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October 2024
Penn State Welcomes in Former Pac-12 UCLA into the BIG 10 this Weekend
October 2, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
From “White-Out Energy” to the Stripe-Out, Penn State plays its 4th consecutive game in Beaver Stadium. One of the four former PAC-12 teams that joined the BIG 10 comes to town this week, UCLA. In their first four games in 2024, Penn State has been one of the best teams in the country defensively. […]
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Six Rankings
October 2, 2024 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (4-2)- @ Shaler 7pm 2- North Allegheny (6-0)- @ (4) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 3- Canon Mac (2-4)- @ (5) Seneca Valley 7pm 4- Mt. Lebanon (1-6)- (2) North Allegheny 7pm 5- Seneca Valley (1-4)- (3) Canon Mac 7pm 6- Hempfield (2-4)- (7) Norwin 7pm 7- Norwin (2-4)- @ (6) Hempfield 7pm […]
PFN Presents: The STATE of PA Football-the playoff run!
October 2, 2024 | Billy Splain
Yes, It’s week 7! Playoffs are no longer in the distance, they’ll be here before you know it! Join us as we discuss the unfolding picture!
Inside DXI Football Power Rankings: Week 6 Edition
October 2, 2024 | Cody Brady
Ah, those power rankings–those complex math equations that confound us with sometimes unexpected results and provide us our playoff seedings in many of the eastern PIAA districts. What’s it all mean? How will they change moving forward? Who’s in line for the playoffs after six weeks? Why is my team behind that other team that […]
Protime’s Pigskin Parlance – 2024 Milestones, Record Breakers & Game Shakers – Edition 6
October 2, 2024 | Phil Myers
Protime’s weekly column will attempt to get readers up to date on current football facts, stats, and miscellaneous tidbits of information from across the entire state of Pennsylvania. His crack staff of one will peruse some, but not all newspapers and other sources for hopefully what will be up to date scoop on the previous […]
Inside The Huddle: Going Deep Inside The PFN Rankings
October 2, 2024 | Matt Herring
As we hit the home stretch of the PA High School Football regular season schedule it’s the perfect time to take a deep dive on our PA Football News Rankings and sort out which teams are battle-tested while others are just beginning to test the waters in our Top 10’s. There’s numerous undefeated and one […]
Keystone Club Top Special Teams Performers: Week 6, 2024!
October 1, 2024 | Billy Splain
Each week we will present the Keystone Club. This Club consists of players meeting the requirements sent to coaches. It is a statewide compilation of top performances for the previous weekend. PLEASE EMAIL billy@pafootballnews.com if you wish someone to be on this list! Entries must be from coach or verified. Top Special Teams Performances Kickoff returns for […]
Keystone Club Top Offensive Performers: Week 6, 2024!
October 1, 2024 | Billy Splain
Each week we will present the Keystone Club. This Club consists of players meeting the requirements sent to coaches. It is a statewide compilation of top performances for the previous weekend. PLEASE EMAIL billy@pafootballnews.com if you wish someone to be on this list! Entries must be from coach or verified. Record Breakers! –Rocco Marcantonio Hopewell FG WPIAL […]
Protime’s Pick’em Challenge! Week 7 games are loaded! Come on Joe Public! Take’em down!
October 1, 2024 | Billy Splain
Looks like ole Protime threw in a couple ringer! Good Luck to all! Please get your picks in by noon Thursday! Loading…
Susquenita at Juniata (PHOTO GALLERY)
October 1, 2024 | Tierney Stuempfle
Rainy Friday Night Win for Juniata Juniata hosted Susquenita for this Friday night’s matchup. Both teams struggled with playing against the rainy weather conditions. Running and maintaining control of the ball was very difficult. Regardless, Juniata conquered the first half on their scoring drive. The score at the end of the first half was 42-0, […]
2024 PFN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for week 6
October 1, 2024 | Billy Splain
Couple changes at the top of 5A this week. Other than that, steady as she goes. Ranking 6A Record Pvs rank 1 St. Joseph’s Prep (12) 3-1 1 2 LaSalle (12) 6-0 3 3 Imhotep (12) 5-1 4 4 Manheim Township (3) 6-0 5 5 Harrisburg (3) 5-1 6 6 Bethlehem Freedom (11) 6-0 8 […]
2024 District 9 Review – 6th Week Action
October 1, 2024 | Phil Myers
Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits: Quarterbacks: Jase Ferguson, Central Clarion, had 6 TD passes for 2nd week in a row in throwing for 246 yards. He had 344 all-purpose yards. He now has 119 career touchdown passes and needs 19 more TD passes to top Matt […]
PIAA Football Referee Interview (Part 4 of a six-part series)
October 1, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
