Into 4A state semi finals. Congrats Coach Meyers and team

Playoffs; games of Nov 26, by the numbers.
Rushed this through with partial info (stats) but maybe still some points of interest for the board. Will do tomorrow’s game if can.

6A
Garnet Valley 13-0 vs Coatesville 12-1, 2.89 G-Val
Keying some on Coatesville’s loss at home to York knowing Bearcats play no defense, exiting season losing to Central York 60-14 and Wilson 50-32. G-Val’s big wins over Downingtown West, Ridley, CB West and Quakertown says Jags will win this one at home. No one has slowed them down this season. No one!
St. Joseph’s Prep 9-2 vs Freedom 11-2, 16.55 SJP
At O’Hara in the wind and a big travel for Freedom. Schedule difficulty way in Hawk’s favor. Both with impressive stats against quality. In fact, similar against the best each have played that gets us back to schedule quality. Hawks are running well and may just pound away til Freedom stops them.
Mount Lebanon 12-0 vs McDowell 9-2, 9.92 Mount Lebanon
Both schedules challenging, McDowell beating Cathedral but losing to St. Francis- NY (7-3), 21-3 and Rock Creek Christian, MD (7-1) 50-10, while Lebo was crushing Pitt CC, twice, North Allegheny, Peters, etc. Way better stats especially on defense and they’re playing at home!

5A
Governor Mifflin 10-0 vs Exeter Township 9-3, 15.46 GM
Mustangs will beat you stupid especially if wind takes away your passing. Exeter has strong, impressive rushers. Governor Mifflin has Nicholas Singleton and more.
Strath Haven 12-1 vs Rustin 11-1, .49 Strath Haven
Looks like a nail biter especially at Rustin with Haven having a little more offense but both strong defensively. Rustin has won 11 straight. Toss it up.

4A
Bishop Shanahan 10-3 vs Valley View 12-1, 4.24 VV
The math says Valley View who pounded decent teams (Delaware Valley, Dallas) losing to undefeated Scranton Prep 17-10. Shanahan’s schedule more impressive but it's at VV.
Lampeter Strasburg 11-1 vs Bishop McDevitt 10-1, 46.22 McDevitt
McDevitt’s schedule not impressive but they devastated teams on average 53-6 and they do have outstanding personnel. LS will battle but frustrate against Crusader speedy defense and arsenal of weapons at McD,

3A
Danville 8-4 vs Neumann Goretti 12-1, 13.77 Neumann
Could get worse with no comparing Danville’s schedule to Neumann’s. They play scrappy ball in D4 (Mt Carmel, Southern Columbia, Selinsgrove, Jersey Shore) but aren’t use to the quality level Neumann will put on the field. No home cooking with the refs please!
Central Martinsburg 13-0 vs Grove City 10-2, 22.22 Central
Scarlet Dragons crushed all opposition except Bedford last week in a rematch 20-14 who has defeated Richland Twp and Bishop Guilfoyle. Good stuff. It’s at Slippery Rock who GC just defeated 28-20 (another rematch) at the University giving them the home field.

2A
West Catholic 4-7 vs Northern Lehigh 10-3, 7.12 West Catholic
The math is all over the Burrs with their big schedule difference advantage despite Northern Lehigh playing a tough as nails schedule. Tough opponent!
Richland Township 11-2 vs Southern Columbia 12-1, 2.07 Southern
Richland is a solid program losing to Central and Bedford, quality opponents while SCA’s loss was at home to Wyomissing. They’re home again here and that should be enough to get past a good Richland team.
Farrell 10-0 vs Karns City 11-1, 51.50 Farrell
Historic power Farrell is way more here, but Gremlins are home and can be exciting at 39ppg. So can Farrell at 53ppg with a shutdown D at 6ppg !
Serra Catholic 12-1 vs Beaver Falls 9-3, 9.04 Serra
Serra is a load just knocking off previously undefeated Laurel (11-1) and Sto-Rox (12-1). Beaver Falls lost to Laurel but beat Steel Valley (11-1) giving them their first loss. Looks like a war at neutral site Heinz.

