Catasauqua Rough Riders
| Catasauqua Rough Riders |
| Head Coach: N/A |
| PIAA District 11 - Class 2A |
| Schuylkill Colonial League - Division B |
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Great Comeback by the PV Bears
November 8, 2023 | Guy Smith
The start of the playoffs is bittersweet. The big games are coming up, where the top teams face off head-to-head on the road to the state finals (almost said the road to Hershey). But it also means the regular season is over. Teams are putting away the pads until next year, there will be fewer […]
Williams Valley vs Catasauqua Game Highlights 11/4/2023
November 5, 2023 | Torey Petruno
WILLIAMS VALLEY VS CATASAUQUA DISTRICT XI 2A PLAYOFFS
Achenbach and Williams Valley stampede over Catasaqua
November 5, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Photos by Dawn Daub Williamstown- In what turned out to be a very special Saturday night for Williams Valley’s Alex Achenbach (36 rushes, 295 yds, 3TD), the Roughriders seemed to have no answer for the prolific ball carrier from Tower City. Not only did Alex help propel his team to a playoff victory and berth […]
Schuylkill-Colonial Football League Final Regular Season Stats: OFFENSE/DEFENSE/SCORING
October 31, 2023 | Daniel Reed
HERE ARE YOUR SCHUYLKILL-COLONIAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE LEADERS AT THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON !! OFFENSE: PASSING: RUSHING: RECEIVING: OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS: DEFENSE TOTAL TACKLES: SACKS: INTERCEPTIONS: Follow www.pafootballnews.com for all your high school football updates, scores, stories, rankings and more ! You can also follow us on Twitter at @PaFootballNews and on Facebook at Pennsylvania Football News, […]
Schuylkill-Colonial League District XI Playoff Preview: Class 1A thru 4A
October 31, 2023 | Daniel Reed
DXI Playoff Bracket
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial/Schuylkill League Rivalry Edition
October 23, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
As We Enter The Last Week of the Regular Season in the Colonial/Schuylkill League So Much Yet To Be Decided. It seems like it was just yesterday, that the Pennsylvania Football News staff was having their coaches kickoff cookout at the Forge Eatery and Pub up in Berwick in late August. In a blink of […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition Week Nine.
October 18, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
After Eight Weeks of the High School Football Season Seven Teams From the Colonial/Schuylkill League Have Clinched a Spot in the Upcoming District XI Playoffs. There are 32 open spots in the District XI playoffs from 1A to 6A, however there are no Colonial/Schuylkill League teams in the 6A classification. After week eight Minersville has […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition for Week Eight
October 10, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Seven down and just three games left in the regular season in the District XI Colonial/Schuylkill Football League. Heading into the final stretch of games in the Colonial/Schuylkill League, we have three teams that have clinched a District XI playoff berth. Palmerton and Northwestern Lehigh in class 3A and Southern Lehigh in 5A. The fourth […]
Hurricanes Win Battle Against Rough Riders
September 30, 2023 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes defeated the Catasauqua Rough Riders, 22-13. Aiden Myers had all three Hurricane touchdowns. Rodney Brodie and Dylan Pacheco both scored for the Rough Riders. Schuylkill Haven won the coin toss and chose to defer. The Hurricanes wasted no time on defense, with Myers getting a sack in the backfield. Catasauqua returned […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial/Schuylkill League Week Six
September 27, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Time to make the turn into the second half of the regular season in the Skook/Colonial League. Taking a look back on week 5 and check out the match-ups for week six and we’ll take a look at the updated District XI power rankings. Southern Lehigh, Noorthwestern Lehigh and Palmerton all come into week six […]
Hollywood’s Mid-Season Report Card: Colonial/Schuylkill League
September 26, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
Here is how it look at the half-way point of the 2023 Colonial-Schuylkill League Regular Season. We are the end of September is upon us and the chill of Autumn has arrived. We have also only have just 5 weeks left of the high school football regular season in the Commonwealth and right now it […]
Hollywood’s Cutting room floor: Week 4 Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition
September 19, 2023 | Brian Ptashinski
AS we reach the halfway point of the regular season, here is how the Colonial/Schuylkill League breakdowns. After the fourth week of the high school football season closed out this past weekend in the Colonial/Schuylkill League League there are just three teams still undefeated heading into week five: Palmerton, Northwestern Lehigh and Southern Lehigh. Palmerton’s […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: A Homecoming for Pam
September 7, 2023 | Billy Splain
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: A Homecoming for Pam It was a somber week for us, as we had the sad responsibility of planning Guy’s mother’s funeral. But as is so often the case for us and so many others we found escape in sports. This week we managed to take in four […]
2023 District XI Schuylkill/Colonial League Preview: *WHITE* Division-Small School
August 17, 2023 | Daniel Reed
2022 SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS *WHITE DIVISION* 2022 WHITE Division Standings It’s now time to share the 2023 WHITE division preview for the Schuylkill/Colonial League. Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes-Class 2A Head Coach: Mike Farr(19th season, 121-89-0) The past few years haven’t been the normal for the Hurricanes, posting under .500 records, going 12-28-0 over the last […]
Spectacular Ending Gives Executive Education Charter District XI Gold.
