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September 2023
ProTime Pick’em Panel Week 1 Results
September 6, 2023 | Marcus Sic
ProTime Pick’em Panel Red Hot Week One Results PFN’s panel of high school football writers were red hot with their “educated” guesses for week one, picking an incredible 133 winners out of 168 games for a preposterous .792 winning percentage. Apparently Protime Phil was not happy with his third place effort last week, rumor has […]
Berwick head coach Mike Bennett stepping away from position due to health, Bo Orlando will serve as interim head coach
September 5, 2023 | Billy Splain
Due to some health issues, Berwick head coach Mike Bennett is stepping away from coaching for a while. While it isn’t known how long Mike will be away, Berwick Athletic Director Bo Orlando will assume the position for the interim. Mike was coaching at the Berwick game last Friday night against Southern Columbia in the […]
2023 Pennsylvania High School Football PFN Rankings Week 2
September 5, 2023 | Billy Splain
“Steady as she goes” was not a saying used often this week. The rankings took several hits this week, namely State College dropping a close one to Downingtown East in 6A. 5A saw three at the lower end drop out. 4A had one change. 3A saw several changes as did both 2A and 1A. Enough […]
Upper Perkiomen Indians/Schuylkill Valley Panthers Game Highlights with Interviews and Photo Gallery
September 5, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Panthers take down the Indians with under 1:20 to go in the game ! GAME HIGHLIGHTS and POST-GAME INTERVIEWS:
On The Side Line With Noah Stomsky: Episode 1- Quasir Sampson
September 5, 2023 | Noah Stomsky
Welcome to the first episode of “On The Side Line With Noah Stomsky”. In the show’s first interview, Running Back/Linebacker Quasir Sampson for Wissahickon was the guest. He talks about what he likes about Wissahickon, why he decided to come to Wissahickon, His future plans for football, and more.
Community Joins Coach Larry Wiser In Celebration Christening Wiser Field
September 5, 2023 | Billy Splain
Photo by Bri Kirkland-Kirkland Photography – Coach Wiser, former players, assistants and folks from throughout the area who were involved in the Bobcat program throughout the years (All photos by Bri Kirkland -Kirkland Photography unless otherwise listed) A large crowd was on hand Friday (September 1st) night as the newly refurbished field behind Clarion Area […]
District 9 Review – Week 1
September 5, 2023 | Phil Myers
The most important thing this week is that everyone should be in prayer for Mason Martin, Karns City’s quarterback, who was injured in the game with Redbank on Friday. He suffered a significant brain bleed and a collapsed lung. He was flown to Pittsburgh where he underwent surgery. He is still in critical condition at […]
District 2 2023 Week 2 Recap
September 4, 2023 | John Kotsko
Abington Heights 35 Wilkes-Barre Area 28 Declan Walsh returned a fumble 55 yards and ran for 73 yards and a touchdown as the Comets got their first win of the season with a victory at Wilkes-Barre Area. Wolf Pack running back Howie Shiner added two touchdowns as Wilkes-Barre Area fell to 0-2. Scranton 29 Valley […]
The Bald Eagles of Lock Haven U. jumped out to a quick start against the Eagles of Post U. & never looked back (Gallery)
September 4, 2023 | Doug Lane
On a blistering Hot Saturday afternoon at Hubert Jack Stadium the Bald Eagles Football machine was firing on all cylinders with a balanced offensive attack. 178 rushing yards & 131 thru the air along with a stingy defense that Post had no answer for, and the home team came away with a convincing opening season […]
Temple scores three times in fourth for come from behind win over Akron (Gallery)
September 4, 2023 | Billy Splain
Temple defeated the Akron Zips at Lincoln Financial Field, 24-21, to open the 2023 season with a victory. Behind a strong defensive showing in the second half, the Owls overcame a 21-7 deficit to close the game out with 17 unanswered points. Temple held Akron to just 41 total yards in the second half. More […]
Rochester pulls away from OLSH
September 3, 2023 | Shane Lux
Moon Township: Antonio Laure rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns to lead Rochester to a 36-12 victory over OLSH Saturday night at Moon High School. “This was a good start for us – we scrimmaged last week, so this was a solid week one victory for us to get our season going,” said Rochester head […]
Battle of the Braves – Octorara wins, 35-0 over rival Pequea Valley PHOTO GALLERY
September 3, 2023 | Sykotyk
On Saturday morning, the Battles of the Braves played out at Octorara’s Gene Davis Memorial Field. The host Braves ran a clinic on the visiting Pequea Valley Braves. Amassing a 21-0 halftime lead and reaching a running clock early in the third quarter. Mekhi Murray would amass three touchdowns on the day. On runs of […]
