October 2023
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Week Nine
October 18, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
With Just Two Weeks Left in the Regular Season Still so much yet to Decided in the District XI Playoff Race. As the 2023 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference season winds down there still so much to play for as the EPC only occupies spots in the 4A, 5A and 6A classifications only Allentown Central Catholic have […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition Week Nine.
October 18, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" 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 […]
Palmerton Blue Bombers Make a Statement in Enormous Win Over North Schuylkill.
October 14, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Palmerton Improves to 8-0 a Record they have not matched since 1951. PALMERTON- North Schuylkill scored on a 34 yard pass from Caden Mengel to Joey Flail early in the third quarter to cut the Palmerton lead to 32-24 at the nine minute mark. The Spartans attempted on onside kick where after a scrum ensued […]
Tamaqua Extends Win Streak to Four by Defeating Northern Lehigh Thursday Night.
October 13, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Blue Raiders Take Control Late in the First Half to Rally Back From 7-0 Deficit in Victory Thursday Night. TAMAQUA- In a key Colonial/Schuylkill League Red Division Football game Thursday night, the Tamaqua Blue Raiders used a late first half touchdown to propel themselves to a 23-13 win over Northern Lehigh Bulldogs on Senior night […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition for Week Eight
October 10, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" 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 […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Edition Week #8
October 10, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Making the turn for home in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and only one team has clinched a spot in the District XI playoffs. There are just 3 games left in the 2023 EPC Football regular season, but so many questions still remain as teams try to qualify for the 4A, 5A and 6A PIAA state […]
Northwestern Lehigh Roars Out Of The Gate En Route To Convincing Win Over Pottsville
October 7, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Northwestern Lehigh Tigers eight first half touchdowns overwhelm Pottsville Crimson Tide Friday night. NEW TRIPOLI- Any thoughts of the Pottsville Crimson Tide had of pulling off the upset against the Tigers were quickly squashed by a barrage of first half scores by the home team in a Colonial/Schuylkill League Gold Division contest by the count […]
Marian Catholic Colts Survive Second Half Mahanoy Area Comeback Saturday Night.
October 1, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
After jumping out to a 21-0 lead, the Colts stave off a Golden Bear rally in a Colonial/Schuylkill League contest. HOMETOWN- What looked like a route for much of the first half, turned into quite an endeavor of survival the last 24 minutes Saturday night at The Men of Marian Stadium, where the capacity crowd […]
Stevenosky, Carr and Battlin’ Miners Defense Too Much For Pen Argyl Friday Night.
September 30, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Minersville improves to 5-1 with a key Colobial/Schuylkill win over Pen Argyl. MINERSVILLE- The bleak weather forecast held off long enough Friday night to allow for a fantastic football game FRiday night at Minersville’s Veterans Memorial Stadium as the hometown Battlin’Miners held off a valiant effort of the Green Knights of Pen Argyl in a […]
Blue Mountain Rolls Lehighton in Convincing Fashion Thursday Night.
September 29, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Blue Mountain Eagles Improve to 4-2 with dominating performance on the road. LEHIGHTON- The Blue Mountain Eagles used about every way possible to put points up on the scoreboard Thursday night at Lehighton’s Multi-purpose Stadium en route to a 41-13 thrashing of the Indians in a key Colonial/Schuylkill League contest in the misty rain before […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial/Schuylkill League Week Six
September 27, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" 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 Cutting Room Floor: Week#6 in The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
September 26, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
As we kickoff the second half of the regular season so much yet to decide as the District playoffs lie in the distance. The Parkland Trojans have further solidified themselves as the front runners in the EPC South with a convincing win over previously unbeaten Allentown Central Catholic 35-14 that win came week after a […]
Hollywood’s Mid-Season Report Card: Colonial/Schuylkill League
September 26, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" 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 […]
Palmerton Ends Drought and Overwhelms Notre Dame Green Pond in Marquis Contest
September 23, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Near decade long losing streak came to an end in a dominate Blue Bomber performance Friday night. PALMERTON- The Palmerton Blue Bombers came into Friday night’s Colonial/Schuylkill League contest determined to end a nine game futile effort to knock off the Crusaders of Notre Dame Green Pond, and when the clock struck zero to conclude […]
Hollywood’s Cutting room floor: Week 4 Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition
September 19, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" 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 […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Week 4 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Edition
September 18, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Nazareth and Parkland met up on the gridiron this past Friday night, in a game that lived up to expectations. Nazareth and Parkland came into their contest, both ranked in the top 10 in the pafootballnews.com top 10 in the 6A classification. The Trojans had a ten point lead on two occasions in the game, […]
Under The Radar, Bethlehem Catholic Continues to Roll On in EPC South Race
September 17, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Bethlehem Catholic Keeps Pace to Stay in the EPC South Title Chase With Win Over Cross-City Rivals. BETHLEHEM- With all the top dogs in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South played on Friday, the only game in town was a “Christmas City” Battle between Liberty and Becahi at BASD Stadium Saturday night and when the dust […]
Northwestern Lehigh Too Much Firepower for Pen Argyl Saturday.
