August 2026
Southern Got It Done Against Wyomissing
August 29, 2026 | Dave Fegley
Tigers hold on for 34-27 win The Tigers wanted to beat the Spartans in their fourth attempt over the course of this decade. That finally came to fruition. Against a Wyomissing defense that had plenty of familiarity with Southern Columbia, the Tigers eventually found footing on the ground, after momentum started through the air by […]
First To 15: Tigers Golden Again
December 5, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Southern Columbia blows past Farrell for 2A Title. It’s not about how it starts. It’s about how it is finished. Southern Columbia finished off its 15th consecutive win with a PIAA record 15th state championship. The Tigers heard the noise and the trash talk from Farrell all week. In the end, though, the Pennsylvania kings […]
PIAA Class 2A Title Game Preview: Southern Columbia
December 4, 2025 | Dave Fegley
PIAA District 4 League: PHAC Head Coach: Jim Roth OVERVIEW Southern Columbia in a state final? It has become an annual tradition for followers in Catawissa, Elysburg, and Numidia. Not last year though. The Tigers were sent packing in the district semifinals to eventual state champion Troy and finished with a 7-5 record. That win […]
Southern Secures State Title Appearance Over Lansdale Catholic
November 29, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Tigers beat Crusaders 24-7 Heading into the locker room tied at 7-7, Southern Columbia realized that Lansdale Catholic was the toughest opponent that it had faced all season. It makes sense considering it was the Eastern Final, but the Crusaders appeared as if they were a play from striking at any moment. After halftime, Southern […]
Southern Steamrolls Past Steel-High
November 22, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Tigers put game into Mercy Rule and win 55-26 Southern Columbia and Steelton-Highspire are two of Pennsylvania’s most decorated programs, and Friday night’s matchup at Harold L. Bolig Memorial Stadium added another chapter to their shared history of excellence. With 14 combined state championships and 50 district titles between them, both teams entered the contest […]
Southern Wins D4 Crown Back From Troy
November 15, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Motivated in 42-0 Victory It was something that Southern Columbia had long waited for. The Tigers had to endure more than a full calendar year to get redemption against Troy. Entering the District 4 Class 2A final, Troy was ranked No.1 in the state and Southern was No. 4 based on PFN’s weekly rankings. […]
Southern Columbia Wins 600th Game
November 8, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Trump Panthers Southern Columbia is focused on rebounding from last year’s playoff exit. The Tigers took another step in the right direction on Friday as they beat Bloomsburg in their District 4 Class 2A semifinal matchup. Against a team they know more than any other, it was fitting that they reached a milestone in […]
Southern Beats Cowanesque Valley In Playoff Opener
November 1, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Tigers beat Indians in first ever meeting For a program that has had more success than any other in the state, one would think that Southern Columbia had to have played against every team in District 4 at this point, but that wasn’t the case. The Tigers welcomed Cowanesque Valley on Halloween for the first […]
Southern’s Special Teams Were Special Against Shikellamy
October 25, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Tigers win ninth straight game The last time Southern Columbia scored more than 60 points in back-to-back weeks was the 2019 season when the Tigers broke nearly every PIAA record imaginable on the way to winning Pennsylvania’s 2A crown. On Friday night in the final game of the regular season, Southern defeated Shikellamy 61-28 after […]
District 4 Showdown: Tigers Trounce Panthers
October 18, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Southern’s Garcia scores 4 times in 61-0 win Bloomsburg came into Southern’s stadium confident. After all, the Panthers and Tigers had identical 7-1 records entering the second to last week of the regular season. By the end of the night, Southern more than sent out a public service announcement to the gridiron world — “We’re […]
Southern Columbia Claims Division Title
October 11, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Tigers win at Montoursville 26-16 It takes a team to win, but Southern Columbia’s Blaise Kissinger highlighted the victory on both sides of the ball in crucial moments as the Tigers beat Montoursville 26-16. The win earned Southern the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference Division 2 championship inside of Memorial Stadium. “We have been working all […]
Southern Secures 21-14 Win Over Mifflinburg
October 4, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Take Care Of Business There was one game in Pennsylvania that was undoubtedly the most intriguing in the state, and that game took place in Union County on Friday. Southern Columbia won 21-14 over Mifflinburg. Ultimately, the state’s 2A No. 4 ranked Tigers executed down the stretch to beat the No. 8 team in […]
