Excoach rewrites history book, wants to add 9 wins to. Oct 26, 2020 excoach rewrites history book, wants to add 9 wins to easton area high schools impressive football record updated oct 26, 2020. One of the original annual thanksgiving football games. The best thanksgiving high school football rivalries in. When the easton phillipsburg thanksgiving day game is broadcast this year, it will be on a new network. Learn how this easton area high school student is connecting with coaches in pa and nationwide. Jeff is cofounder and editorinchief of high school football america, which is a media partner with usa today high school sports. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both countries, but its popularity is declining. The stateliners will play the easton red rovers on thanksgiving morning. Americas best thanksgiving day high school football. List of high school football rivalries more than 100 years. The phillipsburg school district, located in phillipsburg, new jersey, has enjoyed a long heritage of educational commitment to its children. Palmer phillipsburg, nj on saturday, april 3, 2021 joseph l. Schedule phillipsburg stateliners phillipsburg, nj.
Catching up with joe luke lafayette college athletics. Nov, 2005 crowds of 17,000 for a phillipsburg easton game are typical. It is for all athletes who are curious about what it really takes to play college football or get a football scholarship. List of high school football rivalries more than 100 years old.
Easton won that game, the 100th meeting of the two cross. Oct 14, 2001 ten years ago, easton area high schools football team finished the regular season undefeated, becoming the fifth red rover team to do so since 1950. The 1991 team, coached by current easton director of athletics, bob shriver, scored 464 points, the most of any red rover football. Excoach rewrites history book, wants to add 9 wins to easton area high schools impressive football record. A closer look at the eastonphillipsburg rivalry the. Wayne valley football delivers playoff shutout at phillipsburg. Easton 1905present easton leads alltime series, 61415 20. He was selected for the 2020 class of notre dame hs athletic hall of fame. Schedule easton area rovers easton, pa varsity football 2021. The citys population was 26,800 as of the 2010 census.
Northrup connected with stilianos for a 34yard touchdown in the first quarter and a 30yard td early in the fourth to cap the scoring. When the players came out, stem said, reaching for a memory that is more than 50 years old, you tried to touch them. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Joseph was born august 27, 1942 in rice, va a son of the late oscar and elna redd pa. This will be the 74th meeting in easton and the seventh since the fisher stadium renovation. Records phillipsburg high school stateliner football.
Between 2009 and 2020, participation in high school football game 2020. Although phillipsburg easton honda in stewartsville, new jersey is not open 24 hours a day, seven days a week our website is. The 2019 team carried an 81 record and the top seed into its game with. Michael martin obituary 1949 2020 palmer, pa easton, pa. Joe luke scored phillipsburgs gametying touchdown in the 1993 easton phillipsburg game. Phillipsburg free public library, phillipsburg, new jersey. In a joint statement issued friday, the two school districts said the 114th game of the classic rivalry will be played at the stateliners maloney stadium on thanksgiving day, where there will be significant restrictions on attendance. Excoach rewrites history book, wants to add 9 wins to easton area.
One of the great traditions in lehigh valley sports has become another victim of the coronavirus pandemic. List of high school football rivalries less than 100 years old. Timely new eastonphillipsburg football book a real winner. Phillipsburg football legend jim ringo in front of the. Lafayette beats lehigh 20 in the series 156th game. Zarb grew up in easton and attended public schools here. Easton phillipsburg football game canceled, wiping out 114th meeting of historic rivalry. The 2006 edition was televised nationally on espn2 as part of the high school showcase. Jesuit football postseason record book year wlt score opponent event 1930 l 621 lake charles state playoff 1931 w 190 lake charles state playoff 1931 l 014 byrd state playoff. Growing up in easton, pennsylvania gave me a front row seat to what i believe is one of the greatest high school football rivalries in the nation the battle for the forks of the delaware between easton pennsylvania and phillipsburg new jersey. He graduated from easton in 1953 but, oddly enough, never wrestled in high school. Eastonpburg thanksgiving game switches channels easton. Easton 1905present easton leads alltime series, 61415.
