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November 2021

The EPC All-Star teams were announced,

November 5, 2021 | Billy Splain

EPC NORTH ALL STARS MVP Bobby McClosky, East Stroudsburg South Caden Reph, Northampton FIRST TEAM OFFENSE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE Quarterback Quarterback Bobby McClosky, East Stroudsburg South, Sr. Rob Papaleo, Pleasant Valley, Sr. Running Back Running Back Ron Blake, East Stroudsburg South, Sr. Jaden Bowens, Pocono Mountain West, Sr. Andre Reames, Stroudsburg, Jr. Tight end Tight […]

Protime Predictions week 10 2021

November 5, 2021 | Phil Myers

The other day Protime’s trusty ole jalopy died in the middle of a busy intersection. The truck driver behind him couldn’t make the turn because Protime was blocking the way. After honking at Protime the truck driver got out and started walking briskly toward Protime. The guy reminded Protime of bad, bad Leroy Brown. As […]

Bangor Captures Eastern Conference 4A/5A Championship. @BangorSlatersFB @SauconAthletics

November 5, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Bangor Avenges Early Season Loss to Saucon Valley in Dominate Fashion to Claim Eastern Conference Championship. BANGOR- Thursday night at Paul Farnen Field the Bangor Slaters won their seventh game of the 2021 season, a goal coach Paul Reduzzi set out to accomplish at the start of the year after winning just three games over […]

District 12 Playoff Notes for Public & Catholic Leagues

November 4, 2021 | Anthony Franklin

Welcome to the fun part of the season here in District 12 where upsets regularly happen and the games are heated, fierce and down right physical. There are 7 playoff matchups this weekend within District 12 with 4 coming in Public League action and 3 in the Catholic League: Below are the following matchup, dates […]

District XI Playoffs ” Schuylkill/Colonial League ” Playoff Preview and Predictons ! @SchLeague @Colonial_League

November 4, 2021 | Billy Splain

2021 District XI Schuylkill/Colonial League Playoff Preview: CLASS 1A: *Semi-Finals* #4 Mahanoy Area Golden Bears(4-6) vs #1 Tri-Valley Bulldogs(8-1) Nov. 6, 2021 7:00pm Last Meeting: Sept.3rd 2021 Tri-Valley won 21 to 0 Preview: Mahanoy Area comes into the game winners of their last two games over Pine Grove and Shenandoah Valley. Offensively, the Golden Bears […]

Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-PIAA D4 Colonial League Playoff Edition

November 4, 2021 | Billy Splain

We Take A Look at the Playoff Tilts in District XI Featuring Teams From the Colonial League and We Look Back to Rivalry Week Ten. We concluded this regular season Saturday night in District XI with an upset victory in Easton. The season with the cloud of Covid still lingering overhead but every team got […]

Breaking down the District 10 Playoffs

November 4, 2021 | TC Jones

Class A In Class A, all signs are pointing to a rematch between undefeated Cochranton (7-0) and Eisenhower (7-2). Both schools feature outstanding running backs. Cochranton’s Jack Martinek now holds the all-time rushing record for the Cardinals, while Benji Bauer for Eisenhower is a bruising type back who picks up big yardage after contact. But […]

Breaking down the PIAA District 9 Playoffs

November 4, 2021 | Phil Myers

Breaking down the PIAA District 9 Playoffs Class 1A (seeds in parenthesis) (5) Port Allegany 5-4 @ (4) Keystone 7-2 – Port lost a heartbreaker to Keystone 36-30 during the regular season when the Panthers hit an 82-yard TD pass with a little over two minutes remaining. Keystone also intercepted 4 passes in that game. […]

Breaking Down the District 7 Playoffs @NathanGrella @PABackyard

November 4, 2021 | Nate Grella

The Dog and Pony Show certainly lived up to the fanfare last Saturday night, as it alleviated some controversies in the District 7 Bracket, but also created some new ones. For the first time, all but one of the championship games this season will be at Heinz Field on Nov. 26th and 27th. The 6A […]

BackyardPAFootball Podcast: Breaking down the WPIAL Brackets @PaBackyard @NathanGrella @JeremiahMiller0

November 4, 2021 | Nate Grella

Nathan and Jeremiah preview the first round of the WPIAL Playoffs. Does California have what it takes to go on a run? Can McGuffey take down Laurel? How excited is Chartiers Houston to host a playoff game? Also, who in the TCS has the best chance to make it to round 2? LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! […]

Breaking down the PIAA District VI Playoffs

November 4, 2021 | Greg Ricupero

Breaking down the PIAA District VI Playoffs November 5/6 Playoff Byes: Juniata Valley#1 Homer-Center#2 Bishop Guilfoyle#3 Portage#4 West Shamokin#5 Purchase Line#6 6A Altoona(4-6) at Williamsport(5-5) 11/5 7pm Head to Head-Altoona beat Williamsport at home in week one 31-24. Common Opponents-None Prediction-After a strong start, Altoona has lost three in a row. The Mountain […]

