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Lock Haven football has a road victory against Shippensburg

SHIPPENSBURG —- The Lock Haven Bald Eagles, coming off of their first winning season in 50 years, start their 2026 off with a bang, beating Shippensburg on the road in a 24-16 thriller. After falling behind 9-0 in the first half, coach Joe Battaglia’s team caught fire, outsourcing the Raiders 24-7 the rest of the way to earn their first win of the new season. Going into the contest there were questions on who would trot out there for the (1-0) Bald Eagles, and it was Millersville transfer Rob Footman Jr. who got the nod. Footman’s in-conference experience, on top of his ability ...

Football roundup: South pummels North Penn-Mansfield 48-0

South Williamsport traveled to North Penn-Mansfield in Week 1 and completely dominated the Panthers en route to a 48-0 shutout victory. Cade Lusk proved to be tough to slow down as he carried the ball 114 times for 106 yards and three touchdowns — two in the second quarter — while Eli White was just as talented, rushing nine times for 115 yards and two touchdowns, both in the first half. South Williamsport accumulated 397 yards of total offense — 289 of which came on the ground — while its defense stifled North Penn-Mansfield, holding the Panthers to negative 54 yards of ...

Week 1 area football box scores

Montgomery 24, Hughesville 0 Hughesville 0 0 0 0—0 Montgomey 7 7 0 10—24 First quarter M—Briar Persing 60 run (Dylan Sherman kick), 10:17 Second quarter M—Trace Furman 5 run (Sherman kick), 1:09 Fourth quarter M—Sherman 24-yard field goal, 4:02 M—Josh Knoebel 1 run (Sherman kick), :26.2 TEAM STATISTICS H M First downs 3 14 Rushes-yards 27-58 51-319 Passing yards 14 (-2) C-A-I 2-11-0 1-6-2 Total yards 73 317 Fumbles-lost 6-1 4-0 Penalties-yards 4-30 8-75 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Hughesville Chase Shrawder 9-35; Maliki Emmil 6-16; Nick Stubbs 7-10; ...

Crosscutters lose second straight game, falling to State College in sudden death

The Williamsport Crosscutters dropped their second consecutive game, falling in sudden death to the State College Spikes on Friday night at Bowman Field. David Case delivered 5 1/3 innings in his ninth start of the season. The lefty allowed four runs on eight hits and two walks, striking out three batters. Matthew Mariano continued his stellar stretch out of the bullpen, giving the Cutters 3 2/3 innings of near perfect relief. Mariano did not allow a hit, surrendering one walk and striking out five. Williamsport plated two runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh to erase an ...

Bucktail football falls to Cameron County in opener, 32-22

The new-look Bucktail Bucks opened their season at Emporium on Friday night, and there’s little doubt they won’t be disappointed to see Raider Kamden Fragale graduate at the end of this school year. After rushing for over 1,100 yards last season, which included two big games against the ...

Area teams all set for Week 1 of football tonight

All the weights lifted; all the camps and speed training sessions attended … all the time and sacrifice starts culminating tonight. High school football is back at last. And 17 area teams have high hopes as the season starts. Everyone is 0-0 and hope springs eternal. Each season teams ...