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August 2025
State College Opens Season with Blowout Win
August 23, 2025 | Noah Radio
Friday night lights are back at Memorial Field. After a slow first quarter, State College rode its dominant defense and a 17-point third quarter to a 41-14 win over Gateway. The direction of the game was clear after the first drive. Gateway muffed Shane Markowski’s opening kickoff, then on third and long, sophomore Elvis Koutsakis […]
Wyoming Area defeats Crestwood in season opener
August 23, 2025 | John Kotsko
Friday night was Jack Gravine’s first start at quarterback at any level. Gravine’s scored on a 53 yard run then threw a 42 yard touchdown pass to Nick Ciampi late in the fourth quarter as Wyoming Area took their season opener with a 24-21 victory at home over Crestwood. “I just wanna thank my coaches […]
Crouse’s Five TDs Give Waynesburg Central 1-0 Start
August 23, 2025 | Brett Gombita
Teagen Crouse found the end zone five times to help the Waynesburg Central Raiders earn a week 0 win over the West Greene Pioneers, 50-6, on Friday night. Crouse, the junior quarterback, ran for three touchdowns and threw two. Waynesburg Central started their first drive at the opposing 17-yard line after a high snap by […]
Imani Christian comes back to beat Clairton
August 23, 2025 | Andrew Schaffer
In the very first game played at the newly renovated Tyler Boyd Stadium, Imani Christian was able to play spoiler and get the 19-12 win over Clairton. “I hate to be the guy to try and ruin this day, but if you know me, I’ll relish an opportunity to be the villain so I don’t […]
Midd-West Pulls Off the Road Upset Over Central Columbia 27-7
August 23, 2025 | Davin Ridall
SOUTH CENTRE TOWNSHIP – It’s that time of year once again ladies and gentlemen, football is back. Tonight’s contest brought us to Blue Jay Stadium, the home of the Central Columbia Blue Jays, who would welcome in the Midd-West Mustangs for the first time since 2021. Coming into tonight, Midd-West hadn’t won two consecutive games […]
Kirtland’s Running Game and Defense Key to Victory Over Central Clarion
August 23, 2025 | Phil Myers
A western Pennsylvania native, that is a legend in Ohio, brought his Kirtland Hornets to Clarion to tackle the Central Clarion Wildcats on a weather perfect Friday night. In the end, Tiger LaVerde’s Kirtland squad upended Central Clarion 30-7 before a large crowd. It was the running game and the defense of the Hornets that […]
Jersey Shore Rolls Past Dallas (PA) In Home Opener
August 23, 2025 | Ryan States
Jersey Shore, PA. – Last season was full of successes for Jersey Shore Football, an 8-4 record and a birth in the District Title game capped off a great 2024. But many questions arose on how the Bulldogs would look in the 2025 season, as much of their talent from the previous year had graduated. […]
Riverside outlasts Dunmore in OT thriller
August 23, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Riverside and Dunmore traded punches all night, but it was the Vikings who were still standing at the end when Kicker Santino D’Amico drilled a 22-yard field goal in overtime to defeat the Bucks 17-14 at Dunmore Veterans Memorial Stadium. Dunmore received the opening kickoff and drained 8:23 off the clock as 6 different Bucks […]
Penn-Trafford wins rivalry home-opener against Norwin 34-31
August 23, 2025 | Annabelle Aquino
In the 40th clash between the Penn-Trafford Warriors and Norwin Knights, P-T came out as champions, winning 34-31 following a controversial fumble call. The Warriors narrowly avoided a comeback by Norwin when P-T senior Lucah Butler fell on Norwin’s fumble in the endzone with under two minutes remaining. “I didn’t even know what to do. […]
Motivated North Penn Takes Down Downingtown East in Meeting of District 1 Powers
August 23, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: Last November, the North Penn Knights saw their season come to an end at Downingtown’s Kottmeyer Stadium with a loss to the Downingtown West Whippets in the District 1 6A Final. All offseason, Rylei Gray and Matthew Pownall used that to motivate them throughout the offseason. On Friday night, Gray Pownall and the rest […]
Easton Wins Season Opener Against Central Bucks West 26-20
August 23, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
Cole Ordway Scores 3 TDs, Including an 88 Yd Td Run in Victory Over CB West The Red Rovers led by as much as 19-0 in the 3rd quarter, but CB West behind the legs of Louie Cipollo and Nick Miletto scored 3 TDs as the Bucks closed the gap to 26-20 with a chance […]
