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Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt – Week 6 (Philly, Philly and the Tigers In Between!)

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| September 22, 2025

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 2

2A Vaux Big Picture (2-4) vs. 6A Kensington (1-4) at South Philly Supersite

 

Friday, October 3

2A #4 Southern Collumbia (5-1) at 3A #8 Mifflinburg (5-1)

 

Saturday, October 4

6A #2 LaSalle (4-1) vs. 6A #4 St. Joe’s Prep (2-3) at Franklin Field

 

ROUNDTRIP – 562 MILES

 

Thursday, October 2

In life, you always need to have a Plan B and I had to pull mine out this week as things did not go as anticipated from the jumpstart.  Plan A was to attend a concert in Philadelphia on Thursday night and not to attend a game that day.  I had the concert tickets and hotel ready to go but Plan A went out the window when the concert got cancelled and the hotel informed me I couldn’t cancel or reschedule my room.  While I was disappointed I couldn’t go to the concert it did give me an opportunity to attend a Philadelphia Public League game which wasn’t part of the master plan for this season.

And that’s how I found myself at the South Philly Supersite location to watch Vaux Big Picture take on Kensington at 3pm on a Thursday afternoon.  The Philly Pub League is often an interesting adventure the least of which is watching a game with the city skyline in the background at one end of the field and at the other a view of the Phillies baseball stadium flanked by a casino!  The experience never fails to disappoint and this trip to the City of Brotherly Love was no different.

On the field, a back and forth battle ensued with Vaux (pronounced like “row”) coming out on top against Kensington by a tally of 18-12.  Here’s some exciting highlights from the Philly Pub League matchup…

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, October 3

On Friday, I chose to check in with the 14-time PA State Champion 2A #4 ranked Southern Columbia Tigers as they traveled to 3A #8 ranked Mifflinburg for what appeared to be a dandy matchup between a couple local programs.  While I typically reserve a Southern Columbia game for the playoffs or the State Finals it’s been a couple years since the Tigers made the trip to Cumberland Valley and I wanted to see where they were at as a team for the 2025 season.

What I witnessed was a resurgent and dangerous-again Southern Columbia squad that could compete for their 15th PA State Championship this season.  The Tigers defense is on par with any in the 2A class across the state and the offense, while not as powerful as in past seasons, has made strides each week and is becoming more powerful as the season progresses.  On the flip side, Mifflinburg is also a dynamite team that is the favorite for the District 4 title and should also make a push deep into the state football playoffs.

On this night, a jam-packed crowd was treated to a hard-fought and down to the wire game eventually won by visiting Southern Columbia by a score of 21-14.  Here’s some highlights from the hotly-contested affair!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, October 4

My second trip to Philadelphia on the week was a treat on two fronts as I was going to watch two of the top teams in the state collide with 6A #2 ranked LaSalle squaring off against rival 6A #4 ranked St. Joe’s Prep.  Also, and just as impressively, the game was taking place at historic Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania which is always an experience in itself.

Here’s a look at Franklin Field prior to the game…

 

The views at Franklin Field only became more impressive once the two Philly stalwarts took to the gridiron for City Catholic League regular season supremacy.  Division 1 athletes were numerous on this night and the brightest stars were easy to find all night as they accounted for most of the scoring in a 31-20 LaSalle victory.  Here’s some of the tallies in the regular season matchup won by LaSalle for the second season in a row.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a full video recap of LaSalle vs. St. Joe’s Prep…

 

And a stunning photo gallery from the game and Franklin Field…

 

 

A full weekend of PA high school football games complete and more than 600 miles driven I wrapped up my seventh of 16 weeks and headed home to plan for next weeks schedule of contests.

Follow along next week as Travelin’ Matt takes you across the state on another PA High School Football journey.

 

 

2025 SEASON RECAP – 2666 TOTAL MILES (24 GAMES)

 

Week 0

North Allegheny 28 – Woodland Hills 26

LaSalle College 23 – Pittsburgh Central Catholic 6

McKeesport 51 – Delaware Valley 24

Westinghouse 22 – Steel Valley 12

Elizabeth Forward 28 – West Mifflin 14

 

Week 1

Northern Highlands 27 – Holy Spirit 12

Ocean City 32 – Oakcrest 0

Bergen Catholic 22 – East St. Louis 21

IMG Academy 35 – Winslow Township 14

Abraham Lincoln 43 – Germantown Academy 34

LaSalle College 42 – Malvern Prep 35

 

Week 2

Pocono Mountain East 45 – Scranton 0

 

Week 3

Jim Thorpe 35 – Tamaqua 27

Shamokin 43 – Jersey Shore 42 (2OT)

Easton 35 – Bethlehem Catholic 9

 

Week 4

Schuylkill Haven 48 – Minersville 38

Parkland 42 – Nazareth 6

North Pocono 24 – Abington Heights 10

Bethlehem Catholic 28 – Allentown Central Catholic 24

 

Week 5

Chester 78 – Chichester 7

Lansdale Catholic 20 – West Catholic 14

 

Week 6

Vaux Big Picture 18 – Kenisngton 12

Southern Columbia 21 – Mifflinburg 14

LaSalle 31 – St. Joe’s Prep 20

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