Berwick
November 2023
Valley View survives Berwick in Defensive Affair
November 3, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
Playoff Football, nothing beats it. We were treated to a thriller when Valley View welcomed in Berwick for the first round of the PIAA Playoffs. The Valley View Cougars came into this matchup boasting an impressive 8-2 record and the two seed in the District 2 4A playoffs. They started the season off 7-0, but […]
Berwick Holds on Against Hazleton in Senior Night Thriller
October 27, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
This is it, the last regular season week across High School Football in Pennsylvania. A pair of 2-7 teams with not much on the line would make many lose interest, but it turned out to be a classic football game. With this being the last week, the visiting Hazleton Cougars will play their last game […]
Crestwood survives against Berwick
October 20, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
After an amazing 13-2 season a year ago , Crestwood finds themselves in a much different predicament in 2023. The Comets started 0-3 , but since have won 4 in their last 5 to put their record even at 4-4 entering the Friday night matchup against the Berwick Bulldogs. For Berwick , they face an […]
Danville airs it out en route to 49-6 win
October 13, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
A tale of two polar opposites would be a good way to sum up the week 8 matchup between Berwick and Danville. In the past, Danville has not been able to beat the Dawgs, especially at Crispin Field. All the way back on September 26, 1971, was the last time Danville walked into Crispin Field […]
Dallas pummels past Berwick
October 6, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
It’s getting to that time in the Pennsylvania High School football season. Entering tonight , 6 games had already been played, and we have a sense of who teams are. These last few weeks are the most important of the regular season. Having momentum entering the playoffs is the best recipe for success. Berwick […]
Berwick runs away with the win against Wyoming Valley West
September 29, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
With five weeks in the books, and five more to go, Berwick and Wyoming Valley West entered this matchup desperate for a win. Halfway into 2023, Wyoming Valley West already had improved on their win mark from a year ago. The Spartans did not win a game last year, this year they have found the […]
Wilkes Barre dominates through the air, beats Berwick
September 23, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
After a 35-21 game a year ago in favor of Wilkes Barre, the Dawgs and Wolfpack met again. Wilkes Barre has changed a lot since a year ago, when 2 of their top players Naquan Johnson and Mekhi Nelson departed for Connecticut. Although the Wolfpack are hypothetically less of a threat in 2023 with […]
Berwick grabs first win of the season over Williamsport
September 15, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
Both Berwick and Williamsport entered week 4 not having played their best and have gotten off to a rough start to the season. After this game, Berwick would go to 0-4 or Williamsport would drop to 1-3. For both teams, this was a huge battle to keep their season from going down the slippery slope […]
Abington Heights dominates 2nd half, beats Berwick
September 8, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
Week three of the High School Football season got underway once again under the historic lights of Crispin Field. This time, an unusual taste filled the air. A Berwick Bulldogs team that has built a prestigious program faces a crossroads. After an 0-2 start for a second straight year, Head Coach Mike Bennett resigned and […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC Week 3 2023.
September 7, 2023 | John Kotsko
Labor Day is past and now we have hit Week 3 of the 2023 High School Football season. We’ve seen some pretty impressive accomplishments in the first two weeks of the season. We saw a shootout in Mountain Top where Brady Zapoticky and Jaden Shedlock traded blow for blow with Dallas taking the victory over […]
District 2 2023 Week 2 Recap
September 4, 2023 | John Kotsko
Abington Heights 35 Wilkes-Barre Area 28 Declan Walsh returned a fumble 55 yards and ran for 73 yards and a touchdown as the Comets got their first win of the season with a victory at Wilkes-Barre Area. Wolf Pack running back Howie Shiner added two touchdowns as Wilkes-Barre Area fell to 0-2. Scranton 29 Valley […]
Valley View uses dominant running game to beat Berwick
September 1, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
After a disappointing 50-0 loss in week one, Berwick welcomed in 1-0 Valley View into Crispin Field for the home opener. Valley View survived a tough test in week one as they beat Crestwood 21-14, they have beaten Berwick 8 straight times previously and wanted to make it 9 in succession. Valley View wasted no […]
Kotsko’s View of the WVC: Week 2
August 31, 2023 | John Kotsko
Week 1 is now in the books or is it Week 0? I always just call it Week 1 to make things easier. So we are now onto Week number 2. Football is racing through my brain and I just can’t contain this feeling that remains. Bonus points if you know the song I was […]
60-50-40, Tigers Win In Garcia’s Return
August 28, 2023 | Dave Fegley
SCA impresses in shutout over Berwick Southern Columbia head coach Jim Roth has mapped out his plan for years. Improve each week, and when the playoffs hit, start peaking. With the way the Tigers played in their season opener against Berwick, it’s hard to say where they have any signficant improvement needed. SCA dominated the […]
Southern Columbia dominates Berwick in Week 1 Victory
August 25, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
It’s that time of year again, High School football is back. The Berwick Bulldogs and Southern Columbia Tigers met for the third consecutive year in the season opener. In 2021, the Tigers took down Berwick 43-0, which started a 15-1 season and another state title. The story was different a year later. Berwick led 14-0 […]
Kotsko’s View: Welcome to 2023!!
August 24, 2023 | John Kotsko
The 2023 Season is upon us!!! Hard to believe that it feels like it hit June 1st and now it’s suddenly the end of August and Week 1 is finally here. Several contenders from last season were hit hard by graduation and quite a few are hoping this will be the year that their program […]
2023 WVC Division 1 Preview
August 23, 2023 | John Kotsko
Williamsport Classification: 6A Head Coach: Mike Pearson 2022 Record: 5-6 Won Eastern Conference Championship Key Players: QB Caleb Williamson RB/LB Nariq Burks TE/LB Alonzo Rice WR/DB Yahzir Slaughter Williamsport won the Eastern Conference Champiosnhip last season and return a few key pieces to their Chapionship team in first team WVC Division 1 All-Star Nariq Burke […]
2023 Season Rollout Coaches Cookout — Recap and Photo Gallery
August 14, 2023 | Jared Samuel
As the season is about to officially get underway with official practices this week, and games starting the week of August 25th, the Season Rollout Coaches Cookout is in the books! 119 players and coaches were in attendance at the Forge Pub & Eatery in Berwick, interviewed by hosts Joe Gilloway from Linglestown Gazette Sports, […]
“Togetherness” the theme at Wyoming Valley Conference Media Day
August 11, 2023 | Jared Samuel
Wyoming Valley Conference Media Day was held on Thursday, August 10th at Wilkes-Barre Area High School. Coaches and players from 13 schools in the conference were on hand to meet with members of the local media outlets, and the common theme that was heard? Togetherness. As several of the attending teams have had to overcome […]
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, […]
