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Takeaways Propel Lehighton Past Schuylkill Haven

By: Matt Freiler, Schuylkill League Reporter   It was a party for the Lehighton defense under the lights at Rotary Field in Schuylkill Haven on Friday night. The Indians racked up five takeaways, including three interceptions and two fumbles, defeating Schuylkill Haven 30-14. “Our defense played the way we used to play,” said Tom McCarroll, […]

Knights “Bend the Knee” tonight, crushed by Cougars

Tonight was a record setting night at Kottmeyer Stadium, in the Boro of Downingtown, between two consistent top tier District 1 programs, the Downingtown East Cougars and the North Penn Knights. If you think the records would involve lowest scoring game in stadium history, in a game between two teams with notoriously solid defenses, you […]

Governor Mifflin Topples Wilson WL 21-14

The Governor Mifflin Mustangs and Wilson Bulldogs face off every year to determine Berks County football supremacy. It had been since 2012 since the Mustangs beat the Bulldogs and Mifflin had never brought home  the Gurski-Linn trophy which now signifies the winner of this cross town rivalry matchup. Friday night in Shillington, Governor Mifflin bolted […]

Octorara Picks Up Much Needed Road Win Over Rebuilding Columbia

When Octorara unloaded the buses Friday night high atop “The Hill” in Columbia after a road trip across Lancaster County, there was a definite sense of newness in the air. Newness because the hometown Crimson Tide were on the brink of starting a fresh chapter in their storied history. New head coach Bud Kyle, a York County native, came across the Susquehanna River to lead a […]

Jersey Shore blanks Mifflinburg

MIFFLINBURG – Coming off a District 4 4A championship last year, few had expected Jersey Shore to be challenged by Bellefonte in its season opener last week, much less lose. So, the Red Raiders stunning Jersey Shore last week may have served to get the Bulldogs’ attention. After a good week of practice that was […]

State College Looks Good in Blasting McCaskey

 Written by Phil Myers The Red Tornado of J.P. McCaskey blew into town and the State College Little Lions sent them reeling back to Lancaster with a 45-12 defeat in the inaugural game of the season for both teams.  The Little Lions’ ferocious defense limited McCaskey to a total of 23 yards and one first […]

Tigers Too Tough For Panthers

Southern Columbia’s defense dominant again Every high school football fan in District IV knew what Southern Columbia had coming back on offense this season. A running back in Gaige Garcia that broke the PIAA freshman rushing record last season, the top ranked receiver recruit in the country in sophomore Julian Fleming, the school’s single-season passing […]

Freedom Completes Sweep for EPC South

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter ALLENTOWN- Defending EPC North Champion, Allentown Central Catholic, was the last team standing in the way of the EPC South from completing an opening week sweep. After a strong second half by the visiting Patriots of Freedom, opening up a 7-3 lead to a convincing 27-3 win at J. […]

Wilson Ends Winless Drought With Convincing Win at Pen Argyl

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Pen Argyl – October 2, 2015 was the last time that the Wilson Warriors last won a football game, a 21-20 win over Catasauqua. It’s been 15 games of futility, but that is over now thanks to an impressive and eye-opening victory at one of the toughest places for […]

Harrisburg Dominates Imhotep 34-14

Two teams with great 2017 expectations met at Severance Field in Harrisburg on Saturday. Both Harrisburg and Imhotep Charter came up short in their respective state championship games last year. Both teams returned with tons of talent.  Both teams ere trying to send a statement to the state of PA. Harrisburg’s strong defense and big […]

Schuylkill Valley Defense Shines In Season Opening Win Over Pequea Valley

They’re on a mission to do something around these parts that’s never been done before. A playoff mission. For 20 years, the Pequea Valley Braves have been lacing up the cleats and putting on the shoulder pads, but have yet to play beyond the regular season. Don’t be mistaken however, this isn’t your older brother’s […]

Governor Mifflin Handles West York 48-13

Governor Mifflin entered the realm of week zero football with a matchup against York Adams opponent  West York. The Mustangs had their way with the Bulldogs last year in York. This year in Shillington no problems for the Mustangs again as Governor  Mifflin came out on top 48-13. Govenor Mifflin’s first year, full time starting […]

Stout Defense and Running Attack Lift Olympians to Opening Night Win

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter JIM THORPE- Facing the defending Schuylkill League Division 2 and District 11 2A champion Schuylkill Haven Friday night, Jim Thorpe’s coach Mark Rosenberger knew the outcome of the game would fall on his Olympians to control the ball and to take advantage of any Hurricane mistakes. His team did […]

Speedboys run out of Downingtown by Shanahan

In what is now classified as “week 0”, the Bishop Shanahan Eagles ran the Speedboys of West Philadelphia out of Downingtown by a score of 48-6. As sloppy as Bishop Shanahan played tonight, the score could have been worse. Early on tonight, it was clear that Shanahan was not only a far more talented team, […]

Muncy over Warrior Run

TURBOTVILLE – Sometimes, a football game can be somewhat of a ho-hum affair in the early part, only for the action to pick up late and feature an exciting finish. Except for the final drive, Friday’s season opener between Muncy and Warrior Run was the exact opposite. The teams combined for 28 points and 281 […]

Palisades holds on to a 22-17 win over Notre Dame-Green Pond

Palisades jumped out to a 22-3 lead but Notre Dame-Green Pond cut in to that lead on a Cole DeFranco touchdown pass with 3:10 left in the game. The Crusaders got the ball back with under a minute to play in the game. It came down to the final play of the game. Matthew McGrath […]

Tigers Decimate Indians

Southern’s Fleming Breaks School Record Southern Columbia’s Julian Fleming is considered one of the best players that this area has ever seen. Giving a player the title of “once-in-a-generation” puts them in a category of their own. In the professional sports world, some of the athletes that are mentioned with this phrase include Michael Jordan, […]

LaSalle and Jones knock off North Penn in Offensive Battle

The LaSalle Explorers look to provide plenty of offensive fireworks this season as evidenced by their 41-28 win over last year’s Eastern Pa AAAAAA semi finalist North Penn in front of a spirited crowd at Crawford Stadium in Lansdale last evening Explorer quarterback Isaiah Jones, back from missing last year with a torn MCL showed […]

WEST WINS 2017 PFSCA -STAR GAME

WEST WINS 2017 PFSCA -STAR GAME Led by Beaver’s Darius Wise’s two touchdown receptions, the West squad downed their eastern counterparts 17-14 in the 16th annual PFSCA East/West All-Star game. Played at Altoona’s Mansion Park Sunday afternoon in conditions more conducive to fall football weather, the game was mostly a defensive struggle, especially in the […]

Beaver Falls Wins First State Title

Proud Partners of      Beaver Falls Wins First State Title by Phil Myers Joe Namath is a very happy man today. His alma mater, the Beaver Falls Tigers, won their first PIAA state football championship in their first appearance by defeating the Middletown Blue Raiders 30-13 at Hersheypark Stadium on Saturday. Beaver Falls claimed […]

St. Joseph’s Prep wins first ever 6A Title with 42-7 win over Central Catholic

Proud Partners of      The first ever PIAA 6A State Championship between St. Josephs Academy and Pittsburgh Central Catholic was a match-up that seemed to have been predetermined since July, when both teams found themselves nationally ranked by several publications like Jeff Fishers “High School Football America”, who had the Hawks 34th and the Vikings […]

Cathedral Prep scores 18 unanswered 2nd half points to win PIAA 2016 4A Title

Proud Partners of      When the Imhotep Panthers took the second half kickoff and rammed it into the endzone on a 31 yard pass from Nasir Boykin to Aamir Brown, Rambler Head Coach Mike Mischler called his team to the sidelines. “I told them we can’t give up, we have to keep fighting.” Fight […]

Bishop Guilfoyle extends title streak to 3, wins to 47 with 17-0 shutout over Clairton

Proud Partners of      “This is just another day in the life of Evan Chadbourn. He’s a champion today, was a champion when he got here and I’m sure he’ll be a champion wherever he goes to college” said BG Head Coach Justin Wheeler. When Evan Chadbourn tore his ACL during a typical work […]

Archbishop Wood wins PIAA Class 5A title with 37-10 win over Harrisburg

Proud Partners of      The old saying “first impressions mean a lot” isn’t always true to the word. When Harrisburg quarterback Yahmir Wilkerson hit Shaquon Anderson-Butts for a 71 yard td pass on the 2nd play of the game, it looked as though the Harrisburg Cougars we going to control the airways and the game. But […]

Pittsburgh Central Catholic Slams The Door On Wilson

There’s no denying that Pittsburgh Central Catholic is a behemoth when it comes to Western Pennsylvania high school football. The Vikings have the size, speed, depth, and talent to compete with the best in the state and nationally as well. Needless to say, the Vikings cause a lot of sleepless night for the offensive and defensive coordinators that line […]

In a Thriller: Swift leads St. Joe’s Prep back to Hershey

PHILADELPHIA: Georgia commit D’Andre Swift rushed of 275 yards on 32 carries and four touchdowns to lead St. Joseph’s Prep over North Penn (14-1) in a thrilling 35-25 win Saturday night at Northeast’s Charles Martin Memorial Stadium on cold and windy night. “Hats off to a great North Penn program. They gave us everything tonight,” […]

Harrisburg finds their golden ticket in win over West Allegheny

Micah Parsons carried the ball ten times for 140 yards and two TDs and chipped in a touchdown reception to lead the Cougars over West Allegheny which earned them a trip to Chocolate town with a 41-10 blowout. “It’s amazing,” said the versatile Penn State commit. “I am just so happy to be a part of […]

Erie Prep Punches Ticket to Hershey with Hard Fought Win Over Berks Catholic

Written by: Phil Myers  Mistakes are part of football and whoever makes the fewest or can overcome them usually wins. That was the case Friday night in Somerset as both teams committed numerous mistakes, but Erie Cathedral Prep was able to overcome them to outlast Berks Catholic 28-14 in a very hard hitting game. Rambler […]

Imhotep Survives and Advances To Hershey

SLATINGTON- Interim football coach Kyle Haas preached to his football team all week about playing for each other and playing Bethlehem Catholic football. He wanted them prepared for their opponent Imhotep Charter out of Philadelphia Friday night at Bulldog Stadium on the Northern Lehigh High School campus. When the dust settled Imhotep managed to survive […]

SCA Again: Beast of the East

Tigers headed back to Hershey Not many people, if any at all, outside of the Southern Columbia football program thought it was fathomable to make a return trip to Chocolate Town. After all, the Tigers graduated 26 seniors including 10 starters on the defensive side of the football, and they have almost double the amount […]

Archbishop Wood over Academy Park

by Sykotyk Friday night in suburban Philadelphia, Archbishop Wood and Academy Park suited up for PIAA Class 5A Semifinal. A strong, consistent wind and chilly air weren’t the only things the Knights of Academy Park had to deal with. Archbishop Wood’s suffocating defense and spread-the-field offensive philosophy were another problem altogether. Archbishop Wood’s offense drove […]

Bishop Guilfoyle Going For Third Straight State Title

To say that the Bishop Guilfoyle Marauders have been on a roll is a huge understatement. The two time defending PIAA  Class A State Champions are in the midst of a 45-game winning streak. The Marauders have out scored their three playoff opponents this year by a combined score of 165-12. To top things off, […]

Middletown Earns Return Trip To Hershey For State Finals After Resounding 49-14 Victory Over Notre Dame

During the high school football regular season, the Lower Dauphin Falcons and Hershey Trojans are the two tenants that call Hersheypark Stadium home. Better make way for an unofficial third team, at least for this year.  By virtue of their dominant 49-14 victory over Notre Dame Green Pond on Friday night in Hershey, the Middletown Blue Raiders clinched their spot in the PIAA […]

Don’t Call It A Comeback. Call It A Championship. Wilson Uses 28-0 Second Half To Win District 3 6A Title

Cumberland Valley and Wilson. Their names are synonymous with success in South Central PA high school football. Both have laid claim to numerous District titles while Cumberland Valley has an additional line on their resume that reads State Champion. Their success has not only been limited to the Friday night lights as well. Several notable […]

Central Catholic Dismantles Williamsport

Pittsburgh Central Catholic looked like a well oiled machine offensively as they hammered Williamsport 62-21 Saturday afternoon at Altoona’s Mansion Park Stadium. The state’s #2 ranked 6A team scored seven touchdowns in the first half and led 49-14 at the break invoking the ‘Mercy Rule’ of a constant running clock for the second half. J.J. […]

Bethlehem Catholic outpaces Johnstown, advances to 4A Semifinal

by Doug Keklak Bethlehem Catholic’s helmet is similar in design to one worn by Oregon during the Chip Kelly era and the Hawks’ offense ran at a pace that would look similar to fans in the northwest. They ran a no-huddle, up-tempo attack en route to a 42-12 victory over Johnstown in a PIAA quarterfinal […]

30 In A Row For SoCo

Garcia breaks state record in SCA victory Southern Columbia’s coaching staff has proven to be the most successful staff in all of Pennsylvania for the last three decades. With that being said, it’s hard to pick out the most surprising season during the championship-filled run, but this year may just be it. After losing 25 […]

Notre Dame Impressive In Historic Win Over Massive Opposition

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter BETHLEHEM- The difference was obvious during pregame warmups and begged the question: How would Notre Dame handle the size advantage Del Val Charter brings into the contest? The answer: They would play at a higher level Saturday afternoon at Bethlehem School District Stadium. In the end the Crusaders advanced […]

Cougars Leave No Doubt As Harrisburg Races Past Manheim Central For District Crown

Often times when playoff brackets are unveiled, fans will scour the page and look for intriguing later round contests or blockbuster-type championship games. In the case of the 2016 District 3 5A Playoffs, one matchup that caught nearly everyone’s attention was a possible championship game that would pit Harrisburg against Manheim Central. And why not? […]

Steel-High Rolls to Semis with Late Score

Just when his team needed him the most, Steel-High junior quarterback Malachi Young came through in the clutch. After missing the majority of his team’s games earlier this fall, Young has returned just in the nick of time to lead the Rollers pursuit of a state title. Young hit junior classmate Lathaniel Spencer with a […]

