Marian Catholic
October 2023
Marian Catholic Colts Survive Second Half Mahanoy Area Comeback Saturday Night.
October 1, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
After jumping out to a 21-0 lead, the Colts stave off a Golden Bear rally in a Colonial/Schuylkill League contest. HOMETOWN- What looked like a route for much of the first half, turned into quite an endeavor of survival the last 24 minutes Saturday night at The Men of Marian Stadium, where the capacity crowd […]
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 […]
Colts Hold Hurricanes Scoreless in 27-0 Victory
August 27, 2023 | Karlee Feger
The Marian Colts started their season off with a shutout win against the Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes. The final score of this matchup was 27-0. Marian quarterback Bruce Hopeck connected with Micheal Silliman for the first touchdown of the game. The Colts didn’t stop there, Jesse Rodino ran 39 yards for a touchdown just a few […]
2023 Schuylkill/Colonial League Preview: *BLUE* Division-Small School
August 19, 2023 | Daniel Reed
2022 SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS *BLUE DIVISION* With the 2022 season officially in the past, we begin the 2023 football season with some team previews starting with the Schuylkill-Colonial League BLUE Division. Let’s start things off with the defending Class 1A District XI Champions Tri-Valley Bulldogs who are guided by head coach Jeff Sampson. Tri-Valley […]
STRONG WORDS spoken at this years SCFCA Media Day held at Mountain Valley Golf Clubhouse !
August 4, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Many members of the media from all over the region came in support of the 2023 SCFCA Media Day held at Mountain Valley Golf Course’ Clubhouse. The event was sponsored by The Funding Zone, @TheFundingZone @MSFundingZ on Twitter. Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes Head Coach Mike Farr started things off by letting everyone know how big and […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to Know Marian Catholic DE/FB Jesse Rodino
June 19, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Jesse Rodino Marian Catholic Colts Position(s): DE/FB Jersey Number: 11 Ht: 6’3 – Wt: 215lbs Other Sports: Basketball, Track & Field Notable Awards or Recognitions: All-State First Team DE WNEP Dream Team DL All Area First Team DL Mr. PA Football Nominee Eastern PA Football First Team DL Times News All Star DE Standard Speaker […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to Know Marian Catholic OL/DL James Rodino
June 3, 2023 | Daniel Reed
James Rodino Marian Catholic Colts Class Of: 2024 Position(s): OL/DL Jersey Number: 59 Ht: 6’3 – Wt: 220lbs Other Sports: Basketball, Track, Baseball, and Wrestling Notable Awards or Recognitions: All-EPA Honorable Mention DT Times News All Star DL Standard Speaker Honorable Mention DL North 2nd Team DL, OFFER SHEET: None at the moment Twitter: @JaRodino05 […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to Know Michael Gelatko(TE/S/LB)-Marian Catholic
April 9, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Player Name: Michael Gelatko High School: Marian Catholic Colts Class Of: 2025 Position(s): TE/S/LB Jersey Number: 10 Ht: 6’4 – Wt: 230lbs Other Sports: Baseball Notable Awards or Recognitions: 2022 Standard Speaker All-Area Honorable Mention TE 2021 Schuylkill County Football Coaches Association North Second Team TE 2021 Standard Speaker All-Area Honorable Mention TE Twitter: @GelatkoMichael […]
Schuylkill-Colonial Review, Preview and Predictions for Week-9 !
October 21, 2022 | Daniel Reed
WEEK-8 REVIEW: Week-8 saw a couple upsets if you will with Blue Mountain losing to Saucon Valley 24 to 21, and Bangor taking down Northwestern Lehigh 27 to 21. One game that was somewhat of a surprise, not because of who won or lost but the score, I feel many believed never thought there would […]
Schuylkill-Colonial Preview and Predictions for Week-8 !
October 14, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Follow @PFNDan570FB and @BPtashinski on TWITTER for LIVE SCORING UPDATES from in-game coverage around the Schuylkill-Colonial Leagues Week-7 Review: Last week we saw some good, hard fought battles, even some upsets as some would say between teams in both the Schuylkill-Colonial Leagues starting with the game of the week, Notre Dame-GP falling to Northern Lehigh […]
Schuylkill-Colonial Preview and Predictions for Week-7 !
October 4, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Follow @PFNDan570FB and @BPtashinski on TWITTER for LIVE SCORING UPDATES from in-game coverage around the Schuylkill-Colonial Leagues Week-6 Review: Notre Dame-GP took down the Spartans of North Schuylkill 36 to 24 last Friday night behind their leader Danny Darno, AJ Lozano and Josh Ludlow. Quarterback Darno finished the game with 368 total yards of offense, […]
Schuylkill-Colonial League Mid-Season Report and Standings
September 28, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Schuylkill-Colonial League Mid-Season Review and Standings In the GOLD Division, we see a 2-way tie at (2-0-0) Northwestern Lehigh(4-1-0), and Southern Lehigh(4-1-0) leading the way. Last year’s defending Red Division Champions, Leading the way for the Tigers is senior quarterback Cade Christopher, who has thus far thrown for 271 yards on just 22 of 55 […]
Schuylkill-Colonial Preview and Predictions for Week-5 !
