Southern’s Friday Ends With A 13th State Gold
December 9, 2022
Tigers beat Bulldogs for sixth straight PIAA Class 2A Championship As Tom Petty used to jam out as the leader of the Heartbreakers famously singing the words, “Yeah runnin’ down a dream that never would come to me. Workin’ on a mystery, goin’ wherever it leads. Runnin’ down a dream,” the lyrics seem to have […]
PIAA CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW – SOUTHERN COLUMBIA
December 8, 2022
Tigers Looking For Record 13th State Title Will the Tigers need to replace the 1 with a 2? Southern Columbia won’t be starstruck on Friday afternoon when they play for the PIAA Class 2A Championship in Mechanicsburg. After all, the Tigers are making their record 21st appearance into the gold medal clash, more than […]
Southern Going Back To Final
December 3, 2022
Tigers headed to record 21st State Final First it was Altoona. Then, a long stretch in Hershey. Now, Mechanicsburg is the destination. After many thought getting out of the District 4 playoffs was a slim chance, Southern Columbia is headed back to the pinnacle of Pennsylvania high school football. On Friday night, Southern Columbia dismantled […]
Tigers Win Battle of Defending PIAA Champs
November 26, 2022
Full Gallery by Greg Ricupero HERE Southern dominated Bishop Guilfoyle in second half What was a tied 7-7 game at the half, Southern Columbia turned into a Mercy Rule victory. Once junior Louden Murphy returned an interception 98 yards for a touchdown, the five-time defending PIAA Class 2A Tigers went up 42-7 with 2:28 left […]
Backfield Duo Reaches Milestone In Tiger Title
November 19, 2022
Barnes, Wisloski top 3K in win over MCA There’s nothing better than revenge. The Tigers got it over their rival who had beaten them just weeks before, but Southern Columbia now gets the bragging rights in the matchup that mattered the most against Mount Carmel Area. In addition to Southern winning a record 30th District […]
DISTRICT 4 CLASS 2A: Championship Preview
November 16, 2022
MCA looking to take crown from SCA In the first go-around, Mount Carmel Area went to Tiger Stadium and defeated Southern Columbia 35-21. That ended a long losing streak for the Red Tornadoes in what has become District 4’s most anticipated rivalry. On Friday night, MCA will look to beat SCA for the first time […]
Forced Turnovers Lead Tigers To Victory
November 13, 2022
Southern beat Troy 48-12 in D4 Class 2A semifinal Southern Columbia knew what it had to do on Saturday afternoon in order to keep their season alive, and the Tigers (9-3) executed their game plan masterfully. After a scoreless first quarter, the five-time defending PIAA Class 2A Champions dominated the second quarter. SCA built a […]
Last Friday’s SCA Offensive Recap
November 12, 2022
Southern dominated Line Mountain 69-6 In Southern Columbia’s unprecedented championship filled history, the most points they have ever scored in a game is 76. That mark was set on three different occasions. The first in the memorable 2004 playoff win over Pius X when the Tigers broke the national record for rushing yards, then twice […]
Recap From Last Friday: Tigers Ran Over Braves
November 4, 2022
SCA won regular season finale The final score of 42-14 didn’t paint the full picture for Southern Columbia in their dominant win over Shikellamy to close out the regular season. The Tigers quite simply did what they wanted, when they wanted, however they wanted in Sunbury on Friday night. “Whoever gets the ball, if we […]
Tigers Rebound With Win
October 23, 2022
SCA waxes Wyoming Area 55-28 Southern Columbia head coach Jim Roth knows a thing or two about football. After all, the 39-year veteran is sixth all-time in wins across the country while winning a record 12 PIAA Championships. After his Tigers defeated Wyoming Area at home on Friday, he started his interview by comparing the […]
MCA Ends 14-Game Losing Streak To SCA
October 15, 2022
Red Tornadoes beat rival Tigers 35-21 Fans across District 4 can say what they want, but the Southern Columbia vs Mount Carmel Area game has become the most intriguing rivalry since the two teams first met in 1996. Entering Friday’s week eight matchup between the two historic programs, the Tigers had won the previous 14 […]
Much Needed Win For SCA
October 1, 2022
Tigers take down Warriors 34-16 The cliché ‘must win’ gets thrown around a lot in sports. Rarely if ever is it used at Southern Columbia in their football program. During Jim Roth’s 39-year tenure as the head coach of the Tigers, fans can count on one hand without raising a finger for how many times […]
Danville Gets Redemption On SCA
September 24, 2022
Ironmen handle Tigers 49-14 Earth, Wind and Fire’s hit song asked, “Do you remember the 21st night of September?” Although not exactly the date, Friday’s game on the 23rd is one that the Danville Ironmen will forever remember while the Southern Columbia Tigers hope to soon forget. What a difference a year can make. After […]
Tigers Take Out Anger On Green Dragons
September 17, 2022
