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Williams Valley Vikings

Williams Valley Vikings
Williams Valley Vikings
Head Coach: Steve Sedesse
PIAA District 11 - Class 2A
Schuylkill Colonial League - Division C
 
 
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South Scores Big in Second Half to Take the 2023 SCFCA North v South Senior All Star Game

November 23, 2023  |  

In what started out sorta slow, with the score 14 to 6 at halftime, suddenly opened up in the second half with the South outscoring the North 29 to 6 to win the 2023 SCFCA NvS Senior All Star game 35 to 20 behind a powerful running attack from the game’s South Offensive MVP Parrish […]

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Photos from Dunmore’s win over Williams Valley

November 18, 2023  |  

Gallery credit Dawn Daub

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PIAA Class 2A State Playoff Preview: Round-1 Williams Valley vs Dunmore

November 15, 2023  |  

Williams Valley Vikings(10-2) Head Coach: Steve Sedesse(1st. Season) ABOUT THE VIKINGS: First year head coach, Steve Sedesse guided his Vikings players to the District XI Class 2A title last week when they took down a very good, but young Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes team 49 to 35 at Rotary Field in Schuylkill Haven and avenged their […]

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Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (Playoffs Week 2)

November 13, 2023  |  

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! Friday, November 10 2A #5 Southern Columbia (10-1) vs. 2A #6 Mt. Carmel (9-2) Saturday, November […]

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Williams Valley Claims District XI 2A Chip Over Schuylkill Haven

November 11, 2023  |  

The Williams Valley Vikings are your District XI 2A Champions after defeating the Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes 49-35. Alex Achenbach racked up 4 touchdowns for the Vikings. Aiden Myers scored twice for the Hurricanes. Niko Carestia sprinted for 76 yards to open up this competitive matchup. This set up his teammate and fellow running back, Aiden […]

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Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Great Comeback by the PV Bears

November 8, 2023  |  

The start of the playoffs is bittersweet. The big games are coming up, where the top teams face off head-to-head on the road to the state finals (almost said the road to Hershey). But it also means the regular season is over. Teams are putting away the pads until next year, there will be fewer […]

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District XI Class 2A Final Preview and Bracket: Williams Valley vs Schuylkill Haven in a Schuylkill-Colonial League Clash

November 7, 2023  |  

If you like ground and pound style football, this is the game you want to watch. If you have the chance to go to the game live, GO !! In the last meeting between these two programs in week-3, it came down to a 24 to 21 decision, with the Hurricanes coming out the victors. […]

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Williams Valley vs Catasauqua Game Highlights 11/4/2023

November 5, 2023  |  

WILLIAMS VALLEY VS CATASAUQUA DISTRICT XI 2A PLAYOFFS

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Achenbach and Williams Valley stampede over Catasaqua

November 5, 2023  |  

Photos by Dawn Daub Williamstown-  In what turned out to be a very special Saturday night for Williams Valley’s Alex Achenbach (36 rushes, 295 yds, 3TD), the Roughriders seemed to have no answer for the prolific ball carrier from Tower City.  Not only did Alex help propel his team to a playoff victory and berth […]

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Schuylkill-Colonial Football League Final Regular Season Stats: OFFENSE/DEFENSE/SCORING

October 31, 2023  |  

HERE ARE YOUR SCHUYLKILL-COLONIAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE LEADERS AT THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON !! OFFENSE: PASSING: RUSHING: RECEIVING: OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS: DEFENSE TOTAL TACKLES: SACKS: INTERCEPTIONS: Follow www.pafootballnews.com for all your high school football updates, scores, stories, rankings and more ! You can also follow us on Twitter at @PaFootballNews and on Facebook at Pennsylvania Football News, […]

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Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial/Schuylkill League Rivalry Edition

October 23, 2023  |  

As We Enter The Last Week of the Regular Season in the Colonial/Schuylkill League So Much Yet To Be Decided. It seems like it was just yesterday, that the Pennsylvania Football News staff was having their coaches kickoff cookout at the Forge Eatery and Pub up in Berwick in late August. In a blink of […]

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Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition Week Nine.

October 18, 2023  |  

After Eight Weeks of the High School Football Season Seven Teams From the Colonial/Schuylkill League Have Clinched a Spot in the Upcoming District XI Playoffs. There are 32 open spots in the District XI playoffs from 1A to 6A, however there are no Colonial/Schuylkill League teams in the 6A classification. After week eight Minersville has […]

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SCFCA announces DATE/ROSTERS for the 2023 North/South Senior All Star Game !!