1A
Bishop Guilfoyle 8-4 vs Juniata Valley 10-1, 15.03 JV
Guilfoyle is a far more established power in District-6 and the state with an impressive resume, winning 1A Gold in 2014, 15 and 16. But they’ve lost 4 games this year while JV is having one of their best years ever. It’s at the Mansion where Guilfoyle has been a few time being from Altoona. Tougher schedule goes to Guilfoyle but not the math?
Northern Bedford 9-3 vs Redbank Valley 11-1, 31.32 Redbank Valley
Northern Bedford faced a brutal front loaded schedule losing to Cambria Hgts (9-2) 29-0, Bellwood Antis (10-2) 27-0 and Windber (10-1) 56-7, then recovered from a 1-3 start to win their last 8. Redbank was upset in the opener by Keystone 22-20 then ran out scoring 42ppg allowing 9. The game is at Clarion University in Redbank’s home District-9.
Bishop Canevin 12-1 vs Our Lady of Sacred Heart 9-3, 14.12 Bishop Canevin
The math is based largely on “same opponents” outcomes. Bishop Canevin’s only loss was to Clariton 28-18, a team OLSH defeated 2 weeks ago also at Clairton 29-15. Otherwise, Canevin went 6-0 while the Chargers went 4-2. Still have to respect OLSH defeating both Clairton at Clairton and Rochester (9-3) at neutral site their last 2 games. This one is at Heinz where it will likely be closer than 14 points.

Mt Lebo better bring their A game. This game has a SJP LaSalle feel to me. It'll be hard to beat Pcc twice, Pcc keeps improving, and the heart of their team is thier D and defence wins championships. With that said I hope Mt Lebo wins. I'm tired of seeing the same teams in Hershey. I don't want to see Pcc and sjp prep again. Would love to see a garnet valley Mt Lebo championship.

The best T-Day rivalry returns this year! It’s great to see it back after its disappearance last year. Rover/D11 guys, any take on this one? I haven’t followed Pburg at all this year. How do they look?

I have not been able to get out and see a lot of games this year. I am looking for a good rundown of the 6A Bracket and some picks.
Does IADelco still post? He always has good insite on the teams.

Fast thoughts....
6A: Looks like a power outage out west with the good teams in lower classifications or in the East.
5A: Top 4 looks awesome!
4A: Jersey #1 beat who ???? unless you count the Heckle-Jeckle team from Allentown CC.
3A: Neumann Goretti needs to be higher, above Central-Martinsburg maybe more?
2A: York Catholic at 10 after getting trounced by West Catholic? Come on fellas, at least look at the box scores.
1A: Too bad Canton and Old Forge face off next as they are probably the best two in the classification.


By Eric F. Epler | eepler@pennlive.com
Only eight teams in each of Pennsylvania’s six classifications remain in the hunt for a state championship. That means the three-day festival known as the PIAA finals at Hersheypark Stadium is now merely three weeks away.

PennLive’s updated state rankings are sponsored by Renewal by Andersen of Central Pa. Teams are listed with district, record through Nov. 21 and previous rankings. NR-not ranked.







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District-3 Playoffs, and those advancing to States: Nov 26, 27
(plus West Catholic-Northern Lehigh, Neumann Goretti-Danville, see 3A and 2A)

6A PIAA Quarterfinal at Harrisburg High, Nov 27, 1 PM
Harrisburg 12-1 D-3 vs State College 7-5 D-6
District-3 heavyweights Harrisburg and Wilson locked horns in an all-out defensive struggle for the district crown in Harrisburg where they combined for a meager 438 total yards of offense. Who says Spreads rule and the big boys don’t play defense? Wilson led 3-0 at the half on Ben Reda’s 24-yard field goal in the 1st quarter. It had to be an interesting halftime with both having explosive personnel, especially special teams, coming in averaging 31ppg. Freshman quarterback Shawn Lee got it started in the 3rd quarter for top seeded Harrisburg on a 1-yard keeper at the 6-minute mark followed by Jadyn Jones running in from 17 yards out in the 4th giving Wilson a brief 10-7 lead. With so many weapons to keep track of, Wilson once again forgot about quarterback Shawn Lee who punched in another one from 7 yards out in the 4th quarter for the winning score. Their bruiser of a fullback, Mahkai Hopkins, kept the sticks moving with 130 yards on 25 carries to lead all rushers. Shawn Lee completed enough passes, 6 of 12 for 56 yards to be effective. KR/RB/WR Kyle Williams kept them guessing all night where he’d show up (Qb?) rushing for 26 yards on 4 attempts and catching 5 passes for 31 yards. Wilson was led by quarterback Brad Hoffman’s 78 yards passing and 39 rushing, and Jadyn Jones with 98 yards and a 16-yard Td run. All in all, not a bad year for Wilson ending the season 9-4, winning back-to-back Lancaster-Lebanon Section One titles, no small feat, and appearing in their 12th district title game. Harrisburg advances to the quarterfinals to play fellow Mid Penn-Commonwealth Division member State College. State defeated Delaware Valley (9-4, D2) 28-19 last week after beating Williamsport (6-6, D4) 17-14 in the D4/6 playoff. The game with State High is a rematch of the game Harrisburg won 15-13 a month ago at home. Knowing SC doesn’t have their strongest team this year, you might attribute the score to a letdown. But everyone back that way realize the Mid Penn-Commonwealth regular season schedule is a grind like no other in the state. End of the day, it’s about personnel and Harrisburg has more than SC, with exceptional talent and speed on both sides of the ball.

