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Hittin’ The Road with Travelin’ Matt – Week 10 (Playoff Pandemonium)

Tagged under: District 1, District 11, District 12, District 2, Gameday Hub, News, pfn, Playoffs

| October 28, 2025

Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best matchups in the Commonwealth.  Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals!

 

Thursday, October 30

6A Spring-Ford (6-4) at 6A Downingtown East (7-3)

 

Friday, October 31

2A Dunmore (7-3) at 2A HM Riverside (8-2)

 

Saturday, November 1

6A #4 St. Joe’s Prep (5-4) at 6A #2 LaSalle (8-1)

2A Pen Argyl (7-3) at 2A #8 Minersville (8-2)

 

ROUNDTRIP – 520 MILES

 

Thursday, October 30

My best advice for choosing which games across the state to attend the first week of the playoffs is to find contests that were competitive between the teams in the regular season.  This strategy brought me to Downingtown East where the Cougars were hosting the Spring-Ford Rams in a District 1 rematch of a regular season clash that D-East won 21-17.

The game got off to a quick start as Spring-Ford scored on their first play of the game and it looked all night like the visiting Rams would get their revenge against the Cougars.  Spring-Ford even held a 16-7 lead with just eight minutes remaining in the game but the host Cougars defended their turf and tallied twice in the final three minutes to steal at 20-16 victory including the game-winner with just six seconds remaining.

Check out the highlights from the thriller between D-Town East and Spring-Ford…

 

 

 

 

Read all about the Downingtown East victory in the PA Football News article…

 

 

Friday, October 31

Following my first round playoff strategy for choosing games to attend I ventured to Riverside (Taylor, PA) for their game against Dunmore…a rematch of the 17-14 OT contest won by Riverside in the regular season.  On this blustery Halloween night the visiting Dunmore Bucks had both tricks and treats to enact revenge against their District 2 foes scoring a 27-7 victory.

Here’s a few highlights from Dunmore’s big win at Riverside…

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, November 1

The Game of the Week in Pennsylvania was on tap for Saturday afternoon at Villanova University as state stalwarts 6A #4 St. Joe’s Prep and 6A #2 LaSalle clashed for the second time this season.  The regular season face off resulted in a 31-20 LaSalle victory and the Explorers were up to the task again in the playoff showdown scoring a solid 24-14 win against their rivals from St. Joe’s Prep!

The win for LaSalle eliminated St. Joe’s Prep from a shot at their 8th state title in the past 10 years and ensured a new 6A state champ would be crowned at Cumberland Valley for the first time since 2021.  St. Joe’s Prep had appeared in nine consecutive 6A state finals dating back to 2016.

Here’s some highlights from LaSalle”s historic victory against St. Joe’s Prep…

 

 

 

 

 

Check out full post-game coverage of the LaSalle vs. SJP game here with player interviews plus the game article and photo gallery…

 

 

 

 

 

My Saturday nighcap and game #4 on the weekend featured a District 11 battle between 2A #8 state-ranked Minersville and visiting Pen Argyl.  In the past few years, Minersville has quickly become a favorite of mine to watch play for a few reasons…Miners’ QB Dante Carr is phenomenal, the team scores in bunches and the concession stand at Minersville is #1 in the entire state!

All three of these factors were in play on this night as University of South Florida-bound Dante Carr put together a highlight-reel effort in an entertaining 35-27 Miners victory and my pre-game homemade chili from the concession stand was second to none!

Take a spin through some outstanding Dante Carr highlights on this night!

 

 

Watch a video recap of the Minersville win vs. Pen Argyl here…

 

 

That’s it for the PA Football Regular season and we’re headed to the playoffs!

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

 

 

2025 SEASON RECAP – 4068 TOTAL MILES (36 GAMES)

 

Week 0

North Allegheny 28 – Woodland Hills 26

LaSalle College 23 – Pittsburgh Central Catholic 6

McKeesport 51 – Delaware Valley 24

Westinghouse 22 – Steel Valley 12

Elizabeth Forward 28 – West Mifflin 14

 

Week 1

Northern Highlands 27 – Holy Spirit 12

Ocean City 32 – Oakcrest 0

Bergen Catholic 22 – East St. Louis 21

IMG Academy 35 – Winslow Township 14

Abraham Lincoln 43 – Germantown Academy 34

LaSalle College 42 – Malvern Prep 35

 

Week 2

Pocono Mountain East 45 – Scranton 0

 

Week 3

Jim Thorpe 35 – Tamaqua 27

Shamokin 43 – Jersey Shore 42 (2OT)

Easton 35 – Bethlehem Catholic 9

 

Week 4

Schuylkill Haven 48 – Minersville 38

Parkland 42 – Nazareth 6

North Pocono 24 – Abington Heights 10

Bethlehem Catholic 28 – Allentown Central Catholic 24

 

Week 5

Chester 78 – Chichester 7

Lansdale Catholic 20 – West Catholic 14

 

Week 6

Vaux Big Picture 18 – Kenisngton 12

Southern Columbia 21 – Mifflinburg 14

LaSalle 31 – St. Joe’s Prep 20

 

Week 7

North Schuylkill 42 – Blue Mountain 21

Berwick 63 – Williamsport 19

 

Week 8

Parkland 53 – Whitehall 7

Susquehannna Townwhip 24 – Trinity 14

Harrisburg 27 – Central Dauphin 0

 

Week 9

Marian Catholic 41 – Nativity 14

Northwestern Lehigh 36 vs. Southern Lehigh 28

Bethlehem-Liberty 42 – Bethlehem-Freedom 14

 

Week 10

Downingtown West 20 – Spring-Ford 16

Dunmore 27 – Riverside 7

LaSallle 24 – St. Joe’s Prep 14

Minersville 35 – Pen Argyl 27

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