Playoffs
Southern Lehigh takes care of Bangor 56-0 in round 1 of Districts (Photo Gallery)
October 31, 2025 | Jordan Gillis
Southern Lehigh destroys Bangor at home to start off the District Playoffs, with a final score of 56-0. The Spartans got off to a hot start quick in this game as they put up a 42 point first half led by Senior running back Sean Steckert, who put up a multi-touchdown game in just the […]
Cahill Tosses 5 Touchdown Passes in Big Central Catholic Win over Jim Thorpe
October 31, 2025 | Cody Brady
Design by PAFootball Newsdotcom The Jim Thorpe Olympians defensive line was fairly strong in defending the run. Central Catholic rushed for virtually nothing on the night. So they went to the air. And to say they had success in the passing game is quite the understatement. Patrick Cahill and his corps of wide receivers were […]
District 11 3A Playoffs: Notre Dame Crusaders Win Big 56-6 Over Salisbury Falcons
October 31, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
Neither the Rain nor Salisbury Was Able Slow Down Notre Dame The rain had stopped an hour before kickoff of last night’s District 11 3A 1st round playoff between the Crusaders and the Falcons at Catasauqua Field. But about ten minutes before the game, mother nature let loose and so did Notre Dame. The Crusaders […]
Tamaqua grinds out Victory over Saucon Valley
October 31, 2025 | Torey Petruno
Hellertown- Tamaqua traveled to Hellertown and pounds the rock, controls the clock, and grinds out a gutsy victory in a first time meeting between the teams thanks to a relentless rushing attack. However, just getting to the start of the game was an adventure for Tamaqua, as the team bus on the way to the […]
District 4: Class 1A-4A 2025 Playoff Preview
October 31, 2025 | Davin Ridall
It seems like only yesterday we were preparing for the first week of the season. Now, Halloween is right around the corner, trees are losing all their leaves, and the weather is getting much colder, which means playoff time is here once again. The playoffs are where records are thrown out the window and where […]
North Schuylkill defeats fog and Panther Valley to advance (video recap)
October 31, 2025 | Billy Splain
Luke Miller ran for 3 scores and hauled in a td pass to lead the Spartans to a 53-25 playoff win over Panther Valley. D11 North Schulkill PV by PAFootball Newsdotcom Summary PV (4-7) 6 6 7 8 — 27 NS (8-3) 21 19 13 0 — 53 NS — Miller 6 run (Urban kick) […]
District 6 3A Round 1 Preview: Forest Hills at Penn Cambria
October 31, 2025 | Hunter Myers
With five minutes left to play in Week 3, it looked all but certain that Penn Cambria’s defense had carried them to another early-season win. However, Forest Hills had different ideas, scoring two more touchdowns to steal the win at home. That loss represents one of only three blemishes on the Panthers’ last two years’ […]
Robinson Scores with 6 Seconds left Has Downingtown East Rallies to Beat Spring-Ford
October 31, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: In the playoffs, it is do or die. For the Downingtown East Cougars, the difference between victory and defeat all came down to one play. Trailing the visiting Spring-Ford Rams 16-13 and with 10 seconds left on the clock, facing a 1st and goal on the Rams’ 9-yard line, the Cougars needed a score to […]
Wallenpaupack Wins 4A Eastern Conference Championship over Honesdale 47-20 (Video Highlights)
October 30, 2025 | Jake Mills
Wallenpaupack wins the 4A Eastern Conference over Honesdale 47-20. Logan Caruso and Ryan Vargo had two touchdowns. Quarterback Jake Rafferty threw for two touchdowns and ran one in as well. Ed Kiesendahl ran a kickoff back for a touchdown after Honesdale’s first touchdown of the game. Offensive and Defensive Lineman Tyler Gallo ran in the […]
(4) Danville vs (1) Mifflinburg – Game Preview and Prediction
October 30, 2025 | Davin Ridall
The playoffs have finally arrived ladies and gentlemen! This week we’re heading out to Mifflinburg to take a look at the District 4 3A semifinal between the Danville Ironmen (4-6) and the Mifflinburg Wildcats (8-2). Some Statistics to Know Week 10 Matchups Mifflinburg: 35-0 Win vs Lewisburg Danville: 21-12 Win at Selinsgrove Week 10 Mifflinburg […]
WELCOME TO PAFOOTBALLNEWS.COM PLAYOFF CENTRAL: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW PLUS NFHS LINKS
October 30, 2025 | Billy Splain
HERE AT PAFOOTBALLNEWS.COM WE STRIVE TO BRING YOU THE BEST COVERAGE OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN PENNSYLVANIA. Welcome to PLAYOFF CENTRAL. By clicking on the link below you can find our interactive and downloadable brackets, both district and statewide. By clicking on a matchup you’ll open a window with time, date, teams, location and if […]
Breaking Down the Philadelphia Public League Playoff Matchups & District 12 Bracketing for the Pub
October 30, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
The playoffs are here within the Pub and there are 4 teams vying for the crown. Traditionally prior to admission into the PIAA the Pub crowned one true champion. Beginning in 2011 the league went to multiple title games for classifications and no longer had a true public league champion. Due to recent seasons of […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: “Ah, playoffs?! Don’t talk about – playoffs?! You kiddin’ me?!!”
