Week 1 is in the books. After this week the regular season will be 20% complete. The season is already going too fast. Here is this weeks lineup on the 12th Man Show. The Maxwell Football Club is a proud sponsor of Prep Nation Radio. We talk with Mark Wolpert to get a background check [...]

TURTLE CREEK, Pa. – Pittsburgh Central Catholic’s ground attack wasn’t really rolling right along in the first half.  The Buchtel Griffin defense was stuffing the run, save for a couple of plays, and the Vikings hadn’t completed a pass. But when the Griffins sliced the Vikings’ already slim lead to just one meager point in [...]

By Bill Albright PAFootball Writer SPRING MILLS — The two schools are in different classes (Bellefonte is AAA and Penns Valley is AA) and although they both play in the Mountain League, they compete in different divisions. However, Friday night at Ram Stadium, that didn’t keep Penns Valley and Bellefonte from slugging it out in [...]

Well its finally here. Time to hook up those mics, check the mixer and write some promos. It’s the 12th Man Show. LIVE this Friday night at 10:30. Yes we dropped the scoreboard name from our title. The show is so much more than just scores so a change was necessary. Kind of just rolls [...]

Alex Will, Senior WR, Berlin-Brothersvalley – Will was the featured receiving target in the Mountaineers’ passing attack as he snagged 27 passes for 552 yards and five touchdowns last season. In two games against Windber, Will caught nine passes for 210 yards and two touchdowns. He also added nine tackles and a pair of interceptions [...]

Fairview defensive end Jordan Kerner has become the second Keystone State prospect in this 2011 recruiting class to verbally commit to Penn State. Kerner, a 6’5, 230-pound senior-to-be, announced his commitment to Penn State today, according to Scout.com. Kerner had seven total scholarship offers including the offer from the Nittany Lions – Boston College, Iowa, [...]

Keanu Reeves would have been proud. This night in Altoonas’ Mansion Park a team of replacements proved they weren’t just the second choice, they showed they should have been the first choice when it comes to picking all stars. Led by defensive linemen Mike Tucker of Downingtown East and Josh Coulter of Downingtown West, the [...]

New Brighton hired former coach Joe Greco as its head coach. He was the Lions head coach from 1995-2006, compiling a 68-52 record. He has been an assistant coach at Westminster College in New Wilmington for the past three seasons.

This morning it was reported that North Penn would battle Gateway in a week one contest in Monroeville on September 3rd. That game would be the first of two games between the two teams, as the Gators would travel to North Penn in 2011. However, this afternoon Gateway athletic director and head football coach Terry [...]

Penn-Trafford has hired John Ruane as its new football coach. Ruane has been the offensive coordinator at Gateway the past few seasons. Ruane takes over for T.J. Wiley, who resigned after only one season.

Ryan Keiser of the State AAA Champion Selinsgrove Seals is the Prep Nation Radio player of the year. He will be presented with The Edsel Award later this month. The 12th Man Scoreboard Show collected votes from fans and Keiser edged out Lancaster Catholic`s QB Kyle Smith for the award. Keiser will play football at [...]

HERSHEY, Pa. – When there would be talk and discussion about Lancaster Catholic’s football team, the topics would hinge around Kyle Smith and state passing records.   It’s only fair, in a way.  Smith’s 8,510 yards and 118 touchdown passes are both state career bests.  His 50 touchdown passes were a state single season record. [...]

UPDATED! Join EasternPAFootball.com’s Josh Funk & Jeremy Varner LIVE from HersheyPark Stadium as Greensburg Central Catholic takes on Lancaster Catholic in the PIAA Class AA Championship. Starts Saturday at 9:30am. Click the link below. Cover It Live Blog

Join The Funkster LIVE Saturday from Altoona as Cumberland Valley takes on State College in the PIAA Class AAAA Western Final. Starts at 12:45 pm. Click the link below. Cover It Live Blog With Josh Funk

Join PASportspage.com’s Dean Beers LIVE Friday from Hershey as Selinsgrove takes on Archbishop Wood in the PIAA Class AAA Eastern Final. Starts at 6:45 pm. Click the link below. Cover It Live Blog With Dean Beers

HERSHEY, Pa. – Trying to find the words to describe the second half of football between Bishop McDevitt and Cumberland Valley would be hard to do. There were many highlight-worthy plays and heart-stopping moments. But, in the end, Cumberland Valley’s Kevin Snyder made the biggest play of his career and the Eagles’ season. Snyder picked [...]

