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September 2023
Dallas continues to roll, shuts out Wyoming Valley West
September 22, 2023 | Jared Samuel
The Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 slate is always interesting, with many close games and some upsets usually in store most weeks. The Wyoming Valley West Spartans came into the game 1-3 but with some narrow losses this season. The Dallas Mountaineers arrived at Spartan Stadium with a perfect 4-0 mark, and have historically played […]
General McLane Knocks Off Corry
September 22, 2023 | Shane Lux
Edinboro– General McLane put up 469 yards of offense and cruised past Corry 41-15 Thursday night at Linden Field in Edinboro. You wouldn’t know that signal caller Matt Caro was making his first varsity start – the sophomore threw for 260 yards and four touchdowns on 17-of-28 passing. “We’re very pleased with the win,” said […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC 2023 Week 5: Nap Time
September 21, 2023 | John Kotsko
The crazy thing is when you think “I’ll just shut my eyes for a few minutes” at about 10:30 at night, you just happen to wake up at 1:30 AM. Which is why this article was delayed to this time. Kotsko has been busy of late, to playing several sports (three to be exact), to […]
Mayhem’s Game of the Week- Central Bucks South @ Pennsbury (Week 5)
September 21, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
The Game: Central Bucks South @ Pennsbury Friday, September 22, 2023 Kickoff: 7 pm Falcon Field 705 Hood Blvd, Fairless Hills, PA 19030 The Deets: Central Bucks South Titans Head Coach: Tom Hetrick (9th Season) League: Suburban One-Continental National(6A) Last season: (7-4) Overall (4-3) Conference This Season: (4-0) overall (1-0) Conference Last Week: Won, […]
Protime Predictions – Passing on His Class Reunion
September 21, 2023 | Phil Myers
Protime is showing his age here, but the show must go on as they say. His 50th high school class reunion is coming up and as much as he’d like to go (he’s never been to any of the prior ones), he just can’t pull the trigger. Protime knows if he and the lovely Mrs. […]
District 1 Power Rankings: Week 4
September 20, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
This article was written by Michael Pietrangelo, Marcus Sic, & Willie McGonigle Follow us on X: @ArtisticMayhem1 @WilliePAFN 1. Central Bucks West- The Bucks remain our number 1 team after their conference win against Pennsbury 20-3 in week 4. The Bucks held the potent Falcons rushing attack to 128 yards on 30 attempts in the win. […]
District 9 Review – Week 3
September 19, 2023 | Phil Myers
The game of the week: Union/AC Valley, who lost to Central Clarion 72-0 the prior week, defeated Brockway 12-7 in a stunning upset of PFN’s #6 ranked 1A team in the state. This may have been the biggest upset in years in relation to District Nine football. Brockway scored first and led 7-6 at the […]
Hollywood’s Cutting room floor: Week 4 Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition
September 19, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
AS we reach the halfway point of the regular season, here is how the Colonial/Schuylkill League breakdowns. After the fourth week of the high school football season closed out this past weekend in the Colonial/Schuylkill League League there are just three teams still undefeated heading into week five: Palmerton, Northwestern Lehigh and Southern Lehigh. Palmerton’s […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Week 4 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Edition
September 18, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Nazareth and Parkland met up on the gridiron this past Friday night, in a game that lived up to expectations. Nazareth and Parkland came into their contest, both ranked in the top 10 in the pafootballnews.com top 10 in the 6A classification. The Trojans had a ten point lead on two occasions in the game, […]
Under The Radar, Bethlehem Catholic Continues to Roll On in EPC South Race
September 17, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Bethlehem Catholic Keeps Pace to Stay in the EPC South Title Chase With Win Over Cross-City Rivals. BETHLEHEM- With all the top dogs in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South played on Friday, the only game in town was a “Christmas City” Battle between Liberty and Becahi at BASD Stadium Saturday night and when the dust […]
Northwestern Lehigh Too Much Firepower for Pen Argyl Saturday.
