Catasauqua
November 2025
Thanksgiving Day Football #102 Goes to the Northampton 45-0 Over Catasauqua
November 27, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
Turkey Taste Better When You Win Like Coach Toman said after the game, turkey taste better when you win. And the holiday feasts in Northampton were tasting mighty good, after the Konkrete Kids shut out the Rough Riders of Catasauqua 45-0 at Alumni Field, Catasauqua, in the 102 meeting of this Turkey Day tradition that […]
Thanksgiving Day Preview: Catasauqua Hosts Northampton
November 26, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
The 102nd annual Northampton-Catasauqua Thanksgiving Football Game is set to take place this Thursday at 10 AM. The tradition started in 1925 with Catty winning 22-6, and has been played every year since with the exception of 2020 for the COVID pandemic. The teams even played twice a year early on, with Northampton leading the […]
Caiden Faust Eclipses 2,000 Career Rushing Yards in Pen Argyl Win Over Catasauqua
October 19, 2025 | Cody Brady
Copy of Pen Argyl v Catty TV by PAFootball Newsdotcom The first play of the game for the Green Knights was a simple 2-yard carry up the middle, but the significance was much greater. On the short run, Caiden Faust surpassed the 2,000-yard rushing mark for his career as a Green Knight and spurred on […]
2025 PFN Team Preview: The Catasauqua Rough Riders
July 31, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
The Catasauqua Rough Riders Head Coach: Joe Henrich Class 2A 2024 Season Record: 3-8 PIAA District 11 Key Starters lost Jordan Bradshaw (RB/DB), Matt Fotta (OL/DL), Taven Ying (OL/DL), Jacob Ramos (OL/DL), Braden Bartholomew (LB) returning starters Braeden Smith (DL), Chris Wellington (LB), Manny Bolmer (S), Chase Kratochvil (LB), Tyler Limandri (S), JoJo Lafond […]
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 […]
Schuylkill-Colonial League Season Leaders(Individual and Team) as of Week-8 !!
October 18, 2024 | Daniel Reed
As the season winds down, its no shock who leads the way in the Schuylkill-Colonial League. Matt Bodnar II, a Junior at Notre Dame-Green Pond has thrown for just under 3000 yards thus far, completing 180 of his 257 passes thrown, 30 of which were for touchdowns. Bodnar’s 70% completion rate leads the league as […]
Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: Let’s Play Two
October 16, 2024 | Guy Smith
2024 Episode 23. It was another busy sports week for us, with seven events on our schedule including four District 11 high school football games, two varsity / two JV. Our other three this week were Wilkes NCAA D3 men’s soccer, Penn State Altoona D3 ice hockey, and a Saturday ace in New York. The […]
Saucon Valley Piles Up Points Against Catasauqua
September 28, 2024 | Cody Brady
In an ultra-competitive District XI class 3A playoff field, this one meant a lot for the Panthers. Despite being 4-1 coming in, Saucon Valley was on the outside of the playoff picture at the midway point of the season, chasing down Northwestern Lehigh, North Schuylkill, Notre Dame Green Pond, and Tamaqua. It comes as no […]
Notre Dame Green Pond overwhelms an out-manned Catasauqua squad.
September 21, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Offensive tenacity along with a steadfast defensive effort leads the Crusaders to a convincing win Friday night. CATASAUQUA- The Notre Dame Green Pond Crusaders are starting to click on all cylinders, and that does not bode well for the rest of the teams in the Colonial/Schuyllkill League as we are reaching the midway point of […]
Schuylkill/Colonial White Division 2024 Outlook
August 23, 2024 | Billy Splain
SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL WHITE DIVISION OUTLOOK Catasauqua Head Coach: Joe Henrich(NEW) 2023 Record: 6-6 The Rough Riders finished the 2023 season at .500 with a senior heavy class. They’ll be entering the 2024 season with plenty of opportunities for newcomers to see the field, including quarterback Aiden Reilly. Catty’s greatest strength this season will be the return of […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Great Comeback by the PV Bears
November 8, 2023 | Guy Smith
The start of the playoffs is bittersweet. The big games are coming up, where the top teams face off head-to-head on the road to the state finals (almost said the road to Hershey). But it also means the regular season is over. Teams are putting away the pads until next year, there will be fewer […]
Williams Valley vs Catasauqua Game Highlights 11/4/2023
November 5, 2023 | Torey Petruno
WILLIAMS VALLEY VS CATASAUQUA DISTRICT XI 2A PLAYOFFS
Achenbach and Williams Valley stampede over Catasaqua
November 5, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Photos by Dawn Daub Williamstown- In what turned out to be a very special Saturday night for Williams Valley’s Alex Achenbach (36 rushes, 295 yds, 3TD), the Roughriders seemed to have no answer for the prolific ball carrier from Tower City. Not only did Alex help propel his team to a playoff victory and berth […]
Schuylkill-Colonial Football League Final Regular Season Stats: OFFENSE/DEFENSE/SCORING
October 31, 2023 | Daniel Reed
HERE ARE YOUR SCHUYLKILL-COLONIAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE LEADERS AT THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON !! OFFENSE: PASSING: RUSHING: RECEIVING: OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS: DEFENSE TOTAL TACKLES: SACKS: INTERCEPTIONS: Follow www.pafootballnews.com for all your high school football updates, scores, stories, rankings and more ! You can also follow us on Twitter at @PaFootballNews and on Facebook at Pennsylvania Football News, […]
Schuylkill-Colonial League District XI Playoff Preview: Class 1A thru 4A
October 31, 2023 | Daniel Reed
DXI Playoff Bracket
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial/Schuylkill League Rivalry Edition
October 23, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
As We Enter The Last Week of the Regular Season in the Colonial/Schuylkill League So Much Yet To Be Decided. It seems like it was just yesterday, that the Pennsylvania Football News staff was having their coaches kickoff cookout at the Forge Eatery and Pub up in Berwick in late August. In a blink of […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition Week Nine.
