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September 2023

 

Springdale Snaps 13-game Skid

September 9, 2023  |  

Herman – Springdale won their first football game since a 28-0 victory over West Greene in the 2021 WPIAL Class A playoffs. In doing so, the Dynamos gave 2nd-year head coach Ryan Tempalski his victory with a 35-21 win over Summit Academy Saturday afternoon in Herman. “The kids earned it today,” Tempalski said. “This was […]

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Dominant Ground Attack: C.B. West Rushes for 442 yards in 40-20 Victory over Quakertown

September 9, 2023  |  

Quakertown, PA- A turnover in the red zone of your own territory usually doesn’t end well for most teams, especially when the opposing team has a quarterback who has the potential to make magic out of nothing. Fast forward to Friday evening at Alumni field and that exact scenario played out for Central Bucks West, […]

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Wagner to Clouse Leads Redbank Valley to Win Over Punxsy

September 9, 2023  |  

In a game where there were almost 1,000 yards of offense, Braylon Wagner accounted for all 7 Redbank touchdowns much to the delight of the home town fans in New Bethlehem, but much to the chagrin of the visiting Punxsutawney Chucks.  Wagner connected on 21 of 23 passes for 391 yards and 6 touchdowns in […]

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Wyoming Area takes home opener over Crestwood

September 9, 2023  |  

When you think of Wyoming Area, you think of star running back Aaron Crossley. However, Friday night proved that they are much more than just one player. Michael Crane stepped up big with two touchdowns and Lidge Kellum scored on a sixty yard touchdown run to give the Warriors the lead for good as Wyoming […]

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Southern Lehigh Stays Unbeaten With Convincing Win Friday Night.

September 9, 2023  |  

Southern Lehigh Quarterback Chris Fritts was perfect Friday night in a key Colonial/Schuylkill League Football game Friday night. BANGOR- The Southern Lehigh Spartan express picked up right where they left off last week. Coming off a 68-28 win over a talented Notre Dame Green Pond team. Friday night on the road at Paul Farnan Field, […]

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Farrell Grove City Highlights

September 9, 2023  |  

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Lions roar past the Trojans, 40-13

September 8, 2023  |  

From a tough week of very hot weather followed by some severe thunderstorms, both Lackawanna Trail and Nanticoke Area faced challenges leading up to this game. On Friday morning, there was doubt that this game would happen due to power outages in Nanticoke that disrupted school. Unfortunately for the Trojans, there was no outage when […]

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Farrell Rallies Past Grove City

September 8, 2023  |  

 Farrell – Farrell overcame a 14-13 4th-quarter deficit to edge Grove City Friday night at Anthony J. Paulekas Stadium. The Steelers followed up a dramatic 24-17 win over Warren Harding last week with a 21-14 come-from-behind victory. “It was a great regional win; I’m a little disappointed with how we played tonight,” said Farrell head coach […]

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Harbor Creek Earns 400th Victory in Program History

September 8, 2023  |  

It was a special night at Paul J. Weitz Stadium, as the Harbor Creek Football program defeated the Conneaut Eagles 42-0 to secure the 400th win in the program’s history. The Huskies’ defense would ultimately have the upper hand all night long, pushing the Eagles backward for much of the game, and needed only four […]

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Summers, Sharpsville Race Past Reynolds

September 7, 2023  |  

Sharpsville – Caullin Summers collected 489 yards of offense and seven total touchdowns as Sharpsville cruised past Reynolds 62-20 Thursday night at “The Pines.” In only three games this season, Summers has passed for 1009 yards and 16 touchdowns as the Blue Devils have scored 182 points, averaging over 60 points a game. On a different […]

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ProTime’s Pick’em Challenge Week 3 Selections

September 7, 2023  |  

Week 3 Brings Some Big Time Matchups Week three of PFN’s ProTime Pick’em Challenge will feature early season match ups match up that will have playoff implications in November. Harrisburg High will travel down to Lancaster County to take on Manheim Township, both teams are off to quick starts at 2-0, with convincing lopsided wins. […]

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Kotsko’s View of the WVC Week 3 2023.

