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February 2020
Former State College/PSU player Nate Stupar guest speaker this Sunday for NFF Banquet, Open to Public
February 25, 2020 | Billy Splain
NATE STUPAR GUEST SPEAKER FOR 23RD ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER (STATE COLLEGE, PA) – The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, Central Pennsylvania Chapter, has selected former Penn State Linebacker and seven-year National Football League veteran Nate Stupar as guest speaker for its 23rd annual scholar-athlete awards dinner. The dinner will be held on […]
2020 East/West All Star rosters and game info announced. Big changes for the game this year.
February 19, 2020 | Billy Splain
For the first time ever, the PSFCA East/West All Star game will be held on the same weekend and at the same venue as the Big 33 All Star game. ROSTERS BELOW The Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association is proud to announce the preliminary rosters and coaching staffs for the 19th Annual PSFCA East/West All […]
Great PA Teams: Coal Township 1955 @ShamokinSports
February 18, 2020 | Hal Wilson
1955 Coal Township Purple Demons First Row. L. to R. Fellin, Gurski, Blascovich, Switzer, Sabol, Brightbill, Narke, Carter. Second Row. L. to R. Zablosky, Thomas, Rumberger, Blasick, Rubendall, Paczkoski, Forbes, Soroka. Third Row. L. to R. Dobson, Rozinski, Yanchuck, Zimmerman, Rosini, Hetzendorf, Martin, Shaffer. Fourth Row. L. to R. Hoffman, Nye, Lubreski, Stutz, Doty, […]
Coaching Jobs: Baldwin High School seeks Head Football Coach @bw_highlander @BHS1Athletics1
February 13, 2020 | Billy Splain
Baldwin-Whitehall School District ANTICIPATED Head Varsity Football Coach Baldwin-Whitehall School District, located in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA, is seeking candidates for the position of Head Varsity Football Coach to lead our 6A football program. Candidates should have extensive high school coaching experience; collegiate playing/coaching experience is welcomed. Preferred candidates must have prior head coaching […]
2020 PSFCA Big 33 Team announced (and everything you need to know about the game)
February 12, 2020 | Billy Splain
The Pennsylvania State Football Coaches Association introduces the 2019 Big 33 Roster. Join us on Monday, May 25th at Central Dauphin School District’s Landis Field in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County. Kickoff is slated for 2 p.m. with Pre-Game fun. Special thanks to (support local photographers, buy their images!: JC Kreisher Photography Real Life […]
2020 PAFootballNews.com ALL ACADEMIC TEAM GOLD
February 9, 2020 | Billy Splain
We are proud to announce the following players have been named to our 2020 PAFootballNews.com All-Academic Gold Team. Members of this team competed in the 2019 season with a GPA of 4.0 and up If you or your team is not listed, please email billy@pafootballnews.com we will continue to add to this list as long as it […]
2020 PAFootballNews.com ALL ACADEMIC TEAM SILVER
February 9, 2020 | Billy Splain
We are proud to announce the following players have been named to our 2020 PAFootballNews.com All-Academic Silver Team. Members of this team competed in the 2019 season with a GPA of 3.5 – 3.9 If you or your team is not listed, please email billy@pafootballnews.com we will continue to add to this list as long as it […]
2020 PAFootballNews.com ALL ACADEMIC TEAM BRONZE
February 9, 2020 | Billy Splain
We are proud to announce the following players have been named to our 2020 PAFootballNews.com All-Academic Bronze Team. Members of this team competed in the 2019 season with a GPA of 3.0 – 3.4 If you or your team is not listed, please email billy@pafootballnews.com we will continue to add to this list as long as it […]
Former East Brady Football Coach Terry Henry Receives Super Birthday Present From Former Player And Best Friend
January 31, 2020 | David McClaine
Above: from second from left: Thurman Thomas, Coach Henry, Jim Kelly at Delray Beach There are presents and then there are PRESENTS, a nice tie or tickets to a big name concert or major sporting event better yet, seats at the Super Bowl (last row corner of the endzone), better yet, Row 10 on the […]
Wpial Schedules are out…some interesting matchups early
January 30, 2020 | Billy Splain
With the new method of the WPIAL choosing the out of conference games by eye instead of using a computer, some interesting games have emerged. Also a byproduct, most of the non conference games are in the beginning of the season, making those conference games a little more important on the back end of the […]
Great PA Teams: Lower Merion 1923…..For Kobe and the Lower Merion family
January 28, 2020 | Hal Wilson
LOWER MERION 1923 Dating from the 19th century, Lower Merion football has a long and rich tradition. Over the years, the suburban Philadelphia school has fielded many fine teams. Perhaps the greatest of all was the perfect record squad of 1923. This Maroon team from Ardmore scored 349 points in ten games while allowing […]
Wash High Bolsters Coaching Staff with Former Carmichaels Assistant (Q&A)
January 27, 2020 | Nate Grella
Facilitated by Nathan Grella In 2019, Washington High School had a dominant defense filled with numerous Division 1 and 2 prospects. Over the weekend, 3 of them would declare their college decisions. With star defensive linemen, Chase Mitchell, already signed to play for the Liberty Flames, three more of the talented senior class would declare. […]
Possible change to heat acclimatization week could erase week zero
January 26, 2020 | Billy Splain
The PIAA put in a policy in March of 2013 that all teams must go through five consecutive days of heat acclimatization to get used to the heat before camp begins next week. Each athlete must go through the heat practices before they are allowed to start regular practices. The minimum amount of practice time […]
PIAA Success Factor Rules Face First Test,
January 24, 2020 | Billy Splain
The new rules are simple, if you accumulate six points in a two-year period and have more than three transfers your team will play in the next classification higher. Those rules were passed by the PIAA in July 2018 in response to the outcry across the state to curb transfers and recruiting. Simply put if […]
Aliquippa, Pine Richland headline a slew of shifts in the WPIAL for 2020-21 seasons.
