Penns Manor
October 2025
Penns Manor fumbles away big game against Northern Cambria!
October 12, 2025 | Greg Ricupero
Penns Manor fumbles away game against Northern Cambria! GRSN HERITAGE CONFERENCE GAME OF THE WEEK! Northern Cambria Colts (3-4) @ Penns Manor Comets (3-4) Last Meeting 10/13/24 NC 25 @ PM 8 In a game with big D6 1 A implications the Northern Cambria Colts beat the host Penns Manor Comets on a rare Saturday […]
Penns Manor nips Portage, Marion Center overcomes mistakes to beat Conemaugh Township!
September 28, 2025 | Greg Ricupero
Penns Manor nips Portage, Marion Center overcomes mistakes to beat Conemaugh Township! GRSN Heritage Conference Double Header Game#1 PORTAGE MUSTANGS(2-3) @ PENNS MANOR COMETS(2-3) Just an absolutely beautiful night Friday. I didn’t get to catch Portage last year (the only team I missed in the conference). So I made the trip to Clymer to catch […]
Penns Manor routes West Shamokin & Marion Center grinds out victory over Homer Center!
September 6, 2025 | Greg Ricupero
4 teams, 2 questions and some football! Or We have some pretty good coaches! Or what I did Friday night, I like to talk to people! High School sports are the best form of entertainment and football is the number one sport. Last night I made it to, two football games. I live in Indiana […]
2025 PFN Team Preview: The Penns Manor Comets
August 8, 2025 | Hunter Myers
Penns Manor Comets Head Coach: Carson Rhea PIAA District 6 Class 1A 2024 Record: 6 – 6 Key Starters Lost Amin Lieb QB/FS, Alex Polenik G/DE, Connor James TE/DE, Dylan Kuzemchak WR/CB, Troy Williams HB/CB Returning Starters Dylan Depp G/MLB 2026, Justin Vojtek FB/MLB 2026, Brady Lewis HB/OLB 2026, Tyler Cooper QB/SS 2027, […]
2025 Player Profile: Getting to Know Penns Manor MLB/G Dylan Depp
June 12, 2025 | Billy Splain
Dylan Depp MLB, G Penns Manor Class Of 2026 Jersey #50 HT/WT 5’9 195lbs 203 tackles Other sports Basketball MaxPreps Pennsylvania athlete of the week, Indiana County Hall of Fame, All state first team, Twitter @dylandepp0 Coach Says: “Dylan has cemented himself as one of the best linebackers to ever come through the Penns Manor […]
2025 Player Profile: Getting to know Penns Manor LB/FB Justin Vojtek
June 9, 2025 | Billy Splain
Justin Vojtek Fullback and Inside linebacker Penns Manor High School Class Of 2026 Jersey #8 HT/WT 6’2’’ 215 lbs Last season I had 412 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 67 tackles Other sports Baseball Twitter NA Coach says: “Justin wrapped up his junior season with 412 rushing yards on 96 carries and 3 touchdowns, showcasing his […]
Northern Cambria vs Penns Manor Preview
November 8, 2024 | Josh Krise
Two Heritage Conference teams face off in the District 6 1A semifinals tonight in Northern Cambria. Northern Cambria is coming off of win over Portage, a game that ended 27-7, while Penns Manor defeated Moshannon Valley 30-8. The winner of tonight’s game will advance to play the winner of the Bishop Guilfoyle versus Claysburg-Kimmel in […]
United Valley keeps Penns Manor off of the Scoreboard
October 11, 2024 | Josh Krise
In Nanty-Glo, PA at McMullen Memorial Field the 4-3 United Valley Lions hosted the 5-2 Penns Manor Comets in an important Heritage Conference matchup. United Valley is looking to make a push into the playoffs, to make it two years in a row, and their third year since 2018, United and Blacklick Valley merged in […]
Heritage Conference Triple Header-Northern Cambria, Marion Center & Homer Center prevail in week seven clashes!
October 5, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
I made it to three of the six Heritage Conference Football Games last night. Indiana County has six teams and usually three are playing at home. Seven weeks into the season and you can pretty much predict the outcomes. The next three weeks have some big matchups coming up. I started in Kenmore where I […]
District 5, District 6, District 8, & District 9 Rankings
October 3, 2024 | Josh Krise
We are passed the halfway point in the high school football season, let’s take a look at the rankings within the districts. These rankings were based off of record, point differential, and strength of schedule District 5 Rankings: North Star (2A) 5-1 Northern Bedford (1A) 5-1 Windber (1A) 4-2 Chestnut Ridge (2A) 4-2 Bedford (2A) […]
Penns Manor wins wild game over Conemaugh Township!
September 28, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
Penns Manor starts slows but win in the speed of light over Conemaugh Township! AKA Penalties cost Indians! or Comets never Die! Heritage Conference Game of the Week Conemaugh Township Indians (3-2) at Penns Manor Comets (4-1) Last Meeting 9/15/23 PM 41 @ CT 13 CT PF 17.8 PA 13.2 PM PF 28.6 PA 13.0 […]
Season starts with scrimmages across the state!
