District 11
November 2024
Northwestern Lehigh Tigers three-peats as District XI 3A champions
November 9, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Tigers running game accumulated over 350 yards Friday night in a convincing win over North Schuylkill Lehighton- Northwestern Lehigh Tigers won the coin toss and elected to defer, giving the Spartans of North Schuylkill a chance to take advantage of receiving the opening kickoff. The Spartans could not muster any kind of drive and was […]
Southern Lehigh Scores 28 Unanswered in Stunning Victory Over Pottsville
November 8, 2024 | Cody Brady
Southern Lehigh was down and out in this game, trailing 34-13 with :47 to play in the first half. That all changed when Sean Steckert bounced off a would-be tackler on his way to a 46-yard touchdown with nine seconds left, cutting the deficit to 34-20. He’d have even more stellar plays down the stretch […]
Bethlehem Catholic Beats Lehighton 35-14 to move on to DXI 4A Finals (Photo Gallery)
November 8, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
Bethlehem Catholic Rolls Lehighton 35-14 Bethlehem Catholic takes control early and cruised to a 35-14 Victory over Lehighton. Bethlehem Catholic (6-6) will go on to face Southern Lehigh (10-2) (Catasauqua HS) – 11/14/2024 6:30 pm Here are some videos from the night below 1 yard td run by @JeziahGregory@LehightonFB – 0@Becahi_Football – 7 1st qtr […]
East Stroudsburg South holds off Whitehall to claim D11 5A title
November 8, 2024 | Jared Samuel
The matchup was a storied one as the Whitehall Zephyrs (5-6) came to Stroudsburg to play East Stroudsburg South Cavaliers (9-2) for the District 11 5A title. Earlier in the season, the Cavaliers had defeated the Zephyrs 38-7, but as the teams warmed up you could sense that things would be different in this one. […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week 10 (Indians, Whippets & Raptors)
November 6, 2024 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week 0 to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Thursday, October 31 4A Blue Mountain (7-3) vs. 4A Lehighton (4-6) Friday, November 1 […]
Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: Some D11 Upsets but not in Whitehall
November 6, 2024 | Guy Smith
2024 Episode 26. This week’s events found us at high school football Thursday and Friday, auto racing Saturday, college ice hockey on Sunday, and an unexpected field hockey game. With no fewer than six Thursday night games with D11 teams, we had more choices than ever. Since we like to see as many different teams […]
Schuylkill Haven Headed to District XI Semifinals After Win Over Palisades
November 6, 2024 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes opened up their postseason with a victory over the Palisades Pirates, 64-14. Niko Carestia rushed for 313 yards and scored three touchdowns, while his fellow running backs Colton Reber and Niko Castillo added a pair of touchdowns each. Leyden Hertz also scored twice for the Hurricanes. Schuylkill Haven’s Leyden Hertz makes […]
Executive Education Stifles Minersville
November 5, 2024 | Cody Brady
Entering tonight’s game, Minersville averaged 40 points per game. Quarterback Dante Carr, who has received an offer from Lehigh, began the night with over 2,800 all-purpose yards on his junior season. But tonight belonged to the Raptors and a suffocating defensive effort that held the Battlin’ Miners in check from the start, as part of […]
Executive Education Academy @ Minersville (Photo Gallery)
November 5, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
Executive Education Academy Storms Past Minersville 26-6 (Photo Gallery) Executive Education Academy – 26 Minersville – 6 https://x.com/ScipScip
Emmaus’ Defense Shines in Blowout of Nazareth
November 5, 2024 | Cody Brady
Emmaus expelled copious amounts of energy in Week 10, shutting out archrival Parkland and moving up in the playoff power rankings to host a playoff game. It would’ve been reasonable to expect the emotion let off a bit or an early hangover from last week. Instead, Emmaus channeled that energy and it snowballed into another […]
Northwestern Lehigh gets out of own way, pulls away from Saucon Valley for District XI Playoff Victory
November 2, 2024 | Torey Petruno
New Tripoli- Northwestern opened this year’s playoff season looking forward to another trip to “The Chap” and another crack at state title, but a relentless Saucon Valley defense and slew of self inflicted mistakes and turnovers provided an early playoff test for the 2023 state runner-ups. The evening’s matchup started with Saucon Valley being forced […]
Lackawanna Trail Dominates In First Round Over Nativity BVM 47-20 (Video Highlights)
November 1, 2024 | Jake Mills
Lackawanna Trail had an impressive showing in the first round of the PIAA D2/D11 1A Subregional Playoffs. The dynamic running back duo of Isaac Ryon and Demitrius Douglas ran for a combined 5 touchdowns along with Tim Richmond and Max Kimmel scoring the other 2. Nativity gave Lackawanna Trail a tough time on defense early […]
Pottsville Slips by Central Catholic 14-7
