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September 2023
District 12 Week 4 Recap and Notes
September 27, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Week 4 Recap: Frankford 6 West Philadelphia 0: Entering the game West Philly was projected to win easily however the host Pioneers had different feelings. Both teams had their offensive moments here and there but no sustained drives were capitalized into points until the final possession for Frankford in which they were able […]
The STATE of PA Football: Live from Parma Pizza in Landisville
September 27, 2023 | Billy Splain
Join the PFN staff as they welcome coaches and players from Hempfield, Donegal and JP McCaskey!
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Five Rankings
September 27, 2023 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (5-0)- (4) Canon Mac 7pm 2- North Allegheny (4-1)- (3) Pine Richland 7:30pm 3- Mt. Lebanon (4-1)- @ (4) Upper St. Clair 7pm 4- Canon Mac (4-1)- @ (1) Central Catholic 7pm 5- Seneca Valley (0-5)- Butler 7pm 5A: 1- Peters Township (5-0)- @ Baldwin 7pm 2- Penn Hills (4-1)- […]
Conversation with Coach – Doug Dahms, Wilson West Lawn
September 27, 2023 | Phil Myers
Cover picture via Bulldog Hour Doug Dahms never wanted to be the head football coach at Wilson West Lawn or anywhere else for that matter. Yet after 30 years as an assistant to three different coaches at Wilson, what changed his mind? To top it off, he only agreed to be the head coach for […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor: Week#6 in The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
September 26, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
As we kickoff the second half of the regular season so much yet to decide as the District playoffs lie in the distance. The Parkland Trojans have further solidified themselves as the front runners in the EPC South with a convincing win over previously unbeaten Allentown Central Catholic 35-14 that win came week after a […]
District 9 Review – Week 4
September 26, 2023 | Phil Myers
The game of the week: There were not very many close games that could even be considered the game of the week. One did however meet those qualifications and that was Coudersport’s 26-14 win over Cameron County. The game went into the intermission deadlocked 0-0. The fireworks all went off in the second half. After […]
Hollywood’s Mid-Season Report Card: Colonial/Schuylkill League
September 26, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Here is how it look at the half-way point of the 2023 Colonial-Schuylkill League Regular Season. We are the end of September is upon us and the chill of Autumn has arrived. We have also only have just 5 weeks left of the high school football regular season in the Commonwealth and right now it […]
2023 Pennsylvania High School Football PFN Rankings Week 5
September 26, 2023 | Billy Splain
The rankings team is on a roll! With all the top matchups this past weekend it really wasn’t difficult for them to sort things out. PCC and NA battled it out with the Tigers falling a few spots after their loss. In 5A Cocalico takes the place of USC with their big win over Lampeter-Strasburg. […]
Keystone Club Top Offensive Performers: Week 4, 2023!
September 26, 2023 | Billy Splain
Top Offensive Performances RECORDS 5 Logan Nawrocki TD passes in gam Schuylkill Valley 3 Jack Corrigan field goals CB East 3/1000 Matt Machalik 1,000 yards season 3 times Palmerton Marcus Quaker Career Passing Yards West Perry 17 Colton Fedrizzi Shenango 300 Tasso Whipple Rushing yds game Penn-Trafford Nick Ryan Career Rec TDs Career Yards Shenandoah […]
Keystone Club Top Special Teams Performers: Week 4, 2023!
September 26, 2023 | Billy Splain
Each week we will present the Keystone Club. This Club consists of players meeting the requirements sent to coaches. It is a statewide compilation of top performances for the previous weekend. PLEASE EMAIL billy@pafootballnews.com if you wish someone to be on this list! Entries must be from coach or verified. Top Special Teams Performances Kickoff returns for […]
Keystone Club Top Defensive Performers: Week 4, 2023!
