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Pennsylvania high school football scores – Week 1

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2 years ago

August 24, 2024

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Pennsylvania high school football scores – Week 1

from our friends at EasternPAFootball.com

August 23

Avon Grove 12, Warwick 3
Bedford 28, Westmont Hilltop 7
Bellefonte 18, Central (6) 7
Bellwood-Antis 51, Penns Valley 12
Bensalem 41, Lower Merion 28
Berlin-Brothersvalley 42, Claysburg-Kimmel 14
Bethel Park 50, Seneca Valley 14
Bethlehem Catholic 28, East Pennsboro 14
Bethlehem Liberty 40, Pennridge 14
Biglerville 39, Annville-Cleona 36
Bishop McCort 28, Central Cambria 27
Blackhawk 56, Beaver Falls 0
Boiling Springs 35, Littlestown 7
Bristol 19, Harriton 0
Cambria Heights 28, River Valley 12
Canton Area 42, Northwest Area 6
Cedar Cliff 50, Red Land 30
Cedar Crest 45, Lower Dauphin 16
Central Bucks South 35, Archbishop Wood 0
Central Bucks West 21, Easton Area 12
Central Columbia 41, Midd-West 0
Central York 47, Central Dauphin 0
Chambersburg 24, Gettysburg 17
Chester 19, Perkiomen Valley 14
Clearfield Area 46, Tyrone 20
Cocalico 28, Elizabethtown Area 14
Conemaugh Township 42, West Shamokin 0
Conestoga Valley 35, Penn Manor 0
Conrad Weiser 21, Abington 7
Dallastown 28, Hempfield (3) 9
Danville 45, Bloomsburg 7
Dover Area 42, Northeastern 7
Downingtown West 23, Abraham Lincoln 6
East Stroudsburg South 33, Abington Heights 14
Eastern York 42, Columbia 6
Everett 42, West Branch 0
Exeter Township 36, Daniel Boone 0
Fleetwood 48, Kutztown 12
Forest Hills 38, Greater Johnstown 26
Fort Cherry 39, Northgate 0
Freedom 7, Quaker Valley 0
Garnet Valley 34, Coatesville 19
Glendale 14, Windber 7
Governor Mifflin 35, Pleasant Valley 0
Great Valley 34, Oxford Area 22
Hampton 22, University Prep 18
Harry S. Truman 42, Kensington 0
Haverford High 42, South Philadelphia 0
Hershey 28, Milton Hershey 0
Hollidaysburg 27, Altoona Area 14
Honesdale 33, East Stroudsburg North 16
James Buchanan 15, York County School of Technology 13
Jeannette 28, Mount Pleasant Area 27
Jefferson-Morgan 35, Chartiers-Houston 6
Jersey Shore 28, Dallas 21
Kennard-Dale 38, Hanover (3) 7
Kiski Area 42, Knoch 7
Lackawanna Trail 41, Tunkhannock 7
Lake-Lehman 13, Berwick Area 7
Lakeland 40, Carbondale Area 18
Lampeter-Strasburg 35, Solanco 9
Lancaster Catholic 42, Camp Hill 41
Leechburg 19, Apollo-Ridge 14
Lewisburg 26, Line Mountain 23
Loyalsock Township 28, Mifflinburg 27
Manheim Central 24, West Philadelphia 8
Manheim Township 42, Cumberland Valley 14
Marion Center 21, Portage Area 0
Marple-Newtown 28, Hatboro-Horsham 0
Martin Luther King 26, Pottstown Area 7
Mechanicsburg 34, Carlisle 6
Methacton 7, Pottsgrove 2
Mid Valley 32, Pittston Area 0
Middletown Area 31, Donegal 24
Mifflin County 42, Central Mountain 6
Milton Area 20, Shikellamy 17
Montoursville 47, Wellsboro 7
Morrisville 28, New Hope Solebury 6
Mount Union Area 28, Tussey Mountain 14
Muhlenberg 29, Schuylkill Valley 20
Nazareth Area 42, Hazleton Area 7
Neshaminy 20, Emmaus 17
New Brighton 9, Shenango 7
New Oxford 28, Bermudian Springs 13
Norristown 28, Penn Wood 24
North Allegheny 22, St. Frances Academy Regional (MD) 20
North Penn 28, Downingtown East 25
North Pocono 46, Greater Nanticoke 7
North Star 18, Moshannon Valley 0
Northern Bedford 36, Southern Huntingdon 16
Northern Cambria 34, Purchase Line 6
Northern Lebanon 10, Pine Grove Area 0
Norwin 26, Penn-Trafford 14
Octorara Area 30, Hamburg 7
Old Forge 28, West Scranton 27
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 12, Rochester 6
Owen J. Roberts 49, Conestoga 14
Palmyra 40, Lebanon 6
Penn Cambria 22, Richland 8
Penncrest 33, Sun Valley/Northley 20
Penns Manor 52, Conemaugh Valley 0
Pequea Valley 49, Renaissance Academy Charter 0
Philipsburg-Osceola 30, Huntingdon Area 17
Phoenixville 41, Reading 16
Plymouth-Whitemarsh 49, Upper Merion 14
Radnor 26, Chichester 8
Ridley 20, Central Bucks East 7
Riverside (2) 16, Dunmore 3
Riverside (7) 38, Hopewell 25
Scranton Prep 33, Valley View 0
Selinsgrove 14, Juniata 6
Shaler Area 20, Butler 14
Shamokin 27, Pottsville Area 13
Shippensburg Area 28, Big Spring 7
South Fayette 26, Chartiers Valley 0
South Park 30, East Allegheny 16
South Western 36, York Suburban 6
South Williamsport 26, Athens 13
Southern Lehigh 31, Quakertown Community 13
Spring Grove 31, Northern York 14
Spring-Ford 31, Souderton Area 14
State College Area 49, Gateway 14
Strath Haven 49, Interboro 6
Stroudsburg 30, Wallenpaupack 10
Susquehannock 26, Delone Catholic 10
Thomas Jefferson 63, Baldwin 12
Towanda 24, Cowanesque Valley 6
Tri-Valley 36, York Catholic 16
Troy Area 84, Sayre 13
Twin Valley 42, Berks Catholic 16
United Valley 46, Homer-Center 13
Upper Dublin 38, Wissahickon 21
Upper Moreland 35, Council Rock North 7
Upper Perkiomen 31, Boyertown 21
Warrior Run 28, Muncy 21
Waynesboro 30, Greencastle-Antrim 27
Waynesburg Central 42, West Greene 7
West Chester East 20, Academy Park 0
West Chester Rustin 44, Unionville 7
West Mifflin 17, Elizabeth-Forward 16
West Perry 58, Susquenita 0
Wilkes-Barre 27, Whitehall 10
Williams Valley 21, Upper Dauphin 6
Williamsport 33, Wyoming Valley West 0
Wyalusing Area 37, North Penn-Mansfield 12
Wyoming Area 28, Crestwood 21