September 7, 2023  |  

Labor Day is past and now we have hit Week 3 of the 2023 High School Football season. We’ve seen some pretty impressive accomplishments in the first two weeks of the season. We saw a shootout in Mountain Top where Brady Zapoticky and Jaden Shedlock traded blow for blow with Dallas taking the victory over […]

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Protime Predictions – Protime is Burning Out

September 7, 2023  |  

On occasion, Protime doesn’t know whether he’s coming or going.  Mrs. P always points him in the right direction because that’s just the way she is.  (It’s usually outside or down to the basement to get him out of her hair.)  Protime covers a game or two each week (12 the first week), does district […]

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Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Edition Week #2

September 6, 2023  |  

A Review of this past weekend’s action in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and a look to what is happening this upcoming this weekend. Well it looks like Nazareth, Parkland, Allentown Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic and Bethlehem Liberty are setting themselves apart in the South Division as they all improved to 2-0 on the season. The […]

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PFN and The Funding Zone presents: The State of PA Football! Live from Robin Hood Brewing in Bellefonte! Two Segments

September 6, 2023  |  

Join host Billy Splain and Intern Todd Ross as they discuss football topics covering the state of PA. This weeks special guests are Bellefonte coach Anthony Confer, BEA coach Jesse Nagle and State High coach Matt Baney. Each coach will have players with them! Tune in or if you’re in the area come on over […]

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District 1 Power Rankings- Week 1 & 2

September 6, 2023  |  

This article was written by Michael Pietrangelo & Marcus Sic 1. Coatesville- Coach Matt Ortega’s Red Raiders are off to a fast 2-0 start defeating Pennsbury and Academy Park by a combined score of 77-7. The Red Raiders have won outright or shared 7 consecutive ChesMont titles, with Ricky Ortega as QB for the first […]

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Keystone Club Top Defensive Performers: Week 1, 2023!

September 6, 2023  |  

Each week we will present the Keystone Club. This Club consists of players meeting the requirements sent to coaches. It is a statewide compilation of top performances for the previous weekend. PLEASE EMAIL billy@pafootballnews.com if you wish someone to be on this list! Entries must be from coach or verified. Top Defensive Performances Tackles (13 or more) […]

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District 2 2023 Week 2 Recap

September 4, 2023  |  

Abington Heights 35 Wilkes-Barre Area 28 Declan Walsh returned a fumble 55 yards and ran for 73 yards and a touchdown as the Comets got their first win of the season with a victory at Wilkes-Barre Area. Wolf Pack running back Howie Shiner added two touchdowns as Wilkes-Barre Area fell to 0-2. Scranton 29 Valley […]

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Rochester pulls away from OLSH

September 3, 2023  |  

Moon Township: Antonio Laure rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns to lead Rochester to a 36-12 victory over OLSH Saturday night at Moon High School. “This was a good start for us – we scrimmaged last week, so this was a solid week one victory for us to get our season going,” said Rochester head […]

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St Joes Prep OL Lakeem Steele commits to Merrimack

September 3, 2023  |  

Lakeem Steele is a senior 6-2 300 lb interior offensive lineman for defending PIAA 6A champions St. Joes Prep. A 3 year starter Lakeem recently announced his commitment to FCS Merrimack College an FCS program that plays in the Northeast Conference. When asked about factors that led to him deciding to commit today to Merrimack […]

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Luxy’s Week 1 (2) Game Highlights

September 3, 2023  |  

Central Catholic vs. St. Ignatius Union City vs. Kennedy Catholic Rochester vs. OLSH              

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Hurricanes Stun Green Wave in 40-6 Win

September 3, 2023  |  

The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes dominated the Nativity Green Wave with a 40-6 victory. Hurricane running back Niko Carestia led his team with three touchdowns, followed by Aiden Myers with two. Samuel Spolski scored Nativity’s lone touchdown. The scoring action in this matchup didn’t begin until the second quarter. The Hurricanes used the first to gain […]

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