, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Amazing Ending on 63 Yard Touchdown Pass In Waning Seconds Lift Executive Education to Improbable Win. WHITEHALL- It’s likely whether your young or old and as ports fan at some point heard the late Vin Scully’s call of Kirk Gibson’s home run in the 1988 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland A’s. […]
Patriots get revenge with late defensive stand, defeat Emmaus 28 to 27 to advance to District XI Class 6A Championship !
November 11, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Patriots get revenge with late defensive stand, defeat Emmaus 28 to 27 to advance to District XI Class 6A Championship ! PRE-GAME WARM-UPS AND COIN TOSS: Stay tuned for game photos and video highlights coming tomorrow !! Follow @PFNDan570FB and @PaFootballNews on TWITTER for LIVE game coverage !! The theme of the night was *pajama […]
Parkland Punches Ticket to District XI Championship Game With Win Over Northampton.
November 11, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Trojans advance to District XI 6A Title Game With Strong Second Half Effort and Sets Up rematch With Freedom Patriots. NORTHAMPTON- Parkland came into Thursday night’s District XI 6A semi-final contest with Northampton, the healthiest they have been all year and have posted a 5-1 record since starting out 2-3 once the trio of quarterback […]
Spartans Defuse the Blue Bombers in District XI Showdown
November 10, 2022 | Karlee Feger
North Schuylkill reigns victorious over Palmerton in this semifinal matchup. Joey Flail had 3 touchdowns and Gavin Mentzer had a strong kicking and punting performance for North Schuylkill. The North Schuylkill Spartans and the Palmerton Blue Bombers pushed their battle up one night due to impending rain. The Spartans won the coin toss but chose […]
Around District 11: The Travels of Guy & Pam Week Eleven: District 11 Goes 4-1
November 10, 2022 | Guy Smith
Around District 11: The Travels of Guy & Pam Week Eleven: District 11 Goes 4-1 2022.13. It may have only been the first week of the district playoffs, but five schools from District 11 played against foes from outside the district. And our teams accounted themselves quite well, winning four of the five. In […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- District XI 6A Semifinal Part II.
November 9, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
7-4 Parkland Trojans vs 11-0 Northampton Konkrete Kids Thursday 7pm at Al Erdosy Stadium. With the threat of tropical storm conditions expected much of the day Friday several games have been moved up to Thursday or pushed back till Saturday. Both District XI 6A Semifinals will be held Thursday. The K-Kids and the Trojans have […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-District XI 6A Semifinal Playoff Part I.
November 9, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
9-2 Bethlehem Freedom Patriots at 10-1 Emmaus Green Hornets, Thursday 7pm EPSD Stadium. District XI 6A Semifinal. A re-match of an opening weekend contest, which Emmaus defeated Freedom 19-13 at Bethlehem School District Stadium. This game will be played on Thursday due to a tropical storm that is expected to hit Eastern Pennsylvania on Friday, […]
2022 PIAA District XI Class 3A Semi-Final Preview: Notre Dame Green Pond at Northwestern Lehigh
November 9, 2022 | Daniel Reed
2022 PIAA District XI Class 3A Semi-Final Preview: Notre Dame Green Pond Crusaders(9-2) at Northwestern Lehigh Tigers(9-2) click to see brackets Notre Dame-GP comes into this game riding a 4 game win streak, last loss to Northern Lehigh 40 to 33. The Crusaders for the season average 44ppg, giving up 23. During the win streak […]
2022 PIAA District XI Class 3A Semi-Final Preview: Palmerton at North Schuylkill *Round-2*
November 9, 2022 | Daniel Reed
\ 2022 PIAA District XI Class 3A Semi-Final Preview: Palmerton Blue Bombers(7-4) at North Schuylkill Spartans(9-2) *Round-2* click to see brackets Earlier this season, about four weeks ago, North Schuylkill hosted the Blue Bombers in a matchup that saw the Spartans defeat the Blue Bombers 35 to 21. Palmerton, who took an early lead, was […]
2022 PIAA District XI Class 2A Championship Preview: Catasauqua vs Executive Education Academy Charter
November 8, 2022 | Daniel Reed
2022 PIAA District XI Class 2A Championship Preview: Catasauqua Rough Riders(7-4) vs Executive Education Academy Charter Raptors(6-3) Like DXI Class 1A, this is a first time meeting between these two schools, in football that is. The Raptors play an Independent schedule, and last year, won the Eastern Conference Finals in Class 1A/2A 34 to 8, […]
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference All-Star Team Announced
November 7, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Nazareth’s Sonny Sasso and Freedom’s Owen Johnson Players of the Year. There was little doubt of just how valuable quarterback-safety Sonny Sasso was to this years Nazareth Blue Eagles football team. Sasso had major hand surgery and missed the District XI quarter-final playoff game with Parkland Friday night. A game which his team lost and […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-District XI 5A Clash Edition.