SLIPPERY ROCK — During the regular season, Wilmington scored a pair of late touchdowns to emerge with a 21-7 win over the Sharon Tigers. Friday night at Slippery Rock’s N. Kerr Thompson Stadium, the two teams played a mirror image rematch of the first game as the Greyhounds tossed a 19-0 shutout at the Tigers [...]

There are many reasons to like the final week of November. Many like it because it is the start of the Holidays, some like it because of all the deals they can get during the busiest shopping weekend of the year, while others enjoy stuffing themselves ten times over on Thanksgiving. While next Friday to [...]

NEW WILMINGTON — In the regular season meeting between Sharpsville and Mercer, the Mustangs parlayed four Blue Devil turnovers into a 28-14 win in the mud. Friday night at Wilmington Area High School stadium, the shoe was on the other foot as the Blue Devils made the most of a pair of Mercer (8-4) turnovers [...]

SHALER, Pa. – Boy, have the times changed for the red, white and blue; and although that statement maybe be true in speaking about our country, try www.thepittsburghchannel.com for more on that subject, in this article rather we are speaking about the red, white and blue of the Shaler Titans. After all Titans fans have [...]

The Leading rusher this year is Hopewell’s Rushel Shell, whose team is the number 2 seed in the Class AAA Playoffs in D-7. He must sit out tonight’s game against Derry, for a violation of the school’s anti-tobacco policy.

NEW WILMINGTON — The Wilmington Greyhounds, playing some of their best football of the season, unleashed all of their weapons Friday night as the defending PIAA Class AA state champions completely dominated the Slippery Rock Rockets for a 40-0 victory on senior night. The Greyhounds (8-1, 6-1) lost their only game of the season to [...]

NEW WILMINGTON — The Washington & Jefferson football team is ranked 7th in the nation, and Saturday afternoon at Harold Burry Stadium, the Presidents showed why as they dismantled the host Westminster Titans 49-7 in President’s Athletic Conference action. “They made some big plays today,” said Westminster coach Jeff Hand. “They are a great football [...]

HOPEWELL, Pa. – For just the low price of six dollars anyone in Western Pennsylvania could have shown up to Tony Dorsett Stadium in Hopewell and been witness to a rushing clinic. The host’s of this event was none other than Mike Caputo of West Allegheny and Russel Shell for Hopewell. Both West Allegheny (5-1) [...]

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa.- “It’s a gauntlet in the Parkway [Conference] every week, and if you don’t come to play your game, you’re going to lose, our guys got it done tonight.” Those were the words of New Castle head coach Frank Bongivengo after his Hurricanes defeated the Montour Spartans 7-0 in what was a consistent down pour. The weather was [...]

Three teams on top of D5 “A” race, defending champ not among them Meyersdale, Berlin-Brothersvalley, and Conemaugh Township are each 4-1 through the fifth week of the season. The trio of teams each possess a better overall season record than defending champion Windber Area, which currently is 3-2. Windber needs to make note of this [...]

GREENVILLE — If George Gervin was the Iceman for the San Antonio Spurs, John Madeline (Hubbard) definitely filled those shoes Saturday for the Thiel Tomcat football team. With 2.2 seconds on the clock in regulation and the game on the line, Madeline calmly stepped up and without the blink of an eye or breaking a [...]

Some of the district’s running backs are ranking among state’s top-50 rushers This doesn’t particularly take a look at any one specific team, but more about the region as a whole. Some of the running backs in District 5 have gotten off to very solid starts to the 2009 season, and on the state rushing [...]

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Some much needed rain made its way into the Pittsburgh area Saturday afternoon, not to the liking of the homecoming crowd at Joe Walton Stadium as the Robert Morris Colonials (0-3) played host to the Bryant Bulldogs (1-1). The Colonials were looking for their first victory of their 2009 campaign and [...]

Conemaugh Township – Indians enjoying a 3-0 start The Indians are off to a rather impressive start to its season, picking up right where it left off from last years’ 8-4, District 5 “A” runner-up finish to Windber. They’ve done it with an offense that is averaging 392 yards and 35 points per game. The [...]

MONROEVILLE, Pa. – It was Thursday night football action from Monroeville as Ray Ritz lead his Latrobe Wildcats (1-1) into Gator country for his first conference game as coach of a quad-“A” squad. Ritz would face another very successful coach across the field from him as Terry Smith lead his Gateway Gators (2-0) into Walter “Pete” Antimarino [...]

