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November 2023
State College and Altoona Meet again in a battle for the District 6 title
November 9, 2023 | Todd Ross
Altoona (5-6) and State College (6-3) will meet at Tiger Stadium in Hollidaysburg for the district six 6A Championship. This is a repeat of last year’s matchup where State College came away with a 28-7 win. This will be the second meeting between State College and Altoona this season, and in the previous meeting State […]
District 4 Class 4A Championship Game Preview
November 9, 2023 | Ed Weaver
Over the last few years there hasn’t been a better rivalry in District IV than Jersey Shore and Selinsgrove.
Mayhem’s Game of the Week-Playoffs Round 2
November 9, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
The Who: #8 Garnet Valley Jaguars @ #1 Central Bucks West Bucks The When: Friday, November 10, 2023 Kickoff: 7 pm The Where: War Memorial Field 375 West Court Street Doylestown, Pa 18901 Last 3 meetings: (*Playoffs) 8/25/23- Garnet Valley 13 @ CB West 17 11/25/22- CB West 7 @ Garnet Valley 35* 8/26/22- CB […]
PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 4A Round 2
November 9, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
This article was written by: Dylan Johnson Scott Reed’s Pope John Paul II Trojans come into the District 1 4A tournament as an overwhelming favorite, after taking down 6A powerhouse Spring-Ford in the Pioneer Athletic Conference’s title game. During the regular season, PJPII has already handily defeated both Pottstown and Pottsville. Bishop Shanahan, out of […]
District 3 Class 5A Second Round Playoff Preview
November 9, 2023 | Billy Splain
Hershey (8-3) @ New Oxford (9-1) Friday – 7:00 pm Hershey is coming off a big upset win over Exeter last week. The Trojans have been playing good football and look to extend their success against a tough New Oxford team. Cameron Sweeney continues to lead the Trojans on a winning path. The Colonials are […]
PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 6A Round 2
November 9, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
We’ve made it to the second round of our 6A bracket and nothing unexpected happened in last week’s matchups. All the higher seeds took care of business in the Round of Sixteen. Central Bucks West, Garnet Valley, Spring-Ford, Central Bucks South, Downingtown West, Souderton, Perkiomen Valley, & Downingtown East all won their matchups. This week […]
PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 5A Round 2
November 9, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
Staff Writers: Dylan Johnson,Willie McGonigle,Brendan Ricciardi, & Marcus Sic also contributed to this article Last week everything went according to chalk with the top eight seeds advancing. Is this the week that we see some upsets? This week for the second time Chester takes on Phoenixville, and Springfield takes on Central League rival Marple Newtown. Will […]
District 2 Playoff Preview
November 9, 2023 | John Kotsko
District 2 2A Final Riverside at Dunmore Fri 7 PM Riverside defeated Mid Valley in the semifinals to advance to the Championship game. Dunmore defeated Susquehanna to get to the District Final. Dunmore defeated Riverside 20-16 in their Week 4 meeting. Vikings quarterback Chase Taddonio is throwing for 1,638 yards and 24 touchdowns. Taddonio also […]
Protime Predictions – Christmas Lights
November 9, 2023 | Phil Myers
It’s time. Protime has decided to put up the yuletide lights early this year. He’s not getting any younger and he grows weary each year throwing up the little buggers when it’s cold and snowy outside. Over the years he’s gotten much smarter when decorating for Christmas. For example, Protime tests the lights before hanging […]
Protime’s Pigskin Parlance – Milestones, Record Breakers & Game Shakers – Team Trifectas
November 8, 2023 | Phil Myers
Protime’s weekly column will attempt to get readers up to date on current football facts, stats, and miscellaneous tidbits of information from across the entire state of Pennsylvania. His crack staff of one will peruse some, but not all newspapers and other sources for hopefully what will be up to date scoop on the previous […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Great Comeback by the PV Bears
November 8, 2023 | Guy Smith
The start of the playoffs is bittersweet. The big games are coming up, where the top teams face off head-to-head on the road to the state finals (almost said the road to Hershey). But it also means the regular season is over. Teams are putting away the pads until next year, there will be fewer […]
District 3 Playoff Preview, Second Round: Welcome to the show 6A
November 8, 2023 | Billy Splain
While we waded through a much too large first round of playoffs, some had the weekend off. There were only 2 games played in the western 6A bracket. In District 3 there were four games waiting to be played while in district 7 we awaited 2 matchups. Welcome to the playoffs Class 6A! Below we […]
PFN Pennsylvania High School Football Rankings, Playoffs Round 1 Edition
November 7, 2023 | Billy Splain
I’ll be quick here because: No changes in any top ten. None. That WILL change this week, and we’ll get to see just how good our rankings team is! Ranking 6A Record Pvs rank 1 St. Joseph’s Prep (12) 9-1 1 2 Central Bucks West (1) 11-0 2 3 PCC (7) 9-1 3 4 Manheim […]
Keystone Club Top Defensive Performers: 1st Round playoff edition, 2023!
