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September 2023
Keystone Club Top Special Teams Performers: Week 2, 2023!
September 13, 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 2, 2023!
September 13, 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 Offensive Performers: Week 2, 2023!
September 13, 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 4,710 Matt Machalik […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor: Week 3 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Edition
September 12, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Weather was the culprit last week that wreaked havoc on games in the EPC. Week three of the high school football season was marred by postponements and cancellations leading to rescheduling of contests in the Lehigh Valley. The week started with a Thursday night game between East Stroudsburg South and Pleasant Valley but the game […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: When One Becomes Five
September 12, 2023 | Billy Splain
How does one game become five? Let us explain. Last week we said it would likely be a short blog this week, as we only had one varsity high school football game on our schedule. The original schedule for last week had Pam and Guy heading to DeSales University on Wednesday for a soccer double […]
2023 Pennsylvania High School Football PFN Rankings Week 3
September 12, 2023 | Billy Splain
Movement everywhere! As we dig into the season, it’s ineveitable that ranked teams play each other. This past week saw several matchups of ranked teams. Manheim Twp made a huge noise, Penn Hills scored some points with our rankings staff. Then you have the unusual. Selinsgrove and Jersey Shore collided and the game ended in […]
Governor Livingston High School partners with SAFR Sports to make football safer
September 12, 2023 | Billy Splain
Safr Sports is a major sponsor of PAFootballnews.com. We endorse their product based on the studies done by Virginia Tech’s Helmet Lab Governor Livingston High School, in its ongoing effort to create the safest football environment for all of its student athletes, has partnered with SAFR Sports to provide every player with a SAFR Helmet […]
Minersville’s quick start earns big victory over the Blue Devils ! Game Highlights and Photo Gallery included
September 12, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Miners quick start scores big over the Blue Devils in a 48 to 7 victory at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Minersville. With the rain coming down before and during the game, most teams will run the ball. Minersville did just that on Sunday rushing for 175 yards on 20 carries, most of the yardage coming […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know The Hill School QB Charles Hewitt
September 12, 2023 | contributor
Charlie Hewitt Class:2025 Jersey: #7 (17 last year) Height Weight: 6’ 5, 225 lbs Other sports: basketball and track Awards won: Captain for this season as a junior Twitter: @chewitt1727 Comments from his coach: Big-time arm strength on a 6′ 5″ / 220 lb. frame. Developing into a great decision-maker with the ball. An athletic, […]
PFN’s ProTime Panel’s Week Three Results
September 12, 2023 | Marcus Sic
After a Slow Start the Panel Turns Red Hot Week three proved to be a saga of ice cold and red hot for PFN’s ProTime Panel. The panels Ouija Boards were ice cold to start the week, going a miserable 5 for 56, a .089 winning percentage, the entire panel whiffed on two games, picking […]
Black Knights Rout Rockets
September 11, 2023 | Brandon Maynard
The Moshannon Valley Black Knights shut out Southern Huntingdon Rockets 54- behind 4 rushing touchdowns by Tanner Kephart. The game, which started out on Friday at CNB Bank field in Houtzdale, had to be finished in Three Springs at the Rockets Home field due to lightning on Friday and unavailability of the field. They each […]
Pleasant Valley Slides by East Stroudsburg South.
