Palmerton
October 2025
Notre Dame-Green Pond rolls through Palmerton on the road (Photo Gallery)
October 18, 2025 | Jordan Gillis
Notre Dame-Green Pond goes into Palmerton and takes down the Blue Bombers during their senior night, putting up 56 points on the board while holding Palmerton to 0. In another strong outing from the Crusaders, they move their record on the year to 9-0, looking to finish off their undefeated season next week as they […]
Lazorak leads Jim Thorpe to a Saturday night win over Palmerton.
August 24, 2025 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Senior signal-caller throws for 235 yards and runs for another 60 in doubling up the Blue Bombers. PALMERTON- Behind the seller play of Senior quarterback Cole Lazorick and a stingy defense the Jim Thorpe Olympians opened up their 2025 campaign by knocking off Palmerton 28-14 Saturday night before a large crown at Bomber Stadium. The […]
Colonial League Media Day 2025
August 6, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
Bangor Slaters Interview with Head Coach Vinnie Andrews Tyler Campbell C Jacob Hillis WR/DE Riley Waldron RB/LB Design by PAFootball Newsdotcom Catasaqua Rough Riders Interview with Head Coach Joe Henrich Chris Wellington Braeden Smith Design by PAFootball Newsdotcom Lehighton Indians Interview with Head Coach: Tom McCarroll Blake Roberts WR/LB Jayse Lawrence QB/S Caden Meek […]
2025 PFN Team Preview: The Palmerton Blue Bombers
August 5, 2025 | Dan DiEdwardo
The Palmerton Blue Bombers Head Coach: Chris Walkowiak Class 3A 2024 Season Record: 3-7 PIAA District 11 Key Starters Lost: Aidan Ortiz, Jameson Trainer, Trevor Anthony Returning Starters: Logan Anthony, OL/DL, 6’4, 315, 2026 Beau Stahler OL/DL 6’1, 225 2026 Mason Heilman OL/DL 5’9, 275, 2027 Colson Ruzicka OL/DL 5’10, 265 2027 Cooper Henry OL/DL […]
2025 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Palmerton OL/DL Logan Anthony
May 30, 2025 | Billy Splain
Logan Anthony OL/DL Palmerton Class Of 2026 Jersey #78 HT/WT 6’4 – 308 Other sports Basketball. Track League shootout champ. Class 3A all state picks- football Twitter @LoganAnthony78 OFFERS: Kent St, Temple, FAU, Buffalo, Temple, Lafayette, Cornell, Virginia Tech, Delaware, Kent St, Fordham, ODU, New Hampshire, Richmond, William & Mary, Syracuse, West Virginia, Rutgers, JMU, […]
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 […]
Palmerton Earns First Win of Season, