Richland
June 2024
2024 PFN Player Profile: Getting To Know Richland K Noah Ritko
June 26, 2024 | Baron Dionis
Noah Ritko K Richland High School Class of 2025 Jersey #7 HT/WT: 5’11”, 175 lbs 49/49 PATs and 2/3 FG (2023 Season) Coach Brandon Bailey said, “Noah is one of the top returning kickers in the area.” Let’s Get To Know Noah Why do you play football? I love the sport and its always been […]
2024 PFN Player Profile: Getting To Know Richland WR/SS Cody Yeager
May 30, 2024 | Baron Dionis
Cody Yeager Richland High School Class of 2025 Jersey #24 WR/SS HT/WT: 5’11”, 180 lbs 60 Total Tackles, 4 Tackles for Loss, and 1 Interception (2023 Season) Coach Brandon Bailey said, “Cody has been a team leader over the past two seasons as our starting strong safety. He has continued to get bigger, faster, and […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (Playoffs Week 3)
November 20, 2023 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Wednesday, November 15 The STATE of PA Football Live – C3 Sports, State College Friday, […]
BEA Makes a Statement with Win Over Richland for the D-6 Class AA Crown
November 19, 2023 | Phil Myers
Bald Eagle Area played a near flawless football game and made a statement as they rolled to a 49-0 victory over the Richland Rams Saturday night at Mansion Park in Altoona. The win gives them the District Six Class 2A title. “Our kids performed, they executed, and I’m really proud of them,” stated Jesse Nagle, […]
District 6 AA Championship Preview
November 15, 2023 | Brandon Maynard
Richland (11-1) Vs Bald Eagle Area (11-1) @ Mansion Park (Altoona) First Meeting All- Time How they got here: Bald Eagle Beat Bishop Guilfoyle 36-14 1st Round Beat Forest Hills 49-13 Semi-Final Richland Beat Penns Valley 47-7 1st Round Beat Mount Union 35-12 Semi-Finals Players to Watch BEA QB Carson Nagle (JR) 230/316 73% 3065 […]
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. […]
Central wins LHAC Championship
October 28, 2023 | Brandon Maynard
Roaring Spring-Hunter Smith’s 3 first half touchdowns leads Central over Richland 43-15, to win the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference Championship. Richland (9-1) knew coming into the game it was going to be a tough task. Being down a few key players including 2 QBs and RB Evan Mccraken who is their leading rusher. The Rams […]
Protime’s Pigskin Parlance: Milestones, record breakers & game shakers- program wins edition
October 18, 2023 | Phil Myers
Protime’s weekly column that will attempt to get readers up to date on current football facts, stats, and miscellaneous tidbits of information from across the entire state of Pennsylvania. My crack staff of one will peruse some, but not all newspapers and other sources for hopefully what will be up to date scoop on the […]
#3 Richland Tops Clearfield in Hard-Hitting Game
October 14, 2023 | Phil Myers
The Richland Rams, ranked third in AA in the most recent PFN poll, started slow, picked up momentum as the game wore on, and made a couple of plays late that enabled them to hold on and earn a hard-fought 35-28 victory over the Clearfield Bison at Herlinger Field in Richland Friday night. Winning Coach […]
2023 Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference Preview: LHAC West 1
August 14, 2023 | Brian Ingalls
The 2022 Laurel Highlands Final Standings (Record-Conference/Overall) Richland 10-0/11-1 Penn Cambria 9-1/9-2 Central 8-2/12-3 Bishop Guilfoyle 7-3/10-4 Bedford 7-3/7-4 Chestnut Ridge 6-4/6-5 Westmont Hilltop 4-6 Central Cambria 3-7 Forest Hills 3-7 Bishop McCort/Carroll 2-8 Somerset 1-9 Greater Johnstown 0-10 The Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference is always a successful conference and now they have added 8 […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Richland WR/DB Austin Yarnick
July 7, 2023 | Billy Splain
Austin Yarnick Wide Receiver/ Corner back Richland Class Of 2025 Jersey #13 HT/WT 5’10 170 879 receiving yards 42 catches 11 touchdowns Other sports Track Basketball All conference Wide receiver Twitter @Yarnickaustin Coach Bailey says “Austin came onto the scene as a sophomore and had a HUGE year as a wide receiver. After our leading […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Richland RB/LB Evan McCracken
April 8, 2023 | Greg Ricupero
Evan McCracken Rb/LB Richland Jersey# 6 Class of 2024 5”8, 185 Twitter @evanmccracken_ Offers: Army West Point Evan McCracken can fly. Almost literally. He’s one of the fastest football players in the state of PA this year. Once he sees the hole, if it isn’t plugged immediately he’s gone! Defensively, he’s around the ball almost […]
Kiesewetter carries Marauders over Rams, Richland title streak ends at four!
