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Cornell High community in shock, Head Coach Ed Dawson passed away Friday night
October 24, 2026 | Billy Splain
Veteran Head Coach Ed Dawson passed away during Cornells game with Rochester. He apparently wasn’t feeling well during the second quarter and had a medical episode. The game was called with Cornell leading. Aid and cpr was given on the sidelines by someone before he was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. […]
Pottsville beats North Schuylkill 32-21 -Photo Gallery
October 24, 2026 | Carson Wetzel
Pottsville survives North Schuylkill 32-21 Coming into this game, North Schuylkill is looking to bounce back after a bad loss while Pottsville is looking to continue it’s win streak. Starting the game off in the 1st quarter where Donovann Durham breaks for a long touchdown run for pottsville to make it 7-0. North Schuylkill would […]
Bethel Park shouts down Peters Township in easy home victory
October 23, 2026 | Cade Henderson
Man, oh man, what a night for the Bethel Park Blackhawks, scoring 27 unanswered points against Peters Township and defeating the Indians 27-0. It was a tale of two run heavy offenses. Both quarterbacks in Brady Bruckner for the Hawks and Talen Stauffer for the Indians were running the ball themselves. The longest play of […]
Southern Lehigh holds on, defeats Northwestern Lehigh
October 23, 2026 | Torey Petruno
-Center Valley In what has become in recent years a matchup between two Lehigh Valley powerhouse teams, the Spartans finally come away victorious for their first victory, 17-14 over Northwestern Lehigh since their victory over the Tigers in 2018 in New Tripoli. This victory for Southern Lehigh also snapped a 40-game regular-season winning streak for […]
Shaler clinches playoffs & ‘Route 8 Rivalry’; beat Hampton 16-12.
October 23, 2026 | Greg Hillman
GLENSHAW, PA– The Shaler Titans have clinched a playoff spot for the second consecutive year following their 16-12 win over Hampton on Friday night. Shaler handled their new conference well this season. The Titans took three straight conference wins in what was seen as “must-win” games, with what is now a “winner-take-all” for the Greater […]
Penn-Trafford 42 Woodland Hills 13 on 10/23/2026 gallery
October 23, 2026 | William Spicher
Penn-Trafford Coach John Ruane comments after game Penn-Trafford Photo Page Woodland Hills Photo Page
Andrew Jackson Volunteers defeat Columbia Capitals 37-6 in lopsided game
October 23, 2026 | Liam Christenson
Andrew Jackson came out of the gate like a team on a mission and never let Columbia breathe. Jvon Kelly punched in a two-yard score for a 7-0 lead at 9:48 of the first, then ripped off a 30-yard touchdown just two minutes later to make it 14-0. Brody Broughton finished the quarter by firing […]
Portage Gallops Into Purchase Line’s Senior Night, Pulls Off 33-20 Win
October 23, 2026 | Isaac Markle
Purchase Line football seniors walk onto the field for the coin toss on Senior Night (above) (photo by Isaac Markle) The 3-5 Portage Mustangs walked onto Barry T Madill Athletic Field in Commodore, PA, expecting a tight matchup against the 3-5 Purchase Line Red Dragons. Despite a strong start from the Dragons, and the fact […]
Honesdale cruises to victory over Mid Valley 52-15 (Video Highlights)
October 23, 2026 | Jake Mills
The Honesdale Hornets cruise to a convincing 52-15 victory over the Mid Valley Spartans This win puts Honesdale at second place in the Lackawanna Conference Division 2 Gabe Duda ran for four touchdowns including returning the opening second half kickoff. Turk Acker, Bobby Macdowell, and Brayden Fritisch also scored for the Hornets tonight. Mid Valley […]
Delaware Valley has no trouble with West Scranton
October 23, 2026 | Jared Samuel
While it hasn’t necessarily been a typical season for Delaware Valley, as they came into their showdown with West Scranton at 2-6, there have been some signs of solid improvement. West Scranton had a 3-5 record and the Invaders were coming off a huge Bell Game victory over rival Scranton. With the Invaders celebrating Senior […]
PFN’s Road Trippin’ With Davin: Week 9
October 23, 2026 | Davin Ridall
Week nine is upon us, we’re almost to the end of the regular season already, quite upsetting I won’t lie, but hey this is where the good football starts to come in. This is where the playoff races heat up, the rivalry games are right around the corner, and the cold weather really starts to […]
Only in the Pub. NOT! Ant & Willie’s Pick’em Parade Week 9
October 23, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
If you were following Philadelphia Football in early 2000’s you undoubtedly visited Tedsilary.com several times a week. One of the most popular features on the site was the Weekly Picking Parade. What started out as friendly competition between two good friends Huck Palmer and Tom “Puck” McKenna in 2009 they a third participant in Willie […]
South Dakota Spotlight: Watertown upsets O’Gorman, 15-14 in wild 4th quarter comeback (PHOTO GALLERY)
