High school football: Week 2 notables
High school skinny
FRIDAY
State College (1-0) at Altoona (0-1), 7
Notable: Longtime Altoona team doctor Bret Scharf will be the Lions’ honorary captain on Gold Ribbon Night.
Bald Eagle Area (0-1) at Penn Cambria (1-0), 7
Notable: These teams last met in the first year of the new LHAC (2023), and Bald Eagle won, 46-0.
Clearfield (0-1) vs. Bedford (0-1) (at Claysburg-Kimmel H.S.), 7
Notable: Bedford freshman Bennett Steele had five catches for 82 yards last week in his first varsity game.
Johnstown (0-1) at Central (0-1), 7
Notable: These teams have met just once since 2005, in 2021, and the Scarlet Dragons won 54-6.
McCort-Carroll (1-0) at Bellwood-Antis (1-0), 7
Notable: McCort-Carroll scored 39 in a win over Bedford last week — more than it scored in any game last year.
Penns Valley (0-1) at Central Cambria (0-1), 7
Notable: Teams met in 2007 D6 quarters with CC winning, 7-6, before beating Tyrone and losing to McCort.
Philipsburg-Osceola (1-0) at Chestnut Ridge (1-0), 7
Notable: Jayden Imler carried the ball 18 times for 108 yards and a score for the Lions in a win over Johnstown.
Somerset (0-1) at Huntingdon (1-0), 7
Notable: ‘Cats beat BEA last week, 14-6, for first win since 2023. Carter Dunmyer ran for 110 yards for Somerset.
Westmont Hilltop (0-1) at Tyrone (0-1), 7
Notable: WH attempted 30 passes last week in a loss vs. Forest Hills. It threw 71 passes total last year.
Claysburg-Kimmel (0-1) at Northern Bedford (0-1), 7
Notable: Before a 2024 18-15 NBC win, Panthers had outscored C-K, 205-34, in 5 meetings since a 2018 C-K win.
Glendale (0-1) at Meyersdale (1-0), 7
Notable: Meyersdale’s Cooper Porter had 15 tackles, including 1.5 for loss, in a 37-19 win over Curwensville.
Moshannon Valley (0-1) at Everett (1-0), 7
Notable: Last year’s 20-7 win for the Warriors snapped a 5-game losing streak in the series vs. Mo Valley.
North Star (1-0) at Juniata Valley (0-1), 7
Notable: Cougars QB Kasey Yoder threw for 121 yards and a TD, and ran for 127 yards and four TDs last week.
Tussey Mountain (0-1) at Southern Huntingdon (1-0), 7
Notable: Ex-So. Huntingdon coach Aaron Batzel is now teaching at, and on the coaching staff, at Tussey.
Northern Cambria (0-1) at Purchase Line (0-1), 7
Notable: Despite losing to Homer-Center last week, the Colts averaged 6.8 yards per rushing attempt.
Portage (1-0) at Marion Center (1-0), 7
Notable: Portage scored 42 points in a win over Stingers in its first year in Heritage but has lost the last two meetings.
River Valley (1-0) at Cambria Heights (1-0), 7
Notable: The last time River Valley traveled to Patton in 2023, the Panthers came away with a 20-14 win.
Taylor Allderdice (1-0) at Hollidaysburg (1-0), 7
Notable: The teams met twice last season. Tigers allowed just one score in winning by a combined, 83-8.
SATURDAY
Richland (1-0) at Bishop Guilfoyle (1-0), 7
Notable: BG’s 32-22 win in the D6 Class 2A semis in 2022 snapped a four-game Rams winning streak in the series.