Kody Bjalme ran straight through the defense of BEA all night long to the tune of 265 yards and 2 tds on 41 carries but it was one of 4 passes that Rams qb Tibben Zerby  threw on the night with 23 seconds left in the game that gave Bjalme his chance to cap the [...]

WHEELING, W. Va. – For the 705th time in program history, the Steubenville Big Red celebrated a victory.  For the third time, it celebrated a victory over Woodland Hills.   But, perhaps most impressively, for the 321st time, Steubenville won via the shutout.  Opponent goose eggs account for over 45 percent of Big Red.   [...]

The game: Penn-Trafford (7, 0-0) vs. Upper St. Clair (7, 0-0) When: Friday, Sept. 4, 2009 @ 7:30 p.m. Where: Upper St. Clair High School About the game: This is the fourth straight year these two schools have opened their seasons against each other. The Panthers won all three previous meetings, 27-9 in ’06; 17-7 [...]

T-10. Rochester (7) – To the victors go the spoils, so they say, but Rochester has really, really spoiled its fans for quite a long time. The eight-time WPIAL champion Rams went 10-2 last season, falling to Clairton in the WPIAL semifinals. The 10-2 record was a vast improvement over the 2007 season, when the [...]

WesternPAFootball.net is proud to announce the release of the 2009 Team Schedules. Any errors, updates or changes please email dave@westernpafootball.net. If any team information needs updated such as coach, team website etc. please email dave@westernpafootball.net. Find all the schedules under Team Info menu on our website or by clicking this link

Trying to find an angle for a Big-33 Classic story isn’t hard.  The game has been going on now for more than five decades.  Story lines abound in what has come to be known as one of the nation’s best high school football all-star games. So, instead of focusing on the Super Bowl ties, or [...]

We are putting a list together of 7 on 7 games. Please email us your 7 on 7 schedule list (Date, time, list of teams and location). Email us your schedule:2009 7-on-7 Website Link: http://www.westernpafootball.net/20097on7.html

Kevin Weatherspoon, Junior ATH, Clairton High School Some will say, “How did a wide receiver get selected as a player of the year?”  When you hear the name Kevin Weatherspoon, it’s only automatic to think of him as a wide receiver, as he was the #1 target in Clairton’s passing attack.  He finished the year [...]

HERSHEY, Pa. – Thomas Jefferson quarterback Tyler Wehner had quite the impressive performance in last week’s PIAA semifinals win over West York, accumulating over 300 yards of offense and six total touchdowns. The bad news for Archbishop Wood:  Wehner didn’t leave his game in Altoona. Thomas Jefferson (15-1) got another solid performance from #3, and [...]

This just in:  Thomas Jefferson is making another trip to Hershey.  Surprised?  You shouldn’t be.  The Jaguars are making Hershey one of their many homes-away-from-home. Truth is it doesn’t matter which stadium Thomas Jefferson plays in these days, whether it’s Elizabeth-Forward High School, Heinz Field, Mansion Park Stadium, or Hershey.  They just continue to win. [...]

ALTOONA, Pa. – During pregame warm-ups, West York head coach Ron Miller looked over at the Thomas Jefferson coaching staff, clad in black jackets and khaki shorts in the frigid cold of Mansion Park.  “They’re crazy,” Miller said, but in the same breath, he laughed as he threw in, “but it must work.”  It wasn’t [...]

The Game: PIAA “AAAA” Western Final Date: Saturday, Dec. 6th, 2008, from Memorial Stadium in State College At stake: Winner will play either North Penn or Bethlehem Liberty for the “AAAA” state championship, Saturday, Dec. 13th, at Hersheypark Stadium. Guess who’s back in the PIAA semifinals for the first time in nearly two decades?  If [...]

PITTSBURGH – Two years ago, Brian Baldrige had a field day in helping Thomas Jefferson dispose of Blackhawk in the WPIAL title game. Two years later, guess who Baldrige and the Jaguars were facing in the WPIAL title game? So there had to be at least a couple of thoughts in #20’s mind about his [...]

The Game: Blackhawk (7 AAA) @ Thomas Jefferson (7 AAA) Date: Saturday, Nov. 22nd, 2008, from Heinz Field in Pittsburgh 2008 Record: Blackhawk (11-1), Thomas Jefferson (11-1) About the WPIAL “AAA” championship: Believe it or not, there is history being made in this WPIAL title game as well.  Then again, when you mention Thomas Jefferson [...]

