PA Football News Archives
September 2022
Emmaus puts the state on notice after dominant win over Bethlehem Catholic
September 24, 2022 | Billy Splain
thanks to @SusqValSports for the coverage The EPC South conference in a grinder. Last night’s choice cut to enter the grinder was the 4-1 Emmaus Hornets taking on 4-1 Bethlehem Catholic. It was the 5th ranked 6A Hornets who ground out a 42-12 win against a tough Hawks team despite the strange delay in the […]
North Schuylkill Pitches Third Shutout of the Season Against Northern Lehigh.
September 24, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Defense Contains Potent Bulldog Offense to Dominating Win Friday Night @BPTashinski on Twitter SLATING-TON- On Friday night, you could feel the winds of change present with temperatures in the upper 40’s, the Autumn breeze really made it football weather. The Spartans of North Schuylkill took to the task at Bulldog Stadium and put on a clinic […]
Late interception ends Vikings comeback, Loyalsock hangs on to win 35 to 29 !
September 24, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Davion Hill(RB-CB)-Loyalsock Lancers Fall has arrived as the night was cool, with a slight breeze in the valley of Williamstown. You could smell it in the air, a good high school football game was about to unfold between two schools that will have met for the first time. Neither team knew much about each other, […]
Around District 11: The Travels of Guy & Pam Week Four: First Trip to the West
September 21, 2022 | Ed Weaver
Sometimes the various sports goals overlap. That happened last Friday and we didn’t see a D11 game for the first in-season Friday in two years. College cross-country has very few meets, instead competing in a limited number of invitationals with many teams. The Kutztown University cross-country team only has five meets in the regular season, […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Edition September 18th-24th
September 20, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Eastern Pennsylvania Conference As We Look Back To The Week That Was And A Look Ahead To Game #5. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Some of the headlines from this past weekend of games from the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference had Bethlehem Freedom may have caught their stride with an entertaining […]
Schuylkill-Colonial Preview and Predictions for Week-5 !
September 20, 2022 | Daniel Reed
North Schuylkill Spartans(3-1) at Northern Lehigh Bulldogs(4-0) Last Meeting: Spartans won 56 to 42(2021) Streak: North Schuylkill has won (1) Key Player(s) to Watch: North Schuylkill – Jared Tanari(RB/OLB), Steven Davis Jr.(DE/T) Northern Lehigh – Austin Smyth(TE/DE), John Abidelli(CB/RB) Preview: Last time the Bulldogs defeated the Spartans was back in 2011 when Northern Lehigh won […]
Broderick, Upper Moreland Defeat Executive Education Saturday Night.
September 18, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Upper Moreland Ends Unblemished Executive Education Record Saturday Night. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter RB Stephen Broderick 262 yards and 4 touchdown night subjects Executive Education its initial loss. ALLENTOWN- With Executive Education Charter Raptors playing an independent schedule, they more often than not are forced to go beyond District XI to schedule games. […]
Dawgs Stomp on Hurricanes in Shutout
September 17, 2022 | Karlee Feger
The Tri-Valley Dawgs dominated the Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes with a final score of 37-0. It was a complete scoring assault by the offense of Tri-Valley with several key players contributing. Another fantastic night for football at Rotary Field as the visiting Tri-Valley Dawgs stormed the turf, looking to stay undefeated. The coin toss resulted in […]
Pottsville Area Crimson Tide vs Blue Mountain Eagles *CLASH of 61* Game Highlights, Photos and Stats !
September 17, 2022 | Daniel Reed
TEAM STATS: Pottsville – Blue Mountain Rushing: 21-88 – 47-344 Passing: 7-15-2=99 – 1-3-0=11 Total Yards: 187 – 355 Fumbles/Lost: 2/2 – 0/0 Penalties: 5-30 – 10-85 STAT STARS: Pottsville – Parrish McFarland 10 carries for 58 yards, Amaree Bainbridge 7 receptions for 71 yards. Blue Mountain – Payton Fasnacht 14 carries for 154 yards(1 […]
Blue Mountain wins 11th Annual *Clash of 61* 17 to 0 over Pottsville Area !
September 17, 2022 | Daniel Reed
BLUE MOUNTAIN EAGLES WIN 11TH ANNUAL *CLASH OF 61* TROPHY GAME 17 TO 0 With starting quarterback Will Jacobson out with a season ending injury, Blue Mountain head coach, Tom Gallagher would call on junior WR/RB/DB-Tyler Miller to step in at the QB position, or as Coach would say, ” Next Man Up “. Tyler […]
Allentown Central Catholic Survives Late Parkland Rally in Crucial EPC Win.