Southern Blanks Lewisburg 54-0 Southern Columbia was well aware of the fact that they have to travel on Route 54 to take on an undefeated Danville Ironmen squad next Friday. They weren’t intending for a pun as they beat Lewisburg 54-0 in week four, but they will take it. The Tigers had a much better […]
SCA Shocked By Sock
September 10, 2022
Lancers left Tiger Stadium with 27-10 victory A lot has happened in the past 4,361 days. Barack Obama was early in his first term as the President of the United States. The founder of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, wasn’t yet assassinated. The iPad was only invented a few months beforehand. The San Francisco Giants won […]
Wisloski Wows In Tiger Win
September 3, 2022
Southern Handles Shamokin 43-0 After Southern Columbia’s Braeden Wisloski missed the better part of last year’s regular season, he used it as motivation to showcase his skills in the playoffs all the way through the fifth straight, and record 12th overall, state title win in December when he was featured on ESPN with a catch […]
Tigers Came Storming Back Despite Major Injury
August 27, 2022
Lightning strike allowed Tigers to regroup in win It was just week one of the high school football season, but Friday night’s game in Berwick featured just about everything that could possibly happen in a season. On the scoreboard, Southern erased a halftime deficit to defeat Berwick 42-27. From a roster standpoint, the Tigers appear […]
Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference Football Division 1 2022 Season Preview
August 25, 2022
PHAC Conference Preview Bulldogs, Tigers, Red Tornadoes Preseason Favorites With the high school football season approaching, the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference has a lot of unknowns heading into 2022 due to the loss of many talented players from graduation. The preseason favorites in each of the three divisions are all coming off of success from […]
Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference Football 2022 Preview: Division 2
August 23, 2022
PHAC Conference Preview Bulldogs, Tigers, Red Tornadoes Preseason Favorites With the high school football season approaching, the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference has a lot of unknowns heading into 2022 due to the loss of many talented players from graduation. The preseason favorites in each of the three divisions are all coming off of success from […]
2022 Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference Football Preview Division 3
August 22, 2022
PHAC Conference Preview Bulldogs, Tigers, Red Tornadoes Preseason Favorites With the high school football season approaching, the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference has a lot of unknowns heading into 2022 due to the loss of many talented players from graduation. The preseason favorites in each of the three divisions are all coming off of success from […]
Southern State of Mind: Tigers capture 12th title @SoCoTigerSports
December 10, 2021
Tigers Capture Record 12th PIAA Championship In Southern Columbia’s 20th appearance in a PIAA Final, head coach Jim Roth said this one was the most unique, just moments after the Tigers won their record 12th state championship. Southern scored 34 points in the fourth quarter to earn the Mercy Rule win over Serra Catholic 62-25. […]
PIAA Class 2A Title Game Team Preview: The Southern Columbia Tigers @SoCoTigerSports @gavingarcia_ @Derek_Berlitz
December 9, 2021
The Southern Columbia Tigers PIAA District 4 – Class AA League: Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference – Division 3 Head Coach: Jim Roth Overview: When it comes to playing for a PIAA Championship, there is no program across the commonwealth that is more familiar. The Tigers will play in a record 20th state final on Friday […]
Southern State of Mind – Tigers Heading to Hershey Again
December 4, 2021
Tigers headed to record 20th title Northern Lehigh just finished off one of their three best seasons in the history of the Bulldog program. One win shy of making a second ever PIAA final appearance, the District 11 squad just so happened to run into the best program in Pennsylvania when it comes to championship success. […]
Southern State of Mind: Tigers Reach Another Eastern Final, Haladay Named All-American
December 3, 2021
Tigers Eat Up Rams It was the third consecutive season that Southern Columbia and Richland battled it out in the PIAA Class 2A playoffs, and it was the third straight time that the Tigers beat the Rams. In 2019, Southern’s once-in-a-lifetime team handled Richland at Selinsgrove. Last year, the Tigers pulled away in the second […]
Tigers Take Wind Out Of Tornadoes
November 20, 2021
Garcia lifts SCA to 29th District 4 gold in past 31 years Gavin Garcia trails his older brother, 2020 Southern Columbia alum Gaige Garcia, by 27 touchdowns for his career. Well, after his four touchdown performance to beat Mount Carmel Area in the District 4 Class 2A Championship, the senior now trails the state record […]
