I saw none of the game but I received a few reports in the first half that it looked like it was sleepy time for the 'Skins early on.

I hope Iron Marshall was there and adds something positive.

PS Are they just too bored?

Wasn't it Charlton Heston, in "Midway", who told his son (a fighter jockey in the US Navy) "you better watch your six before some hotshot pilot flames your ass."

Great game last night. Great atmosphere ,didn't go as I would've liked it, but we're one year away. Definitely was money well spent. Good luck to both teams the rest of the way.

I was at the LC-NG game.. in all honesty it was over in the first Q... I have a question for the board.. this is not to re-hash the debate about open enrollment or recruiting but a legitimate question.. first I want to take out the kids that are true "blue chip" players that choose a school for sports reasons from this conversation..

.. and leave in the average players that make up most teams... do you think that letting players in the city play at any city school vs the one they live near going to kill football (or any sport) for the PPL and PCL. Where I am going with this is.. If a school like NG has 2 or 3 true difference makers (not blue chip players but above average and choose to play a crosstown at another.. will other kids decide that they will travel else were vs playing for their neighborhood school or not even play at all?.. I'm not sure if I'm explaining the question correctly.. what I am trying to say is.. will letting kids in the city play at any city school begin to kill football at averages programs in Philly?

I listened to the game tonight. Sounded like Swift was used almost exclusively as a decoy--and often wasn't in. Can anyone who was there report how he looked?

Sounded like the Prep was, like last year, really rusty after the bye week. Hoping for a better performance next week.

Here's a question that I have not seen posted on the board yet.. we all talk about the success of the surrounding programs (after all it's a HS football blog)

..regardless of how the kids got into the program.. they have been coached very very talented coaches... as the coaches become more successful do their options for better opportunities increase.. the same as they would for college coaches.. so as our HS FB programs get better and better do we risk losing some of the architects of these programs to better opportunities to bigger HS programs or small colleges .. we focus on which kid is going D1.. but what about the coaches.. at the end of the day they are doing something they love to do.. but also have to make a living..? just a thought

Just heard NG cancelled rest of their regular season. Pretty sad!

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Just did a quick read that District 1 was thinking of going to even split into divisions with 10 week inter-district 1 schedule. This would be 6A and 5A with 4 converences with lower divisions going into a mix it looks like. Reason being non league scheduling is hard to manage. Would be the end of some interesting non league early season scheduling. Some of these more fun early season games would go by wayside. Would hate to see just all district one scheduling. Already see it in other sports.

3-0 and 115 point scored vs 0 allowed is beyond impressive in any league. UD tore through the playoffs last year but looking for posters thoughts on this years team? I noticed opponents records was a combined 2 wins and 10 losses. How will they stack up against 5A leaders in Academy Park, Marple Newtown, Springfield, Great Valley and Shanahan?

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Since we were unable as a group this year to put together a pick section, I was just wondering if anyone had any thoughts as to who would win tonight as we rush toward the playoffs. Emmaus, Whitehall have big games tonight. Im sure there are huge games in the West. Haverford High squares off against Marple. Can Downingtown East bounce back against Shanahan? The battle of Wing T offenses in West Chester tonight.The Inter-Ac season kicks off today. The Catholic League is always a hot topic. What do people think? Where are you going tonight?

I can remeber dial-up and the days of talk of recruiting for ECP and CBW.....even just a few years ago....this website was great....love what Stalker and Relayer still post.... I miss Kretch and the others.....

Does anyone else find this to be as bizarre as I do? It's from the MaxPreps website.

Remember, Springfield Montco cancelled its season this year due to low numbers.


Springfield Township (0 - 5) is five games into its season, but it hasn't met anyone harder than the team challenging it this week. It and Upper Dublin (5 - 1) are set to face off this Friday at 7:00 PM. Springfield Township is still chasing that elusive W after another rough time last week.

