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October 2023
Scranton downs Wallenpaupack, wins big on Senior Night
October 28, 2023 | Jared Samuel
The Wallenpaupack Buckhorns came into the game with a 2-7 record, but had made some key upsets early in the season and were looking to get back to their early season success. The Scranton Knights were looking for some playoff momentum, and with a 4-5 record they were also looking to avoid a losing season. […]
Cathedral Prep Offense Shines In Win Over Farrell
October 28, 2023 | Shane Lux
Farrell – Luke Costello accounted for 198 yards of total offense and four touchdowns as Cathedral Prep flexed its muscles 44-18 over previously unbeaten Farrell. In their final test before the postseason, the Ramblers put up 420 yards of offense, winning their fourth straight game since a disappointing 2-3 start to their season. “Our kids played […]
Montour Takes Down West Allegheny 49-17
October 28, 2023 | Brett Gombita
On Friday night, the Montour Spartans defeated the West Allegheny Indians by a score of 49-17. The two teams combined for 66 points, but there were only 14 points to be scored in the first quarter. Montour quarterback Jake Wolfe opened up the scoring on a deep pass to wide receiver AJ Alston, which was […]
Blue Mountain Beats Schuylkill Haven in Backyard Brawl
October 27, 2023 | Karlee Feger
The Blue Mountain Eagles defeated the Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes in their annual, “Backyard Brawl” match up, 37-14. Tyler Miller had two touchdowns for the Eagles. Niko Carestia and Augustus Warke had the Hurricanes’ two scores. Schuylkill Haven started the game off by recovering their own onside kick, giving them early possession. The Hurricanes were able […]
Downingtown East earn Ches-Mont Championship over Rival Downingtown West
October 27, 2023 | Kameron Hammond
Downingtown East Vs Downingtown West is arguably one of the most thrilling matchups in Pennsylvania, some might even say in the country. The matchup tonight is to determine who will claim the 2023 Ches-Mont Championship title. This is the 21st meeting between the two teams and The Cougars extended their lead in the series 13-8 […]
District 12 Catholic League Week 10 Preview
October 27, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Philadelphia Catholic League Week 10 Preview CL Red Division Roman Catholic @ St. Joes Prep (10/28 @7pm Upper Dublin HS) Roman enters this CL Red Division game 7-1 outscoring their opponents by a margin of 266-128 and riding a 4-game winning streak. Their lone loss was to Maryland powerhouse Dematha Catholic which was just a […]
ProTime’s Pick’em Challenge Regular Season Finale
October 27, 2023 | Marcus Sic
BATTLE OF UNDEFEATEDS TOP THIS WEEK’S FIELD As the regular season come to a close there are four battles of undefeated teams on this week’s card of the ProTime Pick’em Challenge. These games will decide league championships, seedings for the upcoming District tournaments, they will also decide if the OG of Pennsylvania high school football […]
Mayhem’s Game of the Week- CB East @ CB West (Week 10)
October 26, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
The Who: Central Bucks East @ Central Bucks West The What: High School Football The When: Friday, October 27, 2023 Kickoff: 7 pm The Where: War Memorial Field 375 West Court Street Doylestown, Pa 18901 Last 5 meetings: (*Playoffs) 2022-23 CB WEST 42 CB EAST 26 * 2022-23 CB WEST 21 CB EAST 14 2021-22 […]
District 12 Philadelphia Public League Preview
October 26, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Philadelphia Public League Playoff Preview: The Philadelphia Public League Playoffs begin this weekend with 3 classification titles up for grabs as the 6A, 5A and 4A titles are all on the table. The league used divisional standings to assign seeding to teams who qualified for the playoffs. In both 6A & 5A […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC: 2023 Week 10 Regular Season Finale
October 26, 2023 | John Kotsko
Here we go, the end of the regular season. Man, do the years start coming and don’t stop coming. It only feels like yesterday that I started writing my first preview article for the 2023 season and now we’re at the end of the regular season. Time really can pass you by. However, I’m just […]
Protime Predictions – Protime Hearkens Back to the Days of Yore
October 26, 2023 | Phil Myers
On occasion Protime loves to hearken back to the days of yore and wax nostalgic. As Mary Hopkin sang back in 1968, “those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end.” Protime and brothers Protime used to love watching Captain Kangeroo, Tom and Jerry, the Bugs Bunny Show, etc. In fact, Protime still […]
2023 Week 9 District 2 Week In Review
October 26, 2023 | John Kotsko
Towanda 55 Tunkhannock 7 Rylee Vanderpool had two rushing touchdowns for Towanda as they defeated Tunkhannock in a Thursday night matchup. Tahshon Gardner had two touchdowns as well. For the Tigers, quarterback Joey Ross had a 75 yard touchdown run for the Tunkhannock’s only touchdown. Western Wayne 41 Lakeland 14 Wildcats running back Josh […]
Protime’s Pigskin Parlance – Milestones, Record Breakers & Game Shakers – Top Rusher Edition
October 25, 2023 | Phil Myers