October 18, 2023  |  

SCFCA North/South Senior All Star Game will be played on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023 at Schuylkill Haven’s Rotary Field. Scheduled kickoff is set for 7:00pm ! *Admission to the game is $5.00 at the gate*   2023 South All Stars 2023 North All Stars # Name School # Name School 1 Lorenzo Yourey Minersville 2 […]

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Williams Valley gets by Marian Catholic (gallery)

October 15, 2023  |  

What a difference a week can make. Last week the Vikings survived a high scoring shoot out against Mahanoy Area. This week, they got very few points and needed them all to get the win against the Colts of Marian Catholic with a final score of 13-6.  The Colts struck first on a short td […]

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Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition for Week Eight

October 10, 2023  |  

Seven down and just three games left in the regular season in the District XI Colonial/Schuylkill Football League. Heading into the final stretch of games in the Colonial/Schuylkill League, we have three teams that have clinched a District XI playoff berth. Palmerton and Northwestern Lehigh in class 3A and Southern Lehigh in 5A. The fourth […]

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Vikings win shootout with Mahanoy Area (gallery included)

October 7, 2023  |  

Williams Valley and Mahanoy Area battled all night long, exchanging punches like two heavyweight boxers. In the end, the Vikings threw the last punch and escaped with a 49-41 win. Alex Achenbach continued his tear through the season with 316 yards on the ground, scoring 6 times, one being a td pass to Kian Krzyzanowski. […]

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Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial/Schuylkill League Week Six

September 27, 2023  |  

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 […]

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Hollywood’s Mid-Season Report Card: Colonial/Schuylkill League

September 26, 2023  |  

Here is how it look at the half-way point of the 2023 Colonial-Schuylkill League Regular Season. We are the end of September is upon us and the chill of Autumn has arrived. We have also only have just 5 weeks left of the high school football regular season in the Commonwealth and right now it […]

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Williams Valley v Minersville Photo Gallery

September 16, 2023  |  

Pics by Dawn Daub

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Williams Valley gets the overtime win at Minersville

September 16, 2023  |  

Thanks to Dawn Daub and husband for the story. Alex Achenbach did his thing to get Williams Valley rolling with an 83 yard td jaunt to put the Vikings up 7-0 on their first drive of the night, then the Vikings defense held on in overtime to give the visiting Vikings a 31-28 win in […]

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Hurricanes Win Thriller Against Vikings 24-21

September 10, 2023  |  

The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes reign victorious over the Williams Valley Vikings with a final score of 24-21. Niko Carestia had two touchdowns and two sacks for the Canes. The Vikings kept it close with scores from Evan Achenbach, Alex Achenbach, and Brady Shomper. The Hurricanes knew they needed to get the first score of the […]

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Williams Valley downs Upper Dauphin (gallery)

August 26, 2023  |  

The Viking got two scores from Alex Achenbach, one from Brayden Crisswell and one from QB Brady Shomper to get the 28-0 win over the Trojans on opening night.

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2023 Schuylkill/Colonial League Preview: *BLUE* Division-Small School

August 19, 2023  |  

2022 SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS *BLUE DIVISION* With the 2022 season officially in the past, we begin the 2023 football season with some team previews starting with the Schuylkill-Colonial League BLUE Division. Let’s start things off with the defending Class 1A District XI Champions Tri-Valley Bulldogs who are guided by head coach Jeff Sampson. Tri-Valley […]

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STRONG WORDS spoken at this years SCFCA Media Day held at Mountain Valley Golf Clubhouse !

August 4, 2023  |  

Many members of the media from all over the region came in support of the 2023 SCFCA Media Day held at Mountain Valley Golf Course’ Clubhouse. The event was sponsored by The Funding Zone, @TheFundingZone @MSFundingZ on Twitter. Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes Head Coach Mike Farr started things off by letting everyone know how big and […]

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Executive Ed. Academy Charter takes down Williams Valley 22 to 20 to earn first District XI playoff victory ! Photos Included

November 6, 2022  |  

Executive Ed. Academy Charter takes down DXI Class 2A #1-Williams Valley 22 to 20 to earn first District XI playoff victory ! “I think we match up very well, we watch a lot of film, we see what they do,” said Raptor HC-Larry Ford. “We’ve played a physical game the past couple, we know this […]

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2022 District XI Class 2A Semi-Final Preview & Video Reel: Executive Education Academy Charter at Williams Valley

November 2, 2022  |  

2022 District XI Class 2A Playoff Semi-Final Preview: Executive Education Academy Charter Raptors(5-3) at Williams Valley Vikings(8-2) Follow @PFNDan570FB on TWITTER for LIVE game coverage !! The 2022 District XI Playoffs begin this week, all the games will be very competitive with the exception of a few games as I will discuss them all but […]