Jesuit football postseason record book year wlt score. Record book football these records are based on games entered into the database. In easton wrestling history, coach zarb has a special place. Not all game results have been entered for some sports at this time. The scheduled 114th game between easton and phillipsburg, first moved from its traditional thanksgiving day date to saturday, has been canceled because of the latest coronavirus restrictions. For over one hundred years, our schools have provided safe, healthy, competitive, and rewarding school environments for our students. Durfee high school fall river, ma new bedford high school new bedford, ma new bedford leads 764110 1893 annual thanksgiving football game. The 1984 clash will be the 78th between the fierce rivals, and all. The other undefeated teams played in 1958, 1967, 1968 and 1978. Jim ringo, football, basketball, track and field, 1949. Needless to say, his coworkers had a difficult time. Nov 23, 2017 easton, from pennsylvania, scored with just 42 seconds remaining to cap a 2114 victory against traditional rival phillipsburg in the 111th thanksgiving day state line game. Every year, easton seniors build the bonfire during the week leading up to the easton phillipsburg football game a rivalry thats been heating up for the last 112 years.
Easton, phillipsburg prepare for rivalry game lehigh. Thats what got former easton area high school football coach bob michler digging through. Aug 27, 20 the longtime stroudsburg and current easton assistant fred ross posted a record of 2722224. The eastonphillipsburg series history on a turkey day without football. Easton stuns phillipsburg with last minute thanksgiving touchdown. Phillipsburg easton honda honda dealer stewartsville nj. Not much about a phillipsburg football game has changed. For the first time in almost 100 years, easton and phillipsburg s annual thanksgiving day football game will not be played at lafayettes fisher stadium. The teams annual thanksgiving day battle against easton.
Excoach rewrites history book, wants to add 9 wins to easton. Apr 10, 2021 easton vs decatur 2020 live is gridiron high school football game 2020 played by easton vs decatur teams in the. Phillipsburg easton honda honda dealer stewartsville nj new. Fisher stadium is a,2seat multipurpose stadium in easton, pennsylvania, united states, and is home to the lafayette college leopards football team. In easton wrestling history, coach zarb has a special. Easton k12 district serving students in city of easton, the borough of riegelsville, and forks, palmer, and portions of lower mount bethel townships. Get the latest news, schedule, scores, stats, league standings, rankings and photos for phillipsburg s high schools football teams. He dug up details on the first rivalry game between easton and phillipsburg. Phillipsburg high school phillipsburg school district. He held a catholic hs shotput record for almost 53 years.
Its impossible to reference high school football on thanksgiving day without discussing easton and phillipsburg. It was a big rivalry when i was a kid, said bellis, who grew up in phillipsburg and attended his first. The two teams play an annual football game on thanksgiving day that is considered one of the largest and longeststanding rivalries in american high school football. Site includes calendar, district news, mission statement, cafeteria menus, contact information, and school links. It is directed toward the developing athlete in the 8th, 9th and 10th grade. Two other district 11 guys still racking up wins are east stroudsburg souths ed christian, who is 23633 and parklands jim morgans who is 2251. My favorite part of the tradition of the game is the easton bonfire. These records are based on games entered into the database. Series record series began notes references norwich free academy norwich, ct new london high school new london, ct 776311. Buying and selling vinyl records, cds, dvds, video games, books and other cool things. Thats second alltime in pennsylvania and eighth alltime in the nation, according to michler. The easton phillipsburg series history on a turkey day without football. Easton is located at the confluence of the delaware river and the lehigh river, roughly 55 miles 89 km north of philadelphia and 70 miles 110 km west of new york city easton is the easternmost city in the lehigh valley, a region of 731 square.
