Justin Holmes

Three Eastern Pennsylvania Conference players who won District 11 championships and are headed to Division I college football programs earned all-state honors from the Pennsylvania Football Writers. Plus, a Northwestern Lehigh product headed to Kent State joined the four from the EPC as the PFW announced its all-state teams in Class 4A, 5A and 6A on Wednesday. Bethlehem Catholic offensive ...

Justin Holmes’ career highlight film would include plays he made as a quarterback, running back, wide receiver and linebacker. But if there is one play that signified the Northwestern senior’s stellar career, it was a play that did not end the way he wanted. It came the last time he touched the ball in a Tigers uniform. His fourth-down pass to the back, left corner of the end zone for a ...

Northwestern’s Justin Holmes and Northern Lehigh’s Matt Frame were named offensive and defensive MVPs, respectively, and lead the Colonial League Football Coaches Association’s annual all-star team. Holmes rushed for 1,329 yards and passed for 1,305 more to help the Tigers to their first unbeaten regular season. Frame was feared as a hard-hitting linebacker for the Bulldogs, who reached the ...

Justin Holmes got into space and ran over Wilson defenders on consecutive plays in the second quarter for a touchdown and two-point conversion. The Northwestern senior’s message bruised egos and left marks, but the Tigers’ big message Saturday afternoon was delivered on defense in a battle of unbeatens. “I think it was more a defensive statement game,” Holmes said after rushing for 204 yards ...

Bangor’s Kael Godshalk ran for three touchdowns, caught another score, and had a two-point conversion. Northwestern’s Justin Holmes ran for two scores, threw for two more, and caught a TD pass. His teammate Cade Christopher ran for a touchdown, threw a scoring pass, and caught two TD passes — all on five total touches. Wilson’s Zach Gillen had a fumble recovery, a game-clinching interception, ...