District 11
December 2023
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Tigers and Golden Bears Get 2nd December Game First Time in Program Histories
December 5, 2023 | Guy Smith
We always enjoy feedback from readers at RTRYFBAR@aol.com. Appreciate the comments on last week’s blog. What a great weekend of football! We saw two of what were certainly among our top five games this season on consecutive December days. And both of our teams came out victorious. The weekend started a day early as we […]
Game Highlights: PIAA 3A Semi-Final Wyomissing vs Northwestern Lehigh
December 3, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Game Highlights from the Sidelines during the PIAA 3A Semi-Final matchup between Wyomissing and Northwestern Lehigh at Kutztown University on 12-1-2023. Check out our final Playoff Bracket of the season over at Playoff Central
Northwestern Lehigh claws their way to Victory over Wyomissing
December 2, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Kutztown- Northwestern Lehigh overcomes a bevy of mistakes and a very solid Wyomissing ground attack to come away victorious en-route to their first ever trip to the PIAA football Championship game. Wyomissing won the coin-toss and elected to defer to the 2nd half which gave the ball to the visiting Tigers to start the game. […]
PIAA Class 3A Semi-Final Preview: A Look at Northwestern Lehigh
November 29, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Northwestern Lehigh vs Wyomissing, Friday December 1, 7pm @ Kutztown University How they got here (click to see 4A bracket): 2023 Schedule Last week, the Tigers cruised past Scranton Prep in their state quarterfinal matchup. The Tigers’ suffocating defense kept the Cavaliers’ offense in check thanks to 3 forced turnovers including Eli Zimmerman’s league leading […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Northwestern Lehigh Tigers Last Team Standing
November 29, 2023 | Guy Smith
2023.21. We always enjoy feedback from readers at RTRYFBAR@aol.com. As we head into the second to last week of the 2023 high school football season in Pennsylvania, 46 of the 47 teams in District 11 have put away their shoulder pads for this season. The 3A Northwestern Lehigh Tigers are the last of our teams […]
St. Joseph’s Prep Earns Spot In State Semi-Finals With Win Over Nazareth
November 26, 2023 | Samantha Baker
The Nazareth Blue Eagles traveled to Northeast High School’s Charles Martin Memorial Stadium in Philadelphia to face St. Joseph’s Prep, who has never lost to a district 11 opponent in the state playoffs before. St. Joseph’s Prep had possession first and it didn’t take long for them to get going. Nazareth put pressure on the […]
St. Joes Prep Hawks soar past Nazareth Area HS to advance to semifinals
November 26, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
The SJ Prep Hawks entered the game as favorites and despite a rocky first possession and having to play the first few series with backup QB Sr Jack O’Connor they were able to roll to victory behind a stingy defense and a dominating performance on special teams with timely offense. Star QB Samaj Jones was […]
Northwestern Lehigh just too much for Scranton Prep
November 25, 2023 | Torey Petruno
New Tripoli- The matchup between the Tigers and Cavaliers pitted two very similar and run heavy teams against each other, but only Northwestern would be able to continue their success on the ground and come away with the convincing victory. The evening started off with Prep choosing to receive the opening kick. The Cavaliers would […]
Preview: 6A Quarterfinal Nazareth v St. Joes Prep
November 24, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
The Nazareth Blue Eagles will travel south down the Northeast Extension Turnpike to take on the St. Joes Prep Hawks in a PIAA 6A quarterfinal matchup. Both teams won their district titles last weekend in opposite fashions. Nazareth: The Blue Eagles have won 9 straight games and enter the contest with a 12-1 record this season. […]
PIAA State 3A Quarterfinal Preview: Northwestern Lehigh vs Scranton Prep
November 23, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Northwestern Lehigh Tigers 13-0 Head Football Coach: Josh Snyder About the Tigers: Northwestern, currently ranked 5th in Class 3A in the State comes in undefeated on the year and fresh off a District XI 3A Championship drubbing of formerly undefeated Palmerton (12-1) by a score of 58-8. Both sides of the ball for the Tigers […]
South Scores Big in Second Half to Take the 2023 SCFCA North v South Senior All Star Game
November 23, 2023 | Daniel Reed
In what started out sorta slow, with the score 14 to 6 at halftime, suddenly opened up in the second half with the South outscoring the North 29 to 6 to win the 2023 SCFCA NvS Senior All Star game 35 to 20 behind a powerful running attack from the game’s South Offensive MVP Parrish […]
SCFCA ALL-STAR GAME LIVE BROADCAST! Wednesday, Nov 22 LIVE at 7pm
November 22, 2023 | Billy Splain
