Phillipsburg, New Jersey’s all-time leader in high school football wins, looked like it was going to snap a five-game losing streak to Thanksgiving arch-rival Easton (Pennsylvania) Thursday morning at Lafayette College’s Fisher Field. Leading the game 3-0 with a little…
Easton (Pennsylvania) and Phillipsburg (New Jersey) will not play their annual Turkey Day high school football game this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Officials from both schools announced via a news release Thursday that the 114th meeting between the…
For the first time since 1926, the annual Thanksgiving Day high school football game between Easton (Pennsylvania) and Phillipsburg (New Jersey) won’t be played at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. School officials have announced that the game is being moved…
As High School Football America rolls into its 16th year of producing original content for high school football fans across the country, I’ve been looking back at some of our favorite stories we’ve covered. On today’s Flashback Friday, I take…
As someone who is very proud of my hometown area in eastern Pennsylvania and the Thanksgiving Day rivalry between Easton (Pennsylvania) and Phillipsburg (New Jersey), it warmed my heart to see that on Thursday, one week after their 113th meeting,…
While there are older Turkey high school football rivalries, the Battle for the Forks of Delaware may be the best known in America. The main reason the game between Easton (Pennsylvania) and Phillipsburg (New Jersey) is so well-known is the…
Being born and raised in the northeast, this is my favorite time of year and my favorite story to write each and every year. It’s time for Turkey Day football! Personally, I’ll be at Lafayette College’s Fisher Field for the…
Right up front, there’s a lot of bias in this story. 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…
Bergen Catholic leads the charge of four New Jersey teams ranked in the High School Football America Preseason 100 that is created with our proprietary algorithm. The Crusaders are ranked No. 8 to start the season. BC, which finished No….
Two of the Garden State’s best-known Thanksgiving Day high school games proved the theory that you can throw-out the records in these rivalry games. At Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, Phillipsburg, ranked No. 9 in the latest High School Football…