August 18, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
I was able to make it out to two scrimmages yesterday. I was able to watch four of the twelve Heritage Conference teams in action! 10am River Valley Panthers at Penns Manor Comets A very good defensive struggle. The games biggest offensive play came when the Comets got a huge inside push and Panther quarterback […]
Heritage Conference Media Day!
August 4, 2024 | Greg Ricupero
The Heritage Conference is a 12 school league in Indiana, Cambria and Armstrong counties. All the schools play class A or AA football. It is one of the most competitive conferences in Pennsylvania. Friday they held their annual media day at Cambria Heights High School. Cambria Heights are the defending D6 Champions in class A. […]
2024 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Penns Manor lineman Alex Polenik
July 24, 2024 | Billy Splain
Alex Polenik OG/DE Penns Manor High School Class Of 2025 Jersey #60 HT/WT 6’2” 250lb. 4th on the team for tackles last year Other sports Track & field and basketball State Champion in the Discus, 5x District 6 Champion (Track & Field), All-PA Track & Field Team, All-Renda Lineman of the Year, 3x Letterman in […]
2024 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Penns Manor QB/DB Amin Lieb
July 18, 2024 | Billy Splain
Amin Lieb Quarterback/Free Safety Penns Manor Class Of 2025 Jersey #2 HT/WT 6’0/ 185 Other sports Basketball, Baseball All Gazette Football, All State Free Safety Coach says: “Amin is following in the tradition of his two older brothers of being one of Penns Manors top athletes. Amin was name to 2nd Team All State as […]
Unlike two weeks ago, Comets unable to score against Red Dragons!
November 10, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
D6 Single A Semi #2 Heritage Conference Game #6 Penns Manor Comets (6-5) at #2 Purchase Line Red Dragons (8-3) Last Meeting 10/27/23 PM 22@ PL 19 Week #10 Comets PF 20.6 PA 18.1 Dragons PF 25.3 PA 18.2 Purchase Line scored 19 points and loss to Penns Manor by three, two weeks ago. Unlike […]
Heritage Conference has big week in Single A playoffs!
November 5, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
Heritage Conference locks up all 4 spots in D6 Single A beating three Inter-County Opponents! Comets rush by Hornets! Penns Manor 34 Juniata Valley 14 The Comets have pretty much been one dimensional all season. They have only averaged about 30 yards passing per game. Fortunately they only had to throw two passes Friday […]
Breaking down D6 -Single & Double A
November 2, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
Heritage Conference // District 6 Playoff Preview D6 Single A 1st Round Marion Center Stingers #8 (4-6) at Northern Cambria Colts #1 (9-1) MC PF 15.6 PA 21.0. NC PF30.5 PA 12.9 The only rematch of the week. These teams meet in week #3 at Northern Cambria and the Colts won 21-7. […]
Highlanders ground Comets! @PM_Comets @CH_Highlanders
September 22, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
Highlanders ground Comets In a game that reminded you of the early days of football Cambria Heights beat Penns Manor 21-0. Both teams seemed content to run the ball into the line 3 times and punt for territory. The game was vastly different than last years 42-33 Penns Manor victory. Cambria Heights had a nice […]
2023 Heritage Conference Preview! Greg breaks down the league, watch the video!
August 11, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
Heritage Conference Expands to 12 Teams! The always tough Heritage Conference got even better expanding from 10 to 12 teams with the additions of Conemaugh Valley & Conemaugh Township. The Conference now has 6 Indiana County teams, 5 Cambria County teams and West Shamokin from Armstrong County. Conemaugh Township head coach Brandon Studer is looking […]
The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 11 – Close but No Cigar)
June 9, 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 Centre Daily Times, the Erie Times, […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Penns Manor LB Carter Smith
May 18, 2023 | Billy Splain
Carter Smith ILB/TE Penns Manor Class Of 2024 Jersey # 7 HT/WT 6’0 200 160 tackles last year Other sports Baseball, and Basketball All Heritage Conference Team, All Gazette Football Team Twitter @smitca10 Head coach Bill Packer says “Carter is an outstanding inside linebacker. Set the school record for total tackles in a season as […]
Northern Cambria scores twice in final nine minute to win D6 1A title
November 19, 2022 | Billy Splain
“What do the say? A win is a win, it doesn’t have to be pretty” said a jubilant Northern Cambria head coach Sam Shutty after his Colts won the District 6 Class 1A title with a 12-6 win over Penn Cambria. “This one definitely wasn’t pretty”. No, it wasn’t. for the first half there were […]
2022 D6 A Championship game preview: Penns Manor vs Northern Cambria
November 16, 2022 | Brian Ingalls
It has been a long time since either of these teams have played for the D6 championship. Penns Manor won the D6 A title in 2011 in their only other appearance in the championship game. Northern Cambria lost in the 2003 title game in their only other appearance. The 2022 D6 Championship will take place […]
Hill too much to climb for Mustangs!
November 13, 2022 | Greg Ricupero
Hill too much to climb for Mustangs!
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