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November 2019
SCA Dominates MCA In District Final
November 17, 2019 | Dave Fegley
Tigers win 27th District IV Title By: Dave Fegley (11-17-19) Saturday Night at Tiger Stadium, Southern Columbia capped off the most incredible run in District IV history with another title. Obviously at this point the nine-time state champion Tigers are focused on trying to become Pennsylvania’s first ever 10-time PIAA Champions, but their dominance in […]
Pottsville Captures District XI Title Over Central Catholic.
November 17, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
SLATINGTON- The Pottsviile Crimson Tide is now 2-0 versus the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South in the PIAA District XI 4A playoffs. Last week the Tide knocked off perennial champion Bethlehem Catholic 18-12. Saturday at Northern Lehigh’s Bulldog Stadium Pottsville amassed 265 rushing yards in a dominating performance that led to a 34-7 thrashing of Allentown […]
Ridgway Uses Strong Second Half to Down Clarion and Claim 4th Straight D-9 Crown
November 17, 2019 | Phil Myers
The Ridgway Elkers trailed by 14 at halftime and Clarion was getting the second half kickoff. Ridgway had failed to stop Clarion in four of the Bobcats’ five drives and gave up an astounding 320 yards of offense in those first two quarters. But in a tale of two halves, the Elkers outscored the Bobcats […]
Wyomissing Denies Middletown’s Quest for a Four-Peat 24-21.
November 17, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
WYOMISSING- Three-time defending District III champion, Middletown, was denied a fourth by a determined Wyomissing group that finally got over the hump to advance in the PIAA State 3A playoffs with a 24-21 win at Spartans Field, before an over-flow crowd Saturday afternoon. Middletiown had ended Wyomissing’s season the past three years. Turnovers and crucial […]
Asher Smith Breaks Rushing Record, Southern Lehigh Pummels Oil City in PIAA 5A Playoffs
November 16, 2019 | Billy Splain
Southern Lehigh piled up 373 yards on the ground and 5 rushing touchdowns, 226 of which were from Senior running back Asher Smith who tallied four of the scores, setting Southern Lehigh’s record for rushing yards in a season on Saturday, and sophomore kicker Christian Colasurdo hit 2 field goals (25 and 37) as the […]
Coudersport Repeats as District 9 Class A Champs
November 16, 2019 | Phil Myers
They say good things come to those who wait. Saturday afternoon in DuBois, the Coudersport Falcons waited till the fourth quarter before putting the pedal to the metal in claiming their second straight D-9 Class A title. The Falcons trailed the Redbank Valley Bulldogs 7-6 heading into the final stanza and then they erupted for […]
Big Plays The Difference In Imhotep’s 4A District 12 Championship Over Bonner-Prendie
November 16, 2019 | Mark Carfagno
Trailing 7-0 with just over 2 minutes to play in the second quarter Bonner-Prendergast was 6 yards away from 6 points. On first and goal Imhotep held BP to no gain. Second down saw the Panthers go off sides and move the ball to the 3. Replaying the down Friars running back Charles Ingram III […]
Downingtown West Outlasts Haverford in District Semi Final Thriller @whoward_ @treyblair5
November 16, 2019 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: The combined numbers are staggering 91 points, 998 yards total offense, 39 first downs. Those are the numbers that the Number 1 seed Downingtown West Whippets and the red hot 12th seed Haverford Fords combined to put up during the District 1 6A Semi Final at Downingtown’s Kottmeyer Stadium. The scoreboard read in favor […]
Bulldogs win program’s 1st state game, Bishop Shanahan’s season comes to an end.
November 16, 2019 | PFN Staff
By: Mitch Rupert / Williamsport Sun-Gazette SELINSGROVE — The football seemingly hung in the air as Jersey Shore’s Cayden Hess and Bishop Shanahan’s Nick Romano battled for possession. On third-and-17, Tanner Lorson’s floated pass down the right sideline was more of a last-ditch effort to salvage something from a drive bridging the third and […]
Montoursville wins title over Loyalsock
November 16, 2019 | Chris Masse sungazette.com/
As the final seconds ticked away, Montoursville lineman Travis Johnson sprinted toward midfield. It appeared he would jump high into the air or embrace a happy teammate as Montoursville secured another major victory. But as soon as Johnson reached the 50-yard line, he promptly turned right, walked toward the opponent and started shaking hands. His […]
Cathedral Prep Advances with 49-21 Shellacking of Bellefonte (Highlight Film)
November 16, 2019 | Phil Myers
The Erie Cathedral Prep Ramblers used special teams and short fields to Mercy Rule the Red Raiders of Bellefonte at Clarion University’s Memorial Stadium in a PIAA Class 4A contest. Erie Prep led at one point 49-7 before Bellefonte scored twice in the fourth quarter to make the final a little more respectable. “Getting that […]
State High proves to much for Delaware Valley to handle (Gallery) @SCoachLintal @dvwarriorfb
November 16, 2019 | Billy Splain