5A District-3 Final at Governor Mifflin, Nov 26, 7 PM
#1 Governor Mifflin 10-0 vs #7 Exeter Township 9-3
The story here is Spring Grove gave Governor Mifflin a big scare in front of the home crowd when quarterback Andrew Osmun connected with brother Darien for a 43-yard bomb to take a 7-0 1st quarter lead. Talk about quieting the crowd! The Rockets didn’t win 10 games on luck and clearly came to play. Governor Mifflin being Governor Mifflin responded fast and furiously, scoring 31 points in the middle two quarters. They showed their versatility with quarterback Eden Johnson passing for 102 yards and rushing for 45. Berks Catholic transfer Aiden Gallen had a big game rushing for 157 yards on 25 carries. Not to be outdone, Nicholas Singleton rushed for 193 yards as the big Mustang machine rolled out 540 total yards of offense (438 rushing) in a 38-13 semifinal win over 4th seeded Spring Grove (10-2).
Exeter Township defeated 6th seeded Cedar Cliff (10-3) 42-35 in a wild one at West Shore Stadium, recovering an onside kick with just over 3 minutes left in the game to seal the win. That’s two hostile road trips the last few weeks beating Manheim Central two weeks ago at their place. Exeter’s offense has been a high roller most of the season, especially the last 3 games averaging 43ppg. But they couldn’t quite break away from the Colts at West Shore, with leads of 14-7, 21-7 and 35-20 vanishing. They always kept the lead or even but the Colts never quit. Statistically it was all Exeter, 638 total yards (376ry, 262py) to 285 for Cedar Cliff. Eric Nangle has developed into one of the top backs in central PA, rushing for 334 yards (!) with touchdowns of 46, 4, 5, 59 plus an 83-yard touchdown reception. Colin Payne was sharp, completing 12 of 17 passes, 71%, for 262 yards with an 83-yard scoring toss to Nangle and 24 yards rushing. FB Ty Yocum rushed for 18 yards and had 3 receptions for 90 yards. But Eric Nangle was the star of this show. For Cedar Cliff, Ethan Dorrell threw for 225 yards with Jontae Morris rushing for 135. Heck of a year for the Colts who finished 10-3 while Exeter moves to the final for a rematch with fellow conference member Governor Mifflin. GM won that one 54-21 at Exeter with a 30-7 lead at the half. Hard imagining this game will be any different although Exeter might be smelling blood in the water seeing Warwick put 35 on them 3 weeks ago and Spring Grove doing some damage in a 38-13 loss last week. Exeter has the firepower. It’s a matter of getting a stop or two, something few have done this year.

