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November 2021

Breaking down the PIAA District VI Playoffs

November 4, 2021 | Greg Ricupero

Breaking down the PIAA District VI Playoffs November 5/6 Playoff Byes: Juniata Valley#1 Homer-Center#2 Bishop Guilfoyle#3 Portage#4 West Shamokin#5 Purchase Line#6 6A Altoona(4-6) at Williamsport(5-5) 11/5 7pm Head to Head-Altoona beat Williamsport at home in week one 31-24. Common Opponents-None Prediction-After a strong start, Altoona has lost three in a row. The Mountain […]

Breaking down the PIAA District 5 Playoffs

November 4, 2021 | Phil Myers

Class 1A (seeds in parenthesis) (2) Tussey Mountain (3-6) vs. (1) Northern Bedford (7-3) @ Hollidaysburg – The No. Bedford Black Panthers beat Tussey Mountain 34-7 two weeks ago. Their record may be deceiving as they lost to three 2A schools, #4 ranked Windber (9-0), Bellwood-Antis (9-1), and Cambria Heights (9-1). Bellwood and Heights are […]

Breaking down the PIAA District Four Playoffs

November 4, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter

As the playoffs begin this week it’s time to take a look at the matchups and teams in District 4 that you should keep an eye on. Within District 4 there are many teams that have the potential to make a deep state playoff run. These teams include Muncy, Southern Columbia, and Jersey Shore. All […]

Breaking down the PIAA District 3 Playoff Brackets

November 4, 2021 | Pat Weider

special contributions also by Carl Frederick 6A District 3 Breakdown: 1st seed Central York vs. 8th seed Manheim Township Note- Central York has repeated an undefeated regular season for the 2nd straight year and has won Division 1 of YAIA for 3 straight years. Township has 4 losses but the 4 losses are by a […]

La Salle vs. Roman Catholic D12 Quarterfinal Preview @LaSalle_Sports @_RomanFootball

November 4, 2021 | Will Ryan

La Salle College High School, the Philadelphia Catholic League Red Division Champions, will host the Roman Catholic Cahillites, who handed the Explorers their only loss of the season. The two will play at Springfield (Montco) High School on Saturday, November 6th, at 1pm. The Cahillites had 1 win in Philadelphia Catholic League play this year, […]

Kotsko’s View: The PIAA District 2 Playoffs in the Wyoming Valley Conference – Let the Postseason Begin!!!

November 4, 2021 | John Kotsko

Welcome to November!!! You know what that means? That’s right, the days get shorter, colder and High School Football playoffs are upon us!!!! For some, the aspiration of a District or Eastern Conference Championship will come to fruition by the end of the month. For many, the dream will be dashed and some will have […]

PIAA District 2 Lackawanna Conference Playoff breakdown.

November 4, 2021 | PFN Staff

Breaking down the LFC Playoff Games this weekend PIAA District 2 Class 6A Scranton (4-6) at Delaware Valley (7-3) (Plays winner of Hazleton, Wilkes Barre) Friday 7.00 PM Last meeting 2021 (Delaware Valley 35, Scranton 0) Scranton finished off the year on a good note by rallying late in the fourth quarter to defeat Abington […]

District 1 4A Tournament Preview (1) Bishop Shanahan HM PFN vs (4) Chichester (2) Pottgrove vs (3) Upper Moreland

November 3, 2021 | PFN Staff

District 1 4A Tournament Preview (1) Bishop Shanahan HM PFN vs (4) Chichester (2) Pottgrove vs (3) Upper Moreland Friday night the District 1 4A tournament will kick off with four of the top 4A teams in the state doing battle to hoist the District 1 Crown. Each of the teams has wins over playoff […]

District 1 6A Playoff Preview

November 3, 2021 | Kameron Hammond

Breaking down the PIAA District 1 6A Playoffs By Kameron Hammond Quakertown #5 (10-0) vs Souderton #12 (6-4) These two teams have faced each other in the regular season, where Quakertown was victorious with a 36-14 win. In their first meeting, the score was 14-14 going into the fourth quarter and then Quakertown just scored […]

Willies World: Breaking down the PIAA District 1 5A Playoffs

November 3, 2021 | Willie McGonigle

Breaking down the PIAA District 1 5A Playoffs After 2020 saw only 4 teams make the District 1 5A playoffs last season due to Covid the field returns back to its 16 team format. Three of the four teams from last season’s playoffs (West Chester Rustin, Kennett and the defending Champions Upper Dublin) make […]

Around District 11 We Go: The Travels of Guy & Pam Quest: D11 (Week 10)

November 3, 2021 | Guy Smith

Around District 11 We Go: The Travels of Guy & Pam Guy and Pam are PA high school football fans. We are not affiliated with any team Quest: D11 (Week 10) For the final week of the regular season, we had three additional new schools lined up to visit. There was a choice of six […]

Protime’s District Nine Notes

November 3, 2021 | Phil Myers

Well, the regular season is suddenly over and the playoffs begin this week all across the state. In District 9 the feature game is the AAA championship contest Friday night in Brockway between the St. Marys Flying Dutchmen and the undefeated Bison of Clearfield who are ranked 7th in the state by PFN. St. Marys […]

BackyardPAFootball Podcast: Week 9/Bracket Review: McGuffey Got … @PaBackyard @NathanGrella @JeremiahMiller0