Breaking down the PIAA District 5 Playoffs

November 4, 2021 | Phil Myers

Class 1A (seeds in parenthesis) (2) Tussey Mountain (3-6) vs. (1) Northern Bedford (7-3) @ Hollidaysburg – The No. Bedford Black Panthers beat Tussey Mountain 34-7 two weeks ago. Their record may be deceiving as they lost to three 2A schools, #4 ranked Windber (9-0), Bellwood-Antis (9-1), and Cambria Heights (9-1). Bellwood and Heights are […]

Breaking down the PIAA District Four Playoffs

November 4, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter

As the playoffs begin this week it’s time to take a look at the matchups and teams in District 4 that you should keep an eye on. Within District 4 there are many teams that have the potential to make a deep state playoff run. These teams include Muncy, Southern Columbia, and Jersey Shore. All […]

Breaking down the PIAA District 3 Playoff Brackets

November 4, 2021 | Pat Weider

special contributions also by Carl Frederick 6A District 3 Breakdown: 1st seed Central York vs. 8th seed Manheim Township Note- Central York has repeated an undefeated regular season for the 2nd straight year and has won Division 1 of YAIA for 3 straight years. Township has 4 losses but the 4 losses are by a […]

La Salle vs. Roman Catholic D12 Quarterfinal Preview @LaSalle_Sports @_RomanFootball

November 4, 2021 | Will Ryan

La Salle College High School, the Philadelphia Catholic League Red Division Champions, will host the Roman Catholic Cahillites, who handed the Explorers their only loss of the season. The two will play at Springfield (Montco) High School on Saturday, November 6th, at 1pm. The Cahillites had 1 win in Philadelphia Catholic League play this year, […]

Kotsko’s View: The PIAA District 2 Playoffs in the Wyoming Valley Conference – Let the Postseason Begin!!!

November 4, 2021 | John Kotsko

Welcome to November!!! You know what that means? That’s right, the days get shorter, colder and High School Football playoffs are upon us!!!! For some, the aspiration of a District or Eastern Conference Championship will come to fruition by the end of the month. For many, the dream will be dashed and some will have […]

PIAA District 2 Lackawanna Conference Playoff breakdown.

November 4, 2021 | PFN Staff

Breaking down the LFC Playoff Games this weekend PIAA District 2 Class 6A Scranton (4-6) at Delaware Valley (7-3) (Plays winner of Hazleton, Wilkes Barre) Friday 7.00 PM Last meeting 2021 (Delaware Valley 35, Scranton 0) Scranton finished off the year on a good note by rallying late in the fourth quarter to defeat Abington […]

District 1 4A Tournament Preview (1) Bishop Shanahan HM PFN vs (4) Chichester (2) Pottgrove vs (3) Upper Moreland

November 3, 2021 | PFN Staff

District 1 4A Tournament Preview (1) Bishop Shanahan HM PFN vs (4) Chichester (2) Pottgrove vs (3) Upper Moreland Friday night the District 1 4A tournament will kick off with four of the top 4A teams in the state doing battle to hoist the District 1 Crown. Each of the teams has wins over playoff […]

District 1 6A Playoff Preview

November 3, 2021 | Kameron Hammond

Breaking down the PIAA District 1 6A Playoffs By Kameron Hammond Quakertown #5 (10-0) vs Souderton #12 (6-4) These two teams have faced each other in the regular season, where Quakertown was victorious with a 36-14 win. In their first meeting, the score was 14-14 going into the fourth quarter and then Quakertown just scored […]

Willies World: Breaking down the PIAA District 1 5A Playoffs

November 3, 2021 | Willie McGonigle

Breaking down the PIAA District 1 5A Playoffs After 2020 saw only 4 teams make the District 1 5A playoffs last season due to Covid the field returns back to its 16 team format. Three of the four teams from last season’s playoffs (West Chester Rustin, Kennett and the defending Champions Upper Dublin) make […]

PFN & @TheFundingZone Presents: The STATE of PA Football, The Road to Hershey 2021 Brackets Breakdown! Live from C3 Sports in State College!

November 3, 2021 | Billy Splain

This is a HUGE show, and we’ll break down the 2021 playoff brackets like never before! Join host Billy Splain and his staff Brian Ptashinski, Tristan Klinefelter, Greg Ricupero, Phil “Protime” Myers, Ed Weaver from Circle W Sports and Dan “behind the scenes” Reed as well as Nate Grella and Jeremiah Miller via satellite as […]

Around District 11 We Go: The Travels of Guy & Pam Quest: D11 (Week 10)

November 3, 2021 | Guy Smith

Around District 11 We Go: The Travels of Guy & Pam Guy and Pam are PA high school football fans. We are not affiliated with any team Quest: D11 (Week 10) For the final week of the regular season, we had three additional new schools lined up to visit. There was a choice of six […]

Protime’s District Nine Notes

November 3, 2021 | Phil Myers

Well, the regular season is suddenly over and the playoffs begin this week all across the state. In District 9 the feature game is the AAA championship contest Friday night in Brockway between the St. Marys Flying Dutchmen and the undefeated Bison of Clearfield who are ranked 7th in the state by PFN. St. Marys […]

2021 Keystone Club: The Defensive Leaders! Week 9: Oct 28-Nov 1

November 2, 2021 | 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 […]

2021 Keystone Club: The Offensive Leaders! Week 9: Oct 28-Nov 1