PA Football News Archives
November 2022
Backfield Duo Reaches Milestone In Tiger Title
November 19, 2022 | Dave Fegley
Barnes, Wisloski top 3K in win over MCA There’s nothing better than revenge. The Tigers got it over their rival who had beaten them just weeks before, but Southern Columbia now gets the bragging rights in the matchup that mattered the most against Mount Carmel Area. In addition to Southern winning a record 30th District […]
Last Friday’s SCA Offensive Recap
November 12, 2022 | Dave Fegley
Southern dominated Line Mountain 69-6 In Southern Columbia’s unprecedented championship filled history, the most points they have ever scored in a game is 76. That mark was set on three different occasions. The first in the memorable 2004 playoff win over Pius X when the Tigers broke the national record for rushing yards, then twice […]
Recap From Last Friday: Tigers Ran Over Braves
November 4, 2022 | Dave Fegley
SCA won regular season finale The final score of 42-14 didn’t paint the full picture for Southern Columbia in their dominant win over Shikellamy to close out the regular season. The Tigers quite simply did what they wanted, when they wanted, however they wanted in Sunbury on Friday night. “Whoever gets the ball, if we […]
Tigers Rebound With Win
October 23, 2022 | Dave Fegley
SCA waxes Wyoming Area 55-28 Southern Columbia head coach Jim Roth knows a thing or two about football. After all, the 39-year veteran is sixth all-time in wins across the country while winning a record 12 PIAA Championships. After his Tigers defeated Wyoming Area at home on Friday, he started his interview by comparing the […]
MCA Ends 14-Game Losing Streak To SCA
October 15, 2022 | Dave Fegley
Red Tornadoes beat rival Tigers 35-21 Fans across District 4 can say what they want, but the Southern Columbia vs Mount Carmel Area game has become the most intriguing rivalry since the two teams first met in 1996. Entering Friday’s week eight matchup between the two historic programs, the Tigers had won the previous 14 […]
Much Needed Win For SCA
October 1, 2022 | Dave Fegley
Tigers take down Warriors 34-16 The cliché ‘must win’ gets thrown around a lot in sports. Rarely if ever is it used at Southern Columbia in their football program. During Jim Roth’s 39-year tenure as the head coach of the Tigers, fans can count on one hand without raising a finger for how many times […]
Danville Gets Redemption On SCA
September 24, 2022 | Dave Fegley
Ironmen handle Tigers 49-14 Earth, Wind and Fire’s hit song asked, “Do you remember the 21st night of September?” Although not exactly the date, Friday’s game on the 23rd is one that the Danville Ironmen will forever remember while the Southern Columbia Tigers hope to soon forget. What a difference a year can make. After […]
Tigers Take Out Anger On Green Dragons
September 17, 2022 | Dave Fegley
Southern Blanks Lewisburg 54-0 Southern Columbia was well aware of the fact that they have to travel on Route 54 to take on an undefeated Danville Ironmen squad next Friday. They weren’t intending for a pun as they beat Lewisburg 54-0 in week four, but they will take it. The Tigers had a much better […]
SCA Shocked By Sock
September 10, 2022 | Dave Fegley
Lancers left Tiger Stadium with 27-10 victory A lot has happened in the past 4,361 days. Barack Obama was early in his first term as the President of the United States. The founder of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, wasn’t yet assassinated. The iPad was only invented a few months beforehand. The San Francisco Giants won […]
Wisloski Wows In Tiger Win
September 3, 2022 | Dave Fegley
Southern Handles Shamokin 43-0 After Southern Columbia’s Braeden Wisloski missed the better part of last year’s regular season, he used it as motivation to showcase his skills in the playoffs all the way through the fifth straight, and record 12th overall, state title win in December when he was featured on ESPN with a catch […]
Tigers Came Storming Back Despite Major Injury
August 27, 2022 | Dave Fegley
Lightning strike allowed Tigers to regroup in win It was just week one of the high school football season, but Friday night’s game in Berwick featured just about everything that could possibly happen in a season. On the scoreboard, Southern erased a halftime deficit to defeat Berwick 42-27. From a roster standpoint, the Tigers appear […]
Southern State of Mind: Tigers capture 12th title @SoCoTigerSports
December 10, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Capture Record 12th PIAA Championship In Southern Columbia’s 20th appearance in a PIAA Final, head coach Jim Roth said this one was the most unique, just moments after the Tigers won their record 12th state championship. Southern scored 34 points in the fourth quarter to earn the Mercy Rule win over Serra Catholic 62-25. […]
Southern State of Mind – Tigers Heading to Hershey Again
December 4, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Tigers headed to record 20th title Northern Lehigh just finished off one of their three best seasons in the history of the Bulldog program. One win shy of making a second ever PIAA final appearance, the District 11 squad just so happened to run into the best program in Pennsylvania when it comes to championship success. […]
