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October 2019
Juvenile Diabetes Has Not Stopped Ryan Haines
October 16, 2019 | Mark Carfagno
Ryan Haines, a 6’4 260 pound offensive tackle from for Salesianum High School in Wilmington, Delaware, tries to stay positive every day of his life. Earlier in his youth Ryan was playing baseball with his friends and for some reason he said, he didn’t feel right. His parents Tim and Nancy Haines scheduled him a doctors […]
PFN Statewide Rankings Oct 15 2019 edition
October 15, 2019 | Billy Splain
10-8-2019 PFN Rankings 10-15 PFN Class 6A Rankings Dist Record PVS rnk 1 St. Josephs Prep 12 4-2 1 2 Manheim twp 3 8-0 2 3 Downingtown West 1 8-0 4 4 North Allegheny 7 8-0 5 5 PCC 7 7-1 6 6 La Salle 12 7-1 7 7 Pine Richland 7 7-1 8 8 […]
PFN PRESENTS: The STATE of PA Football LIVE from Champs Altoona, Oct 15 @GlendaleVkingFB
October 15, 2019 | Billy Splain
PFN PRESENTS: The STATE of PA Football Join us live at Champs Altoona with Special Guests Spank Trexler and the Glendale Vikings! Come to Champs and Dine with us or watch online!
Ligonier Valley school board votes to enter WPIAL
October 14, 2019 | Billy Splain
The Ligonier Valley school board voted unanimously tonight to move all their athletic programs to the WPIAL. For the last five years the Rams have dominated the Heritage in football, and the move could introduce some stiffer competition for Roger Beitel’s squads who have won four straight titles with relative ease. Their last regular season […]
Fleetwood comes from behind to defeat Hamburg. (Michaela Crossley Gallery) @CoachGaul
October 14, 2019 | Billy Splain
Trailing 8-0 going into the third quarter, the Tigers put up 24 unanswered points to move to 7-1 on the season. Charlie Maddocks scored on a 41 yard run, then from the 1 making it 14-8. Christian Moreno made it 21-8 with a 5 yard run and Wes Seaman kicked a 28 Yd field goal […]
Philipsburg-Osceola to forfeit last two games UPDATED
October 14, 2019 | Billy Splain
The Mountie program is shutting down for the rest of the season. Parents took a vote last night and decided to forfeit the rest of the season citing injuries. Clearfield and Penns Valley were their last two opponents. Clearfield would have been playing for the 600th program win but will now earn it via forfeit. […]
Mastery Charter North Blanked By Delaware Powerhouse
October 13, 2019 | Mark Carfagno
Salesianum from Delaware stretches out before Saturday’s 3 PM Kickoff at Mastery Charter Upon arrival at Ben Johnson Memorial Stadium in the Germantown section of Philadelphia I noticed several young men wearing Mastery North Charter football jersey’s but in civilian clothes on the Pumas sideline. When I went over to head coach John Davidson to […]
PIAA District XI Power Rankings as of October 13, 2019
October 13, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
The Current PIAA District XI Power Rankings (X-denotes clinched playoff spot) 1A (4 Teams Qualify) x-Williams Valley 6-2 .619 Tri-Valley 3-5 .377 Nativity BVM 4-4 .335 Marian Catholic 1-7 .195 Shenandoah Valley 0-8 .135 2A (4 Teams Qualify) Sub-regional with District 12 West Catholic Prep (D12) 5-3 .525 Bishop McDevitt (D12) 3-5 .479 Mahanoy Area […]
Unbeaten Maplewood powers past Knights
October 13, 2019 | PFN Staff
Eisenhower’s Dillon Benson (28) holds up the ball after securing a touchdown catch during the second quarter of a game against Maplewood at Eisenhower High School, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Benson had another solid game with seven catches for 90 yards, but the Tigers topped the Knights, 52-21. Kaleb Donor’s five total touchdowns led a […]
Shore’s Tanner Lorson throws for career-high 391 in victory @tannerlorson
October 13, 2019 | Chris Masse sungazette.com/
KAREN VIBERT-KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette Jersey Shore’s Cayden Hess catches a pass for a touchdown as Lewisburg’s Cam Michaels tries to break it up during a game Friday at Bucknell University. LEWISBURG – Tanner Lorson played three sports as a junior, but never forgot about football. Even while playing basketball and baseball, Lorson remained a constant weight room presence. He […]
Elk County Catholic takes down Sheffield 57-14 @pafootballnews @ECCcru Sheffield Wolverines
October 13, 2019 | contributor
What a awesome place to take in a game. The game itself was over early though not to a lack of effort on the home team Sheffield Wolverines. They just did not have enough on the front line, especially on offense to make this a game. Elk County Catholic got three scores in the opening […]
Bethlehem Catholic ‘s Defense Rules The Day Over Easton.
