First, how did you got started with the PA Football History site and your coverage of Pennsylvania high school football?
I started around 2012 – I originally did it as a site on my alma mater – I’m not sure what spurred me on to the idea. I dug into newspaper archives – online and physical – and kept going until I reached the point where I found everything I could. You never actually find everything of course – but I wanted to keep going. I had a desire to keep doing it – it was addictive.
Trying to cover the whole state was too big to do – so of course I figured, why not try it? Others have done similar things on a more regionalized or school-specific basis – I’m not the only one who does it generally. But my goal was to create a community where people with a similar interest could all join together. It may be a small group but it’s a lot of fun when you find a group with a similar interest. I joke that we”re like a 2023 ham radio group!
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