Williamsport
November 2024
Montgomery Head Coach Cory Tice Interview
November 2, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
PaFootballNews Caught up with Montgomery Head Coach Cory Tice to get a rundown of the season so far and a look going forward as they prepare to play at Line Mountain Saturday night 11-2-2024. (Click the link below to see the interview.)
Shamokin Gets The Job Done Vs Williamsport
October 5, 2024 | Jayden Eberly
Shamokin Winning Season Continues In the first quarter Shamokin’s Zakem Clinton punches it in for the rushing touchdown completing a 62 yard drive. To open the 2nd quarter Chase Pensyl takes it in for the touchdown to put Shamokin up 14-0. Williamsport then answers with a touchdown of there own after Elijah Way scores the […]
PHAC Preview 2024
August 22, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Football Ready In Central PA There are plenty of storylines heading into the 2024 high school football season in the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference.Between the 19 teams, they are all excited to get the helmets on and go to work on Friday nights. Will the Tigers of Southern Columbia be able to keep their historic […]
Williamsport and State College Both Represented in Big 33 Game
February 21, 2024 | Todd Ross
Williamsport’s Connor Poole and State College’s Gino Pighetti were among the players selected to represent Pennsylvania in the Big 33 All Star Game. Poole recently signed his letter of intent to Lehigh in Pennsylvania. When asked about what it meant to be selected to play in the game Poole had this to say “ It’s […]
PIAA District XI 5A/6A Playoff Previews
October 31, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
The District XI 5A Playoffs Friday, October 3rd 7 pm. #4 (5-5) East Stroudsburg South at #1 (9-1) Southern Lehigh #3 (6-4) Pocono Mountain West at #2 (6-4) Whitehall SOUTHERN LEHIGH SPARTANS RECORD 9-1 — #1 SEED Southern Lehigh earned the top seed in 5A even with a disappointing loss to rival Northwestern Lehigh in […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Week Nine
October 18, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
With Just Two Weeks Left in the Regular Season Still so much yet to Decided in the District XI Playoff Race. As the 2023 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference season winds down there still so much to play for as the EPC only occupies spots in the 4A, 5A and 6A classifications only Allentown Central Catholic have […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial/Schuylkill League Week Six
September 27, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Time to make the turn into the second half of the regular season in the Skook/Colonial League. Taking a look back on week 5 and check out the match-ups for week six and we’ll take a look at the updated District XI power rankings. Southern Lehigh, Noorthwestern Lehigh and Palmerton all come into week six […]
Hollywood’s Cutting room floor: Week 4 Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition
September 19, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
AS we reach the halfway point of the regular season, here is how the Colonial/Schuylkill League breakdowns. After the fourth week of the high school football season closed out this past weekend in the Colonial/Schuylkill League League there are just three teams still undefeated heading into week five: Palmerton, Northwestern Lehigh and Southern Lehigh. Palmerton’s […]
Berwick grabs first win of the season over Williamsport
September 15, 2023 | Mason Eddinger
Both Berwick and Williamsport entered week 4 not having played their best and have gotten off to a rough start to the season. After this game, Berwick would go to 0-4 or Williamsport would drop to 1-3. For both teams, this was a huge battle to keep their season from going down the slippery slope […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sheffey Shines for State College in Big First Game Win
August 26, 2023 | Todd Ross
State College looked strong from the jump, and after just three plays junior Linebacker Michael Gaul jumped a pass and intercepted it giving State College good field position. They would capitalize on it with a D’Antae Sheffey touchdown (heads up I’ll be writing about a lot of those). Williamsport’s next drive ended when the Little […]
State College Heads to Williamsport for First Game Class
August 25, 2023 | Todd Ross
A day both teams have certainly been waiting for is here. the first game-day. Last years opener was a game that Williamsport wants to forget as the little lions jumped on them early and never looked back winning 42-14 with all of State College’s points coming in the first half but both teams will look […]
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 […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to Know Williamsport Millionaire LB-DE Alonzo Rice
July 28, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Alonzo Rice Williamsport Millionaires Class Of: 2024 Position(s): LB/DE Jersey Number: 20 Ht: 6’1/4 – Wt: 210lbs Other Sports: Basketball, Track and Field Notable Awards or Recognitions: Defensive Player of the Year for Football Most Versatile Athlete Award for Track Twitter: @AlonzoRice_ _______________________ Words from the Head Coach: “Alonzo Rice is a great leader and […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to Know Williamsport Millionaires Quarterback Caleb Williamson
July 21, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Caleb Williamson Williamsport Millionaires Class Of: 2024 Position(s): QB Jersey Number: 1 Ht: 6’3 – Wt: 205lbs Other Sports: Track & Field Notable Awards or Recognitions: Team Captain Offer Sheet: None at the moment Twitter: @Wcaleb_1 ____________________ Words from the Coach: “Caleb is a strong leader who has a superior work ethic. He has worked […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Williamsport WR/DB Ya’Zhir Slaughter
July 1, 2023 | Billy Splain
Ya’zhir Slaughter WR/DB Williamsport Class Of 2024 Jersey #11 HT/WT 5’11-160 0 tds allowed, 13pbu, 3 ints, 24tckls, junior season Other sports Track and field District champion long jump/ School record (23’4”) Twitter @Yazhir11 Coach Pearson says “Ya’zhir is a very talented athlete and a wonderful person. He is humble, focused, and a great teammate […]
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 […]
Hazleton Area pulls away in second half in victory over Williamsport
October 22, 2022 | John Kotsko
With Williamsport tying the game just before halftime, it looked like the Millionaires had all the momentum going into the second half. Hazleton Area got the ball to start the second half and on the first play of the second half, Connor Kundrat brought the momentum back to the home team and he also […]
Berwick gets back to even with win over Williamsport
September 17, 2022 | Mason Eddinger
The Berwick Bulldogs took care of business to get back to .500, as they took down the Williamsport Millionaires handily. Both teams came in at 1-2, one would leave the game even, the other in the rabbit hole. (no pun intended) Berwick got off to a hot start as Drey Wilk took 2 quick […]
State College dominant in all aspects during opening night win over Williamsport (Gallery)
August 27, 2022 | Brendan Ricciardi
Gallery below STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — In a rematch of the 2021 Class 6A District 6 Championship thriller that saw State College win 17-14, this game did not have quite as much drama as the Little Lions steamrolled Williamsport by a final score of 42-14. After back-to-back three and outs by each offense to start […]
Centre County Week 1 Preview: State College hosts Williamsport for District Championship Rematch
August 26, 2022 | Brendan Ricciardi
Football is back in a big way in Centre County, as Friday night will see all five schools playing at home to kick off the 2022 PIAA regular season. Let’s take a look at how some of these teams fared in 2021, and what to expect when they take the field for their first […]
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 […]
State College outlasts Williamsport to win the D2/4/6 title.
November 13, 2021 | Billy Splain
With a three-point lead and less than a minute left, Jashaun Green picked up a fresh set of downs in the red zone for State College to ice it. Twenty-four seconds remained on the clock, but the Williamsport football team already started heading to the locker room. With a chance to win their first district […]