4A District-3 Final at Bishop McDevitt High, Nov 26, 7 PM
#1 Bishop McDevitt 10-1 vs #2 Lampeter Strasburg 11-1
Bishop McDevitt won their 10th straight game disposing of Berks Catholic 35-7. Stone Saunders stood out completing 18 of 30 passes for 306 yards, with scoring tosses of 56, 27, 13 and 57 yards. Mario Easterly caught 8 for 126 yards and 2 scores, Kamil Foster had 8 grabs for 118 yards and 2 scores with Rico Scott getting 2 receptions for 66 yards and a score. Marquese Williams rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown. All totaled, the Crusader’s had 456 total yards while the defense held Berks Catholic to 128 yards rushing and zero passing. Despite BC losing via transfer quarterback Brad Hoffman who also started for Wilson, finishing with 846 yards passing and 1080 rushing, and running back Aiden Gallen to Governor Mifflin where he rushed for 586 yards, they found their way to a 7-5 record and the 4th seed in a field of 10. Those are serious losses. Well done! For McDevitt, they advance to the final to play two time defending district champion Lampeter Strasburg. McDevitt missed the postseason last year at 6-0 while LS went unscathed in the regular season before losing to Jersey Shore 39-35 in the semifinal, finishing 9-1. A McDevitt win here earns them their 15th district title.
Lampeter Strasburg continued the quest for their 3rd straight district title handling Kennard Dale 31-0. And why not. The program is smoking hot, narrowly missing the PIAA final last year on a heartbreaking loss to Jersey Shore. The year before they lost in the semifinal to Thomas Jefferson after coming back from 20 points down to beat Bishop McDevitt two weeks earlier. They’ve had one losing season the last 23 years with a 31-6 record the last 3 years. Last week’s shutout of 3rd seeded Kennard Dale who finishes at 10-2 was their 5th shutout of the year. Since getting whacked at Warwick in the opener 45-22, they’ve run off 11 straight wins while allowing 70 points, plus those 5 shutouts. That’s 6ppg! They held KD to 98 total yards while expending just enough energy with 255 total yards for an efficient 8.2 yards per point outing. They’ll need to bring that efficiency and more Friday at McDevitt’s Rocco Ortenzio Stadium especially if anyone on McDevitt’s team recalls LS’s 20-pt comeback in 2019, upsetting the Crusaders 30-27. That combined with missing the playoffs last year at 6-0 could add some heat. LS is a fine team but they haven’t met anything near this talent level since getting crushed by Warwick 45-22 in the opener. McDevitt averages 498 total yards a game, led by freshman quarterback Stone Saunders (Mich, Md offers) throwing at 68% for 2672 yards with 42 scores and 2 picks. Freshman! He has D1 targets in Mario Easterly with 876 yards, Kamil Foster at 810 and the versatile Rico Scott who’d be the quarterback were it not for Saunders with 522 yards. Super backs Marquese Williams with and Cyncir Bowers have 1426 and 860 rush yards respectively.