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Scenes from Williams Valley at Tri-Valley * Battle of the Valley * Game Photos(GALLERY) and Video Highlights

October 30, 2022  |  

Vikings end Tri-Valley’s bid for undefeated season with 21 to 14 win in Hegins on Bulldogs Senior Night, behind big night from Sr-Ezi Hite, and Jr-Alex Achenbach ! @PFNDan570FB and @daub_dawn on the scene !! Below are some photos along with a PHOTO GALLERY LINK provided by Dawn Daub Photography, as well as video highlights […]

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Vikings end Tri-Valley’s bid for undefeated season with 21 to 14 win !

October 29, 2022  |  

Vikings end Tri-Valley’s bid for undefeated season with 21 to 14 win in Hegins on Bulldogs Senior Night, behind big night from Sr-Ezi Hite, and Jr-Alex Achenbach ! It wasn’t pretty but Williams Valley found a way to regain focus and overcome mental mistakes in the second half to hold on for the victory in […]

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Schuylkill-Colonial Week-10 Rivalry Special: * Battle of the Valley’s * Williams Valley at Tri-Valley Preview

October 28, 2022  |  

PFNDan570FB’S *Game of the Week* Williams Valley Vikings(7-2) at Tri-Valley Bulldogs(9-0) Last Meetings: Bulldogs won 17 to 0(2021 Regular Season), Vikings won 28 to 13(2021 District XI Playoffs) Streak: Vikings have won 1 Series History: Williams Valley leads series 33-30-3(4-5-0 in playoffs) dating back to 1965 Key Player(s) to Watch in this Game: Williams Valley […]

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Schuylkill-Colonial Review, Preview and Predictions for Week-9 !

October 21, 2022  |  

WEEK-8 REVIEW: Week-8 saw a couple upsets if you will with Blue Mountain losing to Saucon Valley 24 to 21, and Bangor taking down Northwestern Lehigh 27 to 21. One game that was somewhat of a surprise, not because of who won or lost but the score, I feel many believed never thought there would […]

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Schuylkill-Colonial Preview and Predictions for Week-8 !

October 14, 2022  |  

Follow @PFNDan570FB and @BPtashinski on TWITTER for LIVE SCORING UPDATES from in-game coverage around the Schuylkill-Colonial Leagues Week-7 Review: Last week we saw some good, hard fought battles, even some upsets as some would say between teams in both the Schuylkill-Colonial Leagues starting with the game of the week, Notre Dame-GP falling to Northern Lehigh […]

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Schuylkill-Colonial Preview and Predictions for Week-7 !

October 4, 2022  |  

Follow @PFNDan570FB and @BPtashinski on TWITTER for LIVE SCORING UPDATES from in-game coverage around the Schuylkill-Colonial Leagues Week-6 Review: Notre Dame-GP took down the Spartans of North Schuylkill 36 to 24 last Friday night behind their leader Danny Darno, AJ Lozano and Josh Ludlow. Quarterback Darno finished the game with 368 total yards of offense, […]

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Schuylkill-Colonial League Mid-Season Report and Standings

September 28, 2022  |  

Schuylkill-Colonial League Mid-Season Review and Standings In the GOLD Division, we see a 2-way tie at (2-0-0) Northwestern Lehigh(4-1-0), and Southern Lehigh(4-1-0) leading the way. Last year’s defending Red Division Champions, Leading the way for the Tigers is senior quarterback Cade Christopher, who has thus far thrown for 271 yards on just 22 of 55 […]

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Late interception ends Vikings comeback, Loyalsock hangs on to win 35 to 29 !

September 24, 2022  |  

Davion Hill(RB-CB)-Loyalsock Lancers Fall has arrived as the night was cool, with a slight breeze in the valley of Williamstown. You could smell it in the air, a good high school football game was about to unfold between two schools that will have met for the first time. Neither team knew much about each other, […]

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Schuylkill-Colonial Preview and Predictions for Week-5 !

