Playoffs
November 2024
East Stroudsburg South holds off Whitehall to claim D11 5A title
November 8, 2024 | Jared Samuel
The matchup was a storied one as the Whitehall Zephyrs (5-6) came to Stroudsburg to play East Stroudsburg South Cavaliers (9-2) for the District 11 5A title. Earlier in the season, the Cavaliers had defeated the Zephyrs 38-7, but as the teams warmed up you could sense that things would be different in this one. […]
District One-4A Playoff Preview: Championship
November 7, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
District One is known for its big schools and is mainly made up of 6-5A classified schools, so as we move to our 4A portion, we head into our championship. In the semifinals, we saw PJP, our number one seed, beat Lower Moreland 46-0, and Springfield (M) defeat Bishop Shanahan 42-6. As predicted by this […]
District One-5A Playoff Preview: Quarterfinals
November 7, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
Round one mostly went as we would expect. The only upset was number nine Marple Newtown, who shut out the number eight-seeded Falcons of Pottsgrove 20-0. The number one seed in our 5A classification, Springfield (Delco ), easily took care of business against the final seed, Academy Park, 49-6. We now move into round two, […]
District One-6A Playoff Preview: Quarterfinals
November 7, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
I know this is high school football, but the elite eight in basketball is a big deal, so immediately, “And then there were eight,” bellowed out of my mouth Saturday evening after the Souderton-PW game ended. I was a bit steamed we only got to see one upset in the opening round as the eleventh-seeded […]
Playoff Preview: The Rematch- St. Joe’s Prep vs La Salle D12 Round 2
November 7, 2024 | Noah Stomsky
La Salle v. St. Joe’s Prep Where: Wissahickon High School When: 1:00 PM Saturday, Nov. 9th Last Meeting: October 5th, 2024: La Salle 35 St. Joe’s Prep 34 (4 OT) La Salle Explorers (PFN 6A Rank 1) Coach: Brett Gordon La Salle. In coach Brett Gordon’s first season as the head coach, not only has […]
District 2 Playoffs Week 2 Preview
November 7, 2024 | Jared Samuel
The first week of the D2 playoffs is in the books, so let’s take a look at where things stand as some classes will decide champions this week! Class 1A — sub-regional with District 11 Tri-Valley (7-4) at Lackawanna Trail (10-1) In Lackawanna Trail’s 47-20 win over Nativity BVM, RB’s Demitrius Douglas and Isaac Ryon […]
2024 District 9 Review – 11th Week Action and Playoff Preview Week 2
November 6, 2024 | Phil Myers
Even though Protime did extensive travelling this football season, he had the privilege of seeing over half the D9 football teams play this year, and some, more than once. Protime has seen every D9 team remaining in the playoffs except one. Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits: […]
Luxy’s Week 11 Playoff Game Highlights
November 6, 2024 | Shane Lux
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District 10 Round 1 Playoff Recap
November 6, 2024 | Shane Lux
November 1, 2024 DuBois 45, Cathedral Prep 42 Dubois won their first playoff game in 28 years, stunning Cathedral Prep 45-42 in their backyard Friday night in Erie. It hadn’t been since a 24-0 victory over Hollidaysburg in 1996 that Beavers had tasted a postseason win. Ironically, the Golden Tigers will be Dubois’s next opponent. […]
(VIDEO) Williamsport Head Coach Mike Pearson
November 5, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
PA Football News caught up with Williamsport Millionaire Head Coach Mike Pearson to get a rundown of their season, his amazing coaching journey and a look forward as they prepare to play Wilkes-Barre Friday night for a District title. (Click the link below to see the interview.)