November 1, 2024 | Cody Brady
Pottsville head coach Mike Brennan was concerned about size up front going into his team’s first round matchup against Central Catholic. As it turned out, the undermanned line held its own and the Crimson Tide outlasted the Vikings in a fast moving contest at J. Birney Crum Stadium Thursday night. Pottsville got the ball first […]
Bethlehem Catholic defeats East Stoudsburg North to move on in playoffs (Photo Gallery Included)
November 1, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
Bethlehem Catholic defeats East Stoudsburg North to move on in playoffs 42-7 It was an unusually warm Halloween night in Bethlehem at BASD Stadium. Bethlehem Catholic won the toss and selected to receive the ball. Becahi decided to start off hot and ended their first drive with a tough 25-yard TD Run by Jeziah Gregory. […]
Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: 32-4 = Some Good Football
October 30, 2024 | Guy Smith
2024 Episode 25. There were three football games on our schedule this week, plus one auto race. The three games checked off a trio of mini goals for the season. Friday was Pam’s pick, but Guy gave up six of our yoga classes to stay home with a flurry of construction workers so that Pam […]
Liberty Hurricanes get Beete up by impressive Freedom Patriots performance
October 27, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Elite tailback puts on a show with a 359 yard outburst for sixth straight win in the Battle of Bethlehem. BETHLEHEM- It was the Aaron Beete show on Saturday afternoon for the Freedom Patriots before a capacity crowd at Bethlehem School District Stadium, much to the dismay of their cross-city rivals- Liberty Hurricanes. At the […]
Bethlehem Freedom @ Bethlehem Liberty (Photo Gallery)
October 26, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
Freedom – 44 Liberty – 24 https://x.com/ScipScip
Emmaus Stings Parkland in Rout
October 26, 2024 | Cody Brady
“They came out and were fired up and made plays in all three phases of the game,” Emmaus head coach Harold Fairclough commented following his team’s 27-0 victory over bitter rival Parkland. The Green Hornets were buzzing all night long in front of a home crowd on Senior Night. As Parkland took the ball to […]
Schuylkill Haven Mauls Tri-Valley in Week 10 Win
October 26, 2024 | Karlee Feger
Niko Castillo and Niko Carestia celebrate after a score The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes defeated the Tri-Valley Bulldogs 66-16 in the final week of the regular season. Niko Carestia and Colton Reber had three touchdowns a piece, Leyden Hertz adding two. Shawn Singh and Connor Middleton scored for the Dawgs. The game opened up with the […]
Easton escapes victorious in offensive slugfest against Nazareth to claim EPC Division Crown
October 26, 2024 | Torey Petruno
Easton- In a game full of explosive offensive plays, the Red Rovers, amassing 568 yards on the ground, came up with a few more when it counted to come out on top Friday night. They didn’t waste any time as Sr. running back Dorian Thomas took the first play of the game right up the […]
Nazareth VS Easton (Photo Gallery)
October 26, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
Nazareth – 55 Easton – 63 Easton scores on 4 yard pass @cole_ordway To @juttyjut01 @EastonFootball 42@NAHSBlueEagles 35 3rd qtr 2:06@PaFootballNews Updates brought to you by @SLUHNSportsMed@BPtashinski @ScipScip @PFN_Luxy @PFNDan570FB @CCHastings1863 @FydSports @LindseyB_PFN pic.twitter.com/9IvWTjprnb — Ryan Scipio (@ScipScip) October 26, 2024 https://x.com/ScipScip
Northwestern staves off upset bid by Southern Lehigh Friday night
October 26, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Northwestern Lehigh captures Colonial/Schuylkill League Red Division championship Friday night. CENTER VALLEY- For much of the 2024 football season the powerhouse, that is the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers, have not had to play a full 48 minutes of football in the Colonial/Schuylkill League, as the defense was only allowing four points per game coming into the […]
Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: Add the Subregion Teams
October 23, 2024 | Guy Smith
2024 Episode 24. Five football games out of a six-sporting event week. Racing on Sunday was the only other sport besides high school football Thursday, Friday, Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening, and Monday. This year three 1A teams from District 2 were combined with the three 1A teams from District 11 for a Subregion come playoff […]
Schuylkill-Colonial Week-9 Recap and League Leaders Heading into Regular Season Finale !
October 22, 2024 | Daniel Reed
Photo Credit: Chuck Roth/T102sportsnow.com Its the final week of the regular season this weekend and below you can see who the league leaders are thru week-9 but let’s talk about some of games that had big-time playmakers beginning with the six touchdown performance by Minersville’s Dante Carr(QB), who finished the game with 4 rushing and […]
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