September 17, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Parkland Comes Up Short in Late Game Rally Against Allentown Central Catholic Friday Night. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter OREFIELD- The saying goes–Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. On Friday night, the Allentown Central Catholic Vikings were fortunate enough to survive a late Parkland Trojans rally that had pushed the Viking defense […]
Around District 11 We Go: The Travels of Guy & Pam Week 3, 2022 – PSAC Edition
September 14, 2022 | Guy Smith
Around District 11: The Travels of Guy & Pam Week Three: Tour de PSAC 2022.5. Another four football game week for Pam & Guy. We started out with a high school varsity game on Friday night. On Saturday, we began the latest of our quirky goals, a two-year plan to visit all 16 colleges (+1) […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Edition September 9-17th
September 13, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Eastern Pennsylvania Conference A Look Back and a Look Ahead. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter The week that was in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South found one of the most successful teams in the state, the Easton Red Rovers fall to 0-3 for the first time in 41 years by dropping […]
Allentown Central Catholic hands Easton It’s Third Consecutive Loss 27-7.
September 11, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Central Catholic Subdues Red Rovers Saturday Night By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter ALLENTOWN- The Easton Red Rovers came into their contest Saturday night at historic J. Birney Crum Stadium trying to avoid starting the season 0-3 and virtually taking them out of the race for an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South championship, as their opponents […]
Vikings Reign Victorious in Huge Win Over Hurricanes
September 10, 2022 | Karlee Feger
Rest of pictures HERE The Williams Valley Vikings torched the Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes with a final score of 54-19. Brady Evans and Alex Achenbach both had three touchdowns for the Vikings. It was a cool, sunny night at Viking Stadium, another beautiful Friday for some football. The coin toss resulted in Haven kicking off, and […]
Parkland Rebounds to Stay in Contention with Big Win Over Freedom
September 10, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
After Losing to Nazareth last week, Parkland Bounces Back in Key EPC Contest @BPtashinksi on Twitter BETHLEHEM- What seems like top to bottom one of the most competitive conferences in the Commonwealth– The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South remains unclear to whom is the front-runner for the title. Nazareth, Emmaus and Bethlehem Catholic are the only […]
Schuylkill-Colonial League Preview and Predictions for Week-3 ! Game Highlights
September 8, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Schuylkill-Colonial League Week-2 Review: Week 2 saw some mild upsets and a couple scores that I for one did not see coming. The big one I definitely didn’t see coming was Palisades taking down Wilson by a score of 31 to 6. The next one, I thought could go either way but chose wrong, was […]
Around District 11: The Travels of Guy & Pam Week 2, 2022
September 7, 2022 | Guy Smith
Around District 11: The Travels of Guy & Pam Week Two: Thursday Night Football We had a good five-day run on the holiday weekend, until the Sprint Car races at the Port Royal fair were rained out on Monday afternoon. Before that, we began our latest quirky goal, to see every Kutztown University sports team […]
Hollywood’s 2022 Cutting Room Floor-EPC Edition Week’s #2-#3
September 6, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-EPC Edition. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter A Look Back on Week Two and a Look Ahead to Week Three Well with two games now in the books across District XI and the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, two teams stand out in the South: Nazareth and Emmaus are for the moment in […]
Spartans clip wings, defeat Eagles 21 to 0 at the Eagles Nest on Friday night
September 4, 2022 | Daniel Reed
North Schuylkill’s Joey Flail Touchdown North Schuylkill would start the game receiving the opening kickoff as the Eagles deferred to the second half. Much like my previous game on Thursday night, this game would see both teams punt on their first drive. The Spartans first drive would stall and punter Gavin Mentzer-So would place the […]
Strong second half lifts Bangor to victory 29 to 7 Thursday night !
September 4, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Ashton Kluska’s 3 touchdowns secures win over Jim Thorpe ! By the end of the first half, you could tell we were in for one heck of a battle as the Slaters only clung to a 7 to 0 lead. The first quarter of action saw both teams trade punts on their opening possessions. On […]
Bethlehem Catholic Defense Pitches Shutout Against Pocono Mountain West.
September 3, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
With Offense Struggling, The Golden Hawks Defense Steps Up to Preserve Win 21-0 By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski BETHLEHEM- For the second straight week, the Bethlehem Catholic Defense arose to the challenge. After stymieing the Zephyrs of Whitehall, a week ago 35-7, the Golden Hawk defense stood tall again as the did not allow the Pocono […]
Hurricanes Wash Out Green Wave in District 11 Battle
September 3, 2022 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes top the Green Wave of Nativity BVM with a final score of 34-7. Aiden Myers dominated for Haven, scoring four touchdowns in the match-up. It was another beautiful night at Rotary Field. The coin toss resulted in the Green Wave kicking off, and the Hurricanes got to work. Pushing the ball […]
Nazareth Earns Convincing Win Over Parkland in EPC South Showdown
September 3, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Sonny Sasso throw two touchdown passes and defense steps up to contain potent Trojan offense in vicory. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter NAZARETH- Arguably, the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference from top to bottom may the premier league in the state. Friday night at Andrew S. Leh Stadiumtwo of those teams met, but only one will […]
Late Touchdown Lifts Northern Lehigh Over Rival Northwestern
September 2, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Mountain Road Rumble Captured By Bulldogs For First Time in Five Years. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter SLATINGTON- Nothing in football is given. You got to grab the moment at hand and cherish it for all that it is worth. Thursday night at Bulldog Stadium, Northern Lehigh jumped out to early 19-0 lead and […]
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