District 11
October 2023
Marian Catholic Colts Survive Second Half Mahanoy Area Comeback Saturday Night.
October 1, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
After jumping out to a 21-0 lead, the Colts stave off a Golden Bear rally in a Colonial/Schuylkill League contest. HOMETOWN- What looked like a route for much of the first half, turned into quite an endeavor of survival the last 24 minutes Saturday night at The Men of Marian Stadium, where the capacity crowd […]
Hurricanes Win Battle Against Rough Riders
September 30, 2023 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes defeated the Catasauqua Rough Riders, 22-13. Aiden Myers had all three Hurricane touchdowns. Rodney Brodie and Dylan Pacheco both scored for the Rough Riders. Schuylkill Haven won the coin toss and chose to defer. The Hurricanes wasted no time on defense, with Myers getting a sack in the backfield. Catasauqua returned […]
Nazareth does just enough to get by Allentown Central Catholic
September 30, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Nazareth- In this mid-season match-up between two of the top teams in the EPC South, Nazareth got just enough out of their normally prolific, but this evening somewhat stunted passing game to grab the victory over the visiting Vikings of Allentown Central Catholic 14-7. The game began with the Vikings receiving the opening kickoff and […]
Stevenosky, Carr and Battlin’ Miners Defense Too Much For Pen Argyl Friday Night.
September 30, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Minersville improves to 5-1 with a key Colobial/Schuylkill win over Pen Argyl. MINERSVILLE- The bleak weather forecast held off long enough Friday night to allow for a fantastic football game FRiday night at Minersville’s Veterans Memorial Stadium as the hometown Battlin’Miners held off a valiant effort of the Green Knights of Pen Argyl in a […]
Nazareth Overcomes Allentown Central Catholic In A 14-7 Victory
September 30, 2023 | Samantha Baker
The Nazareth Blue Eagles and Allentown Central Catholic Vikings faced off at Andrew S. Leh Stadium, home of the Blue Eagles, in a rainy, but high energy week 6 game. Prior to the game, both teams had only suffered one loss. Both knew it was going to be a battle for the number 2 spot […]
Blue Mountain Rolls Lehighton in Convincing Fashion Thursday Night.
September 29, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Blue Mountain Eagles Improve to 4-2 with dominating performance on the road. LEHIGHTON- The Blue Mountain Eagles used about every way possible to put points up on the scoreboard Thursday night at Lehighton’s Multi-purpose Stadium en route to a 41-13 thrashing of the Indians in a key Colonial/Schuylkill League contest in the misty rain before […]
EPC Midseason Progress Report
September 27, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Here we are, finished with week 5 of the 2023 season and gearing up for the home stretch of what at least to me seems like a rapidly accelerating football season. Here in the EPC, the South Division is getting a majority of the hype with it being home to the only 2 remaining undefeated […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial/Schuylkill League Week Six
September 27, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Time to make the turn into the second half of the regular season in the Skook/Colonial League. Taking a look back on week 5 and check out the match-ups for week six and we’ll take a look at the updated District XI power rankings. Southern Lehigh, Noorthwestern Lehigh and Palmerton all come into week six […]
District 12 Week 4 Recap and Notes
September 27, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Week 4 Recap: Frankford 6 West Philadelphia 0: Entering the game West Philly was projected to win easily however the host Pioneers had different feelings. Both teams had their offensive moments here and there but no sustained drives were capitalized into points until the final possession for Frankford in which they were able […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor: Week#6 in The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
September 26, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
As we kickoff the second half of the regular season so much yet to decide as the District playoffs lie in the distance. The Parkland Trojans have further solidified themselves as the front runners in the EPC South with a convincing win over previously unbeaten Allentown Central Catholic 35-14 that win came week after a […]
Hollywood’s Mid-Season Report Card: Colonial/Schuylkill League
September 26, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Here is how it look at the half-way point of the 2023 Colonial-Schuylkill League Regular Season. We are the end of September is upon us and the chill of Autumn has arrived. We have also only have just 5 weeks left of the high school football regular season in the Commonwealth and right now it […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: 40 Miles is a World Away
September 26, 2023 | Guy Smith
This week Pam & Guy attended three football games out of nine events. The week began Wednesday with the “Wingless Wednesday” Micro Sprint races at Shellhammers Dirt Track in Leesport. Thursday we were at Panther Valley for their varsity game against Minersville. It was Guy’s Pick this Friday, and he went outside the (D11) box […]
