September 2023
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 […]
60-50-40, Tigers Win In Garcia’s Return
August 28, 2023 | Dave Fegley
SCA impresses in shutout over Berwick Southern Columbia head coach Jim Roth has mapped out his plan for years. Improve each week, and when the playoffs hit, start peaking. With the way the Tigers played in their season opener against Berwick, it’s hard to say where they have any signficant improvement needed. SCA dominated the […]
2023 PHAC Division 2 Preview
August 24, 2023 | Dave Fegley
Three Talented Teams Have Potential For State Runs There is absolutely no question that in the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference the Division 2 group is the toughest. Look no further than Southern Columbia who added to their record with a 13th PIAA Championship last season, and the Tigers finished third in this division in the […]
2023 PHAC Division 3 Preview
August 24, 2023 | Dave Fegley
MCA Is Heavy Favorite Mount Carmel Area is the clear favorite to win PHAC’s Division 3. The biggest question is how the other five teams will pan out in order. Milton had a strong season, going 9-2, but it would be huge shock if they were able to down the Red Tornadoes. The remaining four […]
PHAC Div. 1 Preview
August 24, 2023 | Dave Fegley
Bulldogs and Seals Look To Meet In Title Again Is this the year that Selinsgrove can regain control over Jersey Shore? The Seals and Bulldogs have met seemingly every year this century in the District 4 Class 4A title game with Shore having the upper hand in recent years. The dark horse in Div. 1 […]
Southern’s Friday Ends With A 13th State Gold
December 9, 2022 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 | Dave Fegley
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 […]