Southern State of Mind: Tigers Reach Another Eastern Final, Haladay Named All-American
December 3, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Eat Up Rams It was the third consecutive season that Southern Columbia and Richland battled it out in the PIAA Class 2A playoffs, and it was the third straight time that the Tigers beat the Rams. In 2019, Southern’s once-in-a-lifetime team handled Richland at Selinsgrove. Last year, the Tigers pulled away in the second […]
Tigers Take Wind Out Of Tornadoes
November 20, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Garcia lifts SCA to 29th District 4 gold in past 31 years Gavin Garcia trails his older brother, 2020 Southern Columbia alum Gaige Garcia, by 27 touchdowns for his career. Well, after his four touchdown performance to beat Mount Carmel Area in the District 4 Class 2A Championship, the senior now trails the state record […]
Tigers Too Much For Eagles
November 7, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Southern starts postseason strong against Line Mtn After starting the season 0-7, Line Mountain’s reward for winning their final two regular season games was a District 4 Class 2A opening round matchup against four-time defending PIAA champion Southern Columbia — certainly not the most fun consolation any program would hope for. The Tigers showed the […]
Seals Squash Indians
November 5, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Selinsgrove’s Big Plays Over Shamokin Result In 49-13 Win When Shamokin Area hosted Selinsgrove earlier this year, on the 20th anniversary of the September 11th Terrorists Attacks, Indians head coach Henry Hynoski had to watch from afar while quarantined against the Seals. Last night, the former NFL Super Bowl Champion and four-time PIAA champion during […]
Southern Dominates Danville in Fog Storm
October 31, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Tigers beat Ironmen 55-3 in postseason tune-up Southern Columbia’s Jim Roth and Danville’s Mike Brennan have a long history of coaching battles while Brennan was coaching at Mount Carmel Area. With 13 PIAA Championships between the two, fans knew that each squad would come out with a plan to try and throw the other team […]
Tigers Terrorize Seals
October 23, 2021 | Dave Fegley
SCA rips off 42 unanswered second half points With the regular season winding down in the high school football slate in late October, Halloween is just a week away. Opting to not wear a costume, Southern Columbia tried to pose a fear into their upcoming opponents in a different fashion. Well, they actually tried in […]
Tigers Clinch PHAC Title
October 16, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Gavin Garcia scored 100th rushing TD As Southern Columbia built a 41-0 halftime lead against Hughesville, ultimately winning 41-7, Gavin Garcia joined an elite club of Tiger running backs. With 2:18 remaining in the opening quarter, the senior ripped off a 94-yard touchdown run to push the lead to 21-0 over the Spartans. It was […]
Tigers Win Instant Classic
September 18, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Southern drives length of field to beat Wyoming Area The last time Southern Columbia lost a football game, one of their star running backs had to watch from the sidelines injured in the 2016 Class 2A final. Fast-forward to last night, 64 games later, and there was an eerily similar vibe floating through the air. […]
SCA Stays King of the USA
September 11, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Southern wins 63rd in a row to lead nation It’s hard to believe it has been twenty years since the senseless attacks on our nation that took the lives of many on 9/11. Those that were lost will never be forgotten. Fast-forwarding to present day, it has probably been forgotten as to when Southern Columbia […]
Garcia Headed to the MAC
September 5, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Tiger senior picks Kent State Southern Columbia has started the season with two Mercy Rule wins (combined score of 84-0) as the four-time defending PIAA Class 2A Champions are now riding the nation’s longest active winning streak of 62 victories in a row. The Tigers offensive leader Gavin Garcia has picked up right where […]
Tigers Take Streak To 90
September 4, 2021 | Dave Fegley
SCA wins at Bloomsburg It’s not often that the winning coach seems less impressed than the losing coach in a 41-0 game. Then again, Pennsylvania has never seen a football program win 90-straitght regular season games. Southern Columbia went to Bloomsburg, and the Tigers defense led the way in shutting out the Panthers as Gavin […]
Southern Storms Past Berwick
August 28, 2021 | Dave Fegley
Tigers win anticipated matchup against Bulldogs Around Central Pennsylvania to start the high school season it almost seemed like Mother Nature and COVID-19 had a pact. Last year the coronavirus tried to ruin the high school football slate, and 2021 started off with inclement weather around the Northumberland and Columbia county areas. At Tiger Stadium, […]
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