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November 2024
Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: Some D11 Upsets but not in Whitehall
November 6, 2024 | Guy Smith
2024 Episode 26. This week’s events found us at high school football Thursday and Friday, auto racing Saturday, college ice hockey on Sunday, and an unexpected field hockey game. With no fewer than six Thursday night games with D11 teams, we had more choices than ever. Since we like to see as many different teams […]
Schuylkill Haven Headed to District XI Semifinals After Win Over Palisades
November 6, 2024 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes opened up their postseason with a victory over the Palisades Pirates, 64-14. Niko Carestia rushed for 313 yards and scored three touchdowns, while his fellow running backs Colton Reber and Niko Castillo added a pair of touchdowns each. Leyden Hertz also scored twice for the Hurricanes. Schuylkill Haven’s Leyden Hertz makes […]
(VIDEO) Muncy Runs Past Canton in District 4 1A Semifinal
November 5, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
1A Muncy raced past District 4 foe Canton for a convincing 56-14 victory. With the win the Indians qualify for the District 4 1A title when they face Line Mountain. Watch the Muncy vs Canton video below for game highlights.
(VIDEO) Williamsport Head Coach Mike Pearson
November 5, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
PA Football News caught up with Williamsport Millionaire Head Coach Mike Pearson to get a rundown of their season, his amazing coaching journey and a look forward as they prepare to play Wilkes-Barre Friday night for a District title. (Click the link below to see the interview.)
Reynolds Scores In Final Minute To Beat Eisenhower
November 5, 2024 | Shane Lux
Hermitage – Gabriel Minjarez’s 4-yard touchdown run with 34 seconds to play lifted Reynolds to a dramatic 26-21 victory over Eisenhower Saturday afternoon at Hickory High School. Reynolds and Eisenhower have met in the playoffs every year since 2019, but none of those previous contests saw the drama of Saturday afternoon. “It’s not single a […]
Penn State Falls to Ohio State, Again
November 5, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
Penn State and Ohio State have played in plenty of marquee matchups, but many believe this is the biggest game in the storied rivalry. The Nittany Lions entered the game with potentially their best chances of dethroning the Buckeyes in decades. The energy at and around Beaver Stadium pregame was unmatched compared to previous big […]
Frankford defeats Mastery Charter North in Public League 5A Championship Game
November 5, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Frankford Head Coach Damion Brockington jumped for joy as his team was rewarded with the Public League 5A championship plaque. Coach Brock has been the head coach of the Pioneers since 2021 when in his first season as head coach he led the team to a 10-1 season with the lone loss coming at the […]
Farrell Rolls Past Seneca 44-7 Advances To Title Game
November 5, 2024 | Shane Lux
New Wilmington – Farrell scored 29 straight first-half points en route to a 44-7 victory over Seneca Saturday night at Greyhound Stadium. With the win, Farrell advances to the District 10 championship, giving them a chance to win their fourth consecutive title and ninth in the past decade. The Steelers continue their dominance against Class […]
Executive Education Stifles Minersville
November 5, 2024 | Cody Brady
Entering tonight’s game, Minersville averaged 40 points per game. Quarterback Dante Carr, who has received an offer from Lehigh, began the night with over 2,800 all-purpose yards on his junior season. But tonight belonged to the Raptors and a suffocating defensive effort that held the Battlin’ Miners in check from the start, as part of […]
Sharpsville completes improbable comeback to win over Mercyhurst Prep.