Middletown’s big plays sink Scranton Prep presented by Hughes Awards

Presented by BETHLEHEM – Middletown was leading 7-6 with 2:46 remaining in the first half when Tyreer Mills took the punt return and went 90-yards for the score. On Scranton Prep’s next drive, Blake Jacoby of Middletown intercepted a Jake Ryan pass and took it 42 yards for the score. Just like that the Blue […]

Vikings Derail Zephyrs In Convincing Fashion To Advance To State Semifinals

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter NORTHAMPTON- The spotlight shone brightly under the lights at Al Erdosy Stadium at Northampton Area High School Friday night as the District 12 5A champion Archbishop Wood Vikings took to the field boasting several top-notch legitimate Division I type recruits in their contest with District 11 Champion the Whitehall […]

Berks Catholic claims District Three 4A Title

HERSHEY – The District Three AAAA final was a tale of two programs. Berks Catholic came into the season with lofty expectations. The (11-1) Saints are a perennial powerhouse in AA.  District titles in 2013 and 2015 sandwiched a title game loss in 2014.  The only question mark was how the Saints would fare against […]

Ligonier pulls away from Dunmore to advance to Semifinals in 39-19 win

Adversity is something almost every good team faces at least once in a season. Up to this point, the Rams of Ligonier Valley hadn’t seen themselves on the losing end in any game. The Bucks had just scored on a six-yard TD pass from quarterback Gavin Darcy to Jordan Petrowski to go up 13-10 giving […]

Late TD propels Steelton-Highspire to 24-20 win over Williams Valley

SHAMOKIN – In a close game, particularly a playoff contest, it can often come down to just a handful of plays that can make the difference in a game. For Steelton-Highspire, it was three straight passes late in the fourth quarter of its PIAA Class A quarterfinal against Williams Valley. Trailing 20-17 with just 1:44 […]

Pennridge Goes Wire to Wire in Turkey Bowl Win

To Run in the December 1st Bucks County Herald In a first half that saw both offenses overeat, Pennridge claimed the 87th version of their Thanksgiving Day classic at Quakertown. The Rams never trailed in their 55-28 standing room only win. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak to the Panthers. Pennridge leads the series […]

Trojans advance to face Bethlehem Catholic

Experience over the years has told me that the weather way up on the mountain where Williamsport High School and STA Stadium are located can be tricky at times, leading to interesting gametime experiences. Little did I know, (well, I may have had a slight idea thanks to our official weather sponsor, Pennsylvania Weather Action) […]

Schuylkill Haven Overpowers West Catholic To Advance In Playoffs

By Brian Ptashisnki @BPtashinski on Twitter SLATINGTON- The chant of “coal region football” rang out Saturday afternoon at Northern Lehigh High School, as the Hurricanes of Schuylkill Haven took the field against the speed and athleticism of West Catholic in a PIAA 2A state playoff game. When all was said and done, the Hurricanes prevailed […]

New Class, No Problem. Berks Catholic Tames Lampeter-Strasburg To Advance To District 4A Title Game

Last year on Black Friday, the Berks Catholic football program spent the day in the Hershey winning the District 3 AA title game. Fast forward to Thanksgiving weekend 2016 and the Saints will attempt to do the same when they head back to Hersheypark Stadium to claim District gold with one notable difference. Instead of […]

Another Year, Another Gold

SCA players rewrite the record book The questions coming into 2016 were more about who was going to replace Southern Columbia by season’s end at the top of District IV AA. Now the questions center around who on Earth will be able to stop the Tigers offense in all of Pennsylvania in AA. “We know […]

Scranton Prep Advances To Uncharted Territory

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter KINGSTON- The Scranton Prep football team came into it’s PIAA state playoff contest Friday night with a mission to surpass where they were about a year ago at this time. At the end of the night, mission accomplished. Behind quarterback Jake Ryan and the running of Matt Gilmartin, the […]

Harrisburg Has No Trouble With Governor Mifflin 46-21

The last and only time that Harrisburg and Governor Mifflin faced off was back in the the District 3 4A final won by the Cougars in 2007.  Friday night in Shillington, the Cougars and Mustangs met once again.  This time the winner would move on to Hershey for a chance at the District 3 5A […]

North Penn advances to District Finals

TOWAMENCIN – The number one seed, North Penn, faced the fourth seed Coatesville in the District 1 Class 6A Semifinal game Friday night. It was running back Nick Dillon leading the way rushing for 138 yards and four touchdowns. The Knights won 42-25 over Coatesville (11-2). North Penn (13-0) advanced to the district championship next […]

Hankins, Walker lead Millionaires over State College

Williamsport’s high octane offense kept rolling Friday night, as the Millionaires scored 21 second quarter points and then hung on late to win its PIAA Class AAAAAA first round match-up against State College 35-28. After an uneventful first quarter of play that yielded only a Treyson Potts one yard touchdown run, Williamsport began to crack […]

Middletown Captures District Three 3A Crown

Wyomissing Area (8-3) and Middletown (11-0) faced off in Hershey Thursday night for the District Three 3 A title. The Spartans have made the District final in six of the last seven years. The Blue Raiders were making their first appearance in Hershey since 2008. Middletown scored first and pulled away in quarter two. The […]

Perk Valley Advances With 44-21 Win Over Downingtown East

The Vikings of Perkiomen Valley High School advanced to the District I semifinals Friday night after their 44 to 21 win over the Cougars of Downingtown East High School.  The Vikings started fast and finished the same, ending with 374 total yards of offense (due to a combined six yards rushing by Stephen Sturm, David […]

Schuylkill Haven Overwhelms Palmerton in District 11 2A Final

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter POTTSVILLE- Schuylkill Haven blew open a close game at halftime with 35 second half points and cruised to their first District 11 title since 2013. This is the eighth overall district championship with a 42-7 throttling of Palmerton Saturday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The win advances the Hurricanes […]

Notre Dame Wins Shootout Over North Schuylkill

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter BETHLEHEM TWP.- A track meet was on display Saturday afternoon on the football field at Notre Dame High School. The Crusaders held a 35-21 lead at halftime and cruised to a 49-28 victory over North Schuylkill to advance to District XI 3A Championship against Pen Argyl, who defeated Palisades […]

Cocalico Goes Big and Doesn’t Go Home With Dramatic 25-24 Win At Northeastern

Coming into this year’s newly renovated District 3 playoffs featuring six classes, it was hard to find a team playing much better than Northeastern, regardless of classification. After all, the Bobcats came in riding a five game winning streak, including a trifecta of shutout performances back to back to back the last three weeks of […]

Tigers Title Bound

Thomas propels Southern in dominating victory Hunter Thomas entered his senior season expecting big things. After all, he was chosen as an all-state running back after helping to lead Southern Columbia to a state championship in 2015. Unfortunately, two separate injuries have caused him to miss the better part of four games this season. However, […]

Hornets’ season comes to an end against South Williamsport in D4 AA semis

The Wellsboro Football team’s magic season came to an end with 3 seconds left on the clock in a 28-24 loss to South Williamsport in the District IV Class AA semi-finals on Friday, November 11. Leading 24-21 after junior Nic Ingerick booted a 23 yard field goal with 4:27 remaining in the game, South Williamsport […]

Harrisburg Advances Past Exeter Twp. 36-10

The Harrisburg Cougars and  Exeter Twp. Eagles faced off for the first time in a District Three quarterfinal playoff game on Friday Night.  Both teams had momentum going into the post season.  Harrisburg was coming off an impressive road win over perennial District Three powerhouse Cumberland Valley.  Exeter Twp was on a six-game win streak […]

Southern Lehigh vs Whitehall

Whitehall Wins Inaugural District 5A Championship By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter BETHLEHEM- It had been since 1997 that the Whitehall Zephyr football team won a district title. Friday night at BASD Stadium, the drought finally ended, as the Zephyrs defeated a very talented Southern Lehigh Spartans team by a score of 35-14. The win […]

Williams Valley wins District 11 Class A title

Williams Valley (11-1) scored 20 unanswered fourth quarter points as the Vikings rallied to win the District XI Class A championship game 34-31 over Marian Catholic on Friday night. As the final quarter of play began in Pine Grove, the site of tonight’s title clash, Marian Catholic found itself on the good side of a […]

“Backyard Brawl” Goes To Berks Catholic 21-12 Over Wyomissing Area – Presented By PJ Whelihans Reading PA

To truly make a football rivalry it requires competitive balance between the two opponents.  Since Berks Catholic and Wyomissing added the Keeley-Wolfrum Trophy to signify the champion of the Berks Football League “Backyard Brawl” each team had captured the Trophy twice.  It seems a bit secondary, but the outright Section Two Title is usually also […]

Central Dauphin Edges State College For Share of Mid-Penn Title

Central Dauphin Edges State College For Share of Mid-Penn Title   The State College Little Lions suffered their first loss of the season Friday night in a home game against the Central Dauphin Rams. With a 13-10 win, the Rams claimed a share of the Mid-Penn Commonwealth title and prevented the Little Lions from winning […]

South Side Shuts out MCA 40-0

Coming off of an emotional win over arch-rival Shamokin last week, Mount Carmel Area was excited to make a return to the District IV “AA” playoffs.  As the #6 seed Red Tornadoes made the hour plus drive north on Interstate 180, they also knew near perfect execution was needed to upset the #3 seed South […]

Wilson Rolls Into Playoffs

Nine years. That’s a pretty long time if you sit down and think about it. A lot of things can change over that length of time.Given a window of that many years, surely one of those things that must change is who the head of the class is when talking about Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 […]

Governor Mifflin Captures Berks Section One Title Presented By PJ Whelihans Reading PA

Governor Mifflin had quite a few questions following a week one lopsided loss to arch rival Wilson WL.  How would an unproven team react to such a devastating loss? How could a coaching staff reinvent itself under an interim Head Coach?  Could the Mustangs recapture the Berks Section one title? How did Governor Mifflin respond? […]

Saucon Valley Comes Up “Special” With Win Over Tide

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter POTTSVILLE- Friday night’s game at Veteran’s Memorial Stadium, with two evenly matched teams, called for special team’s play to decide the victor. Saucon Valley used great field position all night on returns and a blocked punt to propel the Panthers to a hard fought 27-26 win over Pottsville to […]

Southern Has Historic Night

Tigers offensive output was scary Halloween ended almost a week ago, but the Southern Columbia offense has continued to be scarier than Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, & Freddy Krueger. The Tigers opened up District IV AA playoff action with a 69-34 Mercy Rule victory over Towanda. The 69 points were the third most ever scored […]

Line Mountain Rallies Past North Penn-Mansfield

As Brock Burleigh’s fourth down heave in overtime fell harmlessly to the ground Line Mountain’s entire sideline exploded with passionate enthusiasm. The Eagles had completed their comeback, rallying from 15 points down early in the fourth quarter to force overtime and eventually stun No. 4 seeded North Penn-Mansfield on the road Friday night. Line Mountain […]

GV Tops CB South on Late TD

To Run in the November 11 Bucks County Herald  The Garnet Valley Jaguars are known for their run game. But it was Nick Juliano’s 11-yard touchdown fade to Colin Davis with 15 seconds left in the game that gave the 10-seed Jaguars a 21-14 win over the host CB South Titans in Friday night District […]

Perk Valley Dominates Second Half to Claim PAC Championship

If you were to watch the first half alone of the PAC Championship Friday night between the Perkiomen Valley Vikings and the Pottsgrove Falcons, you would have thought that Pottsgrove strolled through the second half en route to a victory due to such sloppy play by the Vikings early on.  If you were to watch […]

Muhlenberg Uses Dominating Rushing Attack To Withstand Elco 41-27

When Elco and Muhlenberg return home to their native Lancaster-Lebanon and Berks County Leagues next week, section titles won’t be on the line, but the final game of the regular season will still loom large for both the Muhls and Raiders. Why? The biggest reason is that both squads have the opportunity to ride momentum […]

Coming of Age: Tornadoes Keep Bucket in 42-14 Win.

“The Bucket Stays Here” was the mantra all week in Mount Carmel.  It is the only thing that matters in Week 10 of the scholastic football season in Tornado Country and the way John Darrah’s squad played in their 42-14 victory against arch-rival Shamokin (1-9), you can tell they were not about to let the […]

Little Lions Thrash Chambersburg

The State College Little Lions dominated the Chambersburg Trojans on Friday night in Chambersburg, winning 37-0. It was State College’s third shutout win of the year, and continued their undefeated season. Both teams struggled to get going early on, but the Little Lions’ offense found the endzone with one minute left in the first on […]

Exeter Twp. Rolls Reading High 40-0

The Exeter Twp. and Reading school districts adjoin one another.  Yet the two schools only began playing football against one another when Reading High joined the Berks Football League in 2010.  The Red Knights took the first matchup, but the Eagles were riding a five game win streak in the brief series.  Exeter took control […]

Hurricanes Perfect Season Ends At Eagles Nest

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter ORWIGSBURG- The last remaining undefeated football team in all of District 11 was the Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes as they ventured into the Eagles nest to face rival Blue Mountain Friday night before a standing-room-only crowd. When the dust settled, the Eagles came a way with a 28-24 win. Eagles […]

Downingtown East West showdown a Cougar Mowdown!

