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September 2022

Solanco beats Ephrata 25-17 in a hard fought win

September 16, 2022 | Pat Weider

Solanco Head Coach Anthony Cox addresses his team after a 25-17 win against Ephrata Solanco improved to 4-0 on the year with a 25-17 win over Ephrata in week 1 of section play. In a close […]

Protime Predictions

September 15, 2022 | Phil Myers

A few years ago, Protime and brothers Protime went on a trip down south and stopped at a convenience store for some R and R. On the magazine rack was a sports magazine. Inside the magazine was a page with one of those scratch and sniff colognes for men. Protime liked the fragrance and thinking […]

Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Edition September 9-17th

September 13, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Eastern Pennsylvania Conference A Look Back and a Look Ahead. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter The week that was in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South found one of the most successful teams in the state, the Easton Red Rovers fall to 0-3 for the first time in 41 years by dropping […]

What the heck’s happening in District’s I & XII this week: Week 3,2022

September 13, 2022 | Willie McGonigle

Hello and welcome to Week 3 of What’s happening in District I & XII! Let’s look at what happened last week weekend and look ahead to this weekend. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————Fallen State Troopers Honored At halftime of their game vs Perkiomen Valley, Cheltenham Head Coach Troy Gore and Brian Cherry presented PV’s Head Coach Rob Heist, Michael […]

District Nine Review and Standings – Week 3

September 13, 2022 | Phil Myers

The game of the week last week was the Keystone Panther 20-19 victory over the Brookville Blue Raiders. Brookville led 13-0 in the first quarter and 19-12 in the fourth when Kyle Nellis scored a TD with just over 6 minutes remaining. Trailing 19-18, Keystone’s coach, Todd Smith, appeared to elect to try the game […]

Ground Game Carries Haverford over Springfield

September 11, 2022 | Willie McGonigle

SPRINGFIELD: Entering Friday night’s Central League contest against the winless Haverford Fords the Springfield Cougars were averaging 269 yards rushing per game. The visiting Fords came out and gave the Cougars defense a dose of the medicant that the Cougars offense has been dosing out amassing 249 yards on the ground to help pave the […]

Northwest rolls past Towanda

September 11, 2022 | Walter Titus

What’s usually Friday night lights at Northwest turned into Saturday night lights this week as the Northwest Rangers improved to 3-0 for the first time since the 2020 Covid shortened season by beating the Towanda Black Knights 45-12. It was a tale of two halves for Northwest. They looked great on the opening kickoff where […]

Allentown Central Catholic hands Easton It’s Third Consecutive Loss 27-7.

September 11, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Central Catholic Subdues Red Rovers Saturday Night By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter ALLENTOWN- The Easton Red Rovers came into their contest Saturday night at historic J. Birney Crum Stadium trying to avoid starting the season 0-3 and virtually taking them out of the race for an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South championship, as their opponents […]

Mayhem’s Game of the Week

September 8, 2022 | Michael Pietrangelo

The Game: Bensalem Owls @ Pennridge Rams Friday, September 9, 2022 Kickoff: 7pm @ Helman Field 1228 N 5th Street, Perkasie, Pa 18944 The Details: Bensalem Owls Head Coach: Alexander Houston (2nd Season) Last Season: (5-5) overall (4-3) Conference League: Suburban One-Continental Conference (6A) This Season: (1-1) overall (0-0) Conference Last Week: Lost to […]

Conversation with Coach – Bob Palko, Mount Lebanon

September 7, 2022 | Phil Myers

Bob Palko is coming off a Cinderella Season for the ages. In 2021, his Mount Lebanon Blue Devils not only went 15-0 to win the 6A state title, but they slayed the giant and three-time defending state champion, St. Joseph’s Prep in the grand finale at Hershey. It was Mount Lebanon’s first football state championship. […]

Hollywood’s 2022 Cutting Room Floor-EPC Edition Week’s #2-#3

September 6, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-EPC Edition. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter A Look Back on Week Two and a Look Ahead to Week Three Well with two games now in the books across District XI and the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, two teams stand out in the South: Nazareth and Emmaus are for the moment in […]

District 9 Review and Standings – Week 2

September 6, 2022 | Phil Myers

The top game of the week had to be the DuBois Beaver 27-26 win over Brockway. The game came down to the final play from the DuBois 5-yard line where a slant pass was stopped at the 1-yard line to prevent the Rovers from winning. The Brockway coaching staff elected to go for the touchdown […]

Bethlehem Catholic Defense Pitches Shutout Against Pocono Mountain West.

