District 11
September 2024
NDGP Capitalizes on Second Half Mistakes to Pull Away from Saucon Valley
September 14, 2024 | Billy Splain
Guest contributor: lsvsports.com As Braden Rohn dropped back in the pocket, trying to make something happen for this Saucon Valley Panthers offense, Kalet Wilson was bearing down. Wilson forced a fumble that was scooped up by Brett Bruckman and taken 25 yards to the house, putting the Crusaders on top for good with 10:50 to […]
Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes Tame Mahanoy Area Golden Bears
September 14, 2024 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes defeated the Mahanoy Area Golden Bears with a final score of 59-8. Niko Carestia led the Hurricanes with five touchdowns. Brian Gallagher had the lone touchdown for the Bears. The Hurricanes wasted no time, Niko Castillo scoring on the opening drive and completing the two-point conversion. Niko Carestia followed up on […]
Freedom Dominates 2nd Half vs Nazareth (Photo Gallery)
September 14, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
Freedom Scores 28 2nd Half Points to Win 38-10 Over Nazareth Freedom went into Nazareth and had a strong 2nd half on both sides of the ball. They go on to win 38-10 after being tied 10-10 going into the half. Enjoy the photos from the game below. Freedom is 4-0 Nazareth is 3-1 […]
District 12 & Inter-Ac Week 3 Preview
September 13, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Week 3 City Rankings Roman Catholic Imhotep Charter La Salle College St. Joe’s Prep Malvern Prep Bonner-Prendie Haverford School Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Cardinal O’Hara George Washington We are fully entrenched into the 2024 season as all teams within the cities 3 leagues have between 2-3 games under their belts already. There are quite a […]
Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: Thinking Outside the District
September 11, 2024 | Guy Smith
2024 Episode 18. As we reached the third week of the high school football season, football was our most attended sport last week. We kicked it off with Reading Fightin’ Phils minor league baseball Wednesday, Marian Catholic football Thursday, Executive Education football on the road Friday, NCAA women’s soccer in the Saturday afternoon rain, racing […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Edition-Week 3
September 11, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Start of league play should separate the contenders from the pretenders over next seven weeks in the EPC. The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference will get down the serious business at hand of contending to make the post-season after the next 7 games. The first three weeks, EPC teams had the option of playing some teams from […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week 2 (Cavaliers, Pioneers, Cougars & Hurricanes)
September 9, 2024 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, September 5 5A East Stroudsburg South (1-1) vs. 5A #Whitehall (0-2) Friday, September […]
Saucon Valley Overcomes Bevy Of Mistakes To Down Blue Bombers
September 7, 2024 | Torey Petruno
Hellertown- In the home opener for the Panthers, who were also christening their brand new scoreboard, the result was in doubt up until half time. The game started as a stifling defensive battle with neither team able to get anything going on their first few respective possessions. In addition to the defenses standing strong, penalties […]
Bounce Back Week For Parkland Against Northampton – Win 23-14
September 7, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
Parkland Takes down Northampton The Atmosphere was crazy at Al Erdosy Field in Northampton for the matchup of Parkland vs Northampton. Parkland was in bounce back mode a week after losing to Freedom. Northampton is coming in undefeated. Parkland took their opening drive down to the 10-yard line. TJ Lawrence ran the ball in for […]
Emmaus Routs Reading Behind Strong First Half
September 7, 2024 | PFN Staff
Special contributor: lsvsports.com/ Emmaus overmatched Reading in all facets of the game Friday night at EPSD Stadium. Field position played a key role throughout and both turners and penalties allowed the Green Hornets to pull away for a mercy rule victory. Will Buck pinned the Red Knights at or inside their own 20 on six […]
Line Mountain beats Juniata on Late Touchdown 20-18
September 7, 2024 | Quincy Piper
Two heavyweights of the Mid-Penn’s newly re-arranged Capital division went to war tonight, and I’m here to talk about it. The offense of Line Mountain fired out of the blocks in a manner not unlike a sprinter. Line Mountain made their way down the field on drive number one, moving the ball well through the […]
Schuylkill Haven Storms Right Through Shenandoah Valley
September 7, 2024 | Karlee Feger