Springfield Township's last match was a 2 - 0 surrender to Upper Moreland. As for Upper Dublin, it was a tight race, but it finished just behind of Plymouth Whitemarsh with a 24 - 21 loss. The outcome was a nice jolt of excitement for Upper Dublin after its previous game, where the margin was anything but close.

Since both teams have excelled on the defensive side of the ball (Springfield Township allowing an average of 11 points per game, Upper Dublin an average of 6.17), we'll see which team's offense handles things best when they meet this week.



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No time this week guys but here are the teams still running hot, in the midst of at least a 4 game winning streak.
D3
Red Lion 6A 6-0; After New Oxford where they’ll name it it’s a tough finish at Central York, Spring Grove both 4-2 and Dallastown at 5-1.
Governor Mifflin 5A 5-1, 5 Straight after the debacle at Wilson and will likely win out. 1-5 Muhlenberg is next and the Muhlies are hurting allowing 41ppg!
Harrisburg 5A 5-1; Averaging 44ppg since opening loss to bitter rival McDevitt.
Cocalico 5A 4-2; 4 and 7 point losses to quality teams was something of a thud til getting everyone’s attention beating Manheim Central in Manheim 28-24!
Shippensburg 4A 6-0; Ship is a trip this year far exceeding expectations with 3 of remaining 4 on the road ending with the Bulldogs of Big Spring to settle the thing; Mid Penn-Colonial.
York Suburban 4A 4-2; Nothing special except winning 4 straight since losing to Northeastern 49-7.
Milton Hershey 4A 5-1; Scandal and intrigue at the top with the Board but it’s not bothering these guys beating everyone since opening with a hard fought 19-13 loss to CD East.
Big Spring 4A 5-1; Got smacked around in the opener at East Pennsboro 49-21 before taking it out on everyone the last 5. Only 3-3 but Waynesboro is next and will tell us something about these guys.
Middletown 3A 6-0; Passed a big test last week beating previously undefeated Palmyra and cannot lighten up at 4-2 Camp Hill Friday.
Wyomissing 3A 4-2; Season turned around when they won at Blue Mountain 28-14 who (for linkage purposes) had just defeated Inter-Ac Springside CHA 21-14.
Newport 2A 7-0; Beat a nice Juniata team last week over in District 6 but no letup this week with Line Mountain 5-2 in town for a big Tri-Valley game.
D5
Conemaugh Twp 1A 7-0; Here’s a legit Single-A if scores and vids mean anything. Tip off was beating perennial power Berlin Brothersvalley (one word) two weeks ago and those 4 consecutive shutouts.
D6
State College 6A 6-0; State High said “here we are” with the 20-16 win last week over Cumberland Valley, staking a claim as top dog in the powerful Mid Penn Commonwealth. Shouldn’t get cocky at the East High Panthers of Central Dauphin….the other Central Dauphin….where the Eastie boys can upset.
Johnstown 4A 7-0; J-town better buckle up for their next opponent, Bishop McCort (6-1) and are lucky to get them in Johnstown because they’re on a roll. The Double-A Crimson Crushers have won 4 straight and have quite a tradition of beating the big boys.
Bishop Guilfoyle 1A 7-0, Defending state champ Bishop Guilfoyle is the only team to beat McCort (31-14), getting their shot at Johnstown in 2 weeks. Otherwise the Marauders run out beginning with Central Cambria Saturday.
Portage 1A 6-1; Guess where you had to carry your canoe overland between two bodies of water? They have a tough game with 6-1 Berlin this week whose only loss is to Conemaugh Twp down in District 5….shown above in D5.
Ligonier Valley 2A 7-0; The Rams have outscored opponents 383 to 18. That’s an average score of 55-3. Guess there’s no women to chase up there, all that energy? Got a forfeit this week with Blairsville.
Bellwood Antis 2A 6-1; The Blue Devils’ only loss came in the opener to the machine over at Tyrone (15-12) who for them, are struggling through a 4-3 season. Not BA, who has run off 6 wins since then while allowing but 53 points, or 9ppg. They’ll run out if they get past Mount Union Friday in Bellwood.
D9
Brockway 2A 7-0; Got past a tough Elk County Catholic team last week 30-25 who was coming off a hard one against undefeated Kane (7-0), the same Kane team Brockway will have to face after Bradford this weekend to decide the Southern Division of the Allegheny Mountain FB League.