Friday November 15th the State College Area High School Little Lions took on the Delaware Valley Warriors. State High won large in a 38-7 victory. Delaware Valley came out with an immediate surprise for State High, that was an onside kick. The Warriors Recovered and began the game in favorable field position. But Delaware Valley […]
Bald Eagle Advances in Overtime Win, Defeats Bedford 21-20 (Gallery Jodon)
November 16, 2019 | Billy Splain
Trailing 14-0 since the 8:51 mark of the second quarter, the Bald Eagle Area defense came up big when it counted. The Eagle defense forced four second half turnovers, two of which gave the BEA offense good field position that they took advantage of, the last leading to the game tying score with just 1:06 […]
Wash High Outlasts Brentwood in Thriller 20-14
November 16, 2019 | Nate Grella
Going into Friday night’s WPIAL 2A semifinal matchup, both defenses for Brentwood and Washington would come into the game red hot. The Prexies, who faced another tough defense in the Freedom Bulldogs a week ago, shut out their opponent 28-0. The Brentwood Spartans did something probably more impressive, in playing the underdog as the 6 […]
Tobias, Funk, McClenahan Headline Impressive Mt. League All Star Selections
November 15, 2019 | Billy Splain
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PROTIME PREDICTIONS by Phil
November 14, 2019 | Phil Myers
Since Monday was Veteran’s Day, this week’s column is in honor of all the veterans, young and old. You are not forgotten within the world of football, especially high school football. God Bless everyone of you for your service and thank you!! For your information, Sunday November 10th was the Marine Corps birthday. Ooo-rah and […]
2019 Coaches Philadelphia All-Catholic Teams Announced
November 13, 2019 | Mark Carfagno
RED DIVISION FIRST TEAM OFFENSE CotY Jack Prete Roman C Owen Coyle Wood OL Ryan Wills La S Charley Mininger Wood Matt McGeary SJ Prep Casey Stephenson SJ Prep Rec. Marvin Harrison SJ Prep Brad Vespe La S Andrew McHugh Wood Malachi Harris Roman QB *Kyle McCord MVP SJ […]
Backyard Football Podcast: Episode 13- BFP’s Reclassification Guide to the Galaxy
November 13, 2019 | Nate Grella
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE Nick and Nathan BREAK DOWN the recent WPIAL reclassification projections and try to figure out the mysterious 8th Century/Interstate team. Nathan recaps the Sto-Rox-West Greene game and tries to explain some of the Pioneers offensive struggles. After, the guys take on previewing Riverside-Avonworth and Washington-Brentwood and look ahead toward the […]
WPIAL Big East 3A All Conference Players Named by Coaches
November 13, 2019 | Billy Splain
Most Valuable Offensive Player: Justin Huss, Derry Most Valuable Defensive Player: Chase Whatton, Elizabeth Forward All Purpose Offensive Player: Jake Johnson, Mt. Pleasant Most Valuable Offensive Lineman: Gavin Adams, Derry Most Valuable Defensive Lineman: Ian Fasano, Mt. Pleasant Coach of the Year: Tim Sweeney, Derry FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE Name, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Yr. Alex Arledge, Burrell, QB, 6-3, 190, jr. Aris […]
WPIAL 2019 NORTHWEST EIGHT All Conference Players Named by Coaches
November 13, 2019 | Billy Splain
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR MARQUES WATSON-TRENT (BLACKHAWK) DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: DOM MAGLIOCCO (MONTOUR) COACH OF THE YEAR: JOE ROSSI (SOUTH FAYETTE) OFFENSE: QUARTER BACK: 1st: Naman Alemada (South Fayette) 2nd: Mike Wells (New Castle) HM: Luke Persinger (Montour) RUNNING BACK: 1st: Marques Watson-Trent (Blackhawk) 1st: Matt Goodlin (Knoch) 2nd: Gannon Kadlecik […]
Great PA Teams: PINE – RICHLAND 2017 @PRRamsFootball @CoachKasper
November 13, 2019 | Hal Wilson
We are pleased to run a series, Great PA Teams, by the great Hal Wilson, a long time contributor to PA High School Football. Hal has written many stories in the past for PAFootballNews dating back to our print days. In the growing suburbs in Allegheny County north of Pittsburgh two townships have joined and […]
PFN Statewide Rankings Nov 12, 2019 edition
November 13, 2019 | Billy Splain
11-12-2019 PFN Class 6A Rankings Dist Record 1 St. Josephs Prep 12 8-2 2 PCC 7 10-1 3 Pine Richland 7 10-1 4 Downingtown West 1 11-1 5 Nazareth 11 11-1 6 Central Dauphin 3 10-2 7 Parkland 11 10-2 8 Harrisburg 3 9-3 9 State College 6 10-1 10 Coatesville 1 9-2 Honorable Mention […]
PFN PRESENTS: The STATE of PA FOOTBALL, LIVE from CHAMPS in Altoona!
November 12, 2019 | Billy Splain
JOIN US ONE LAST TIME before our BIG HERSHEY PREVIEW SHOW On Dec 4! Tonite we’ll answer YOUR questions about the 2019 season or anything else you want to know about. Send questions to billy@pafootballnews.com or DM me on twitter @pafootballnews As always, we’d love to have you join us for dinner! and YES! […]
2019 WPIAL Century Conference All Stars/Fab 45 Announced
November 11, 2019 | Billy Splain
Offensive Player of the Year – Zach Swartz, Washington Linemen of the Year – Zahki Marshall, Washington Defensive Player of the Year – Colt Harper, Southmoreland Coach of the Year – Mike Bosnic, Washington POS NAME SCHOOL YR OFFENSE OL Aiden Brookman McGuffey 11 Patrick Shumar Brownsville 11 Gerald Comedy Wash High 12 Chase Mitchell […]
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