Pat Rothdeutsch

Last season, Bald Eagle Area raced out to a 2-0 start with two impressive wins, but beginning in the third game the Eagles ran into some tough times. Not this year.

The State College Little Lions began their 2017 season with a runaway win over J.P. McCaskey on Sept. 1, and Bald Eagle Area made a strong statement in a big win over P-O to go to 2-0. But, it wasn’t a very good week otherwise around the rest of the county in high school football.

We’ll take it. Bellefonte, Bald Eagle, Penns Valley and Philipsburg-Osceola all came through with opening-week victories, something that hasn’t happened in recent memory.

As advertised, there will be an almost full slate of games in Week 1 of the new high school football season. The only school not in action will be State College, and the Little Lions will open their season Friday, Sept. 1.

The Clarence Mounties know that with the Greene brothers, Bryce and Bryan, on their team, sooner or later total chaos is bound to break out. On Aug. 6, in the third game of the CCBL final series against Philipsburg, the Greenes decided it was time for some of that chaos in the fifth inning…

The Clarence Mounties showed again in their 4-0 win over Spike Island why they are the defending County League champs and the odds-on favorite to repeat in 2017.

Clarence head coach Rob Gavlock had some concerns about his team’s offense after the long layoff before the top-seeded Mounties began the Centre County League playoffs. Turns out, it wasn’t much of a worry at all since the Clarence pitching staff so far has been stellar, to say the least. In fac