PA Football News Archives
June 2021
2021 PFN Player Profile: Carson Persing-Danville Ironmen @carsopers23 @Go_Ironmen @danvilleareahs @MBrennan79
June 14, 2021 | Daniel Reed
Carson Persing Danville Ironmen Class of: 2023 GPA: 4.0 Position(s): WR/CB Ht: 5’8 – Wt: 160 Awards: PA Football Coaches 3A 1st Team Allstate PA Football Writers 3A Allstate Eastern PA Football First Team Receiver Press Enterprise Wide Receiver of the Year PHAC II First Team Receiver Daily Item First Team Receiver Other sports: Basketball, […]
Finished 2021 PFN Player Preview: Thayden Miller-Montgomery Red Raiders @ThaydenM @MontgAthletics @Coach_Mozella
June 11, 2021 | Daniel Reed
Thayden Miller Montgomery Red Raiders Class of 2022 4.0 GPA Positions: Center, Tackle, and Defensive End Ht- 6’4 Wt-250 Other sports: baseball Awards: 2nd Team All-State Center, First Team Offensive Lineman NTL, and First Team Defensive End NTL 2020 Stats: 76 tackles, 5 tackles for a loss, and a sack Twitter: @ThaydenM _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is […]
2021 Player Preview: Rocco Pulizzi-Montoursville Warriors @roccopulizzi6 @mibo77 @MontourWarrior
June 9, 2021 | Daniel Reed
Rocco Pulizzi Montoursville Warriors Class of 2022 GPA: 3.8 Position(s): RB Ht: 6’0 – Wt: 200 Other Sports: Baseball and going to run track Awards/Honors: Sports Writers 1st Team All State 1st Team Division 2 All Star Team EasternPAfootball.com 2nd Team All State PAFootballNews.com 2nd Team All State 2020 Stats: 1040 yds, 13 touchdowns in […]
2021 PFN Player Profile: Karter Peacock – Jersey Shore @PeacockKarter @shoresports2
June 8, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
Karter Peacock Jersey Shore High School Class of 2022 DT/OL but moving to RB/LB Ht: 6’2 Wt: 205 Other sports: Baseball Awards: Three-year All-Conference defensive tackle as well as a two-time team hitting leader in baseball. Twitter: @karterpeacock Why do you play football? I play football because I love competing and the physical aspect of […]
2021 PFN Player Preview: Brett Nye – Shamokin @Brettnye1 @ShamokinSports
May 26, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
Brett Nye Shamokin Area High School Class of 2023 QB Ht: 6’1 Wt: 209 Other sports: Track Awards: News-Items 2020 All-Area Team, Daily Item All-Star team, PHAC football coaches All-Star team. 2020 stats: 9 games 1,246 yards passing with 14 touchdowns. Why do you play football? I play football because I love the game and […]
Julian Fleming getting healthy, growing into ‘rock-star’ receiver @SoCoTigerSports @gavingarcia_
April 15, 2021 | Billy Splain
Special Contribution By Austin Ward https://lettermenrow.com/ @LettermenRow on twitter COLUMBUS — The development of Julian Fleming was always going to take some time at Ohio State. The challenges of his freshman season in the midst of a pandemic with the nagging shoulder injury he brought with him from high school didn’t do the former five-star […]
A @Go_Rout Special: Coaching during COVID, Mount Carmel Area football coach lifts players’ spirits during pandemic (via WNEP) @GOBIGRED19
March 25, 2021 | Billy Splain
Special contribution from WNEP MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. — David Klimas of Northumberland County is a youth football coach who actually used his vacation time from work to lift the spirits of the team he leads in Mount Carmel. “They loved being with Dave because he gave them something to do that was out […]
Lewisburg Hires new Head Football Coach @Ewicks021 @lbgathletics1
March 10, 2021 | Billy Splain
Lewisburg Hires new Head Football Coach Eric Hicks The Lewisburg School District has named its next head football coach. At its regular meeting on February 25th, the Board of Director have unanimously approved the hiring of Eric Wicks of Lewisburg as the next head coach to lead the Green Dragon Football team. Coach Wicks, […]
Roth Named MaxPreps Coach of the Year
February 6, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Four PA Players Named All-Americans A week removed from his football program being named MaxPreps Small School Football National Champions, a third consecutive national title overall including two previous from HSFA, Southern Columbia head coach Jim Roth has been selected as the 2020 MaxPreps Small School National Football Coach of the Year. “Any success that […]
Canton’s Knapp Signs Letter of Intent With Penn State
February 3, 2021 | Ed Weaver
Canton Senior Tight End Ben Knapp signed his National Letter of Intent to The Pennsylvania State University on Wednesday, February 3.
