News
October 2025
Hickory vs. Grove City Game Highlight Reel
October 10, 2025 | Shane Lux
Hickory vs. Grove City Subscribe to Luxy’s YouTube Channel Here
District 12 Week 7 Preview & Notes
October 10, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Week 7 Preview: In week 6 we saw contenders be revealed and pretenders be exposed. In the Pub Tep continued to roll through their competition, Belmont and Edison remain undefeated while La Salle earned a huge CL Red Division win over SJ Prep in convincing fashion. Let’s look at the top teams in […]
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Seven Rankings
October 10, 2025 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (6-1)- (3) Norwin 8pm (Thu.) 2- North Allegheny (6-1)- (5) Canon Mac 7:30pm 3- Norwin (5-2)- @ (1) Central Catholic 8pm (Thu.) 4- Hempfield (4-3)- (7) Seneca Valley 7pm 5- Canon Mac (4-3)- @ (2) North Allegheny 7:30pm 6- Mt. Lebanon (1-6)- Penn Hills 7pm 7- Seneca Valley (1-6)- @ (4) […]
Miller Sets School Record as North Schuylkill Cruises Past Blue Mountain
October 10, 2025 | Phil Myers
It was the Luke Miller show at Spartan Stadium in Ashland as the North Schuylkill Spartans scored touchdowns on their first six possessions to cruise by the Eagles of Blue Mountain 42-21. The large crowd on hand witnessed a record setting performance by Miller as he rushed for nearly 400 yards (379 by my count, […]
Pittsburgh Central Catholic Rolls Over Norwin in 35-6 Victory
October 10, 2025 | Isaac Graves
It was a great Thursday night for one District 7 Squad. The Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings hosted their second and final game this year at Carnegie Mellon University, and they put on a show for their fans who came out. The stage was set for a great matchup between two division rivals. They were challenged […]
Central at Central Cambria Game Preview
October 10, 2025 | Hunter Myers
Sometimes all it takes is one big play from one big player to turn the tide of a game. Central and Central Cambria both know this well. Each team has relied on a special player capable of carrying their teams through a tough stretch. Central’s star athlete, Carter Schenk has time at quarterback, receiver, running […]
Hickory Survives Grove City, 21-14
October 10, 2025 | Shane Lux
Grove City – Kelvin Morrison scored three touchdowns as Hickory earned a hard-fought, 21-14 victory over homestanding Grove City Thursday night. For the Hickory Hornets, the 2025 campaign has been a season of ups and downs, though mostly ups; they’ve still faced their fair share of adversity, with Thursday night proving no exception. Hickory built […]
Week 8 Saturday Matchups – Previews and Predictions
October 9, 2025 | Davin Ridall
More matchups on tap this week and guess what? We’re headed back to Philadelphia once again, and this time we’ve got THREE games to cover, so lets dive into all three matchups. Thomas Edison vs Audenried Charter Week 7 Matchups Audenried Charter (5-2): 44-8 Win vs Samuel S Fels Thomas Eddison (7-0): 48-16 Win vs […]
#9 (3A) Mifflinburg vs Central Columbia – Game Preview and Prediction
October 9, 2025 | Davin Ridall
It’s hard to believe its already week 8, but it is indeed and this week we’re heading back to Blue Jay Stadium in South Centre Township to take a look at the matchup between the #9 ranked Mifflinburg Wildcats and the winless Central Columbia Blue Jays. Some Statistics to Know Week 7 Matchups Central Columbia […]
Abraham Lincoln season is declared over due to post game incident
October 9, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
Abraham Lincoln, a team many considered the biggest threat to Imhotep repeating as Public League champions, will no longer get an opportunity to contend for the league title as this afternoon the league has shut the program down for the remainder of the season giving their last 2 regular season opponents forfeit wins. West Philadelphia […]
Week Eight Game Preview: Freedom 4-3 Host Northampton 3-4 Friday at 7 PM BASD Stadium
October 9, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
Week Eight Freedom 4-3 host Northampton 3-4 Friday Night The Patriots are on a three-game winning streak, after starting the season 1-3. The Konkrete Kids have lost four of their last five games after starting the season 2-0. Freedom’s win streak included victories over Allen 51-13, East Stroudsburg South 42-0 and Bethlehem Catholic 28-0. Northampton’s […]
Ant & Willie’s Pick’em Parade Week 8
October 9, 2025 | 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 […]
Neumann-Goretti-South Philadelphia Annual Thanksgiving Day Game Cancelled
October 8, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
