HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Bishop McDevitt hopes to avenge their 2021 State Title loss to Aliquippa this season, and that largely rests on the shoulders of now-sophomore QB Stone Saunders.

There’s a sour taste in the Crusaders’ mouths as they start the 2022 high school football season. McDevitt finished the 2021 season with a 12-2 record as the PIAA Class 4A State Runners-Up.

Go inside the huddle with Saunders as McDevitt prepares for the 2022 season. The abc27 sports team Mic’d Up one of the top QB’s in our area for an inside look at the Crusaders.

McDevitt opens the season against Imhotep Charter at Chambersburg High School on Saturday, August 27.

Friday Night Football returns for its 26th season on abc27. Started in 1997 by longtime abc27 Sports Director Gregg Mace, FNF was the first of its kind in Central PA.

Back in 2018, the show was expanded to 45 minutes of highlights, analysis and reaction. It remains the longest show in the Midstate highlighting high school football for thirteen weeks of the season.

You can watch abc27 Friday Night Football starting at 11:15 p.m. each Friday night on television, or on the web on our Watch Live page. Sports Director Allie Berube, Nick Petraccione, Jared Phillips and John Repetz break down the best games in the area, bring you closer to the action and give you a comprehensive look at the Mid Penn Conference, Lancaster-Lebanon League and YAIAA each week.