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October 2022
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Week #8 Edition in Eastern Penn Conference
October 13, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Coming To The Top Of The Stretch, Still Plenty To Decide In The EPC Heading Into Week Eight. Well Hollywood was stricken with Vertigo early in the week and was unsure of coming up with an article in time for this crucial week of high school football. Thanks to the staff at Lehigh Valley Cedar […]
District Nine Review and Standings – Week 6
October 4, 2022 | Phil Myers
Some really good games occurred in District 9 this past Friday. In one of the better games of the year, Central Clarion put their 5-0 record on the line against Karns City. The game was tied at 20 after 3 quarters and stayed that way as the 4th quarter ended sending the contest into overtime. […]
Konkrete Kids Stay Unbeaten With Impressive Performance Against Becahi
October 2, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Northampton Gives EPC North It’s Only Win Versus EPC South on Cross-Over Weekend BETHLEHEM- Under gloomy grey skies and a gentle tropical mist showering the playing surface at Bethlehem School District Stadium Saturday afternoon, the K-Kids of Northampton improved to 6-0 with a well-rounded performance in a 31-21 victory over Bethlehem Catholic Golden Hawks before […]
Red Flash too much for Blue Devils!
October 1, 2022 | Greg Ricupero
Division 3 Northeast Conference Game Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (0-4)@ St. Francis Red Flash (2-2) After four straight road games to start the season, the St. Francis Red Flash played host to the visiting Central Connecticut State Blue Devils. The Red Flash beat the Blue Devil for the first time in five years. If […]
Notre Dame-GP Gets The Best of North Schuylkill in Colonial-Schuylkill League Showdown.
October 1, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Behind a stellar defense forcing five turnovers leads the way for the Crusaders. @BPtashinski on Twitter EASTON- Notre Dame-Green Pond couldn’t ask for much more opportunities Friday night in their Colonial/Schuylkill League Showdown with North Schuylkill Spartans. Five turnovers a kick return for a score and two fourth down stops in an outstanding defensive effort […]
Penn Cambria Remains Unbeaten, Hands Bedford First Loss
October 1, 2022 | Phil Myers
Penn Cambria is for real. Just ask the Bedford Bisons. On a beautiful night for football in Cresson, the hometown heroes took advantage of a couple Bedford turnovers in the first half and the Panther defense pitched a shutout in the second half to send Bedford home with their first loss of the season, 27-20. […]
Second half surge carries Strath Haven to Media Bowl win over Penncrest
October 1, 2022 | Brendan Ricciardi
MEDIA, Pa. — As the rain started to make its way to Louis Scott Field early in the second half, it brought with it the offense of the Strath Haven Panthers. Strath Haven held a 14-6 lead over Penncrest heading into halftime, but used a strong running game to pull away in the second half […]
Cocalico beats Elco 42-6 Friday Night
September 30, 2022 | Pat Weider
Head Coach Bryan Strohl talking to his team after a 42-6 win Friday night over Elco Cocalico with a dominant offensive and defensive performance took care of business Friday night against Elco 42-6. Cocalico was able to score on big plays all night and shut down the Elco offense as […]
Del Val League: Mid-Season Report
September 30, 2022 | Dylan Johnson
DELEWARE COUNTY PA- It feels like just yesterday when everyone was longing for the high school football season to resume again. Just like that, in a blink of an eye, we are already halfway through the season. Down here in the little corner of PA is Delco, home to the Del Val league. Let us check […]
Protime Predictions
September 29, 2022 | Phil Myers
Not long ago Protime was asked to be part of a radio team that was going to broadcast area football games. Suddenly memories of speaking in public that had haunted Protime for years came back into the picture. Granted, describing a football game on the radio to thousands of people is vastly different than speaking […]
Conversation with Coach – Mike Ricci, Garnet Valley
September 28, 2022 | Phil Myers
Photos tbone smith What happened in 2006 that took a successful coach and football program to the next level? Coach Mike Ricci’s record at Garnet Valley was 97-93-1 in his first nineteen years. Since 2006 his teams were an amazing 164-32. The answer to what caused that drastic turnaround, Ricci’s coaching philosophies, what his plans […]
Five Storylines from Week 5 of Delco Football
September 27, 2022 | Brendan Ricciardi
We are about halfway done the season for the majority of Delco Football teams, and we’ve started to get a pretty good idea of what each program is going to be like throughout the 2022 season. Conference play is in full swing everywhere except for the Inter-Ac, and there are juicy storylines all around the […]
District Nine Review and Standings – Week 5
September 27, 2022 | Phil Myers
The Ridgway Elkers gave Redbank Valley and their faithful fans a scare last week before falling to the Bulldogs 42-33. Clearfield appears to be gaining steam as they won their 4th straight easily over a tough Penns Valley squad. Union/AC Valley seems to be hitting the right notes after a big stumble out of the […]
Jalen Fletcher and Freedom Patriots Too Much For Central Catholic To Overcome Saturday Night.
