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Meadville Wins Showdown with Oil City
October 1, 2023 | Phil Myers
Meadville used a tenacious defense and an explosive offense to defeat Oil City 32-8 Saturday night in front of a nice sized crowd at the Barco-Duratz Athletic Complex in Meadville. The Bulldog ‘D’ shut down one of the most prolific runners in Pennsylvania in recent years, and the offense put on a nice show led […]
PSAC 2023 Week 5 Review
October 1, 2023 | John Kotsko
Photo Credit: Bill Snook Twitter: @jamminsnookie Kutztown 34 East Stroudsburg 27 Quarterback Judd Novak threw four touchdown passes to four different receivers and the defense registered five sacks as the Golden Bears handed East Stroudsburg their first loss of the 2023 campaign to go to 2-0 in PSAC play. Warriors quarterback Sean McTaggart threw […]
Marian Catholic Colts Survive Second Half Mahanoy Area Comeback Saturday Night.
October 1, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
After jumping out to a 21-0 lead, the Colts stave off a Golden Bear rally in a Colonial/Schuylkill League contest. HOMETOWN- What looked like a route for much of the first half, turned into quite an endeavor of survival the last 24 minutes Saturday night at The Men of Marian Stadium, where the capacity crowd […]
Fort Cherry Outlasts Bishop Canevin 48-41
October 1, 2023 | Shane Lux
Dormont – Fort Cherry held off Bishop Canevin in the closing seconds for a thrilling 48-41 victory Saturday night at Dormont Stadium. “Some of our kids have been in big games, but nothing quite like this,” said Fort Cherry head coach Tanner Garry. “We told them all week that this team will test you. The […]
Valley View Defense Pivotal in 35-14 Victory Over Abington Heights
September 30, 2023 | Matthew Anastasi
Steven Halloran plays every snap thinking of his late father. The senior played one of the best games of his career. He forced and recovered a fumble in the fourth quarter that gave the Cougars all the momentum they needed to knock off the Comets. The Cougars knew they needed to start fast. They did […]
Explosive first quarter leads Woodland Hills to rout of Shaler
September 30, 2023 | Shane Lux
Glenshaw – Woodland Hills scored 42 points in the first quarter and never looked back during a 56-14 victory over Shaler Saturday afternoon. In a game that saw eight touchdowns in the first quarter, Woodland Hills accounted for six as the Wolverines built a 42-14 lead after the first quarter. “That first quarter was wild,” said […]
Dover Shuts Out York Suburban in Massive Homecoming Win
September 30, 2023 | Carter Weems
Dover defeated York Suburban 42-0 in the Eagles’ homecoming game this Friday. Going into the game, both teams seemed like they had a shot at winning, as they both lost to conference powerhouse New Oxford by at least 30 points. However, York Suburban was not able to able to hold back Dover’s offense, lead by […]
The Central Bucks South Titans have an offensive explosion against the North Penn Knights
September 30, 2023 | Avery Downing
This was one of the more interesting games I’ve seen in recent years as it seems like both teams starting progressively got better throughout the entire game. The 1st quarter was pretty quiet and uneventful on both sides. Both teams not doing much of anything offensively which resulted in a score of zero to zero […]
Plymouth Whitemarsh Rides Momentum to Another Blowout Win Over Cheltenham
September 30, 2023 | Matt Licwinko
The Plymouth Whitemarsh Colonials overcame both unfavorable weather and a resilient Celtenham Panthers team to notch their fourth win of the year on the road this Friday. Coming off a big win in the week prior, the Colonials went into a hostile environment to match up with a divisional opponent who was still winless in […]
Hurricanes Win Battle Against Rough Riders
September 30, 2023 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes defeated the Catasauqua Rough Riders, 22-13. Aiden Myers had all three Hurricane touchdowns. Rodney Brodie and Dylan Pacheco both scored for the Rough Riders. Schuylkill Haven won the coin toss and chose to defer. The Hurricanes wasted no time on defense, with Myers getting a sack in the backfield. Catasauqua returned […]
Malvern Prep Defense Forces Five Turnovers in Victory Over Hun School
September 30, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
MALVERN: With the weather forecast calling for rain on Friday Night Malven Prep Head Coach Dave Gueriera knew taking care of the ball and forcing turnovers while taking care of the ball themselves would be huge in their non-league against undefeated Hun School from Princeton NJ. Fortunately for Gueriera his defense forced five turnovers, had […]
Wilkes-Barre Area wins fourth straight game with win at Crestwood
September 30, 2023 | John Kotsko
Both teams entered tonight’s game on winning streaks. The Wolf Pack came in as winners of three straight after an 0-2 start and Crestwood won two straight after starting off 0-3. Wilkes-Barre Area got a big night out of Sophomore Treyvon Gembitski and senior Evan Laybourne-Boddie as the Wolf Pack increased their winning streak to […]
Connellsville win close thriller versus Hampton 28-26
September 30, 2023 | Kent Peterson
On Friday night, the Connellsville Falcons came into the game 3-2 and the Hampton Talbots came in 2-3. Hampton was looking to get the win, because it was their homecoming game. On the first drive of the game Connellsville went down the field and their quarterback Rocco Farrel ran the ball in for a touchdown. […]
Stevenosky, Carr and Battlin’ Miners Defense Too Much For Pen Argyl Friday Night.
