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Penn State Season Comes to an End in Disappointing Fashion
January 9, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
Penn State, Notre Dame, in Miami, what’s better? The storied rivalry took one of its most important turns in the 20 meetings between the prestigious universities. How did the classic matchup turn out? Let’s dive in. Both teams started the game trading punts. The defenses stole the show for the majority of the first half. […]
District 12 is well represented on the PFN Coaches All-State Teams
January 9, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
The 2024 football season has concluded and coaches across the state submitted their nominations for the PFN coaches all-state teams. District 12 and the Inter-Ac also known as the Philly City Leagues are very well represented throughout 3 of the 6 classifications. In the 4A classification Bonner Prendie the state champs placed 5players on the […]
The Night Before Gameday: Penn State Looks to Advance to the National Championship
January 8, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
Montana, Theismann, Bettis, Barkley, and Harris, names that have made Penn State and Notre Dame what they are. Over their 19 match-ups, the pair of gridiron titans have a record of 9-9-1 against each other. Come Thursday night, who will get their 10th win in the rivalry? Penn State has taken advantage of a favorable […]
2024 Certificates
January 7, 2025 | Billy Splain
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2024 Highlights of Troy’s First 12 Games
January 7, 2025 | Lindsey Bennett
(Video Highlights) 2024 AA State Champions Highlights: Troy Trojans (Click the Link Below to See Video)
Penn State Limits Jeanty, Advances to Semi Finals
January 1, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
As year’s end loomed, Penn State and Boise State squared off under the Arizona night. One of the biggest question marks entering this game was if Boise State could compete with a more athletic squad, they could not. Penn State, like against SMU, took an early lead and minimized the big plays. Drew Allar played […]
Central Dragons Linebacker Lukas Black Commits to Shenandoah University
December 31, 2024 | Baron Dionis
The Central Dragons have been very impressive in recent years by sending athletes to the next level across multiple sports. Lukas Black has continued to keep the athletic tradition alive as he just announced that he will be continuing his football career alive at Shenandoah University. In his junior year, Black was a big contributor […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: 2024 Annual Review
December 30, 2024 | Guy Smith
2024.34. We started the blog in 2021 as “PA Football News” freshmen. Four years later, we graduate as seniors. This is the 34th week we blogged about football this year, well above half of the weeks for the entire year. Not too shabby! Guy made it to 64 football games this season, just a bit […]
PIAA “State Experience” Vlog Episode 3
December 28, 2024 | EJ Samuel
States weekend was a blast, and we figured we would bring you along to experience it with us! Our very own EJ Samuel (D2) takes you along with us the entire weekend to see what the it entails in a “vlog” style. In this episode of the “States Experience” it was the final day of […]
PIAA “states Experience” Vlog Episode 2
December 28, 2024 | EJ Samuel
States weekend was a blast, and we figured we would bring you along to experience it with us! Our very own EJ Samuel (D2) takes you along with us the entire weekend to see what the it entails in a “vlog” style. In this episode of the “States Experience” we were met with 2 fantastic […]
PIAA “States Experience” Vlog Episode 1
December 28, 2024 | EJ Samuel
States weekend was a blast, and we figured we would bring you along to experience it with us! Our very own EJ Samuel (D2) takes you along with us the entire weekend to see what the it entails in a “vlog” style. In this episode of the “States Experience” we got to see 4 thrilling […]
Riverside nets 3 on the PA Football Writers All-State Class 2A team
December 28, 2024 | Jared Samuel
A 13-2 record and deep state playoff run was evidence that the Riverside Vikings were a good squad this season. Now, the Vikings have added 3 standouts to the PA Football Writers All-State team for Class 2A. #2 QB/DB Chase Taddonio, a 5-11 195 lb. senior garnered the honors in the “Athlete” category […]
Zietz Twins Join Farrell Standouts Along With Feliciano To Represent District 10 In All-State Selections
December 28, 2024 | Shane Lux
Mechanicsburg – Five District 10 Players earn All-State recognition in Class AAAA and AA. Isaac Zietz Senior General McLane High School Quarterback 5’11 170lbs He passed for 2,836 yards and 37 touchdowns, and he added 383 rushing yards and seven scores, helping to lead General McLane to its first District 10 title since 2006. Isaac […]
Roman Catholic earns 5 PA Writers All State 5A Selections
December 28, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
After a historical season in which Roman Catholic won the Catholic League 5A title, their first District 12 title and advanced to their first state title game in program history. Head coach Rick Prete led Roman to a 11-5 record where they fell just short in overtime to Bishop McDevitt High School in the championship […]
A Pair Of Hickory Hornets Along With Coulter And Schell Earn District 10 All-State Honors
December 27, 2024 | Shane Lux
