CLAYSBURG — Halloween might have been on Thursday, but it was the second quarter of Penns Manor’s District 6 Class 1A first-round playoff game on Friday night that was the real stuff of nightmares.
2019 Coverage
PENNS MANOR — Tickets for Penns Manor’s District 6 Class A first-round playoff football game can be purchased online.
KENWOOD — North Star fell victim to Penns Manor’s two-headed rushing attack that included Dimitri Lieb finding most of his yardage on the perimeter and Conner Keith plugging up the middle.
KENWOOD — As the saying goes, it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
MARION CENTER — Marion Center coach Adam Rising couldn’t help but crack a smile when his team scored its third touchdown of Friday night’s game. His reaction was one of sincerity as that third touchdown came with less than four minutes off the clock in the first quarter and before Penns Mano…
2019 Heritage Conference Football/Friday, Oct. 4/ Purchase Line 36, Penns Manor 14
KENWOOD — Josh Syster and the Purchase Line Red Dragons had a night to remember.
NuMINE — After the week West Shamokin had, Jon McCullough could see a performance like this coming. So could the Wolves’ star player.
ALYCIA ZAYACHAK, daughter of Chris and Dana Zayachak, was crowned as Penns Manor’s homecoming queen Friday.
2019 Heritage Conference Football/Friday, Sept. 20/Saltsburg 34, Penns Manor 20
KENWOOD — Coaches often say that splash plays and creating turnovers win games.
ARMAGH — A 47-6 loss is never a desired outcome for any football team.
Kayla Mikesell, of Clymer, won the second edition of the Gazette’s weekly football contest.
KENWOOD — It began with a shutout, followed by a shootout, and then a blowout.
2019 Heritage Conference Football/Friday, Sept. 6/Homer-Center 35, Penns Manor 7
KENWOOD — Sometimes numbers can lie. Take, for instance, Ligonier Valley’s offensive statistics.
Ernie Widmar addressed the crowd Friday evening in Blairsville, where the football field was named in honor of the former longtime coach.
BLAIRSVILLE — Penns Manor quarterback Max Hill and his Blairsville counterpart, Zak Artley, came through with big throws late in the fourth quarter for their respective teams Friday night at Ernie Widmar Field at Memorial Stadium.
2019 Heritage Conference Football/Friday, Aug. 23/Penns Manor 16, Blairsville 14
KENWOOD — Though even a comet’s streak tends to lose its luster over time, no team in Indiana County has ridden higher for longer than Penns Manor.