District 11
October 2025
Tamaqua grinds out Victory over Saucon Valley
October 31, 2025 | Torey Petruno
Hellertown- Tamaqua traveled to Hellertown and pounds the rock, controls the clock, and grinds out a gutsy victory in a first time meeting between the teams thanks to a relentless rushing attack. However, just getting to the start of the game was an adventure for Tamaqua, as the team bus on the way to the […]
North Schuylkill defeats fog and Panther Valley to advance (video recap)
October 31, 2025 | Billy Splain
Luke Miller ran for 3 scores and hauled in a td pass to lead the Spartans to a 53-25 playoff win over Panther Valley. D11 North Schulkill PV by PAFootball Newsdotcom Summary PV (4-7) 6 6 7 8 — 27 NS (8-3) 21 19 13 0 — 53 NS — Miller 6 run (Urban kick) […]
Blue Mountain cruises past Lehighton in Class 4A Playoff matchup (VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS)
October 31, 2025 | Jared Samuel
Blue Mountain played an efficient game, as they scored 2 touchdowns on defense and also got a kickoff return TD as they defeated Lehighton 42-7 in a District 11 Class 4A opening round matchup. The Eagle defense played great, getting run stops and sacks throughout the night and consistently gave their offense great field position […]
Preview: Easton Seeks Victory over Emmaus for 900th Win in Program History
October 29, 2025 | Cody Brady
When: Friday, October 31, 7:00 Where: Cottingham Stadium Who: Easton Red Rovers vs. Emmaus Green Hornets Last Meeting: 42-7 Easton on September 19th — Cole Ordway passed for three touchdowns and ran for two more in a dominant Red Rovers victory over the Green Hornets earlier in the 2025 season. What’s at Stake: Easton is […]
Game Preview District 11 3A Playoffs: Notre Dame Green Pond vs. Salisbury
October 29, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
This Thursday night at Catasauqua Field, the 10-0 Notre Dame Green Pond Crusaders will take on the 2-8 Salisbury Township Falcons. Head coach Phil Stambaugh and the Crusaders who are 10-0 for the first time in school history, are coming off a 56-0 win against Wilson, in which their star QB, Matt Bodnar, threw for […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Are There Too Many Teams in the Playoffs?
October 28, 2025 | Guy Smith
This past week we again attended four games as the regular season ended after ten weeks of football. That meant the final game for some teams, as well as for all of the JV squads. In District 11, the vast majority of teams make the playoffs. Some say too many, and we tend to agree. […]
Hittin’ The Road with Travelin’ Matt – Week 10 (Playoff Pandemonium)
October 28, 2025 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best matchups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, October 30 6A Spring-Ford (6-4) at 6A Downingtown East (7-3) Friday, October 31 2A […]
Hittin’ The Road with Travelin’ Matt – Week 9 (Rivalry Week)
October 28, 2025 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best matchups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, October 23 1A Nativity (4-5) at 1A Marian Catholic (6-3) Friday, October 24 4A […]
Hittin’ The Road with Travelin’ Matt – Week 11 (Double Trouble)
October 28, 2025 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best matchups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, November 6 4A Blue Mountain (7-4) at 4A #4 Southern Lehigh (10-1) Friday, November […]
Cole Ordway Scores Seven Times in Easton’s 51-14 Rout of Nazareth
October 26, 2025 | Cody Brady
Copy of Easton v Naz TV by PAFootball Newsdotcom Giving all credit to his offensive line, pictured above, Cole Ordway showed no signs of being tired after his seven touchdown performance against Nazareth Friday night. His final score was perhaps the most impressive, as he ran over and through the final Blue Eagles defender on […]
Liberty Wins the Rivalry Game Against Freedom 42-14 for the City Championship
October 25, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
Liberty Wins City Championship Against Crosstown Rival Freedom For the first time since 2018 the Liberty Hurricanes are City Champions after the 42-14 defeat of their crosstown rivals the Freedom Patriots. The Hurricanes came out firing on all cylinders, right from the start, on both offense and defense. Freedom’s normally stingy defense gave up four […]
Pen Argyl takes down Bangor in the 106th Slate Belt Rivalry game (Photo Gallery)
October 25, 2025 | Jordan Gillis
Pen Argyl and Bangor faced off for their 106th time for the Slate Belt Rivalry, where the Green Knights would ultimately take down the Slaters 32-21 in the final game of the season. Pen Argyl finishes the season off with a record of 7-3 while the Slaters remained winless on the year.