Tonight saw the closing of the regular season in most of the state of Pennsylvania, and also brought us one of the biggest rivalry games in Chester County in the annual clash between the Downingtown East Cougars and Downingtown West Whippets. Despite the packed house at Kottmeyer Stadium tonight, the anticipation that surrounded this game […]

Red Rovers hold off Blue Eagles

NAZARETH – Last night, the Red Rovers used an aerial attack led by senior quarterback Ben Nimeh. He threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns as Easton held on to a 42-39 win over Nazareth Friday night at Andrew S. Leh Stadium. 1st QUARTER: Nazareth won the toss and on their first play from scrimmage […]

Roth’s Tigers Have Been Unbeatable

5 Straight Perfect Regular Seasons Sometimes in life, it’s important to just sit back and appreciate greatness. Whether you’re a supporter of Southern Columbia football or not, the reality is what they have done, are doing, and will almost certainly continue to do is great. For the fifth straight season, the Tigers will head to […]

Spring-Ford over Upper Perkiomen

Spring-Ford faced Upper Perkiomen in a conference away game on October 28th. The game started off strong with Spring-Ford scoring 21 points by the end of the first quarter. Second quarter ended with Spring-Ford adding another 21 points to the scoreboard. Upper Perkiomen did not score any points in the first half of the game. […]

South Williamsport holds off Eagles

South Williamsport (9-1) jumped out to an early 14 point lead over Line Mountain (6-4) and then held off a late comeback attempt to win its regular season finale 41-33. The Mountaineers received the opening kick and bolted from the gate scoring just four plays into the opening quarter on an 18 yard run by […]

Football: Lions Run BAL Table on Senior Night

To Run in the November 3rd Bucks County Herald New Hope-Solebury touchdown. Delco Christian fumble. New Hope-Solebury touchdown. Delco Christian fumble. New Hope-Solebury touchdown. Delco Christian fumble. New Hope-Solebury touchdown.   That lead will never win a literary prize, but it was the perfect synopsis of Friday’s second half. The New Hope-Solebury Lions (8-1, 6-0 […]

Shore Pulls Away from BEA

By BILL ALBRIGHT Senior Writer for EasternPAFootball.com & WesternPAFootball.net JERSEY SHORE — Thanks to Mother Nature, it was Monday Night Football at Thompson Street Stadium when Bald Eagle Area and Jersey Shore hooked up in their annual battle. Although the two teams don’t play in the same conference and are from different PIAA districts, those […]

Spring-Ford over Owen J Roberts

Spring-Ford won a home conference game against Owen J Roberts. Spring-Ford fans were ecstatic due to the face-off being their homecoming game. The first quarter started out strong with Spring-Ford scoring 13 and Owen J Roberts with 0. The second quarter doubled in score with Spring ford scoring 25 points and Owen J Roberts with […]

McCaskey Uses Godwin’s Four TDs and Two Defensive Scores To Rally Past Lebanon 42-21

For some teams, a four game losing streak coupled with getting down early in the fifth game in soggy conditions after an hour long bus ride could lead to an early night in terms of effort and what the scoreboard has to say at the end of the game. Luckily for first year McCaskey head […]

Schuylkill Haven Defeats Shenandoah Valley to Remain Undefeated

After eight weeks of football games, the Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes had not yet suffered their first loss, and that trend continued for them into week nine. The Hurricanes battled a gritty Shenandoah Valley Blue Devil team on Friday night at Rotary Field. In the end The Hurricanes proved to be too strong. The Hurricanes entered […]

CB East Pulls Away from CB West

To Run in the October 27 Bucks County Herald Both CB West’s (4-5, 1-4 SOL Continental) and CB East’s defenses stonewalled routine plays all throughout Friday night. “We’ve been practicing all week reading the guards and fullback. We kind of knew what they were going to run before they ran it,” commented East linebacker Mike […]

Leiby & Co. Laser Sharp as Seals Lance Tornadoes 42-21

As the rain was pummeling the Silver Bowl on Dan Ficca night during early pre-game, non-uniformed walk throughs, both teams decided to cut it short and head back to their locker rooms. Except for one group of players that stayed on the field as the rain was intensifying. There was no doubt who the leader […]

State College Edges Harrisburg to Remain Undefeated

The State College Little Lions narrowly defeated the Harrisburg Cougars on Friday night to maintain their perfect record. The Little Lions were down at the half, but mounted a comeback to win 35-28. The Harrisburg offense came out firing on all cylinders, with quarterback Yahmir Wilkerson completing 48 yard touchdown pass in the first two […]

Wilson WL Struggles Past Manheim Twp. 17-10

The Wilson Bulldogs came into their matchup with Manheim Twp. riding high off a 68-point, week seven offensive outburst. Manheim Twp. was the last team to beat the Bulldogs in Lancaster Lebanon League Section One play in 2007!  Wilson WL stretched their league win streak to 62, but it was not easy.  In a hard […]

Saucon Valley Clinches Third Consecutive Colonial League Title

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter EASTON- In a game that lived up to the hype and exception, the Panthers of Saucon Valley clinched at least a tie for Colonial League title Friday by defeating Notre Dame-Green Pond before a packed house on Notre Dame’s senior night by a score of 28-24. The Panthers jumped […]

Line Mountain over Juniata

On a chilly senior night at Line Mountain, Kenny Boyer and a steady defense propelled the Eagles to a 28-17 TVL victory. Boyer scored three times and the Line Mountain defense created two second half turnovers as the hosts came away victorious in a see-saw game on Friday night. After an uneventful first quarter of […]

SCA Wins 50th Straight

Tigers Torment Blue Jays Go back to week nine of the 2011 regular season if you are looking for the last time that Southern Columbia has lost a regular season game. In that game, the Tigers gave up a two touchdown lead in the fourth quarter to Mount Carmel Area to lose 22-21. Ironically, the […]

Special Team Play Clinches Playoff Spot For Rangers

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter. WILKES-BARRE – Thursday night at a well attended high school football game at Wilkes-Barre Memorial Stadium, it was the Northwest special teams that came through in the clutch. With just 6.3 seconds remaining in a 14-13 game, Tyler Stevens made the play of the season for the Rangers as […]

Late Rally Comes Up Short For Nazareth

By Brian Ptashinski BPtashinski on Twitter The Freedom Patriots jumped out to a 34-7 lead and then had to sustain a furious Nazareth fourth quarter rally to hold on for a 34-27 win at BASD Stadium in Bethlehem Saturday night. Freedom began the scoring spree facing a fourth and one from the Blue Eagle 43. […]

Pen Argyl knocks Notre Dame GP from ranks of unbeaten

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Saturday afternoon at Alumni Stadium, the Pen Argyl football team sent a shockwave through the Colonial League. The Green Knights stunned previously undefeated Notre Dame 35-14 before a raucous crowd “Up on the Hill”, behind the determined running of Logan Sterner, who accumulated 273 yards and had four touchdowns […]

Lampeter-Strasburg has the Final say in Dramatic 31-30 Victory over E-town

When Lampeter-Strasburg took over with just 1:57 left on the clock down 30-24, the Pioneers needed to rally. They did just that when quarterback Todd Shelley found Cam Niemeyer for the TD combined with Peyton Denlinger’s crucial extra point to push LS over the top and give the visiting Pioneers the hard-fought 31-30 victory on […]

Taking Care of Business; Tornadoes Down Dragons 28-14

Coming off of Amos Alonzo Stagg Field in the crisp autumn air Mount Carmel Area defensive coordinator Pete Cheddar put up his hand and signaled, “(4-4)!”  The gesture was a perfect way to symbolize the Red Tornadoes’ workmanlike 28-14 victory over the Lewisburg Green Dragons at Susquehanna University.  The win puts the Tornadoes back at […]

Governor Mifflin Dominates Muhlenberg 35-0

After a season opening defeat to Wilson WL, the Governor Mifflin Mustangs have reeled off five straight impressive wins.  Friday night in Shillington, the Berks 1 leading Mustangs faced cross town rival Muhlenberg.  After a slow first half, Governor Mifflin dominated second half action to easily move past Muhlenberg 35-0. Governor Mifflin’s defense dominated the […]

Golden Hawks Cruise Past Zephyrs With Second Half Surge

By Brian Ptashinski BPtashinski on Twitter With starting quarterback Javon Clements standing on the sidelines on crutches, backup signal-caller Liam Nixon didn’t miss a beat Friday night as his Bethlehem Catholic team defeated Whitehall 40-20 before a large Senior Night crowd at Zephyr Stadium. The Golden Hawk defense assisted in the win by scoring 23 […]

Jersey Shore Handles Shamokin

By BILL ALBRIGHT EasternPAFootball/WesternPAFootball Senior Writer JERSEY SHORE — Any coach will tell you that to be successful in the game of football, you many times have to subscribe to the “next man up” approach in terms of personnel. Friday night at Thompson Street Stadium, Jersey Shore employed that approach to near perfection as the […]

Goodling, Heimbaugh lead Newport past Line Mountain

Friday night’s Line Mountain-Newport game marked an important point in the season for both sides. Line Mountain entered the game looking to improve its position in a tight District IV playoff race while Newport continued its pursuit of a Tri-Valley League title and possibly an undefeated season, something the Perry County school hasn’t accomplished since […]

Southern Columbia Claims Conference Championship

Tigers were too much for Ironmen Coming off of last year’s state championship, many of the media outlets and fans didn’t give Southern Columbia much thought entering this season. It was Montoursville and Danville garnering much of the publicity around the conference, and the Tigers were out of the spotlight. Most people thought that the […]

Pirates Sail Away With Fourth Straight Win

To Run in the October 20th Bucks County Herald The second quarter held first importance for Palisades on their Friday Night Homecoming. The Pirates (6-2) erupted for 34 points in that quarter- scoring 14 in a 16 second span- as they shut down Bangor 34-7. “Our line started going. We sped up the offense and […]

PV Tops Spring-Ford in Crosstown Rivalry

336 days before Friday night, the Spring-Ford Rams ran all over the Vikings of Perkiomen Valley en route to a 28-14 win for the Rams.  For 336 days, that game has been on the Vikings’ mind.  When PV rolled into Coach McNelly Stadium, revenge was ideal.  And revenge was served.  Perkiomen Valley went on to […]

Schuylkill Haven Remains Undefeated After Rout of Minersville

For the Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes, the 2016 season thus far has been defined by their strong defense. This week, the Hurricanes offensive line proved that they have also been a vital reason for the success of the team. Minersville’s defense has been notable to this point in the season as well, but on Friday night […]

Cocalico Tops Cedar Crest in Battle of the Birds For Section Lead

Pound for pound, it’s hard to find a much tougher division in South Central Pennsylvania high school football than Lancaster Lebanon Section 2. It’s one of the very few divisions around where you could say any team can be beat on any given Friday night and not have it come out as a cliché as it is […]

Berks Catholic Cruises Past Hamburg 56-8

The Berks Catholic Saints came into Saturday’s game following a rare mid season loss.  Hamburg coming off a bye was riding high on a two-game winning streak.  This was the Berks Section Two opener for both teams.  Berks Catholic scored on every first half possession.  The Saints never punted or turned the ball over in […]

State College Shocks Cumberland Valley in Battle of Unbeatens

State College Shocks Cumberland Valley in Battle of Unbeatens State College won a thriller over Cumberland Valley on Friday night for their homecoming game. Both teams came into the game 5-0, but State College proved their ability and made a statement by beating a talented Eagles team 20-16. The defense on both sides started strong, […]

Governor Mifflin Whips West York 49-20

The Governor Mifflin Mustangs entered Friday night action on a four game win streak.  Mifflin’s victory over Exteter Twp. last week put the Mustangs in control of Section One of the Berks Football League.  Next up was a road non-league game with West York. Some teams might have difficulty in getting up for this type […]

Speed Kills: Red Raiders dominate Cougars

Tonight a highly anticipated contest between 5-1 Downingtown East and 5-1 Coatesville was supposed to be played at Kottmeyer Stadium, with huge title implications in the Ches-Mont League’s National Division.  In recent years, most of these games are tightly contested matchups between two evenly matched teams, and this year was supposed to be no different. […]

MCA Celebrates Seniors; Shuts Out Milton 48-0

Coming off of last week’s season changing win at Danville John Darrah’s Red Tornadoes returned to the Silver Bowl to host winless Milton on Senior Night. Many would look at this scenario and would  call it a classic trap game, but Mount Carmel Area dispelled any notion of that early and often in a 48-0 […]

Central Mountain over Shamokin

SHAMOKIN – The look on Pat DiRienzo’s face said it all. It was one of bafflement and searching for answers. By contrast, the looks on James Renninger’s face and those of his team were all smiles. Needing to win on Friday against Renninger’s Central Mountain squad to have any chance at staying in the District […]

Tigers Win Battle of Unbeaten Teams

SCA won in all three phases against Montoursville Ever since last November’s District IV championship thriller, both the Tigers and Warriors have anxiously been awaiting the sequel. Given the fact that Southern Columbia and Montoursville were the only two remaining undefeated teams in the 18 team Heartland Conference, it added that much more hype to […]

Rams Top Bucks: Improve Their Playoff Hopes

Here’s to you, Mr. Robinson. When visiting CB West faced first-and-goal at the Pennridge-6 late in the first quarter, all Ram captain Joe Robinson did was register a tackle for loss, then a sack, and then another sack. The Bucks, who had had the ball as deep as the Ram 1, were instead forced to […]

Southern Lehigh over Bangor

The Southern Lehigh Spartans came into their matchup against Bangor with fire and flair after losing two of their last three games by a combined score of 10 points. However on Friday night the Spartans were not looking for another close game. Unlike prior weeks the Spartans came out like a pack of hungry lumberjacks […]

Perkiomen Valley Shuts Out Boyertown

The Perkiomen Valley Vikings took their 5-0 record into Friday night against a 2-3 Boyertown Bears team who were looking to have the upset of the season against the Vikings.  The result was anything but an upset.  PV blanked the Bears 30-0 behind 361 yards of total offense, including 228 passing yards and three total […]

Hempfield Outlasts Penn Manor 31-24 In Overtime Duel

Sure, in most cases a game featuring two teams bringing in combined records of 1-7 wouldn’t generate much fanfare or excitement, especially when the team sporting the lone victory got their first since 2014 last time out, but this is Penn Manor and Hempfield. In the last couple of years, the Comets and Black Knights […]

Schuylkill Haven Defeats Mahanoy Area to Stay Unbeaten

The matchup last year between the Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes and the Mahanoy Area Golden Bears went in favor of Mahanoy. It was a game in which they captured an early lead and held on to it throughout the game. This year Schuylkill Haven was determined to reverse those roles, and did so by earning an […]

State College Shuts Out Carlisle

In their first Mid-Penn conference game of the year, State College continued its streak of dominance with a 35-0 win over Carlisle. A ten yard rushing touchdown by Pete Haffner gave the Little Lions a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter. Both defenses started strong, but only State College was able to capitalize on […]

