Mount Carmel
June 2025
2025 Player Profile: Getting to know Mt. Carmel Area WR/DB Jaylen Delaney
June 15, 2025 | Billy Splain
Jaylen Delaney Wide Receiver and Defensive Back Mount Carmel Area Class Of 2027 Jersey #6 HT/WT 5’10 175 63 receptions for 791 yards and 6 touchdowns, 26 carries for 219 yards and 5 touchdowns, Broke my school record for receptions in a game and in a season Other sports Basketball and Track News writers All […]
Lewisburg Punches Their Ticket To The District 4 Class AAA Title Game
November 9, 2024 | Jayden Eberly
Jeremiah Davis 5 Rushing Touchdowns Jeremiah Davis on the short rushing touchdown for lewisburg but the kick is not good Lewisburg 6 Mount Carmel 0@PaFootballNews @JeremiahDavis01 pic.twitter.com/U86arrUymu — Jayden.E Photography (@JaydenEberly) November 9, 2024 Lewisburg bobbles the snap and Mount Carmel recovers it. on the very next play Lewisburg gets there revenge and punches […]
“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 […]
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. […]
Mount Carmel cruises through Milton (PHOTO GALLERY)
October 19, 2024 | Jayden Eberly
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Danville finds a way to pull out a victory over Mount Carmel in Heartland Athletic Conference thriller.
October 5, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Bo Sheptock scores three times to keep the Ironmen unbeaten through seven games. DANVILLE- Homecoming is a special time of the football season for high school football teams across the Commonwealth. The Pageantry and all the preparations the entire week has the school abuzz for the most part: Homecoming queen and queen, homecoming dance and […]
Tornadoes Win Defensive Battle
September 14, 2024 | Dave Fegley
MCA beats rival SCA 7-6 For any fan that likes to see high scoring affairs, the Silver Bowl wasn’t the place to be on Friday night. For a true football fan, which wants a game to come down to the wire, it was exactly the venue to be at. In the annual showdown, Mount Carmel […]
Southern Columbia Vs Mount Carmel (Gallery)
September 14, 2024 | Jayden Eberly
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Protime’s Pigskin Parlance – 2024 Milestones, Record Breakers & Game Shakers – Edition 2
September 4, 2024 | Phil Myers
Protime’s weekly column will attempt to get readers up to date on current football facts, stats, and miscellaneous tidbits of information from across the entire state of Pennsylvania. His crack staff of one will peruse some, but not all newspapers and other sources for hopefully what will be up to date scoop on the previous […]
Mount Carmel cruises past Central Columbia 43-16, earns 900th win
August 31, 2024 | Davin Ridall
MOUNT CARMEL – Coming into Friday night, Mount Carmel’s football program win total sat at 899, and the Blue Jays went into the Silver Bowl hoping to keep it that way. In the first half of the game Central Columbia kept it close, only trailing by two scores heading into halftime, and remained within striking […]
PHAC Preview 2024
August 22, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Football Ready In Central PA There are plenty of storylines heading into the 2024 high school football season in the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference.Between the 19 teams, they are all excited to get the helmets on and go to work on Friday nights. Will the Tigers of Southern Columbia be able to keep their historic […]
2024 PFN Player Spotlight: Getting to Know Mount Carmel Red Tornadoes Matthew Balichik-OLB
June 29, 2024 | Daniel Reed
Matthew Balichik Mount Carmel Area HS Class Of: 2025 Position(s): OLB Jersey Number: 2 Ht: 6’0 – Wt: 190lbs Other Sports: Basketball Notable Awards or Recognitions: First Team Coaches Select All-State Defensive Athlete First Team News-Item Defensive Athlete First Team PHAC OLB Twitter: @MBalichik ————————- WORDS FROM THE HEAD COACH: Matt is an outstanding leader […]
2024 PFN Player Spotlight: Getting to Know Mount Carmel Red Tornadoes Chase Balichik-SS/WR
June 13, 2024 | Daniel Reed