January 24, 2020 | John Robbins
This offseason the PIAA released their new classifications and the teams that will participate in them. With those changes, the WPIAL came up with two proposals to form conferences. Proposal 1 stuck with the status quo, which was all six classifications. Proposal 2 offered combined conferences based on region and rivalries. The WPIAL coaches opted […]
Purchase Line senior football players commit to colleges
January 22, 2020 | Avery Falisec
It’s been a long time since Purchase Line has had seniors that would go on to play football at the collegiate level. Recently, the Red Dragons have had two seniors commit to Division III schools and those players are senior running back Kyle Day and senior lineman Giovanni Scott. Day has committed to Geneva […]
D10 Football Conferences in holding pattern: Update, Regions approved
January 21, 2020 | Brian Hagberg
UPDATE: New Regions Approved While the District 10 Committee voted to approve new Region alignments for most of its sports during its Jan. 15 meeting in Sharon, football still remains in a holding pattern. The football regions will be finalized once the PIAA hears Wilmington’s appeal. The Hounds objected to being moved from 2A to […]
Coaching Jobs: Bellefonte Head JR. High Football Coach
January 20, 2020 | Billy Splain
The Bellefonte Area School District is currently seeking a Head JR. High Football Coach. Responsibilities include the following; development, implementation and monitoring of all Jr. Football programming. Provide supervision for all players, staff, and volunteers. Maintain a working relationship with players, parents, and school personnel. Experience: Minimum of three years coaching experience. Head coaching experience preferred, […]
Great PA Teams: HARRISBURG JOHN HARRIS 1931 @HBGCougar_FBall
January 18, 2020 | Billy Splain
Beginning in 1926, the two new schools in Harrisburg, John Harris and William Penn, succeeded rapidly to the gridiron glory of Tech and Central in Pennsylvania’s capital city. Penn won the East-West title in 1928, led by the great back Don Watts. Then in 1929, John Harris, under Coach Harry Rote, entered a golden […]
Great PA Teams: CLAIRTON “COBRA’S?” 1931 @CCSDathletes @bears_hc @Goony_38
January 18, 2020 | Hal Wilson
The 1931 Clairton gridders climaxed a golden age of football greatness with a powerhouse team that swept aside all its opposition and won the WPIAL A title for the second time in three seasons. Big and experienced, the Mon Valley squad won ten straight games and finished the 1931 season having lost one game in […]
Great PA Teams: SHENANDOAH 1931 @ShenQBclub
January 18, 2020 | Billy Splain
The mighty 1931 Blue Devil starting lineup: Through the years of the Great Depression, in Shenandoah, a compact city in the southern anthracite region, J. W. Cooper High School, widely known as the Shenandoah Blue Devils, fielded one of the top football programs in Pennsylvania. Under the direction of legendary coach Bobby Nork, the Blue […]
Preview Of New Wildcat Football Uniforms Presented At Clarion School Board Meeting
January 16, 2020 | David McClaine
(Above Image) There are several different types of helmets. Shown is a Schutt helmet with Matte Navy Blue finish Clarion School District Superintendent Dr. Joe Carrico gave those in attendance at the District School Board meeting, on Tuesday night (January 14th) a preview of what the new football uniforms for the Central Clarion Wildcats will […]
Nine Former PA High School players are now NFL Head coaches!
January 12, 2020 | Billy Splain
Former @SJPREP player Kevin Stefanski becomes NINTH! former PA player now current NFL Head Coach (Browns) Reich, McCarthy, Rhule, Judge, Arians, McDermott Nagy, Fangio the other 8. WOW! pic.twitter.com/oQDehiHfUN — Pa Football News (@PaFootballNews) January 13, 2020 Former St Joseph’s Prep player Kevin Stefanski becomes ninth former PA player now current NFL Head Coach […]
Introducing the Central Clarion Wildcats
January 10, 2020 | Billy Splain
It’s not quite official yet, but Co Head Coach Larry Wiser says it’s basically a formality. When Clarion and Clarion-Limestone entered into their co-op, which includes North Clarion, they kept the Clarion name for one year while decisions were made official. There were several mascot names thrown out like The Miners, The Bucks to […]
Will WPIAL coaches decide on major changes, or will conferences remain classification based
January 10, 2020 | Billy Splain
On Wednesday night the WPIAL held a meeting with it’s head coaches. The goal: try to correct the conference alignments in such a way as to make everyone as happy as can be. “We sent a questionnaire out a while back asking what they’d like addressed” said incoming WPIAL Executive Director Amy Scheuneman. “Some of […]
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