Karns City 3A 6-1; The Gremlins only loss was in the opener to the powerful Riverhawks of Armstrong 35-22. Undefeated Clarion is next but they get them at home.
Clarion 2A 5-0; KC should be a tough one for Clarion coming off their Homecoming win against Redbank Valley.
D10
McDowell 6A 4-2; Won 4 straight since losing to rival Cathedral 31-14. At home to Austintown Fitch-OH who’s 4-3.
Grove City 5A 7-0; Doesn’t look like they have a challenge until the team below from Meadville.
Meadville 5A 5-2; 4 an 8 point losses at the top of the season separate them from perfection and they’re looking good, good enough to beat Grove City in two weeks.
Cathedral 4A 7-0; Blowing everyone out without a challenge until the final at Canisius-NY for a severe challenge.
Hickory 3A 7-0; Looks like Streak vs Streak with Wilmington up next.
Iroquois 2A 7-0; Like Cathedral, Hickory and Wilmington, the Braves are blowing people’s doors off, averaging 44ppg.
West Middlesex 1A 5-3; Turned an 0-3 start to this, winning the tight ones; 7. 3. 14, 5 and 2.
Wilmington 2A 7-0; Have a road game at Hickory to show what they got!
D7
Pittsburgh Central Catholic 6A 5-1; No challengers left except those mentioned previously in the postseason should they win the Wpial; State College, Cumberland Valley and Central Dauphin.
North Allegheny 6A 5-2; Won 4 straight and may run out with Seneca Valley, Hempfield and Pine Richland left.
West Allegheny 5A 6-0; 4 shutouts and only 23 points allowed says this is a special group, especially the way they beat USC handily.
McKeesport 5A 5-1; Won 4 straight against a vanilla schedule. But that all changes in the final 3 games playing USC, Gateway and Penn Trafford.
Franklin Regional 5A 4-2; At 4-2 but should have beat McKeesport in the opener (14-7). Final two against North Hills and Gateway will make or break them.
South Fayette 4A 7-0; Already have wins against Central Valley and Mars with no team left on the schedule who should beat them.
Thomas Jefferson 4A 6-0; The 2 teams below, Belle Vernon and West Mifflin are what TJ has to look forward too.
Belle Vernon 4A 6-0; Same for the Leopards, TJ and West Mifflin.
West Mifflin 4A 7-0; The Titans have the toughest row to hoe. Apart from playing the aforementioned two, they play Ringgold 4-2, who has already been rocked by Belle Vernon and TJ but you never know. Can’t look ahead with teams fighting for seeds.
Beaver Falls 3A 5-1; 5 straight wins since disaster at Aliquippa but now have to finish with Central Valley 6-1, Hopewell 5-2 and Beaver 5-1.
Derry 3A 7-0; The Trojans might get there with Ellwood City and Waynesburg Central, both 0-6 up next.
Apollo Ridge 3A 5-2; No walk in the park with Keystone Oaks 5-1 and 4-2 Valley lurking.
Steel Valley 2A 6-0; Tough finish to a strong season playing three of the top teams in The Three Rivers Conference; East Allegheny 5-2, Serra 4-3 and a scrappy Brentwood team at 5-1.
Brentwood 2A 5-1; Only loss was to East Allegheny early in the season 21-12.
Chartiers Houston 2A 6-1; Nothing special but 5 straight is 5 straight. Loss was to Jeannette 59-14!
Washington 2A 6-0: The Prexies have a hard one Friday at Chartiers-Houston (6-1) but can make a big statement in the Century with a win. Washington is the better team with a powerful offense scoring 46ppg supported by a defense allowing 9. Road wins are tough this time of year but that’s good stuff, good enough to pull out the win.
Neshannock 2A 6-1; Only loss was to Quaker Valley by 5. Inter Conference action saw them whip East Allegheny (5-2) 50-22.
Clairton 1A 6-0; The bad ass Bears look unstoppable after beating Aliquippa last week 52-16.
Fort Cherry 1A 6-0; Looks like the game at Carmichaels October 21st decides the issue in the Tri County South.
Carmichaels 1A 5-1; The loss was at Our Lady of Sacred Heart (4-2, 1A Big 7) 45-28.
Jeannette 1A 7-0; Something special here beating teams like East Allegheny 42-7 and Chartiers-Houston 59-14.
Rochester 1A 6-0; Got past two serious road blocks the last two weeks, Northgate and Our Lady of Sacred Heart. Northgate was undefeated and OLSH was on a 4 game winning streak.