November 2, 2021 | Nate Grella

Nathan and Jeremiah are back to break down the final week of the regular season including an absolute thriller in the city rivalry and the Belle Vernon beatdown of McKeesport. In Part 2, Nathan and Jeremiah break down the bracket from 1A to 6A and answer some of the toughest questions when looking across the […]

Penn HIlls 42 Kiski Area 22 on 10/29/2021 @phqbclub @kiskifootball

November 1, 2021 | William Spicher

Few short video highlights from game Penn Hills Coach Jon LeDonne comments after game Kiski Area Coach Sam Albert comments after game For more game photos visit Deacon Blues Blog

Coach Weider’s @Go_Rout Coaches Notebook: Wrap up from week 10 games and the top 5 playoff match ups in district 3

November 1, 2021 | Pat Weider

Player of the week: Beau Priula. Beau and Central York routed York High 60-14. Beau had 5 touchdowns. 2 rushings and 3 through the air, but it was much more than the stats. It was his ability to make plays for his team constantly. Need a 1st down? I will run for it. Need a […]

Purchase Line defeats Conemaugh Township with final minute defense @PLRedDragons

October 31, 2021 | Avery Falisec

It wasn’t a pretty win, thanks to the rain and mud, but a win it was, all the same. The Purchase Line Red Dragons have finally earned their first win since they played the Penns Manor Comets a month ago, with the Conemaugh Township Indians and a final score of 14-12, Friday, October 29. Purchase […]

Ramblers dominate Highlanders in the rain! @CH_Highlanders @WindberFootball

October 31, 2021 | Greg Ricupero

Appalachian Bowl Windber Ramblers vs Cambria Heights Highlanders at Penns Manor Ramblers dominate Highlanders in the rain! I saw both teams play this year and expected Windber to win, but I didn’t expect total domination. Both teams are very good and have excellent skill players. However the thing that makes these two teams special is […]

Southern Dominates Danville in Fog Storm

October 31, 2021 | Dave Fegley

Tigers beat Ironmen 55-3 in postseason tune-up Southern Columbia’s Jim Roth and Danville’s Mike Brennan have a long history of coaching battles while Brennan was coaching at Mount Carmel Area. With 13 PIAA Championships between the two, fans knew that each squad would come out with a plan to try and throw the other team […]

Coming Up Threes on Homecoming! @TheKiskiSchool @TheHillSchool

October 31, 2021 | Greg Ricupero

Hill School (Pottstown) Rams (2-5) vs Kiski School Cougars (4-2) Last Meeting 10/26/19 Kiski 17 @ Hill 6 Coming up Threes on Homecoming! @TheKiskiSchool @TheHillSchool On a rainy Saturday afternoon, Hill School and Kiski School battled for 45 minutes in an epic defensive struggle. The final three minutes were crazy. Both teams came out and […]

Wilson Warriors Rallies from Seventeen Point Deficit to Down Notre Dame-GP. @WHSfootball21 @NDGP-FOOTBALL

October 31, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Cayden Stem, Zack Gillen Damian and Damon Simpson Spur Second Half Comeback to Secure Playoff Spot. EASTON- The Wilson Area Warriors got a late start out of the gates Saturday in their Schuylkill/Colonial League showdown with rival Notre Dame Green Pond falling behind 24-8 in the first half, but three touchdowns in the closing twelve […]

Crimson Tide defeat #1 ranked North Schuylkill on final play in double-overtime at the goal-line. @NSAthletics1 @PAHSathletics @coachhall_ @mcgeoy11

October 31, 2021 | Daniel Reed

Crucial call ends game at Pottsville’s Veterans Memorial Stadium as the Crimson Tide defense stepped up when they had to in victory over #1 Class 3A State Ranked North Schuylkill 20 to 12 in DOUBLE-OVERTIME !!! Before the game started, there was just light drizzle in the air, that was until the teams came out […]

Bellaire uses just enough passing to defeat Crestview 27-20 @BellaireSD @CrestviewRebels @TheTimesLeader

October 31, 2021 | contributor

Yesterday I made another drive to Bellaire, Ohio to watch the Big Reds of Bellaire battle Columbiana Crestview in a first-round playoff game. This marked my first time seeing Crestview play and I have to say they were a well-prepared hard-hitting team that was fun to watch. Anthony Cusich would hit Jack Yerkey for a […]

Big first half eases Newark Catholic to a 34-16 playoff win over Danville @NewarkCatholic @mountvernonnews@SchoolsDanville @Buckeyedrew33

October 31, 2021 | contributor

Saturday night I rushed home from my day game to change cameras then headed to White Field in Newark to watch the Newark Catholic Greenwave battle the Danville Blue Devils. Way back in 2012, these two hooked up in one of the best high school playoff games I have been to. The Greenwave outlasted the […]

La Salle wins PCL Red Division Championship in win over Archbishop Wood 20-0 @LaSalle_Sports @WoodFootball

October 31, 2021 | Will Ryan

For the first time since 2015, the La Salle College High School Explorers are PCL Football Champions. Back in 2015, there were three PCL champions, 2A, 3A, and 4A. Now there are just two champions, one for the Red Division and one of the Blue Division. The Explorers claim the Red Division, while Neumann-Goretti captured […]

Dieruff’s Balanced Attack Proves to Much for William Allen. @DieruffFootball @CanaryAthletics