Shamokin Football 2023 Season

PA Football News lists Shamokin 5-6 in 2023 with Marc Persing as head coach and a league record of 4-5. The Eastern Football Conference's championship page for Nov. 3, 2023 lists the Class 4A final as Fleetwood 42, Shamokin 41.

The Reading Eagle's next-day story places that game at Shamokin on Friday. Shamokin led 7-0 after a quarter, 27-7 at halftime, and 34-7 after ZaKem Clinton's 34-yard run with 11:13 left in the third. Fleetwood then scored 27 straight points. Jack Riffle completed 26 of 49 passes for 419 yards and three touchdowns. Mason Musitano caught 15 passes for 212 yards and a score. Czion Brickle rushed for 166 yards and three touchdowns. In overtime Clinton scored from 10 yards on the first play, and Brickle scored from the 2. A Shamokin penalty shortened the extra-point try. Fleetwood coach Steve Pangburn went for two, and Trey Killian scored. Lancaster Online places the game at Kemp Memorial Stadium.

The Republican Herald's Dec. 29, 2023 all-state story names junior defensive lineman Blake Hockenbroch and junior defensive back Chase Pensyl to the Pennsylvania Football Writers' Class 4A team. Hockenbroch, listed at 6-foot-2 and 230 pounds, had 61 tackles, seven sacks, and five forced fumbles. Pensyl had 120 tackles and three interceptions, and on offense rushed for 387 yards and caught 19 passes for 418 yards.

EasternPAFootball's Sept. 30, 2023 story, by Cody Smith, is Friday night at Shikellamy's homecoming in Sunbury: Shamokin 41, Shikellamy 20. Jayce Ginck ran 16 times for 232 yards and three touchdowns, a 75-yard run on the second play and a 76-yard run in the fourth. Shamokin rushed 41 times for 391 yards and scored six rushing touchdowns. Senior quarterback Brad Latshaw completed 3 of 9 passes for 62 yards and ran nine times for 49 yards and a score. Freshman Logan Steele completed 2 of 3 passes for 19 yards and scored on a 7-yard run. Junior Chase Pensyl scored on a 47-yard run, ran five times for 78 yards, and caught two passes for 25 yards. Shamokin was 3-3 after the win. Shikellamy was 1-5. The quarters are Shamokin 7, 14, 7, 13 and Shikellamy 6, 6, 8, 0.

The Times Leader's Oct. 20, 2023 story, by Jay Monahan, is that Friday in Nanticoke in a downpour: Shamokin 28, Nanticoke Area 14. Zack Fox's 13-yard sweep put Nanticoke ahead in the first quarter. A fumble at the 10 set up Chase Pensyl's 6-yard touchdown catch from Brad Latshaw and made it 8-7. Ryan Wiaterowski scored from 6 yards with 6:11 left in the second quarter, and 14 seconds later Jayce Ginck tied the game on a 72-yard run. Shamokin outscored Nanticoke 14-0 in the second half. The story does not name those second-half scorers. The quarters are Shamokin 0, 14, 7, 7 and Nanticoke Area 8, 6, 0, 0.