Late Score Lifts Blue Mountain To Win

Follow Brian @BPtashinski on Twitter JIM THORPE- Friday night’s matchup in Schuylkill 1 League certainly lived up to all expectations. This was a closely contested, hard fought game produced by both teams. Blue Mountain capped off a late fourth quarter drive to pull out a 17-14 victory over host Jim Thorpe on a soggy evening […]

Wilson WL Overpowers J.P. McCaskey 55-0 Presented By PJ Whelihans Reading PA

When the Wilson Bulldogs begin Lancaster Lebanon League section one play its all about numbers.  Gaudy numbers. Thirteen straight wins over McCaskey.  Eight consecutive league titles. 58 straight league wins.  Make that 14 straight over the Red Tornadoes and 59 straight league wins.  Friday night, Wilson WL had no problem with J.P. McCaskey by blowing […]

Tigers Feast on Panthers

Garcia finishes with 200 yards rushing There were a lot of footballs being kicked in the first half of Friday night’s rainy game at Alumni Stadium in Milton. Southern Columbia’s kicker Elijah Hoffman kicked six successful extra points and then kicked off after each of the scores which included four touchdowns from halfback Gaige Garcia. […]

Football: Knights Mar Titans’ Field Dedication, Stay Unbeaten

To run in the October 6th Bucks County Herald On a misty Friday evening, CB South proudly re-opened Titan Stadium after the completion of their $1.6 million turf installation. But the North Penn Knights ruined the party, and showed why they are a state title contender. Behind Reece Udinski’s 377 passing yards, North Penn remained […]

Jim Roth Field Officially Named

Head of the Tiger Dynasty Back in 1984, the Southern Columbia football team was starting to finally turn things around after two decades filled with a lot of pain and heartache. Winning was at a minimum for the better part of the first two decades of the team’s existence. A program that was established in […]

PV Vikings Blowout Owen J. Roberts

The Perkiomen Valley Vikings, fresh off a thrilling win last week against Haverford, picked up right where they left off against Owen J. Roberts winning 43 to 7.  All-time PAC-10 passing leader, Stephen Sturm threw for 164 yards and a whopping five touchdowns, three to senior wideout, Sean Owens.  The Vikings offense was on fire […]

Wilson Prevails As Warwick Pushes Bulldogs To The Brink 14-10

George W. Bush in the White House, flip phones, and Myspace. Three things that on the surface look like they have nothing in common. On the contrary if you’re talking about Lancaster Lebanon League football however, they do go together. You see, those things were prevalent in October 2007 which happens to be the last time […]

State College Rolls Over Mechanicsburg 55-0

State College Rolls Over Mechanicsburg 55-0 State College moved to 4-0 on Friday night with a dominant 55-0 win over Mechanicsburg. After a sloppy first quarter by both teams, State College scored their first touchdown on a short run by Tristen Lyons with 1:13 left in the first and never looked back, entering the endzone […]

Second Half Surge Propels Rangers Over Trojans

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter SHICKSHINNY- Games are usually won by those who dominate in the trenches. On Friday night before a packed house at Lewis and Miller Memorial Stadium the battle was won by the Northwest Area Rangers as they bullied their way to a dominating 35-16 win over the visiting Trojans of […]

Parkland Cruises Past Freedom 17-0

Bethlehem, PA – The Trojans shutout the Patriots to get the 17-0 win in an EPC South matchup. Parkland started the game with a clock eating long drive. The Trojans ended the drive with a missed 33-yard field goal attempt with 4:30 left in the first quarter. With 3:39 left in the first quarter, Juan Salas […]

Governor Mifflin Outlasts Exeter Twp. 28-21 Presented by PJ Whelihans Reading PA

Exeter Twp ended Governor Mifflin dominance of section one of the Berks football League last year.  The Eagles 35-21 victory over the Mustangs stopped a 35 game league win steak and five straight league titles. Both teams entered Friday night’s action as the favorites to capture the 2016 Berks 1 league title.  Governor Mifflin scored […]

Homecomings of Many Kinds as North Schuylkill downs MCA 28-14

Jordan, Zahodnic lead Spartans As defensive coordinator at North Schuylkill in 2013 and 2014, Mount Carmel Area head coach John Darrah knew what types of athletes he had in linebacker Major Jordan and defensive back Richie Zahodnic. Two years later, Darrah and the Red Tornadoes are probably glad this was the last time they had […]

Bucks Rally Falls Short Against Owls

To run in the 9/29 Bucks County Herald Two late interceptions were too much to overcome on Friday night as the host CB West Bucks fell to the Bensalem Owls 28-21. Although the Bucks rallied from a 21-0 halftime deficit to knot the game at 21 with 9:36 left in the fourth quarter, the Owls […]

Southern’s Defense Dominates Lewisburg

Tigers post shutout on an eventful night Lewisburg gained four yards. There are probably a few questions running through your head at this point after reading that statement. Four yards on what: their first carry, their first pass, or their first touchdown? The answer to that statement is simple…in the game. The Southern Columbia defense […]

Southern Lehigh over Palisades

Friday night at Southern Lehigh Middle School was a heated affair to say the least between the Spartans of Southern Lehigh and the Pirates of Palisades. A matchup that was once one of the biggest rivalries in the Colonial League has been dominated by Southern Lehigh in recent years, however Palisades never forgot the wars […]

Long Time Coming, As Williamsport defeats Valley West

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Kingston- Not since the days of Darell Blackman has the Williamsport Millionaires seen this type of success on the gridiron. On Friday night at Spartan Stadium, 13 years of frustration came to an end as Williamsport defeated Wyoming Valley West 35-22 on crisp night. Millionaire sophomore running back Treyson […]

Warwick Strikes Early and Often For Eleventh Straight Victory Over Rival Ephrata

It’s hard to find a more tradition-rich rivalry in the Lancaster-Lebanon League than Warwick and Ephrata. The Mounts and Warriors, or Pretzels if we are going back that far, have been going up against each other since 1930 and in that time, the series has seen ebbs and flows between the two schools as they have battled it […]

Lions Beat Drakes; Stay Unbeaten

To Run in the 9/22 Bucks County Herald Behind Jack McKenna’s 271 rushing and receiving yards, the New Hope-Solebury Lions (3-0) topped the Jenkintown Drakes (1-1) 35-12 on Saturday. It was the Bicentennial League opener for both teams. “We run Power I one play and five receivers the next play,” McKenna smiled. “It’s the most […]

EPC Football, East Stroudsburg South, Central Catholic

ALLENTOWN- Darnell Ferrell has led Central Catholic’s offense for the first three weeks of the season. Saturday night was no different. Ferrell compiled 235 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 28 carries to go with a 71-yard punt return for a touchdown as Central Catholic earned a 55-35 victory over East Stroudsburg South in an […]

Montoursville Hangs-On; Defeats MCA 31-29

Warriors and Tornadoes give fans a heart-racing Division II Heartland Battle  As the harvest moon shone brightly above the field, Heartland Conference Division II foes Mount Carmel and Montoursville battled to the final minute of play on it. The Warriors would need one final first down on a 3rd and 4, with under a minute […]

Central Dauphin Whips Wilson WL 24-6 Presented by PJ Whelihan’s Pub Reading

  Central Dauphin and Wilson WL clashes have become so fierce that the Great American Rivalry Series highlighted this year’s game in Harrisburg as a marque matchup. Between regular and post season meetings, CD has a rare overall advantage against the Bulldogs.  This year’s game was just as hard hitting and emotionally charged as the […]

Unhappy Tigers Still Victorious

Passing game comes alive for SoCo When a program has established itself as the most dominant one in the state over the past two decades, it comes with almost flawless expectations. A week ago, Southern Columbia came out of the locker room on fire and put the Mount Carmel Area Red Tornadoes on the back […]

CB South Stays Perfect After Defensive Dandy

To Run in the 9/22 Bucks County Herald In Norris-town, opposing offenses get treated rudely. The CB South Titans held an opponent to six points for the third week this season on Friday. It is a big reason why South is 4-0, after topping previously unbeaten CB East 27-6 (3-1) in both team’s SOL Continental […]

PV Sets New Standard With Win Over Pennridge

The Perkiomen Valley Vikings win over Pennridge Friday night, 38-20, was a massive statement for PV’s program.  Quarterback Stephen Sturm finished with 400 passing yards and five touchdowns.  His favorite target, Justin Jaworski, was responsible for 262 yards of those yards off of nine receptions, including three touchdowns.  The Vikings came into the game as […]

Hornets sting the Hawks to get their third Victory 34-25

Bethlehem, Pa – Emmaus’ defense stings the Hawks offense forcing numerous punts. Emmaus proves they are for real with a win against 2-0 Bethlehem Catholic. Bethlehem Catholic gets on the board quick with an opening drive touchdown. Javon Clements hits Randy Terry with a 44-yard touchdown pass less than two minutes into the game. Antonio […]

Shikellamy Sends Central Mountain into Mercy Rule before ending with a 35-7 win.

By BILL ALBRIGHT Eastern/WesternPAfootball Senior Writer MILL HALL — The scoreboard at Don Malinak Stadium had the final at Shikellamy 35, Central Mountain 7, but for the first 36 minutes of the game, it was anybody’s for the taking. The Braves held the 14-0 halftime lead on the strength of a pair of rushing touchdowns, […]

Schuylkill Haven Defeats Tamaqua in Battle of Unbeatens

The matchup Friday night at Rotary Field between Schuylkill Haven and Tamaqua resembled previous games that featured the two schools, as the game was physical and highly competitive. The defenses came to play in this one, with Schuylkill Haven prevailing as the Hurricanes came away with a 24-7 victory. Both teams got off to a […]

Pequea Valley Uses Memorable 4th Quarter Flurry To Nab 2nd Straight Brave Bowl

They call it the Brave Bowl. Although it might not be the most popular rivalry around, don’t bother telling that to Pequea Valley and Octorara. Make no mistake about it, this is a big deal in these parts. When these two schools square off representing Lancaster and Chester counties respectively, the atmosphere in and around the community of Gap, PA is electric. As Pequea Valley […]

Dematha Catholic (MD) Battles Past Bishop McDevitt 35-7

With the top high school stars of Maryland and Pennsylvania face off in the Big 33 classic, it was only a matter of time before premier regular season matchups would follow between the states. Nationally ranked Dematha Catholic from Hyattsville, MD made the trek north Friday night to the home field  of one of the […]

Liberty Gets Defensive In Victory Over Parkland

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Orefield- The classic “bend but don’t break” symbolism was on display Friday night thanks to the defensive performance of the Liberty Hurricanes against a vaunted Parkland offense. Parkland reached the red zone on three occasions, but could only muster two field goals for their efforts in 14-6 loss to […]

Bulldogs Overcome Five Turnovers to Beat the Slaters 39-33

Slatington, PA – Northern Lehigh gave Bangor two early turnovers and five total but still get their first win of the season by a score of 39-33. Northern Lehigh racked up 400 plus yards of offense. Northern Lehigh fumbled on their first possession and Bangor’s Joey Schrader took it in for the touchdown. John Raub […]

Redskins down Whippets in dominating fashion

Over the first three weeks of the 2016 High School Football season, we have seen our fair share of surprises across District One. We could put the start of the Downingtown West Whippets in as one of the season’s early disappointments. Over the first two weeks of the season, the Whippets surrendered 76 points and […]

Tiger Offense Unstoppable

Southern Columbia runs through Mount Carmel Football fans around the country have been eagerly anticipating this weekend as the NFL season kicks off. Millions of people have their fantasy football rosters in place and have to make difficult decisions as to who they should start. The decisions would be easier if the fantasy world revolved […]

Loyalsock over Mifflinburg

MIFFLINBURG – Earlier in the week, Loyalsock coach Justin Van Fleet remarked that he’d like to have a game when the outcome wasn’t in doubt so late in the contest – with the Lancers on top, of course. His Loyalsock team was coming off two straight overtime contests, including a double OT game last week, […]

Perkiomen Valley vs. Frankford

The Friday night lights were in full swing as Perkiomen Valley Vikings claimed their second victory of the season over Frankford with a final score of 46 to 24. The Vikings were quick to produce with a touchdown pass to #25 Justin Jaworski. The point after was good and things slowed down until a bit […]

Spartans over Palmerton

Coming into the week two matchup between Palmerton and Southern Lehigh, the Blue Bombers were looking to avenge a 68-21 loss at the hands of the Spartans in 2015. Unfortunately for the Bombers they fell about 42 points short in a 49-7 drubbing by the Spartans. The matchup began very similarly to the Spartans week […]

Solanco Runs Over Pottstown 36-6

2015 was a great year for Solanco football. Historically great to be exact. The Golden Mules enjoyed their best season in school history by going 9-1 in the regular season with an 11-2 mark overall, with no margin of victory any closer than 17 points. The only two losses the Mules suffered last year came […]

Vikings use big second half to defeat the Bears

Allentown Central Catholic gets their first win of the season with a 38-27 victory over Pleasant Valley in EPC North division game. Pleasant Valley forced a punt on the first drive of the game after a three and out by the Vikings. The Bears found the end zone first on a Mike Mitchell five-yard touchdown […]

State College Holds Off McCaskey Third Quarter Rally, Prevails 24-13

It’s the dawn of a new day for the McCaskey football program as first year head man Eric Spencer takes over the head duties of the Red Tornado program. McCaskey didn’t exactly tippy-toe around the competition for the first game of a new era, but rather dove head first into it by squaring off with […]

Speedy Shikellamy Runs Past MCA 35-0

Braves’ Trio of Tilford, Folk, and Mitchell shine in shutout victory   As longtime Mount Carmel Area statistician Jose Gonzalo was rattling off his all-time favorite games this week while being honored for attending 600 consecutive Red Tornado games, the Big Red’s win over Loyalsock last Friday ranked among the most memorable.  The one the […]

“I’ve got to do this for him up there.”: Palisades Wins Poynton Classic

Emotions ran high as Wilson quarterback Cameron Clark’s pass hung in the air near midfield. They were somewhat high since host Palisades was clinging to a 14-13 lead with 1:30 left, yet Wilson (0-2) had the ball and started to drive. They were higher still since both teams were honoring the memory of Palisades line […]