Schuylkill Haven dominated Shenandoah Valley in a 77-0 victory as they celebrated 100 Years of Hurricane Football at Rotary Field. Leyden Hertz led the way with three touchdowns, while Niko Carestia, Colton Reber, Niko Castillo, and Adam Balulis added two scores each. The Hurricanes scored 16 points in the first 28 seconds of the game, […]
Big Game by Cayden Vassa Leads Bethlehem Catholic Past Berks Catholic
September 6, 2024 | Billy Splain
Guest Contributor: lsvsports.com/ Fresh off his first head coaching victory at Berks Catholic, Dave Stahler had his sights set on the Golden Hawks Thursday night. However, Bethlehem Catholic cruised by the Saints, despite getting in their own way repeatedly throughout the night. Bethlehem Catholic established their offense early, going on a 12 play, 92 yard […]
Marian Catholic runs wild 27-0 over Panther Valley
September 6, 2024 | Quincy Piper
One of the first ingredients in the recipe for “How to Build a Good Football Team” is having an elite running back. The Marian Catholic Colts have just that. Sophomore speedster Rory Dixon tallied 33 carries, 159 yards, and 3 scores as his squad blanked Panther Valley on Thursday. “It just feels great, man. It’s […]
Scranton climbs over Pocono Mountain East
September 5, 2024 | Jared Samuel
Many writers are saying a multitude of things about some early success stories in this young high school football season. We’ve certainly heard them all: “It’s still early” or “Wait until they have some injuries”, and then there’s the famous “They haven’t played anybody good yet.” The Scranton Knights have probably heard a lot of […]
Hollywood’s cutting room floor- Eastern Pennsylvania Conference edition-Week 2
September 4, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED AFTER TWO WEEKS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON IN THE EPC After two weeks of the high school football season the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, there are a few surprises that would be an eye-opener. First would be William Allen Canaries, after going 0-10 in 2023. The Canaries are 2-0 to start […]
Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: Thursday Night Football Begins
September 3, 2024 | Guy Smith
2024 Episode 17. After three fall seasons of football being the top priority at almost every opportunity, this year we are “rebalancing our portfolio” and diversifying a bit more this season. For the Labor Day weekend, we scheduled a split with three football games and four races. We lost one of each due to non-weather-related […]
Dave Stahler Gets First Victory in Berks Catholic Nail-biter over Executive
August 31, 2024 | PFN Staff
Special Contributorlsvsports.com/ Saints head coach Dave Stahler picked up his first victory in nerve-racking fashion Friday night at Andre Reed Stadium on the campus of Kutztown University. A game that remained close throughout came right down to the wire and Berks Catholic clipped the Raptors for the second consecutive year. Executive Education was, like last […]
Easton Dominates Spring-Ford 49-7 (Photo Gallery)
August 31, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
Easton Dominates From The Jump Against Spring-Ford 49-7
Hurricanes Pound Panthers in Shut Out Victory
August 31, 2024 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes totaled eight touchdowns in a huge 57-0 win over the Panther Valley Panthers. Niko Carestia had three touchdowns, and Niko Castillo and Colton Reber had two touchdowns a piece. The Hurricanes did most of their scoring in the first quarter, tallying 38 points. Carestia scored from 30 yards out, followed by […]
Liberty Overcomes Early Miscues in Tight Win Against Central Catholic
August 30, 2024 | Billy Splain
special contributor lsvsports.comlsvsports.com Sometimes statistics don’t tell the whole story. On Thursday night at J. Birney Crum stadium, the only stat that mattered to the Hurricane was the final score. Central Catholic got the ball first and, despite picking up a first down, had their opening drive stall out at their own 35. A coverage […]
Fast and furious start sends Northwestern Lehigh to easy victory over rival Bulldogs
August 30, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Behind Eli Zimmerman’s for first half touchdowns, the Tigers demolished the Bulldogs. NEW TRIPOLI- The adage of Murphy’s Law states: “Anything that can go wrong, and at the worst possible time.” For the Bulldogs of Northern Lehigh that came Thursday night in a Schuylkill/Colonial opening night showdown with the PIAA 3A state championship finalist, the […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Week 1
August 29, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
New look Eastern Pennsylvania Conference lineup gives teams more freedom to play schools outside the conference. With the EPC going into a three division setup in 2024 there is more openings for those teams to play teams not just outside District XI in Pennsylvania, but also to play outside the state as we. Take for […]
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