3A PIAA Quarterfinal at Governor Mifflin High, Nov 27, 2 PM
Wyomissing 13-0 D3 vs Scranton Prep 11-0 D-2
Top seeded Wyomissing and 2nd seeded Boiling Springs worked through a scoreless 1st quarter before Wyo figured it out, scoring 28 2nd quarter points and 21 more in the 3rd quarter enroute to a 55-14 blowout in the district final. The Spartans have deposed Middletown as the 3A alpha with their 3rd consecutive title and 10th overall. As always, their trademark Wing-T dominated with Thomas Grabowski rushing for 180 yards and 3 scores, Drew Eisenhower with 40 yards on 13 carries, Amory Thompson getting 70 on the ground and 24 up top, Charles McIntyle running for 52 yards on 2 carries, and sophomore Ryker Jones lighting it up with one carry for a 66-yard touchdown. They have an arsenal of weapons including TE Aidan Mack with 66-yards and a 25-yard touchdown reception. All totaled, they pounded out 432 yards on the ground and 524 total. The Bubblers were led by senior Joey Menke’s 185 yards, ending the season at 11-2. What may have gone unnoticed about Wyomissing is their defense that has shutdown good football teams; egs Pottsville 42-14, Southern Columbia 41-20, Conrad Weiser 45-7, Middletown 14-0 and now the Bubblers. Now we’ll see what they can do against a very strong Scranton Prep team. Typically, this is an easy call with Wyo handling teams from the North and East, going 11-3 from 2016-2020 (13-3 thru 2021 counting Pville, SCA), beating historic winners like Lakeland, North Schuylkill, Pottsville (3-2 series), Danville, Blue Mountain and Plymouth Whitemarsh 44-0 in 2020 going east. But this Scranton bunch looks different, giving Valley View (11-1) their only loss, 17-10, and defeating Wyoming Area (10-2) 28-0 last week, making it look easy. WA’s only loss before this was Southern Columbia 37-30. Scranton Prep is young in key positions with an FBS talent in junior London Montgomery (5-11, a slender 190) with 2360 rush yards (missed 2 games!), offered by Arizona State. He runs behind a line averaging 255 pounds. They score 42ppg and allow 10 with notable wins mentioned above. They’re a heavy run team with only 55 passes attempted. Prep is a heck of a program with a 93-23 from 2011-2020. But they’ll need to bring a high level of physicality demonstrated vs Wyoming Area to hang with Wyomissing who as shown above, have multiple weapons. And at 11-0, you can believe they got the team’s and Coach Wolfram’s full attention.
The winner here plays the winner of Neumann Goretti (11-1, D-12)-Danville (8-4, D-4) at Lehighton High in District 4, Nov 26, 6 PM. Neumann got past a major roadblock last week beating North Schuylkill (11-2, District-11) 26-21, one of the most successful 3A teams in that part of the state. That was a hurdle, not being challenged since Bonner Oct 1st. This week’s opponent Danville, played teams North Schuylkill played or link up to. Egs; Danville lost to Mount Carmel 34-21, a team North Schuylkill handled 33-14. Other connections go through Mount Carmel, Loyalsock Twp and Montoursville with results favoring the Saints. Danville got here after beating youthful but always scrappy Montoursville (7-6) 35-28 in a back-and-forth game. Danville started freshman Madden Patrick (5-11, 165) who threw 4 touchdowns (11-20, 149yds), replacing oft injured starter Zach Gordon (6-1, 185, jr), sidelined with an illness. Gordon’s stats are superior to Patrick’s at 72% for 772 yards and a 12/4 Td/Pick ratio. Too bad he can’t shake the injury bug. Patrick is at 55% for 1170 yards (Gordon out alot) with a ratio of 8 to 9. Gordon’s status for Friday is unknown. Their receivers are Carson Persing (5-9, 170, jr, 53-999), Mason Raup (6-0, 195, jr, 16-232) and Aaron Johnson (5-10, 170, so, 17-296). Junior, Ty Stauffer (5-10, 190) is the lead back at 1348 yards. They’re a young team at the skill spots, averaging 35ppg. Like West Catholic’s opponent this week, Danville has some holes on defense, allowing 21ppg with losses to their quality opponents; Loyalsock (7-6, 26-21, beat in rematch), Mount Carmel (10-3, 34-21), Jersey Shore (113-0, 42-21) and Southern Columbia (12-1, 55-3). While the Ironmen faced high end opponents in SCA and Jersey Shore, they haven’t faced a team with as much talent across the board as Neumann has. They’ll put a more versatile offense with size and speed on the field than they’ve encountered to date. Quarterback Marqui Adams is accurate at 59% for 1892 yards with numerous receivers in Yazeed Haynes (25-468), Admir Batts (22-332), Colton Calleung (19-349), Kevin Thomas (18-207) and Jasir Thomas (20-156). (Many thanks to EasternPAFootball.com, specifically Ed Palmer for gathering all the stats. Thanks Huck). The problem handicapping this one is the Thanksgiving Day game with South Philadelphia. Otherwise, they beat a better team last week in North Schuylkill than Danville will put on the field Friday.

2A
York Catholic’s postseason run came to an end losing to West Catholic 24-7 in the PIAA 2A opening round at Cardinal O’Hara’s field in Delaware County. They ended the season 10-1 while West Catholic (4-7 with forfeit loss, D-12), advances to the quarterfinals against 10-3 Northern Lehigh from District-11 Nov 26, 6 PM at Whitehall High.
This looks like a game the Burrs can win. The Bulldogs are steady offensively with a veteran skill core (Qb, Rb, Wr) centered around Matt Frame’s 1507 rush yards scoring 38ppg. But they can have defensive lapses at 22ppg, allowing 34 to Northwest Lehigh (11-1) in a 34-33 loss, powerful North Schulykill (11-2) who beat them 56-42 and Notre Dame-GP (7-4) who defeated them 34-27. They beat Palmerton (9-3) 64-35 in the 2A title game then defeated historic power Lackawanna Trail (8-4, 52-19 last 6) last week 35-14. After 4 straight home games, this is their first road game since Oct 22nd. West Catholic has to be feeling good about themselves getting past Conwell Egan (8-3) 18-13 then crushing previously undefeated York Catholic (10-1) 24-7 last week. Should say they destroyed YC, outgaining them 476 yards to 150. The Burrs rushed for 370 yards while holding the Irish to 20! They even passed well completing 7 of 12 passes for 110 yards. Their big gun is K’saan Greene with 1243 yards rushing and Zymeen Howell with 504. Some of their leading players on defense are DEs Jayzeen Flynn (6-3, 220, so), David Taylor (6-0, 215, jr) and Ethan Brown (6-4, 225, sr), DLs Chris Forte (6-0, 225, sr) and Isaiah Franklin (6-1, 220, sr), MLB Keaon Athill (5-10, 220, jr) and DBs Howell, Zahir Byrch, Naidir Hilliard and Kahir Thompson. Paraphrased from last week’s write up: WC’s losses came to teams with a combined 46-17 record, including Episcopal Academy (6-4) and Malvern Prep (8-2) of the esteemed Inter-Ac and teams from the respected Philadelphia Catholic League; Bonner Prendie (9-2), Conwell Egan (8-3), Neumann Goretti (11-1) and Archbishop Ryan (5-5), Ryan being one of the better 5-5 teams in the state. You can do some linkage through North Schuylkill who loss to Neumann last week 26-21 and beat Northern Lehigh 56-42. Neumann beat West Catholic 40-6. But if you’re going on the Burrs last 2 games, you have to like their chances Friday night at Whitehall.