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This board will be aglow I am sure with rants, raves, and meltdowns. It will be epic. No matter who wins it will be another 3 Mile Island, can't wait. If anyone is interested I will have free internet hugs to give to the ones melting down because feelings and elections are real

Yes, even Minnesota's democratic party governor came clean yesterday on the disaster otherwise known as obamacare.

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So, the bigger question is what legacy will Incapabama have? What accomplishment does he have? And don't mention the economy. The way the bailout was done, the economy was not allowed to truly bottom and was instead propped up with artificially low interest rates and the resultant growth rate was well below average for a recovery. Further, all of the financial shenanigans over the past eight years (government debt issues, transfers of wealth, low interest rates leading to excessive corporate debt, etc.) are going to lead to a very ugly period, probably sometime in the next 2-4 years. Incapabama will be shooting 100+ on some golf course and the new president will be blamed, when it won't really be his/her fault.

Will Incapabama's legacy be left solely to what he has done with Cuba? That would be embarrassing, especially if you talk to the Cuban Americans, who say repeatedly that the Cuban citizens are not benefiting from the so-called improved relations; only Cuban government officials are benefiting.

Notice how quiet our board liberals have gotten on Obamacare. It tells you all you need to know.

The East……..Still Streakin!

(Teams presently on a run, having won at least 4 straight)


This got longer than expected and I had to split it. As always, feel free to jump in or on with your comments or corrections.


D1….undefeated.

North Penn 7-0; Consecutive road wins at CB South and CB East didn’t slow them down (37-13 avg score) and neither should Souderton who ended their 3 game slide last week against Tennett. If you haven’t noticed through 7 games, North Penn’s offense is just above last year’s average (35ppg) at 37 ppg. But the marked improvement is on the other side of the ball where they’re allowing 14ppg against last year’s 19.

Neshaminy 7-0; Like the Knight’s Neshaminy is showing solid production improvement across the board, scoring 38ppg compared to last year’s 24 while allowing 15 a game vs 18 last year. Depending how the seeds shake out, this would sure be a great pairing, North Penn and Neshaminy. For the Tribe, this is the last road game of the year against improved Bensalem (4-3) who haven’t won 4 games since 2010’s 4-7 season. Improved is improved but a closer look shows the Owls lost to every winning team they played to date, Penn Wood, Abington and Pennsbury. Not exactly Murderers Row.

Perkiomen Valley 7-0; Nice, nice win going to Royersford and beating Spring Ford 28-16. With Boyertown and Owen J. Roberts left on the schedule, it looks like they will wrest the title from the Rams and enter the postseason with a great seed.

Springfield 5A 7-0; Offensively the Cougars average 29ppg but it’s the D that’s really getting it done, allowing 50 pts all season. Talk about a good ending, they end the regular season with 3 straight home games; Penncrest, Garnet Valley and Haverford. If they do G-Val and Haverford back-to-back, no small feat, they’ll enter the playoffs with tremendous momentum.

