Wilkes-Barre
September 2023
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 […]
Abington Heights prevails in road victory over Wilkes-Barre Area
September 2, 2023 | John Kotsko
In a close game, Declan Walsh ended up with two big plays to help seal the victory. He had a 58 yard touchdown run and returned a fumble 55 yards as Abington Heights took a 35-28 road victory at Wilkes-Barre Area. “He’s an explosive runner, when the ball is in his hands, he has a […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Wilkes-Barre TE/Edge Naquan Johnson
June 28, 2023 | Billy Splain
Naquan Johnson TE,LB,DE Wilkes-Barre Wolfpack Class Of 2024 Jersey #8 HT/WT 6’2 240 80 Tackles, 14 TFL, 10 sacks,1 int, 25 recs, 550 receiving yards, 5 TDs Other sports Basketball 1st Team All Wyoming Valley, All District, All Conference, Defensive Player of the year, All First Team Citizen Voice, MVP awards from multiple offseason camps. […]
Kotsko’s View: Season Finale
January 15, 2023 | John Kotsko
With that, the 2022 High School Football has come to an end. The WVC’s run ended on December 2nd when Crestwood lost to eventual 4A State Champion Bishop McDevitt in the PIAA 4A Semifinals. It was quite a fantastic run by Crestwood. It was quite an interesting season to say the least. We had eight […]
District 2 Playoff Preview (WVC Teams)
November 3, 2022 | John Kotsko
We’re finally at one of the best times of the year! Playoff time! Only six teams will be crowned District 2 Champion. The WVC is guaranteed at least the 6A District Championship as only Hazleton Area and Wilkes-Barre Area are the only teams in 6A. 2A, 3A and 5A each have one WVC team playing […]
Kotsko’s View of the Wyoming Valley Conference: Where Has The Time Gone?
October 27, 2022 | John Kotsko
Man, Week 10 already? It feels like yesterday that I was working on the Conference preview and getting myself ready for Week 1. With Week 10 comes the end of the season for some teams and for some, the season will extend into the postseason. It’s one of more interesting times of the season. The […]
Dallas falls to the Wolfpack 35-7
October 21, 2022 | Jared Samuel
Dallas came into tonight’s game with a strong 7-1 mark, highlighted by big wins over Hazleton and Crestwood. The Class 4A Mountaineers have had the services of Parker Bolesta to thank for their mark, as he is certainly one of the top backs in all of District 2. Meanwhile, the Wilkes-Barre Area Wolfpack came into […]
Berwick Falls short in the 4th, loses to Wilkes barre 35-21
September 24, 2022 | Mason Eddinger
After back-to-back wins, the Berwick Bulldogs had dug out of a 0-2 start to get to .500 at 2-2. Their goal this week, finally get a winning record, that did not come to fruition. This is the 3rd meeting all time between Berwick and Wilkes-Barre, and for the first time in the short history Wilkes-Barre […]
Hazleton Uses Big Plays Defensively To Stop Wilkes-Barre 20-7.
September 17, 2022 | PFN Staff
Hazleton Area head coach Dennis Buchman said ”our defense was absolutely phenomenal” and that statement is as accurate as it gets, The Cougars made big defensive plays in the fourth quarter and held Wilkes Barre to just 7 points and 125 rushing yards. The Cougars would get on the board on their opening drive following […]
Breaking Down The 2022 Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1
August 20, 2022 | John Kotsko
We are almost at Opening Night of the High School Football season. Months of preparation have come down to ten games and hopefully getting that elusive District Championship. Some would say the Wyoming Valley Division 1 Conference had a down year in 2021. Not this year. Nearly every team returns a large portion of last […]
Second half sparks Hazleton Area to victory over Wilkes-Barre Area
October 16, 2021 | John Kotsko
The first half was not going the way Hazleton Area wanted. At the start of the second half, they had a 96 yard kickoff return for a touchdown get called back due to a block in the back. The Cougars wouldn’t be denied however as they scored on that drive, en route to 21 points […]
Dallas Dominant In Victory Over Wilkes-Barre Area
September 11, 2021 | John Kotsko
Coming into the game, the talk was about the Wolf Pack’s speed on offense. In the end, the Mountaineer defense was stifling with six turnovers and QB Jackson Wydra had five total touchdowns as Dallas posted a shutout victory over Wilkes-Barre Area 45-0. Dallas Head Coach Rich Mannello on his team’s performance “We took advantage […]
Nelson sparks Wilkes-Barre Area to win over Scranton 35-13
August 28, 2021 | John Kotsko
When Scranton went up 13-0 on Wilkes-Barre Area with 2:29 remaining in the first quarter, there was quite a possibility that the Knights would come out on top with a blowout victory. However, the Wolf Pack regrouped and got their spark plug in sophomore Mekhi Nelson who is playing in his first varsity game. “We […]
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