October 23, 2026 | Sykotyk
Watertown hosted O’Gorman on the final weekend of the season. Both teams entered the game with matching 5-3 records. O’Gorman struggled against the Watertown defense most of the game. Two interceptions by the Arrows, including a fourth down stop in the redzone early in the game. Still, O’Gorman had a 14-0 lead going into the […]
Preview: Lehigh Looks to Rebound Against Villanova
October 22, 2026 | john fox dan di edwardo
Coming off their first loss of the year against Cornell last week, Lehigh looks to rebound on the road against Villanova. Lehigh is 6-1 overall and 4-0 in Patriot League play. Villanova is 3-4 overall and 2-2 in Patriot League play and is coming off a 38-17 road win over Fordham. Lehigh saw their 23 […]
2026 District 4 Power Rankings: Week 8 Edition
October 22, 2026 | Davin Ridall
We’re in the home stretch of the 2026 regular season, as eight weeks of football have come and gone. This week was a relatively boring week in terms of rankings, hardly any movement at all, there was only one adjustment made in the middle, and only one team dropped out this week and it was […]
2026 District 4 Week 8 Recap
October 22, 2026 | Davin Ridall
October 16, 2026 Athens 42, Canton 0 The Wildcats earned their third consecutive shutout, taking down Canton 42-0 on the road and increasing their win streak up to six in a row. Athens’ defense played phenomenal again, holding the Warriors to just 28 total rushing yards, as well as forcing 6 turnovers. Offensively, Connor Davidson […]
Can It Get Worse? PSU Needs BYE Week Reboot: BlueWhite Tailgate Pawcast S3 Ep 24
October 22, 2026 | Billy Splain
Things are not going well for Penn State. Four straight losses tends to do that from time to time. On this edition of the BlueWhite Tailgate Pawcast we are joined by Locked On Nittany Lions host Zach Seyko. We dive into the state of the Penn State program and go deeper into a total athletic […]
Protime’s Pigskin Ponderings – Grass Cutting and Old Time Football
October 22, 2026 | Phil Myers
Protime just got in from mowing the grass for maybe the 50th time this year. Probably twice a week for most weeks during 2026, the ‘Summer of Mow’ Protime was out tending to his yard and his weeds due to all the rain. Protime’s poor back is telling him to get a yard service next […]
The STATE of PA Football: Week 9 loading! Was was a quiet weekend might have been the calm before the storm.
October 21, 2026 | Billy Splain
Watch LIVE Wednesday at 6pm on PFN or CWTAP Matt, Billy and Willie take a look at what happened last weekend, then they lookin into the crystal ball to see what’s going to happen in week 9. (Well, they’ll try, not do). MONSTER matchup in D11 down by New Tripoli. Big 4A matchup in D4/11. […]
Harriton-Lower Merion Co-Op Approved by PIAA
October 21, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
For months, the communities of Harriton High School and Lower Merion wanted their two schools, both part of the Lower Merion School District, to combine and form a single football program because participation in the sport was declining at both schools. That dream is now a reality. At its monthly meeting on October 7, the […]
The PFN/CWS Showcase Keystone Club: The top performances around the state from Week 8, 2026.
October 21, 2026 | Billy Splain
Did we miss you? email your info with a link to proof of stat to billy@pafootballnews.com. We’ll add you in! HOLY COW!!!! Amazing Stuff Caedon Voglino Carbondale Area 96 yard rushing touchdown Bloomsburg 500 Program Wins on 10/9/26 Upper Perkiomen Team Record – 63pts in one game – previous was 59pts Zach Adam – 6 […]
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Eight Rankings
October 21, 2026 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (7-0)- @ (3) Canon Mac 7pm 2- Hempfield (5-3)- @ (7) Latrobe 7pm 3- Canon Mac (4-4)- (1) Central Catholic 7pm 4- Norwin (4-4)- @ (7) Seneca Valley 7pm 5- North Allegheny (3-5)- @ (6) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 6- Mt. Lebanon (1-6)- (5) North Allegheny 7pm 7- Seneca Valley (3-5)- (4) […]
Northampton Takes on Nazareth for First Time Since 2025 Playoffs
October 21, 2026 | john fox dan di edwardo
Last October, Northampton was on the verge of pulling off an upset against Nazareth on the road in the District 11 6A playoffs. However, Nazareth rallied from an 11 point deficit late in the game to win 37-36. Almost a year later, Northampton returns to Andrew S. Leh Stadium looking to avenge that loss. Northampton […]
William Penn School District Reinstates All High School Fall Athletic Programs Except Football
October 20, 2026 | Nicholas Mastripolito
The decision comes days after the district decided to suspend all middle and high school athletics The William Penn School District and Penn Wood High School released a statement Monday, announcing that they would be reinstating almost all of the high school’s fall sports. There was just one team missing in the announcement: the Penn […]