What once was an annual tradition of Philadelphia area teams playing a traditional rival on Thanksgiving has been dying over the years, and on Wednesday, another one was announced to be taking at least this year off. On their school’s athletics Facebook page today, Neumann-Goretti announced that they and South Philadelphia High School made the […]
The STATE of PA Football, Week 7. Talking playoff stretch with the PFN staff
October 8, 2025 | Billy Splain
The PFN Staff takes a look at the stretch run to the playoffs heading into week 8 of the 2025 season
The LHAC Power Index Week 8 Predictions
October 8, 2025 | Hunter Myers
Current 2025 Records – Model: 50-20 (71%), Me: 56-13 (81%) Clearfield (5-2) @ Somerset (2-5): Clearfield -13 A potential Week 8 trap game looms for the Bison when they travel to take on Somerset on Friday night, a week before a huge LHAC showdown that could determine a championship spot against Bishop Guilfoyle. While most […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: There’s nothing like Fall in District 2
October 8, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Fall is finally here! And what I mean is, the leaves and that crisp chill in the air that means one thing: high school football! As I’ve travelled around the state, and specifically in District 2, there have definitely been some standout places to see a game, and some that really seem to pop out […]
BlueWhite Tailgate Pawcast S2 Ep 17 Franklin’s Future, Can Lions Turn It Around vs N’Western?
October 8, 2025 | Billy Splain
Penn State and James Franklin seem to be in a free fall and the path forward is murky at best. In this episode Mike, Frank and Andrew address fans’ concerns with the media, you make like that segment or you may hate it but we give it a fair shake. The gang also addresses the […]
PFN TAPS into the State: Week 7, 2025! 90 minutes of highlights & interviews from the weekends action!
October 8, 2025 | Billy Splain
PAFootballnews presents: PFNTapsOct7 by PAFootball Newsdotcom
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Pates Open Bethlehem City Championship Series by Shutting out Becahi
October 7, 2025 | Guy Smith
Five to four to just three football games for Guy & Pam last weekend, plus three races. All three football games were D11 high school, two varsity on Thursday and Friday, and a JV Monday. We were actually able to attend all three on our original schedule this week. Once again, the JV game was […]
PFN Pennsylvania High School Football Rankings: Week 7 2025, very few changes
October 7, 2025 | Billy Splain
We said what we said. Our rankings staff almost always comes to a unanimous agreement. This week was no exception. The coming weekend will tell the tail and expose the truth. Some big matchups coming. Rank 6A Dist Record Pvs rank 1 Harrisburg 3 7-0 1 2 LaSalle College 12 5-1 2 3 Pittsburgh Central […]
2025 District 9 Review – 7th Week
October 7, 2025 | Phil Myers
Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits: Quarterbacks: Maddox Hetrick, Punxsutawney, is now the top career passer in Chuck history with over 3,800 yards as he completed 13 of 15 passes and threw for 267 yards and 2 scores. He also ran for a touchdown Trey Wingard, DuBois, […]
Troy’s Jim Smith has been named the 2024-2025 PIAA/NFHS Coach of the Year
October 7, 2025 | Lindsey Bennett
PFN’s Lindsey Bennett interviews Troy’s Jim Smith and Line Coach Joe Millard after week 6 of the 2025 campaign. (Click the link below to watch the full interview).
PIAA Fall Sports Officials Appreciation Week: District 11 Photo Gallery
October 7, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
PIAA Fall Sports Officials Appreciation Week Every week in District 11, no matter what season we are in, should be sports officials appreciation week. It goes without saying, that without the officials there are no games. These men and women do this thankless job, not for the money, but because it is there way of […]
The LHAC Power Index Week 7 Power Rankings
October 7, 2025 | Hunter Myers
Welcome to the LHAC Power Index Week 7 Rankings. Last week, the model went 6-4, missing on Bellefonte, Clearfield, Tyrone, and Bedford. That brings the total record to 50-20 (71%) on the season. Last week the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference teams began their final sprint towards the end of the season and we saw some […]
Williams Valley Head Coach Steps down amid turmoil
October 6, 2025 | Billy Splain
This is not the time of the year you want to see a head coach step down. Steve Sedesse took over the top spot replacing Tim Savage in 2023. Sedesse stepped in and the success that Savage had there continued on with the Viking program with the team continuing to be ranked highly in the […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.