Southern Columbia Wins Third National Championship
January 29, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Southern Columbia has already established itself as the most successful program in the Keystone State’s history when it comes to winning state titles. They now have 11 after this past one, which is nearly double the amount of the second most successful in PA history. In addition to their PIAA, Eastern, District IV, and other […]
Roth Rewarded With State Record
December 4, 2020 | Dave Fegley
SCA head coach is the king of winning Jim Roth watched the final seconds tick off the Hersheypark Stadium scoreboard last Saturday as droplets ran off his hat and jacket. It was the 11th time that the veteran coach of Southern Columbia was dowsed with a state championship bath, but this was the most historic. […]
Tigers Win 11th State Crown
November 30, 2020 | Dave Fegley
Roth Reaches Record In Southern Columbia’s 60th straight victory, and the 456th of Jim Roth’s career, the Tigers showed their big-play capability on the biggest stage against Wilmington in the PIAA Class 2A State Championship. Gavin Garcia scored the game’s first touchdown of the afternoon on a one-yard plunge, and then the Tigers rolled off […]
Southern Columbia wins 4th-Straight Title, Roth wins 456th Game @SoCoTigerSports @WilmingtonSD
November 28, 2020 | Shane Lux
Southern Columbia cruised to its state-record 11th State Championship Saturday afternoon at HersheyPark Stadium. However, what might have been even more impressive than the Tigers’ 42-14 victory over Wilmington is that head coach Jim Roth passed the legendary Berwick head coach George Curry with his 456th all-time win. “This title was special because anytime you […]
PIAA Class 4A State Championship Preview: Thomas Jefferson vs Jersey Shore @shoresports2 @TJHSJaguars
November 27, 2020 | Billy Splain
The Skinny (strengths, weaknesses, the stars): For Thomas Jefferson: The Jaguars come into the game with a balanced attack on offense they average 189 yards rushing and 181 yards passing per game. Senior Quarterback Jake Pugh has thrown for 1,706 yards and 24 tds, averaging 17 yards per throw. The rushing attack is led […]
PIAA Class 2A State Championship Preview: Southern Columbia vs Wilmington @Hounds4L @SoCoTigerSports
November 27, 2020 | Dave Fegley
The Skinny (strengths, weaknesses, the stars): For Southern Columbia: The Tigers were doubted by many to get back to their favorite destination, but Jim Roth’s program is back in Hershey for a record 19th time. Replacing nearly all of the offensive weapons from last year’s record-breaking squad, junior Gavin Garcia has taken over the role of […]
Canton TE Ben Knapp heading to Penn State @CantonHighPa @CantonHPED @BenjaminKnapp7
November 23, 2020 | Billy Splain
It’s been a tough year for the recruits of the Class of 21. Take Tight End Ben Knapp. The 6’5″ 220 pound senior had to deal with a covid shortened season, just four games to showcase his talents to college coaches. He did so in style, catching his 100th career pass breaking the program record, […]
Wyomissing Punches Ticket To Hershey With Rout Of Danville
November 22, 2020 | Brian Ptashinski
@BPtashinski on Twitter WYOMISSING- The Spartans of Wyomissing won their first and only PIAA State 2A Football Championship back in 2012. Come Friday afternoon at Hersheypark Stadium they will get a shot a capturing their second, this time in 3A as they face Central Valley at 3:30pm, after rolling to 44-14 win over District 4 […]
Roth Ties State Win Mark
November 21, 2020 | Dave Fegley
Tigers heading to Hershey again Jim Roth didn’t need another win to leave his mark as the greatest high school football coach in Pennsylvania history. The Southern Columbia mastermind had earned that right long before tying George Curry for the most wins in the state’s history on Saturday by defeating Bishop McDevitt 42-14 to reach […]
Jersey Shore advance to Hershey in thrilling fashion with win over Lampeter-Strasburg (Gallery Included) @LSFootball1 @shoresports2 @CaydenHess1
November 21, 2020 | Billy Splain
Trailing 28-21 in a classic air strike type shootout, the Jersey Shore defense turned the game around in the second half by forcing a three and out on Lampeter-Strasburg’s first drive of the third quarter. It was then that the Bulldog offense went back to their gameplan. They went on a 14 play, 83 yard […]
Tigers Take Down Rams
November 15, 2020 | Dave Fegley
SCA scored 30 unanswered points in third quarter At halftime of Saturday afternoon’s PIAA Class 2A quarterfinal game, which Southern Columbia won 57-30 over Richland, the Tigers found themselves in a rare situation for their standards. Not only did Southern’s Mercy Rule streak appear to be coming to an end, but more importantly the Rams […]
KJ Riley continues air assault on opponents, leads Danville past Archbishop Carroll @Go_Ironmen @ACPatsfootball @Nicklamey_ @KJRiley8
November 14, 2020 | Billy Splain
To say Danvile quarterback KJ Riley is having a good year would be a very accurate statement. Coming in to todays game with Archbishop Carroll, the senior signal caller had thrown for 1,867 yards with 25 td passes. You can add 259 yards and five more tds to that total as the Ironmen rolled to […]
Balanced Attacking Effort, Advances Jersey Shore in AAAA Playoffs.
November 14, 2020 | Brian Ptashinski
WRIGHT TWP- The verbage of bend but don’t break tends to be the outcry when it comes to defensive effort come playoff time. No more was that evident Friday night at Crestwood’s Comet Stadium as the Jersey Shore(9-0) forced three crucial turnovers and left Mountain Top with a 26-14 victory, advancing the Bulldogs to the […]
Danville beats Montoursville to claim the District 4 Class AAA championship (gallery included) @Go_Ironmen @Hold_The_Rope @KJRiley8
November 9, 2020 | Chris Masse sungazette.com/
Senior two-way starters Dylan Bennett and CJ Signor sat and kneeled, respectively, staring at a near empty field. Neither Montoursville standout wanted to leave a field on which they and many fellow seniors/teammates created so many happy memories. They won multiple championships and 31 games the past three seasons, but the tremendous run ended Saturday […]
Rollers survive comeback attempt by Muncy to advance. @RollersFootball @EthanGush
November 7, 2020 | Billy Splain
Trailing 50-27 with just 7:32 left to play, the Muncy Indians took their time and patiently brought the score within 7 points. All they needed was to recover an onside kick for a chance to tie or win. Steel High recovered the kick and escaped with a 50-43 win to move on in the PIAA […]
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