Mechanicsburg – Four District 10 players earn All-State recognition in Class A and AAA. Jacob Coulter Junior Wilmington High School Offensive Line 6’3 275lbs Led the way for the District 10 champion Greyhounds’ rushing attack that ran for over 3,000 yards in 11 games. Justin Schell Sophomore Greenville High School Defensive Back 5’10 150lbs Caught […]
District 2 well represented on PA football writers Class 1A, 3A All-State teams
December 27, 2024 | Jared Samuel
Congratulations are in order for a number of young men from District 2 who were named to the Pennsylvania Football Writers All-State team. Headlining the Class 1A team were 4 standouts from Lackawanna Trail. #10 RB Isaac Ryon , a 5-10 180 lb. junior ran for 1719 yards and 26 TD’s on the season and […]
2024 Class 3A Pennsylvania Football Writers All-State Team
December 27, 2024 | Billy Splain
The Pennsylvania football writers have voted and this is their 2024 Class 3A All-State Team Player of the Year: Eli Zimmerman, Northwestern Lehigh Coach of the Year: Josh Snyder, Northwestern Lehigh OFFENSE Quarterback Matt Bodnar, Notre Dame-Green Pond – 6-1, 185 junior Madden Patrick, Danville – 6-1, 185 senior Aiden Patton, Brockway – 6-3, […]
Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: 2024 All Snack Bar Team
December 23, 2024 | Guy Smith
2024 Episode 33. Just for fun after the 2021 season, we came up with our first District 11 All Snack Bar Team, since one of the ways we try to support local high school football is to eat dinner at the games. Readers got a big kick out of it, and our Snack Bar of […]
Penn State Blows Through SMU, Moves on to Boise State
December 21, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
Back in August, during my season preview of Penn State, I mentioned that this was a perfect storm for Penn State to make their first College Football Playoff game. As we fast forward to year’s end, Penn State used that perfect culmination of advantages and landed a home Playoff game against SMU. The Mustangs of […]
Scranton Prep QB Louis Paris commits to Franklin & Marshall
December 20, 2024 | Jared Samuel
Scranton Prep QB Louis Paris, who this year became the first player in school history (and the first player in District 2 since 2012) to throw for 1,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in the same season, has announced his commitment to attend and play for Franklin & Marshall College. An injury early in […]
The Offensive Line of the AA State Champion Troy Trojans
December 18, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
(Video Interview) PaFootballNews.com sat down with the Offensive line of the Troy Trojans and gave this unheralded bunch some face time (Click on the Link below to see a video of what they all had to say after becoming the first NTL team ever to win a state title! Like and follow.)
District Nine Individuals Had Quite a Year in 2024
December 17, 2024 | Phil Myers
Now let’s take a look at what was a banner year for D9 players. Statistics don’t tell you everything, but sometimes they open eyes to how well an individual is playing and his potential at the next level. That next level does not necessarily mean at the D-1 level. Many young men have made important […]
District Nine Teams Had Quite a Year in 2024
December 17, 2024 | Phil Myers
For District Nine, 2024 was a year like no other in recent memory. Since 1988 when the PIAA went to state championship games D9 had only three representatives in the finals in those 36 years prior to this season. (Keystone lost to Dunmore 57-18 in 1989, Smethport lost to Scotland School 24-7 in 1992, and […]
Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: The Only Game in Town
December 17, 2024 | Guy Smith
2024 Episode 32. We thought that our 2024 football season was over a week earlier when Northwestern Lehigh scored in overtime to defeat Avonworth for the PIAA 3A state championship. We thought wrong. After the NCAA D3 Susquehanna River Hawks upset the Saint John’s Johnnies in Minnesota, we looked at the bracket to see where […]
Koi Fagan’s 80-yard Touchdown Leads Martinsburg To 11th State Title
December 15, 2024 | Shane Lux
Charleston – Koi Fagan has been no stranger to big plays during his high school career. None of those will come close to his final rush as a Bulldog. The Martinsburg senior lined up in the shotgun with 1:58 to play in a 17-17 draw. He took the snap and raced 80 yards in 14 […]
Bridgeport Overwhelms Herbert Hoover In State Final
December 14, 2024 | Shane Lux
Charleston – The Bridgeport Indians capped an undefeated season with a 49-7 rout of Herbert Hoover. The Indians came into Saturday afternoon looking for their 11th state title and first of the decade. They had made their first appearance in the state final since 2019, and Bridgeport dominated from start to finish. Like they had […]
Frankfort vs. Roane County Game Highlight Reel
December 14, 2024 | Shane Lux
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Wahama vs. Cameron Game Highlight Reel
December 14, 2024 | Shane Lux
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Frankfort Routs Roane County For First Title
December 14, 2024 | Shane Lux
Charleston – A night to remember. Frankfort won their first-ever state football championship Friday night at Laidley Field in Charleston, 49-14, over Roane County. A highly anticipated contest between two 13-0 teams turned into a one-sided rout, as the boys from Mineral County left no doubt about who was the top dog in AA. Perhaps […]
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