Playoffs

October 2024

District 1Playoff Matchups Announced

October 27, 2024 | Willie McGonigle

Sunday morning the District 1 Steering Committee had its annual meeting announcing the Playoff Meetings for District 1. 6A: In 6A the defending District 1 Champions Central Bucks South will be the number 1 seed in the playoffs for the second consecutive year they will see Spring-Ford in the playoffs. The full list of matchups are […]

WPIAL Playoff Previews

October 26, 2024 | Mia Williams

Today the WPIAL released the playoff brackets for the 2024 season. Here are the matchups with the team’s records. Check back tomorrow night for statewide brackets on pafootballnews.com 6A #1 Pittsburgh Central Catholic (8-2) vs. #4 Seneca Valley (3-6) on Friday Nov. 8th at 7 pm at a TBA location #2 North Allegheny (9-1) vs. […]

Philadelphia Public League Playoff Preview

October 25, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

Philadelphia Public League Playoff Preview: 6A Playoff Games: #8 Kensington v #1 Imhotep: Imhotep will be awarded a forfeit win over Kensington as Kensington opted to not play Tep and instead will play a non-league game against Dobbins looking for their first victory of the season. As a result, the top PL 6A seed will […]

DXI Week 10 Playoff Scenarios

October 21, 2024 | Cody Brady

Football’s regular season ends in just a week. With that in mind, there is a lot left up in the air across the classifications, from teams needing wins to make the playoffs, to massive potential changes in seeding. Let’s take a look at some scenarios for week 10. What this is: Using DXI’s power ranking formula, […]

Simulation: PA Classification #1 Ranked Teams vs. Rest of Top 10

October 16, 2024 | Matt Herring

As we near the end of the PA football regular season we thought it would be interesting to simulate possible matchups looming in the district and state playoffs. For this experiment we simulated games using the #1 ranked team in each classification versus the remaining Top 10 teams in their classification. These simulations are based […]

District 1 Playoff Picture Entering Week 9

October 13, 2024 | Willie McGonigle

This week marks Week 9 of the Regular season which means that next week marks the last week of the regular season in District 1. With that in mind let’s take a look at what the playoff match-ups would be if the postseason started today. In 6A the reigning District 1 Champion CB South currently […]

Public vs. Private Football Debate: “You Can’t Handle The Truth”

April 30, 2024 | Matt Herring

If you read the headline to this article and immediately thought to yourself, “It’s not fair public football schools have to compete against private football schools” may be a public school apologist who is perpetuating a myth. While you are entitled to your opinion your statement may be baseless and I’ll explain why in this […]

Championships at the Chap (An Inside Look)

December 13, 2023 | Phil Myers

For those of you who have hesitated to travel to the new championship site at Mechanicsburg or who have never been to the PA football title games you are definitely losing out on a wonderful experience. This year there was only one contest that came down to the end, but there were memorable performances, players, […]

Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Stairway to Seven

December 12, 2023 | Guy Smith

We always enjoy feedback from readers at RTRYFBAR@aol.com. This past weekend we headed to Cumberland Valley for the six PIAA state championship football games. There was some discussion about whether or not we were going to all six games as usual, or cut back a bit. We are now both in our 60s, and back-to-back-to-back […]

St. Joe’s Prep North Allegheny Highlights

December 11, 2023 | Shane Lux

St. Joe’s Prep vs. North Allegheny

Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (State Semis & Finals…plus Golf)

December 11, 2023 | Matt Herring

Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Friday, December 1 3A Northwestern Lehigh (14-0) vs. 3A Wyomissing (12-1) Friday, December 1 […]

Hawks soar to 6A title

December 10, 2023 | Billy Splain

In 2021 St. Joseph’s Prep, led by a sophomore quarterback names Samaj Jones, got crushed by Mt Lebanon in the title game. The 35-17 score wasn’t indicative of how badly they got beat by the Blue Devils. It was a full, complete beat down. That sophomore lined up for his last game of his career […]

North Allegheny Falls to St. Joe’s Prep in 6A Final

December 10, 2023 | Shane Lux

Mechanicsburg – North Allegheny gave St. Joe’s Prep their best effort, but in the end, the Tigers fell to the Hawks 45-23 in the PIAA 6A final. Making their first state final appearance since 2012, coupled with a WPIAL championship -North Allegheny has a lot to be proud of with their 2023 campaign. In the end, […]

Belle Vernon wins Back-to-Back in their Win Over Northwestern Leigh

December 9, 2023 | Mason Eddinger

The Belle Vernon Leopards walked into Cumberland Valley looking to win Back-to-Back PIAA Class 3A titles, and they did just that taking down a tough Northwestern Lehigh team 38-7 to win the PIAA Class 3A title. Both teams would have loved to get off to a great start in a state title game, and Belle […]

Northwestern Lehigh Tigers Title Run Comes to an End.

December 9, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Defending Champs Belle Vernon Ruin Northwestern Lehigh’s Undefeated Season. MECHANICSBURG- Northwestern Lehigh Tigers ran into a buzz-saw Saturday afternoon at Chapman Field at Cumberland Valley High School in the PIAA State 3A Championship in the form of the Belle Vernon Leopards. The Tigers could only muster 249 yards of total offense and were held to […]

Belle Vernon vs. Northwestern Lehigh Highlights

December 9, 2023 | Shane Lux

Belle Vernon vs. Northwestern Lehigh

St. Joseph’s Prep v North Allegheny: LIVE Pregame/Halftime/Postgame report

December 9, 2023 | Billy Splain

Join our staff for our pregame, halftime and postgame reports. Pregame report at 6:40, Halftime, then Post game immediately after the game!

Imhotep Charter vs. Peters Township Highlights

December 9, 2023 | Shane Lux

Imhotep Charter vs. Peters Township

Belle Vernon v Northwestern Lehigh: LIVE Pregame/Halftime/Postgame report

December 9, 2023 | Billy Splain

Join our staff for our pregame, halftime and postgame reports. Pregame report at 12:40, Halftime, then Post game immediately after the game!

Peters Township’s Historic Season Ends In Defeat at the Hands of Imhotep Charter

December 9, 2023 | Torey Petruno

Mechanicsburg- Peters Township’s undefeated WPIAL championship season came to a close with a loss at the hands of District 12’s Imhotep Charter in the PIAA Class 5A Championship game this evening. In what they hoped would be Peters Townships first football state title, the Indians just couldn’t overcome a dynamic Panther offense and smothering defense. […]

Imhotep gets over the hump, wins first title since 2015

December 8, 2023 | Billy Splain

In 2015 Imhotep won it’s first state title. Since then, they’ve gone 5 title game appearances without a win. Until tonight. The Panthers abandoned their usual fly high and strike fast offense in exchange for a ground and pound, get it done style of offense and it worked as the Panthers won the PIAA Class […]

99-Yard Drive Keeps Streak Alive, Southern Columbia wins title in thriller

December 8, 2023 | Dave Fegley

Southern Columbia wins title in dramatic fashion Southern Columbia knew what it had to do. Move the ball 299 feet and get into the end zone. With the game on the line, pretty easy right? After the Tigers jumped out to a 14-0 lead, the offense had to do something it hadn’t done since the […]

Westinghouse loses a heartbreaker to Southern Columbia

December 8, 2023 | Marcus Sic

It was a 25 year wait to get a Pittsburgh City league team to make it back to the state championship game, now for the second year in a row Westinghouse Academy faced Southern Columbia for the class 2A title, today’s game in what was an instant classic, ended in heartache for the Bulldogs. […]