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December 2023
2023 CLASS 2A Title Game Preview: Westinghouse
December 7, 2023 | Marcus Sic
WESTINGHOUSE BULLDOGS CLASS AA DISTRICT 8 PITTSBURGH CITY HEAD COACH DONTA GREEN OVERVIEW: After a 25-year absence of Pittsburgh City schools from the State Championship, Westinghouse Academy returns for a second straight year to take on Southern Columbia. The Bulldogs will attempt to halt SoCo’s record breaking streak of 6 straight state titles. Last year’s tilt […]
2023 Class 2A Title Game Preview: Southern Columbia
December 7, 2023 | Dave Fegley
Southern Columbia Tigers PIAA: Class 2A District: 4 League: PHAC Head Coach: Jim Roth (40th season) Overview: Southern Columbia is playing in a state-record 22nd PIAA Championship game. The Tigers are looking to extend their all-time best title total to 14 which would include a seventh consecutive state championship. Southern’s streak of six in a row […]
ProTime Pick’em Challenge Championship Week!!!!!
December 6, 2023 | Marcus Sic
PROTIME vs ALEX for the CHAMPIONSHIP MASONDAWG-DAN-TRISTAN face RELEGATION It’s Championship week! Seven Championship Titles will be won at the Chap this weekend, 6 PIAA football teams will be crowned as well as PFN’s ProTime Pick’em Challenge’s Champion. Entering the final 6 games of the season Protime Phil, the OG of Pennsylvania high school […]
Protime Predictions – The Lost I-pad
December 6, 2023 | Phil Myers
Last week, as Protime was preparing for his journey to Maryland for the MPSSAA High School football title games, Mrs. Protime had a question. She wanted to know where Protime had put her I-pad. She had it the night before when the Protimes were watching ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ which is the first Christmas movie […]
PFN & @TheFundingZone Presents: The STATE of PA Football! Title Game Preview Show, Live from Arooga’s
December 6, 2023 | Billy Splain
Join Billy Splain, Protime Myers, Hollywood Ptashinski, Matt Herring, Joe Gilloway & Dan “The man” Reed as they breakdown all 6 State Title Games, LIVE from Aroogas on the Carlisle Pike, Wednesday, December 6, 6-8 pm. Come join us LIVE at Arooga’s 4713 Carlisle Pike Mechanicsburg or watch online! Presented by:
2023 PIAA Class 4A Title Game Preview: Aliquippa
December 6, 2023 | Shane Lux
Aliquippa Quips PIAA District 7 – Class AAAA League: WPIAL 4A Section 1 Head Coach: Mike Warfield Overview: After winning it all in 2021 over Bishop McDevitt, the Quips fell to Crusaders in 2022 – a loss that has stayed with Aliquippa all season. “Like I just told the team (Following the Selinsgrove Game), 12 […]
2023 Class 4A Title Game Preview: Dallas
December 6, 2023 | Jared Samuel
Dallas Mountaineers PIAA District 2 – Class AAAA League: Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 Head Coach: Rich Mannello Overview: Dallas went undefeated for the 2nd time in the last 5 years on their way to Cumberland Valley. They won the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 crown, then captured the District 2 championship by defeating Valley […]
2023 Class 1A Title Game Preview: Fort Cherry
December 6, 2023 | Phil Myers
Fort Cherry Rangers PIAA District 7 – Class A League: WPIAL 1A Section 3 Head Coach: Tanner Garry Overview: Fort Cherry is undefeated at 15-0 and ranked 2nd behind Steelton-Highspire. The Rangerss won their first ever WPIAL crown and are making their first ever PIAA championship game appearance. A few of the Rangers’ bigger wins […]
PFN Pennsylvania HS Football Rankings, 1s v 2s 2023 Title Game Week 2023
December 5, 2023 | Billy Splain
It’s 1s v 2s this week. Nothing else gonna change. We’re highly confident someone with swap spots, but who? We’ll find out this weekend! Ranking 6A Record Pvs rank 1 St. Joseph’s Prep (12) 12-1 1 2 North Allegheny (7) 13-1 2 3 PCC (7) 10-2 6 4 Harrisburg (3) 12-2 3 5 Manheim Township […]
PROTIME’S PICKEM CHALLENGE, CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK: LAST CHANCE TO BEAT THE PROS!