Northwestern Lehigh vs Southern Lehigh (Photo Gallery)
October 25, 2025 | Ryan Scipio
Southern Lehigh falls short against Northwestern Lehigh 36-28 What an atmosphere for the battle of 9-0 teams from 3A and 4A in the Colonial League. Northwestern Lehigh started strong by scoring 22 straight points. Southen Lehigh battled late to get into the game but came up short. Final Southern Lehigh – 28 Northwestern Lehigh -36 […]
Bethlehem Catholic Survives Northampton’s 2nd Half Comeback and Hung on For the Win 24-21
October 25, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
Bethlehem Catholic Survives Northampton’s 2nd Half Comeback Bethlehem Catholic scored 17 unanswered points in the 1st half and kept Northampton off the board till 8 seconds left in the 2nd quarter and that made 17-6. The 2nd half went more Northampton’s way and scored twice. But they came up short and lost to Beca 24-21 […]
Schuylkill Haven storms past Tri-Valley, completes first undefeated regular season since 2008 !
October 25, 2025 | Daniel Reed
Schuylkill Haven’s Junior RB-Colton Reber runs for four touchdowns while adding another on defense with a pick-6 in the 3rd. quarter, leading the Hurricanes to victory over the Bulldogs 55 to 20 at Rotary Field in Schuylkill Haven on Senior Night ! Senior RB-Niko Carestia was suited up and looked ready to go tonight but […]
Northwestern Lehigh captures another Colonial-Schuylkill League Red Division title
October 25, 2025 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Five different players score for the Tigers as they win their tenth game on the season NEW TRIPOLI- Both the unbeaten Southern Lehigh Spartans and the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers came into Friday nights’ showdown at Tiger Stadium both ranked high in the latest pafootballnews.com rankings. The Spartans at number one in class 4A and the […]
The Rivalry Game: Battle at BASD Stadium Bethlehem, Liberty Hurricanes vs Freedom Patriots, Game Preview
October 24, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
The Rivalry Game at BASD Stadium The Freedom Patriots are ready for a storm named Liberty Hurricanes Saturday afternoon, in The Rivalry Game at BASD Stadium in the annual battle between cross-town rivals. This game is huge for both student bodies, fans of each team and the city of Bethlehem waits for all year, regardless […]
Colossal critical contest to decide Colonial League-Red Championsip
October 23, 2025 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Southern Lehigh looks to snap a five game losing streak to Northwestern Lehigh, while the Tigers look to extend their win streak to 26 consecutive victories. Friday night at Tiger Stadium in New Tripoli may hold what could be the game of the year in the Colonial/Schuylkill League, if not the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania […]
Week Ten EPC Season Finale: Northampton Heads to BASD Stadium to Face Bethlehem Catholic
October 23, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
Fresh off a major upset against last week against the then 7-1 Nazareth Blue Eagles, the 4-5 Northampton Konkrete Kids are looking to ride that momentum as they take on the 5-4 Bethlehem Catholic Golden Hawks. The Hawks are coming off a 35-20 loss to their rivals, the Liberty Hurricanes. With only one game left, […]
The STATE of PA Football! Week 9, Clairton, SoLeHi, NW Lehigh & Pine-Richland sound off!
October 22, 2025 | Billy Splain
The staff recaps week 8, goes big game hunting in week 9 AND we welcome coaches and players from Clairton, Southern Lehigh, Northwestern Lehigh and Pine-Richland!
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: “Fifty in Five” JV Milestone
October 21, 2025 | Guy Smith
Four games for us this week, along with two races. Guy reached a milestone on Monday, attending his 50th JV game in our five years writing the blog for “PA Football News.” We don’t believe that anyone supports District 11 Junior Varsity football teams like we do. Unfortunately, things are not at all well in […]
Hittin’ The Road with Travelin’ Matt – Week 8 (The Undefeated Stay Undefeated)
October 21, 2025 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best matchups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, October 16 6A #5 Parkland (8-0) at 5A Whitehall (7-1) Friday, October 17 3A […]
District XI Playoff Breakdown Entering Week 10
October 20, 2025 | Cody Brady
Let’s take a look at the District XI playoff picture as we enter the final week of the regular season. We’ll give you a breakdown of where teams stand, where they could move to, and who they could face in two weeks. Class A – Lackawanna Trail has clinched the top seed in the 4 […]
Caiden Faust Eclipses 2,000 Career Rushing Yards in Pen Argyl Win Over Catasauqua
October 19, 2025 | Cody Brady
Copy of Pen Argyl v Catty TV by PAFootball Newsdotcom The first play of the game for the Green Knights was a simple 2-yard carry up the middle, but the significance was much greater. On the short run, Caiden Faust surpassed the 2,000-yard rushing mark for his career as a Green Knight and spurred on […]
Bethlehem Freedom vs Easton (Photo Gallery)
October 18, 2025 | Ryan Scipio
Easton holds on late to beat Bethlehem Freedom 17-14 This was a great game that had you on the edge of your seat the whole game. Both teams fought hard, in the end a field goal by Noah Borluca made the difference and is the game winner. Enjoy the Photo Gallery, links to full […]
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