Hurricanes Outlast Pirates to Improve to 4-1
September 23, 2023 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes continue to dominate as they beat the Palisades Pirates 14-7. Aiden Myers had both touchdowns for the Hurricanes. Riley Sessinger had the lone score for the Pirates. All of the scoring in this contest happened in the first quarter. Colton Reber got the Hurricane offense started with a 44-yard run. Myers […]
Parkland dominates 2nd half en route to convincing victory over Allentown Central Catholic
September 23, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Allentown- In what was to be a clash of EPC titans, the first half sure lived up to that billing. Parkland received the opening kickoff and after getting a first down on a Luke Spang (6 rush, 37 yards, 1 TD) rush were stifled on 4th down of the next set of downs by a […]
Palmerton Ends Drought and Overwhelms Notre Dame Green Pond in Marquis Contest
September 23, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Near decade long losing streak came to an end in a dominate Blue Bomber performance Friday night. PALMERTON- The Palmerton Blue Bombers came into Friday night’s Colonial/Schuylkill League contest determined to end a nine game futile effort to knock off the Crusaders of Notre Dame Green Pond, and when the clock struck zero to conclude […]
Nazareth Bounces Back With Big Win Over Liberty
September 22, 2023 | Samantha Baker
BETHLEHEM – Prior to Friday’s matchup, Nazareth (4-1) was coming off a last minute 31-24 loss against Parkland and Liberty (2-3) took a rough 48-16 loss at the hands of Bethlehem Catholic. Tonight, both teams were looking to get back into the win column. It didn’t take long for the Blue Eagles of Nazareth to […]
Jim Thorpe vs Palmerton GAME HIGHLIGHTS 9/15/23
September 21, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Game Highlights of the week 3 matchup between the Jim Thorpe Olympians and the Palmerton Blue Bombers.
Nativity BVM/George School highlights and Gallery
September 20, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Green Wave took an early lead and never looked back against a feisty Cougars squad from the George School on Thursday night 39 to 8 at Gosh Orthodontics Field at Spartan Stadium at North Schuylkill Jr./Sr. HS. Game Highlights: Game Photos:
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Good Things Come in Threes
September 20, 2023 | Guy Smith
2023.11. This week Pam and Guy again made it to five more games. Our sporting week started on Wednesday with a DeSales University women’s volleyball win over Moravian. On Thursday we were planning on going to see the New Hope Solebury Lions play but that game was cancelled, so we headed to North Schuylkill High […]
Hollywood’s Cutting room floor: Week 4 Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition
September 19, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
AS we reach the halfway point of the regular season, here is how the Colonial/Schuylkill League breakdowns. After the fourth week of the high school football season closed out this past weekend in the Colonial/Schuylkill League League there are just three teams still undefeated heading into week five: Palmerton, Northwestern Lehigh and Southern Lehigh. Palmerton’s […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Week 4 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Edition
September 18, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Nazareth and Parkland met up on the gridiron this past Friday night, in a game that lived up to expectations. Nazareth and Parkland came into their contest, both ranked in the top 10 in the pafootballnews.com top 10 in the 6A classification. The Trojans had a ten point lead on two occasions in the game, […]
Under The Radar, Bethlehem Catholic Continues to Roll On in EPC South Race
September 17, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Bethlehem Catholic Keeps Pace to Stay in the EPC South Title Chase With Win Over Cross-City Rivals. BETHLEHEM- With all the top dogs in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South played on Friday, the only game in town was a “Christmas City” Battle between Liberty and Becahi at BASD Stadium Saturday night and when the dust […]
Northwestern Lehigh Too Much Firepower for Pen Argyl Saturday.
September 17, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Stout Defensive Effort Along With Potent Offense in Dominating Tiger Performance Saturday Afternoon. PEN ARGYL- The Northwestern Tigers rolled up on the hill on a glorious afternoon for football Saturday in a key Colonial/Schuylkill League contest against an improved Pen Argyl Green Knights squad and came away with an emphatic 41-6 win at Alumni Stadium. […]
Williams Valley gets the overtime win at Minersville
September 16, 2023 | Billy Splain
Thanks to Dawn Daub and husband for the story. Alex Achenbach did his thing to get Williams Valley rolling with an 83 yard td jaunt to put the Vikings up 7-0 on their first drive of the night, then the Vikings defense held on in overtime to give the visiting Vikings a 31-28 win in […]
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