December 5, 2023 | Billy Splain
Every week our cast of wannabe prognosticators take a crack at guessing who’s gonna win the big games. This week we are giving you a chance to show them up! Simply fill out the form! We wish you good luck! If you are better than the Protime Staff (must beat our best guesser, ties are […]
ProTime’s Pick’em Challenge Semi-Final Edition
December 5, 2023 | Marcus Sic
AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR After 10 regular season weeks and 5 playoff rounds, PFN’s ProTime’s Pick’em Challenge has comedown to 3 guessers with a chance to win, 4 if you count yours truly (I would have to guess every game and Protime would have to miss every game.) To absolutely no one’s surprise Protime […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Tigers and Golden Bears Get 2nd December Game First Time in Program Histories
December 5, 2023 | Guy Smith
We always enjoy feedback from readers at RTRYFBAR@aol.com. Appreciate the comments on last week’s blog. What a great weekend of football! We saw two of what were certainly among our top five games this season on consecutive December days. And both of our teams came out victorious. The weekend started a day early as we […]
The Kutztown Golden Bears (12-2) move on in the 2023 NCAA Division II quarterfinal playoffs after defeating Slippery Rock (12-2) at Mihalik- Thompson Stadium 28-16 (Gallery)
December 3, 2023 | Doug Lane
2 Pennsylvania University football teams squared off in a cross-state matchup to see who would advance in the NCAA Division II playoffs and a trip to the semi-finals to take on the Orediggers of the Colorado School of Mines (13-0) in Golden, CO. at Marv Kay Stadium on Dec. 9th.
Central Bucks South’s Final Ride
December 3, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
Featured picture courtesy of Brendan Ricciardi The 49-0 throttling wasn’t what the Titans had envisioned heading into the 6A state semifinal matchup against perennial power St. Joe’s Prep but that’s what happened Saturday afternoon. For context, the Hawks have been in the State Championship a staggering 10 times in the last 11 seasons and have […]
Cleveland Glenville rolls to state title win 38-3 over Kettering Alter
December 3, 2023 | contributor
Last night, before 3,662 fans in Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Cleveland Glenville was able to take down Kettering Alter by a 28-3 score. That was never in doubt. Things started out well for the Knights as they stopped D’Shawntae Jones for no gain, then it appeared that Ruel Tomlinson went 92 yards for […]
Evan Austin Helps Oakdale Beat Linganore Again, This Time for All the Marbles
December 3, 2023 | Phil Myers
These two rivals are separated by 7 miles of real estate. These two rivals battled it out all game as Oakdale hung on at the end to win the Maryland 3A state championship 42-35 in the fog at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Saturday night. If you like offense, this was the game. A good […]
Mergenthaler Wins the 4A/3A Title with Defense and Second Half Heroics
December 3, 2023 | Phil Myers
In what was thought would be one of the best MPSSAA playoff games of the weekend, Mergenthaler Vo-Tech scored the go-ahead touchdown with only two minutes remaining to defeat North Point 14-7 in the fog. Coming into the game both teams had combined to score 961 points and even more amazing was the fact they […]
St Joes Prep Hawks fly past CB South and are headed back to the state title game
December 3, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
A foggy Saturday afternoon with the sun peaking in and out produced the perfect late fall afternoon for football. For the SJ Prep Hawks this was just another mountain to fly over to get to the ultimate goal of winning back to back state titles. CB South the District 1 champion came in undefeated and […]
Williamstown Wins Second Straight State Title
December 3, 2023 | Shane Lux
Wheeling – Williamstown wins their second straight state title – 42-12 over Greenbrier West. In a matchup of 13-0 teams, the reigning state champions jumped out to a 28-0 first-half lead and never looked back en route to their fourth state title. “We got a great senior class, and they worked their butts off,” said […]
Jabril Daniels Leads Fort Hill to Tenth State Football Crown
December 2, 2023 | Phil Myers
The Fort Hill Sentinels dominated Mountain Ridge in the Class 1A Maryland state championship contest, whipping the Miners 45-21. It was Fort Hills’ 8th title in the last 10 years and third in a row. Jabril Daniels and his offensive line was a big reason that happened. The 6’ 185 lb. Daniels set a school […]
Perry Holds Off Late Threat From Liberty Center, 21-14 For First State Title
December 2, 2023 | Sykotyk
The Perry Pirates are 2023 OHSAA Division V Champions on the backs of their defense. Holding Liberty Center to a fourth down stop in the shadow of their own goalposts. After a low scoring first half, that saw the two squads trade touchdowns, the third quarter exploded with points. Liberty Center had one last redzone […]
Martinsburg Wins 10th State Title
December 2, 2023 | Shane Lux
Wheeling – Martinsburg won their 10th state title with a convincing 57-13 victory over Princeton Saturday afternoon at Wheeling Island Stadium. After a one-year hiatus, Martinsburg returned to Wheeling after winning the 2021 state title 62-21 over Huntingdon. The Highlanders were the defending state champions, beating Parkersburg South 28-3 in last year’s state final. “It […]
North Allegheny shuts down Harrisburg offense, punches their ticket to the Chap!
December 2, 2023 | Billy Splain
“They’re just relentless on every down. The motor never quit. Our edge guys were flying all around. To hold all that talent to 12 points, that’s a great job by our defense” said North Allegheny head coach Art Walker. The Tigers brought pressure all afternoon forcing Harrisburg quarterback Shawn Lee jr. into situations that weren’t […]
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