Protime’s weekly column that will attempt to get readers up to date on current football facts, stats, and miscellaneous tidbits of information from across the entire state of Pennsylvania. My crack staff of one will peruse some, but not all newspapers and other sources for hopefully what will be up to date scoop on the […]
ProTime Pick’em Challenge Week 9 Results
October 25, 2023 | Marcus Sic
NINE WEEKS DOWN As we tally up the results of week 9 of the ProTime Pick’em Challenge it has become abundantly clear that Billy the Bossman is going to take the regular season title. With only one week to go in the regular season Billy leads with 81 wins, Alex is second just 2 behind […]
District 9 Review – Week 8
October 24, 2023 | Phil Myers
The games of the week: Central-Martinsburg remained undefeated when they beat Clearfield 27-21 in a battle that came down to the last seconds. Just like they did against Richland the week before, the Bison battled back from a deficit. They tied the game in the 4th only to have Central go up by six late. […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Rivalry Week
October 24, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
The End of the Line for the EPC North and South As Rivalry Week closes Out the Regular Season Week ten is upon us in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference as we have reached the climatic end and the District XI playoffs will begin a week from Thursday with the 3A classification. But we will discuss that […]
Pioneer Athletic Conference Cross-Over Matchups Set
October 24, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
The final week of the regular season is upon us and now we have the complete schedule as the Pioneer Athletic Conference (PAC) yearly cross-over matchups are set. This season Liberty Division teams will host all games scheduled for Friday evening with kickoff at 7 p.m. The PAC Championship features two schools that have less […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial/Schuylkill League Rivalry Edition
October 23, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
As We Enter The Last Week of the Regular Season in the Colonial/Schuylkill League So Much Yet To Be Decided. It seems like it was just yesterday, that the Pennsylvania Football News staff was having their coaches kickoff cookout at the Forge Eatery and Pub up in Berwick in late August. In a blink of […]
Boys Latin fights to hold off Mastery Charter 28-20 to cap off the regular season
October 23, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
A windy and yet perfect Saturday evening produced a classic Philadelphia Public League game in which each team showcased their talents in a great game that saw tides of momentum on both sides. The game started with Boys Latin controlling the time of possession and utilizing their vaunted rushing attack led by junior star RB […]
Local Football Legends Inducted Into Centre County Sports Hall of Fame
October 22, 2023 | Kerry Shawley
There were eleven new members inducted into the Centre County Sports Hall of Fame at a banquet that took place on Sunday October 22, at the Penn Stater Hotel. Among the honorees were six people whose contributions to football were a significant reason for their induction. Jon CondoThe 2000 Philipsburg-Osceola graduate was a multi-sport standout. […]
Martin Luther King storms past West Philly for the Public League Liberty Division Title
October 22, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Back in 2021 the Martin Luther King Cougars were playing in the Public League Liberty Division against powerhouse programs Northeast & Imhotep. That season due to injuries, youth, inexperience and some bad breaks they struggled and went winless in the division. In the Public League the team at the bottom of the standings in each […]
2023 Week 8 PSAC Review
October 22, 2023 | John Kotsko
(7) Slippery Rock 42 California 21 The Rock Football Team quarterback Brayden Long threw for 299 yards and a touchdown. Running back Khalid Dorsey rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown as seventh ranked Slippery Rock defeated California. Vulcans quarterback Davis Black had three rushing touchdowns. https://pafootballnews.com/pfn/big-third-quarter-lead-slippery-rock-past-california/ East Stroudsburg 21 Bloomsburg 16 Warriors quarterback […]
Farrell Rolls Past Slippery Rock
October 22, 2023 | Shane Lux
Slippery Rock – Farrell scored 34 second-quarter points en route to a 49-0 victory over Slippery Rock Saturday night at Troy Alan Stadium. Having already clinched the Region 3 title, Farrell started slowly but came to life in the second quarter, scoring five touchdowns to set the stage for a showdown next Friday night against […]
Pats fall to Neumann-Goretti 28-0, as backup QB steps in
October 21, 2023 | Mike Livingston
PHILADELPHIA. PA – It was a rough afternoon of football in South Philadelphia for Archbishop Carroll, Saturday, as the Patriots fell to the Saints of Neumann-Goretti, 28-0. Due to behavioral and academic violations, nearly 25% of the Patriots roster was left ineligible for the weekend’s game. Most notably, leaving star freshman quarterback Jay Boyd out […]
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