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October 2023
Eisenhower Knocks Off Iroquois
October 20, 2023 | Shane Lux
Russell – Eisenhower scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to pull away from Iroquois 28-14 Thursday night at Riley Memorial Stadium. Tied at 14 entering the fourth quarter, Shawn Pascuzzi and Tucker Lindell scored on touchdown runs of nine and 13 yards that turned out to be clinching scores. “Iroquois played a phenomenal game and came out on […]
Three Hours Later, Redbank Valley 52 Brockway 28
October 20, 2023 | Phil Myers
(Feature picture by Chris Wechtenhiser of the Courier-Express) It took almost three hours for Redbank Valley to come away with the 52-28 victory at Brockway’s Frank Varischetti Field on a rare Thursday night game in District Nine. The Bulldogs and the Rovers combined for 80 points, over 800 yards of offense, 66 passes, and 258 […]
Whitehall Snaps Three Game Losing Streak With Overtime Win Thursday Night.
October 20, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Whitehall, playing on a short week, staves off upset minded Bethlehem Liberty Thursday night. BETHLEHEM- Coming off a 30-14 loss this past Saturday night to Allentown Central Catholic, the Whitehall Zephyrs held off a Bethlehem Liberty valiant effort in a thrilling 23-20 overtime win Thursday night before a moderate crowd at Bethlehem School District Stadium. […]
Mayhem’s Game of the Week- Central Bucks South @ Central Bucks West (Week 9)
October 19, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
The Who: #10 Central Bucks South @ #2 Central Bucks West The What: High School Football The When: Friday, October 20, 2023 Kickoff: 7 pm The Where: War Memorial Field 375 West Court Street Doylestown, Pa 18901 Last 3 meetings: 2022-23 CB West 14 CB South 27 2021-22 CB West 28 CB South 20 2020-21 […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC 2023 Week 9: Upsets Brewing?
October 19, 2023 | John Kotsko
Here we go!! Week 9!!! There are currently two teams undefeated in the Wyoming Valley Conference in Dallas and Wyoming Area. Dallas has a big matchup with Wilkes-Barre Area at home. Meanwhile, Wyoming Area has a home matchup with perennial state power Southern Columbia. Several teams are looking to play past Week 10 and play […]
Protime Predictions – Pet Peeves
October 19, 2023 | Phil Myers
Protime had a nice conversation with a long-time friend a couple weeks back. During the chat, Protime’s pal mentioned that he had a pair of boxers named Peeves One and Peeves Two. He usually only took one of his dogs at a time on a walk because he had trouble controlling them. When he ran […]
Inside The Huddle: Going Deep Inside The PFN Rankings (1A-3A)
October 19, 2023 | Matt Herring
As we enter the final two weeks of the PA High School Football regular season schedule it’s relevant to take a deep dive on our 1A-3A 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. For last weeks Inside The […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Week Nine
October 18, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
With Just Two Weeks Left in the Regular Season Still so much yet to Decided in the District XI Playoff Race. As the 2023 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference season winds down there still so much to play for as the EPC only occupies spots in the 4A, 5A and 6A classifications only Allentown Central Catholic have […]
2023 Week 8 District 2 Week In Review
October 18, 2023 | John Kotsko
Lackawanna Trail 41 Carbondale 14 Lions quarterback Stephen Jervis went three for four with 131 yards with two touchdowns and running back Lukas Gumble added two rushing touchdowns and a receiving touchdown as Lackawanna Trail improved to 8-0 with a win over Carbondale. Chargers quarterback Darryl Bennett threw two touchdown passes. Dallas 31 Wallenpaupack […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition Week Nine.
October 18, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
After Eight Weeks of the High School Football Season Seven Teams From the Colonial/Schuylkill League Have Clinched a Spot in the Upcoming District XI Playoffs. There are 32 open spots in the District XI playoffs from 1A to 6A, however there are no Colonial/Schuylkill League teams in the 6A classification. After week eight Minersville has […]
Protime’s Pigskin Parlance: Milestones, record breakers & game shakers- program wins edition
October 18, 2023 | Phil Myers
Protime’s weekly column that 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. My 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 […]
District 9 Review – Week 7
October 17, 2023 | Phil Myers
The games of the week: A defensive stand at the end of the game, enabled St. Marys to fend off the visiting Bradford Owls, 28-20. The Dutch held an eight-point lead late, but Bradford moved the ball to the St. Marys 21-yard line. Then a fourth down pass fell incomplete to give the Dutch the […]
PROTIME PICK’EM CHALLENGE RESULTS WEEK8 THE PANEL HEATS UP
October 17, 2023 | Marcus Sic
PANEL MAKES A COMEBACK After back-to-back pitiful performances by the ProTime Pick’em Challenge Panel, the group made a strong comeback picking 127 winners out of a possible 168 games for an impressive 76% winning percentage. After consecutive weeks of 93 then 103 correct guesses, the tally of 127 is one of the best in challenge […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (Week 8)
October 17, 2023 | 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! Friday, October 13 5A Gateway (4-3) vs. 4A #9 McKeesport (6-1) Saturday, October 14 […]
Lincoln U having best year since 2008 (gallery)
October 15, 2023 | Billy Splain
Lincoln played Elizabeth City State University yesterday and beat them 27-21. This is the best season since Lincoln reinstated football back in 2008, they are 4-3 right now. The Lincoln University Lions are under the leadership of first year head coach Frank Turner.
