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The J-Man’s View of District 2: “Ah, playoffs?! Don’t talk about – playoffs?! You kiddin’ me?!!”
October 30, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Check out our live playoff brackets here: PLAYOFF BRACKETS Ahhhhh yes. Who doesn’t remember that famous rant! In this case however, contrary to what Jim Mora would want, I will talk about playoffs. It has all come down to this, and over the next 2 weekends we will crown 4 District champs and 2 sub-regional champs. […]
Lackawanna Trail dominates Riverside, Wins Lackawanna Conference Division 3 Title (VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS)
October 25, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Lackawanna Trail RB Isaac Ryon had a gigantic night with 370 rushing yards and 5 rushing TD’s and the Lion defense swarmed all night. The Lions led 27-0 at the half and 40-0 after 3 quarters and cruised to a 40-14 win that clinched the Lackawanna Conference Division 3 title for the 3rd year in […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: Rivals!
October 23, 2025 | Jared Samuel
This week, prior to next week’s “Playoff Preview”, I’m going to do a preview of several of the rivalry games we have this week that are being covered by PFN staff in District 2. Let’s get after it! The outlook from up on the mountain: Here’s a look at some of this week’s rivalry games. Pittston […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: “Almost there”…..and “It’s a trap!”
October 16, 2025 | Jared Samuel
There’s the scene in Star Wars Episode IV where the X-Wings are making their first run to try to destroy the Death Star. The Red Leader keeps saying “almost there” as all of the escorts around him are getting picked off by Darth Vader. How is it that I immediately thought of this when I […]
The STATE of PA Football: Live from Nonnos Pizza, Moosic with Riverside, Pittston & Wyoming Area
October 15, 2025 | Billy Splain
Join PFN hosts Jared Samuel, EJ Samuel & CWTAPs own Alex Fydryszewski as they bring you todays PA Football news and interview coaches and players from Pittston Area, Riverside and Wyoming Area live at Nonno’s Pizza, Moosic. Come join in the fun at 6 Radcliffe Dr, Moosic, PA from 6-8:30 pm Wednesday, October 15
The J-Man’s View of District 2: And, down the stretch they come!!
October 1, 2025 | Jared Samuel
I have to say that I miss hearing Dave Johnson use that phrase in the Triple Crown races. It’s just not the same without him. Speaking of stretch runs, this is exactly where we find ourselves in the District 2 races. I covered where I see things in last week’s column…check it out HERE. This […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: Whoa, we’re halfway there!
September 24, 2025 | Jared Samuel
We’ve made it to the mid-point of the season, and we had another wild set of games this past week. We had everything, from a Thursday Night game in Montrose that featured a visit from none other than PSU Head Coach James Franklin to an absolutely wild finish in the Back Mountain on Friday and […]
Riverside at Montrose Video Highlights
September 19, 2025 | Jake Mills
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Riverside way too much for Montrose to handle
September 18, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Riverside WR Carmello Barnett had 2 TD’s in the first quarter, then added a 3rd score later on a 70-yard interception return for a TD in the 2nd half as the Vikings defeated Montrose 60-6 up at Bennett/Mullen Field in Montrose. Montrose received the opening kickoff, but after a quick 3-and-out it was a bad […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: 3 Up, 3 Down
September 17, 2025 | Jared Samuel
I don’t know how we are doing it, but we’ve picked 4 straight great Friday games that we’ve covered. And it’s early! I feel like I’m playing the Eliminator, where you pick one team to win per week but then you can’t pick them again in the same season….it’s hard! Thankfully, I can usually pick […]
Lakeland beats Riverside 33-23 on the road, continues to roll.
September 6, 2025 | EJ Samuel
Lakeland came into Riverside Veterans Memorial stadium with one goal in mind, get the win. They were able to do so 33-23 over Riverside. Although this one was a dog fight in the beginning with the score being tied at 7 at the half, the 2nd half is where everything opened up and it seems […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: Bring on the Fall Weather!
September 3, 2025 | Jared Samuel
The J-Man gives his thoughts, a recap of last week’s games and a look ahead at key matchups this week in District 2! I don’t know about you, but feeling that cool breeze on Friday night got me wanting the Fall weather. These football games are always so much better when the cooler, fall weather is […]
The J-Man’s View Of District 2: 2 games in before Labor Day!
August 27, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Who else remembers the days when the season started later? I remember, and though I might be dating myself a bit I recall those were the days before the State playoff system began. I’ll gladly take the trade-off! And now it means teams will have 2 games in before Labor Day — that will sure […]
Riverside outlasts Dunmore in OT thriller
August 23, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Riverside and Dunmore traded punches all night, but it was the Vikings who were still standing at the end when Kicker Santino D’Amico drilled a 22-yard field goal in overtime to defeat the Bucks 17-14 at Dunmore Veterans Memorial Stadium. Dunmore received the opening kickoff and drained 8:23 off the clock as 6 different Bucks […]
The J-Man’s View of District 2: What week is it anyway?
August 21, 2025 | Jared Samuel
This whole Week Zero or Week One thing has me perplexed. I took plenty of math classes in high school and in college, and if I learned anything about zero it is this: it equals NOTHING. Good enough for me. Week 1 it is!! Welcome to my weekly look at all things District 2 in […]
91st Annual Scranton Lions Club Dream Game: County overwhelms the City
July 24, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Over the past few years, the Lackawanna Football Conference’s de-facto Senior Bowl, the Scranton Lions Dream Game, has been a close affair. When the rosters were announced, it looked like there were strengths and weaknesses on both sides. And as practices happened leading up to the 91st version of this game, you could sense that […]
Riverside’s Tavian Branch chooses Rutgers
June 11, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Riverside Vikings standout DL/OL has made his decision official: he’s headed to Rutgers. Branch made the announcement this morning in front of a crowd of supporters at the Riverside High School gymnasium. Surrounded by his family and supporters, he had many kind words and acknowledgments, especially for his mom and coach Harry Armstrong. Branch could […]
Riverside nets 3 on the PA Football Writers All-State Class 2A team
December 28, 2024 | Jared Samuel
A 13-2 record and deep state playoff run was evidence that the Riverside Vikings were a good squad this season. Now, the Vikings have added 3 standouts to the PA Football Writers All-State team for Class 2A. #2 QB/DB Chase Taddonio, a 5-11 195 lb. senior garnered the honors in the “Athlete” category […]
Troy eliminates Riverside to advance to Class 2A title game
November 30, 2024 | Jared Samuel
It was a brisk night in Towanda for the PIAA Class 2A East Semifinal between 14-0 Troy and 13-1 Riverside. The Trojans came in with a dominant 42-16 win over Bedford, while the Vikings held on for a 28-21 victory over Williams Valley. The winner of the game would punch their ticket to Chapman Field […]
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