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October 2024
Susquehanna Township holds on against East Pennsboro in 35-28 victory
October 5, 2024 | Nick Myers
The Susquehanna Township Indians continued their winning streak with a road victory against the East Pennsboro Panthers. This win is largely due to the Indians unstoppable ground game, which scored four out of Susquehanna’s five touchdowns. This rivalry matchup started off with a bang with East Pennsboro’s JJ Gossard scoring the first TD of the […]
Danville finds a way to pull out a victory over Mount Carmel in Heartland Athletic Conference thriller.
October 5, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Bo Sheptock scores three times to keep the Ironmen unbeaten through seven games. DANVILLE- Homecoming is a special time of the football season for high school football teams across the Commonwealth. The Pageantry and all the preparations the entire week has the school abuzz for the most part: Homecoming queen and queen, homecoming dance and […]
Mifflin County’s Stifling Defense upends Waynesboro on Homecoming.
October 5, 2024 | Quincy Piper
The stands were jam-packed for a crazy homecoming game in Lewistown, and I’m here to talk about it. Coach Breon on the win: “Well, I’m glad we came away with a win. It was a dogfight; I knew it would be. It was a tough win. We did a good job on third down, we […]
Heritage Conference Triple Header-Northern Cambria, Marion Center & Homer Center prevail in week seven clashes!
October 5, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
I made it to three of the six Heritage Conference Football Games last night. Indiana County has six teams and usually three are playing at home. Seven weeks into the season and you can pretty much predict the outcomes. The next three weeks have some big matchups coming up. I started in Kenmore where I […]
Wilkes-Barre Area uses strong second half to defeat Pittston Area
October 5, 2024 | Jared Samuel
It certainly looked to be a good matchup on paper as the Pittston Area Patriots made the short trip down River Street to face the Wilkes-Barre Area Wolfpack. Both teams entered at 2-4, Pittston coming off a tough loss against Crestwood and Wilkes-Barre reeling a bit from a shutout loss to Hazleton. Prior to the […]
State College Blanks Cedar Cliff 38-0
October 4, 2024 | Noah Radio
On a beautiful Friday night in Happy Valley, the State College Little Lions destroyed Cedar Cliff 38-0. The State College offense started fast and never let up, while the defense never let the Colts inside the 20-yard line. On the third play of the game, senior quarterback Eddie Corkery hit his favorite target, fellow senior […]
Pittston Area at Wilkes-Barre Area — PHOTO GALLERY
October 4, 2024 | Sherryl Samuel
Photos by Sherryl Samuel
Kucharski Leads Valley View to Victory over North Pocono 21-14 (Video Highlights)
October 4, 2024 | Jake Mills
Valley View defeated North Pocono tonight in a Lackawanna Football Conference Division 1 Matchup 21-14. Nick Kucharski had a big game for the Cougars with 2 touchdowns and many big plays on defense. North Pocono was down Freshman standout Running Back Joe Briskie but the Trojans still gave Valley View all it had. Quarterback Chase […]
Connellsville Shuts Down North Star In Non-District Defensive Battle
October 4, 2024 | Baron Dionis
Tonight was all about defense between 2A North Star and 5A Connellsville as the defenses fought, ending in a 17-7 Connellsville victory. Three touchdowns were scored in the contest, all coming in the second quarter. The Cougars got on the board first with a four yard touchdown run from Ethan Smith. Connellsvilles Linkon Keller responded […]
Berwick Earns Second Win in Shutout Victory over Nanticoke
October 4, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
October, already. As the leaves fall and the temperature decreases, High School Football enters its peak month. It’s week 7 already. Teams across the state are crossing their Ts and dotting their Is in anticipation of the playoffs in a few short weeks. The same stands true for Berwick and Nanticoke. Two struggling teams clashed […]
Public vs. Private Football Debate: Write Your Local Congressperson
October 4, 2024 | Matt Herring
Earlier this week the Pennsylvania House Commerce Committee voted 24-1 to separate playoffs and post-season championship play for public and private schools. While many would assume this vote creates an immediate split between public and private schools in all interscholastic sports the road to the passing of an actionable law (which is required in the […]
BlueWhiteTailgate Pawcast Ep. 8 – Lions establish dominant running game
October 4, 2024 | Billy Splain
White Out” energy was on full display and helped power the Nittany Lions to a close 21-7 win over a gritty Illinois team. What stood out from this game, the running game showed a type of power that Penn State has been lacking. Is this offensive line that lost three starters to the NFL the […]
District 7: Mid Season Report
October 4, 2024 | Ethan Spozarski
The 2024 WPIAL season has been one to remember. It has been full of surprises with game results, teams shooting up the standings and a few teams undefeated for the first time in a long time if not ever. 6A: The top two in the class of 6A remain North Allegheny & Pittsburgh Central Catholic.The […]
PFN Football Night Fearless Forecast by PA Weather Plus: Friday, October 4. Oh Yeah! Football weather!
