Mount Carmel
September 2025
Mount Carmel vs Mifflinburg – Game Preview and Prediction
September 4, 2025 | Davin Ridall
Its week three of the 2025 high school football season and this week we’re heading to The Silver Bowl, the home of the Mount Carmel Red Tornadoes (1-1) who will be taking on the Mifflinburg Wildcats (2-0). Some Statistics to Know Week 1 Matchups Mount Carmel: 48-0 Win at Central Columbia Mifflinburg: 42-14 Win at […]
Mount Carmel Rides Strong Rushing Attack to 48-0 Win Over Central Columbia
August 30, 2025 | Davin Ridall
SOUTH CENTRE TOWNSHIP – Week 2 of high school football action brought us to Blue Jay Stadium in Lime Ridge, Pennsylvania, and both teams entering this matchup were in desperate need of a win after disappointing performances from the week prior. One of these teams got that win in decisive fashion, while the other was […]
Central Columbia vs Mount Carmel – Game Preview and Prediction
August 28, 2025 | Davin Ridall
Its week two of the high school football season and once again we’re heading over to Blue Jay Stadium in Lime Ridge to take a look at this week’s matchup between the Central Columbia Blue Jays (0-1) and the Mount Carmel Red Tornadoes (0-1). Some Statistics to Know Week 1 Matchups Central Columbia: 27-7 Loss […]
2025 PFN Team Preview: Mount Carmel Red Tornadoes
August 17, 2025 | Cody Brady
Mount Carmel Red Tornadoes Head Coach: John Darrah Class 3A PIAA District: 4 2024 Record 8-4 Key Starters Lost: Luke Blessing Noah Shimko Chase Balichik Matthew Balichik Jagr Delaney Andrew Lukoskie Ben Miller Tait Adams Al Bailey Returning Starters: Gavin Marshalek Jaylen Delaney Michael Kimsal Logan Herb Seth Spears Max Karycki Cooper Karycki Jason Klokis […]
2025 PFN Player Preview: Getting to Know Mount Carmel Area DL/TE Max Karycki
July 2, 2025 | Billy Splain
Max Karycki DL/TE Mount Carmel Area Class Of 2027 Jersey #9 HT/WT 6’1 240 Other sports Track and Field 2x All State Twitter @maxkarycki12 Coach says: Max is an outstanding football player. He has great explosiveness & strength & can play any position on the defensive line. Offensively man is an outstanding blocker & can […]
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 […]
