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October 2025

Chartiers-Houston Wins on Last-second Touchdown

October 18, 2025 | Brett Gombita

Brody McCrerey caught a game-winning touchdown pass from quarterback Aaron Walsh as time expired to help Chartiers-Houston defeat Cornell, 27-26, also securing Chartiers a spot in the WPIAL playoffs. McCrerey, a junior, also caught the first touchdown of the game for Chartiers-Houston, who trailed 12-0 at the time, on the first play of the second […]

Penn-Trafford earns playoff bid, sails past Armstrong 42-7

October 17, 2025 | Annabelle Aquino

Penn-Trafford cruised to its fifth consecutive victory and secured a 5A Big East Conference playoff spot after dominating the Armstrong River Hawks 42-7 this Friday. P-T (8-1, 4-1) struggled offensively early on against Armstrong (3-6, 2-3) before pulling away with a 21-0 rally in the second quarter. “The win really felt great. Coach preached all […]

District 12 Week 9 Preview

October 17, 2025 | Anthony Franklin

The 2025 regular season is winding down and entering its final week. Division champions have been crowned in all 4 divisions as Imhotep wrapped up the Independence Division via beating Northeast, Washington & West Philadelphia. They also earned a forfeit win over Gratz. Tep will close out the regular season at Lincoln looking to continue […]

Parkland Runs Wild Against Whitehall in 53-7 Rout

October 17, 2025 | Cody Brady

Whitehall v Parkland TV by PAFootball Newsdotcom It took all of one play from scrimmage for the Parkland offense to get rolling. As TJ Lawrence broke away from three or four tackles and down the sideline for a 59-yard touchdown, the Trojans began to make their statement on the road at Zephyr Stadium. After gaining […]

Central Clarion Plays Best Game of Year and Defeats DuBois

October 17, 2025 | Phil Myers

There was a lot of excitement at Mansell Stadium in DuBois Thursday night. One, it was senior night, and two, the Beaver quarterback set the school record for career touchdown passes. But other than that most of the excitement and cheers came from the visitor’s side of the field as Central Clarion pretty much manhandled […]

Parkland vs Whitehall (Photo Gallery)

October 17, 2025 | Ryan Scipio

Parkland defeats Whitehall 53-7 Parkland Trojans went into Whitehall and ran crazy on the Zephyrs defeating them 53-7. Full Gallery and Article Links below. Enjoy! Full Gallery Full Article Full Gallery Full Article Follow @ScipScip

Scranton at Abington Heights Video Highlights

October 17, 2025 | Jake Mills

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Abington Heights dominates Scranton

October 16, 2025 | Jared Samuel

Abington Heights scored early and often in the first half and invoked the mercy rule for the entire 2nd half as the Comets totally dominated the Scranton Knights 49-13 on a windy and cold evening up in Clarks Summit. Abington Heights got a rushing TD and a passing TD from QB Noah Kayal and also […]

WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Eight Rankings

October 16, 2025 | Andrew Schaffer

6A: 1- Central Catholic (7-1)- @ (6) Seneca Valley 7pm 2- North Allegheny (7-1)- @ (1) Pine Richland 7pm 3- Norwin (5-3)- (4) Canon Mac 7pm 4- Canon Mac (4-4)- @ (3) Norwin 7pm 5- Hempfield (4-4)- @ (7) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 6- Seneca Valley (2-6)- (1) Central Catholic 7pm 7- Mt. Lebanon (1-7)- (5) […]

Philipsburg-Osceola at Tyrone Game Preview

October 16, 2025 | Hunter Myers

30 points. That is the difference in ranking points between the Philipsburg-Osceola Mounties (4-4) and the Tyrone Golden Eagles (4-4) entering the final two weeks of the season, as these two teams have jockeyed for the District 6 Class 3A four seed all year. Only four teams in the 3A class can make the District […]

The J-Man’s View of District 2: “Almost there”…..and “It’s a trap!”