September 20, 2022 | Daniel Reed
North Schuylkill Spartans(3-1) at Northern Lehigh Bulldogs(4-0) Last Meeting: Spartans won 56 to 42(2021) Streak: North Schuylkill has won (1) Key Player(s) to Watch: North Schuylkill – Jared Tanari(RB/OLB), Steven Davis Jr.(DE/T) Northern Lehigh – Austin Smyth(TE/DE), John Abidelli(CB/RB) Preview: Last time the Bulldogs defeated the Spartans was back in 2011 when Northern Lehigh won […]
Schuylkill-Colonial League Preview and Predictions for Week-3 ! Game Highlights
September 8, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Schuylkill-Colonial League Week-2 Review: Week 2 saw some mild upsets and a couple scores that I for one did not see coming. The big one I definitely didn’t see coming was Palisades taking down Wilson by a score of 31 to 6. The next one, I thought could go either way but chose wrong, was […]
Hurricanes Fall Short to Colts in Season Opener
August 27, 2022 | Karlee Feger
The Marian Colts earned a victory over the Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes in the first game of the season with a final score of 21-7. Matt Martin dominates and scores all three touchdowns for Marian. It looked to be a great night for some football. The sky was cloudy with comfortable temperatures as the players took […]
Schuylkill-Colonial League Week-1 Quick Preview and Predictions
August 25, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Schuylkill-Colonial League Week-1 Preview: The 2022 Pennsylvania high school football season is officially here with week-1, or week-0 as some call it, starting tomorrow. This season looks to be very eventful and exciting between the two co-op leagues as some teams have been moved from one division to another, other teams have been moved up […]
2022 Schuylkill/Colonial Preview ! *BLUE DIVISION*
August 13, 2022 | Daniel Reed
SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL:(BLUE) 2021 Final Standings: 1. Tri-Valley Bulldogs – (5-1) – 8-1 *DIVISION CHAMPIONS* 2. Williams Valley Vikings – (3-1) – 7-2 *DISTRICT XI CHAMPIONS* 3. Nativity BVM Green Wave – (2-5) – 5-5 4. Marian Catholic Colts – (2-3) – 3-7 5. Shenandoah Valley Blue Devils – (2-3) – 2-6 6. Panther Valley Panthers (0-5) […]
Schuylkill League teams square up in the ring on Media Day at Fighter’s Heaven !
August 11, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Schuylkill League teams square up in the ring on Media Day at Fighter’s Heaven ! On Wednesday August 10 2022, Fighter’s Heaven in rural Deer Lake, Pennsylvania hosted the 19th Annual Media Day for the 16 Schuylkill League teams. Things were started off with Schuylkill Haven Head Coach and league President, Mike Farr stepping into […]
2022 PFN Player Profile: Matthew Martin – Marian Catholic
July 19, 2022 | Billy Splain
Matthew Martin Marian Catholic High School Class Of 2023 RB/LB Jersey #44 HT/WT5’11/215 2021 Stats (1,074yds Rushing) (97 Tackles) (15 TFL) (2 Blk Kicks) Other sports Baseball Awards 2021/22022 2022 PaPrepsRivals Pennsylvania High School Football Top Running Backs in 2023 2022 PaPrepRivals Top Returning Defensive Players Colonial/Schuylkill Eastern Pa. 2021 Standard Speaker All Area First […]
Schuylkill League All Stars took the field today for practice 2 before their big game vs the Colonial League All Stars !
May 16, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Team Skook took the field today to complete their second and final practice before the big game between the Schuylkill and Colonial League All Stars. The Schuylkill League All Star squad looked ready to go and get at it today at Rotary Field in Schuylkill Haven in preparation for next weekend’s Inaugural Schuylkill/Colonial All Star […]
Team Schuylkill preps for first ever Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star game May 21, 2022 !
May 1, 2022 | Daniel Reed
The first ever All Star game between the Schuylkill and Colonial Leagues is set for May 21, 2022 at 2:00pm at Rotary Field in Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Today, for the first time, Team Schuylkill, or as it’s known around this area, Team ” Skook ” took the field for their first of two practices before […]
Rosters Announced for Inaugural Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star Game ! @Colonial_League @SchLeague
April 2, 2022 | Daniel Reed
Official Rosters Announced for the Inaugural Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star Game… Players on teams from around both Leagues will compete in the first ever Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star game being played at Rotary Field in Schuylkill Haven, Pa on May 21st, 2022 at 2:00pm. The All Star game will be played […]
Schuylkill vs Colonial Leagues Set to Battle it Out on the Field in 1st. Annual Schuylkill/Colonial League All Star Game
January 30, 2022 | Daniel Reed
All Star Game LOGO designed by: Tara Robinson and Mike Farr Rotary Field at Schuylkill Haven to Host 1st. Annual Schuylkill vs Colonial League All Star Game May 21, 2022 @ 2pm! Last year we witnessed the first year for the Schuylkill/Colonial Leagues Co-Operative Schedule between the two District XI leagues. With much success and […]
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