Chase Balichik Mount Carmel Area HS Class Of: 2025 Position(s): SS/WR Jersey Number: 1 Ht: 6’0 – Wt: 175lbs Other Sports: Basketball and Track Notable Awards or Recognitions: First Team News Item Second Team Daily Item Second Team PHAC T1O2 Player of the Game Offer Sheet: LVC Twitter: @CBalichik —————————- WORDS FROM THE HEAD COACH: […]
Public vs. Private Football Debate: “You Can’t Handle The Truth”
April 30, 2024 | Matt Herring
If you read the headline to this article and immediately thought to yourself, “It’s not fair public football schools have to compete against private football schools” may be a public school apologist who is perpetuating a myth. While you are entitled to your opinion your statement may be baseless and I’ll explain why in this […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (Playoffs Week 2)
November 13, 2023 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Friday, November 10 2A #5 Southern Columbia (10-1) vs. 2A #6 Mt. Carmel (9-2) Saturday, November […]
Southern Stomps Mount Carmel
November 11, 2023 | Dave Fegley
Carter highlighted Tigers 43-0 trouncing As Southern Columbia senior Isaac Carter left the field, giving way to the reserves with a commanding lead by his squad, the senior used his #43 jersey as a makeshift towel to wipe off the sweat from his face. It was a fitting way to finish his final home game […]
District 4 Class 2A Playoff Matchup: “The Game”
November 9, 2023 | Dave Fegley
SCA and MCA ready for semi-final tussle Last year, the Mount Carmel Area Red Tornadoes defeated the Southern Columbia Tigers in their annual regular season meeting. The rivalry known as the ‘The Game’ had a different result in the postseason. It was the Tigers that finished the 2022 season with the bragging rights as they […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (Playoffs Week 1)
November 6, 2023 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Wednesday, November 2 The State of PA Football – Live at MaGerks’s (Lionville) Thursday, […]
Protime’s Pigskin Parlance: Milestones, record breakers & game shakers- program wins edition
October 18, 2023 | Phil Myers
Protime’s weekly column that will attempt to get readers up to date on current football facts, stats, and miscellaneous tidbits of information from across the entire state of Pennsylvania. My crack staff of one will peruse some, but not all newspapers and other sources for hopefully what will be up to date scoop on the […]
Spears, Diaz Highlight MCA’s Upset Win Over Rival
October 14, 2023 | Dave Fegley
Red Tornadoes give Tigers first loss A touchdown pass from Cole Spears to fellow senior Xavier Diaz in the third quarter extended Mount Carmel Area’s lead in their upset 42-30 win over Southern Columbia. The Red Tornadoes dominated and deserved to win, and that 32-yard connection was historic. On their annual Senior Night inside of […]
The State of PA Football, Live from the Nickle Plate at Knoebles Resort with Mt. Carmel Area, Selinsgrove & Southern Columbia
October 12, 2023 | Billy Splain
Guest host Dave Fegley and I had a great show last night at the Nickle Plate on the Knoebles golf course last night. We found out just how the Red Tornado’s, Seals and Tigers are a competitive team year in and year out. Watch the video below the gallery. We also had a surprise guest […]
The PHAC Mid-Season Report
September 28, 2023 | Dave Fegley
Teams fighting for division titles It’s hard to believe that we are already halfway through the 2023 high school football regular season, but as the saying goes, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” There is still time for teams to move up or down the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference standings, and some teams as expected […]
Spears, Diaz, Blessings Help Power Mount Carmel past Dunmore 34-7
September 2, 2023 | PFN Staff
Mount Carmel had opportunities to pull away from North Schuykill last week but didn’t, This week when the opportunity arose Cole Spears answered the call. The senior QB threw 263 yards and 4 touchdowns en route to a 34-7 victory over Dunmore. After a scoreless first quarter, Mount Carmel struck on the first play of […]
