District 4
October 2024
Bloomsburg downs Central Columbia 29-20, wins the Battle for the Burg for the second straight year
October 26, 2024 | Davin Ridall
SOUTH CENTRE TOWNSHIP – Two schools that are separated by only 6 miles, Bloomsburg versus Central Columbia is a rivalry that dates all the way back to 1961. These two schools have played each other every year since 1963, and this season was no exception. The Battle for the Burg has been almost a completely […]
Towanda regains the Bronze Helmet and is a 2nd seed in District 4 AA Playoffs.
October 26, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
Towanda topples Wyalusing’s playoff hopes as they get out to a quick start and never look back. (Click link below for Video Recap)
North Penn-Mansfield Retains Morton Jones Trophy On Blocked Field Goal
October 26, 2024 | Ed Weaver
North Penn-Mansfield blocked a Jonathan Carl 27-yard field goal attempt with 3 seconds remaining to edge rival Wellsboro and win their third straight Morton F. Jones Memorial Trophy game on Friday, October 25.
“The rivalry is back on!” Shamokin wins first Coal Bucket game in 29 years.
October 26, 2024 | Billy Splain
“The rivalry’s back on”. That’s was Shamokin head coach Marc Persing said after his Shamokin Indians beat Mount Carmel for the first time in 29 loooong years. The town of Shamokin has waited that long to bring home a beat up, old looking coal bucket with a label on it that has the final scores […]
Southern Ran Wild
October 26, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Tigers cruise past Braves Shikellamy has some early success in the aerial department, but Southern Columbia controlled the running game, both offensive and defensively, as the Tigers closed out the regular season with a 53-6 win over the Braves. Prior to kickoff, the seniors on the Tiger roster were honored for Senior Night. Typically, senior […]
Shamokin Vs Mount Carmel Coal Bucket Game (PHOTO GALLERY)
October 26, 2024 | Jayden Eberly
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The “Coal Bucket” game. Shamokin wants it. MCA owns it.
October 24, 2024 | Billy Splain
Mount Carmel – Shamokin: The Coal Bucket Game It’s 10 miles from Shamokin’s Kemp Memorial Stadium to Mount Carmel Area’s famed Silver Bowl. The school districts are divided by mountains that used to be full of coal. Now those mountains are nearly devoid of coal and machines that mined it stand silent, rusting in time. […]
Hornet Defense Forces 6 Turnovers, Shuts Out Northwest Area, 46-0
October 19, 2024 | Ed Weaver
Wellsboro’s defense pitched a shut out, and caused six turnovers, for a 46-0 win over Northwest Area on Friday, October 18.
Southern Beats Bloomsburg 53-28
October 19, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Run Past Panthers For being the closest school on a map for the 14x state champions, it had been a few years since the Tigers took on their Columbia County cat opponent. The Panthers and the seven-consecutive PIAA Class 2A champs hadn’t met since 2021 before Friday. On Bloomsburg’s senior night in the second […]
Shamokin hitting on all cylinders going into Coal Bucket Game
October 19, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
Shamokin looking like a fine-tuned machine as they took care of business vs Loyalsock, 41 first half points and they have put their selves in a great position to get the 26-year-old monkey off their backs by winning the coveted Coal Bucket. (Click link below for Video Recap)
Warrior Run outlasts Central Columbia 30-12
October 19, 2024 | Davin Ridall
SOUTH CENTRE TOWNSHIP – Week 9 of Pennsylvania High School Football brought us to Blue Jay Stadium, where the Warrior Run Defenders (5-3) and the Central Columbia Blue Jays (2-6) would meet for the first time since the 2021 season. That last meeting between these two squads ended up coming down to the final minutes, […]
Mount Carmel cruises through Milton (PHOTO GALLERY)
October 19, 2024 | Jayden Eberly
Mount Carmel Wins It 48-28 Follow My Twitter @JaydenEberly
Scranton Prep Survives Scare Against Jersey Shore
October 19, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
Entering tonight, we stood with just 2 weeks left until the playoffs ensue. In a critical cross-district heavyweight bout against two of the finest teams in the state, Scranton Prep got the upper hand. Jersey Shore has enjoyed plenty of success in recent years. Last year, they suffered just one loss across the season, which […]
Simulation: PA Classification #1 Ranked Teams vs. Rest of Top 10