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Pa. man found guilty of raping teen girl who he took to Mexico

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March 5, 2026

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Pa. man found guilty of raping teen girl who he took to Mexico

A Pennsylvania man was found guilty of repeatedly raping his daughter’s best friend over a three-year span before fleeing with the teen to Mexico.

On Thursday, March 5, 2026, Kevin Esterly, 53, of Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, was convicted on all counts of rape, statutory sexual assault, involuntary sexual intercourse and endangering the welfare of children.

Esterly shook his head as the verdict was read but said nothing in the courtroom.

Resources for victims of sexual assault are available through the National Sexual Violence Resources Center and the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 800-656-4673.

Esterly’s trial began on Tuesday, March 3, after a judge denied his pretrial motion for the charges against him to be dismissed and for the Lehigh County District Attorney to be removed as a prosecutor in the case.

Both Esterly and his victim testified on Wednesday, March 4.

The victim — who is now 24-years-old — told the courtroom that she met Esterly and his family while attending church as a child and became best friends with one of his daughters. Esterly was a youth leader and elder at the church at the time. The victim said Esterly also coached her soccer team.

The victim said she became so close to Esterly’s family that she called his wife “mom” and eventually spent almost every weekend at their home in Lowhill Township, Pennsylvania. She also said she vacationed with them in New York state and Ocean City, Maryland.

The victim said Esterly first sexually assaulted her in August 2015 when she was 13-years-old after he gave her alcohol during a family birthday party.

“I was scared. Frozen in fear,” the woman told the courtroom on Wednesday. “I pretended I was sleeping.”

The woman accused Esterly of sexually assaulting her almost every time she slept over at his home. She told the courtroom she eventually became addicted to alcohol and drugs, which Esterly gave her in exchange for sex. According to the woman, Esterly gave her cocaine and methamphetamine to keep her awake during school because she “would be up with him all night.”

