Playoffs

November 2023

District 4 Class 2A Playoff Matchup: “The Game”

November 9, 2023 | Dave Fegley

SCA and MCA ready for semi-final tussle Last year, the Mount Carmel Area Red Tornadoes defeated the Southern Columbia Tigers in their annual regular season meeting. The rivalry known as the ‘The Game’ had a different result in the postseason. It was the Tigers that finished the 2022 season with the bragging rights as they […]

WPIAL District 7 Second Round of Playoff Previews

November 9, 2023 | Joey Chirillo

The regular season has ended, however the postseason is just getting started. After the first round of playoffs, many teams made a statement and are calling for the championship. Here is your 2023 District 7 Semi-Finals Week Playoff Preview. Class 1A: South Side (1) – The Rams were one of two teams to not […]

District 10 A Semifinal Preview

November 9, 2023 | Shane Lux

District 10 Class A Semifinal Preview #1 Lakeview vs. #5 Mercer November 11th – 7 pm – Slippery Rock High School Quarterfinal Recap Lakeview Sailors Bye Mercer Mustangs Mercer won their first playoff game in a decade with a 14-0 victory over Cochranton last week. The Mustangs got their revenge on the Cardinals after dropping […]

District 3 Class 3A Semifinals preview

November 9, 2023 | Billy Splain

West Perry (10-1) @ Lancaster Catholic (9-1) Friday – 7:00 pm The Mustangs are coming into the Semi-Final round off a win over Bermudian Springs. The high flying offense, led by quarterback Marcus Quaker, is averaging a respectable 39 points per game. His 1,500+ yards and 12 tds in the air combined with nearly 1,100 […]

District 3 Class 4A Playoff Preview. Round 2

November 9, 2023 | Billy Splain

**ALL GAMES FRIDAY NIGHT** Milton Hershey (6-5) @ Bishop McDevitt (10-0) – 7:00 pm It’s a tall task to beat a team twice in one season. The Crusaders handled the Spartans quite easily earlier this year with a 55-14 win. With players like Stone Saunders, Rico Scott, Nazir Jones-Davis and Maurice Barnes, that task is […]

State College and Altoona Meet again in a battle for the District 6 title

November 9, 2023 | Todd Ross

Altoona (5-6) and State College (6-3) will meet at Tiger Stadium in Hollidaysburg for the district six 6A Championship. This is a repeat of last year’s matchup where State College came away with a 28-7 win. This will be the second meeting between State College and Altoona this season, and in the previous meeting State […]

District 4 Class 4A Championship Game Preview

November 9, 2023 | Ed Weaver

Over the last few years there hasn’t been a better rivalry in District IV than Jersey Shore and Selinsgrove.

Mayhem’s Game of the Week-Playoffs Round 2

November 9, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo

The Who: #8 Garnet Valley Jaguars @ #1 Central Bucks West Bucks The When: Friday, November 10, 2023 Kickoff: 7 pm The Where: War Memorial Field 375 West Court Street Doylestown, Pa 18901 Last 3 meetings: (*Playoffs) 8/25/23- Garnet Valley 13 @ CB West 17 11/25/22- CB West 7 @ Garnet Valley 35* 8/26/22- CB […]

PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 4A Round 2

November 9, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo

This article was written by: Dylan Johnson Scott Reed’s Pope John Paul II Trojans come into the District 1 4A tournament as an overwhelming favorite, after taking down 6A powerhouse Spring-Ford in the Pioneer Athletic Conference’s title game. During the regular season, PJPII has already handily defeated both Pottstown and Pottsville. Bishop Shanahan, out of […]

District 3 Class 5A Second Round Playoff Preview

November 9, 2023 | Billy Splain

Hershey (8-3) @ New Oxford (9-1) Friday – 7:00 pm Hershey is coming off a big upset win over Exeter last week. The Trojans have been playing good football and look to extend their success against a tough New Oxford team. Cameron Sweeney continues to lead the Trojans on a winning path. The Colonials are […]

PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 6A Round 2

November 9, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo

We’ve made it to the second round of our 6A bracket and nothing unexpected happened in last week’s matchups. All the higher seeds took care of business in the Round of Sixteen. Central Bucks West, Garnet Valley, Spring-Ford, Central Bucks South, Downingtown West, Souderton, Perkiomen Valley, & Downingtown East all won their matchups. This week […]

PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 5A Round 2

November 9, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo

Staff Writers: Dylan Johnson,Willie McGonigle,Brendan Ricciardi, & Marcus Sic also contributed to this article Last week everything went according to chalk with the top eight seeds advancing. Is this the week that we see some upsets? This week for the second time Chester takes on Phoenixville, and Springfield takes on Central League rival Marple Newtown. Will […]