October 16, 2024 | Matt Herring
As we near the end of the PA football regular season we thought it would be interesting to simulate possible matchups looming in the district and state playoffs. For this experiment we simulated games using the #1 ranked team in each classification versus the remaining Top 10 teams in their classification. These simulations are based […]
Hot Takes: Undefeated and One-Loss Team Forecasts
October 14, 2024 | Matt Herring
There are 34 undefeated Pennsylvania high school football teams and 65 one-loss teams remaining entering the final two weeks of regular season play and while those teams have high hopes for league, district and state titles not all can raise those banners this year. With nearly 100 of the 555 Commonwealth teams sitting on zero […]
Southern Stops Skid
October 12, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Top Warriors 19-16 Nearly every team on the planet has had a three-game losing streak over the past four decades. Not Southern Columbia. The Tigers last lost three games in a row in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was starting his presidential run, which was at the end of a 26-game skid that started in […]
Mifflinburg crushes Central Columbia 56-0, earns third consecutive victory
October 12, 2024 | Davin Ridall
MIFFLINBURG – The Wildcats began their season with 5 consecutive losses, 4 of them being by no more than one score. Following two straight road victories over Milton and Southern Columbia, Mifflinburg returned to Wildcat Stadium for their final home regular season game of 2024, and hoped to extend their win streak to 3 straight […]
Hard fought battle of undefeated coal region teams leaves Shamokin 8-0 and Lewisburg with first loss
October 12, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
At Kemp Memorial Stadium in Shamokin a hard-fought battle leaves Shamokin unblemished and Lewisburg with their first loss of the 2024 campaign. (Click below for Video Recap)
Shamokin Stays Perfect (PICTURE GALLERY)
October 12, 2024 | Jayden Eberly
Shamokin Advances to 8-0 Zakem Clinton, number 21, punches in on a short rushing score in the first quarter. Shamokin gets off to a quick start. In the second quarter, Shamokin drives down the field and Chase Pensyl makes a field goal to put Shamokin ahead 10-0. Cohen Hoover, number 10 for Lewisburg, makes a 37-yard field goal kick […]
Danville gets Upper-Hand Against Loyalsock Once Again
October 11, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
Entering tonight, just three games are left in the Pennsylvania High School Football Season. The Danville Ironmen entered the game against Loyalsock with an undefeated regular season in mind. After their complete showing, they improved to 8-0. Danville has leaped to perennial power at 3A. Gone are the days of being happy with just a […]
PIAA Football Referee Interview (Part 5 of a six-part series)
October 8, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
We sit down with a PIAA Referee from the Northern Tier League and ask questions about some of the stuff that fans may not know, and if someone is interested in being a referee how they would go about doing it. If you have any interest in becoming a referee, please go to […]
Towanda takes care of business at Athens to go to 5 – 2
October 6, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
Towanda rolls into Athens and takes a decisive victory, as Towanda is heading for the back end of their schedule, they will be fighting for the best playoff seed they can get and possibly a home playoff game. (Click link below for video recap of the game.)
Mifflinburg Upsets Southern 34-26
October 5, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Wild Win For Wildcats It’s not over until it’s over. Sometimes, records don’t paint the picture. In sports, one moment can decide the outcome even though every little thing adds up to the final result. In a back-and-forth slugfest, the game wasn’t decided until the final minute in a District 4 battle between two teams […]
Loyalsock’s never give up attitude prevails at Warrior Run
October 5, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
It wasn’t pretty but they’ll take it, Loyalsock goes into Defender Stadium and gets a last-minute win over Warrior Run, in a see saw battle, there were a total of 5 touchdowns called back because of penalty’s but when the final siren sounded it was Loyalsock on top. (Click the link below for a video […]
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