Reynolds Scores In Final Minute To Beat Eisenhower
November 5, 2024 | Shane Lux
Hermitage – Gabriel Minjarez’s 4-yard touchdown run with 34 seconds to play lifted Reynolds to a dramatic 26-21 victory over Eisenhower Saturday afternoon at Hickory High School. Reynolds and Eisenhower have met in the playoffs every year since 2019, but none of those previous contests saw the drama of Saturday afternoon. “It’s not single a […]
Frankford defeats Mastery Charter North in Public League 5A Championship Game
November 5, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Frankford Head Coach Damion Brockington jumped for joy as his team was rewarded with the Public League 5A championship plaque. Coach Brock has been the head coach of the Pioneers since 2021 when in his first season as head coach he led the team to a 10-1 season with the lone loss coming at the […]
Farrell Rolls Past Seneca 44-7 Advances To Title Game
November 5, 2024 | Shane Lux
New Wilmington – Farrell scored 29 straight first-half points en route to a 44-7 victory over Seneca Saturday night at Greyhound Stadium. With the win, Farrell advances to the District 10 championship, giving them a chance to win their fourth consecutive title and ninth in the past decade. The Steelers continue their dominance against Class […]
Executive Education Stifles Minersville
November 5, 2024 | Cody Brady
Entering tonight’s game, Minersville averaged 40 points per game. Quarterback Dante Carr, who has received an offer from Lehigh, began the night with over 2,800 all-purpose yards on his junior season. But tonight belonged to the Raptors and a suffocating defensive effort that held the Battlin’ Miners in check from the start, as part of […]
Sharpsville completes improbable comeback to win over Mercyhurst Prep.
November 5, 2024 | Josh Hosier
Sharpsville completes improbable comeback rallying from 18 down to win 35-31 over Mercyhurst Prep. The Sharpsville Blue Devils and the Mercyhurst Prep Lakers arrived at Erie’s Veterans field with one goal, advance in the District 10 AA playoffs at any cost. Both teams would demonstrate that effort in the game tonight. Mercyhurst received the opening […]
Executive Education Academy @ Minersville (Photo Gallery)
November 5, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
Executive Education Academy Storms Past Minersville 26-6 (Photo Gallery) Executive Education Academy – 26 Minersville – 6 https://x.com/ScipScip
Emmaus’ Defense Shines in Blowout of Nazareth
November 5, 2024 | Cody Brady
Emmaus expelled copious amounts of energy in Week 10, shutting out archrival Parkland and moving up in the playoff power rankings to host a playoff game. It would’ve been reasonable to expect the emotion let off a bit or an early hangover from last week. Instead, Emmaus channeled that energy and it snowballed into another […]
Resiliency and Big Plays by USO Spell Defeat for Punxsutawney
November 5, 2024 | Billy Splain
Resiliency is the ability to bounce back from challenges, adversity or difficult situations. That is exactly what University Prep, also known as USO, did when they defeated the Punxsutawney Chucks 38-26 at Brookville’s Blue Raider field Saturday afternoon in a Class 4A District 8-9 sub-regional game. The USO Wildcats clawed their way back from a […]
Big First Quarter Leads Troy To 63-27 Win Over South Williamsport
November 3, 2024 | Ed Weaver
The Troy Trojans scored five first quarter touchdowns en route to a 63-27 rout of South Williamsport to open the District IV Class 2A playoffs on Friday, November 1.
Northwestern Lehigh gets out of own way, pulls away from Saucon Valley for District XI Playoff Victory
November 2, 2024 | Torey Petruno
New Tripoli- Northwestern opened this year’s playoff season looking forward to another trip to “The Chap” and another crack at state title, but a relentless Saucon Valley defense and slew of self inflicted mistakes and turnovers provided an early playoff test for the 2023 state runner-ups. The evening’s matchup started with Saucon Valley being forced […]
Penn Cambria avenges Central Martinsburg in 3A D6 playoff 33-0 ( Photo Gallery )
November 2, 2024 | Leo Murray
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McKeesport Advances with Convincing Playoff Win Over Belle Vernon
November 2, 2024 | Ryan Thielet
The McKeesport Tigers secured a decisive victory in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs, defeating Belle Vernon 34-11. The Tigers opened the game with a strong 12-point run before Belle Vernon responded with a field goal. McKeesport added another touchdown and a two-point conversion, taking a 20-3 lead into halftime. The momentum continued into […]
Bethel Park advances to second round with dominant performance against Latrobe
November 2, 2024 | Ethan Spozarski
On Friday night the Bethel Park Blackhawks defeated the Latrobe WIldcats 42-7 in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. Coming into today both teams were looking for their second ever WPIAL titles with Bethel winning theirs in 2008 and Latrobe in 1968. The Blackhawks scored on all, but two of their drives, with both […]
Upper Dublin Soars to Victory Over Unionville 31-21
November 2, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
UPPER DUBLIN —Senior running back Jordan Fields came into last night’s matchup with a moderate stat line of 43 carries for 328 yards (7.6 yards per carry) and three touchdowns as Upper Dublin’s primary change of pace back. When your number is called, though, you have to perform. Fields did exactly that on the heels […]
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