November 7, 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 or more) […]
Keystone Club Top Special Teams Performers: 1st Round playoff edition, 2023!
November 7, 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 Offensive Performers: 1st Round playoff edition, 2023!
November 7, 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 Offensive Performances RECORDS Blake Pisarcik, First […]
District XI Class 3A Semi-Finals Preview and Bracket: Schuylkill-Colonial League Football
November 7, 2023 | Daniel Reed
In this bracket, WOW, is about all I can say about it. The top 4 seeds all took care of business in last week’s first round, the closest being a 30 point victory for the Blue Bombers of Palmerton over Jim Thorpe 37 to 7. The other 3 games were Notre Dame-Green Pond taking down […]
District XI Class 2A Final Preview and Bracket: Williams Valley vs Schuylkill Haven in a Schuylkill-Colonial League Clash
November 7, 2023 | Daniel Reed
If you like ground and pound style football, this is the game you want to watch. If you have the chance to go to the game live, GO !! In the last meeting between these two programs in week-3, it came down to a 24 to 21 decision, with the Hurricanes coming out the victors. […]
Schuylkill-Colonial Football District XI Class 1A Finals Preview and Bracket: Marian Catholic vs Minersville
November 7, 2023 | Daniel Reed
A pair of Schuylkill-Colonial League football teams will get together this Friday night at the Eagles Nest at Blue Mountain HS to battle for the 2023 Class 1A District Championship. VS Marian Catholic Colts(7-4) vs Minersville Battlin’ Miners(9-2) These two team met […]
Luxy’s Highlight Reel – Playoffs Week 1
November 7, 2023 | Shane Lux
Fort LeBoeuf vs. Grove City Mercer vs. Cochranton
District 10 AAA Semifinals Preview
November 6, 2023 | Shane Lux
District 10 Class AAA Semifinal Preview #1 Sharon vs. #5 Oil City November 10th – 7 pm – Slippery Rock University Quarterfinal Recap Sharon Tigers Sharon posted their sixth shutout in ten games with a 28-0 victory over Fairview. C.C. Harrison scored two touchdowns with a 14-yard reception from Mister Ham and a 62-yard rushing […]
Parkland’s Trey Tremba and Emmaus’ Mario Landino EPC South MVP’s as League’s Football All-Stars Selected.
November 6, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Parkland’s Trey Tremba named EPC South Offensive MVP as South All-Star team has been chosen. The rushing leader in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South Division, with 1,516 yards and 22 touchdowns along with 330 receiving yards on 25 catches and four scores, Trey Tremba was voted the MVP of the EPC South all-star team. […]
The OG takes control of ProTime’s Pick’em Challenge
November 6, 2023 | Marcus Sic
“EXPERTS EEK OUT A WIN OVER THE READERS Week one of the playoffs brought a lot of excitement throughout the Commonwealth with exciting finishes, surprising upsets and surprise endings to some high school football team’s seasons. It was not a surprise that Protime Phil, the OG, took his rightful place on top of the table […]
Lions stumble late to Mount Union!
November 5, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
District VI Class 2A 1st Round Playoff #6 Mt. Union Trojans (8-2) at #3 United Valley Lions (9-1) Two Conference Champions meet Friday night at Thomas J. Madill Athletic Field in Armagh. The Trojans came in with the number one offense in 2A scoring 41 points a game. The Lions came in with the number […]
Heritage Conference has big week in Single A playoffs!
November 5, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
Heritage Conference locks up all 4 spots in D6 Single A beating three Inter-County Opponents! Comets rush by Hornets! Penns Manor 34 Juniata Valley 14 The Comets have pretty much been one dimensional all season. They have only averaged about 30 yards passing per game. Fortunately they only had to throw two passes Friday […]
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