November 5, 2024 | Josh Hosier
Sharpsville completes improbable comeback rallying from 18 down to win 35-31 over Mercyhurst Prep. The Sharpsville Blue Devils and the Mercyhurst Prep Lakers arrived at Erie’s Veterans field with one goal, advance in the District 10 AA playoffs at any cost. Both teams would demonstrate that effort in the game tonight. Mercyhurst received the opening […]
Emmaus’ Defense Shines in Blowout of Nazareth
November 5, 2024 | Cody Brady
Emmaus expelled copious amounts of energy in Week 10, shutting out archrival Parkland and moving up in the playoff power rankings to host a playoff game. It would’ve been reasonable to expect the emotion let off a bit or an early hangover from last week. Instead, Emmaus channeled that energy and it snowballed into another […]
Penn Cambria avenges Central Martinsburg in 3A D6 playoff 33-0 ( Photo Gallery )
November 2, 2024 | Leo Murray
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Upper Dublin Soars to Victory Over Unionville 31-21
November 2, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
UPPER DUBLIN —Senior running back Jordan Fields came into last night’s matchup with a moderate stat line of 43 carries for 328 yards (7.6 yards per carry) and three touchdowns as Upper Dublin’s primary change of pace back. When your number is called, though, you have to perform. Fields did exactly that on the heels […]
Jefferson Morgan struggles with turnovers, falls short to South Side
November 2, 2024 | Tyler Aaron
In the first quarter, Jefferson Morgan started with the ball and drove it to midfield, but the South Side defense pressured quarterback Houston Guesman on a third and long, causing a fumble and a recovery by junior Cody Mehlmauer for South Side. South Side converted on the turnover, ending the drive in the endzone on […]
California Upsets Laurel Behind Strong Running Game From Lee Qualk
November 2, 2024 | Garrett Dollin
NEW CASTLE, PA – For most players, 163 rushing yards and 3 total touchdowns would be considered a career game. For Lee Qualk, that’s considered an off-day. California’s game plan heading into Friday’s contest was no secret, run the ball. During the regular season, senior running back Lee Qualk led the entire WPIAL with 200 […]
Abraham Lincoln runs past rival Northeast
November 2, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
The Lincoln Railsplitters entered Friday contest looking to return to their second consecutive Public League championship game. In their way was neighborhood rival who had beaten Lincoln in every game played between 1996 and 2022. In 2023 Lincoln stormed past Northeast in the regular season and then topped them in the public league title game. […]
Wyoming Area gets past Carbondale to advance to the District 2 3A Semifinals
November 2, 2024 | John Kotsko
Coming in, it looked like an even matchup with Carbondale and Wyoming Area sporting big offensive lines and looking to run the football. The Warrior line dominated both sides of the ball as Lidge Kellum who scored three touchdowns in the games first 13 minutes and the defense pitched a shutout as Wyoming Area took […]
Susquehannock @ East Pennsboro 11/1/24 PHOTO GALLERY
November 2, 2024 | Bella Brokopp
East Pennsboro defeats Susquehannock in the first round of 4A District Playoffs, 42-14.
North Catholic 21 Deer Lakes 14 on 11/1/2024 (Gallery)
November 2, 2024 | William Spicher
With this first round win of WPIAL 3A playoffs North Catholic (#11) travels to Elizabeth Forward (#3) next Friday. More photos at link below. North Catholic Coach Chris Rizzo Comments After Game Click Here For More Photos
Central Clarion Wins Third Straight District AA Title
November 2, 2024 | Phil Myers
For a half at Brookville’s new turfed field, it looked like Karns City might pull off one of the biggest upsets in PA playoff football history as they were tied with the #2 ranked AA team in the state going into the intermission at halftime. Central Clarion had mercy ruled everyone they had played this […]
Montgomery Head Coach Cory Tice Interview
November 2, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
PaFootballNews Caught up with Montgomery Head Coach Cory Tice to get a rundown of the season so far and a look going forward as they prepare to play at Line Mountain Saturday night 11-2-2024. (Click the link below to see the interview.)
Strath Haven Panthers Defeat Penncrest Lions 42-0 In First Round Of Playoffs
November 2, 2024 | Ted Podberesky
The brisk air filled George L. King field tonight, awaiting the first round of playoffs between the Strath Haven Panthers (9-1) and Penncrest Lions (6-4). These teams saw each other earlier in the beginning of the season and once again found themselves face to face in the playoffs. Strath Haven continued their electric season tonight […]
Towanda controls line of scrimmage in 2nd half to beat Bloomsburg
November 2, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
Towanda comes out on top vs Bloomsburg with a dominate 2nd half performance to advance in District 4 Playoffs (Click link below to see video recap.)
McDowell Wins 7th Straight D10 6A Title
November 2, 2024 | Shane Lux
Edinboro – Seventh Heaven. The 2024 season has been up-and-down for the McDowell Trojans football team. Friday night at General McLane’s Linden Field was more of the same, though, in the end, the McDowell can call themselves District 10 6A champions for the seventh consecutive season. “It feels pretty good, especially being my first one,” said […]
Haverford Continues Turnaround Runs Over Quakertown
November 2, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
HAVERTOWN: Prior to the 2023 season Haverford High School Head Coach Luke Doughtery decided to change the type of offense that his Fords would run so he brought in someone that came from a pedigree of winning football. Doughtery brought in Kevin Clancy to be his offensive Coordinator. Yes, Clancy is the son of Strath […]
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