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August 2023
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Edition Opening Weekend.
August 29, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
A Review pf this past weekend’s action in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and a look into what is happening this week. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS BACK! The EPC will look much different next season as the North and South divisions will be replaced with the Lehigh, Northampton and Monroe divisions in 2024. Northampton, William Allen […]
2023 Pennsylvania High School Football PFN Rankings Week 1
August 29, 2023 | Billy Splain
Well, week zero is in the books! Our group of ranking experts met Sunday night and the report is in: not too many changes. There are a few, but for the most part we didn’t punish those who lost to powerhouse out of state teams (SJP, Cathedral Prep, McDowell, Pine-Richland and Neuman Gorretti). We did […]
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week One Rankings
August 29, 2023 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (1-0)- @ St. Ignatius (OH) 7pm 2- North Allegheny (1-0)- (4) Canon Mac 7:30pm 3- Mt. Lebanon (1-0)- @ (3) Bethel Park 7pm 4- Canon Mac (1-0)- @ (2) North Allegheny 7:30pm 5- Seneca Valley (0-1)- @ (4) Peters Township 7pm 5A: 1- Pine Richland (0-1)- Kiski 7pm 2- Penn Hills […]
Jim Thorpe vs Blue Mountain Season Opener Video Highlights and Photos !
August 29, 2023 | Daniel Reed
For full story of the game, click the link here>>> Jim Thorpe vs Blue Mountain Final Photo Gallery: VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: Follow www.pafootballnews.com for all your high school football updates, scores, stories, rankings and more ! You can also follow us on Twitter at @PaFootballNews and on Facebook at Pennsylvania Football News, as well as on […]
District 9 Review – Week 0
August 29, 2023 | Phil Myers
The top game of the week had DuBois beating Karns City 41-35 in a wild one. Trey Wingard, the DuBois sophomore quarterback, threw for 324 yards and 4 touchdowns including the game winner with 4 minutes left. One other major happening that affected the outcome of the game was late in the third quarter when […]
Conwell-Egan Falls to Holy Spirit at Ocean City’s Battle at the Beach
August 28, 2023 | Phil Myers
Playing the third game on the third day of Ocean City’s Battle at the Beach Classic, Conwell-Egan fell to Holy Spirit from Absecon, NJ 24-7. “We couldn’t get anything going and had our backs against the wall by falling behind. That’s not good,” said Jack Techtmann Conwell-Egan’s head coach. The Spartan defense was very Spartan-like […]
District 2 2023 Week 1 Review
August 28, 2023 | John Kotsko
Nanticoke 35 Carbondale 0 Zach Fox rushed for 242 yards and three touchdowns as the Trojans went to 1-0 on the season. Eugene Gyle and Triston Allen each added rushing touchdowns for Nanticoke. Ethan Brewen rushed for 47 yards for the Chargers. Hazleton Area 35 Pittston Area 7 Brady Mizenko rushed for 240 yards […]
Holy Spirit Topples Conwell-Egan on Last Day at the Beach
August 28, 2023 | Phil Myers
In the only close game of the four played on Sunday at Ocean City’s ‘Battle at the Beach’ Classic, Holy Spirit rode a strong running game sprinkled with timely passes to down Cowell-Egan 24-7. The Spartan defense was very Spartan-like in limiting their enemy’s offense to one big play, getting a safety, and forcing a […]
60-50-40, Tigers Win In Garcia’s Return
August 28, 2023 | Dave Fegley
SCA impresses in shutout over Berwick Southern Columbia head coach Jim Roth has mapped out his plan for years. Improve each week, and when the playoffs hit, start peaking. With the way the Tigers played in their season opener against Berwick, it’s hard to say where they have any signficant improvement needed. SCA dominated the […]
Mayhem’s Game of the Week: Video Recap (Week1)
August 28, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
In my Game of the Week, I traveled to Walt Snyder Stadium in Newtown, Pennsylvania to watch host Council Rock South take on William Tennent in a non-conference matchup. This was Tennent’s Colin Leach’s first game as Head Coach. The Golden Hawks dominated in their 27-3 victory.
Harrisburg looked good, real good, in York Rose Bowl Kickoff Classic finale (gallery included)
August 28, 2023 | Billy Splain
Every year coach Cal Everett has the Cougars in contention for the Mid-Penn Colonial league title. He also expects to compete for a state title every year. Saturday night in their season opener, they looked the part. Elias Coke, Neamiah Ewell and Zymere Hill combined for seven scores and the Cougars began their campaign to […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Purchase Line WR/DB John Hughes!