1A
District-3 power and defending 1A champ Steelton Highspire joins York Catholic and Boiling Springs on the sidelines after losing to the Canton Warriors 32-27 in 1st round action. The Roller’s end the season 8-3 while Canton (12-0, D-4) advances to the quarterfinal against Old Forge (11-0, D-2) Nov 27, 1 PM at Danville High.

Anyone know if Neumann will play South Thanksgiving then travel to Lehighton to Friday play Danville in the playoffs?

PIAA recently posted all sites for all classifications. Check it out.

Stalk

I saw the coates ridley contest. I felt
that you could not just hand off to their
running back just about all the time.
You would
need to use the running back as
decoy. fake the hand off and roll out.
I never saw that once. you have to adjust
If running into line is not working.
I congratulate their squad on their win .

sammyk


send resume falcon job

F

Pennsbury has parted ways w/ Dan McShane and staff after a dismal season of 0-10. This is the 2nd straight winless season for Pennsbury.
Questions need to be answered by the AD Lou Sudholz for letting this program become what is now the considered the bottom of the Lower Bucks Football. Maybe he needs to join McShane?
McShanes overall record as Pennsbury’s HC was 26 wins and 35 losses in 6 seasons. I’m not sure why this HC only let 1-2 kids play both ways if he had platoon 6-7 more kids there is no doubt they would have WON their last 3 games. I was told that he did not think it was fair to the rest of the team to only play 15 kids both ways(platooning) ie :inclusion was the word! This is Pennsbury slogan! Makes zero sense to me!
So who will be the new HC at Pennsbury? Easy pick would be Galen Snyder, who has had his fair share of complaints w/ ground and pound, He is a proven winner!
Next year the Falcon stadium is getting a makeover, new Turf, bleachers and possibly a Restrooms for fans, so we can all smile that we won’t have to use Porta-John’s in 2023!
Hopefully they can play 1 game on new turf in 2022, but with Pennsbury -2023 sounds right!
Thoughts?

https://pennsbury.tedk12.com/hire/Index.aspx

How has everything been going football wise as of late?
“Our season ended after the first round of playoffs. I was upset but I’m looking forward to my next chapter in my football career.”

Going forward, what do you feel your team can continue to improve on?
“We need to work on completing games. We have all the attributes, but we just need to play as a whole team. 11 guys doing their job.”

Have you been pleased with your performances?
“This year I put a ton of effort into transforming myself into the person that I aspire to be. Overall I am very pleased with how I played this year on a personal level.”

How do you feel about the play of your team?
“This year we played with a lot of intensity. Coach Donnelly this year drilled in our head that we were the most physical team in the SOL and I think it shows in how we play.”

What are your sporting goals going forward as of now?
“My goal is to play at the next level.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“It has always been a dream of mine to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Some schools that have shown some interest are ESU, UNH, Catholic, and F&M.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“ESU at the moment has shown the most love.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have done game day visits at Catholic, Lafayette, F&M, Ithaca, and Lehigh.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“I have one more trip planned to UNH.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“A favorite college of mine is UNH, both my parents went there and I realized how much of a special place it is.”

How has everything been going football wise as of late?
“We recently just finished our season with a tough loss to Jersey Shore.”

Going forward, what do you feel your team can continue to improve on?
“Our next season we need to continue to build our team chemistry and to work on always being on the same page.”

Have you been pleased with your performances?
“Towards the end of the season my role has changed a bit and to play more defense and continue to be a team player doing whatever it takes to win.”

How do you feel about the play of your team?
“We always play for pride no matter what the score is and to never give up.”

