Playoffs
November 2025
Farrell outlasts Richland and advances to PIAA 2A Semifinals
November 22, 2025 | Stone Manges
On a foggy night in Kittanning, perfect weather for some playoff football, the Farrell Steelers took down the Richland Rams 32-14 and advanced to the next round of the PIAA 2A state playoffs. While the rain held off during the game, the Farrell offense did not. After a fumble recovery from Jason Marshall III, the […]
PIAA 2A Quarterfinal Preview: Richland takes on Farrell
November 20, 2025 | Stone Manges
It was a tale of two victories for Farrell and Richland last week in the third round of the 2A playoffs. Fresh off their District 10 championship victory, Farrell had a convincing win last Friday. The Steelers skated past the District 9 champion Karns City, 48–20, behind great defensive play and solid quarterback performance. Dorean […]
Hopewell Cruises Past Southmoreland 42-6, First Playoff Win Since 2012
November 1, 2025 | Rich Donahue
Vikings Turnaround 13 Years in the Making Coming into Friday night’s WPIAL 3A First Round Playoff between the #10 seed Hopewell Vikings and the #7 seed Southmoreland Scotties, something had to give. The Vikings had not won a playoff game since 2012 (their last postseason appearance) while the Scotties were one of two WPIAL football […]
WPIAL Announces Pine-Richland to Host 6A, 4A Championships
August 19, 2025 | Blake Fuchs
Pine-Richland’s football stadium will host this year’s WPIAL championship games for the 6A and 4A sections, the league announced Tuesday. The location change comes due to previous host Norwin having construction at their stadium, making it unusable in November. The two stadiums are approximately 40 miles from each other, with Norwin being southeast of Pittsburgh […]
Bonner defeats West Philadelphia to claim fourth consecutive 4A City Title
November 16, 2024 | Mike Livingston
PHILADELPHIA — The 2024 Monsignor Bonner Friars have been defined by one thing, offense. Since the outset of the season where the Friars dropped 42 and then 62 on Archbishop Ryan and Archbishop Wood in back to back weeks the team has lived and died by its electric ball movement. That trend continued for Bonner […]
North Penn holds potent Haverford defense in D1-6A Quarterfinals
November 8, 2024 | Mike Livingston
LANSDALE, PA – In 2024, Haverford High School had one of the most potent offenses in all of District One. Heading into Friday night’s D1-6A – 29-21 quarterfinals loss to the Knights of North Penn, the Fords had an extraordinary 417/92 point differential. This came while eclipsing the 40-point mark seven times and the 50-point […]
