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  • Panthers Dominate Trojans For Senior Night Win, 37-15

    JEFF BATZEL, For the Herald|Nov 4, 2021

    Northern Bedford racked up 367 yards of offense on Senior night to finish the regular season at 7-3 with a 37-15 victory over visiting Mount Union last Friday night. Senior Brooks Snider caught two TD passes to highlight the Panther offense. The offense was an effective mix of passing and rushing with Eion Snider passing for 129 yards and Adam Johnson rushing for 55 to lead the team in both categories. The defense was equally effective yielding just 132 total yards and not giving up a defensive TD until there were less than 4 minutes left to pl...

  • Panthers Dominate In 34-7 Backyard Brawl Win

    JEFF BATZEL, For the Herald|Oct 28, 2021

    Northern Bedford thoroughly dominated the first three quarters of Friday nights “backyard brawl” rivalry, enroute to a 34-7 victory. The Panthers, now 6-3 overall, used a combination of the run and pass to score 5 unanswered touchdowns. Kainen Brown plowed in for NB’s first TD from 6 yards out and Ashton Detterline scored on a 2-yard run after an errant TM punt snap gave the Panthers a short field. Collin Yeatts tacked on both PAT kicks and NB held a 14-0 lead at the end of one quarter. The Snider brothers, Eion and Brooks, combined for a 10-ya...

  • Panthers Persevere In Defensive Struggle, 7-6

    JEFF BATZEL, For the Herald|Oct 14, 2021

    Northern Bedford’s defensive resilience propelled the Black Panthers to a thrilling 7-6 win at Juniata Valley last Friday night. The previously unbeaten Hornets explosive offense was held to 183 total yards, 77 of which came on one big play. “We never let them get in a rhythm and controlled the line of scrimmage the entire night,” said Coach Garry Black. Northern was able to play most of the game in their own territory benefiting from 3 turnovers in the midfield area and one shanked punt to maintain a field position advantage throughout most...

  • Big First Quarter Propels Panthers

    JEFF BATZEL, For the Herald|Sep 30, 2021

    Curwensville was late arriving at Northern Bedford for Friday night’s ICC matchup. They were also late in getting started as the Panthers shell shocked the Golden Tide with a 28-point flurry in the first quarter enroute to a 41-20 victory. NB opened the game with an 80 yard, 11 play drive culminating in a Kainen Brown 2 yard TD plunge. Just five plays later, Mason Detterline blocked a Jake Mullins punt giving NB the ball at the 2 yard line. Griffin Keller swept the right side untouched for a second NB score within 40 seconds of the first. A...

  • Windber Rambles Over NB, 56-7

    JEFF BATZEL, For the Herald|Sep 23, 2021

    The undefeated Windber Ramblers are as good as advertised. The States #6 ranked AA team dismantled the Panthers early with a first quarter barrage of 3 TD's to win, going away, 56-7. "This completes a very tough 4 game stretch for us," said Coach Garry Black. "We are better than our record shows and I still believe in our kids, we are inexperienced and will improve and if we can stay healthy crawl back to or above the .500 mark." The highlight for the Panthers was a late third quarter drive...

  • Northern Bedford Falls At Bellwood, 27-0

    Jeff Batzel, For the Herald|Sep 16, 2021

    Northern Bedford traveled to Bellwood Friday night and were dominated by the unbeaten Blue Devils to the tune of 27-0. The Panthers, playing with heavy hearts after learning of Assistant Coach Rob Reed's passing earlier in the week due to complications from Covid-19, held B-A scoreless in the first period. However, on the first play of the second quarter, Bellwood's Alex Kovac picked a fumble out of midair and rambled 8 yards to paydirt for a defensive score. The Blue Devils followed that up...

  • Northern Bedford Runner Places 4th at States

    Jeff Batzel, For the Herald|May 30, 2019

    Northern Bedford sophomore Ian Zimmerman (second from right) is all smiles on the medal stand on Saturday, May 25, at Shippensburg University. Zimmerman placed fourth in the Class 2A 1600-meter run with a school record time of 4 minutes, 23.04 seconds....