Easton Wins Big Over PM East and Williams Valley Holds Off Schuylkill Haven
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Phil Myers | October 4, 2026
Easton at Pocono Mountain East
My big trip this year was to the part of the state I seldom venture to, District 11. Thursday night pitted Easton travelling to Pocono Mountain East, which on paper looked like it could be a good game. But Easton was desperate for a win, having only two W’s so far this season. The Red Rovers played very well, chalking up the 39-0 victory. PM East did not play well from the get go and seemed to be in awe and overwhelmed by Easton.
Akhir Brown led the way for Easton by rushing for 175 yards on 12 carries, scoring on 3 of those 12 totes. QB Zahviay McGurn chimed in with a touchdown pass and scored another via the run.
Akir Brown with the terrific 40-yard TD run. That puts Easton up 32-0 over PM East. @PaFootballNews @Sykotyk @EastonFootball @Matt_Senneca pic.twitter.com/4x6zaQEKaM
— Protime the H.S. Football Prophet (@Protime_PFN) October 2, 2026
Easton got a safety on PME’s first play when a bad snap sent the ball into the end zone and the runner was then tackled by the Easton defense. The Red Rovers tacked on two TDs before the first quarter ended to lead 16-0. They added three scores in the second quarter to lead 39-0 at the half. That was the final score as the second half was played under a running clock.
Easton is now 3-3 while Pocono Mountain East dropped to 4-2. The other highlight from this game was witnessing the Easton Marching Band. They were fantastic! They are known as the ‘Beast of the East’ and won awards in New Orleans this past New Year’s Day. The Red Rover band has been invited to play at halftime when the Las Vegas Raiders play the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on November 1st.
The ‘Beast of the East’ Easton’s marching Band on the field.
Williams Valley at Schuylkill Haven
Friday night’s game between the visiting Williams Valley Vikings, ranked #3 in class 1A, and the homestanding Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes was a doozy. Both teams have quality running backs, but defense was the feature of this contest. Both teams’ defenses made some huge plays, forced turnovers, and limited big plays. In the end Williams Valley made a couple more big plays and won 12-6, upping their record to 5-1.
All the points were scored in the first half. Williams Valley opened the scoring with 1:38 left in the first quarter when Trevon Bair grabbed a 12-yard TD toss from Cayden Witmer to cap off a 99-yard drive.
Williams Valley QB Cayden Witmer (far left in white) spies out his receiver Colin Crisswell running down the sidelines (far right) and connects with a completed 39-yard pass.
Schuylkill’s Hurricanes answered just two minutes and thirty-six seconds later when their bruising running back, Colton Reber, banged in from the two tying the game at 6 early in the second.
Capitalizing on a turnover, when Chevy Green returned a fumble about 20 yards to Haven’s 42-yard line, Valley’s Vikings scored what turned out to be the winning touchdown with 35 seconds remaining in the half.
It took four plays, with the final one covering 31 yards when Witmer found Mason Bowser for the touchdown. Witmer had quite a night completing 9 of 12 passes for 138 yards and the two scores. He did throw an interception. The Vikings’ stud running back, Fletcher Thompson, unofficially gained 169 yards on 22 carries.
Schuylkill Haven had the ball the majority of the third quarter and virtually all of that time they had it in Williams Valley territory. The Canes came away with no points though. In fact, the last five Hurricane possessions of the game averaged starting at midfield. They missed two long field goals, had two passes intercepted, and once turned the ball over on downs. Credit the Viking defense.
Reber gained over 100 yards for Schuylkill Haven who fell to 3-3 on the year.
