Allentown Central Catholic
September 2023
Nazareth does just enough to get by Allentown Central Catholic
September 30, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Nazareth- In this mid-season match-up between two of the top teams in the EPC South, Nazareth got just enough out of their normally prolific, but this evening somewhat stunted passing game to grab the victory over the visiting Vikings of Allentown Central Catholic 14-7. The game began with the Vikings receiving the opening kickoff and […]
EPC Midseason Progress Report
September 27, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Here we are, finished with week 5 of the 2023 season and gearing up for the home stretch of what at least to me seems like a rapidly accelerating football season. Here in the EPC, the South Division is getting a majority of the hype with it being home to the only 2 remaining undefeated […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial/Schuylkill League Week Six
September 27, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Time to make the turn into the second half of the regular season in the Skook/Colonial League. Taking a look back on week 5 and check out the match-ups for week six and we’ll take a look at the updated District XI power rankings. Southern Lehigh, Noorthwestern Lehigh and Palmerton all come into week six […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor: Week#6 in The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
September 26, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
As we kickoff the second half of the regular season so much yet to decide as the District playoffs lie in the distance. The Parkland Trojans have further solidified themselves as the front runners in the EPC South with a convincing win over previously unbeaten Allentown Central Catholic 35-14 that win came week after a […]
Parkland dominates 2nd half en route to convincing victory over Allentown Central Catholic
September 23, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Allentown- In what was to be a clash of EPC titans, the first half sure lived up to that billing. Parkland received the opening kickoff and after getting a first down on a Luke Spang (6 rush, 37 yards, 1 TD) rush were stifled on 4th down of the next set of downs by a […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Week 4 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Edition
September 18, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Nazareth and Parkland met up on the gridiron this past Friday night, in a game that lived up to expectations. Nazareth and Parkland came into their contest, both ranked in the top 10 in the pafootballnews.com top 10 in the 6A classification. The Trojans had a ten point lead on two occasions in the game, […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor: Week 3 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Edition
September 12, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Weather was the culprit last week that wreaked havoc on games in the EPC. Week three of the high school football season was marred by postponements and cancellations leading to rescheduling of contests in the Lehigh Valley. The week started with a Thursday night game between East Stroudsburg South and Pleasant Valley but the game […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Edition Week #2
September 6, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
A Review of this past weekend’s action in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and a look to what is happening this upcoming this weekend. Well it looks like Nazareth, Parkland, Allentown Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic and Bethlehem Liberty are setting themselves apart in the South Division as they all improved to 2-0 on the season. The […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Edition Opening Weekend.
August 29, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
A Review pf this past weekend’s action in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and a look into what is happening this week. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS BACK! The EPC will look much different next season as the North and South divisions will be replaced with the Lehigh, Northampton and Monroe divisions in 2024. Northampton, William Allen […]
Dramatic Finish In Allentown Saturday Night To Conclude Opening Weekend.
August 27, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
An Overtime Thriller Saturday night closes out Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Opening week. ALLENTOWN- In a weekend mostly filled with blowout wins by EPC South teams against EPC North foes, Saturday night the spotlight was on J.Birney Crum Stadium as the Northampton Konkrete Kids, in their last season a North Division team came into face state-ranked […]
The Greatest Games I Ever Saw Part 14 Best of the Best
June 30, 2023 | Phil Myers
(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022. All of these game recaps are from my memory, my notes, and some research which included newspaper articles from the Courier-Express, the Trib-Review, the Altoona Mirror, […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know ACC Lineman Braheem Battles