Easton Wins Season Opener Against Central Bucks West 26-20 Highlights
August 23, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
CB West @ Easton Highlights by PAFootball Newsdotcom
Fairview Pulls Out Wild Win Over Slippery Rock
August 23, 2025 | Shane Lux
Slippery Rock – Carlo Cimino’s 4-yard touchdown run with 41 seconds to play lifted Fairview to a dramatic 28-21 victory Friday night at Slippery Rock University’s Mihalik-Thompson Stadium. Neither a different stadium nor an 8 o’clock start could dampen the football game that Slippery Rock and Fairview put on. The game was initially scheduled to […]
Philipsburg-Osceola Beats Central 48 – 24 to Start 2025
August 23, 2025 | Hunter Myers
– Week 1 Central @ Philipsburg by PAFootball Newsdotcom PHILIPSBURG STADIUM – On Friday night Philipsburg-Osceola rushed for 6 touchdowns and 347 yards to beat the Central Dragons in week 1 of the 2025 season. A dominant showing by the Mounties offensive line and running backs carried them to a very strong start. On the […]
Lakeland wins 52-14 over Carbondale in impressive fashion (Video Highlights)
August 23, 2025 | Jake Mills
The Lakeland Chiefs won 52-14 over Carbondale Area to open up the season. Jackson Pochas had 2 touchdowns along with Rocco Spataro, one of which was a kickoff return to open up the 2nd half. Gavin Roberts, Chase Rosenkrans, Evan Lonzinski and Caden Cuozoo also scored for Lakeland. Carbondale got their scores from Francisco Roman […]
Big win for Athens at home vs South Williamsport
August 23, 2025 | Lindsey Bennett
Athens 1-0 as Connor Davidson leads his Athens Wildcats to a solid victory vs a young up and coming South Williamsport team. Click the link below the see the video wrap up.
West Scranton “Invades” Old Forge, 20-7 on the road (VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS)
August 23, 2025 | EJ Samuel
Both Old Forge and West Scranton had a goal in mind this year: improve off last year’s disaster. What better way to do that, than getting a win on opening night. West Scranton came hungry for a victory (and hopefully some pizza) and they travelled down to Old Forge to start the 10 week journey. […]
Berlin-Brothersvalley Capitalizes Off Takeaways To Knock Off #10 Claysburg-Kimmel
August 22, 2025 | Baron Dionis
Dante Paul earned his first career win as head coach, leading Berlin-Brothersvalley to a week one victory over Claysburg-Kimmel 35-7 at Bulldog Stadium. Berlin capitalized off of every Claysburg mistake to open 2025 off with a win. Three interceptions and a fumble recovery off a punt is exactly what Berlin prides themselves in. “Everyone calls […]
Upper Merion falls short to Lower Merion in an overtime thriller
August 22, 2025 | Jason Napoli
On Friday afternoon, the 2025 season got underway in Ardmore, PA. The Upper Merion Vikings took the trip to take on Lower Merion. This game was very back and forth, exciting, nonetheless. Lower Merion was able to take the win, 21-20 in overtime. Things got started on the very first drive of the game. Upper […]
Berwick Uses 2nd Half Defense to Defeat Lake Lehman
August 22, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
After a disappointing 4-7 season the previous year, Berwick traveled to Edward Edwards Stadium in Lehman, Pennsylvania, and secured a hard-fought win. After a stellar year in 2024, it was clear Berwick was going to utilize RB Ty’meere Wilkerson every chance they got. Wilkerson, who rushed for over 1,400 yards last year, had a rocky […]
Niles McKinley vs. Howland Highlight Reel
August 22, 2025 | Shane Lux
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Late Safety Pushes Howland Past Niles McKinley
August 22, 2025 | Shane Lux
Niles – Carter Nielsen’s blocked punt for a safety with 1:59 to play proved the difference in Howland’s 10-8 victory over rival Niles McKinley Thursday night. What could be more exciting than opening up the season against a rival on Thursday night? “It means everything to us,” said Howland head coach Brian Jones. “I don’t know […]
2025 Wyalusing Head Coach Rich Rogers Interview
August 21, 2025 | Lindsey Bennett
Wyalusing Head Coach Rich Rogers discusses preseason, and the rigors of coaching today vs years ago. Click below to see the full interview.
The STATE of PA Football: 2025 preview show!
August 21, 2025 | Billy Splain
Join the PFN staff live from C3 Sports in State College as they break down their views of what to expect during the 2025 season! Streaming live on PAFootballnews.com and on CWTAP TV. Join us live from 6-8pm!!
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