When State College head coach Al Wolski said “it’s nice to play a local team” before tonights game  Central Mountain head coach Steve Turchetta agreed with him. “It’s a shame we don’t play them (State College) on a regular basis being we’re so close to each other”.  He may have changed his mind tonight. State [...]

By Bill Albright Western PA Writer BUTLER — When New Castle and Indiana faced each other Friday night at Butler High’s Art Bernardi Stadium in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL-AAA tournament, the game took on the appearance of a heavyweight boxing match with the last fighter standing to be declared the winner. After punching and [...]

The Game: Girard (10 AA) @ Wilmington Area (10 AA) Date: Saturday, Nov. 8th, 2008, from N. Kerr Thompson Stadium at Slippery Rock University 2008 Record: Girard (7-3), Wilmington Area (9-1) About Girard: The Yellowjackets may have surprised a few people this year in earning a playoff berth, but Girard does have a productive ground [...]

WINGATE – Catch the ball. That was the one thing A.J. Robinson was thinking as he saw the pigskin zipping through the air toward him late in Bald Eagle Area’s game against rival Bellefonte. It was third-and-17, the Eagles were down 9-7, and they needed a big play to keep them in the game. Robinson [...]

So you have seen who your team is playing, but now you would like to see how far they will go? You sure want a lot, but not to much for Pittsburgh Sports Weekly to handle. This is a special edition of “Farago’s Football Forecast”. I finished the regular season with a 492-99 record in [...]

By BILL ALBRIGHT Western PA Writer MERCER — When Mercer tangled with West Middlesex on the football field Friday night, it was a chance for the Mustangs to solidify its hold onto a playoff spot, while for the Big Reds, it was a battle for survival. As the final seconds ticked off the scoreboard clock, [...]

The Game: Jeannette (7 AA) @ Greensburg Central Catholic (7 AA) Date: Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, from Hempfield High School in Greensburg 2008 Record: Jeannette (8-0), Greensburg Central Catholic (8-0) About Jeannette: Jeannette, surprise, surprise, is chasing some history…again.  If the Jayhawks defeat the Centurions Saturday night, it will be the school’s 650th all-time victory, [...]

By BILL ALBRIGHT Western PA Writer       NEW CASTLE — It wasn’t pretty at times, but for the New Castle Hurricanes, it was their fifth win in a row Friday night as they outlasted the Ambridge Bridgers,47-28, in a wild-and-wooly affair at Taggart Stadium.     After losses to Butler, Indiana and Blackhawk to begin [...]

The Game: Central Cambria (6 AA) @ Westmont Hilltop (6 AA) Date: Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, from Price Field in Johnstown 2008 Record: Central Cambria (5-2), Westmont Hilltop (2-5) About Central Cambria: The Red Devils have be-deviled their opposition – literally.  Central Cambria is on a four-game winning streak, during which they’ve outscored their opponents [...]

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh City League doesn’t see many 7:00 kickoffs on Saturday nights, but maybe, after Carrick and Oliver’s Saturday night thriller, the powers-that-be might schedule a few more games in that time slot. Carrick (4-3) snapped a two-game losing streak by scoring the winning touchdown with 1:22 left, holding off Oliver (2-5) 18-12 [...]

The Game: Gateway (7 AAAA) @ Erie McDowell (10 AAAA)* Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, from Gus Anderson Field in Millcreek Township 2008 Record: Gateway (6-0), Erie McDowell (4-2) About Gateway: To say that it would be a surprise that Gateway would dominate the way it has through the first six weeks would be very [...]

By BILL ALBRIGHT Western PA Writer NEW WILMINGTON — The good news for the Thiel Tomcats was they scored first and last in Saturday’s President’s Athletic Conference clash with neighboring Westminster. However, the even better news for the Titans was they scored 16 unanswered points sandwiched between the Thiel field goal and touchdown to post [...]

The Game: Northern Cambria (6 A) @ Laurel Valley (6 A) Date: Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, from Laurel Valley HS in New Florence 2008 Record: Northern Cambria (2-3), Laurel Valley (4-1) About Northern Cambria: Northern Cambria is all about the run, as the Colts average 227 of their 290 total offensive yards per game on [...]

By BILL ALBRIGHT Western PA Writer GREENVILLE — If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again and hopefully it will happen. However, for the Thiel Tomcats, although they have shown improvement from week to week, they came up short in each of the first four games. When Thiel and Geneva faced each other Saturday [...]

