District 11
October 2021
Freedom Patriots Stave Off Upset-Minded Bethlehem Catholic Golden Hawks. @FHSFBBGGC @Becahi_Hawks
October 24, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Bethlehem Freedom Keeps EPC South Title Hopes Alive With Win Over Christmas City Rival Bethlehem Catholic. Bethlehem-Against the backdrop of an overcast Saturday afternoon at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium, the Freedom Patriots held off a feisty bunch of Golden Hawks of Bethlehem Catholic en route to a 24-21 win in their first of back-to-back […]
Palmerton Overcomes Lethargic Start to Overcome Battlin’ Miners. @PalmertonHigh @MinersFB
October 23, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Blue Bombers Got Off to Shaky Start but Survived Friday Night Over a Determined Minersville Squad. PALMERTON- Opportunities only knock once, so the saying goes. Thankfully for the Palmerton Blue Bombers football team they received more than their fair share. After not taking advantage early, they managed to convert enough of their chances in a […]
Hollywood’s Take On Week #9 Double-Dip Preview and Predictions.
October 21, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Previews and Prediction of the Two Contests I will be Attending in Week #9. 6-2 MINERSVILLE BATTLIN’ MINERS at 7-1 PALMERTOM BLUE BOMBERS FRIDAY 7PM Palmerton is riding a six game winning streak after losing 17-14 to Jim Thorpe on September 3rd. They come in averaging just over 43 points per game led by sophomore […]
Around District 11 We Go: The Travels of Guy & Pam Quest: D11 (Week 8)
October 21, 2021 | Guy Smith
Around District 11 We Go: The Travels of Guy & Pam Guy and Pam are PA high school football fans. We are not affiliated with any team Quest: D11 (Week 8) With the pool of teams that we have not yet visited this year shrinking, we were down to a pair of games for Week […]
EPC WEEK #8 BRINGS THE CREAM TO THE TOP
October 20, 2021 | Dave Druckenmiller
PARKLAND, NORTHAMPTON, AND EMMAUS ALL QUALIFY FOR D11, 6A Bethlehem Freedom 42 Pleasant Valley 0 Freedom behind Running back Deante Crawford and quarterback Brian Taylor route the Bears. Crawford scored 2 touchdowns. East Stroudsburg South 44, Pocono Mountain West 8 Cavaliers lead 24-8 at halftime. 38-8 after 3 quarters and the rout was on. Easton […]
CATTY FORCES 5 TURNOVERS BEATS PINE GROVE
October 20, 2021 | Dave Druckenmiller
BEHIND RB ELIJAH SOLER The opening of the refurbished Alumni field in Catasauqua was long-awaited. But when it finally happened the rough riders took the opportunity to heart and beat Pine Grove 31 to 14, behind running back/cornerback Soler. He picked off Pine Grove quarterback Carson Lengle 3 times and led the Roughies to the […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial Week #8
October 18, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
A Recap of Week Eight and a Look Ahead to Week Nine in the Colonial League Teams. This is the exciting time of the 2021 high school football season in the Schuylkill/Colonial League as we head into the final two weeks of the regular season and having several playoff seeding’s and jockeying still to be […]
Allentown Central Catholic Ends Two Game Skid With Victory Over Whitehall. @acchs_football @ZephyrsFootball
October 17, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Photos courtesy Daniel Reed Vikings Get Much Needed Win On Homecoming Night Allentown- Rain pelted down much of the night on Saturday at J.Birney Crum Stadium, but as the rain ceased at games end, so did the two game losing streak of the Central Catholic Vikings to the tune of a 21-7 win over the […]
Bangor’s Ball Control Offense Dominates Wilson In Crucial Win. @BangorSlatersFB @WHSfootball21
October 17, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Photos Courtesy of Daniel Reed Eric Striba and Kael Godshalk Paces the Slater Offense In Convincing Win. Wilson Boro- Both Wilson and Bangor came into Saturday afternoon’s Schuylkill/Colonial League contest vying the fourth an final District XI 4A playoff spot. The Slaters, using a potent and punishing running attack, got the best of the Warriors […]
PFNDan570FB’S Schuylkill/Colonial League Review of Week-8 ! @SchLeague @Colonial_League
October 17, 2021 | Daniel Reed
PFNDan570FB’S Schuylkill/Colonial League Review of Week-8 ! @SchLeague @Colonial_League **Review is from Schuylkill League teams games that were played at home** Let’s start it off with the game I attended… Jim Thorpe traveled to Tamaqua to take on the Blue Raiders. Jim Thorpe’s defense shut down, and out the Tamaqua offense, limiting them to just […]
UPDATED 10.17.2021 Jim Thorpe pulls away in second half, shuts out Tamaqua 34 to 0… Photo Gallery Included @JTOlympians @TASDAthletics1
October 16, 2021 | Daniel Reed
Jim Thorpe pulls away in second half, shuts out Tamaqua 34 to 0 ! Tamaqua would get the opening kickoff to begin the game and would start the opening drive at their own 33 yard line. After a few plays, the Blue Raiders would end up punting. Jim Thorpe would start their opening drive at […]
Northwestern Lehigh Grinds Out Hard-Nosed Win Over Pottsville. @nwtigerfootball @PAHSathletics
October 16, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Tigers Improve to 8-0 After Key Win in Schuylkill/Colonial League Contest. NEW TRIPOLI- Northwestern’s quarterback Justin Holmes was not to be denied with his team facing a fourth and one with just under a minute left in the game, and the ball sitting a the Pottsville 12 yard line, Holmes picked up three yards and […]
