October 2021
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial League Edition
October 5, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
A Review of Week Six and a Preview of Week Seven Featuring Colonial Teams/ By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter What was to be the marquis match-up between undefeated Northwestern Lehigh and Wilson Area Saturday afternoon culminated the weekend of high school football in the Schuylkill/Colonial League. The game turned out to be a one-sided […]
Nazareth Turns To Ground Game in Victory Over Liberty.
October 3, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Playing without leading receiver Nolan Lobb, Nazareth uses punishing ground game Saturday night. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Bethlehem- Saturday night at Bethlehem School District Stadium, Nazareth head coach Tom Falzone had his chages put aside his high-flying offense for one night and instead used a potent ground game against Bethlehem iberbty behind running […]
Northwestern Lehigh Devours Wilson in Battle of Unbeatens.
October 3, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
What was supposed to be a competitive contest turned out to be one-sided. Bt Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter WILSON BORO- Sometimes, what seems on paper, should to be a great contest between evenly matched teams doesn’t always pan out on the the field of play. Case in point of Saturday’s afternoon game as undefeated […]
Parkland Gets Bounce Back Win Over Rivals Friday Night. @PHSTrojansFB @ZephyrsFootball
October 2, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Parkland Rebounds Nicely After Tough Loss Last Week In Convincing Fashion. OREFIELD- The cream of the crop always seems to rise to the top when facing adversity. Take for instance the Parkland Trojan football team Friday night, after a heart-breaking loss to Allentown Central Catholic 14-7 last Saturday night as a last second game-tying touchdown […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial League Mid-Season Edition
September 28, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Record-Setting Night Closes Out First Half of the Regular Season. The first half of the Colonial/Schuylkill League season ended on Monday night as the game with Jim Thorpe and Notre Dame Green Pond was pushed back from the original Friday night start. The game produced a record-setting performance by Notre Dame quarterback Colin Quintano completing […]
Notre Dame Green Pond Stays Unbeaten With Convincing Win Over Jim Thorpe. @NDGP_FOOTBALL @JTOlympians.
September 28, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Crusaders Blow Open Close Game With Twenty-Eight Second Half Points in Rout of Olympians. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter BETHLEHEM TWP- We all heard the cliche- Taking it one game at a time-, well with the official half-way point of the newly formed Schuylkill/Colonial League regular season concluded Monday night at Notre Dame Crusaders […]
Defensive Stand Earns Central Catholic Coveted Win Over Parkland. @acchs_football @PHSTrojansFB
September 26, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Allentown Central Catholic Needed All 48 Minutes To Pin First Loss on Rival Parkland In Key EPC South Contest. ALLENTOWN- Football is a game of inches, no more was that statement more prevalent than on Saturday night at historic J. Birney Crum Stadium as the Allentown Central Catholic Vikings held on to a 14-7 victory […]
Blowout Win Sets Up Clash of Titans Next Week in Schuylkill/Colonial League Gold Division. @nwtigerfootball @BangorSlatersFB
September 25, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Northwestern Lehigh Explodes out of the Gate in 53-24 Romp Over Bangor @BPtashinski on Twitter NEW TRIPOLI- Iron Mike Tyson once said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”. Friday night Northwestern Lehigh Tigers came out swinging by scoring the first twenty-five points and coasted to a dominate 53-24 victory in […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial Week 4.
September 22, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Review of Week Four and a Preview of Week 5 No real surprises this week in the Schuylkill/Colonial League games this weekend, though we did have a few close calls for some of the favorites Northern Lehigh came within a touchdown of knocking off unbeaten Notre Dame Green Pond 34-27. Saucon Valley traveled to Wilson […]
East Stroudsburg South Gets Defensive and Hands Pleasant Valley Their First Loss
September 19, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
East Stroudsburg South Stays In The Mix In The EPC North By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Photos by Daniel Reed @PFNDan570FB on Twitter EAST STROUDSBURG- Coach Matt Walters knew how key this game was for his East Stroudsburg South Cavaliers Saturday night against unbeaten Pleasant Valley Bears at the Purple Pit,that he called for […]
Lafayette Hangs Tough With New Hampshire, but Wildcats Rally to Stay Unbeaten. @LafColFootball @UNH_Football
September 19, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Bret Edwards Tosses Two Touchdowns To Brian Espanet In Victory. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter EASTON- The Lafayette Leopards, making their season debut at Fisher Stadium, after two tough road losses at Air Force and William & Mary, were looking to get into the win column on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. However, nationally-ranked New […]
Shamokin Spoils Nanticoke’s Special Night Honoring Former Coach. @ShamokinSports @GNAAthletics
September 18, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Behind Maximus Madden’s four touchdowns, Shamokin downs the Trojans 40-13 NANTICOKE- On a night the Greater Nanticoke Area was honoring their former coach the late Dan Distacio, who led the team for twelve seasons racking up 96 wins and four championship teams in 1967, 1968, 1976 and 1977 by naming the new scoreboard, donated by […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial League Week 3.