SCFCA North/South Senior All Star Game will be played on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023 at Schuylkill Haven’s Rotary Field. Scheduled kickoff is set for 7:00pm ! *Admission to the game is $5.00 at the gate* Rosters click here
Marian Catholic’s Football Coach Stan Dakosty Retires
November 22, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
The all-time winningest coach in District XI-Stan Dakosty has announced his retirement as the position of head football coach by the Marian Catholic high school administration Wednesday morning. With 326 wins in his illustrious career-all at Marian Catholic including the 1990 state championship over Farrell. This year he led the Colts to the District XI […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Black Friday for D11 Teams
November 21, 2023 | Guy Smith
“Black Friday” came a week early for District 11 football teams as all four teams that advanced to play schools from other districts last Friday lost and thus were eliminated from the playoffs. The only teams from D11 still playing for state gold are 3A Northwestern Lehigh and 6A Nazareth, both of whom defeated in-district […]
Lackawanna Trail vs Minersville PIAA Class 1A Playoff Game Photo Gallery and Highlights Video
November 20, 2023 | Daniel Reed
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: PHOTO GALLERY: CLICK BANNER BELOW FOR UPDATED BRACKETS: Follow www.pafootballnews.com for all your high school football updates, scores, stories, rankings and more ! You can also follow us on Twitter at @PaFootballNews and on Facebook at Pennsylvania Football News, as well as on YouTube, Instagram. For you local District XI coverage, follow @BPtashinski, @kfeger30, @BoJyeaa as well […]
Photos from Dunmore’s win over Williams Valley
November 18, 2023 | Billy Splain
Gallery credit Dawn Daub
Nazareth gets their Revenge against Parkland
November 18, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Bethlehem- In a rematch from week 4 in the EPC, Nazareth flips the script and scores the late touchdown to grab the victory, this time, for the District XI crown. To start off the game Parkland kicked off to the Blue Eagles who muffed the opening kickoff and started with less-than-ideal field position to start […]
Lackawanna Trail’s Defense Handles Minersville Rushing Attack in State Playoff Win…
November 18, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Senior RB-Lukas Gumble(#20) and Junior RB-Demitrius Douglas(#5) led the way offensively with six touchdowns between the two in 40 to 0 victory over the Battlin’ Miners of Minersville at the Eagles Nest, Blue Mountain HS, improve to 13-0 for the first time in program history. The tone was set right from the beginning following the […]
Delaware Valley gets revenge against Whitehall, advances to next round in PIAA Class 5A playoffs
November 18, 2023 | Jared Samuel
It was a playoff rematch from last season as the Whitehall Zephyrs came in to square off against the Delaware Valley Warriors. Last season, the Zephyrs defeated the Warriors 34-13 in the same round of the state playoffs. This year, Whitehall (8-4) won the District 11 5A Championship by defeating Southern Lehigh and Delaware Valley […]
Selinsgrove joins Southern Columbia and Danville for D4 trifecta in Quarterfinals
November 18, 2023 | Billy Splain
Picture via John Peters, Story provided by @LSVSports It’s a 29 mile drive from Selinsgrove to Danville then to Southern Columbia. Shades of old when Berwick, Mt. Carmel and Southern dominated the playoff scene, three schools also close together. But not this close. The Seals dispatched of Bethlehem Catholic 28-13 to advance to the PIAA […]
Northwestern Lehigh Goes Back-to-Back as District Champions in Convincing Fashion.
November 18, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Northwestern Lehigh captures District XI 3A Championship in convincing fashion LEHIGHTON- On paper this game looked like it could be destined to go down as an instant classic. Both Northwestern Lehigh and Palmerton came into their much-anticipated contest as unbeaten at 12-0. Both teams were ranked by PaFootballNews.com in the top ten teams in […]
Nazareth Blue Eagles Get Redemption On Parkland To Become District 11 Champions
November 18, 2023 | Samantha Baker
The Nazareth Blue Eagles took home the District 11 Championship trophy after a battle with the previously undefeated Parkland Trojans. The game was highly anticipated as it featured the two most talented football teams in the Lehigh Valley. Parkland came into the district playoffs with a gold EPC championship trophy, but Nazareth had a lot […]
Preview: Whitehall vs. Delaware Valley — Class 5A Playoff
November 16, 2023 | Jared Samuel
District 11 5A Champion Whitehall Zephyrs (8-4) at District 2 5A Champion Delaware Valley Warriors (9-3) Last meeting: 11/18/22, Whitehall won 34-13 About the Zephyrs: Head Coach Andy Marino’s squad has won 4 straight games and comes into this game off of a 45-34 victory over Southern Lehigh for the D11 5A championship. Whitehall players […]
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