August 28, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
2023 GRSN Player Profiles Name: John Hughes Positions: WR/DB School: Purchase Line Jersey# 88 Grade: 12th Height: 5’11” Class of 2024 Do you have a Twitter? No #1 How long have you been playing football? Since third grade. #2 What other sports do you play? Baseball #3 What has football taught you? Even […]
Prestonsburg Blackcats have good luck in 26-6 win over the East Ridge Warriors.
August 27, 2023 | contributor
Game 3 of the 2023 Pike County Bowl had East Ridge going against Prestonsburg, a team I had not watched play since 2004, in that game they lost to Pikeville 14-0, in the Pike County Bowl. This game got off to a better start for the Blackcats when Alex Harris pulled off a fake punt […]
Rollers escape York Rose Bowl Kickoff Classic with close win over Imani to begin Title defense
August 27, 2023 | Billy Splain
“We knew what they were going to bring so we just had to do what we do best” said Steelton-Highspire head coach Andrew Erby. What they did was dig deep and take control late and pulled away for the 42-27 win to begin their title defense. It wasn’t until the fourth quarter that the Rollers […]
Imhotep rolls to record in Rose Bowl Kickoff Classic agains Life Christian Academy (gallery)
August 27, 2023 | Billy Splain
“They talked a better game than they played” said someone on the sidelines Saturday afternoon. That person was talking about the chatter the players from Life Christian Academy aimed at the Imhotep football program and players. If I’ve learned one thing in the many years of covering high school football, it’s not to give your […]
Pike Central edges Martin County 9-6
August 27, 2023 | contributor
The first game in the 2023 Pike County Bowl was played in a steady rain with cooling temperatures at Belfry High School. The rain and some untimely issues by each team kept this not only a low-scoring game but a very competitive one. Freshman Pike Central quarterback, Jamere Knuckles would scamper for a nice […]
Luxy’s Week 0 Game Highlights
August 27, 2023 | Shane Lux
Neshannock vs. Sharon Beaver vs. Western Beaver Avonworth vs. Grove City
Colts Hold Hurricanes Scoreless in 27-0 Victory
August 27, 2023 | Karlee Feger
The Marian Colts started their season off with a shutout win against the Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes. The final score of this matchup was 27-0. Marian quarterback Bruce Hopeck connected with Micheal Silliman for the first touchdown of the game. The Colts didn’t stop there, Jesse Rodino ran 39 yards for a touchdown just a few […]
Neshaminy thumps Kensington in opener. (photo gallery)
August 27, 2023 | Billy Splain
The Tigers trip to Neshaminy wasn’t pleasant. Four turnovers and a stout Neshaminy defense suffocated the Tigers to the score of 44-0. The Skins defense held Kensington to a net of 9 yards. Gallery by Jesse Garber
Dobbins escapes Roxborough (Photo gallery)
August 27, 2023 | Billy Splain
Roger Barone Photos Roxborough was victory slip away with a failed two point conversion as they fell to Dobbins 8-6 in the season opener for the two schools.
Trojans dominate… 56-21 over Juniata
August 27, 2023 | Quincy Piper
Twitter QuincyPiper_ The returning district 4 AA finalists came to play at alparon park Saturday night. The Trojans forced a three and out on the inaugural Indian drive. And On the ensuing punt sophomore wideout Mason Smith, caught it at his own 35 and followed an army of Trojans all the way to […]
Pen Argyl Opens Their 2023 Football Campaign With Dominating Performance
August 27, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
A 49 point first half propelled a Green Knight win, up on the hill. PEN ARGYL- The Green Knights erupted for 49 first half points in their season opener with Wilson Saturday afternoon before a packed house en route to a 49-20 win over Wilson Area in a Colonial/Schuykill League contest. On a day that […]
Sharon earns first opening week shutout since 2001
August 27, 2023 | Shane Lux
Sharon – Sharon earned their first opening week shutout since 2001 with a 26-0 victory over visiting Neshannock Saturday night at Sharon Tiger Stadium. Not since a 38-0 whitewashing of Cornell in 2001 had Sharon shut out an opponent opening weekend – but the Tigers did convincingly 22 years later. “If I told you I […]
David Stone Terrorizes St. Joes Prep in IMG’s 17-14 Win
August 26, 2023 | Noah Stomsky
David Stone, ranked number six in the ESPN 300 rankings showed why he was ranked so high. SJP’s o-line struggled against Stone as he was seen in the backfield either getting pressure on QB Samaj Jones or slowing down the running game. Outside of Stone making plays at the line, DB Ellis Robinson IV and […]
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