What are your sporting goals going forward as of now?
“At the moment get ready for baseball and wrestling until the summer workouts begin and work harder for the next season.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Either Baseball or Football and both I am willing to commit to but whatever is the best fit for me and the team and sport I commit to.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I haven’t been recruited or talked to any colleges at this point.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I would have to set up a trip and connect with schools in order to.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“See above.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college for my entire life has been Penn State through and through.”

How has everything been going football wise as of late?
“Football-wise I feel good. As such with many things there is always room for improvement. I look forward to that during this upcoming offseason.”

Going forward, what do you feel your team can continue to improve on?
“I feel my team can improve on our chemistry together. COVID had taken that away from many teams and had impacted us as well.”

Have you been pleased with your performances?
“For my first year of starting I will say I did good. But I have found many things I need to improve on and will do so.”

How do you feel about the play of your team?
“N/A.”

What are your sporting goals going forward as of now?
“This upcoming season I am aiming to be an all-conference middle linebacker. And I want to average 11 tackles a game.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to continue playing football in college. I wrestle in the off-season, but I do not feel that as my calling.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“During the season I try my best to focus on the game for that week, so I have not put too much time into my own recruitment.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“N/A.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“I plan on going up to West-Chester for a game day visit.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I didn’t have a favorite college above the rest growing up, but as of now I am an Oregon fan.”

How has everything with the football season been going so far?
“Everything went well. We ended with a 5-5 record with a solid win to end the season that should give us lots of confidence heading into next season.”

Have you been pleased with how you have played this season?
“Yes I am pleased with how I have played. There are many things I can improve on and have gotten better at as the season progressed. We are all as a team very happy with how far we have come.”

How do you feel your team has played?
“The team has made big steps in the right way and I am very confident heading into next season and all the progress we made this year.”

What do you feel your team can improve on?
“I believe we can improve on many things as a team to make each of us better. All of us need to be better leaders in our own way and focus on the little things we are coached to do.”

What are the keys for your team being successful going forward?
“We need to have a great off-season and continue to learn in every way we can. Watching a lot of film will be another important factor heading into next season.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I would love to play sports in college if I am blessed enough to get the opportunity. Football and baseball both interest me at the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“N/A.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes I went on a visit to Shippensburg to watch their homecoming game against Millersville.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“No, not as of right now.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was West Virginia.”

How do you feel about the play of your team?
“We have played well at certain points of the season and then not so well during parts of our season as well. Just need to keep improving.”

What are your sporting goals going forward as of now?
“Prepare like no other. 3A WPIAL and 3A State Champion.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Without a doubt. Football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I've had interest from multiple schools, including Penn, Dartmouth, Columbia, Youngstown State and a few others.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Equal interest from all. My focus as of right now is winning.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No, I have not. I will in the future.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“Not at the moment.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I have always been a huge fan of college football, growing up I watched lots of schools. Hard to choose a favorite.”

Find out what colleges are recruiting Nate Harper, Isaac Sines, Sam Sauers, Tucker Teats, and Jimmy Mullevey now!

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Q&A with Avonworth quarterback Nate Harper​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Without a doubt. Football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I've had interest from multiple schools, including Penn, Dartmouth, Columbia, Youngstown State and a few others.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Equal interest from all. My focus as of right now is winning.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No, I have not. I will in the future.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“Not at the moment.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I have always been a huge fan of college football, growing up I watched lots of schools. Hard to choose a favorite.”


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Q&A with Cumberland Valley athlete Isaac Sines​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I would love to play sports in college if I am blessed enough to get the opportunity. Football and baseball both interest me at the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“N/A.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes I went on a visit to Shippensburg to watch their homecoming game against Millersville.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“No, not as of right now.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was West Virginia.”


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Q&A with Central Dauphin linebacker Sam Sauers​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to continue playing football in college. I wrestle in the off-season, but I do not feel that as my calling.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“During the season I try my best to focus on the game for that week, so I have not put too much time into my own recruitment.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“N/A.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“I plan on going up to West-Chester for a game day visit.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I didn’t have a favorite college above the rest growing up, but as of now I am an Oregon fan.”


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Q&A with Selinsgrove running back Tucker Teats​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Either Baseball or Football and both I am willing to commit to but whatever is the best fit for me and the team and sport I commit to.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I haven’t been recruited or talked to any colleges at this point.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I would have to set up a trip and connect with schools in order to.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“See above.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college for my entire life has been Penn State through and through.”