Yearbyyear results for the storied thanksgiving rivalry game updated aug 24, 2019. Nov 21, 1984 this one is the traditional easton phillipsburg border war, to be waged at 10. At our y, you will find programs and activities for healthy spirit, mind and body for all. Easton, phillipsburg prepare for rivalry game lehigh valley. Easton area high school easton, pa, phillipsburg high school. Posted nov 24, 2014 phillipsburg will face easton for the 108th time on thanksgiving. We encourage our children to be active learners so that they may grow and be able to apply their knowledge to experience. The official website of phillipsburg stateliners football, the state of new jerseys most successful high school football program. Easton area high school 2601 william penn highway easton, pa 18045 610. The oldest high school football rivalry in south coast new england.
The rivalry between the red rovers of easton and the stateliners of phillipsburg is so steeped with history that it was profiled as the first feature in gatorades replay series. Easton enters thursdays game with a 66 record, while phillipsburg, or pburg for short, is 54. Apr 08, 2021 the mountain hawks have won 17 of the last 26 meetings in the series. The easton area school board approved an agreement tuesday night with. Get the latest news, schedule, scores, roster, stats, standings and photos for the 20192020 easton red rovers football. Phillipsburgs current football boss bob stem played in the 50th game for the. Local author dave leone has assembled a comprehensive history of the thanksgiving day rivalry. The 40 greatest male athletes in phillipsburg high school. Right up front, theres a lot of bias in this story. Eastonpburg football game canceled the morning call. Cheerleading cross country field hockey football golf soccer tennis volleyball.
The secondoldest interstate high school football rivalry in the country, and the oldest such rivalry to feature public schools. One day after announcing the 114th edition of the easton phillipsburg football rivalry had been moved from thanksgiving to saturday, the schools announced that the game is canceled because of executive orders in new jersey and pennsylvania that called for interstate travel restrictions. Fisher field at fisher stadium acts as neutral site for the traditional high school football rivalry between easton area high school and phillipsburg high school. In 2009, the 1993 teams from the easton pburg game met again for the gatorade replay game to resolve the game, which ended in a 77 tie, with more than,000 fans watching as phillipsburg won by a score of 2712. Get the latest news, schedule, scores, roster, stats, standings and photos for the. He worked many years for ingersollrand commuting from easton to morristown nj area.
Daniel foleys book states that another diary reference unearthed. Eastonpburg thanksgiving day football moved to maloney. Phillipsburg easton honda is located at 400 uniontown road, stewartsville, nj 08865. He had the best record of any easton coach against phillipsburg, compiling a.
Nov 27, 2019 after a oneyear miss, when the game was moved to the saturday following thanksgiving in 2014 due to a freak snowstorm phillipsburg won that contest, 1914, easton blanked phillipsburg, 260, in. Nov 19, 2006 bellis crossed the bridge over the delaware river into easton, pa. My favorite part of the tradition of the game is the easton bonfire, which occurs the night before the two hit the field. Watch this highlight video of the easton pa football team in its game recap. High school football rivalries in the united states more than one hundred years old. While lafayette dominated the early years of the rivalry, lehigh owns an impressive 44242 record since 1950. Thanksgiving rivalry runs river deep espnhs football espn. Easton pburg thanksgiving game switches channels annual thanksgiving day football game will be shown on service electric. Our y is your partner in living a healthy lifestyle. Ap cole northrup threw a pair of touchdown passes to tight end steven stilianos and lafayette beat leigh 20 on saturday. Posted oct 11, 2020 this sign at easton area high school shows. Eastonphillipsburg thanksgiving traditions are cancel. Easton stuns phillipsburg with last minute thanksgiving.
Series leader, series rival, series record, series began, notes, references. Phillipsburg year book photos, used with permission. Joseph palmer obituary 1942 2021 phillipsburg, pa the. Easton is a city in and the county seat of northampton county, pennsylvania, united states. Lehigh has won the last five games played at fisher stadium. Perhaps best known for football coaching stints at pburg and bethlehem catholic with a combined 285986 record and six state titles, but was a terrific athlete as well. New work on phillipsburg legend evocative, stuffed with. You can call our sales department at 9085214204, service department at 9088595800, or our parts department at 9088595800. Turkey day rivals easton and phillipsburg meet to shake hands one.
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