St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania) Scores “Swift-Ly” And Against Oaks Christian (California)

by Jeff Fisher, High School Football America St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania) star running back D’Andre Swift capped a big week for him and his family with an impressive performance in the 2016 Honor Bowl in Mission Viejo, California against Oaks Christian (California).  Swift, who verbally committed to Georgia on Thursday, scored four touchdowns, including a 90 […]

Mifflinburg’s strong second half, downs Jersey Shore

By BILL ALBRIGHT Eastern/Western PAfootball Senior Writer JERSEY SHORE — It was a clash between the Cats and Dawgs Friday night when Mifflinburg invaded Thompson Street Stadium for its annual Heartland Conference football battle with Jersey Shore. When the issue was settled, the ‘Cats had the better of it as Mifflinburg used a strong second […]

Emmaus Rallies To Overwhelm Whitehall In EPC South Showdown

Follow @BPtashinski on Twitter Arguably, the biggest concern for most coaches coming into the start of the high school football season are those little mistakes that can lead into issues that can cost a team in the end. On Friday night, Whitehall faced costly penalties and a staunch defense, whose bend but don’t break mentality was […]

Freshmen Lead Tigers

Fleming, Garcia, and Wilk provide spark in victory Every one of Southern Columbia’s opponents had to be thrilled to see all of the Tigers losses to graduation and the amount of freshman on this year’s roster. After two weeks, the thought now has to be that the year 2019 can’t come soon enough. “We knew […]

Wilson WL Trounces Governor Mifflin 38-7

Cross town rivals Governor Mifflin and Wilson West Lawn have played for Berks county football supremacy for 59 years.  The holder of the Gurski Linn Trophy now symbolizes the  winner of the kick off classic of Berks County high school football   Wilson scored on every first half possession and never looked back.  The Bulldogs made […]

Danville over South Williamsport

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT – It’s anyone’s guess as to when the last time Danville and South Williamsport played. Available records showed nothing dating back to 1993, and South Williamsport coach Chris Eiswerth, who graduated from South in 1987, can’t remember ever playing the Ironmen. So, despite being theoretically quite unfamiliar with each other, both teams play […]

Eagles down Bulls, 29-6

What a difference a year makes. Last year the Bishop Shanahan Eagles started 0-3. This year, the Eagles are off to a 2-0 start after beating a physical Glen Mills team, 29-6. The score was not as indicative as Shanahan dominated the entire game with their spread offense, which led two touchdown drives of over […]

Coach McNamee Earns 100th Victory as Central Dauphin Handles Manheim Township

If ever there was a night where you could say the first play set the tone for the entire game, Thursday night’s contest between Manheim Township and Central Dauphin would be that night.On said play, junior Micah Parsons, already a Penn State verbal, came off the edge with a tremendous rush and forced a fumble. Just for good measure, […]

Southern Lehigh over Northern Lehigh

Coming into to this week one matchup a lot of questions remained for a Southern Lehigh team that had just come off its second nine win season in a row. Over the offseason the Spartans lost several key components to the 2015 Eastern Conference Championship team. For starters they lost one of the most prolific […]

PV Nearly Blows Four-Touchdown Lead; Hangs on to Beat Downingtown West 42-41

As Brendan Schimpf plowed into the endzone with 8:29 left in the fourth quarter to give the Perkiomen Valley Vikings a 28-point lead, it appeared that the game was pretty much over and that the Whippets of Downingtown West had given up.  Everything after that was complete and utter chaos.  Just seven plays later, Cole […]

Pennridge Dominates Norristown in Season Opener

Call it Cloak and Jagger. Pennridge senior quarterback Jagger Hartshorn ran for 208 yards and five touchdowns- in the first half alone- as the Rams routed the host Norristown Eagles 49-20 on Saturday. “You don’t think so much about a quarterback being a threat inside and you have to defend our speed because we have […]

Spring-Ford wins Big

by Leah Panzarella & Tiffany Toczydlowski The Spring-Ford Rams started their 2016 season with a win in a non-conference away game against the Unionville Indians. This was the first time the teams played against each other. Unfortunately, during kickoff, Spring-Ford tight end Zack Gulgule broke his wrist. It is undetermined when he will be returning. Hopefully […]

The Hurricanes Strike often as they Blow Past the Cavaliers

BETHLEHEM –  Liberty gets the win over East Stroudsburg South in a match up between EPC South and EPC North schools. The game started with key mistakes by both teams. After a fumble by Liberty, East Stroudsburg South had a muffed punt attempt. This gave Liberty excellent field position but a missed 42-yard field goal […]

Whippets rally falls short against Perk Valley

Tonight, in a opening week game in District 1, Perkiomen Valley beat Downingtown West by a score of 42-41. Tonight was a game that featured everything, from a 42-14 fourth quarter lead that nearly evaporated in six minutes, to 917 combined yards of offense, seven turnovers, 621 combined passing yards, and 83 points. The shootout […]

Pen Argyl gets Defensive in Win Over Wilson Area

EASTON – In a battle between two Colonial League teams, Pen Argyl gets the opening weekend win. After Wilson opened the game with a punt,  Pen Argyl got the scoring started with a one-yard Austin Heisler Touchdown run. Eric Lobb added the extra point to make the score 7-0 Green Knights with 4:42 left in […]

Schuylkill Haven Uses Strong Defense to Top Jim Thorpe

Last year the matchup between Schuylkill Haven and Jim Thorpe went in favor of the Olympians, as they defeated Schuylkill Haven 28-7. This year was a different story, as the Hurricanes led by a bevy of backs and a strong defense defeated Jim Thorpe by a score of 31-14. Schuylkill Haven’s defense was ultimately the […]

The Shot Heard Round Mount Carmel

Mangiapane delivers 6th XP in overtime as Mount Carmel Area outduels Loyalsock 42-41. Shortly after ten-o’clock Friday evening, Mount Carmel Area heard a boom that ranks up there with any that have been heard throughout the history of this coal region community. Now this boom was not dynamite blasting its way through a mountain of […]

Hornets shutout Canton, 46-0

The Wellsboro Varsity Football team started the 2016 season on a positive note by shutting out Canton 46-0 on Friday, August 26. It took the Hornets’ offense a few series to come alive as they were forced the punt on their opening drive, then turned the ball over on their second possession. The turnover didn’t […]

Whitehall Opens Season In Dominating Fashion 46-0

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter. Whitehall- With an abbreviated pre-season with only one scrimmage,  Zephyrs coach Brian Gilbert was eager and anxious to see how his squad would respond in their opening game against Pocono Mountain East Friday night in some oppressive heat of the evening. “I was pleased for the most part with […]

Cougars dismiss visitors

Due to the increase in classifications in the PIAA, the opening weekend of Pennsylvania High School football is this weekend, compared to Labor Day weekend in past years. That being said, there is a third Lauletta at quarterback for Downingtown East. Bryce Lauletta had a solid outing in his first high school start- throwing for […]

Pottsville Dominates Wyomissing Area 32-7

The Crimson Tide and Spartans were two programs on the opposite end of the football spectrum last year.  Wyomissing’s veteran team made the district final.  Pottsville’s rebuilding program struggled to gain consistency in a 2-8 campaign.  Turn the page to 2016.  It is now Pottsville with the veteran team and Wyomissing in rebuilding mode. In […]

Joe Young leads Freedom over Allentown Central Catholic

BETHLEHEM – Last year at home Freedom won big 52-14 over East Stroudsburg South. Would that trend continue? The answer is YES. Bethlehem Freedom’s senior quarterback Joe Young threw three touchdowns including a pair of 57-yards bombs as the Patriots defeated Allentown Central Catholic 31-8 Friday night at Frank Banko Field. Central Catholic came into […]

Daub’s 4 TD Night Helps Propel Northern Lebanon Past Pine Grove

There’s a new force in Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3. For years, it was Lancaster Catholic running roughshod over the competition in the Section, however their move up to Section 2 a few years ago created a void for someone to fill. Enter the Northern Lebanon Vikings. For the last two seasons, the Vikes have laid claim to […]

Defending State Champs Prevail

Explosive 3rd quarter propels Southern Columbia Last season, a lot of the Southern Columbia current football players were cheering on the Tigers either from the sideline or the stands during their state championship season. The gaduation of ten starters of defense and the majority of the offense forced some younger Tigers to mature quickly. SCA […]

Warrior Run big over Muncy

MUNCY – Warrior Run and Muncy opened the year against each other for the third straight season on Friday, and Warrior Run’s 32-7 victory followed the same trend as the last two season openers, which were also lopsided wins. Two years ago, it was Warrior Run winning 29-6. Last season, Muncy ran for 272 yards […]

Recap of Southern Columbia’s Run

Looking back at the Tigers 2015 season State Championship article (if you missed it): https://www.easternpafootball.com/news/stairway-to-seven/ Every sports season ends at some point. Only two teams in each classification get to battle it out for the top prize, but there are hundreds of other teams throughout the state that would do anything to be in the […]

Stairway to Seven

Tigers demolish Quips in state title By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) Southern Columbia has made it a point to get to the 16th rung on their schedule ladder since the opening game this season. Their ultimate goal was to win a state championship, but they were focused on taking it one step at a time. […]

Parkland’s Furious Comeback Falls Short, Central Catholic Survives To Claim PIAA Class 4A Title

  HERSHEY – “You get points up on the board, and everything changes. I knew it would give our kids a little spark, a little lift. And then you get the onside kick and the ball starts going the other way.” That was the idea behind Parkland Head Coach Jim Morgans’ decision to kick a […]

Southern Columbia Tigers Win Record 7th State Title With 49-14 Beat Down of Aliquippa

  HERSHEY – Jim Roth has been to the title game with the Tigers 13 times before, but as a Class 1A representative, winning six of those games. Today was their  14th trip to the title games. It turned out to be a sweet trip as the Tigers won their First PIAA Class 2A State Title in convincing fashion, […]

Imhotep Charter Wins First PIAA Class 3A State Title Over Cathedral Prep

  HERSHEY – “We won this game despite ourselves, but I couldn’t be more proud of my team” said Imhotep’s Head Coach Albie Crosby. Despite having one interception, two turnovers on five fumbles and ten penalties for 71 yards, the Panthers rattled off 40 unanswered points while amassing 514 net yards en route to a […]

Bishop Guilfoyle Repeats with Dominating PIAA Class A Championship Win

  HERSHEY – Every week someone different takes the lead in helping Bishop Guilfoyle win their game. This week, the final week of the year, quarterback Josh Trybus was the star. The 5-10, 165 pound Jr. played about ten inches and 100 pounds heavier than his listed weight on the program, grinding out short runs, […]

Tiger Tradition: Consistency & Community

Southern Columbia keeps proving critics wrong Jealousy is all over the world that we live in. Whether it is in sports, relationships, riches, or fame, people have a natural tendency of becoming jealous of an individual person or group of people. In this case, it boils down to a football family. The Southern Columbia football […]

Protime Predictions by Phil: The Hershey Edition

by Phil Meyers The other day Mrs. Protime had a night out with the ladies, so Protime was left to fend for himself.  He heated up a delicious and nutritious TV dinner, then headed off to the basement to watch ‘Home Alone’.  Suddenly there was loud rapping on the front door, so Protime hurried up […]

PIAA Class 2A: Southern Columbia State Championship Preview

  PIAA Class AA State Championship: Tigers vs Quips Record: 15-0 (District IV Champions) Last Week: Defeated West Catholic 34-19 Head Coach: Jim Roth (380 career victories) What if the Tigers win? Southern Columbia will extend their state record total to 14 state championship game appearances. With a win, they will break a tie with […]

PIAA Class 3A: Imhotep Charter (12) 14-0 preview

  What would it mean for Imhotep Charter to win the game? Imhotep Charter would be the first Philadelphia Public School to win a PIAA state high school football championship.   Keys to the game Imhotep needs to play their style of football. They need to go out and have fun but take care of […]

Central Catholic Will Return To Hershey After Dominating Cumberland Valley

I’ve heard the Central Catholic Vikings described many ways this year. “Like a cinder block on your chest…” “They just squeeze the life out of teams.” or “They just overwhelm you to death.” Until you see them in person, it’s hard to imagine what you’ll see. Me? I’d call them the biggest, fattest rattlesnake I […]

Tigers Headed Back To Hershey

Southern Columbia downs West Catholic in Eastern Final By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) The majority of the time in the game of football, the team that commits the least amount of turnovers and penalties usually wins. When the differential is as great as it was in Southern Columbia’s 34-19 victory over West Catholic in the […]

Parkland’s second half surge sends the Trojans to Chocolate town

Parkland (14-1) scored 23 unanswered points in the second half in a 30-14 win over Upper Dublin (14-1) Saturday afternoon in the PIAA Class 4A semifinals at Souderton Area High School. The Trojans advance to play Pittsburgh Central Catholic next Saturday night at 6pm at Hersheypark Stadium. Central Catholic defeated Cumberland Valley 24-7. “It feels […]

Bishop Guilfoyle Overcomes Mistakes, Defeats Old Forge to Return to Single A Title Game

The Marauders of Bishop Guilfoyle had not found themselves in the situation they did Friday night at Kemp Stadium in Shamokin since the 2013 season. Trailing 13 -10 at halftime, it didn’t look any better to start the third as BG found themselves pinned at their own eight-yard line after forcing Old Forge to punt on […]

Second Half Surge Propels Erie Prep to State AAA Title Game

by Phil Myers Down by two scores at halftime and needing to find a way to stop Bishop McDevitt’s potent offense, the Erie Cathedral Prep Ramblers scored 17 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the Crusaders 38-34 in a fantastic game Friday night at DuBois’ E.J. Mansell Stadium.  The Rambler defense was shredded […]

Hershey bound: Imhotep Charter in a rout over Saucon Valley

BETHLEHEM – Imhotep’s Mike Waters rushed for 227 yards on 16 carries and five total touchdowns in the first half in a 72-27 win over Saucon Valley (14-1) in the Class 3A semifinals Friday night at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium. Imhotep Charter (14-0) will face Cathedral Prep out of District 10 next Friday night […]