St Joes Prep OL Lakeem Steele commits to Merrimack
September 3, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Lakeem Steele is a senior 6-2 300 lb interior offensive lineman for defending PIAA 6A champions St. Joes Prep. A 3 year starter Lakeem recently announced his commitment to FCS Merrimack College an FCS program that plays in the Northeast Conference. When asked about factors that led to him deciding to commit today to Merrimack […]
Luxy’s Week 1 (2) Game Highlights
September 3, 2023 | Shane Lux
Central Catholic vs. St. Ignatius Union City vs. Kennedy Catholic Rochester vs. OLSH
Paulding Panthers tames the Delphos Jefferson Wildcats 56-25
September 3, 2023 | contributor
Saturday night my travels took me to Stadium Park for the first time in Delphos, Ohio to watch the Paulding Panthers battle Jefferson. Jefferson, a young team came in with a 0-2 record, with losses to crosstown Rival St. Johns and Defiance Ayersville, while Paulding came in with a 1-1 record. They shut out Swanton […]
McComb Panthers claw their way to the easy win over Beechcroft Cougars 56-18
September 3, 2023 | contributor
On Saturday afternoon, I drove to McComb High School to watch the hometeam Panthers battle the Cougars from Columbus Beechcroft in a non-league game. The Panthers entered the contest with a 2-0 record, the wins had come against Allen East and Crestview. The Panthers are expected to be a force in Division 7, the smallest […]
Golden Hawks Soar Saturday Afternoon Over The Zephyrs.
September 3, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Bethlehem Catholic Improves to 2-0 with Impressive Win Over Whitehall Saturday Afternoon. BETHLEHEM- On a day that saw temperatures in the upper 80’s Saturday afternoon across the Lehigh Valley. The play of the Bethlehem Catholic Golden Hawks was just as hot as they rolled to a 34-21 win over an equally talented Whitehall Zephyr team […]
Cavaliers repel the Invaders 42-12
September 2, 2023 | Jared Samuel
Scranton Prep is no stranger to facing local teams who simply want to knock them down a notch. They arrived at today’s game in that position again, fresh off of a lopsided win against Lakeland. The West Scranton Invaders had some success last week in the 2nd half against a good Riverside squad, but ultimately […]
Union City outlasts Kennedy Catholic 63-40
September 2, 2023 | Shane Lux
Hermitage: Union City put three running backs over the century mark, as the Bears won the first game of their 2023 campaign with a 63-40 victory over Kennedy Catholic Saturday afternoon in Hermitage. “It was a wild one today, I’ve never been in a game where there was 100-plus points scored, but we’re happy with the […]
Eastern University falls in their debut to TCNJ 41-21
September 2, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
On a sunny September afternoon, the Eastern University Eagles took the field together for the first time in program history for an official college football game. Head Coach Billy Crocker has coached big time games as an position coach and coordinator at FBS program UConn, FCS programs Villanova, Elon and University of Albany however this […]
Shore report week 1: Dawgs continue to roll
September 2, 2023 | Billy Splain
GUEST REPORTER In week 2 the Bulldogs faced off against the 1-0 Green Dragons of Lewisburg. While neither team could really get anything going offensively in the 1st quarter with the Bulldogs leading 6-0 , the Bulldogs offensive came to life and coming off with a 53-0. Lewisburg had a hard time getting anything going […]
Offensive outburst helps Peters Township defeat Seneca Valley
September 2, 2023 | Paul Kercher
On Friday night the Peters Township Indians defeated the Seneca Valley Raiders by a score of 48-7. Peters Township Senior Running back Vinny Sarcone led all scorers with 3 touchdowns on the day. The Indians running game had a very strong game overall and was just plowing through the Raiders defense. On offense for the […]
BEA qb Carson Nagle throws a loss on Central Cambria
September 2, 2023 | Billy Splain
New league, new teams, new win in the columb for Bald Eagle Area. The Eagles traveled to Central Cambria Friday night to meet a new opponent. They weren’t kind to the Red Devils. Carson Nagle threw for over 200 yards and 5 tds to lead the Eagles to a solid 35-0 win. Nagle started the […]
Ryan Nase secures first win as Northeast Head Coach
September 2, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
After falling on the road last week to Cedar Crest the Northeast Vikings were determined to come back this weekend and get that taste of defeat out of their mouths. This Vikings team is talented but short on experience as most of what was expected to return for reasons unknown bolted to other city programs. […]
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