Academy Park 5A 7-0; The defending district champ in last year’s Triple-A classification is at it again, something like Springfield above shutting people down defensively allowing 8ppg. The difference, the Knights have a little more offense (and speed) at 32ppg. They’re home to 6-1 Penn Wood Friday for what should be a real challenge to see if they can break up the logjam atop the Del-Val with PW and Interboro.


D1-Other streakers

Plymouth Whitemarsh 6-1; Since losing at home in the opener to Souderton 38-23 (at home!?) they’ve reeled off 6 straight counting last week’s at previously undefeated Upper Dublin 24-21. That puts them atop the SOL-American, tied with Hatboro Horsham (!!) who is also 4-0 in the SOLA.

Hatboro Horsham 4-3; How about these Hatters rebounding from the 0-3 start for the showdown with the Colonials Friday. They’ve averaged 35ppg the last 3 games while PW allowed 36 pts their last home game, beating Wissahickon 39-35. The same team fell to Hatboro last week 42-13.

Coatesville 6-1; The Red Raiders have been on the warpath since losing to Cumberland Valley September 2nd, winning 5 straight including the routs of both Downingtown West 48-9 and Downingtown East at East 40-7. No one would have predicted that in the preseason or any point of the regular season, especially following Cumberland Valley where they were outrushed 277 to 38. With Avon Grove, BS Shanahan and Rustin left to play, they could run out.

Haverford 5-2; The Fords won 5 straight with the two losses coming by 3 (opener) and 7 points. We get a preview of a AAAAA classification playoff game Friday night with Marple Newtown (6-1) visiting following their first loss last week against Ridley. The Tigers may come in a little sluggish after Ridley pounded them for 359 yards on the ground.

D1 Notes: Ridley’s defense and a powerful ground game have them at 6-1 with an overtime time loss standing between them and an undefeated season. With Harriton, Stoga and Upper Darby left, they’ll win out. Garnet Valley (5-2) is right there too, with a 28-20 loss to Ridley and an overtime loss to Haverford 34-28.


D12

St. Joseph’s Prep 5-0; Bit of a lackluster performance last week beating Roman 22-10 but maybe the Cahillites deserve some respect. It was a PCL-Red game and they did give Neshaminy and Springside CHA a fight. Judge is next and they’ve lost 3 straight. No more Conshy this year with this one at Widener where they might be more in their element on turf. Then comes LaSalle and wow, do they owe them one!

Philadelphia Central 6-0; The Lancers won again and good luck finding a loss on the schedule with GW and South Philly left to play.

Imhotep 4A 6-0; It’s still scary thinking how easily Imhotep beat Malvern Prep two weeks ago isn’t it? Frankford and Delaware Valley Charter are all that’s left before we see how deep they can go in the postseason.

Boys Latin 4A 7-0; Still undefeated scoring 37ppg while allowing just 9. The only linkage game is the road opener where they beat Harriton 26-12. About the Rams, they’ve lost all their games by a combined score of 219 to 26 and are 0-7.

Cardinal O’Hara 4A 6-0; O’Hara’s had a great run where 5 of their 6 games were at home against teams with losing records. That enabled statistical inflation showing them at 35ppg offensively against a defense allowing 4ppg. That all changes Saturday going to Truman to play a good Conwell Egan team.

Conwell Egan 3A 5-1; The Eagles have had more diversity in their schedule then O’Hara, taking to the road on three occasions and playing a tougher slate of teams with the loss coming to Episcopal 30-22. They grabbed a quality win against West Catholic. On paper these two look similar, O’Hara scoring 35 a game and allowing 4 while Egan scores 29 while allowing 8. This is a big “Blue” battle (both 3-0) with the winner likely taking the division crown.

Bartram 4A 5-1; The Maroon Wave (Crimson Tide?) are also streaking, winning 5 straight since opening with a 30-22 loss at Gratz. Like Boys Latin, they also have a large offense averaging 45ppg supported by a defense allowing 11ppg.