October 18, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
After Eight Weeks of the High School Football Season Seven Teams From the Colonial/Schuylkill League Have Clinched a Spot in the Upcoming District XI Playoffs. There are 32 open spots in the District XI playoffs from 1A to 6A, however there are no Colonial/Schuylkill League teams in the 6A classification. After week eight Minersville has […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition for Week Eight
October 10, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Seven down and just three games left in the regular season in the District XI Colonial/Schuylkill Football League. Heading into the final stretch of games in the Colonial/Schuylkill League, we have three teams that have clinched a District XI playoff berth. Palmerton and Northwestern Lehigh in class 3A and Southern Lehigh in 5A. The fourth […]
Hurricanes Win Battle Against Rough Riders
September 30, 2023 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes defeated the Catasauqua Rough Riders, 22-13. Aiden Myers had all three Hurricane touchdowns. Rodney Brodie and Dylan Pacheco both scored for the Rough Riders. Schuylkill Haven won the coin toss and chose to defer. The Hurricanes wasted no time on defense, with Myers getting a sack in the backfield. Catasauqua returned […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial/Schuylkill League Week Six
September 27, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Time to make the turn into the second half of the regular season in the Skook/Colonial League. Taking a look back on week 5 and check out the match-ups for week six and we’ll take a look at the updated District XI power rankings. Southern Lehigh, Noorthwestern Lehigh and Palmerton all come into week six […]
Hollywood’s Mid-Season Report Card: Colonial/Schuylkill League
September 26, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Here is how it look at the half-way point of the 2023 Colonial-Schuylkill League Regular Season. We are the end of September is upon us and the chill of Autumn has arrived. We have also only have just 5 weeks left of the high school football regular season in the Commonwealth and right now it […]
Hollywood’s Cutting room floor: Week 4 Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition
September 19, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
AS we reach the halfway point of the regular season, here is how the Colonial/Schuylkill League breakdowns. After the fourth week of the high school football season closed out this past weekend in the Colonial/Schuylkill League League there are just three teams still undefeated heading into week five: Palmerton, Northwestern Lehigh and Southern Lehigh. Palmerton’s […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: A Homecoming for Pam
September 7, 2023 | Billy Splain
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: A Homecoming for Pam It was a somber week for us, as we had the sad responsibility of planning Guy’s mother’s funeral. But as is so often the case for us and so many others we found escape in sports. This week we managed to take in four […]
2023 District XI Schuylkill/Colonial League Preview: *WHITE* Division-Small School
August 17, 2023 | Daniel Reed
2022 SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS *WHITE DIVISION* 2022 WHITE Division Standings It’s now time to share the 2023 WHITE division preview for the Schuylkill/Colonial League. Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes-Class 2A Head Coach: Mike Farr(19th season, 121-89-0) The past few years haven’t been the normal for the Hurricanes, posting under .500 records, going 12-28-0 over the last […]
Spectacular Ending Gives Executive Education Charter District XI Gold.
November 13, 2022 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Amazing Ending on 63 Yard Touchdown Pass In Waning Seconds Lift Executive Education to Improbable Win. WHITEHALL- It’s likely whether your young or old and as ports fan at some point heard the late Vin Scully’s call of Kirk Gibson’s home run in the 1988 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland A’s. […]
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