Hollywood’s Triple-Hot Previews and Predictions
October 14, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Previews and Prediction of the Three Contests I will be attending in Week #8 POTTSVILLE at NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH My take on Friday night’s marquee football contest with the Schuylkill/Colonial League Gold Division title on the line. Pottsville Crimson Tide (6-1) travel to face the (7-0) Northwestern Lehigh Tigers 7pm. Pottsville’s only blemish was a 42-14 […]
Raptors air it out to win 3rd straight, 26 to 0 over Line Mountain Saturday evening at Scotty Wood Stadium, Muhlenberg College ! Photo Gallery and Video Highlights… @ExecutiveRaptor @EEACSFootball
October 14, 2021 | Daniel Reed
Raptors air it out to win 3rd straight, 26 to 0 over Line Mountain….. Follow on Twitter at: @PFNDan570FB, and @PaFootballNews Photo Gallery below… Just click that link ! https://pafootballnews.smugmug.com/Line-Mountain-vs-Exec-Education-Academy-Charter-1092021
DISTRICT XI 1A FIELD
October 13, 2021 | Dave Druckenmiller
DISTRICT XI 1A FIELD This one is pretty easy. There are 5 teams and 4 slots. Tri-Valley’s only loss came from a good Hamburg team. Nativity is a team to watch. PIAA POWER 1A School W L Rating TWP OWP 1 Tri-Valley 5 1 0.607520 0.794118 0.339002 2 Williams Valley 6 1 0.563148 0.813008 0.203593 […]
DISTRICT XI 4A FIELD
October 13, 2021 | Dave Druckenmiller
DISTRICT XI 4A This classification is one of the best in years. The favorite to be #1 is Northwestern Lehigh. They are not without holes. They turn the ball over and have 8 turnovers in 7 games. They also take it away and have 11 for a +3 turnover margin. That being said, 8 teams […]
DISTRICT XI and DISTRICT II 5A POWER RANKINGS
October 13, 2021 | Dave Druckenmiller
DISTRICT XI and DISTRICT II SUBREGIONAL This bracket is a sub-regional with Wyoming Valley West added to the playoffs. PIAA POWER 5A School W L Rating TWP OWP 1 Whitehall 3 3 0.632313 0.612069 0.661446 2 East Stroudsburg – South 4 3 0.621310 0.685315 0.529206 3 Wyoming Valley […]
DISTRICT XI 3A FIELD
October 13, 2021 | Dave Druckenmiller
THE DISTRICT XI 3A FIELD The 3A field has been pretty much North Schuylkill the top-ranked team in the state of PA and Notre Dame Green Pond. Notre Dame Green Pond is ranked #8 by PA Football News. This is pretty much a RED DIVISION race. New Hope-Solebury from District 1 is the only unknown. […]
DISTRICT XI 6A SUMMARY
October 13, 2021 | Dave Druckenmiller
DISTRICT XI 6A (All teams are in the EPC) PIAA POWER 6A School W L Rating TWP OWP 1 Parkland 5 1 0.803891 0.864286 0.716981 2 Northampton 7 0 0.784942 1.000000 0.475467 3 Freedom 5 2 0.747542 0.798658 0.673985 4 Emmaus 6 1 0.724497 0.880503 0.500000 5 Nazareth 5 2 0.673831 0.790210 0.506358 6 […]
WEEK #7 BRINGS STATUS QUO
October 13, 2021 | Dave Druckenmiller
COVID-19 CANCELS TWO GAMESEaston vs Bethlehem Catholic and Pocono Mountain East vs Dieruff are all canceled. Northampton stays undefeated at 7-0. As the year progresses COVID-19 is wiping out more EPC games each week. This will drastically affect the District XI standings. Northampton 35, Pleasant Valley 12 Northampton behind running back Caden Henritzy and wide […]
Around District 11 We Go: The Travels of Guy & Pam Quest: D11 (Week 7)
October 13, 2021 | Guy Smith
Around District 11 We Go: The Travels of Guy & Pam Guy and Pam are PA high school football fans. We are not affiliated with any team Quest: D11 (Week 7) Another four-game weekend increased our total number of District 11 teams that we have seen play a home game to 29 of 47 schools […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial League Week #7
October 12, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
A Recap of Week Seven and A Look Ahead to Week Eight in the Colonial League. We come to the top of the stretch of the high school football season. Some fighting and clawing their way to a playoff spot, others jockeying for prime position in the post-season and others playing out the string in […]
UPDATED w/ Photo Gallery: Minersville victorious over Catasauqua 43 to 27, Jared Graeff breaks school receptions record in the process ! @CoachFrantzJ @MinersFB
October 9, 2021 | Daniel Reed
Minersville victorious over Catasauqua 43 to 27, Jared Graeff breaks school receptions record in the process ! Cool, damp, and gloomy… this was the look Friday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Minersville. Rough, tough and lots of aerial stuff… that was the type of game played on the field. Catasauqua would start the game […]
North Schuylkill Powers Way to Derail Notre Dame Green Pond in Dominating Fashion. @NSAthletics1 @NDGP_FOOTBALL
October 9, 2021 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
What was to be a showcase between two state-ranked teams in 3A turned out to be a one-sided affair. By Brian Ptashinski @BPtashinski on Twitter BETHLEHEM TWP- The North Schuylkill Spartans and the Crusaders of Notre Dame Green Pond are no strangers to each other on the football field. They usually meet in the District […]
Conversation with Coach – Stan Dakosty, Marian Catholic @CoachOG @MarianColtsFB @Coach_Dakosty
October 7, 2021 | Phil Myers
The 1990 State Champs There is nothing like Friday night high school football in coal country. The community excitement, the huge crowd nearly filling the stadium, the passion of the players playing in front of so many people, the anxious anticipation of coaches hoping for a good showing of their squad, and so on. One […]
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