Playoffs
October 2025
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).
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.)
Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: The Only Game in Town
December 17, 2024 | Guy Smith
2024 Episode 32. We thought that our 2024 football season was over a week earlier when Northwestern Lehigh scored in overtime to defeat Avonworth for the PIAA 3A state championship. We thought wrong. After the NCAA D3 Susquehanna River Hawks upset the Saint John’s Johnnies in Minnesota, we looked at the bracket to see where […]
The Susquehanna River Hawks (12-1) advance to the NCAA Division III Semifinals after defeating the Bethel Royals with 38 ticks left on the clock 24-21. (gallery)
December 15, 2024 | Doug Lane
The Royals of Bethel University took command from the onset scoring on their 1st drive 7-0 and held the lead going into the halftime break 14-7, at the midway point of the 3rd the River Hawks score to tie things up at 14 a piece. The Royals with their hurry up offense took back the […]
Bridgeport Overwhelms Herbert Hoover In State Final
December 14, 2024 | Shane Lux
Charleston – The Bridgeport Indians capped an undefeated season with a 49-7 rout of Herbert Hoover. The Indians came into Saturday afternoon looking for their 11th state title and first of the decade. They had made their first appearance in the state final since 2019, and Bridgeport dominated from start to finish. Like they had […]
Frankfort vs. Roane County Game Highlight Reel
December 14, 2024 | Shane Lux
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Wahama vs. Cameron Game Highlight Reel
December 14, 2024 | Shane Lux
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Frankfort Routs Roane County For First Title
December 14, 2024 | Shane Lux
Charleston – A night to remember. Frankfort won their first-ever state football championship Friday night at Laidley Field in Charleston, 49-14, over Roane County. A highly anticipated contest between two 13-0 teams turned into a one-sided rout, as the boys from Mineral County left no doubt about who was the top dog in AA. Perhaps […]
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