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Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week 10 (Indians, Whippets & Raptors)

Tagged under: District 1, District 11, pfn

| November 6, 2024

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 0 to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals!

 

Thursday, October 31

4A Blue Mountain (7-3) vs. 4A Lehighton (4-6)

 

Friday, November 1

6A HM Downingtown West (9-1) vs. 6A Coatesville (5-4)

 

Saturday, November 2

2A HM Minersville (7-3) vs. 2A Executive Education (5-5)

 

ROUNDTRIP – 316 MILES

 

Thursday, October 31

The first week of the PIAA Football Playoffs is always a crapshoot.  Rarely are there competitive contests with #1 District seeds facing off against #8 or #16 seeds and often against teams with losing records.  Picking games to attend this week usually consists of evaluating where an upset might occur or in some cases what games are closest to home that might be fairly competitive.

My Thursday contest checked both those boxes as 7-3 Blue Mountain hosted 4-6 Lehighton in an intriguing #2 vs. #7 District 11 4A matchup located just a few miles from my day job.  There’s a large portion of high school football fans who would rather do away with teams with losing records in the playoffs and in most cases their grievances are qualified by 30 and 40 points victories by the higher seeds.  On this night, however, the 4-6 Lehighton squad visited Blue Mountain and stole the show leaving with a thrilling 29-28 win and a berth in the second round of the District 11 4A playoffs.

Check out some highlights from Blue Mountain vs. Lehighton…

 

 

 

 

Friday, November 1

One of my favorite stadiums in the state to watch a high school football game is in Downingtown where both D-West and D-East play their home games.  At least once a season I try to get to a game there and this week Downingtown West hosting Coatesville looked like a competitive matchup to make the two hour trip.

The game was back and forth all night with the hometown Whippets (great name!) holding a slim 7-0 halftime advantage before coming out on top with a hard-fought 28-21 victory against rival Coatesville in the ultra-competitive District 1 6A bracket.

Check out some highlights from Downingtown West vs. Coatesville…

 

 

 

 

 

View the photo gallery from Downingtown West vs. Coatesville below…

 

 

Saturday, November 2

With two dandy contests under my belt already the previous two days I was looking forward to a potential thriller to end the week with Executive Education visiting Minersville.  The last time I had attended a Minersville game I was treated to a 72-52 track meet when they dropped a regular season decision to 2A powerhouse Schuylkill Haven.

This District 11 2A #4 Minersville vs. #5 Executive Education tilt didn’t disappoint as the visiting Raptors (great name by the way!) blew into town and dominated on both sides of the ball in a convincing 26-6 result over the Battlin’ Miners (another great name!).

 

Check out some highlights from Minersville vs. Executive Education…

 

 

 

 

Read the game story from Minersville vs. Executive Education…

 

 

View the photo gallery from Minersville vs. Executive Education…

 

 

A full weekend of PA high school football games complete I wrapped up my 11th week and headed home to plan for next week’s schedule of contests.  This week I watched my 34th, 35th and 36th games of the season and I’m looking forward to another round of playoffs next week.

Follow along next week as Travelin’ Matt takes you on another PA High School Football journey.

 

2024 SEASON RECAP – 4941 TOTAL MILES (36 GAMES)

 

Week 0

Garnet Valley – 34  Coatesville – 19

Imani Christian Academy – 45  West Catholic – 6

Bishop Guilfoyle – 21  Bald Eagle Area – 0

 

Week 1

Manheim Township – 28  Central York – 10

Twin Valley – 40  Selinsgrove – 10

Harrisburg – 35  Bishop McDevitt – 33 (1 OT)

Troy – 8  Dover (DE) – 3

 

Week 2

East Stroudsburg South – 38  Whitehall – 7

Lampeter-Strasburg – 35  Cocalico – 14

Harrisburg – 7  State College – 6

Bethlehem-Liberty – 31 Stroudsburg – 14

 

Week 3

Bethlehem-Freedom – 38  Nazareth – 10

Scranton Prep – 28  Delaware Valley – 25

 

Week 4

Schuylkill Haven – 72  Minersville – 52

Central Bucks South – 22  Central Bucks West – 17

Pope John Paul II – 24  Phoenixville – 13

Bethlehem Catholic – 27  Allentown Central Catholic – 0

 

Week 5

Towanda – 40  Canton – 14

Danville – 34  Southern Columbia – 8

 

Week 6

Bethlehem-Freedom – 24  Bethlehem Catholic – 3

Central Bucks South – 14  North Penn – 6

Neshaminy – 38  Pennridge – 3

LaSalle – 35  St. Joe’s Prep – 34 (4 OT)

 

Week 7

North Schuylkill – 38  Blue Mountain – 14

Wyomissing – 34  Twin Valley – 24

Cumberland Valley – 24  Harrisburg – 21

Nazareth – 36  Bethlehem Catholic – 7

 

Week 8

North Allegheny – 28  Pine-Richland 21

Owen J. Roberts – 27  Spring-Ford – 25

St. Joe’s Prep – 48  Roman Catholic – 20

 

Week 9

Western Wayne – 42  Dunmore – 7

Shamokin – 21  Mount Carmel – 0

Lampeter-Strasburg – 20  Wyomissing – 7

 

Week 10

Lehighton – 29  Blue Mountain – 28

Downingtown West – 28  Coatesville – 21

Executive Education – 26  Minersville – 6

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