The woman said Esterly continued to sexually assault her until he was confronted by his wife in 2017. Esterly’s wife then threw him out of the house, according to the victim. She said Esterly continued to sexually assault her over the next year.

Esterly was later arrested and then sentenced to prison after federal agents found him with the victim in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in 2018. She was 16-years-old at the time.

The woman said she moved on and went to college after Esterly’s sentencing though she still struggled with drug addiction. She said she sought counseling in February 2025. She told the courtroom she received a message from Esterly on LinkedIn that same month in which he apologized for “failing you as a person I was supposed to be for you.” At that point Esterly had been released from prison.

The woman said she had not told anyone about her relationship with Esterly up to that point and replied to him, “I live with our secret every day as I promised. I would appreciate an apology.”

The woman told the courtroom that Esterly responded by writing, “I hope one day you can forgive me. Nobody knows I reached out to you. That is the best for both of us.”

On Feb. 21, 2025, Allentown Police received a report of Esterly’s sexual assaults which led to the new charges being filed against him. He was arrested in West Virginia in June 2025 after two police pursuits. He was then extradited to Pennsylvania.

The victim told the courtroom on Wednesday that she kept quiet about Esterly’s abuse for years because she “was afraid to speak,” and felt “dirty and ashamed.”

“I wasn’t ready to tell anyone,” she said. “He was a father figure in my life. I loved him.”

The woman also said she didn’t want to hurt Esterly’s daughter who was her best friend.

When the District Attorney asked her why she was “here today,” she replied by saying, “I want to tell the truth. I want to be set free.”

The woman ended her testimony by saying, “I don’t want to live with this secret anymore.”

After her testimony, Esterly took the stand for 45 minutes, denied all of the accusations against him and accused the woman of lying.

Closing arguments then took place Thursday morning. It then took an hour for the jury of seven women and five men to reach their verdict.

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3 dead in apparent murder-suicide spanning from Pennsylvania to Illinois, police say

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March 5, 2026

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3 dead in apparent murder-suicide spanning from Pennsylvania to Illinois, police say

Madeline Bartos,

Jennifer Borrasso

Updated on: March 5, 2026 / 2:16 AM EST
/ CBS Pittsburgh

Two women are dead in Pennsylvania and a man is dead in Illinois after an apparent murder-suicide, police said on Wednesday.

According to a report from the Pennsylvania State Police, the investigation began in Hillside, Illinois, when police there were dispatched after a man reported two women dead in Jackson Township, Pennsylvania. Police said that when officers got to Hillside, about 15 miles west of Chicago, they found that the man had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

After identifying him, troopers said Hillside officers contacted police from Jackson Township to request a welfare check at the man’s home on Dior Drive, about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh.

Map shows distance from Hillside, Illinois, to Zelienople, Pennsylvania

KDKA

Police said officers used forced entry to get into the home and found two women dead from apparent gunshot wounds. It’s believed the two women were family members of the man who died by suicide in Illinois, investigators said.

Pennsylvania State Police said they’ve assumed control of the case and are “actively investigating” what happened surrounding the three deaths.

Police didn’t release any names, saying the process of formal identification and notification of next of kin hasn’t been completed. Sources told KDKA that the victims were a husband, wife and their daughter.

“At this time, investigators believe there is no ongoing threat to the public, and law enforcement is not searching for any additional individuals in connection with this incident,” police wrote in the public information release report. “This remains an active and ongoing investigation.”

State police didn’t release any other details on Wednesday but said more information will be made public when it’s available.

“My first reaction was shocked because this is such a close-knit neighborhood, and to think something that horrible could happen here is very tragic because they were such a good family,” neighbor Danielle Sporer said on Wednesday.

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Top Pennsylvania 2027 quarterback enrolls into Coatesville (Pa.)

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March 4, 2026

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Top Pennsylvania 2027 quarterback enrolls into Coatesville (Pa.)

One of the top 2027 Pennsylvania high school quarterbacks from the 2025 season has announced that he’s leaving for a new home.

Per an announcement by Class of 2027 signal caller Mikal Shank Jr., the quarterback has left Harrisburg (Pa.) and is now at Coatesville (Pa.) for his senior season. Shank Jr. last season started 14 games for the Cougars and is arguably one of the state’s top returning players behind center heading into the 2026 campaign.