September 2024
Columbia County Clash: Southern Beats Central 54-12
September 21, 2024 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 […]
Southern Runs Past Central 54-13
October 7, 2023 | Dave Fegley
Garcia highlights win in Columbia County clash With the way his two older brothers shined during their careers in a Tiger uniform, it’s hard for current Southern Columbia senior Garrett Garcia to get the upper hand on the gridiron on one side of the football. Garrett’s program-record 205 tackles as a sophomore, following a team-leading […]
Tigers Post Shutout Over Warriors
September 30, 2023 | Dave Fegley
Southern wins on the road 21-0 The talk going around the Southern Columbia community in the preseason was that if the Tigers score three touchdowns in any game this year, their defense is good enough to hold opponents to less than that and win. Nobody knows what the future holds, but one thing that is […]
The PHAC Mid-Season Report
September 28, 2023 | Dave Fegley
Teams fighting for division titles It’s hard to believe that we are already halfway through the 2023 high school football regular season, but as the saying goes, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” There is still time for teams to move up or down the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference standings, and some teams as expected […]
Tigers Take Full Control of PHAC Division 2
September 23, 2023 | Dave Fegley
Southern handled Danville 40-17 With nine seconds remaining in the first half, Southern Columbia led Danville 14-7. The Ironmen were hoping to start the third quarter with the opportunity to tie the game. That didn’t happen because Isaac Carter, who was named SCA’s 2023 Homecoming King earlier in the day, made a 28-yard field goal […]
Tigers Cruise In Lewisburg
September 16, 2023 | Dave Fegley
Southern’s defense dominant again On pass attempts Friday evening in Lewisburg, Southern Columbia was able to catch 10 of them. The Tigers caught all five of their quarterback Blake Wise’s throws and they picked off five from two of Lewisburg’s quarterbacks. By the end, Southern won at Bucknell University 69-13 to set up the state’s […]
Redemption Recorded For SCA
September 9, 2023 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Pick Up Tremendous Win At Loyalsock As Southern Columbia entered Kenneth M. Robbins Stadium on Friday evening, they were fully aware that Loyalsock had defeated them a year ago. What they may not have been aware of was the fact that if the Lancers beat the Tigers for a second year in a row, […]
Family And Friendly Ties In Tiger Victory
September 8, 2023 | Dave Fegley
SoCo Army Stands Strong It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to realize that Southern Columbia is the epitome of success in Pennsylvania high school football. Ironically, the two opposing coaches that know that the best are Shamokin Area’s previous and current head coaches. Legendary former Tiger bruiser Henry Hynoski, who went on to start for […]