June 6, 2023 | Billy Splain
Braheem Battles Defensive tackle & left tackle Allentown Central Catholic Class Of 2025 Jersey #55 HT/WT 6’3 327 85 tackles 6 tfls 4 sacks 2 interceptions 1 pass break up 1st team all state , first team all morning call second team epc all star Twitter @BraheemBattles Braheem is a big, agile tackle and excels […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know ACC Safety/WR Nasir McLean
May 28, 2023 | Billy Splain
Nasir McLean FS/WR Allentown Central Catholic Class Of 2024 Jersey #8 HT/WT 5’10/160lb 151 Total tackles and 13 Total interceptions in 2 seasons Other sports Track 2nd Team All conference Twitter @nasirmclean8 Coach Rob Melosky calls Nasir an “Experienced Free Safety, Leader on the defense, makes all our calls, Division 1 AA – 2 player”. […]
Top Saftey In EPC Looking To Make Lots Of Plays In His Senior Campaign
March 2, 2023 | Jayden Huber
Nasir McLean (Saftey, Allentown Central Catholic, ’24) This safety out of Allentown Central Catholic is a ball hawk. The rising senior has been proving himself on Friday nights since his freshman season when he started at QB for Catasauqua. He played his sophomore season at Central where he picked off 8 passes. This past season […]
Quips heading back to title game after win over Allentown Central Catholic
December 2, 2022 | Billy Splain
It wasn’t pretty. But a win is a win. Aliquippa overcame injuries and penalties thanks to a defense that force two interceptions and shut down the Vikings nearly the entire game, coming away with the 31-10 win. “There was some unnecessary things that we were doing that will get you beat against a good quality […]
Vikings Rattle Off 50 Unanswered Points To Beat Meadville
November 26, 2022 | Ed Weaver
Four touchdown runs by Allentown Central Catholic’s Caiden Shaffer propelled the Vikings past Meadville 50-7 in the PIAA Class 4A Quarterfinals on Friday, November 25 at Bald Eagle Area High School.
PIAA Class 4A Playoff Preview – Meadville vs Allentown Central Catholic
November 24, 2022 | Ed Weaver
It’s East meets West in Centre County at Bald Eagle Area High School on Friday as the Bulldogs take on the Vikings.
Allentown Central Catholic Tops Jersey Shore In Overtime
November 19, 2022 | Ed Weaver
Allentown Central Catholic stopped Jersey Shore on 4th and goal from the 4-yard line in overtime to advance to next week’s PIAA quarterfinals with a 38-31 win.
PIAA 4A Playoff Preview Allentown Central Catholic vs Jersey Shore
November 17, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
ALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (7-5) Coach Tim McGorry (3rd season, 22-11 record) Tamlin Ferguson and Matt Keyes have split the quarterback duties this season. Keyes started the year and is 40-54 passing and 354 yards 1 touchdown and one interception. Ferguson has finished the latter part of the season and has thrown for 538 yards […]
In a Tight Low Scoring Contest Allentown Central Catholic Tops Becahi.
November 13, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Behind a Dominate Offensive Line Caiden Shaffer Powers The Vikings The Hawks in “Holy War II”. WHITEHALL- For the third consecutive year the Vikings of Allentown Central Catholic are PIAA District XI 4A champions, this time their victim was the Golden Hawks of Bethlehem Catholic, their fiercest rival in what has been known in the […]
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference All-Star Team Announced
November 7, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Nazareth’s Sonny Sasso and Freedom’s Owen Johnson Players of the Year. There was little doubt of just how valuable quarterback-safety Sonny Sasso was to this years Nazareth Blue Eagles football team. Sasso had major hand surgery and missed the District XI quarter-final playoff game with Parkland Friday night. A game which his team lost and […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- District XI 4A Championship Contest
November 7, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Part II of “The Holy War” Set 6-5 Allentown Central Catholic Vikings vs 6-5 Bethlehem Catholic Golden Hawks. The Site: Whitehall Zephyr Stadium Saturday Night 7pm. Two of the most successful programs in the Lehigh Valley will clash once again on the gridiron Saturday night. Between them both they have a combined 13 District XI […]
ACC thumps Bangor
November 5, 2022 | Billy Splain
Funny thing, football. Tradition stands that once you hit the playoffs, you can throw away the records. Last night Bangor and ACC came in limping along with a loss in their last regular season game, both teams sporting five losses. The difference being the Viking losses came against 6A powers Nazareth, Freedom and Emmaus. Bangors […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Regular Season Finale in the EPC
October 26, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Nine of the Eighteen Teams in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Have Clinched a Playoff Berth. Seems like the 2022 high school football season just begun and poof, just like that it’s over, at least for the regular season come Saturday. We still have jockeying of District XI playoff positions in the 6A classification with six […]
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