October 13, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Final score @Becahi_Hawks 16 @GoRedRovers 6. @PaFootballNews @circlewsports @Mommmyto4 @NazarethNo1Fan @thebullp_n @HSPNSports pic.twitter.com/A21Abofx8Q — Brian Ptashinski (@BPtashinski) October 13, 2019 BETHLEHEM- The focus of the Bethlehem Catholic’s defense was on Easton’s Sophomore quarterback Cole Transue and the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference’s leading rusher Nahjee Adams. On Saturday night at BASD Stadium, mission accomplished as the Golden […]
Southern Lehigh Grinds Out Dominting Performance at Pen Argyl.
October 13, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Final score @SolehiSpartans 46 @PAGreenKnights 6. Off to BASD Stadium for nightcap Easton and Bethlehem Catholic 7pm. @PaFootballNews @circlewsports @Mommmyto4 @NazarethNo1Fan @KeithGroller @HSPNSports @bob_d123 @skook_sports pic.twitter.com/m6Jq1xPqBn — Brian Ptashinski (@BPtashinski) October 12, 2019 PEN ARGYL- Last weeks’ loss to Northwestern Lehigh left a bad taste in the mouths of the Southern Lehigh football team. Pen […]
Crimson Tide Continue To Roll With Win Over Jim Thorpe.
October 13, 2019 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
JIM THORPE- When two teams are so evenly matched, sometimes a game can come down who does the little things best. Friday night the Crimson Tide did just enough to topple the Olympians by a score of 32-26 in a key Schuylkill League contest in front of a packed house. Jim Thorpe dominated the contest […]
Kiski Prep dominates second half in win over Wyoming Seminary (Gallery) @CoachASem @KiskiAthletics
October 13, 2019 | Billy Splain
Princeton Douglas ran the opening kickoff of the second half back for the first points of the game and the Cougars never looked back, scoring 28 unanswered second half points while shutting out Wyoming Seminary at Donald H. Jones Stadium. Douglas added 102 yards on 16 carries. This was a tale of two halves. The […]
Dawgs pluck the Comets from the sky
October 12, 2019 | Bryan Wenzel
In years past when the Berwick Dawgs have played the Crestwood Comets, Berwick was on a winning streak and was a given that they would beat the Comets. Then the tables turned and the Dawgs started losing for a few years. Well, this seems to be changing back again, last year it was 47-0 Berwick, […]
Franklin’s Cahsid Raymond Makes The Difference in 33-26 win over Southern
October 12, 2019 | Mark Carfagno
When Ben Franklin QB Cahsid Raymond left the field after suffering a an undisclosed injury late in the second quarter his Electrons were ahead of the Southern Rams 13-0. His 60 yard TD pass to Tareef Howell and his 2 yard walk into the end zone were the only scoring plays. After the injury he […]
SCA Steals Homecoming Spotlight
October 12, 2019 | Dave Fegley
By: Dave Fegley (10-12-19) Tigers Dominate PA’s Game of the Week Southern Columbia and Wyoming Area took on each other for the first time ever on Friday night in a matchup of unbeaten squads. The game, which wasn’t officially scheduled until Monday of this week, featured two teams coming in ranked in the state. The […]
Penns Valley record goes to 7-1 with 55-12 win over Huskies
October 12, 2019 | Billy Splain
Aaron Tobias threw for 240 yards and five touchdowns while adding one on the ground to lead the Rams closer to their first ever Mountain League Title. Tobias is inching much closer to the state record of 52 TD passes in a season, needing just 10 more. “I just want to win. We can take […]
Jeanette Dominates GCC, sets up major showdown @Jhawkathletics
October 12, 2019 | PFN Staff
The Jayhawks did come to win, and in resounding fashion Greg Ricupero On a cool clear night in Westmoreland County the Jeanette Jayhawks overwhelmed and dominated a good Greensburg Central Catholic team 48-14 to set up a winner take all game with Clairton in two weeks to decide the WPIAL 1A Eastern Conference. […]
Central Dauphin defense owns the fourth quarter, leading the Rams over State College
October 12, 2019 | Billy Splain
Most teams have a victory bell. The Central Dauphin Rams aren’t most teams. They have something a little more special to their players called the “turnover bell”. And in big games this year the Rams have been abusing that bell. Several weeks ago against Harrisburg they hit the bell six times and last night in […]
Bald Eagle Comes from Behind and Spoils Senior Night in Clearfield
October 12, 2019 | Phil Myers
Bald Eagle Area’s trip to Clearfield was rewarding to say the least. The Bald Eagles avenged last year’s embarrassing loss to the Bison by scoring the last three touchdowns to wipe out a 28-15 deficit and win 36-28. The defense, which could not stop Clearfield’s offense in the first half, shut the Bison out in […]
Hornets top undefeated Warriors, 40-6
October 12, 2019 | Ed Weaver
The Wellsboro Hornets handed the visiting Canton Warriors their first loss of the season with a 40-6 victory on Friday, October 11 during Senior Night.
Great PA Teams State College, 1973
October 11, 2019 | Hal Wilson
We are pleased to begin 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. Todays Story is dedicated to Coach Williams. Keep the sidelines bright for us coach. STATE […]
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