Southern Defense Impresses In Win
September 27, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Tackle Ironmen 41-21 The objective was simple. Win and stay healthy. The Tigers won handily and escaped with just one injury that will be evaluated later in the week. “I was very happy once again with the way our defense played. They took care of business throughout the time that they were on the […]
Southern Columbia Wins Cross-County Clash
September 20, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Tigers eat up Blue Jays 48-0 In the 30th straight win for Southern Columbia over Central Columbia dating back to well before any current player was born, the Tigers wasted no time to prove their dominance. By the time Grady Garcia scored with 4:18 left in the first quarter, to make the score 27-0, the […]
Tigers Trounce Tornadoes
September 13, 2025 | Dave Fegley
SCA wins rivalry 49-16 On a night that Southern Columbia honored the 10th anniversary of their 2015 PIAA Championship squad that went undefeated with a 49-14 Mercy Rule victory over Aliquippa for the 2A crown, and a night where current Tiger assistant coach Josh Tripp was recognized for his courageous battle in dealing with brain […]
Southern Columbia Shuts Out Milton
September 6, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Tigers dominate cat clash On Milton’s final drive of the first half, they picked up four first downs against Southern Columbia’s defense. The end result? A sack that ended the second quarter as the Tigers went into their home locker room with a comfortable 21-0 edge. Those first downs were hard to come by as […]
SCA Slams Sock
August 30, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Lance Lancers Southern Columbia obviously didn’t like the fact that Loyalsock won three years ago in the regular season against the Tigers. That year ended with the sixth of a record seven straight PIAA Class 2A championships for Jim Roth’s program. After falling to Wyomissing in the season opener for a second year in […]
Spartans Top Tigers Again
August 23, 2025 | Dave Fegley
Wyomissing wins against Southern 49-27 1981 and 2025 aren’t years to remember to start a season in Southern Columbia’s gridiron department. Why? The connection, more than four decades apart, on Friday that the Tigers found themselves in with back-to-back season opening losses was something Jim Roth was never a part of. The state’s most successful […]
Troy Snaps Southern’s Streak
November 9, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Prior to kickoff, Troy’s cheerleaders held up a sign for the Trojans to run through. Due to the high winds, that never happened as it ripped.
Southern’s Defense Dominates Hughesville
November 2, 2024 | Dave Fegley
7-time Defending PIAA Champs Win 39-0 Southern Columbia isn’t worried about the four losses from the regular season. They are battle-tested, and the current Tigers know what is at stake. On Friday, at home, the Tigers dominated Hughesville in the opening round of the District 4 Class 2A postseason, winning 39-0. Southern’s defense limited the […]
Southern Ran Wild
October 26, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Tigers cruise past Braves Shikellamy has some early success in the aerial department, but Southern Columbia controlled the running game, both offensive and defensively, as the Tigers closed out the regular season with a 53-6 win over the Braves. Prior to kickoff, the seniors on the Tiger roster were honored for Senior Night. Typically, senior […]
Southern Beats Bloomsburg 53-28
October 19, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Run Past Panthers For being the closest school on a map for the 14x state champions, it had been a few years since the Tigers took on their Columbia County cat opponent. The Panthers and the seven-consecutive PIAA Class 2A champs hadn’t met since 2021 before Friday. On Bloomsburg’s senior night in the second […]
Southern Stops Skid
October 12, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Top Warriors 19-16 Nearly every team on the planet has had a three-game losing streak over the past four decades. Not Southern Columbia. The Tigers last lost three games in a row in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was starting his presidential run, which was at the end of a 26-game skid that started in […]
Mifflinburg Upsets Southern 34-26
October 5, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Wild Win For Wildcats It’s not over until it’s over. Sometimes, records don’t paint the picture. In sports, one moment can decide the outcome even though every little thing adds up to the final result. In a back-and-forth slugfest, the game wasn’t decided until the final minute in a District 4 battle between two teams […]
Danville’s Defense Delivers In 34-8 Win Over Southern
September 28, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Patrick leads charge against Tigers The Ironmen lived up to their name on Friday with the Bloomsburg Fair in town. In a battle between two District 4 powerhouses, Danville was able to jump out to a two-score lead in the first quarter against a Tiger team trying to find its way. The defense for Danville […]