November 7, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
6-5 Whitehall Zephyrs vs 9-2 Southern Lehigh Spartans Friday 7pm at Catasauqua HS. This will be the third straight meeting in the playoffs for these two teams. Whitehall won the last two by scores of 42-34 in 2020 and 43-14 last season. The Zephyrs coming off a dominate 49-14 performance against EPC North’s Pleasant Valley […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- District XI 4A Championship Contest
November 7, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Part II of “The Holy War” Set 6-5 Allentown Central Catholic Vikings vs 6-5 Bethlehem Catholic Golden Hawks. The Site: Whitehall Zephyr Stadium Saturday Night 7pm. Two of the most successful programs in the Lehigh Valley will clash once again on the gridiron Saturday night. Between them both they have a combined 13 District XI […]
2022 Class 1A District XI Championship Preview: *Battle of the Bulldogs* Tri-Valley vs Northern Lehigh !!
November 7, 2022 | Daniel Reed
2022 Class 1A District XI Championship Preview: *Battle of the Bulldogs* Tri-Valley(10-1) vs Northern Lehigh(10-1) !! Follow @PFNDan570FB on TWITTER for LIVE game coverage !! PREVIEW: Here come the Bulldogs folks !! That’s right, both teams squaring off this Friday night at Lehighton’s Multi-Purpose Stadium are named the Bulldogs. Tri-Valley and Northern Lehigh, the Battle […]
District XI Class 4A Semi-Finals Blue Mountain Eagles at BecaHi Golden Hawks Photo Gallery and Video Highlights !
November 6, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Scenes from the District XI Class 4A Semi-Final between the Blue Mountain Eagles and Bethlehem Catholic Golden Hawks. The Golden Hawks took down the Eagles 41 to 16 at BASD Stadium Saturday afternoon. Click the link below for the full story on the game by @BPtashinski on Twitter and www.pafootballnews.com for all your high school […]
Executive Ed. Academy Charter takes down Williams Valley 22 to 20 to earn first District XI playoff victory ! Photos Included
November 6, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Executive Ed. Academy Charter takes down DXI Class 2A #1-Williams Valley 22 to 20 to earn first District XI playoff victory ! “I think we match up very well, we watch a lot of film, we see what they do,” said Raptor HC-Larry Ford. “We’ve played a physical game the past couple, we know this […]
Dramatic Last-Second Field Goal Lifts Catasauqua to Victory Saturday Night.
November 6, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Seventeen Point Rally Lifts Catasauqua to District Championship Game. KINTNERSVILLE- They say it’s difficult to beat a team twice in the same season, let alone one-upping a contest that went into overtime the first time Palisades and Catasauqua met but on Saturday night on the turf at Walter T. Rohrer Stadium with a berth into […]
Bethlehem Catholic’s Win Sets Up Another “Holy War” Championship Contest
November 6, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Thank you to Dan Reed @pfnDan570FB and Kristine Laskowski @KrissyPfn on twitter for pictures and videos! Superb Defensive Effort Allows a Second Meeting with Allentown Central Catholic. BETHLEHEM- The District XI 4A top-seeded Bethlehem Catholic Hawks took full advantage of their size and speed dominance over their counterparts-the Blue Mountain Eagles Saturday afternoon at Bethlehem […]
ACC thumps Bangor
November 5, 2022 | Billy Splain
Funny thing, football. Tradition stands that once you hit the playoffs, you can throw away the records. Last night Bangor and ACC came in limping along with a loss in their last regular season game, both teams sporting five losses. The difference being the Viking losses came against 6A powers Nazareth, Freedom and Emmaus. Bangors […]
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