Troy Snaps Southern’s Streak
November 9, 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Columbia County Clash: Southern Beats Central 54-12
September 21, 2024
Flags all over the place in Tigers win Friday marked the 169th anniversary of the Bloomsburg Fair. Nearly double that mark, and you find yourself in a number of how many penalty yards were in Southern Columbia’s Mercy Rule victory over Central Columbia. For the 29th time in a row, the Tigers defeated the Blue […]
Tornadoes Win Defensive Battle
September 14, 2024
MCA beats rival SCA 7-6 For any fan that likes to see high scoring affairs, the Silver Bowl wasn’t the place to be on Friday night. For a true football fan, which wants a game to come down to the wire, it was exactly the venue to be at. In the annual showdown, Mount Carmel […]
Tigers Tear Apart Black Panthers
September 7, 2024
Southern beats Milton 49-7 in Tomato Bowl Coming into Friday’s matchup, Milton was the only program that Southern Columbia had played at least 10 times and had a losing record against. Granted, the majority of the games took place in the 1960’s and 1970’s, it was an interesting tidbit entering the game. That changed in […]
Roth Picks Up 500th Win
August 31, 2024
Tigers Lacerate Lancers 47-0 Jim Roth Way is the new name of the road leading into Tiger Stadium. His way has made his Southern Columbia program the standard of success. On Friday, the Tigers blanked Loyalsock 47-0 as Roth became Pennsylvania’s first, and the fifth in the United States, to win 500 games as a […]
PHAC Preview 2024
August 22, 2024
Football Ready In Central PA There are plenty of storylines heading into the 2024 high school football season in the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference.Between the 19 teams, they are all excited to get the helmets on and go to work on Friday nights. Will the Tigers of Southern Columbia be able to keep their historic […]
99-Yard Drive Keeps Streak Alive, Southern Columbia wins title in thriller
December 8, 2023
Southern Columbia wins title in dramatic fashion Southern Columbia knew what it had to do. Move the ball 299 feet and get into the end zone. With the game on the line, pretty easy right? After the Tigers jumped out to a 14-0 lead, the offense had to do something it hadn’t done since the […]
2023 Class 2A Title Game Preview: Southern Columbia
December 7, 2023
Southern Columbia Tigers PIAA: Class 2A District: 4 League: PHAC Head Coach: Jim Roth (40th season) Overview: Southern Columbia is playing in a state-record 22nd PIAA Championship game. The Tigers are looking to extend their all-time best title total to 14 which would include a seventh consecutive state championship. Southern’s streak of six in a row […]
Southern dominates in 39-7 win over Dunmore
December 2, 2023
Tigers tag their Bucks In any level of sports, it’s very rare to carry a streak of the highest magnitude past one. Duplicating a result is tough, accomplishing something three times in a row is remarkable, and then there is Southern Columbia. The Tigers defeated Dunmore in the PIAA Class 2A Eastern Final on Friday […]
PIAA Class 2A Semi-Final Preview: A Look At Southern Columbia
November 30, 2023
Southern Columbia (13-1) @ Dunmore (12-2) (Hazleton HS) – 7:00 pm How they got here: State Bracket: PIAA Playoffs District Bracket: District 4 Playoffs 2023 Schedule: Overall Results The Tigers rolled through their division in the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference. In the league’s toughest division (D2), SCA went undefeated with its most impressive victory coming over […]
Southern Ends Bald Eagle’s Storybook Season
November 26, 2023
Tigers win 18-8 in 2A state quarters Southern Columbia’s defense did its part again in giving the offense the chance to finally break through. Like last week, the Tigers went into halftime in a scoreless battle, and the offense eventually found the goal line in an 18-8 victory over Bald Eagle Area. After feasting on […]
Southern Columbia Captures D4 Gold
November 18, 2023
Tigers shut down Troy to win 31st district title Troy thought this was their year. After all, the Trojans had dismantled everyone in their path leading up to the District 4 Class 2A championship meeting. There was only one problem. Unfortunately for them, it wasn’t a minor one. In order to win the gold they […]
District 4 Class 2A Championship Preview SCA V TROY, The Rematch
November 16, 2023
Tigers looking to win at Troy again For almost all of Southern Columbia’s record 30 District 4 championships, the Tigers have won on their home field. This time, for the second consecutive season, they will have to win on the road as they will travel to unbeaten Troy. Last year, the Tigers beat the Trojans […]
Southern Stomps Mount Carmel
November 11, 2023
Carter highlighted Tigers 43-0 trouncing As Southern Columbia senior Isaac Carter left the field, giving way to the reserves with a commanding lead by his squad, the senior used his #43 jersey as a makeshift towel to wipe off the sweat from his face. It was a fitting way to finish his final home game […]
District 4 Class 2A Playoff Matchup: “The Game”
November 9, 2023
SCA and MCA ready for semi-final tussle Last year, the Mount Carmel Area Red Tornadoes defeated the Southern Columbia Tigers in their annual regular season meeting. The rivalry known as the ‘The Game’ had a different result in the postseason. It was the Tigers that finished the 2022 season with the bragging rights as they […]
Southern Columbia Mauls North Penn Mansfield
November 5, 2023
SCA takes care of business in playoff opener The first half seemed to take forever as the undermatched Panthers from North-Penn Mansfield continued to air it out inside of Southern Columbia’s Tiger Stadium. The second half on the other hand flew by as the game was already into the Mercy Rule courtesy of the performance […]
Southern Columbia Wins Regular Season Finale
October 28, 2023
Murphy highlighted SCA’s 55-6 rout over the Braves The most explosive offensive weapon throughout the regular season for Southern Columbia has been Louden Murphy. The senior capped off his final regular season game in style as the Tigers thumped Shikellamy 55-6. Needing just a punt return to score every way possible besides throwing a TD […]
Tigers Rebound With Impressive Win
October 21, 2023
SCA knocks off previously unbeaten Wyoming Area When it comes to being a Southern Columbia football fan, the loyal supporters have witnessed just about everything that the sport has to offer. On Friday night, the fans that made the trip up to Jake Sobeski Stadium to watch their Tigers battle with a Wyoming Area team […]
Spears, Diaz Highlight MCA’s Upset Win Over Rival
October 14, 2023
Red Tornadoes give Tigers first loss A touchdown pass from Cole Spears to fellow senior Xavier Diaz in the third quarter extended Mount Carmel Area’s lead in their upset 42-30 win over Southern Columbia. The Red Tornadoes dominated and deserved to win, and that 32-yard connection was historic. On their annual Senior Night inside of […]
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