September 20, 2022  |  

North Schuylkill Spartans(3-1) at Northern Lehigh Bulldogs(4-0) Last Meeting: Spartans won 56 to 42(2021) Streak: North Schuylkill has won (1) Key Player(s) to Watch: North Schuylkill – Jared Tanari(RB/OLB), Steven Davis Jr.(DE/T) Northern Lehigh – Austin Smyth(TE/DE), John Abidelli(CB/RB) Preview: Last time the Bulldogs defeated the Spartans was back in 2011 when Northern Lehigh won […]

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Vikings Reign Victorious in Huge Win Over Hurricanes

September 10, 2022  |  

Rest of pictures HERE The Williams Valley Vikings torched the Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes with a final score of 54-19.  Brady Evans and Alex Achenbach both had three touchdowns for the Vikings.  It was a cool, sunny night at Viking Stadium, another beautiful Friday for some football. The coin toss resulted in Haven kicking off, and […]

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Schuylkill-Colonial League Preview and Predictions for Week-3 ! Game Highlights

September 8, 2022  |  

Schuylkill-Colonial League Week-2 Review: Week 2 saw some mild upsets and a couple scores that I for one did not see coming. The big one I definitely didn’t see coming was Palisades taking down Wilson by a score of 31 to 6. The next one, I thought could go either way but chose wrong, was […]

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Schuylkill-Colonial League Preview and Predictions for Week-2 !

August 31, 2022  |  

Schuylkill-Colonial League Week-1 Review: Last weekend we saw some great football action, some close tough games, some not so close, streaks ended, and more. To start it off, I traveled to Ashland to watched the game between Mt. Carmel and North Schuylkill. Mt. Carmel ended a 7 game losing streak to the Spartans winning 25 […]

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Schuylkill-Colonial League Week-1 Quick Preview and Predictions

August 25, 2022  |  

Schuylkill-Colonial League Week-1 Preview: The 2022 Pennsylvania high school football season is officially here with week-1, or week-0 as some call it, starting tomorrow. This season looks to be very eventful and exciting between the two co-op leagues as some teams have been moved from one division to another, other teams have been moved up […]

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2022 Schuylkill/Colonial Preview ! *BLUE DIVISION*

August 13, 2022  |  

SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL:(BLUE) 2021 Final Standings: 1. Tri-Valley Bulldogs – (5-1) – 8-1 *DIVISION CHAMPIONS* 2. Williams Valley Vikings – (3-1) – 7-2 *DISTRICT XI CHAMPIONS* 3. Nativity BVM Green Wave – (2-5) – 5-5 4. Marian Catholic Colts – (2-3) – 3-7 5. Shenandoah Valley Blue Devils – (2-3) – 2-6 6. Panther Valley Panthers (0-5) […]

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Schuylkill League teams square up in the ring on Media Day at Fighter’s Heaven !

August 11, 2022  |  

Schuylkill League teams square up in the ring on Media Day at Fighter’s Heaven ! On Wednesday August 10 2022, Fighter’s Heaven in rural Deer Lake, Pennsylvania hosted the 19th Annual Media Day for the 16 Schuylkill League teams. Things were started off with Schuylkill Haven Head Coach and league President, Mike Farr stepping into […]

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Schuylkill League All Stars took the field today for practice 2 before their big game vs the Colonial League All Stars !

May 16, 2022  |  

Team Skook took the field today to complete their second and final practice before the big game between the Schuylkill and Colonial League All Stars. The Schuylkill League All Star squad looked ready to go and get at it today at Rotary Field in Schuylkill Haven in preparation for next weekend’s Inaugural Schuylkill/Colonial All Star […]

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Team Schuylkill preps for first ever Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star game May 21, 2022 !

May 1, 2022  |  

The first ever All Star game between the Schuylkill and Colonial Leagues is set for May 21, 2022 at 2:00pm at Rotary Field in Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Today, for the first time, Team Schuylkill, or as it’s known around this area, Team ” Skook ” took the field for their first of two practices before […]

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Rosters Announced for Inaugural Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star Game ! @Colonial_League @SchLeague

April 2, 2022  |  

Official Rosters Announced for the Inaugural Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star Game… Players on teams from around both Leagues will compete in the first ever Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star game being played at Rotary Field in Schuylkill Haven, Pa on May 21st, 2022 at 2:00pm. The All Star game will be played […]

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Schuylkill vs Colonial Leagues Set to Battle it Out on the Field in 1st. Annual Schuylkill/Colonial League All Star Game

January 30, 2022  |  

All Star Game LOGO designed by: Tara Robinson and Mike Farr Rotary Field at Schuylkill Haven to Host 1st. Annual Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star Game May 21, 2022 @ 2pm! Last year we witnessed the first year for the Schuylkill/Colonial Leagues Co-Operative Schedule between the two District XI leagues. With much success and […]

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Strong second half propels Williams Valley to a third straight District XI Class 1A Championship defeating Tri-Valley 28 to 13 ! @WmsValleyAthl @SchLeague