September 14, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
@BPtashinski on Twitter The book on week three of the high school football season in the Schuylkill/Colonial League wasn’t closed until Monday night,after two games took place. The first being Bangor at Blue Mountain and the second Northern Lehigh was at Tamaqua. The latter was called at halftime after a severe thunderstorm passed through the […]
Northern Lehigh Defeats Tamaqua in Weather-Shortened Contest 21-0 @athleticsNlsd
September 13, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Officials Call Game at Halftime Due to Severe Weather in the Area. @BPtashinski on Twitter TAMAQUA- All eyes were on the radar loop Monday night at Tamaqua Area Blue Raider Stadium. Heavy rains, winds and lightning was expected to hit the area around eight o’clock as Northern Lehigh and Tamaqua met on the gridiron, but […]
Allentown Central Catholic Posts A Shutout Win Over Emmaus 21-0 @ACCHSVikings @ACCHS_Athletics
September 11, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Allentown Central Catholic Gets Defensive in Early Season EPC South Showdown With Emmaus By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter ALLENTOWN- The year was 2012 in an Eastern Conference playoff contest with Wyoming Valley West out of District 2 that the Emmaus Green Hornets were last shutout by a score of 6-0. On a glorious late […]
Freedom Rides First Half Momentum and Holds on to Defeat Easton 31-17
September 11, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Freedom Rebounds From Tough Loss To Emmaus Last Week to Gain Win Over Rival Easton. @BPtashinski on Twitter BETHLEHEM- In an early season showdown Friday night at BASD Stadium, two teams needing a win to keep pace in the EPC South, Bethlehem Freedom jumped out to a 31-3 halftime lead over visiting Easton team and […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial League Week 2.
September 8, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
@BPtashinski on Twitter Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial League Week 2. The feel of Autumn is definitely in the air, with Labor Day weekend, behind us and Tropical Storm Ida, though potent and dropped mega-amounts of rain last Wednesday across Eastern Pennsylvania, did not hamper the high school football schedule over the weekend as all […]
Golden Hawks Steamrolled By Zephyr Express To Tune of 49-14
September 4, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Whitehall Earns Long Awaited Win in EPC South. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter BETHLEHEM- We all have seen the movie, where the victim is tied to the railroad tracks, with the train barreling down the rails, the hero arrives to save the day, at the last instant. Sorry to say that Saturday afternoon at […]
Notre Dame Green Pond Cruises to Victory Over Southern Lehigh
September 4, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Quintano sparks Crusader Offense in Convincing Win Over Southern Lehigh. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter BETHLEHEM TWP- Notre Dame Green Pond quarterback Colin Quintano, showed why Friday night that he is one of the elite signal callers in the area. Throwing for over 300 yards once again and adding five scoring passes in a […]
Bangor Cruises To Win Over Pottstown.
September 3, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Potent Ground Attack Propels Bangor to a Convincing Win Over Pottstown. @BPtashinski on Twitter POTTSTOWN- Tropical Storm Ida, wreaked havoc across much of Pennsylvania all day Wednesday. The Philadelphia area, Lehigh Valley and northeastern part of the state were hit the hardest with some areas getting 6+ inches of rain. Flash flooding to small […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial League Week1
September 1, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial League Week 1 @BPtashinski on Twitter As the 2021 high school football season kicked off this past Friday in the PIAA District XI the biggest news was the merging of the Colonial and Schuylkill Leagues in the off season. Teams that have never or rarely competed against each other will now […]
NORTHWEST AREA SCORES EARLY AND OFTEN IN ROUT 61-6.
August 29, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Rangers Balance Attack and Weapons to Much for Columbia Mountour Vo-Tech By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter UNION TWP- The Northwest Area Rangers, a long time member of the Wyoming Valley Conference in District 2, made the jump this year to be part of the Northern Tier League in District 4. Saturday night they opened […]
Holy Cross Snaps Long Losing Streak
August 29, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
HOLY CROSS WINS SHOOTOUT OVER RIVAL HOLY REDEEMER> By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter DUNMORE- The Holy Cross Crusaders earned their first win since week two of the 2018 season, when they defeated Holy Redeemer. The 2019 season was lost being they did not field a team and last yeah after five games, the pandemic […]
PALMERTON GETS THEIR SEASON OFF IN RIGHT DIRECTION IN OPENER.
August 28, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
PALMERTON CRUISES IN SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL LEAGUE OPENER By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter E92Bg96XMAcSrXQ PALMERTON- With parents, siblings, students and fans back in the stands and bands on the field the Palmerton Blue Bombers entertained their nearby neighbors from Lehighton Friday night, but the Bombers were less gracious hosts when the whistle blew delivering […]
SCFCA All-STAR FOOTBALL GAME CAPTURED BY THE NORTH 24-0. @PFNDan570FB @SchLeague @PIAADistrictXI @coachhall_ @CoachGaffney08 @SCFCA @farrmj
May 23, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
SOUTH SQUAD HELD SCORELESS BY DOMINATE NORTH DEFENSE By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter Photos Courtesy of Daniel Reed @PFNDan570FB on Twitter SCHUYLKILL HAVEN- In most cases when a high school all-star game takes place, the offenses take precedent, but this was not the case Saturday afternoon at Schuylkill Haven as the North team […]