November 11, 2022 | Greg Ricupero
PIAA D6 2nd Round Playoffs #4 Bishop Guilfoyle Marauders (8-3) @ #1 Richland Rams (11-0) The Marauders and Rams moved their game up one day to avoid the rain from Hurricane Nicole. So instead of contending with the rain, both teams had to deal with a 20 + mph wind. It seriously limited both teams […]
D6 AA Semifinal Game Preview: Bishop Guilfoyle @ Richland
November 8, 2022 | Brian Ingalls
The 2022 D6 AA Semifinals are this Friday. These 4 teams are looking to secure their spots in the D6 AA Championship game on 11/18 7pm at Mansion Park. These teams are also hoping to get one step closer to a Trip to the Chap on December 9th. click to see brackets The four teams […]
2022 D6 AA Quarterfinal Game Preview: West Shamokin @ Richland
November 3, 2022 | Brian Ingalls
The 2022 PIAA D6 Class AA football playoffs start this weekend. The teams are looking to end their seasons with a trip to Chapman Field at Cumberland Valley High Scholl for PIAA Championships. The Championship will take place 12/9 @ 1pm. click to see brackets In the 2021 D6 AA Championship, Richland beat Forest Hills […]
A battle for 8-0, Richland Rams ends Penn Cambria’s win streak (gallery)
October 15, 2022 | Leo Murray
The Richland Rams remain undefeated at 8-0 by defeating the Penn Cambria Panthers 49-42. Penn Cambria would score first on the opening drive of the game to make the score 6-0 after a missed extra point. But Richland answered back quickly to make it 7-6 Panthers next possession was halted and Richland would score two […]
Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference 2022 Football Preview!
August 12, 2022 | Greg Ricupero
LHAC 2022 Season Preview Three star senior quarterbacks and three rookie coaches! 2021 Rankings Record-Overall-Conference Central 14-1 (10-0) Richland 11-3 (7-2) Bishop Guilfoyle 11-4 (6-4) Penn Cambria 6-6 (5-5) Bedford 10-2 (9-1) Chestnut Ridge 6-5 (6-4) Forest Hills 7-6 (5-5) Westmont Hilltop 3-8 (3-7) Bishop McCort 3-7 (3-7) Johnstown 0-10 (0-10) Central Cambria 4-6 (4-6) […]
2022 PFN Player Spotlight: Sam Penna – Richland (bonus FNLSMP Interview!)
July 31, 2022 | Tristan Klinefelter
Sam Penna Richland High School Class of 2023 WR/QB/CB/ATH Ht: 5’8 Wt: 160 Awards: Two-time All-Area defensive back Other sports: Basketball Why do you play football? I fell in love with the sport of football at a very young age. I always had a ball in my hands. What has been your best memory? My […]
2022 PFN Player Profile: Grayden Lewis – Richland
July 8, 2022 | Tristan Klinefelter
Grayden Lewis Richland High School Class of 2023 Slotback and Strong safety Ht: 5’11 Wt: 173 Awards: first-team All-State, first-team All-Area, first-team All-Conference Other sports: Track and field Twitter: @graydenlewis Why do you play football? I play for the competitiveness, and constant dedication required. What has been your best memory? My best and worst memory […]
2022 PFN Player Spotlight: Evan McCracken – Richland
June 12, 2022 | Tristan Klinefelter
Evan McCracken Richland High School Class of 2024 Running back, middle linebacker Ht: 5’10 Wt: 175 Awards: Honorable mention Trib-Dem 2021,2022 Other sports: Track and field Why do you play football? I play football because I love the sport and I make all kinds of friendships, I also play because I learn all types of […]
Southern State of Mind: Tigers Reach Another Eastern Final, Haladay Named All-American
December 3, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Eat Up Rams It was the third consecutive season that Southern Columbia and Richland battled it out in the PIAA Class 2A playoffs, and it was the third straight time that the Tigers beat the Rams. In 2019, Southern’s once-in-a-lifetime team handled Richland at Selinsgrove. Last year, the Tigers pulled away in the second […]
Gregg and Hoenstine Lead Central to Big Win Over Richland @CentralDragonfb @rhsfootball
October 2, 2021 | Phil Myers
The Central Scarlet Dragons were breathing fire all night as they bested the Richland Rams 40-13 before a packed house in Richland Friday night. It was the Jeff Hoenstine and Parker Gregg show pretty much all night long. Gregg scored five touchdowns and Hoenstine threw for 275 yards and 3 scores to up his state […]
Bedford holds off Richland for the win @rhsfootball @bedfordfootball
September 18, 2021 | Grant Long
A sunny, late-summer evening found it’s way to Bedford, Pennsylvania for a matchup between the Bedford Bison and the Richland Rams. Both teams came into this game undefeated at 3-0. Bedford was the slight underdog coming into tonights game but came out victorious, but it took a goal line stand to get the 21-13 […]
Bishop Guilfoyle Marauders @BGMarauderFball at Richland
September 10, 2021 | Ian Bennett
The Marauders (1-2) suffer another tough loss, taking their second loss of the season to Richland, by a score of 28-3. BG started off very strong, recovering an onside kick on the opening kickoff. However, despite fantastic efforts on offense from QB Karson Kiesewetter, and RB Cooper Rother, the Marauders struggled to score against the […]