October 4, 2024 | Billy Splain
Football Night Fearless Forecast by PA Weather Plus Main Headlines: Generally calm weather conditions with seasonable conditions across the state as high pressure sits overhead. A few areas of isolated showers cannot be ruled out, especially across portions of south-central and southeastern PA. FIRST BOX = 5PM TEMPERATURE SECOND BOX = 7PM TEMPERATURE THIRD BORX = […]
Freedom Comes Up with Five Turnovers in Decisive Victory over Bethlehem Catholic
October 4, 2024 | Cody Brady
Three interceptions, two fumbles and a safety all helped Freedom pull away from Bethlehem Catholic at BASD Stadium on Thursday night. Despite three first half turnovers, the Hawks kept it close until the continued mistakes and a couple of long drives broke it open late. Freedom played keep away nearly all night long, as lengthy […]
Saegertown Blanks Maplewood 23-0
October 4, 2024 | Shane Lux
Guys Mills – Saegertown pitched a shutout as the Panthers won their third straight game, 23-0, over rival Maplewood Thursday night. In a Region 2 battle between rivals, potential playoff seeding was on the line, and the Panthers’ defense limited the Tigers to 215 offensive yards. “Our kids came ready to play tonight,” said Saegertown […]
Twin Valley defeats Donegal – PHOTO GALLERY
October 4, 2024 | Andy Marchese
Twin Valley defeated Donegal, 49-0, on Thursday, October 3, 2024. See the Extended Gallery HERE.
Bethlehem Catholic Vs Bethlehem Freedom (Photo Gallery)
October 4, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
Bethlehem Catholic Vs Bethlehem Freedom Final Bethlehem Catholic – 3 Bethlehem Freedom – 24 Twitter/X @ScipScip
What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 7
October 3, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to this week’s installment of What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII this week. We have past the halfway point of the season. What an exciting season it has been thus far and the rest of the season appears to be just has exciting. Let’s look at what went down […]
District 5, District 6, District 8, & District 9 Rankings
October 3, 2024 | Josh Krise
We are passed the halfway point in the high school football season, let’s take a look at the rankings within the districts. These rankings were based off of record, point differential, and strength of schedule District 5 Rankings: North Star (2A) 5-1 Northern Bedford (1A) 5-1 Windber (1A) 4-2 Chestnut Ridge (2A) 4-2 Bedford (2A) […]
WEEK SEVEN OF PROTIME’S PICK’EM CHALLENGE: CAN THE JOES SLOW THE PROS DOMINANCE
October 3, 2024 | Marcus Sic
Week Seven Starts with Bubble at the Top! As the temperatures begin to drop and the days shorten ProTime’s Pick’em Challenge flips the calendar to October week seven begins with a bubble of Pro pickers sitting at the top, after a couple of sizzling weeks will one of the leader’s bubble burst creating some breathing […]
Protime Predictions – Funny Favorite Team Comments
October 3, 2024 | Phil Myers
Protime has a friend that is a diehard NY Jet football fan. Last year when they failed to make the playoffs, he said that he was going to have the Jets as pallbearers at his funeral so they could let him down one last time. Then the other day when someone was making fun of […]
Mayhem’s Game of the Week: Neshaminy @ Pennridge (Week 7)
October 3, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
The Game: Neshaminy Redskins @ Pennridge Rams Saturday, October 5, 2024 Kickoff: 12 PM Helman Field (Pink Out) 1228 N. Fifth Street, Perkasie, PA 18944 Last 3 Meetings: Neshaminy 17 -VS- Pennridge 7 Neshaminy 7 @ Pennridge 6 Pennridge 28 @ Neshaminy 14 Team Details: Neshaminy Redskins Head Coach: Steve Wilmot (10th Season) League: […]
Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: Parity a Pipe Dream in D11
October 3, 2024 | Guy Smith
2024 Episode 21. We can’t speak for the rest of the state, but in District 11, it seems the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, so to speak. Week in and week out, there seem to be far more blowouts than close, exciting games. Take last weekend for instance. There were 24 games […]
Classic Coaches and Local Legends
October 3, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
The PA Football News Classic Coaches and Local Legends series highlights people around the state that have impacted their communities through it’s football programs. Take a trip down memory lane with some of the greatest and most memorable people our football communities have to offer in Pennsylvania. […]
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