District 11
November 2024
SCFCA ALL-STAR ROSTER GAME ROSTER RELEASE
November 13, 2024 | Billy Splain
The 2024 Schuylkill County Football Coaches Association will once again hold their annual All-Star game the night before Thanksgiving. The game will be played at Schuylkill Haven with a 7 pm kick off. This year for the first time in 37 years it won’t be North v South we will have Big v Small. Here […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week 11 (Spartans, Jaguars and Hurricanes)
November 13, 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, November 7 4A Southern Lehigh (9-2) vs. 4A Pottsville (6-5) Friday, November 8 […]
Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: A Game of Inches…And Seconds
November 13, 2024 | Guy Smith
2024 Episode 27. This past week we chose high school football on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday we went with a Wilkes University “Home Run” of Women’s Swimming, Men’s Swimming, Women’s Ice Hockey, and Wrestling. Sunday we were on the fence between Moravian Equestrian and Bucknell Women’s Rowing, choosing the latter as it was a […]
Williams Valley runs wild on Pen Argyl Saturday night to earn a spot in district final
November 10, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Behind the combined effort of Brady Shomper and Fletcher Thompson, the duo rushed for nearly 300 yards in a dominating victory over Pen Argyl. WILLIAMSTOWN- The Williams Valley Vikings used a stout ground attack Saturday night at Vikings Stadium, the duo also scored six touchdowns combined, with Shomper picking up four alone for a convincing […]
Schuylkill Haven Returns to District XI 2A Championship After Defeating Executive Education
November 10, 2024 | Karlee Feger
Schuylkill Haven captains: Leyden Hertz, Niko Castillo, Adam Malinoski, and Niko Carestia The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes defeated the Executive Education Academy Raptors 53-14, punching their ticket back to the District XI Championship Game. Niko Carestia led the Hurricanes with over 200 rushing yards and 5 touchdowns. Niko Castillo and Leyden Hertz each added a touchdown […]
Emmaus Survives Late Easton Gamble, Exacts Revenge on Red Rovers
November 9, 2024 | Cody Brady
With the end of regulation just 20 seconds away, Easton head coach Matt Seneca and his staff asked themselves one of the toughest questions in a close football game: Do we kick the extra point and try to force overtime? Or do we go for two and the win? The Red Rovers opted to try […]
District XI Semi-Final Emmaus Vs Easton (Photo Gallery + Videos)
November 9, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
District XI Semi-Final Emmaus Vs Easton Emmaus – 20 Easton – 19 District XI Championship – Parkland (10-2) @ Emmaus (10-2) TBA 43 yard field goal @willbuck84@EmmausFootball – 3@EastonFootball – 0 1st qtr 2:16@PaFootballNews @NittanyPete@CCHastings1863 @BPtashinski@LSVSports #playoffs #districtxi #highschoolfootball #Frudaynightlights Updates Sponsored by @SLUHNSportsMed pic.twitter.com/B2xTvuGCNj — Ryan Scipio (@ScipScip) November 9, 2024 20 yard field […]
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
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