November 13, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Amazing Ending on 63 Yard Touchdown Pass In Waning Seconds Lift Executive Education to Improbable Win. WHITEHALL- It’s likely whether your young or old and as ports fan at some point heard the late Vin Scully’s call of Kirk Gibson’s home run in the 1988 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland A’s. […]
2022 PIAA District XI Class 2A Championship Preview: Catasauqua vs Executive Education Academy Charter
November 8, 2022 | Daniel Reed
2022 PIAA District XI Class 2A Championship Preview: Catasauqua Rough Riders(7-4) vs Executive Education Academy Charter Raptors(6-3) Like DXI Class 1A, this is a first time meeting between these two schools, in football that is. The Raptors play an Independent schedule, and last year, won the Eastern Conference Finals in Class 1A/2A 34 to 8, […]
2022 District XI Class 2A Semi-Final Preview: #4-Catasauqua at #1-Palisades
November 3, 2022 | Daniel Reed
2022 District XI Class 2A Semi-Final Preview: #4-Catasauqua at #1-Palisades Follow @PFNDan570FB on TWITTER for LIVE game coverage !! Catasauqua enters this matchup winners of 6 of their last 7 games, losing to the Pirates two weeks ago 20 to 17. Senior QB-Christian Fye went 10 of 22 for 194 yards, throwing 1 touchdown pass. […]
Schuylkill-Colonial Review, Preview and Predictions for Week-9 !
October 21, 2022 | Daniel Reed
WEEK-8 REVIEW: Week-8 saw a couple upsets if you will with Blue Mountain losing to Saucon Valley 24 to 21, and Bangor taking down Northwestern Lehigh 27 to 21. One game that was somewhat of a surprise, not because of who won or lost but the score, I feel many believed never thought there would […]
Schuylkill-Colonial Preview and Predictions for Week-8 !
October 14, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Follow @PFNDan570FB and @BPtashinski on TWITTER for LIVE SCORING UPDATES from in-game coverage around the Schuylkill-Colonial Leagues Week-7 Review: Last week we saw some good, hard fought battles, even some upsets as some would say between teams in both the Schuylkill-Colonial Leagues starting with the game of the week, Notre Dame-GP falling to Northern Lehigh […]
Schuylkill-Colonial Preview and Predictions for Week-7 !
October 4, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Follow @PFNDan570FB and @BPtashinski on TWITTER for LIVE SCORING UPDATES from in-game coverage around the Schuylkill-Colonial Leagues Week-6 Review: Notre Dame-GP took down the Spartans of North Schuylkill 36 to 24 last Friday night behind their leader Danny Darno, AJ Lozano and Josh Ludlow. Quarterback Darno finished the game with 368 total yards of offense, […]
Catasauqua Roughs Up Schuylkill Haven in Week 6 Contest
September 30, 2022 | Karlee Feger
The Catasauqua Rough Riders defeated the Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes with a final score of 35-12. Wyatt Younes had two touchdowns and broke free for several long gains. To kickstart this matchup, the Hurricanes deferred the coin toss, resulting in the Rough Riders receiving the kickoff. Younes ran 80 yards to put the Rough Riders […]
Schuylkill-Colonial League Mid-Season Report and Standings
September 28, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Schuylkill-Colonial League Mid-Season Review and Standings In the GOLD Division, we see a 2-way tie at (2-0-0) Northwestern Lehigh(4-1-0), and Southern Lehigh(4-1-0) leading the way. Last year’s defending Red Division Champions, Leading the way for the Tigers is senior quarterback Cade Christopher, who has thus far thrown for 271 yards on just 22 of 55 […]
Catasauqua Goes On The Road, And Earns Much Needed Win “Up On The Hill.”
September 25, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Catasauqua and Pen Argyl Came Into The Contest Needing A Win To Get Back On Track. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter PEN ARGYL- On a picture-perfect Saturday afternoon “Up on the Hill” at Alumni Stadium, which is in the midst of getting a face-lift itself, two teams, in desperate need of win, met and […]
Schuylkill-Colonial Preview and Predictions for Week-5 !
