What's the best rivalry in PA High School Football?
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Hbg vs McDevitt. Too bad McDevitt move to the suburbs a few years ago. The visiting team would walk up or down Market St to play the game. How many other HS rivalries had a parade???
Easton vs Phillipsburg, NJ. 113 games. Check this out. I rest my case on this.
West Branch vs Philipsburg-Osceola: schools separated by 1.5 miles and even though BOTH schools are like the rednecks vs the rednecks, P-O is a damn metropolis compared to West Branch, which is literally like the Deliverance of all high schools in Pennsylvania 😆 🤣
Not one single year goes by without 2 or 3 major fights in the concessions 😆 😂 🤣
Not one single year goes by without 2 or 3 major fights in the concessions 😆 😂 🤣
I didn’t realize you lived so close to me. I’m from Bellwood. My oldest 2 sons made their way through the program each garnering some nice accolades and my youngest is an incoming junior who will start out outside linebacker and slot receiver.
Bellwood vs Tyrone was the VERY NEXT one I was going to post 😆 🤣
P.S. How redneck is West Branch? Many rural PA. Schools get the first day of hunting season off...but NOT WB LOL, THEY GET THE WHOLE WEEK OFF so everyone can go hunting and by everyone I mean the KIDS.
I would have agreed. Each 1 of my older 2 won the trophy. It’s up to my youngest to win his to complete the trifecta. If I knew how to do it I would post the 2 pictures.
It's an awesome rivalry and it literally can go either way most seasons, even if one school is up and the other down.
Rochester Monaca. There is a bridge over the Ohio River that connects the two. Every year the bridge is renamed so that the nam of the winner goes first…..the Monaca-Rochester Bridge or the Rochester-Monaca Bridge.
Clearfield vs Curwensville was a good one, before both towns became meth infested ghettos where murder was legalized, that is.
West Scranton vs Dunmore back in the day. Game was played on Thanksgiving for years and would be packed.Gotta be Wilson-Mifflin right? At least the best trophy right?
Definitely the best rivalry in this message thread! In our region Freedom/Nazareth/Parkland/Emmaus are all turning into good rivalries as well.
Yes, but it’s been dormant for almost 15 years as Monaca was folded into Central Valley. Easton vs. P-Burg is really hard to beat, but it’s not 2 PA schools. They sell out 14k seats at Lafayette’s Fisher Stadium every year, and would probably get 20-25k if the stadium was large enough.
It ended in 1992 with school consolidation, but Hazleton High vs. West Hazleton was really big, and captivated the area for weeks leading up to the game. The last game before the merger was quite the event.
Lower Merion vs Radnor may be the longest running public school rivalry; the 2022 game was the 126th in the series, which lately has been going Radnor's way. Chris Sydnor from Radnor played DB on PSU's 1982 national championship team.
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Radnor blanks rival Lower Merion to go out a winner
RADNOR — Playing its second game in four days did not bother Radnor, especially the defense. The Raptors pulled out a 14-0 victory in the 126th meeting with Lower Merion in an old-fashioned defensi…
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Harmony has no football program but 3 years ago they allowed them to play for Glendale. Glendale, Moshannon Valley and West Branch are the 3 teams that basically represent the Hatfields, McCoys, and Jimbobs of Pennsylvania. No, I'm not kidding, but special mention goes to Cameron County, Coudersport, and Bucktail.
North Hills vs North Allegheny in the WPIAL used to be a big rivalry, not sure if they even play each other anymore due to reclassification.Gotta be Wilson-Mifflin right? At least the best trophy right?
Have you been to Renovo? Its close to nothing. And I mean NOTHING.
Overall conference…..Butler, New Castle, Beaver Falls, Aliquippa, Ambridge from 1900 to about the mid sixties when mills started to close, relocate, and modernize. All the stadiums were 20,000 and up. The teams were comparable to small college teams.
In the Harrisburg area, John Harris (of Harrisburg) vs Steelton-Highspire (or Steelton before that) was a good rivalry.
Western Pa was considered the greatest source of talent for many years. No doubt. Also the greatest source of outstanding qbs.
I visit the 16105 quite often for work. I like it up there.
It's funny reading through these responses, you can likely get pretty close to where just about everyone grew up or lives.
I'll go Laurel Highlands Conference. Those teams just don't seem to like each other. Dad said it was really bad when he went to school in the 70s (Forest Hills).
I always heard Portage and Penn Cambria was a huge rivalry back in the day. Portage has significantly shrunk in size, so they don't play anymore.
I'll go Laurel Highlands Conference. Those teams just don't seem to like each other. Dad said it was really bad when he went to school in the 70s (Forest Hills).
I always heard Portage and Penn Cambria was a huge rivalry back in the day. Portage has significantly shrunk in size, so they don't play anymore.
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