Pitt Blazes Past 14th Ranked Louisville Cardinals 38-21
October 15, 2023 | Ryan Thielet
Was this the spark Pat Nardzzi discussed as Pitt upsets number 14 Louisville Cardinals? Pitt looked like a whole new team coming off of the bye stemming from the change at quarterback. Christen Veilleux was able to create long stainable drives for Pitt’s offense. This had been a problem for this Panther team all year […]
Farrell Blanks Sharon To Win Steel Bowl
October 15, 2023 | Shane Lux
Farrell – Farrell clinched the Region 3 Title with a 20-0 victory over Sharon Saturday night. The Steelers got defensive and limited the Tigers to only 153 yards of offense, while its offense did just enough to pull away. “It’s the Steel Bowl, and it’s rivalry game, so it will never be the cleanest,” said Farrell […]
Pats Fall to O’Hara as Missed Oppurtunities Pile Up Once Again
October 14, 2023 | Mike Livingston
NORRISTOWN. PA – The Pats play reflected the weather on a gloomy morning at Norristown Area H.S. as they fell to the Lions of Cardinal O’Hara 17-0. The Patriots early kickoff came as a result of the in-climate weather. Originally anticipated for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff; the game began just as the rain did at […]
Schuylkill Haven Gets By Pen Argyl in Muddy Showdown
October 14, 2023 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes pulled out a close win against the Pen Argyl Green Knights as the rain poured Saturday afternoon. Both teams had one score from their quarterback and two scores by their running back, respectively. Damian Tyminski and Brad Rissmiller started the game off with two big runs to set their Knights up […]
Belle Vernon Travels to Mt. Pleasant for a Class 3A Matchup and Comes Home With a 55-7 Win
October 14, 2023 | Ethan Erhard
Belle Vernon traveled to Mt. Pleasant for a Class 3A matchup this evening. Belle Vernon received the opening kickoff after losing the coin toss. Starting at the 18-yard line after a not-so-good return, Junior Anthony Crews broke off an 82-yard rushing touchdown to give the Belle Vernon Leopards the first score of the game and […]
Grove City Rolls Past Sharpsville
October 14, 2023 | Shane Lux
Grove City – The Grove City Eagles rebounded from a tough loss at Hickory last Friday with a 50-14 victory over Sharpsville Saturday afternoon at Forker Field. The Eagles offense, which could only muster one offensive touchdown last week during a 29-15 loss to Hickory, scored on their first seven possessions and racked up 491 yards […]
#3 Richland Tops Clearfield in Hard-Hitting Game
October 14, 2023 | Phil Myers
The Richland Rams, ranked third in AA in the most recent PFN poll, started slow, picked up momentum as the game wore on, and made a couple of plays late that enabled them to hold on and earn a hard-fought 35-28 victory over the Clearfield Bison at Herlinger Field in Richland Friday night. Winning Coach […]
Hazleton Area wins in convincing fashion over Valley West
October 14, 2023 | John Kotsko
The Hazleton Area Cougars have gone through a lot of adversity this season. They went on a six game losing streak after starting the season with a win. They went through injuries. The Cougars ended up snapping their six game losing streak with a 50-14 victory over Wyoming Valley West. “Despite all the adversity, we’ve […]
Moshannon Valley Handles Claysburg-Kimmel
October 14, 2023 | Brandon Maynard
Moshannon Valley used 5 receiving touchdowns from Micah Beish to beat Claysburg-Kimmel 48-20, on homecoming in Houtzdale. The Black Knights started with the ball and couldn’t get anything going on their first drive, going 3 and out. On the Bulldogs first offensive possession, Mark Lattieri put the ball on the ground. Rocco Reifer came up […]
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