November 13, 2021  |  

Strong second half propels Williams Valley to a third straight District XI Class 1A Championship defeating Tri-Valley 28 to 13 at Gosh Orthodontics Field at Spartan Stadium ! There was a championship to be won Friday night in District XI Class 1A at North Schuylkill’s Gosh Orthodontics Field at Spartan Stadium on Friday night as […]

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Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- District XI Playoff Edition

November 10, 2021  |  

A Review of the This Past Weekend’s Playoff Games in District XI and a Look Ahead to Five District Championships This Upcoming Weekend. PIAA EASTERN CONFERENCE 4A CHAMPIONSHIP BANGOR 49 SAUCON VALLEY 14 Hollywood attended four District XI playoff games this past weekend, including a Thursday night Eastern Conference 4A Championship. My first ever trip […]

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PFNDan570FB’S Schuylkill/Colonial League Review: September 17th & 18th with Video Highlights ! @SchLeague @Colonial_League

September 22, 2021  |  

Schuylkill and Colonial League Review: Week-4 ! FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: This past weekend I started outside of the Schuylkill/Colonial League, as I traveled down south a bit to cover a game between two undefeated teams at Governor Mifflin stadium, and to witness one of the states top running-backs in Nicholas Singleton of Governor Mifflin. Though […]

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PFNDan’s Double Down Schuylkill/Colonial League Preview and Predictions Week-4 September 17th thru 20th! Schuylkill League Edition @SchLeague @Colonial_League

September 16, 2021  |  

This week’s edition of Triple D, aka: Dan’s Double Down: **Games Played at Schuylkill League Teams Home Field** Games of the Week FRIDAY NIGHT: Williams Valley Viking(3-0) at Minersville Battlin’ Miners(2-1) Last Meeting: 2019 – Williams Valley won 39 to 7 Minersville comes into this weekends matchup winners of 2 straight, shutting out both opponents […]

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PFNDan570FB’S Schuylkill/Colonial League Review: September 10th thru 13th with Photo Galleries added ! @SchLeague @Colonial_League

September 15, 2021  |  

  Schuylkill and Colonial League Review: Week-3 was one for the books, at least for me as far as memories being made. To start the weekend off, I headed east, down to the Lehigh Valley area Friday night for a non Schuylkill/Colonial League game to witness more history being made at Zephyr stadium with former […]

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PFNDan’s Double Down Schuylkill/Colonial League Preview and Predictions Week-3 September 10th thru 12th! Schuylkill League Edition

September 7, 2021  |  

This week’s edition of Dan’s Double Down: Games of the Week: FRIDAY 7PM Jim Thorpe Olympians-(1-1) at North Schuylkill Spartans-(2-0) at Ghosh Orthodontics Field at Spartan Stadium Last Meeting: 2020 – Spartans won 36 to 0. The Spartans enter this game winners of 14 straight Schuylkill League regular season games dating back to October 5th, […]

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PFNDan570FB’S Schuylkill/Colonial League Review: September 2nd thru 5th @SchLeague @Colonial_League

September 7, 2021  |  

The Schuylkill/Colonial League teams were back in action this last weekend after Hurricane Ida threatened the area with heavy rain Wednesday thru Thursday morning causing major flooding and postponements, in certain areas. To start the week off, I was able to catch the game between the Class 4A Northwestern Lehigh Tigers, Honorable Mention in the […]

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PFNDan’s Double Down Schuylkill/Colonial League Preview and Predictions ! Schuylkill League Edition

September 3, 2021  |  

This week’s edition of Dan’s Double Down: Games of the Week: Wyomissing Spartans(1-0) vs Pottsville Area Crimson Tide(1-0) The Spartans have won 3 of the last 5 vs the Tide, including the last time these two have met at which saw Wyomissing win in overtime 21 to 20. Players to watch in this game will […]

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2021 PFN Team Preview: The Williams Valley Vikings @WmsValleyAthl @EziHite

July 8, 2021  |  

WILLIAMS VALLEY VIKINGS PFN Page 2020 Season Record 9-1 Head Coach TIM SAVAGE Assistant Coaches Paul Herb Mike Gunkle Jim Burns Owen Daniel Stephen Sedesse Devon Rabuck 2021 Schedule DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/SCORE 08-21   @ Upper Dauphin (SCR) 10:00 am 08-27   vs. Mahanoy Area (0-0) 7:00 pm 09-03   @ Pine Grove (0-0) 7:00 pm 09-10   vs. Schuylkill Haven (0-0) 7:00 pm 09-17   @ Minersville (0-0) […]

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