September 20, 2022 | Daniel Reed
North Schuylkill Spartans(3-1) at Northern Lehigh Bulldogs(4-0) Last Meeting: Spartans won 56 to 42(2021) Streak: North Schuylkill has won (1) Key Player(s) to Watch: North Schuylkill – Jared Tanari(RB/OLB), Steven Davis Jr.(DE/T) Northern Lehigh – Austin Smyth(TE/DE), John Abidelli(CB/RB) Preview: Last time the Bulldogs defeated the Spartans was back in 2011 when Northern Lehigh won […]
Schuylkill-Colonial League Preview and Predictions for Week-3 ! Game Highlights
September 8, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Schuylkill-Colonial League Week-2 Review: Week 2 saw some mild upsets and a couple scores that I for one did not see coming. The big one I definitely didn’t see coming was Palisades taking down Wilson by a score of 31 to 6. The next one, I thought could go either way but chose wrong, was […]
Schuylkill-Colonial League Preview and Predictions for Week-2 !
August 31, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Schuylkill-Colonial League Week-1 Review: Last weekend we saw some great football action, some close tough games, some not so close, streaks ended, and more. To start it off, I traveled to Ashland to watched the game between Mt. Carmel and North Schuylkill. Mt. Carmel ended a 7 game losing streak to the Spartans winning 25 […]
Northern Lehigh Erupts for 26 Second Half Points in Win Over Catasauqua
August 27, 2022 | Brian Ptashinski
Behind Solid Defense and Izaiah Ramos’ Three Touchdowns Secure Noarthern Lehigh Win Over Catasauqua By Brian Ptsahinski BPtsahainski on Twitter SLATINGTON- Opening night jitters is often used to describe when a football team gets off to less than desirable start to begin new season. That could have described the defending District XI 2A champion Northern […]
Schuylkill-Colonial League Week-1 Quick Preview and Predictions
August 25, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Schuylkill-Colonial League Week-1 Preview: The 2022 Pennsylvania high school football season is officially here with week-1, or week-0 as some call it, starting tomorrow. This season looks to be very eventful and exciting between the two co-op leagues as some teams have been moved from one division to another, other teams have been moved up […]
Schuylkill-Colonial White Division 2022 season preview
August 19, 2022 | Brayden Fasnacht
SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL:(WHITE) 2021 Final Standings: 1. Palmerton Blue Bombers – (5-0) – 8-2 *DIVISION CHAMPIONS* 2. Catasauqua Rough Riders – (3-2) – 7-3 3. Minersville Battlin’ Miners – (3-2) – 6-4 4. Mahanoy Area Golden Bears – (3-3) – 4-6 5. Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes – (1-5) – 2-7 6. Pine Grove Area Cardinals – (0-6) – […]
Rosters Announced for Inaugural Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star Game ! @Colonial_League @SchLeague
April 2, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Official Rosters Announced for the Inaugural Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star Game… Players on teams from around both Leagues will compete in the first ever Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star game being played at Rotary Field in Schuylkill Haven, Pa on May 21st, 2022 at 2:00pm. The All Star game will be played […]
Schuylkill vs Colonial Leagues Set to Battle it Out on the Field in 1st. Annual Schuylkill/Colonial League All Star Game
January 30, 2022 | Daniel Reed
All Star Game LOGO designed by: Tara Robinson and Mike Farr Rotary Field at Schuylkill Haven to Host 1st. Annual Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star Game May 21, 2022 @ 2pm! Last year we witnessed the first year for the Schuylkill/Colonial Leagues Co-Operative Schedule between the two District XI leagues. With much success and […]
Northwestern Lehigh Thumps Catasauqua on Record-Breaking Night. @nwtigerfootball @CattyFootball
October 30, 2021 | Brian Ptashinski
On a Rain-Driven Friday Night, Northwestern Lehigh Tigers Post First 10-0 Regular Season in School History. New Tripoli- The final game of the inaugural season of the Schuylkill/Colonial League Gold Division was played Friday night at Northwestern’s Tiger Stadium on a rain-soaked turf field in front of a sparse crowd, but that was not stopping […]
Hollywood’s Take On Week Ten’s Triple-Hot Preview and Predictions
October 28, 2021 | Brian Ptashinski
Previews and Predictions of the Three Contests I will be Attending in the Final Week of the Regular Season. 7-2 Catasauqua Roughriders at 9-0 Northwestern Lehigh Tigers Friday 6pm. Last Meeting 10/30/20 won by Northwestern 37-6. Northwestern looks to stay perfect in the regular season finale under the field guidance of quarterback Justin Holmes, who […]