October 16, 2025 | Jared Samuel

There’s the scene in Star Wars Episode IV where the X-Wings are making their first run to try to destroy the Death Star. The Red Leader keeps saying “almost there” as all of the escorts around him are getting picked off by Darth Vader. How is it that I immediately thought of this when I […]

PFN Presents Ant & Willie’s Pickem Parade Week 9

October 16, 2025 | Anthony Franklin

If you were following Philadelphia Football in early 2000’s you undoubtedly visited Tedsilary,com several times a week. One of the most popular features on the site was the Weekly Picking Parade. What started out as friendly competition between two good friends Huck Palmer and Tom “Puck” McKenna in 2009 they a third participant in Willie […]

Week 9 Game Preview: Nazareth Blue Eagles Fly to Northampton’s Al Erdosy Stadium to Take On the Konkrete Kids

October 16, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo

Nazareth Blue Eagles Fly to Northampton to Take on the Konkrete Kids Nazareth is flying high right now at 7-1 and on a 3-game winning streak. And Northampton 3-5 wants to clip their wings and get a win, something they have not done since September 26th against Pocono Mt West 54-0. The Blue Eagles beat […]

The LHAC Power Index Week 9 Predictions

October 15, 2025 | Hunter Myers

Current 2025 Records: Model: 59-21 (73%), Me: 65-14 (82%) Penn Cambria (7-1) @ Greater Johnstown (1-7): Penn Cambria -33These two teams entered 2025 with new coaches at the helm, Jason Grassi for the Panthers and Tony Penna Jr. for Johnstown; however, their respective seasons have headed in opposite directions. Penn Cambria has hit its stride […]

Lincoln suspension of season is lifted with restrictions

October 15, 2025 | Anthony Franklin

Abraham Lincoln’s season was halted after a post game incident following their 39-8 win at Northeast High a neighboring rivalry on October 4th. The original punishment handed down was a 3 game suspension including post season ban for the Railsplitters. Tuesday evening the league reduced the team suspension to 2 games by forcing Lincoln to […]

Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Southern Lehigh Now 23-0

October 14, 2025 | Guy Smith

Four football and one race for us this week. All four football were District 11 high school, three varsity, one JV. We were able to score a new stadium as the Southern Lehigh Spartans traveled outside of D11 for a JV game at Strath Haven High School. For the second time this year, Southern Lehigh’s […]

The LHAC Power Index Week 8 Power Rankings

October 14, 2025 | Hunter Myers

Welcome to the LHAC Power Index Week 8 Rankings. Last week, the model had an incredible week, going 9-1, only missing on Central Cambria. That brings its total record to 59-21 (74%) on the season. The model has been learning and adjusting all season, dialing in its projections for each team, and last week that […]

2025 District 9 Review – 8th Week

October 14, 2025 | Phil Myers

Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits: Quarterbacks: Trey Wingard, DuBois, passed for 251 yards and 4 touchdowns. Weston Cook, Moniteau, had 3 TD tosses. Cole Johnston, Karns City, had 245 all-purpose yards, passing for 3 touchdowns and running for 2 more. Malakai Zucal, Cameron County, ran for […]

Where are they now?

October 14, 2025 | Lindsey Bennett

We are starting a segment here at Pafootballnews that we will do periodically throughout the year, we will see where some of the high school football stars of yesterday are today from as recent as last year to 20, 30, 40 years ago and see what they are doing today and what they have been […]

Hittin’ The Road with Travelin’ Matt – Week 7 (Record Setting Running Backs)

October 14, 2025 | Matt Herring

Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best matchups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, October 9 4A Blue Mountain (4-3) at 3A North Schuylkill (4-3) Friday, October 10 […]

Pen Argyl vs Saucon Valley (Photo Gallery)

October 12, 2025 | Torey Petruno

Saucon Valley forces 5 turnovers, pulls away late and emerges victorious over Pen Argyl in hard fought defensive battle 24-7. Enjoy the gallery below.

2025 District 10 Week 8 Recap

October 12, 2025 | Shane Lux

October 9, 2025 Lakeview 46, Cochranton 41 Lakeview built a 46-27 lead after three quarters, then had to hold off a Cochranton rally for its first victory of the season. It was the Cardinals that jumped out to an early lead when Walker Carroll returned the opening kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown, followed by […]

Executive Education Rides Strong Second Half to Upset Over School of the Future (VIDEO RECAP)

October 12, 2025 | Davin Ridall

PHILADELPHIA – After scoring just six points in the first half and trailing by eight, the Executive Education Raptors came out in the second half and outscored the School of the Future Firebirds 36-18, en route to an impressive 42-32 upset victory. School of the Future opened up the scoring first, as well as coming […]