September 11, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Game was resumed after lightning caused a postponement. BRODHEADSVILLE- It took nearly 92 hours to complete, but a decision was rendered Monday afternoon as the Bears of Pleasant Valley posted a 14-12 victory over East Stroudsburg South Monday afternoon in a key Eastern Pennsylvania Conference North Division game. The game began at 8pm Thursday night, […]
York Suburban Dominates York Catholic to Capture First Win of the Season
September 11, 2023 | Carter Weems
York Suburban dominated York Catholic with a final score of 42-0. The game was started on Friday night, however, only 30 seconds into the second quarter, severe weather forced the game to be postponed until Monday evening. Trojan player CJ Rissmiller finished the game with 4 touchdowns, while Donovan Alicea and Steven Bowman both found […]
2023 Week 3 District 2 Week in Review
September 11, 2023 | John Kotsko
Valley View 40 Honesdale 13 Cougars running back Camryn Higgins ran for 107 yards and a touchdown and Preston Reed added two rushing touchdowns as Valley View went to 3-0 on the season with a victory over Honesdale. Hornets running back Gabe Duda rushed for 34 yards and a touchdown in the loss. North Pocono […]
Conversation with Coach – Mike Warfield, Aliquippa
September 11, 2023 | Phil Myers
Everyone in Pennsylvania knows Aliquippa is a sports town especially proficient in football. Aliquippa is the only high school in America that can boast about having three players in the NFL Hall of Fame (Mike Ditka, Ty Law, and Darrelle Revis). The Quips have won the state championship four times. They have made the WPIAL […]
Luxy’s Week 2 (3) Highlights
September 11, 2023 | Shane Lux
Reynolds vs. Sharpsville Grove City vs. Farrell Springdale vs. Summit Academy Mercer vs. Wilmington
A total team effort by the visiting Alfred University Saxons was too much for the Juniata College Eagles to handle in their home opener at Knox Stadium (Gallery)
September 10, 2023 | Doug Lane
Statistics tell the story on the shutout win (34-0) by the Saxons over the Eagles on Saturday afternoon with a combined 404 total yds in offense, 74 yds passing and 330 on the ground. Along with twice the number of 1st downs (21) to the Eagles (10), the Saxons defense did their part in holding […]
Hurricanes Win Thriller Against Vikings 24-21
September 10, 2023 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes reign victorious over the Williams Valley Vikings with a final score of 24-21. Niko Carestia had two touchdowns and two sacks for the Canes. The Vikings kept it close with scores from Evan Achenbach, Alex Achenbach, and Brady Shomper. The Hurricanes knew they needed to get the first score of the […]
Villanova Puts Up Record-Setting Performace to Rout Colgate
September 10, 2023 | Dylan Johnson
Villanova, PA – The game hung in the balance with storm clouds slowly rolling over, it was gameday. A home opener for the Villanova Wildcats. Their opponent was the Colgate Raiders, traveling down the coast from New York. Colgate was looking to bounce back from their embarrassing blowout 0-65 loss to Syracuse last week. Villanova […]
Bellevue runs past Lynn Camp 34-20
September 10, 2023 | contributor
My Saturday Night game took me from Bradford, Ohio to Bellevue Kentucky for my first visit to Gilligan Stadium home of the Bellevue Tigers, to watch their matchup with Lynn Camp. The Tigers came in with a record of 1-2, with their win coming over Riverview East Academy out of Cincinnati, Ohio. For the Wildcats […]
Bradford Railroaders steamroll Bridgeport Bulldogs 48-14
September 10, 2023 | contributor
Saturday afternoon took me to Bradford, Ohio to watch Bradford host Bridgeport. The Railroaders and the Bulldogs came in with identical 2-1 records. This would be the first time these schools have battled on the football field for the Railroaders they were seeking their first win at their new stadium. Griffin Trevino took the opening […]
Bucknell takes the win against VMI at home in a 21-13 victory
September 10, 2023 | Jayden Eberly
Today was a matchup of the Bucknell Bison and the VMI football team both teams came into the game 0-1. Both looking for their first win of the season. In the first quarter Bucknells quarterback Ralph Rucker threw a touchdown pass to Wide receiver Damian Harris and the Bison went up 7-0. The second and […]
Wilmington Rolls Past Mercer
September 9, 2023 | Shane Lux
New Wilmington – Wilmington built a 34-6 halftime lead and cruised past Mercer 48-14 Saturday night at Greyhound Stadium. “The boys did a great job tonight,” said Wilmington head coach Brandon Phillian. “Mercer came ready to play, and is sound is what they do. They showed us a different defense tonight. I was proud of the […]
Northampton Rolls to Shutout Win Over Stroudsburg.
September 9, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Konkrete Kids methodically stifled the Mountaineers in all aspects of the game Saturday afternoon. NORTHAMPTON- Mother nature wreaked some havoc this weekend of high school football games in the Lehigh Valley. One being the Stroudsburg at Northampton game originally scheduled Friday was postponed till Saturday afternoon. On a hot muggy afternoon, the Konkrete Kids […]
Willie Norris and Kenny Woseley’s Back to Back Interceptions Save Imhotep
September 9, 2023 | Noah Stomsky
After Willie Norris’s interception, you would’ve thought there could’ve been no crazier interception; up until Kenny Woseley decided to step in the spotlight. Stoppage in play at 4:02 due to thunder and lightning paused the game for an hour and forty-one minutes. Imhotep came out about halfway through that time at 4:55 waiting for Archbishop […]
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