West Catholic’s size and speed too much for Dunmore to overcome

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter SLATING TON – Speed kills. Then when you add size to that speed it makes a strong weapon. Dunmore found that out the hard way on Saturday afternoon at Northern Lehigh High School, as the Bucks were defeated in a PIAA 2A quarterfinal game by District 12 champion West Catholic by a score […]

Southern Columbia Beats Berks Catholic

Tigers are headed to PIAA AA Eastern Final By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) Last week Southern Columbia’s defense gave up 50 points for only the second time in head coach Jim Roth and defensive coordinator Andy Mills’ 32 year tenure together with the Tigers. Eight days after winning the District IV AA title 56-50, the […]

The streak is over: Parkland wins in OT

The Trojans in a thrilling OT win over LaSalle to advance to PIAA 4A semifinals PHILADELPHIA – It was no secret going into the matchup against LaSalle College High School out of District 12. Since joining the PIAA, District 11 4A teams hasn’t gotten over the hump with a win, until today. The Trojans overcame […]

Bishop McDevitt captures Sixth Straight District Three AAA Title

The only blemish on Bishop McDevitt’s record this season was a 35-26 loss at the hands of Susquehanna Twp. These two Mid Penn conference foes only miles from one another faced off again in Hershey Friday Night. This time the game would determine the District Three AAA Title and determine who would advance into the […]

Saucon Valley shows no mercy in 35-7 win over Selinsgrove

SLATINGTON – Saucon Valley’s Evan Culver (206) and Zach Thatcher (104) combined for 310 yards rushing in a 35-7 rout over Selinsgrove (12-2) Friday night at Northern Lehigh’s Bulldog Stadium in the PIAA Class 3A quarterfinals. “It’s a fantastic feeling knowing where they have come from and what they accomplished this year,” said Head Football […]

Bishop Guilfoyle Continues Playoff Domination With Second Win Over Camp Hill

To say Evan Chadbourn is comfortable on the football field would be a fair statement. To say he’s comfortable carrying the ball into the endzone would be a very accurate statement. Coming into last night’s game vs. Camp Hill, the  Marauder running back had run, received or thrown for seven touchdowns in the last two […]

Defense and Rushing Attack propels Blue Devils in convincing win

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter BROADHEADSVILLE – Old Forge advances in their quest to win a  PIAA state championship by dismantling Bishop McDevitt-Wyncote 51-7 Friday night at Pleasant Valley High School. The Blue Devils amassed 435 total yards in the contest, led by RB Cooper Califano, who rushed for 261 yards and six touchdowns. His backfield […]

Crawford and Waters Shine as Imhotep Claim Philly City Title

Philadelphia, Pa., Any high school football junkie knows that its rare to predict exactly when two powerhouse football programs will collide to determine a champion. As far back as August though just about any junkie in Philadelphia knew that the weekend of November 27 would be the one that Archbishop Wood and Imhotep Charter would compete […]

West Catholic Rolls Into State Quarterfinals

By Don Leypoldt To run in the December 3rd Bucks County Herald The 2010 West Catholic Burrs won the 2A state title. The 2015 Burr apple has not fallen far from the tree. District 12 champion West (9-4) took a 41-0 lead into halftime on Saturday’s first round PIAA playoff game and cruised to a […]

Dunmore’s Garrett Murray leads the Bucks over Notre Dame

SLATINGTON – Coming into the game it was no secret that Dunmore (12-1) wanted to be physical, running the ball, and they did just that Friday night. Garrett Murray rushed for 183 yards and five touchdowns including four in the first half in a 51-29 win over Notre Dame-Green Pond (11-2) Friday night in a […]

Berks Catholic Trounces Wyomissing Area for District 3 AA Title

For the last five seasons either Berks Catholic or Wyomissing Area have been in Hershey for the District Three AA crown.  Wyomissing took the title last year, Berks Catholic the year before.  These arch rivals a little over one mile apart faced off in a rematch of their “backyard brawl” that Wyomissing won just three […]

Parkland advances in dominating performance over Wyoming Valley West

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Kingston- The Wyoming Valley West Spartan football team came into their contest Friday night at home against the District 11 champions Parkland Trojans with some confidence after defeating both Nazareth and Liberty in consecutive weeks. However, after the final whistle blew at Spartan Stadium, the Spartans ended up on the short end of […]

Tigers Win District Crown

Southern Columbia and Montoursville battled to the end By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) The biggest question mark that Southern Columbia Area had coming into the 2015 season was the way the offensive line would come together and play as a unit. This group has not only changed that question mark, but they have made it […]

Selinsgrove’s Juvon Batts touchdown runs Seal the victory

by Matt Beltz SHAMOKIN – Football teams always want to peak and be playing their best football toward the end of the season heading into the postseason. That is exactly what Greater Johnstown did this year. Despite finishing the regular season 5-5 and getting the No. 4 seed in the District 5/6/8/9 sub-regional, the Trojans […]

Quakertown Wins Turkey Bowl After Frantic 2nd Half Rally

By Don Leypoldt To run in the December 3rd Bucks County Herald Quakertown has battled neighboring Pennridge on each of the last 86 Thanksgivings. Few of those clashes saw as furious of a comeback as the 2015 edition. Down by three touchdowns at intermission, the Panthers (10-3) used 28 unanswered second half points to stun […]

Easton’s defense pitches shutout in 109th meeting

EASTON – Easton Area’s (9-4) defense smothered Philipsburg in a 26-0 win in the 109th meeting at Lafayette College’s Fisher Stadium Thursday morning. The Red Rovers ended Philipsburg’s eight-game winning streak and the Stateliners now can focus on Middletown South for the NJSIAA North 2 Group 4 title this Saturday at MetLife Stadium. Easton did […]

Easton vs. Phillipsburg Football blog

FINAL SCORE: Easton 26, P’Burg 0 -P’Burg takes over on downs with 1:39 remaining in the game. -Easton’s takes over on downs on their 7 with 4:39 remaining in the game. -Easton’s Nathan Moser intercept’s P’Burg pass and goes 13 yards for the score. With 11:45 left in the game, Easton leads 26-0. -P’Burg fumbles […]

Malvern Prep rolls over Cardinal O’Hara

Malvern Prep Friars (9-2) 49 Cardinal O’Hara Lions (1-9) 7 November 25, 2015 – 7:00 PM @ Cardinal O’Hara by Benjamin Yankelitis Scoring   1st 2nd 3rd 4th FINAL Visitors Malvern Prep 14 21 14 0 49 Home Cardinal O’Hara 7 0 0 0 7   1st Quarter Malvern Prep (MP) 28 Yard Passing TD […]

Cumberland Valley Handles Exeter Twp 35-17

Cumberland Valley is one of the outstanding football programs in District Three history.   Their (12) championships and (24) appearances are more than any other team in District 3 history. Exeter Twp is a program on the rise.  The Eagles have made the playoffs for five straight seasons.  Following a perfect regular season, there were high […]

Cougars sent packing in rematch

The District 1 4A playoffs brought a rematch from week three, between the Downingtown East Cougars and North Penn Knights. The playoff matchup was completely different from the regular season matchup, as the ninth seeded Knights eliminated the top seed 27-14. The game was not as close as the 27-14 indicated. North Penn moved the […]

Judge leads the way in dominating fashion for Valley West in victory over Liberty

by Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter. KINGSTON – The Liberty high school football team had lots to ponder on their long drive back to Bethlehem Friday night. Most of what will stick in their minds was the play of Wyoming Valley West’s number ten Sean Judge. Judge ran for 124 yard on 21 carries and […]

Scranton Prep wins first ever District 2 title

SCRANTON – The number one seed, Scranton Prep (11-1), headed into Friday night’s District two Class AAA matchup against Berwick (9-3) seeking their first ever District 2 title, and they didn’t disappoint the hometown crowd. When the dust settled, the Cavaliers used a combined physical running attack and smothering defense to overwhelm Berwick 37-7. “It’s […]

Upper Dublin Advances with Gem over Upper Darby

Fort Washington, Pa., The Upper Dublin Cardinals put on an offensive display while putting the clamps on another Central league opponent in their District One playoff domination of Upper Darby, 45-14 last night at Cardinal stadium. Dublin coach Brett Stover got his offense rolling  immediately by using completely different personnel groupings on their first three […]

Lions Put The “D” in “District One Champs”

To run in the November 25th Bucks County Herald On a crisp night in Doylestown, the New Hope-Solebury Lions (11-1) got stronger in all three phases- offense, defense and special teams- to outslug Springfield (Montco) 14-7 and win the District One AA Championship. The night could not have ended any better. “I can’t even talk […]

Southern Columbia’s Offense Dominates

Tigers total nearly 600 yards in win By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) Southern Columbia’s offense has been impressive all season long. They have had success on the ground and in the air behind the blocking of their offensive line. The result has been 10 Mercy Rule victories this season now through 12 weeks. In Friday’s […]

Liberty cruises past Stroudsburg in convincing fashion

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Bethlehem- The Liberty Hurricanes sent a message to the remaining teams in the D11/2/4 subregional bracket, that they are going to be a team to reckon with going forward. They played their most complete game of the season demolishing Stroudsburg at BASD Stadium 44-0 Saturday night. The Mounties had little […]

Saucon Valley’s game plan works to perfection in shutting down Bethlehem Catholic, 14-6

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Bethlehem- The game plan was simple, shut down one of the most potent offenses in the EPC Conference and do enough on offense to carry the team to a win. Saucon Valley’s coach Matt Evancho laid it out all week and his team carried out the mission on Saturday afternoon […]

Falcons upset Whippets in Overtime

In the minds of most residents of Chester County, a rematch of the Downingtown Civil War between the two Downingtown High Schools seemed to be a foregone conclusion. After the first round of the district 1 4a playoffs, any hope of a rematch between the schools has been dashed. Tonight, the defending district 1 champion […]

Quakertown Wins D Battle; Will Host Friday

By Don Leypoldt To run in the November 19th Bucks County Herald Three straight East passes. Three straight Quakertown picks. There were plenty of defensive highlights from which to choose on Saturday, as the #12 Quakertown Panthers (9-2) “upset” the host and #5 CB East Patriots 7-6 in District One AAAA first round playoff action. […]

EASTERN CONFERENCE AA SEMI- FINAL

Green leads Riverside to 39-19 victory over Mount Carmel By: Aaron Domanski  (Twitter: @AaronDomanski) With the advent of the PIAA playoffs, the Eastern Conference is no longer viewed as the premiere post- season event in eastern Pennsylvania but do not try telling that to the Riverside Vikings or the Mount Carmel Area Red Tornadoes. Both […]

Wyoming Valley West Wins Big Over Nazareth Area

Six drives, Six touchdowns and two turnovers doomed Nazareth in the second half KINGSTON – Wyoming Valley West (11-0) the top seed in the District 2-4-11 Class AAAA subregional game Friday night, rallied from four points down at halftime and was perfect in the second half, 6-for-6, in a crazy 51-34 win over eighth-seed Nazareth […]

Cougars survive and move on, Down Colonials

Tonight in the opening round of the District 1 4A playoffs, history did not repeat itself.  Three years ago, the Downingtown East Cougars went 10-0, had the top seed in districts and were upset by a Suburban One school in Wissahickon.  This year the script was flipped, as the top seeded Cougars grinded out a […]

Parkland running attack overwhelms Both Del Val and Mother Nature 28-10

by Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Orefield– They say it’s not nice to fool Mother Nature. Well Friday night at Trojan Stadium, Mother Nature fooled Parkland’s coach Jim Morgans, who thought the wind that played havoc in so many games on this Friday night, would die down after sunset. “It was a swirling wind all […]

Manheim Township Moves Past Governor Mifflin 34-19

A week three win over Governor Mifflin had Manheim Twp. brimming with confidence entering Friday night’s first round District Three playoff matchup with their former league rivals.  But the fourth seeded Blue Streaks found themselves trailing for much of the first half to the upset minded Governor Mifflin Mustangs. Led by a solid performance by […]

Tigers Take Down Trojans

Southern opens the playoffs with a win By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) Southern Columbia’s first offensive possession Friday night started deep in their own territory after forcing Troy to punt on the game’s opening drive. After 13 plays, the Tigers put together a 96 yard drive, capped off with a 33 yard run by Hunter […]

NH-S Downs LM; Advances to District Title Game

By Don Leypoldt To run in the November 19th Bucks County Herald Behind senior wide receiver Blake Hildebrandt’s career night, the host and #1-seed New Hope-Solebury Lions defeated the #4-seed Lower Moreland Lions 27-0 last Friday in the District One AA semi-finals. Hildebrant caught seven balls for 155 yards on a blustery night, none more […]

Shore Uses Strong Second Half to down Shikellamy

By BILL ALBRIGHT EasternPAFootball Senior Writer JERSEY SHORE — The first time the Shikellamy and Jersey Shore football teams butted heads this season, it was a wild, high-scoring affair with the Bulldogs scoring the final 28 points of the game in the second half to pull out a 42-28 win over the Braves. Friday night, […]

Big Red Keeps Bucket:Mount Carmel 35 Shamokin 6

In any rivalry series both sides are prepped and primed to play their best and leading into Friday Night’s annual Coal Bucket Game matchup  both head coaches in this game, Mount Carmel’s John Darrah and Shamokin’s Pat DiRenzo, stated this game was “the biggest of the year”. Taking that factor into consideration, it makes the […]

Spring-Ford Takes PAC 10 Crown

Royersford, Pa., The Spring-Ford Rams relied on a stout defense and Matt Gibson ran around and through the Perkiomen Valley defense to the tune of a 28-14 win and the Pioneer Athletic Conference championship last night at Coach McNelly stadium. On an unseasonably warm night and both teams averaging over 40 points a game, the expected […]

Wyomissing Area handles Berks Catholic 34-28

Section Two of the Berks Football League and the District Three AA bracket have been dominated by Wyomissing and Berks Catholic over the past three seasons.  A PIAA championship by Wyomissing in 2012 and District Three titles by both teams the last three years have fueled a rivalry currently unmatched in Berks County. A huge […]

Cougars take down Whippets in thriller

Most sporting events billed as a “game of the year” turn into a dud. Not tonight’s rendition of the Downingtown Civil War between East and West. The Cougars from East won a tight affair over their cross town rivals, the Downingtown West Whippets, 21-14. With the win, the Cougars lay claim to their second league […]

CB East Plays Spoiler…Again.

