The Elephant In the Room by Melvin Thomas, Jr.
Over the course of the past eight weeks in high school football there have been lots of ups and downs. Some teams have not measured up to pre-season expectations. Other teams have exceeded them. Some teams have been unable to jump start a championship run. To me it seems that the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference has…
Read MoreHS Football Polls ‘23 – Week 8
There continues to be very little movement in our high school polls this year–which is just fine to the top teams in each of the Astound TV Network’s EPC and Colonial Leagues polls. Parkland, Nazareth, Northampton, Northwestern, Southern Lehigh and Notre Dame all won again – and won big – last weekend and continued playing…
Read MoreIn Memoriam…David McCallum
To honor the recent passing of this Scottish actor and musician, we reflect on the life and career of David McCallum. David Keith McCallum was born on September 19th, 1933 in Glasnow, United Kingdom. His family, who came from a musical background, encouraged him to pursue music. He learned to play the oboe and began…
Read MoreHS Football Polls ‘23 – Week 7
The next few weeks will be a very important series of games on the local high school football scene as a number of teams in our polls will be playing each other, and the teams just BEHIND those in our poll are jockeying for the remaining positions for the upcoming playoff season. Among those big…
Read More“It’s Really Just a Game” by Melvin Thomas Jr.
As I plan my weekend and, of course, my Friday adventures to attend a high school football game, I find myself wondering why there are so many games being played on Thursday nights? At first, I considered that maybe, like in the southern states, Pennsylvania has decided to play on Thursday in addition to Friday…
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