District 2 Playoff Preview

November 9, 2023 | John Kotsko

District 2 2A Final Riverside at Dunmore Fri 7 PM Riverside defeated Mid Valley in the semifinals to advance to the Championship game. Dunmore defeated Susquehanna to get to the District Final. Dunmore defeated Riverside 20-16 in their Week 4 meeting. Vikings quarterback Chase Taddonio is throwing for 1,638 yards and 24 touchdowns. Taddonio also […]

District 3 Playoff Preview, Second Round: Welcome to the show 6A

November 8, 2023 | Billy Splain

While we waded through a much too large first round of playoffs, some had the weekend off. There were only 2 games played in the western 6A bracket. In District 3 there were four games waiting to be played while in district 7 we awaited 2 matchups. Welcome to the playoffs Class 6A! Below we […]

District XI Class 3A Semi-Finals Preview and Bracket: Schuylkill-Colonial League Football

November 7, 2023 | Daniel Reed

In this bracket, WOW, is about all I can say about it. The top 4 seeds all took care of business in last week’s first round, the closest being a 30 point victory for the Blue Bombers of Palmerton over Jim Thorpe 37 to 7. The other 3 games were Notre Dame-Green Pond taking down […]

District XI Class 2A Final Preview and Bracket: Williams Valley vs Schuylkill Haven in a Schuylkill-Colonial League Clash

November 7, 2023 | Daniel Reed

If you like ground and pound style football, this is the game you want to watch. If you have the chance to go to the game live, GO !! In the last meeting between these two programs in week-3, it came down to a 24 to 21 decision, with the Hurricanes coming out the victors. […]

Schuylkill-Colonial Football District XI Class 1A Finals Preview and Bracket: Marian Catholic vs Minersville

November 7, 2023 | Daniel Reed

A pair of Schuylkill-Colonial League football teams will get together this Friday night at the Eagles Nest at Blue Mountain HS to battle for the 2023 Class 1A District Championship. VS Marian Catholic Colts(7-4) vs Minersville Battlin’ Miners(9-2) These two team met […]

Luxy’s Highlight Reel – Playoffs Week 1

November 7, 2023 | Shane Lux

Fort LeBoeuf vs. Grove City Mercer vs. Cochranton

District 10 AAA Semifinals Preview

November 6, 2023 | Shane Lux

District 10 Class AAA Semifinal Preview #1 Sharon vs. #5 Oil City November 10th – 7 pm – Slippery Rock University Quarterfinal Recap Sharon Tigers Sharon posted their sixth shutout in ten games with a 28-0 victory over Fairview. C.C. Harrison scored two touchdowns with a 14-yard reception from Mister Ham and a 62-yard rushing […]

The OG takes control of ProTime’s Pick’em Challenge

November 6, 2023 | Marcus Sic

“EXPERTS EEK OUT A WIN OVER THE READERS Week one of the playoffs brought a lot of excitement throughout the Commonwealth with exciting finishes, surprising upsets and surprise endings to some high school football team’s seasons. It was not a surprise that Protime Phil, the OG, took his rightful place on top of the table […]

Lions stumble late to Mount Union!

November 5, 2023 | Greg Ricupero

District VI Class 2A 1st Round Playoff #6 Mt. Union Trojans (8-2) at #3 United Valley Lions (9-1) Two Conference Champions meet Friday night at Thomas J. Madill Athletic Field in Armagh. The Trojans came in with the number one offense in 2A scoring 41 points a game. The Lions came in with the number […]

District 4 Class 2A Playoffs: Troy 36 – Hughesville 0: VIDEO RECAP

November 5, 2023 | Matt Herring

The undefeated District 4 #1 seeded Trojans continued their winning ways with a convincing 36-0 first round victory vs. Hughesville at Alpron Park. Head Coach Jim Smith guided his 2A state-ranked #4 squad to their 11th victory on the season as they seek their first District 4 title since 2013. Click the video below for […]

Heritage Conference has big week in Single A playoffs!

November 5, 2023 | Greg Ricupero

Heritage Conference locks up all 4 spots in D6 Single A beating three Inter-County Opponents! Comets rush by Hornets! Penns Manor 34 Juniata Valley 14 The Comets have pretty much been one dimensional all season. They have only averaged about 30 yards passing per game. Fortunately they only had to throw two passes Friday […]

Balanced Rangers end Panthers season 41-13!

November 5, 2023 | Greg Ricupero

Balanced Rangers end Panthers season! Playing in the Heritage Conference means facing tough opponents weekly. It doesn’t really prepare you for a top flight passing attack. Ranger quarterback Nate Cornell completed 78 percentage of his passes for 164 yards and two touchdowns. Forest Hills went right down the field on their first possession and scored. […]