September 3, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

With Offense Struggling, The Golden Hawks Defense Steps Up to Preserve Win 21-0 By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski BETHLEHEM- For the second straight week, the Bethlehem Catholic Defense arose to the challenge. After stymieing the Zephyrs of Whitehall, a week ago 35-7, the Golden Hawk defense stood tall again as the did not allow the Pocono […]

Penns Manor beats up United Valley for second straight shut out of the season

September 3, 2022 | Brian Ingalls

Penns Manor traveled to United Valley looking to continue rolling after their decisive 32-0 win over Purchase Line in week 0. United Valley was looking to continue the good play they experienced in a loss to state ranked Homer Center in week 0. Penns Manor got what they were looking for! Penns Manor had 3 […]

Manheim Township blanks Dallastown prepares for their showdown with Harrisburg

September 3, 2022 | Carl Frederick

Coach Evans speaks with his team after their win Midway through the third quarter with the game well in hand for the Blue Streaks, Head Coach Mark Evans pulled his starters as his squad was cruising to a victory “We wanted to get the bad taste out of our mouth” referencing their heartbreaking loss […]

Nazareth Earns Convincing Win Over Parkland in EPC South Showdown

September 3, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Sonny Sasso throw two touchdown passes and defense steps up to contain potent Trojan offense in vicory. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter NAZARETH- Arguably, the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference from top to bottom may the premier league in the state. Friday night at Andrew S. Leh Stadiumtwo of those teams met, but only one will […]

Wagner gets over 300 rush yards in 47-0 win over Mercer

September 2, 2022 | John Robbins

Reynolds depended on the legs of Jalen Wagner and it turned out beneficial as he rushed for 302 yards on 23 carries. He started with 8 rushes for 52 yards and a touchdown to open up the game in the first drive. Some trickery for Reynolds would not prevail on the two-point conversion. Later in […]

Late Touchdown Lifts Northern Lehigh Over Rival Northwestern

September 2, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Mountain Road Rumble Captured By Bulldogs For First Time in Five Years. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter SLATINGTON- Nothing in football is given. You got to grab the moment at hand and cherish it for all that it is worth. Thursday night at Bulldog Stadium, Northern Lehigh jumped out to early 19-0 lead and […]

Landon Kennel is ready for his moment

September 1, 2022 | Carl Frederick

Kennel goes in for the touchdown Landon Kennel is one of the top receivers in the LL-Berks league and now with the graduation of several key playmakers has a bigger role in Coach Evans offense. The Junior got things started fast last week with his monster performance against Cumberland Valley. Notching 11 receptions and […]

Recap of the Chambersburg Peach Bowl Football Showcase

August 30, 2022 | Phil Myers

First and foremost, special thanks should be given to Chambersburg’s AD Ron Coursey who put together a pretty good six-game package. He, his administrative assistant, Cindy Myers, and all his other helpers did a fantastic job. Although only 5 games were played, three of those were classic games and two of them went down to […]

D-9 Review and Top Performers for the Week of August 26 and 27

August 30, 2022 | Phil Myers

Team wise, there were no real surprises or upsets the first week, although some scores were not expected. DuBois beating Karns City was not really a surprise considering the number and quality of players the Gremlins lost to graduation. But beating them 28-7 probably was not expected by most. PFN’s #10 ranked single A team, […]

Five Storylines from Week 1 of Delco Football

August 30, 2022 | Brendan Ricciardi

Crawford leaving em in the dust https://www.bqpictures.com/ Football is back in Delaware County, and the race to earn a Trip to the Chap at Cumberland Valley High School for the PIAA State Football Championships is on. While it doesn’t quite have as good of a ring to it as Hershey, two Delco Football teams (Garnet […]

Woodland Hills Holds on to Defeat William Penn in Classic

August 28, 2022 | Phil Myers

Wolverines celebrate the winning goal line stand In a game of two halves, the Woodland Hills Wolverines beat the William Penn Bearcats 28-24 in Saturday’s second game of the Chambersburg Peach Bowl Football Showcase. It was a tremendous game that saw the Bearcats come back from a three-touchdown deficit and come within a few feet […]

Allentown Central Catholic Outlasts Much Improved Bethlehem Liberty.

August 28, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Allentown Central Catholic Staves Off Upset-Minded Liberty Hurricanes Saturday Night. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski 0n Twitter ALLENTOWN-The defending 4A District XI Champions the Allentown Central Catholic Vikings got all they could handle from a very explosive and talented group of Hurricanes of Bethlehem Liberty Saturday night at J.Birney Crum Stadium and when the final horn […]

Pen Argyl Puts To rest 0-10 Season, with Convincing Win Over Wilson