September 25, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
The Allentown Central Vikings Youth Football Teams were recognized prior to kickoff Saturday night By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter ALLENTOWN- Both the Bethlehem Freedom Patriots and Allentown Central Catholic Vikings came into their contest Saturday night at historic J. Birney Crum Stadium looking to keep the momentum of last weeks’ wins. The Vikings knocking […]
Catasauqua Goes On The Road, And Earns Much Needed Win “Up On The Hill.”
September 25, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Catasauqua and Pen Argyl Came Into The Contest Needing A Win To Get Back On Track. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter PEN ARGYL- On a picture-perfect Saturday afternoon “Up on the Hill” at Alumni Stadium, which is in the midst of getting a face-lift itself, two teams, in desperate need of win, met and […]
North Schuylkill Pitches Third Shutout of the Season Against Northern Lehigh.
September 24, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Defense Contains Potent Bulldog Offense to Dominating Win Friday Night @BPTashinski on Twitter SLATING-TON- On Friday night, you could feel the winds of change present with temperatures in the upper 40’s, the Autumn breeze really made it football weather. The Spartans of North Schuylkill took to the task at Bulldog Stadium and put on a clinic […]
Hempfield defeats Manheim Township 17-14 with good defense and big plays
September 23, 2022 | Pat Weider
Hempfield Marching Band playing after a 17-14 win. Hempfield beat Manheim Township 17-14 Friday night to improve to 4-1 on the year and 2-0 in section play. Township dropped to 3-2, and 1-1 in section play. Hempfield built […]
Kotsko’s View: Winds of Change in the Wyoming Valley Conference
September 22, 2022 | John Kotsko
We have hit the fifth week of the 2022 High School Football season!!! According to the forecast I’ve seen, we are highs in the upper 50s. Although it does bode well for my collection of hoodies, it does mean this will be the coldest it will be so far this season. Might not be saying […]
Protime Predictions
September 22, 2022 | Phil Myers
Protime happily went shopping at the local grocery mart last week at the request of Mrs. Protime. Standing in the cereal aisle looking for oatmeal, raisin bran, and sugar pops Protime was startled when a lady came up behind him and said, “hey, how ya doing?” Protime glanced over his shoulder at her and said, […]
What the heck’s happening in District’s I & XII this week: Week 4,2022
September 21, 2022 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to Week 4 of What’s happening in District I & XII! Let’s look at what happened last week weekend and look ahead to this weekend. Shepherd Leads Monsignor Bonner to victory In his first start of the season Monsignor Bonner Sr. Jason Shepherd had himself a night to remember throwing 5 touchdowns […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Edition September 18th-24th
September 20, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Eastern Pennsylvania Conference As We Look Back To The Week That Was And A Look Ahead To Game #5. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Some of the headlines from this past weekend of games from the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference had Bethlehem Freedom may have caught their stride with an entertaining […]
District Nine Review and Standings – Week 4
September 20, 2022 | Phil Myers
In what was thought to be the game of the week, Redbank Valley fell behind Keystone early and then scored six straight first half touchdowns to mercy rule the Panthers 42-7. Redbank appears to be on a mission to get back to the state championship game this year. A couple of other games worth mentioning […]
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