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Q&A with Central Bucks East offensive tackle Jimmy Mullevey​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“It has always been a dream of mine to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Some schools that have shown some interest are ESU, UNH, Catholic, and F&M.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“ESU at the moment has shown the most love.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have done game day visits at Catholic, Lafayette, F&M, Ithaca, and Lehigh.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“I have one more trip planned to UNH.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“A favorite college of mine is UNH, both my parents went there and I realized how much of a special place it is.”


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Find out what some of the top players in the state are saying about football now!
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Q&A with Avonworth quarterback Nate Harper
How do you feel about the play of your team?
“We have played well at certain points of the season and then not so well during parts of our season as well. Just need to keep improving.”

What are your sporting goals going forward as of now?
“Prepare like no other. 3A WPIAL and 3A State Champion.”
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Q&A with Cumberland Valley athlete Isaac Sines
How has everything with the football season been going so far?
“Everything went well. We ended with a 5-5 record with a solid win to end the season that should give us lots of confidence heading into next season.”

Have you been pleased with how you have played this season?
“Yes I am pleased with how I have played. There are many things I can improve on and have gotten better at as the season progressed. We are all as a team very happy with how far we have come.”

How do you feel your team has played?
“The team has made big steps in the right way and I am very confident heading into next season and all the progress we made this year.”

What do you feel your team can improve on?
“I believe we can improve on many things as a team to make each of us better. All of us need to be better leaders in our own way and focus on the little things we are coached to do.”

What are the keys for your team being successful going forward?
“We need to have a great off-season and continue to learn in every way we can. Watching a lot of film will be another important factor heading into next season.”
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Q&A with Central Dauphin linebacker Sam Sauers
How has everything been going football wise as of late?
“Football-wise I feel good. As such with many things there is always room for improvement. I look forward to that during this upcoming offseason.”

Going forward, what do you feel your team can continue to improve on?
“I feel my team can improve on our chemistry together. COVID had taken that away from many teams and had impacted us as well.”

Have you been pleased with your performances?
“For my first year of starting I will say I did good. But I have found many things I need to improve on and will do so.”

How do you feel about the play of your team?
“N/A.”

What are your sporting goals going forward as of now?
“This upcoming season I am aiming to be an all-conference middle linebacker. And I want to average 11 tackles a game.”
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Q&A with Selinsgrove running back Tucker Teats
How has everything been going football wise as of late?
“We recently just finished our season with a tough loss to Jersey Shore.”

Going forward, what do you feel your team can continue to improve on?
“Our next season we need to continue to build our team chemistry and to work on always being on the same page.”

Have you been pleased with your performances?
“Towards the end of the season my role has changed a bit and to play more defense and continue to be a team player doing whatever it takes to win.”

How do you feel about the play of your team?
“We always play for pride no matter what the score is and to never give up.”

What are your sporting goals going forward as of now?
“At the moment get ready for baseball and wrestling until the summer workouts begin and work harder for the next season.”
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Q&A with Central Bucks East offensive tackle Jimmy Mullevey
How has everything been going football wise as of late?
“Our season ended after the first round of playoffs. I was upset but I’m looking forward to my next chapter in my football career.”

Going forward, what do you feel your team can continue to improve on?
“We need to work on completing games. We have all the attributes, but we just need to play as a whole team. 11 guys doing their job.”

Have you been pleased with your performances?
“This year I put a ton of effort into transforming myself into the person that I aspire to be. Overall I am very pleased with how I played this year on a personal level.”

How do you feel about the play of your team?
“This year we played with a lot of intensity. Coach Donnelly this year drilled in our head that we were the most physical team in the SOL and I think it shows in how we play.”

What are your sporting goals going forward as of now?
“My goal is to play at the next level.”
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Thought there might be some interest with game in Springfield at O’Hara Saturday with Burrs upsetting CE last week and YC undefeated.

Smelling like Green Mystique in Lansdale

The Patriots won their second title in school history with a 28-14 win over Emmaus, in a rematch of the 2018 championship game. Deonte Crawford rushed for 186 yards and two second half touchdowns, and the Freedom defense forced five turnovers in the win. Crawford also had a 73 yard run just before halftime to set up a touchdown, putting Freedom up 14-7 with a lead they would not relinquish.

Freedom will take on St. Joseph’s Prep next weekend in state quarterfinals. This was Freedom’s fifth championship game in the last six years, matched in the highest classification only by Easton (1999-2004; 2-3 and 2009-2014; 2-3) and Parkland (2012-217; 6-0)