5 Pennsylvania high school football games you shouldn't have missed (9/1/2023)
In Pennsylvania high school football action on Friday night, SBLive covered No. 15 Pittsburgh Central Catholic's trip to St. Ignatius (No. 16 in Ohio), where the Vikings took home a 47-6 win.
But there were plenty of games to keep an eye on involving teams from the Keystone State and we put together five of the games you shouldn't have missed.
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Here are 5 games you shouldn't have missed:
No. 2 Imhotep Charter 35, No. 11 Haverford School 0
Jabree Wallace-Coleman scored two touchdowns on the ground, while Syeer Coleman and Tyseer Denmark added one each and Sayeed Buie hauled in a touchdown pass from Mikal Davis, Jr. to lead Imhotep Charter to the shutout win.
No. 8 Parkland 35, No. 20 Freedom 0
Quarterback Luke Spang threw four touchdown passes to four different wide receivers as Parkland took the lea don its first possession and never looked back.
Jendel Sanchez, Leo Dauberman, Connor Johns and Robbie Ruisch all hauled in scoring passes from Spang, while Trey Tremba added the other touchdown on a 3-yard run.
No. 21 Downingtown East 28, No. 10 State College 26
A missed field goal by State College in the final seconds was the difference as Downingtown East held on for the win.
Downingtown East led 28-7 before State College made a comeback and then had a chance to win it late.
No. 22 Nazareth 42, No. 16 Emmaus 7
Nazareth scored the final 35 points of the game to run away with the win.
After Emmaus had tied the game 7-7 late in the first quarter, it took all of 40 seconds for Nazareth to jump back out front as quarterback Peyton Falzone hit Caleb Newsome for a 63-yard touchdown. Falzone then threw a touchdown pass to Mason Kuehner to make it 21-7 at the half.
Nazareth got two rushing touchdowns in the third quarter from Jed Bendekovits and then Kuehner intercepted a pass and went 99 yards for a score.
Franklin Regional 28, Latrobe 21
The Franklin Regional defense was up to the challenge twice at the goal line twice in the game - once to end the second quarter and then again with the game on the line in the fourth quarter - to secure the win.
With Franklin Regional trailing 21-14 at the half, running back Kyle Dupill scored two touchdowns in the third quarter to tie the game and then give the Panthers a lead.
-- Ryan Isley | ryan@scorebooklive.com | @sblivepa
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