October 30, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Check out our live playoff brackets here: PLAYOFF BRACKETS Ahhhhh yes. Who doesn’t remember that famous rant! In this case however, contrary to what Jim Mora would want, I will talk about playoffs. It has all come down to this, and over the next 2 weekends we will crown 4 District champs and 2 sub-regional champs. […]
Preview: Easton Seeks Victory over Emmaus for 900th Win in Program History
October 29, 2025 | Cody Brady
When: Friday, October 31, 7:00 Where: Cottingham Stadium Who: Easton Red Rovers vs. Emmaus Green Hornets Last Meeting: 42-7 Easton on September 19th — Cole Ordway passed for three touchdowns and ran for two more in a dominant Red Rovers victory over the Green Hornets earlier in the 2025 season. What’s at Stake: Easton is […]
Game Preview District 11 3A Playoffs: Notre Dame Green Pond vs. Salisbury
October 29, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
This Thursday night at Catasauqua Field, the 10-0 Notre Dame Green Pond Crusaders will take on the 2-8 Salisbury Township Falcons. Head coach Phil Stambaugh and the Crusaders who are 10-0 for the first time in school history, are coming off a 56-0 win against Wilson, in which their star QB, Matt Bodnar, threw for […]
2025 District 10 Playoff Preview
October 28, 2025 | Shane Lux
See the District 10 Playoff Bracket Here Class A Wilmington Greyhounds About the Wilmington Greyhounds Head Coach: Bradon Phillian Record: 7-3 Last District 10 Title – 2024 What to Expect: Wilmington will look to defend its District 10 title. The Greyhounds come into the postseason undefeated against Class A competition. Chase Mitcheltree has rushed for […]
District Nine First Round Playoff Games Preview
October 28, 2025 | Phil Myers
Friday, October 31, 2025: Cameron County (6-4) @ Union-AC Valley (9-1) – 7:00 pm Union-AC Valley defeated Cameron County 36-12 earlier this year. The Falcon Knights are coached by Dan Reed. UACV is led by running backs Max Gallagher and Logan Sibinski, and freshman QB Andrew Kifer. Gallagher has galloped for 1,081 yards and 17 […]
Lindsey Bennett of PaFootballNews, interviews The Troy Trojans Kicker, & one of the Linemen to discuss Playoffs.
October 28, 2025 | Lindsey Bennett
PaFootballNews Interview with a couple of key contributors of the Troy Trojans. (Click the Link Below to see what the Troy Trojans have to say).
Hittin’ The Road with Travelin’ Matt – Week 11 (Double Trouble)
October 28, 2025 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best matchups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, November 6 4A Blue Mountain (7-4) at 4A #4 Southern Lehigh (10-1) Friday, November […]
Hittin’ The Road with Travelin’ Matt – Week 10 (Playoff Pandemonium)
October 28, 2025 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best matchups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, October 30 6A Spring-Ford (6-4) at 6A Downingtown East (7-3) Friday, October 31 2A […]
District 11 6A Playoffs: Parkland 49-14 over Stroudsburg, Trojans Advance to 2nd Round
October 1, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
Parkland Scored First and Often, Rolls over Stroudsburg Thursday night it was the rain, last night it was the wind howling on Halloween Night in Orefield and that did not scare the Trojans one bit. As Parkland blew by Stroudsburg 49-14. The wind did not seem to affect Finn Coen, who was able to spread […]
Philadelphia Public League reverts back to crowning one champion
September 24, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
For the first time since 2008 the Philadelphia Public League will crown a single Public League overall champion. Gone are playoffs for all classifications within the league and the league will grant playoff berths to 8 teams to compete for the covenant Public League title. The top division Independence (Imhotep, Lincoln, Northeast, West Philadelphia, Simon […]
Public vs. Private Debate: House Bill 41 Moves Forward
May 19, 2025 | Matt Herring
As the General Assembly of Pennsylvania considers House Bill 41 which aims to allow (not mandate) the PIAA to split public and private post-season competitions across all sports we take a look at how that landscape might take shape across the state for high school football. We only considered football in this examination as other […]
Penn State Blows Through SMU, Moves on to Boise State
December 21, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
Back in August, during my season preview of Penn State, I mentioned that this was a perfect storm for Penn State to make their first College Football Playoff game. As we fast forward to year’s end, Penn State used that perfect culmination of advantages and landed a home Playoff game against SMU. The Mustangs of […]
The Offensive Line of the AA State Champion Troy Trojans
December 18, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
(Video Interview) PaFootballNews.com sat down with the Offensive line of the Troy Trojans and gave this unheralded bunch some face time (Click on the Link below to see a video of what they all had to say after becoming the first NTL team ever to win a state title! Like and follow.)
