North Schuylkill

October 2025

North Schuylkill defeats fog and Panther Valley to advance (video recap)

October 31, 2025 | Billy Splain

Luke Miller ran for 3 scores and hauled in a td pass to lead the Spartans to a 53-25 playoff win over Panther Valley. D11 North Schulkill PV by PAFootball Newsdotcom Summary PV (4-7) 6 6 7 8 — 27 NS (8-3) 21 19 13 0 — 53 NS — Miller 6 run (Urban kick) […]

Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Southern Lehigh Now 23-0

October 14, 2025 | Guy Smith

Four football and one race for us this week. All four football were District 11 high school, three varsity, one JV. We were able to score a new stadium as the Southern Lehigh Spartans traveled outside of D11 for a JV game at Strath Haven High School. For the second time this year, Southern Lehigh’s […]

Miller Sets School Record as North Schuylkill Cruises Past Blue Mountain

October 10, 2025 | Phil Myers

It was the Luke Miller show at Spartan Stadium in Ashland as the North Schuylkill Spartans scored touchdowns on their first six possessions to cruise by the Eagles of Blue Mountain 42-21. The large crowd on hand witnessed a record setting performance by Miller as he rushed for nearly 400 yards (379 by my count, […]

North Scuylkill vs Northwestern Lehigh (Photo Gallery)

September 27, 2025 | Ryan Scipio

Northwestern Lehigh Defeats North Schuylkill 49-18 This game had 2 different sides to the halves. The Northwestern Lehigh Tigers came out on top vs North Schuylkill Spartans. Enjoy the photos below. Full Gallery and article links (with videos) below. Enjoy Full Gallery Link Northwestern Lehigh Wins in a tale of two halves (Article + […]

Northwestern Lehigh Wins in a tale of two halves

September 27, 2025 | Torey Petruno

New Tripoli- In a game of starkly contrasting halves of football, Northwestern left little doubt and pulls away from North Schuylkill to remain undefeated on the year. The Tigers won the toss and elected to defer, giving the ball to the visiting Spartans to start off the game. The Northwestern defense forced a quick 3 […]

Southern Lehigh Wins Battle of Spartans 34-14 over North Schuylkill

September 13, 2025 | Cody Brady

Solehi v North Skook by PAFootball Newsdotcom The war in the trenches belonged to Southern Lehigh, as the running attack racked up nearly 300 yards and three scores on the night. All three of those touchdowns on the ground belonged to Sean Steckert and all three came at crucial times in the game. Coming off […]

Southern Lehigh vs North Schuylkill (Photo Gallery)

September 13, 2025 | Ryan Scipio

Southern Lehigh wins against North Schuylkill 34-14 Full article and Gallery Links below. Enjoy Artlcie Here Full Gallery 250+ Twitter @ScipScip

Notre Dame Green Pond defeats North Schuylkill(photo gallery)

September 6, 2025 | Ryan Scipio

Notre Dame Green Pond wins close one against North Schuylkill 21-20 This was a back and forth game played at lafayette’s Fisher field. Notre Dame Green Pond took on North Schuylkill. The game was played at Lafayette due to some construction near the Notre Dame field. Notre Dame ended up holding on a 2-point conversion […]

2025 PFN Team Preview: North Schuylkill Spartans

August 15, 2025 | Cody Brady

North Schuylkill Spartans Head Coach: Wally Hall Class 3A PIAA District: 11 2024 Record 8-4 Key Starters Lost Sander Stokes Gavin Mentzer John Mogish Kolton Joyce Julian Lapointe Returning starters Luke Miller RB-FS Sr. Landen Smith Sr. WR-DB Sr., Caden Mengel Sr. Seth Hubler LB Jr. Bryce Kile RB OLB Soph. Casey Radar […]

2025 PFN Player Spotlight: Getting to Know North Schuylkill Spartans QB-Caden Mengel

June 4, 2025 | Daniel Reed

Caden Mengel North Schuylkill Spartans Class Of: 2026 Position(s): Quarterback Jersey Number: #3 Ht: 6’0 – Wt: 180lbs Other Sports: Track and Basketball Notable Awards or Recognitions: Eastern PA Football Honorable Mention 2x Offer Sheet: None at the moment Twitter: @caden_mengel ——————————————– COACH SAYS: Caden will be a 3 year starter. Caden is a versatile […]

Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: A Game of Inches…And Seconds

November 13, 2024 | Guy Smith

2024 Episode 27. This past week we chose high school football on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday we went with a Wilkes University “Home Run” of Women’s Swimming, Men’s Swimming, Women’s Ice Hockey, and Wrestling. Sunday we were on the fence between Moravian Equestrian and Bucknell Women’s Rowing, choosing the latter as it was a […]

Northwestern Lehigh Tigers three-peats as District XI 3A champions

November 9, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Tigers running game accumulated over 350 yards Friday night in a convincing win over North Schuylkill Lehighton- Northwestern Lehigh Tigers won the coin toss and elected to defer, giving the Spartans of North Schuylkill a chance to take advantage of receiving the opening kickoff. The Spartans could not muster any kind of drive and was […]

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 […]

North Schuylkill overpowers Blue Mountain with Miller Mania (highlights & Pictures)

October 10, 2024 | Matt Herring

Thursday night football. While the Northern lights were lighting up the sky all across PA, the Spartans and Luke Miller were lighting up the scoreboard on their way to a 38-14 win over the Eagles. Miller had three tds on the night. Here’s the highlights by @CCHastings1863, PLENTY of pics by Bill Snook below: The Eagles […]

Schuylkill/Colonial Red Division 2024 Outlook

August 23, 2024 | Billy Splain

SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL RED DIVISION OUTLOOK Bangor Head Coach: Vinnie Andrews 2023 Record: 6-5 The Slaters lost a host of talented starters from last season but the cupboard is not bare. While standout athletes Noah Hillis, MJ Soo, Gavin Nelson and QB Greg Campbell graduate, they will receive a boos from the returns of Riley Waldron and […]

Positivity by the Players and Coaches at the 2024 Schuylkill League Football Media Day

August 1, 2024 | Daniel Reed

Positivity by the Players and Coaches at the 2024 Schuylkill League Football Media Day This years Schuylkill League football media day was held at Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes new Lehigh Valley Health Network Sports Facility Complex. All 16 teams from the league were in attendance to talk to the media members about how their offseason workouts […]

2024 PFN Player Spotlight: Getting to Know Gavin Mentzer-North Schuylkill Spartans K/P

June 30, 2024 | Daniel Reed

Gavin Mentzer North Schuylkill Jr/Sr High School Class Of: 2025 Position(s): K/P Jersey Number: 40 Ht: 6’1 – Wt: 215lbs Other Sports: Swimming Notable Awards or Recognitions: PA Coaches Class 3A All State PA Writer’s Class 3A All State Specialist Schuylkill/Colonial League Specialist of the Year Standard Speaker Specialist of the year Republican Herald Dream […]

2024 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know North Schuylkill lineman Sander Stokes

May 17, 2024 | Billy Splain

Sander stokes Right guard North Schuylkill Class Of 2025 Jersey #62 HT/WT 6’3 285 Other sports Wrestling and track All state offensive guard Twitter @StokesSander Coach Hall says: Why do you play football? Because I’ve played it since I’m little and love the game Who is your favorite sports star and WHY? Trent Williams I […]

South Scores Big in Second Half to Take the 2023 SCFCA North v South Senior All Star Game

November 23, 2023 | Daniel Reed

In what started out sorta slow, with the score 14 to 6 at halftime, suddenly opened up in the second half with the South outscoring the North 29 to 6 to win the 2023 SCFCA NvS Senior All Star game 35 to 20 behind a powerful running attack from the game’s South Offensive MVP Parrish […]

Instant Classic: Facing Adversity, Palmerton Rallies to Advance in District XI 3A Playoffs

November 11, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Palmerton Blue Bombers rally late to advance to the District XI 3A Championship game. PALMERTON- In a season like no other for the Palmerton Blue Bombers, with their undefeated season on the line, not to mention their historic playoff run also in jeopardy, they scored the last 16 points in the waning minutes of […]

District XI Class 3A Semi-Finals Preview and Bracket: Schuylkill-Colonial League Football

November 7, 2023 | Daniel Reed

In this bracket, WOW, is about all I can say about it. The top 4 seeds all took care of business in last week’s first round, the closest being a 30 point victory for the Blue Bombers of Palmerton over Jim Thorpe 37 to 7. The other 3 games were Notre Dame-Green Pond taking down […]

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