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BROCKWAY — It was an absolutely miserable night to play football: temperatures in the 30s, blowing wind, a steady drizzle all night long. But when the...

The first weekend of the District 9 playoffs had a little bit of everything. There were a couple of surprising upsets (Coudersport over RV; Curwensvil...

BELLEFONTE — For about one quarter, it looked like the Bradford Owls had a chance to win their first playoff football game since 2007. But it simply w...

NEW BETHLEHEM — You don’t expect to see the mercy rule enacted in many playoff football games. You especially don’t expect it to happen against the ho...

SMETHPORT — Through everything the Smethport Hubbers have achieved so far this year — an undefeated regular season, the Small School North title — the...

Writing this as the 49ers play the Raiders, although I went on record with a public Facebook post before kickoff that San Francisco would beat the Rai...

Ever since they experienced the dreadful lows of a 1-9 season back in 2015, the Bradford Owls have made strides in each successive year. They improved...

RIDGWAY — Otto-Eldred was perhaps the best volleyball team in District 9 in 2017, and the Lady Terrors proved it by winning the D-9 Class A crown as w...

Oil City running back Christian Cole needed 312 yards against Bradford to break the District 10 single-season rushing record. He ended up 85 yards sho...

Tonight’s matchup between Oil City and Bradford features two teams that have gotten pretty used to winning of late. The Oilers (8-1) are one of Distri...

Port Allegany 36, Cameron County 0 PORT ALLEGANY — Port Allegany’s Josh Rees ran for two touchdowns and caught a pass for a third score to lead the Ga...

KARNS CITY — Time and again this season, the Bradford Owls have shown that when they’re firing on all cylinders, there aren’t many teams in District 9...

COUDERSPORT — There have been plenty of memorable finishes in the storied history of Smethport Hubber football. But perhaps none were as wild — or as ...

The first few games of Bradford’s season were characterised by inconsistency. The Owls opened the season with a 69-60 shootout loss to Brookville, the...

The practices have concluded, the stakes are set, and a long-time high school football rivalry between Smethport and Coudersport will get turned up to...

NEW BETHLEHEM — It’s not often that a team with 260 yards on the ground and four rushing touchdowns finds itself in the loss column. But that’s exactl...

After a pair of nice wins against Brockway and Punxsutawney, the Bradford Owls faced a barometer test type of game against the reigning District 9 Cla...

SMETHPORT — Nathan Hollowell and Blake Kinner each reached the century mark in rushing yards and scored a touchdown to key unbeaten Smethport’s Senior...

On what promises to be a very chilly evening, the Bradford Owls need to steel themselves for more than just the weather when Clarion comes to town. Br...

There are going to be plenty of must-win football games in District 9 over the next few weeks. With another slate of critical matchups in the books af...