D12 Notes: Archbishop Wood won their last three games against Roman, Ryan and Judge rising to 3-2 overall with Carroll and Upper Darby up next before LaSalle, where they’ll catch the Explorers coming off the St. Joe’s game.

D2
Scranton Prep 3A 6-1; The Cavaliers reeled off 6 straight since opening with a loss to a decent 5A Abington Heights team. If they can knock off Lackawanna Football Conference Div-2 challenger Western Wayne (5-2) this weekend, they can start thinking about North Pocono (6-1) in the closer once past city rival West Scranton the week before.

Lakeland 2A 6-1; The Chiefs are streaking (4 straight) since losing at home to powerful Dunmore (below) who sits atop the Lackawanna FB Conf Div-3. D2’s postseason format takes 4 Double-A’s with Lakeland solidly in the second slot. They’re at Old Forge Friday.

Dunmore 2A 7-0; The defending District 2 champion Bucks are back again with another strong team after losing in the quarterfinals last year to West Catholic 28-10. Seems these guys are always in it, or near it. The year before that they got to the state final losing to South Fayette 28-16. This year’s team is a typical Buck edition with a big line and good athletes. The line is TE George Cole 6-3 235, a senior, and junior OL’ers Mike Muracco 6-0 275, Jerry Longo 6-2 250, Nick Shoemaker 6-2 250 and sophomore Jake Sawka 5-11 255. Believe the Center is junior Rocco LaCapra 5-10 220. Running back Colin Holmes got 1698 yards as a soph, 765 as a junior and is approaching 3000 career rush yards. A good nucleus of 5 offensive and 7 defensive starters fuels a Power-I offense scoring 38ppg and a D (4-4) allowing 11. Looks like the Bucks could make another deep run. Coach Jack Henzes is in his 47th season at Dunmore with a 377-146-8 record; 408-158-8 overall making him the second winningest coach in Pennsylvania.

D2 Notes: Since losing their opener to Downingtown East 23-6, Delaware Valley has gone 5-1, including last week’s 49-42 win over previously undefeated Williamsport.


D4

Wellsboro 2A 7-0; Make that 5 shutouts and 27 total points scored on the year. Montgomery is next then a Wyalusing (5-2) group that could be difficult on the road before closing out at home against North Penn (6-1).

Southern Columbia 2A 7-0; Southern is rolling now, getting into playoff mode and winning impressively against good teams. That showed up last week beating a good Montoursville team 42-21 at Montoursville. This week they’re at a decent Danville team (4-3) who look like they may be finished, losing to Mount Carmel 21-14 and Lewisburg 10-7 the last 2 weeks.

South Williamsport 2A 6-1; Got their 5th consecutive win edging Bloomsburg 20-14 in their third straight road game but are now home to a 4-3 Central Columbia team they should handle. All their remaining games are home.

Sayre 1A 5-2; The Redskins are cruising with 5 straight wins following a 0-2 start. Things are going their way with two 1-pt wins to make it all happen. For those wondering, Sayre is 5 miles from the New York state line about 15 miles from Elmira, NY.

D4 Notes: AAAA Selinsgrove and AAA Loyalsock Township, two perennial D4 powers that aren’t streaking but are right there at 5-2. LT has an overtime loss and a 20-7 loss to powerful South Williamsport while the Seals have 3 and 7 point losses to playoff teams meaning they’ll both be there come playoff time. Williamsport had their undefeated season come to an end losing at Delaware Valley, late, 49-42.


D11

Notre Dame-GP 3A 7-0; If you thought last year’s 11-2 group was good (they were!) that lost to Dunmore in the PIAA’s 1st round 51-29, this group will likely blow you away. All they did was replace last year’s quarterback Tre Jordan who threw for over 3000 yards and 30 Tds with a 67% completion rate with another one in Cole DeFranco who is at 66% completion rate. They’re more balanced than last year’s pass happy group and the defense has improved from a year ending 23ppg to 15ppg to date. They’re at AAA this year so won’t get Dunmore but they will get 5-2 Pen Argyl in Pen Argyl.