September 26, 2023 | Billy Splain
Each week we will present the Keystone Club. This Club consists of players meeting the requirements sent to coaches. It is a statewide compilation of top performances for the previous weekend. PLEASE EMAIL billy@pafootballnews.com if you wish someone to be on this list! Entries must be from coach or verified Top Defensive Performances Tackles (13 […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: 40 Miles is a World Away
September 26, 2023 | Guy Smith
This week Pam & Guy attended three football games out of nine events. The week began Wednesday with the “Wingless Wednesday” Micro Sprint races at Shellhammers Dirt Track in Leesport. Thursday we were at Panther Valley for their varsity game against Minersville. It was Guy’s Pick this Friday, and he went outside the (D11) box […]
On The Sideline With Noah Stomsky: Episode 5- Ben Pearse
September 26, 2023 | Noah Stomsky
ProTime Pick’em Panel’s Week 5 Results PERFECTION
September 26, 2023 | Marcus Sic
MAYHEM and Billy the Bossman are Perfect Week 5 of the ProTime Pick’em Challenge featured two of PFNs savants going a perfect 12-0, MAYHEM and Billy the Bossman were able to achieve perfection, vaulting them to 1-2 in the season long standings. MAYHEM takes the pole position with 45 wins, Billy is in second with […]
Rules of the Game – The Ransom Report – Special Edition
September 26, 2023 | Kevin Ransom
September 26th 2023 EDITION – 6.1 Week 6 of the PIAA Football season is upon us. This is the time of season that things start getting very exciting. The best teams start to separate themselves and the good teams start fighting for playoff spots. At this point, if you have watched any football, you […]
WVC 2023 Midseason Review
September 26, 2023 | John Kotsko
Dallas: The Mountaineers have entered mid-season with an outstanding 5-0 record. Their offense has been phenomenal. Quarterback Brady Zapoticky has thrown for 798 yards and 12 touchdowns. He has also added six rushing touchdowns. Wideout Zach Paczewski has 21 catches for 472 yards and eight touchdowns on the year. Looking ahead, the one team that […]
Aliquippa RB Tiqwahi Hayes commits to Penn State
September 25, 2023 | Ethan Spozarski
On Monday night, Tiqwahi Hayes, the four-star junior running-back out of Aliquippa High School, committed to Penn State University. Hayes also had Division 1 offers from Pitt, Ohio State, Michigan, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Maryland, and Michigan State. This season Hayes has rushed for 588 yards on 92 carries and has nine touchdowns. In his career […]
Luxy’s Week 4 (5) Game Highlights
September 25, 2023 | Shane Lux
General McLane vs. Corry Central Catholic vs. North Allegheny Maplewood vs. Reynolds Grove City vs. Carnegie Mellon
Valley Vikings With 38 – 6 Victory Over Uniontown on 9/22/23 (Gallery)
September 25, 2023 | William Spicher
Valley Vikings defense played a big role in their win by getting scores from turnovers and stopping Uniontown from scoring at crucial moments by getting interceptions. Not in gallery was another turnover with Conner Sakala recovering ball in end zone for a Valley TD which was last score of game – Uniontown 6 Valley 38. […]
Tropical Rainstorm Ophelia couldn’t stop the Susquehanna University River Hawks into going 4-0 on the season. (Gallery)
September 24, 2023 | Doug Lane
On a cold rainy brisk afternoon with a steady rain all game long and 50-degree temps, the Western New England University Golden Bears from Springfield, MA at (2-1) made the road trip to Selinsgrove to take on the Susquehanna River Hawks (3-0) in their home opener. A decent home field crowd for the fall like […]
Ohio State club team shutouts Wright State 48-0 in Great Lakes East Conference Club Football Action
September 24, 2023 | contributor
Sunday afternoon I drove to Fairborn, Ohio to cover the college club game against #2 Ohio State and th home team Wright State University. I was invited by Wright State Special Teams Coordinator Donnie Smith to cover the game. Before the game, I got some thoughts from some of the Raiders players before the game. […]
Grove City Upsets Carnegie Mellon 21-14
September 24, 2023 | Shane Lux
Grove City – Grove City College built a 21-0 third-quarter lead, then had to hold off a late Carnegie Mellon rally as the Wolverines upset the 14th-ranked Tartan’s 21-14 Saturday night at Robert E. Thorn Field. Carnegie Mellon had won 17 straight regular season games and 15 straight President’s Athletic Conference games dating back to 2021, […]
PSAC Review: 2023 Week 4
September 24, 2023 | John Kotsko
East Stroudsburg 35 Lock Haven 21 Quarterback Sean McTaggart threw for 241 yards and four touchdowns to four different receivers as the Warriors won their 500th game in program history with a victory over Lock Haven. Bald Eagles quarterback Danny Sanchez threw 178 yards and two touchdowns. East Stroudsburg improved to 4-0 on the year. […]
Watkins Memorial Warriors used strong defense to hand Brooke Bruins a 32-14 setback
September 24, 2023 | contributor
Traveling from Pataskala, Ohio to Wellsburg, West Virginia did little to slow down the Warriors as they made themselves right at home handing a very solid Brooke team a 25-point loss and dropping the Bruins to 3-2 on the season. Brooke had started the season 3-0 they have now suffered back-to-back losses, including a 35-6 […]
Selinsgrove defeats Shikellamy to keep the Rally in the Valley Title
September 24, 2023 | Jayden Eberly
Tucker Teats of the Seals returned a punt all the way for a score in the opening period of the game. The Seals were then at their 42-yard line when Tucker Teats makes an attempt to rush for it and scores his second rushing touchdown of the contest. The seals lead 14-6 after a rushing […]
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