To run in the November 12th Bucks County Herald The Central Bucks East Patriot defense almost didn’t need Owen Griffin’s heroics. Almost. East (8-2) clung to a 24-21 lead with 1:50 left in the fourth quarter. The host Quakertown Panthers (8-2) faced a fourth-and-five at the Patriot 36. A stop would end the game. Panther […]

Southern Columbia Wins Thriller

Interception by Blake Marks helps Tigers seal off the Seals By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) Last season, the Southern Columbia vs Selinsgrove showdown came down to the Tigers defense making a key interception late in the game to ice the victory. It was Southern senior linebacker Billy Barnes picking off a pass a season ago. […]

Preview: Downingtown East vs. Downingtown West

East vs. West. Cougars vs. Whippets. No matter how you say it, Chester County sports fans can’t say one without mentioning the other. There is more on the line this year than bragging rights in the Downingtown area. Far more. Both teams are 9-0 (5-0 Ches-Mont National), so an undefeated regular season and league title […]

Penn Charter Downs Episcopal in Scorefest

Philadephia, Pa., Quarterback Mike (Neeko) Hnatkowsky’s 4th down 1 yard plunge and Denarii Beard’s interception capped off Penn Charter’s wild 42-35 victory over the Episcopal Academy Churchmen in an Inter-Ac league showdown yesterday. The Quakers dug themselves an early 14-0 hole with two big plays provided by Churchmen do everything handyman Christian Feliziani’s 90 kick return and […]

Cloud Nine: Unbeaten NH-S Plays for BAL Title on Saturday

By Don Leypoldt To run in the November 5th Bucks County Herald It was Halloween afternoon at the George School, and New Hope-Solebury’s defense-again- was downright scary. The defense starred in the unbeaten Lions’ (9-0) 48-14 win, their third straight mercy rule victory. George School (5-3) gained just 32 yards in the first half and […]

Tigers Top Wildcats on the Road

Strong second half lifts Southern Southern Columbia came to Central Mountain on Friday night riding a 39 game regular season winning streak. The Tigers also have posted Mercy Rule victories against every team that they have played since week one this season. They moved the streak to 40 consecutive and kept the Mercy Rule streak […]

Karycki, Tornadoes Trick-Or-Treat The Record Book

Big Red Bags the Blue Jays 60-30. If Kyle Karycki decides to go trick-or-treating this Halloween he is going to be hard pressed to have a better night than the one he gave us at the Silver Bowl on Friday. In the 123 year history of the Mount Carmel Area football program no player has […]

State College Upends Cumberland Valley 21-7, Creats 3-Way Tie For Mid Penn Title

“I think we’re peaking at the right time” said State College Head Coach Mat Lintal. The Little Lions (6-3, 5-1) have won 3 straight games and 6 of their last 7 after starting 2-0. “Any time you beat a team from your conference you know you’re doing something right.” What they did right was use […]

Culver and Thatcher run past Notre Dame

Saucon Valley’s late touchdown by Zach Thatcher to Alstan Wolfe with 37.7 seconds remaining was the difference in the game. HELLERTOWN – Saucon Valley’s (9-0) running back Evan Culver (201) and quarterback Zach Thatcher (162) combined for 363 yards rushing and five touchdowns in a thrilling 42-35 win over Notre Dame (8-1) Friday night at […]

Exeter Topples Governor Mifflin 35-21

Exeter’s standout lineman, now tight end, Michal Menet, was in diapers the last time the Eagles claimed a league championship.  Riding a 35 game league win streak, Governor Mifflin came into Friday’s matchup as the team Berks Football League programs have measured their success against for the last five seasons.   The last three years […]

Red Raiders use late score to pull away from Eagles

Tonight, in the second ever night game at Jack Mancini field on the campus of Bishop Shanahan High School, two teams in dire need of wins to qualify for the District 1 AAAA or AAA playoffs faced off, in the Coatesville Red Raiders and Bishop Shanahan Eagles.  It was the Coatesville Red Raiders who came […]

Cougars down Eagles 34-2, Advance to 8-0

In a rare Saturday night Ches-Mont National Division game, the Cougars of Downingtown East downed the Bishop Shanahan Eagles by a score of 34-2.  Tonight’s game was uncharacteristically played in sloppy spurts by both teams. They combined for four turnovers and some very uncharacteristic chippy play to the tune of 20 accepted penalties, 9 of […]

Haverford School remains unbeaten

Haverford School Fords (7-0, 2-0 Inter-Ac) 31 – Malvern Prep Friars (5-2, 1-1 Inter-Ac) 14 by Ben Yankelitis Saturday October 24, 2:00 PM at Malvern Prep   Scoring   1st 2nd 3rd 4th FINAL Visitors Haverford 14 3 7 7 31 Home Malvern 0 7 0 7 14   1st Quarter Tommy Toal to Keyveat […]

Big Red Back in Business

Tornadoes Dispatch Defenders 41-13 It was very fitting for Mount Carmel Area that week 8 of the high school football season contained “Back to the Future” day. On Friday night, the Red Tornadoes looked like a team that climbed into Doc Brown’s DeLorean time machine, erased all memories of the past two weeks, and cruised […]

Governor Mifflin Extends League Win Streak to 35

Since the 1950’s, Muhlenberg and Governor Mifflin have faced off 56 times.  The Mustangs extended their win streak over the Mules to 12 and their Berks one League win streak to 35 by dominating Muhlenberg  49-20 in Shillington Friday Night.  The Mustang win coupled with Exeter’s win over Reading High sets up a defacto Berks […]

Parkland Produces Dominating Performance, Hands Freedom Their First Loss

Follow Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter. Orefield- Since their loss to Liberty a couple of weeks ago, Parkland’s defense challenged themselves not to have that kind of performance again. Last week they only gave up three points to an explosive Easton team. This week they continued to be stingy with the points surrendering only seven and […]

Becahi’s ground game too much for Stroudsburg

STROUDSBURG – Bethlehem Catholic’s running attack was too much as they out gained Stroudsburg last night 370 to 89. Antwon Keenan and Julian Spigner combined for 270 yards rushing to lead the Golden Hawks (7-1) to a convincing 49-14 win over Stroudsburg (6-2) at Ross-Stulgatis Stadium. “That was the best game we played,” said Bethlehem […]

Strong Second Half Surges Rams Past Titans

To run in the October 30th Bucks County Herald One drive lasted one play. One drive took 16 plays. But Pennridge (5-3) used both scoring drives- plus a third- to hang 21 unanswered second half points on CB South (3-5) en route to a 28-17 win on Senior Night. It was the second week in […]

SCA Stifles Lewisburg on Thursday Night

Tigers wrap up conference title By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) One thing Southern Columbia head coach Jim Roth knew for certain coming into a rare Thursday night game at Bucknell University was that Lewisburg was going to throw the ball early and often. “They threw the ball on us a lot last year, and we had a […]

Wood’s Special Special Teams Fuels Big Win

With 2:07 elapsed on Sunday’s game, it was Cardinal O’Hara 3 and Archbishop Wood 0. Unfortunately for the visiting Lions (1-6), that was the number of offensive plays run. Two enormous special teams plays- an 82 yard opening kickoff return for touchdown by junior Raheem Blackshear and a 59 yard punt return for score by […]

Spartans Make Statement: Defeat Red Tornadoes 41-0

Friday night marked the 50th meeting on the gridiron between the storied coal region programs of Mount Carmel Area and North Schuylkill. Coming into this game both squads had identical records of (3-3) and were looking to make a statement heading toward the post-season. On the golden anniversary of this game it was the Spartans […]

Malvern Prep over Episcopal Academy

Malvern Prep Friars (5-1, 1-0 in Inter-Ac) 33 – Episcopal Academy Churchmen (5-1, 0-1 in Inter-Ac) 14  October 16, 2015 – 7PM – Episcopal Academy by Ben Yankelitis   Scoring   1st 2nd 3rd 4th FINAL Visitors Malvern 0 20 7 6 33 Home EA 0 7 0 7 14     1st Quarter No scores   2nd […]

Exeter Pulls Away From Muhlenberg 42-21

Undefeated Exeter entered Friday night’s action barely challenged in 2015.  The Eagles averaged a 26 point victory margin in the first six games.  The Muhlenberg Mules started 2015 with tough losses against powerhouses Berks Catholic, Milton Hershey and Wyomissing.  Currently riding a three game win streak, Muhlenberg faced off against the Berks 1 favorite Eagles in […]

Behind A Solid Defensive Effort, Parkland Gets Back On Track Versus Easton

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Easton- Last week’s loss to Liberty left a bad taste in the mouths of the Parkland football team. They went back to work this week making sure that a consecutive loss was not part of the equation. The Trojans put together a solid performance on both sides of ball en […]

Cougars claw way to 7-0

Overcoming adversity seems to be the mantra on a regular basis during the 2015 football season in Chester County. Tonight was Downingtown East’s turn. On the night: the Cougars overcame a safety, an interception returned for a touchdown, and a total of three rare interceptions by quarterback Saunders Healy, in the second quarter alone. Downingtown […]

7-Up: Quakertown Stays Perfect in win at CB West

To run in the October 22nd Bucks County Herald CB West honored their 2015 Hall of Fame class at halftime of Friday night’s Quakertown game. Three of the inductees played on undefeated Buck football teams. The 2015 Quakertown Panthers are mimicking those unbeaten squads well. Using great defense and a steady diet of senior running […]

Shore Manhandles Milton

By BILL ALBRIGHT EasternPAFootball Senior Writer JERSEY SHORE — Going into Friday night’s Heartland Conference football matchup, Milton (1-5) and Jersey Shore (5-1) found themselves diametrically opposite each other in terms of won-loss records. After 48 minutes of the PHAC fray, that same pattern remained as the Bulldogs (6-1) ambushed the Black Panthers (1-6) by […]

Tigers Trio Torches Defenders

Toczylousky, Becker, and Marks lead the way By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) On a night that Southern Columbia senior Blake Marks became the 21st back in school history to rush for 2,000 career yards, it was the passing game that proved to be key in the Tigers 56-7 shellacking over Warrior Run. It was a […]

Archbishop Wood Holds off LaSalle’s Late Rally

Plymouth Meeting, Pa., Dan Ranine’s 20 yard field goal with no time remaining propelled 2014 AAA state titlist Archbishop Wood to a 27-24 thriller over the LaSalle Explorers in a classic non conference showcase affair yesterday at Colonial stadium. Both teams schemes are in stark contrast to what many Philadelphia area high school football enthusiasts are used […]

Whippets wins “Character Building” game, Down Shanahan 27-16

In week 6 of High School football in District 1, the Downingtown West Whippets earned what most people would consider a “character building” win over the Eagles of Bishop Shanahan High School.  The Whippets were punched in the mouth early and often tonight. They faced a two score deficit in the third quarter, did not […]

Wilson WL Hammers Out 53rd Straight League Win

Two legendary District Three programs came into Friday night’s action tied with 52 consecutive Lancaster-Lebanon League wins.  Manheim Central’s dominant run ended in 2006.  Shortly thereafter the Wilson Bulldogs began their march into history.  Starting in 2007, Section 1 of the Lancaster Lebanon league became the stomping ground of the Bulldogs.  These eight seasons of […]

Liberty Earns Signature Win Over highly touted Parkland 41-34

BETHLEHEM: Arguably most teams would say the measuring stick for success in Lehigh Valley football is how you fare against the Parkland Trojans. This year there is no exception, as Parkland came into Friday night’s contest against Liberty at Frank Banko Field unbeaten at 5-0 and ranked third in the state per Pennlive.com. Liberty marched in […]

Road Warriors: Pennridge Cruises Past Abington

To run in the October 15th Bucks County Herald There was nothing fancy about Pennridge’s Friday night performance at Abington. The Rams merely dominated on both sides of the line of scrimmage as they coasted to a 38-15 win against their Ghosts hosts. “Our main thing last week with the line was stopping the run,” […]

Shikellamy Scores Early and Often

By BILL ALBRIGHT EasternPAFootball Senior Writer MILL HALL — When Shikellamy visited Don Malinak Stadium Friday night for a Heartland Conference matchup with Central Mountain, the game was billed as one there for the taking by either team. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, the Braves had other ideas as they spoiled Central Mountain’s Homecoming with a […]

Central Dauphin Stymies State College Comeback Bid with 35-17 Win

Central Dauphin used a strong first half of running the ball up the middle of the State College defense to build what would eventually be a lead that was too tough for the Little Lions to overcome. Fueled by powerful running from Running back Raleigh Sirb, and a couple long td runs the Rams improved to […]

Tigers Blow Past Red Tornadoes

Southern Columbia dominant in Mercy Rule victory By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) Give credit to first-year Mount Carmel Area head coach John Darrah. He brought his troops into Tiger Stadium Friday night with more wins than most people had expected at this point by starting the season 3-2 with a limited amount of players on […]

Malvern Prep over Roman Catholic

by Benjamin Yankelitis Malvern Prep Friars 28 , Roman Catholic Cahillites 7 Thursday October 8th 7:00 PM at Malvern Prep   Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Visitors Roman Catholic 0 7 0 0 7 Home Malvern 0 14 0 14 28 1st Quarter No scores 2nd Quarter O’Shaan Allison 10 yard TD run (Garrett […]

5-0 Lions Stymie Bristol

To run in the October 8th Bucks County Herald  Five games. Five wins. Five stellar performances by the New Hope-Solebury Lions (5-0) who defeated their Bicentennial League nemesis, the Bristol Warriors 25-8 on Monday night. Bristol’s feature backs of Eric Bell and Daryl Mehn ran for nearly 300 yards in last week’s win over Calvary […]

Whippets use big second half to halt Coatesville

Going into tonight, the Coatesville Red Raiders had multiple regular season win streaks, an overall regular season win streak of 14 games, and a league win streak of 7 games.  Both came to a screeching halt at the hands of the Downingtown West Whippets (who are the last team to beat Coatesville in league and […]