September 30, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Minersville improves to 5-1 with a key Colobial/Schuylkill win over Pen Argyl. MINERSVILLE- The bleak weather forecast held off long enough Friday night to allow for a fantastic football game FRiday night at Minersville’s Veterans Memorial Stadium as the hometown Battlin’Miners held off a valiant effort of the Green Knights of Pen Argyl in a […]
Wyoming Area runs down Scranton
September 30, 2023 | Jared Samuel
In a matchup that many looked to as a mid-season test for both teams, the Scranton Knights paid a visit to the Wyoming Area Warriors. Scranton arrived with a 4-1 record, fresh off of a big comeback win against North Pocono. Wyoming Area entered at 5-0 after defeating Hanover Area last Friday. In a big […]
Defense carries Sharon over Sharpsville
September 30, 2023 | Shane Lux
Sharpsville – Sharon limited Sharpsville to 154 yards of offense, continuing their dominant defensive season up a 26-7 win over the Blue Devils Friday night at the “The Pines” James McCraken Field. The Tigers’ defense, which came into the contest having posted four shutouts in five games, gave up only 17 points (3.4 PPG) in a […]
Washington Stays Undefeated in Win Over Waynesburg-Central
September 29, 2023 | Brett Gombita
On Friday night, the Washington Prexies beat the Waynesburg-Central Raiders by a score of 48-14. Prexies Junior running back Eddie Lewis had a field day against the Raiders defense, running for four touchdowns. Early on, it looked like Waynesburg could go toe to toe with the Prexies, as senior linebacker Colby Pauley intercepted a pass […]
WEEK 5 of the Protime Pick’em Challenge
September 29, 2023 | Marcus Sic
TRAP WEEK Every year teams face games they seemingly should win, but for some reason they do not. There is usually something outside of the white lines that effects one or both of the teams; previous games, an upcoming game, Homecoming dances, and upcoming games to name a few of the distractions that high […]
District 1: Midseason Report
September 29, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
As hard has it is to believe we have already reach the midway point of the 2023 Regular season and we have seen our plenty of action in District 1 lets take a look at the playoff picture and other surprises thus far this season in District 1. 6A After 5 weeks of the regular […]
Blue Mountain Rolls Lehighton in Convincing Fashion Thursday Night.
September 29, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Blue Mountain Eagles Improve to 4-2 with dominating performance on the road. LEHIGHTON- The Blue Mountain Eagles used about every way possible to put points up on the scoreboard Thursday night at Lehighton’s Multi-purpose Stadium en route to a 41-13 thrashing of the Indians in a key Colonial/Schuylkill League contest in the misty rain before […]
Lakeview Survives Cochranton
September 28, 2023 | Shane Lux
Stoneboro – Lakeview continued its historic season with a 20-12 victory over Cochranton Thursday night in Stoneboro. One week ago, the Sailors defeated Eisenhower 48-28 to improve to 5-0 for the first time in the program’s 59-year history. Despite missing a few key starters, including leading rusher Mitchell Tingley – Lakeview continued to make history on […]
MID PENN CONFERENCE (MID SEASON REVIEW)
September 28, 2023 | Terry Clark Jr.
Mid Penn Mid-Season Review Commonwealth: Harrisburg: 4-1 (2-0) State College: 3-1 (2-0) Central Dauphin: 3-2 (1-1) Central Dauphin East: 3-2 (1-1) Chambersburg: 3-2 (1-1) Cumberland Valley: 1-4 (1-1) Altoona: 2-3 (0-2) Carlisle: 1-4 (0-2) Review: So, as we expected in the Commonwealth the 2 teams sitting at the top of the division at the […]
District Nine’s Mid-Season Report
September 28, 2023 | Phil Myers
There is not much that has surprised many in District 9 as far as who the top teams are. The head of the class right now appears to be Central Clarion with their 5-0 record. The Wildcats are PFN’s #7 ranked AA team. They average 60 points a game and are pretty dangerous on defense […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC: Whoa!!! We’re Halfway There
September 28, 2023 | John Kotsko
Hard to believe we’ve hit the midway point of the 2023 High School football season. As the leaves begin to change, the temperature starts to drop, it’s going to be a fun five weeks. Pretty soon, we will be talking some playoffs as we hit October. I usually run out of ideas of what to […]
Protime Predictions – Protime’s Trip
September 28, 2023 | Phil Myers
Last week Protime decided he needed a break, so he went on a vacation with Mrs. P to Noah’s Ark and Creation in Kentucky. His question is this, ‘is it really a vacation if you are retired?’ That aside, Protime decided to get involved with the wildlife sections of each destination. He got to pet […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial/Schuylkill League Week Six
September 27, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Time to make the turn into the second half of the regular season in the Skook/Colonial League. Taking a look back on week 5 and check out the match-ups for week six and we’ll take a look at the updated District XI power rankings. Southern Lehigh, Noorthwestern Lehigh and Palmerton all come into week six […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor: Week#6 in The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
September 26, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
As we kickoff the second half of the regular season so much yet to decide as the District playoffs lie in the distance. The Parkland Trojans have further solidified themselves as the front runners in the EPC South with a convincing win over previously unbeaten Allentown Central Catholic 35-14 that win came week after a […]
District 9 Review – Week 4
September 26, 2023 | Phil Myers
The game of the week: There were not very many close games that could even be considered the game of the week. One did however meet those qualifications and that was Coudersport’s 26-14 win over Cameron County. The game went into the intermission deadlocked 0-0. The fireworks all went off in the second half. After […]
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