{"id":308613,"date":"2026-10-17T08:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T08:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/308613\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T08:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T08:42:10","slug":"lehigh-valley-high-school-football-roundup-easton-rolls-freedom-edges-northampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/308613\/","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Valley high school football roundup: Easton rolls; Freedom edges Northampton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quarterback Zahviay McGurn threw touchdown passes on Easton\u2019s first three scores and the Red Rovers rolled to a 42-14 victory over Liberty on Friday night.<\/p>\n

The Red Rovers scored on their opening drive as McGurn hit Amin Fideen for an 11-yard touchdown with 8:15 left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

Easton made it 14-0 when McGurn hit Sean McPeek on a 28-yard touchdown pass with 2:26 left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

McGurn hooked up with Fideen again on a 25-yard touchdown pass to make it 21-0 with 5:22 left in the first half.<\/p>\n

Liberty scored late in the third quarter, but the Red Rovers led 28-7 with one quarter to play.<\/p>\n

\"Easton'sEaston\u2019s Zahviay McGurn threw touchdown passes on the Red Rovers\u2019 first three scores against Liberty on Friday night. (Jonathan Broady\/Special to The Morning Call)<\/p>\n

The Red Rovers evened their overall record to 4-4 and improved to 3-2 in the EPC Northampton Division. The Hurricanes dropped to 2-6, 1-4 EPC Northampton.<\/p>\n

Freedom 17, Northampton 14: Nate Stannard kicked a 33-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to break a 14-14 tie and the Patriots held on for the win.<\/p>\n

After Freedom scored for a 7-0 lead, Northampton tied the game at 7 when Chase Kessler burst up the middle for an 8-yard touchdown, capping a 14-play drive.<\/p>\n

Freedom retook the lead 14-7 when Michael Stofanik hit Ky Moore for a 31-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n

Northampton made it 14-all at halftime when Joell Small scored on a 9-yard run with 25 seconds left in the half to cap an 80-yard drive, which took just 1:22.<\/p>\n

Stannard kicked his eventual game-winning 33-yard field goal with 9:07 left in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

The Patriots then forced Northampton into a fourth-and-22 late in the game and stopped the Konkrete Kids, earning the win.<\/p>\n

Freedom improved to 5-3, 3-2 EPC Northampton Division; the Konkrete Kids dropped to dropped to 5-3, 3-2 Northampton Division.<\/p>\n

Pleasant Valley 35, Pocono Mountain East 11: In the battle for the Old Oaken Bucket, Chris Ward ran 20 yards for a TD to make it 7-0 with 6:15 remaining in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals got a safety to make it 7-2 before Ward dumped off a pass to Sean Cobb Jr. who took it all the way for a 74-yard touchdown and a 14-2 lead.<\/p>\n

\"PleasantPleasant Valley senior Chris Ward led the Bears to a win over Pocono Mountain East in the Old Oaken Bucket game on Friday night. (Contributed photo \/ Corinne O\u2019Neil)<\/p>\n

The Bears upped the lead to 21-2 with 3:05 left in the first half when Ward reversed the field and scored his second rushing touchdown of the game, a 13-yarder. The Bears led 21-2 at halftime.<\/p>\n

Pleasant Valley had two punts sail over the kicker\u2019s head and out of the back of the end zone for safeties in the game, accounting for four of East\u2019s 11 points.<\/p>\n

The Bears improve to 4-4, 2-3 Monroe Division; East drops to 5-3, 2-3 Monroe.<\/p>\n

Tamaqua 38, Panther Valley 7: The Blue Raiders got on the scoreboard first when Terrence McDowell scored from 3 yards out with the two-point conversion missing.<\/p>\n

Tamaqua led 14-0 at halftime and rolled from there, leading 30-0 after three quarters, to improve to 4-4 with Panther Valley dropping to 3-5. McDowell\u2019s TD run with 11:44 left put the game into running clock.<\/p>\n

Stroudsburg 45, East Stroudsburg North 0: Keegan Munch scored the Mounties\u2019 third touchdown and Hunter Fuller kicked a field goal as the Mounties built a 24-0 lead and rolled from there, leading 45-0 at halftime with the game being played under running clock in the second half.<\/p>\n

Stroudsburg evened its record at 4-4 overall and improved to 2-3 in the EPC Monroe Division. ES North remains without at win at 0-8, 0-5.<\/p>\n

Jim Thorpe 21, Lehighton 20: Tyler Hoherchak scored on a quarterback bootleg with 17.9 seconds left to give the Olympians a 21-20 win over the Indians. the touchdown capped a 13-play drive.<\/p>\n

Hoherchak\u2019s 72-yard pass to Spencer Gothard set up a 2-yard Bobby Levins score on 4th and goal to give the Olympians a 14-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Lehighton pulled to within 14-7 when Jack Lucykanish hit Carl Lingham with a 57-yard TD pass. That was the score at halftime.<\/p>\n

At the start of the third quarter, Lehighton capped off a clock-eating drive with a Lucykanish 7-yard TD run to tie it at 14-14 with 4:10 left in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

The game was tied at 14-14 after three quarters.<\/p>\n

Lehighton took a 20-14 lead with 6:02 left to play when Lukas Crozier scored on a 2-yard run with the extra point kick blocked, which came in big after Hoherchak\u2019s last seconds touchdown.<\/p>\n

The Olympians are 5-3 and the Indians dropped to 6-2.<\/p>\n

Northwestern Lehigh 56, Wilson 0: The Tigers led 49-0 at the halftime and the second half was played with a running clock. The Tigers are 8-0 and the Warriors fell to 1-7. Northwestern Lehigh plays fellow Colonial League power Southern Lehigh next Friday at Southern Lehigh.<\/p>\n

Catasauqua 50, Palisades 7: The Rough Riders upped their record to 3-5 while the Pirates remain winless and fall to 0-8.<\/p>\n

Palmerton 28, Northern Lehigh 20: The Blue Bombers improve to 7-1. Northern Lehigh is 5-3.<\/p>\n

Williams Valley 42, Marian Catholic 20: Marian took a 7-0 lead on its first play from scrimmage when Gregory Tirpak hit Rocco Griguoli for a 63-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n

Williams Valley responded two plays later when Cole Hubler bolted 67 yards for a scord to make it 7-7 and tacked on two more touchdowns to lead 21-7 before going on to a 42-20 victory.<\/p>\n

Williams Valley improved to 7-1 and Tamaqua drops to 3-5.<\/p>\n

Blue Mountain 49, North Schuylkill 10.<\/p>\n

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