CATTY FORCES 5 TURNOVERS BEATS PINE GROVE
October 20, 2021 | Dave Druckenmiller
BEHIND RB ELIJAH SOLER The opening of the refurbished Alumni field in Catasauqua was long-awaited. But when it finally happened the rough riders took the opportunity to heart and beat Pine Grove 31 to 14, behind running back/cornerback Soler. He picked off Pine Grove quarterback Carson Lengle 3 times and led the Roughies to the […]
UPDATED w/ Photo Gallery: Minersville victorious over Catasauqua 43 to 27, Jared Graeff breaks school receptions record in the process ! @CoachFrantzJ @MinersFB
October 9, 2021 | Daniel Reed
Minersville victorious over Catasauqua 43 to 27, Jared Graeff breaks school receptions record in the process ! Cool, damp, and gloomy… this was the look Friday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Minersville. Rough, tough and lots of aerial stuff… that was the type of game played on the field. Catasauqua would start the game […]
CATASUAQUA WINS DEFENSIVE BATTLE 14-6
October 6, 2021 | Dave Druckenmiller
At Whitehall High School Mahanoy Area gave it all it could in this defensive struggle. Ben Manley played quarterback and then running back. He amassed 120 yards on 21 carries and had an 8-yards touchdown run. He also was dominant on defense from his linebacker position. But it was not enough as the Rough Riders […]
PFNDan’s Double Down Schuylkill/Colonial League Preview for Week-5 September 23rd thru 25th Schuylkill League Edition! @SchLeague @Colonial_League
September 23, 2021 | Daniel Reed
PFNDan570FB will not be making predictions this week as I am off on vacation for my wife and I 10th year anniversary. **Games Played at Schuylkill League Teams Home Field** Friday Night Lights: Nativity BVM Green Wave(2-2) at Panther Valley Panthers(0-2) Last Meeting: 2019 – Nativity BVM won 31 to 2 Nativity enters tomorrow night’s […]
PFNDan570FB’S Schuylkill/Colonial League Review: September 17th & 18th with Video Highlights ! @SchLeague @Colonial_League
September 22, 2021 | Daniel Reed
Schuylkill and Colonial League Review: Week-4 ! FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: This past weekend I started outside of the Schuylkill/Colonial League, as I traveled down south a bit to cover a game between two undefeated teams at Governor Mifflin stadium, and to witness one of the states top running-backs in Nicholas Singleton of Governor Mifflin. Though […]
PFNDan’s Double Down Schuylkill/Colonial League Preview and Predictions Week-4 September 17th thru 20th! Schuylkill League Edition @SchLeague @Colonial_League
September 16, 2021 | Daniel Reed
This week’s edition of Triple D, aka: Dan’s Double Down: **Games Played at Schuylkill League Teams Home Field** Games of the Week FRIDAY NIGHT: Williams Valley Viking(3-0) at Minersville Battlin’ Miners(2-1) Last Meeting: 2019 – Williams Valley won 39 to 7 Minersville comes into this weekends matchup winners of 2 straight, shutting out both opponents […]
PFNDan570FB’S Schuylkill/Colonial League Review: September 2nd thru 5th @SchLeague @Colonial_League
September 7, 2021 | Daniel Reed
The Schuylkill/Colonial League teams were back in action this last weekend after Hurricane Ida threatened the area with heavy rain Wednesday thru Thursday morning causing major flooding and postponements, in certain areas. To start the week off, I was able to catch the game between the Class 4A Northwestern Lehigh Tigers, Honorable Mention in the […]
2021 PFN Player Profile: Wyatt Younes – Catasauqua @CattyFootball
August 20, 2021 | Billy Splain
Wyatt Younes Catasauqua Class Of 2023 Cornerback/ Wide Receiver Jersey # 3 HT/WT 5’11, 170 3 interceptions sophomore season Other sports Track Honorable Mention sophomore year Twitter @Wyattdagoat1 Why do you play football? I play football because it pushes me to be a leader and teammate on and off the field. Football is something I […]
2021 PFN Team Preview: The Catasauqua Rough Riders @Cattyfootball @chsroughriders
August 15, 2021 | Billy Splain
Catasauqua Rough Riders PFN Page Head Coach Travis Brett PIAA District 11 – Class AA League: Schuylkill Colonial League – White @Cattyfootball Assistant Coaches Andrew Brett Mark Bartholomew Brian Reilly Tim Fisher Scott Rothrock Mike Gilmartin 2020 Season Record 2-6 2021 Schedule DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/SCORE 08-21 @ Pleasant Valley (SCR) 10:00 am 08-27 @ Salisbury Township (0-0) 7:00 […]
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