Schuylkill Haven 2A 7-0; The Canes should have the Schuylkill FB League Div-2 sewed up having defeated Marian Catholic in Tamaqua with Panther Valley 2-5 and Shenandoah Valley 0-7 left in division action. And you’ve got to love the closer at Blue Mountain (5-2, SFBL Div-1) in a crossover with a few of their players transferring in. This year’s edition is similar to 2013’s 10-4 team that made a nice run in that they pretty much just line up and bash you, making them a Dunmore clone. The difference this year is they are super deep with almost all their starters back, 9 to the offense 11 to the D.

Pleasant Valley 6-1; Wow, these guys are explosive, averaging 48ppg while on a strong run winning their last 5. Can’t say that about their next opponent East Stroudsburg North at 3-4 coming off consecutive losses to Stroudsburg, Allen CC and Easton. PV’s keeping it tight, a game behind Allen CC and Stroudsburg in the EPC-North.

Allentown Central Catholic 4A 6-1; The EPC-North teams are surging, ACC and Stroudsburg, both winning 6 straight since a season opening loss. That makes this weekend’s game special with both undefeated in league play for a decisive North encounter. Pleasant Valley’s Bears got their eyes on this one with only one league loss. Vikings and Mounties!

Stroudsburg 4A 6-1; Better gear up for the road trip to Allentown against Catholic’s large attack for a key EPC-North game, then buckle up against a schedule that just got real with Whitehall and Pleasant Valley to follow. That’s one brutal finish!

Bethlehem Catholic 4A 6-2; The Golden Hawks are at 4 straight with a schedule that surpasses even Stroudsburg’s in toughness with games at Whitehall, home to Freedom, then the great closer at Allentown Central Catholic. How about the Hawks, tearing up reborn Nazareth the n Liberty, Easton and Parkland on consecutive weekends. Let’s hear it for the Hawk D, allowing 30 points in those 4 games while mangling Parkland in a way seldom seen in score, 34-7 and yards rushing allowed, 104.

Williams Valley 1A 6-1; Like Tri Valley below, Williams Valley will name it against winless Millersburg hoping for Newport to slip before the game at Tri-Val.

Tri Valley 1A 6-1; The Bulldogs put together a nice run, winning their last 5 after getting blown out by undefeated AA Newport 55-34. The Tri-Valley Conference has always been one of the tough small school leagues, spread out over districts 3, 4, 6 and 11 with teams like Juniata, Halifax and Line Mountain, all 5-2, then Tri and Williams Valley at 6-1 and the strong, veteran team at 7-0 Newport. Many of these schools are north of Harrisburg . TV will likely name it this week against Susquenita (formerly Mid Penn and Blue Mt League members) before the war with Williams Valley.

D11 Notes: Nazareth at 4-3 has won 3 of their last 4 while one of the early EPC-South favorites Freedom has lost 3 straight.

Hang in there NJ

hilarious

Just a thought for district 12 I guess. No PCL playoffs this year...so we are down to it....3 games left.
When you look at it, Wood has their spot sealed barring them not losing to Carroll. The Lasalle game doesn't matter to them, will only matter to Lasalle if they beat the Prep right. Barring Prep loss to Judge, if they beat Lasalle that seals it...provided they don't lose to Ryan.
So really when you look at it...Lasalle has Roman, Prep, Wood. They win out they win...and well deserved if that happens.
Looking at D1...Pennridge still has CB South, and CB East. Looks like they can make the biggest move I can see up the ratings if they sweep. But lose to both and they are out...right?

Mr. Trump claims his celebrity status allows him to grab girl's pussy. WOW. I know 20 yrs ago Bill Clinton did much worse ( not to mention all the people he killedor had killed). You Republicans own him and deserve him. You all wear him well.

until the madness stops and then craziness begins

Saw 4A BeCaHi blew out Parkland and 5A Whitehall beat Freedom by 2 scores, should be a good match up next week...