September 17, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Stout Defensive Effort Along With Potent Offense in Dominating Tiger Performance Saturday Afternoon. PEN ARGYL- The Northwestern Tigers rolled up on the hill on a glorious afternoon for football Saturday in a key Colonial/Schuylkill League contest against an improved Pen Argyl Green Knights squad and came away with an emphatic 41-6 win at Alumni Stadium. […]
Parkland Escapes With A Win In Key Etern Pennsylvania Conference Showdown
September 16, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
In a battle between two state ranked unbeaten teams the Parkland Trojans escape late Nazareth rally Friday night. OREFIELD-In a game that was much hyped, even in the preseason, the Nazareth Blue Eagles traveled the 30 minute drive along route 22 to face the Parkland Trojans, not only in a key EPC South contest, but […]
North Schuylkill Rolls To A Victory Over Tamaqua Thursday Night.
September 15, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
North Schuylkill Spartans jumped out to a 31 point lead on Tamaqua Thursday night en route to a 38-15 win. TAMAQUA- The North Schuylkill Spartans are on a mission! Two weeks ago a disappointing 18-17 loss to rival Blue Mountain was a stinging blow to Coach Wally Hall’s squad, but then a shutout win over […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor: Week 3 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Edition
September 12, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Weather was the culprit last week that wreaked havoc on games in the EPC. Week three of the high school football season was marred by postponements and cancellations leading to rescheduling of contests in the Lehigh Valley. The week started with a Thursday night game between East Stroudsburg South and Pleasant Valley but the game […]
Pleasant Valley Slides by East Stroudsburg South.
September 11, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Game was resumed after lightning caused a postponement. BRODHEADSVILLE- It took nearly 92 hours to complete, but a decision was rendered Monday afternoon as the Bears of Pleasant Valley posted a 14-12 victory over East Stroudsburg South Monday afternoon in a key Eastern Pennsylvania Conference North Division game. The game began at 8pm Thursday night, […]
Northampton Rolls to Shutout Win Over Stroudsburg.
September 9, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Konkrete Kids methodically stifled the Mountaineers in all aspects of the game Saturday afternoon. NORTHAMPTON- Mother nature wreaked some havoc this weekend of high school football games in the Lehigh Valley. One being the Stroudsburg at Northampton game originally scheduled Friday was postponed till Saturday afternoon. On a hot muggy afternoon, the Konkrete Kids […]
Southern Lehigh Stays Unbeaten With Convincing Win Friday Night.
September 9, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Southern Lehigh Quarterback Chris Fritts was perfect Friday night in a key Colonial/Schuylkill League Football game Friday night. BANGOR- The Southern Lehigh Spartan express picked up right where they left off last week. Coming off a 68-28 win over a talented Notre Dame Green Pond team. Friday night on the road at Paul Farnan Field, […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- EPC Edition Week #2
September 6, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
A Review of this past weekend’s action in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and a look to what is happening this upcoming this weekend. Well it looks like Nazareth, Parkland, Allentown Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic and Bethlehem Liberty are setting themselves apart in the South Division as they all improved to 2-0 on the season. The […]