The Game: Corry Area (10 AAA) @ Erie Central Tech (10 AAA) Date: Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, from Veterans Stadium in Erie 2008 Record: Corry Area (2-2), Erie Central Tech (1-3) About Corry Area: What in the name of Corry Journal sports editor R. L. McCray is going on in Corry?  After a 1-9 record [...]

By Bill Albright Western PA Writer NEW CASTLE — So much for previous results! When Hopewell and New Castle met Friday night at Taggart Stadium in a Parkway Conference football matchup, it appeared to be a contest between two teams headed in opposite directions. Hopewell entered the contest with a 3-0 mark having outscored its [...]

The Game: Sharon Area (10 AA) @ Slippery Rock Area (10 AA) Date: Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, from Slippery Rock HS in Slippery Rock, PA 2008 Record: Sharon Area (3-0), Slippery Rock Area (3-0) About Sharon Area: Most people remember Sharon as the Berwick Bulldogs’ opponent in the 1994 and 1995 “AAA” state championship games, [...]

By BILL ALBRIGHT Western PA Writer NEW WILMINGTON — It wasn’t exactly pretty, but for the Westminster Titan football team, it was a huge win after its disappointing loss last week to Heidelberg. Overcoming many mistakes and missed opportunities, the Titans never-give-up attitude paid off in a 6-2 win over the Allegheny Gators Saturday afternoon [...]

The Game: Mercer Area (10 A) @ Kennedy Catholic (10 A)   Date: Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, from Kennedy Catholic HS in Hermitage   2008 Record: Mercer Area (2-0), Kennedy Catholic (0-2)   About Mercer Area:  The Mustangs boast one of the top Class “A” teams in the District 10 landscape.  The defending District 10 [...]

By Bill Albright Western PA Writer  Shaking off the effects of a lost fumble on their first possession of the game, the Tigers (2-0, 1-0) scored 35 points in the first half en route to a 41-0 blanking of the Reynolds Raiders (0-2, 0-1) Friday night at Tiger Stadium.      “We talked about (a possible letdown) [...]

The Game: Freeport (7 AA) @ Shady Side Academy (7 AA)   Date: Saturday, Sept. 6, along Fox Chapel Road in Pittsburgh   2008 Record: Freeport (1-0), Shady Side Academy (1-0)   About Freeport: Freeport did not submit Week 1 statistics to Maxpreps.com, but did register a 21-7 victory over Kittanning in Allegheny Conference play.  [...]

WHEELING, W. Va. – Wheeling Central Catholic didn’t enter its game with mythical national championships or an intimidating marching band.   But the Maroon Knights did enter their showdown with local rival Steubenville Catholic Central on a 33-game winning streak and four consecutive class “A” state championships.   After Monday night, chalk up 34 straight [...]

In articles featuring the Lakeland HS football team for the Friends of Coal Prep Classic being played Monday in Wheeling, Dreadnaught head coach Bill Castle described his team as “young.”   Well, the Dreadnaughts may be young, but they are also pretty good – as many as 16 athletes on this edition of Lakeland either [...]

Talent-laden, but title-less since 1986.  That’s been the story for Gateway football, which has won over 370 games and never once made a PIAA playoff appearance.  This year’s Gateway team is laden with Division-1 talent: a pair of Ohio State recruits in LB Dorian Bell and WR Corey Brown and (Bloomington) Indiana-bound OL Colin Rodkey.  [...]

The Tigers are a very fundamentally sound football team.  And, they’re lightning quick, which makes the flexbone/option offense employed by George Smith even that much more dangerous.  Just to give you an idea, three different quarterbacks have run George Smith’s offense the past three years, and the Tigers have gone 33-7.  Fullback Nico Price, one [...]

We are very proud to introduce Prep Nation Radio. The fourth addition to a rapidly growing network of Pennsylvania high school football coverage. Prep Nation Radio, formerly the EasternPAFootball Radio Network, is now the official home of PA Prep Nation & The 12th Man Scoreboard programs. PNR, as some have nicknamed, is a brand new [...]

BRADFORD, Pa. – If the goal in football is to completely take your opponent out of its original game plan, then the Pennsylvania All-Stars did exactly that in Saturday’s Big 30 Classic. That was really nothing at all for the New York fans to cheer about, except that the game ended. Pennsylvania completely demoralized the [...]

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