We sit down with a PIAA Referee from the Northern Tier League and ask questions about some of the stuff that fans may not know, and if someone is interested in being a referee how they would go about doing it. (Click Link below for the video interview)
ProTime Pick’em Challenge Week 6 Results
September 30, 2024 | Marcus Sic
PROS CONTINUE THEIR HOT STREAK Week six of the ProTime’s Pick’em Challenge is in the books with the cream and Mason rising to the top. This week there was a tie for weekly honors with ProTime Phil and Mason picking 18 of 20 winners, just behind them were Matt and the Bossman Billy, with a […]
District 10 Week 6 Recap
September 30, 2024 | Shane Lux
September 26, 2024 Harbor Creek 35, Slippery Rock 10 Harbor Creek scored 28 first-quarter points en route to a 35-10 victory over Slippery Rock Thursday night at Paul J. Weitz Stadium. Read the full game story here. September 27, 2024 Hickory 49, McKinley 0 Kelvin Morrison ran for 187 yards and three touchdowns as Hickory […]
Montana 6-man Spotlight: Denton/Geyser/Stanford/Geraldine v. Grass Range/Winnett (Photo Gallery)
September 30, 2024 | Sykotyk
Once again, I found myself in Central Montana for another weekend of high school football. As with last week, I was once again attending a Grass Range/Winnett game. This time on the road at four-school co-op DGSG. The towns, and schools, of Denton, Geyser, Stanford, and Geraldine combined together to form the Bearcats. One of […]
Montana 6-Man Spotlight: Hobson/Moore v. Great Falls Central Catholic (Photo Gallery)
September 30, 2024 | Sykotyk
Another weekend of small ball in Central Montana. Given the vast distances between towns, it’s not surprising how small and infrequent some football-playing schools can be from one another. Or, when more than one school has to come together to form a co-op team. Hobson and Moore sit along Montana State Route 200, about 9 […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week 5 (Black Knights and Ironmen)
September 30, 2024 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, September 26 2A Towanda (3-2) vs. 1A Canton (3-2) Friday, September 27 3A […]
Lock Haven survives a close match against Millersville: Winning 24-23 in a homecoming classic
September 29, 2024 | Ryan States
Photo Taken by Lock Haven Athletics Department Lock Haven, PA.- Saying it has been a long time since (2-2) Lock Haven won a major home game is an understatement. The Bald Eagles last home win against a PSAC opponent was in 2019, their last home win against an interdivisional opponent? 2016 versus Bloomsburg. Lock Haven […]
Slippery Rock Survives Scare From Edinboro, 28-23
September 29, 2024 | Garrett Dollin
SLIPPERY ROCK, PA – It was a tale of two halves Saturday evening at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium. Slippery Rock would get on the board early, following a 4-play, 65-yard drive capped off by a 24-yard rushing touchdown from Chris D’Or. After a three-and-out, quarterback Brayden Long snuck into the end zone, extending the Rock’s early lead […]
PFN Luxy’s Week 6 Game Highlight Videos
September 29, 2024 | Shane Lux
Subscribe to Luxy’s YouTube Channel Here Sharon vs. Meadville General McLane vs. Fort LeBoeuf Slippery Rock vs. Harbor Creek
Avit Rushes for 160 Yards Villanova Beats LIU 24-10
September 29, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
This weekend Villanova University hosted its annual Family Weekend, part of the festivities is the football game has families packed into Villanova Stadium despite the constant mist that fell on the Delaware Valley Saturday. David Avitt gave those fans plenty to cheer about as the Freshman RB ran for 160 yards on 24 carries and […]
PSAC Week in Review Week 5
September 29, 2024 | John Kotsko
California (PA) 49 Gannon 7 Vulcans quarterback Davis Black threw for 297 yards and four touchdowns to four different receivers and D’Avay Johnson caught six passes for 103 yards and a touchdown and California defeated Gannon to go to 3-1 on the season. Jayden Whitaker scored the lone touchdown for Gannon. Lock Haven 24 Millersville […]
Palmerton Earns First Win of Season, Extending Wilson Area Losing Streak to 27
September 29, 2024 | Cody Brady
It’s been two and a half years since Russ Lipari, the voice of Wilson Area athletics has been able to exclaim, “Warriors win!” at a football game. The furious late comeback by Wilson Area nearly snapped the losing streak that dates back to a playoff defeat in November of 2021. The Warriors forced a late […]
Sharon Knocks Off Meadville 41-21
September 29, 2024 | Shane Lux
Meadville – Ike Friday rushed for 177 yards and three touchdowns to lead Sharon past Meadville 41-21 Saturday night at Dr. Albert Bender Stadium. Though it may not have been a rivalry or region game, any time you beat a school larger than you in classification, it’s a big deal. “I know coach Collins really […]
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