September 17, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Stout Defensive Effort Along With Potent Offense in Dominating Tiger Performance Saturday Afternoon. PEN ARGYL- The Northwestern Tigers rolled up on the hill on a glorious afternoon for football Saturday in a key Colonial/Schuylkill League contest against an improved Pen Argyl Green Knights squad and came away with an emphatic 41-6 win at Alumni Stadium. […]
Oil City Wins 145th Route 8 Rivalry
September 17, 2023 | Shane Lux
Franklin – Oil City rushed for 330 yards as the Oilers won their sixth straight over Venango County rival. The Oilers, who the Knights have not defeated since a 44-38 loss in 2017, scored two late third-quarter touchdowns to break open a one-score game en route to a hard-fought 36-15 victory over Franklin. “I thought Franklin […]
Cardinal O’Hara Strikes Quick Then Defense Shuts Out West Catholic
September 16, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
SPRINGFIELD: Entering Friday nights Philadelphia Catholic League Blue Division opener Cardinal O’Hara Head Coach Mike Ewing knew his defense was in for a tough test in having to defend against visiting West Catholic and their Quarterback Kal-El Durham. Luckly for Ewing his Lions defense was up to the test and his offense did enough as […]
Redbank Valley Overcomes Slow Start to KO Keystone 42-9
September 16, 2023 | Phil Myers
Redbank Valley is ranked #9 in the state by PFN in Class 1A and for good reason. They have an explosive offense that can beat you a number of ways. The Bulldogs also have a tenacious defense that seems to get better as games progress. But Saturday afternoon in Knox at Keystone’s home field, Redbank […]
Abington Heights soars over Western Wayne, 34-14
September 16, 2023 | Jared Samuel
The Abington Heights Comets arrived at the Pit in Clarks Summit off of nice back-to-back road wins over Wilkes-Barre Area and Berwick. The Western Wayne Wildcats were feeling good after a big win last Friday night at Old Forge. With both teams having winning records, it appeared to be a close matchup and the winner […]
Waynesburg Central Raiders Remain Undefeated, 12-0 against Keystone Oaks Eagles
September 16, 2023 | Joey Chirillo
Homecoming Weekend for the Waynesburg Central Raiders opened up by welcoming the Keystone Oaks Eagles in hopes to remain undefeated on the season. First quarter of action was bland in action until the Raiders scooped up a fumble recovery around the 4 minute mark in the 1st quarter. https://twitter.com/joey14chirillo/status/1702822967531430397 No score in […]
Berlin vs. Laurel Highlight Video
September 16, 2023 | Shane Lux
Berlin Brothersvalley vs. Laurel Highlights
Dunmore outlasts Riverside in a tight one, 20-16
September 16, 2023 | Jared Samuel
Dunmore was an early pick to do well in Class 2A this year, but a loss against Mount Carmel left many wondering if the Bucks could get it done. Riverside also had a lot of confidence on the table to start the season, but an injury-filled narrow loss to Mid Valley clouded their future as […]
Palmerton holds off Jim Thorpe to stay Undefeated on the Season.
September 16, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Jim Thorpe- The undefeated Blue Bombers, lead by their Sr. quarterback Matthew Machalik, cruised in to this Friday night matchup the winners of their previous 3 contests and hoped to come away with another victory against the Olympians of Jim Thorpe. It did not take long for Palmerton to get on the board as they […]
Parkland Escapes With A Win In Key Etern Pennsylvania Conference Showdown
September 16, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
In a battle between two state ranked unbeaten teams the Parkland Trojans escape late Nazareth rally Friday night. OREFIELD-In a game that was much hyped, even in the preseason, the Nazareth Blue Eagles traveled the 30 minute drive along route 22 to face the Parkland Trojans, not only in a key EPC South contest, but […]
Central Catholic Steamrolls Through Mount Lebanon 49-0
September 16, 2023 | Ryan Thielet
This week was the battle of two red-hot 6A schools. Both teams entered today’s match-up as 3-0 after beating solid teams in the past week. Central Catholic took this game by storm in the first quarter with 21 unanswered points in three straight drives ending with a touchdown. The first Vikings touchdown was scored by […]
Berlin Brothersvalley Blanks Laurel
September 15, 2023 | Shane Lux
New Castle – Berlin Brothersvalley limited Laurel to 184 yards of offense en route to a 27-0 victory Friday night. They say “D” is for dominant – that’s exactly what the Mountaineers used to push their record to 4-0 on the season. “Coach Dante Paul does a great job getting these guys prepared with tendencies and […]
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