Freedom Remains Unbeaten With Dominating Performance Over Central Catholic

By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on twitter. Bethlehem- On a cold and rainy night at BASD Stadium and in front of a sparse homecoming crowd, the Freedom Patriots used a solid defensive effort and a balanced attack on offense to overcome a shaky start to defeat the Vikings 35-14 Friday night. Central Catholic wasted little time […]

Cougars show no mercy on Indians

Tonight at Kottmeyer Stadium, the Downingtown East Cougars had their final tune up in preparation for their Ches-Mont League National Division non league slate. This came in the form of their mandatory cross over game against the Indians of Unionville. Downingtown East played nearly a complete game in a 49-13 shellacking of Unionville.  This game […]

Lehighton prevails 7-6 over Governor Mifflin

The Lehighton Indians came into Friday night’s matchup with Governor Mifflin as an undefeated team, but with a feeling that the Indians were the team with everything to prove. They were matched up against the only 4A team on thier schedule and against the team that won convincingly 35-13 last year on thier home field. […]

Mount Carmel outduels Danville 20-10

Karycki sets school rushing record As the season of fall sunk its teeth into the football season Friday night in the form of rain and wind, it was very fitting that two heavyweight running backs dueled it out on the Joe “Jazz” Diminick Field at the Silver Bowl. Both Danville’s Trent Hilkert and Mount Carmel […]

Big Plays Carried Tigers to Victory

Southern Columbia shuts out Central Columbia By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) On a night that started off with Southern Columbia senior Blair Johnston being crowned the 2015 Homecoming Queen, it was the junior halfback Hunter Thomas leaving the field as the king on the gridiron. For the night, he only needed three carriers to rack […]

Allentown Central Catholic gets huge win over Easton

ALLENTOWN – Central Catholic (3-1) defeated previously unbeaten Easton Area (3-1) 26-24 at J. Birney Crum Stadium in a Eastern Pennsylvania Conference game Saturday night. Easton got the first points of the night. A bad snap sailed over the Vikings’ punter out of the end zone and Easton went up 2-0 after the safety. Central took […]

BIG RED ROLLING… Mount Carmel Area 41, Central Mountain 21

The Mount Carmel Area Red Tornadoes took their longest road trip of the season Friday night playing Central Mountain at the Wildcats’ Don Malinak stadium, which sits roughly 75 miles from the Silver Bowl. As the Tornado team bus traveled up Interstate 80 to Mill Hall, players had plenty of time to reflect on this […]

Offensive Line Motors Tigers To Victory

Southern Columbia defense also tough against Danville By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) Prior to Friday night’s kickoff at Tiger Stadium, Southern Columbia honored their top 20 backs to come through the program. The criterion for the club is 2,000 career rushing yards, and current Tiger halfback Blake Marks is closing in on the mark. He […]

Valley West collars the Dawg Defense

Coming into the game between two of the top teams in the Wyoming Valley Conference on Friday at Crispin Memorial field, it was the Berwick Bulldog defense that everyone was talking about. By the end of the night, the Spartans may have just sent the Berwick coaching staff back to the drawing board with a resounding […]

Big third quarter lifts Coatesville in league opener over Henderson

After three weeks of non-league action, the proverbial “second season” kicked off for most Ches-Mont National Division schools tonight. For the defending National Division champion Coatesville Red Raiders, it started the right way, downing the West Chester Henderson Warriors. It was not easy for Coatesville in the first half, as Henderson’s reliable defense held the […]

Hurricanes Dominate and Throttle Zephyrs on Homecoming Night

Bethlehem Liberty quarterback Doug Erney was able to exorcise some demons he had faced in his last three meetings with Whitehall. Friday night in front of a packed homecoming crowd at BASD Stadium, Erney and the Hurricanes dismantled the Zephyrs 42-7. “I’ve had some tough games against these guys the past few years, it was […]

Lewisburg over Milton

by Matt Beltz MILTON – Last week, Milton ran for 371 yards as it rallied back from a deficit to top North Penn while Lewisburg struggled on offense in a 21-7 loss to Mount Carmel that left Green Dragon coach Michael Ferriero questioning his team’s overall toughness. What a difference a week can make? Milton […]

Governor Mifflin Pounds Reading High 38-13

The tables have turned in recent years in the long standing series between Reading High and Governor Mifflin The Red Knights have dominated the overall series. But the Mustangs have won eight of the last nine. The last three in blowout fashion. Make that the last four. After falling behind 13-7 midway through quarter two, […]

Unbeaten Quakertown Romps in Panther FIght

To run in the October 1sth Bucks County Herald William Tennent had Burns all over them. Quakertown senior running back Rob Burns carried 11 times for 236 yards and five touchdowns- in one half- as his Panthers (4-0) mercy ruled the host Tennent (3-1) Panthers 56-7. Quakertown carried a 49-0 lead into halftime. This was […]

Southern Columbia Honoring Historic Backs

2,000+ yard rushers to be recognized on Alumni Night By: Dave Fegley (@DFegs9) Since the change of the millennium, much has changed offensively in the historic game of football. Many of the teams at the professional, collegiate, and high school levels have decided to change their play calling on the gridiron. The ground and pound […]

It was Shaw and Swift’s attack against St. Ignatius (OH)

PHILADELPHIA – Quarterback Kevin Shaw threw three touchdowns. Two of these went to running back D’Andre Swift as the Hawks jumped out to a 28-0 halftime lead and went on to defeat a powerful Ohio team, St. Ignatius, 35-6 Saturday afternoon at Northeast. On the opening drive, Richard Lawless of St. Ignatius intercepted a Shaw […]

Get Your Popcorn Ready…Mount Carmel Area 21, Lewisburg 7

Friday night was a big evening at the Silver Bowl in Mount Carmel. It was the Tornadoes home opener, facing an undefeated opponent in Lewisburg. Aside from their 2-0 record, the Green Dragons were also coming into town with Mount Carmel Area’s former starting quarterback, Dominic Farronato and his brother Dylan Farronato, on their team […]

Southern’s Defense Dominates Shamokin

Becker returns from injury By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) Southern Columbia traveled to Kemp Memorial Stadium Friday night and picked up a 49-27 victory. Just looking at the box score, readers may think that Shamokin Area was able to hang with the victors, but that was far from the truth. One statistic to show the […]

Parkland Holds Off Stubborn Central Catholic 28-14

Brian Ptashinski @bptashinski on Twitter. Orefield- It wasn’t as crisp as Parkland’s coach Jim Morgans would have liked but his team managed to take a 21 point lead, then hold on down the stretch for a 28-14 victory in a battle of unbeaten teams in the EPC South. Parkland quarterback Devonte Cross scored twice on […]

Cougars claw out of a hole, beat the Knights

In what could be an early contender for game of the year in District 1 as a whole, the Downingtown East Cougars beat a perennial District 1 powerhouse in the North Penn Knights.  There could possibly be a rematch down the line, during the District 1 AAAA playoffs. Early on, it seemed that North Penn […]

Central Dauphin Snaps Wilson Winning Streak

Two of the perennial powerhouses in District 3 faced off for the third time in two seasons in West Lawn Friday Night. The 2011 PIAA 4A Champion Central Dauphin Rams and 2014 District 3 Champion Wilson Bulldogs.  Wilson defeated CD twice last year, the second time to claim the District 3 title.  Both squads are loaded […]

Shore Pulls Away From Athens In Second Half

Bulldogs score 28 unanswered points for second week in a row By BILL ALBRIGHT EasternPAFootball Senior Writer JERSEY SHORE — When Athens invaded Thompson Street Stadium Friday night for a battle of cats and dogs with Jersey Shore, the game marked the early season clash of two unbeaten teams. When all of the smoke from […]

Worth the Price of Admission

Outstanding high school athletes lure me to certain games; I try to see as many as I can in my local area each season. Friday night, September 11, I chose Central Bucks South at Council Rock North for my second look at Rock QB/S Brandon McIlwain. I do not like the label “one-man team” because […]

Diez’s late touchdown completes Freedom comeback

NAZARETH – Freedom’s running back Roberto Diez rushed for 171 yards on 32 carries. His third touchdown of the night, a one-yard touchdown dive with 1:47 remaining, put Freedom (2-0) up for good 31-27 in a back-and-forth battle Friday night at Andrew S. Leh Stadium against Nazareth (1-1). “Our kids kept battling all night,” said […]

Heartland Conference Slugfest: Selinsgrove 14, Mount Carmel Area 7

If asked to pick the best matchup in the Heartland Conference for Week 2, many fearless forecasters would not have selected Friday night’s matchup between the Seals and Red Tornadoes. However, what unfolded under the lights at Harold L. Bolig Memorial Stadium in Selinsgrive was a game that became an instant classic and wasn’t decided […]

Governor Mifflin Rebounds 42-12 Over Lancaster Catholic

Governor Mifflin and Lancaster Catholic came into week two action looking to turn around the season following tough opening game defeats.  The Mustangs and Crusaders are no strangers to one another.  Mifflin came into Friday’s action with a 20-14-1 all time edge vs the 2 time AA state champions.  In a see-saw contest, Governor Mifflin […]

Knights Golden in Domination of Warriors

In an annual three way battle for supremacy in West Chester, the Golden Knights of West Chester Rustin took the first step towards repeating as the top team in the borough; by downing the Warriors of West Chester Henderson, by a score of 28-0. Although both teams looked fairly sloppy, Rustin was able to shake […]

Easton Scores Early and Often To Dominate Over Emmaus

Brian Ptashinski @bptashinski on Twitter In what was the marquise showdown in the EPC South tonight at EPSD Stadium in Emmaus, the Rovers came out firing on all cylinders early in route to a convincing 48-7 win over the Hornets before a nearly sell out crowd in Emmaus. Within the first three minutes of the contest […]

Tigers Offense Too Much For Panthers

Michaels looked solid in debut By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) Drew Michaels hadn’t played football since 8th grade, but the junior decided to come out this season after two seasons off and was listed third on the depth chart entering last week. Seven days later he was making his first career varsity start against Bloomsburg, […]

Jersey Shore over Shikellamy

By BILL ALBRIGHT EasternPAFootball Senior Writer JERSEY SHORE — For the first nineteen minutes of their matchup Friday night, Shikellamy and Jersey traded punches through a scoreless first period and five minutes of the second quarter. But so much for the two teams equalizing each other as the Bulldogs had too much down the stretch […]

Salisbury Impresses in Palisades’ Home Opener

To run in the September 17th Bucks County Herald The secondary was the primary issue. In the season opener, Southern Lehigh was able to pass early on Palisades; the big lead the Spartans staked resulted in a 42-21 win over the Pirates. But the Pirates showed spunk and played an extremely competitive second half. For […]

Bishop McDevitt’s 3 Amigos Too Much for Pope John Paul

Royersford, Pa., Vince DiLeo’s 29 yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter sealed a Bishop McDevitt Lancers (Philadelphia, District 12) 25-17 win over a very competitive Pope John Paul Golden Panther team yesterday afternoon. To his credit, Lancers quarterback Max Bryson scored on a 53 yard jaunt but faced intense pressure all afternoon while being sacked […]

Patriots struggle with Phantom opener

What a difference a year makes. Last year, you can make the argument that the “Route 29 series” between the Phoenixville Phantoms and the Great Valley Patriots should be re-named the Rout 29 series. Last year, Great Valley eviscerated the Phoenixville Phantoms 54-0 in the opener. Great Valley went 12-2, and won the District 1 […]

Whitehall Takes Care of Business Over Panthers 38-14

Tonight a subdued crowd filled Zephyr Stadium. Whitehall took to the field with heavy hearts as word of legendary basketball coach Dick Tracy’s passing resonated through the township. Coach would have been proud of the effort  of this talented team as they easily handled the Panthers on a hot and humid evening 38-14. Gianni Sinatore, […]

Tre Jordan leads Notre Dame to first win

EASTON – Notre Dame’s quarterback Tre Jordan rushed for one touchdown and passed for another in the fourth quarter to cap off the comeback win for the Crusaders last night. The Crusaders defeated the Colonial League defending Tri-Champion and District 11 AA champion Northwestern Lehigh, 30-19. In the first quarter, Jordan got the first score […]

Big Plays Spark Upper Dublin Over Delaware Valley

Fort Washington, Pa. Upper Dublin opened their 2015 season with a overall solid performance controlling all three phases (offense, defense and special teams) with big plays in their 42-7 win last night over the Delaware Valley Warriors (District 2) at Cardinal stadium. The Cardinals appear to be littered with play makers. Need a big play […]

Lancers outlast Tornadoes

Two glaring truths can be taken from Friday night’s season opener. Justin Van Fleets’s Lancers have enough depth to be a major player in District IV “AA” and John Darrah’s young Red Tornadoes, although undermanned, will surprise many as we move through the 2015 campaign. At the end of a picturesque evening in Loyalsock Township, […]

Wilson survives at Governor Mifflin 14-3

Rivalries are one of the main reasons football has become the most popular game in the US. When the rivalry game starts the season, there are months of build up that lead up to an electric and emotionally charged contest. The Wilson – Gov Mifflin match up is always the premier rivalry game of Berks […]

Whippets put the brakes on Fords

Week one of the high school football season produced numerous blowouts across Chester County. Tonight’s game between Downingtown West and Haverford High School was no different- as the Whippets rolled to a 41-3 halftime lead and 41-3 final. West’s offense rolled to 412 yards in the first half. It did not take long for the […]

CB South Rolls Past CB West

To run in the September 10th Bucks County Herald Bechta bookends. CB South (1-0) senior running back Joe Bechta took the opening kickoff 91 yards to the house, and scored on a seven yard sweep late in the fourth quarter as his Titans beat the visiting CB West Bucks 40-14 (0-1) on Friday’s opening night. […]

Southern Columbia Routs Mifflinburg

Unfortunate injury again for Tigers to start 2015 By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) For the second consecutive year, Southern Columbia opened the season with a convincing victory over Mifflinburg. Unfortunately, for the second consecutive year, the Tigers also suffered a tough loss to injury. Last season, all-state performer Luke Rarig went down in the first […]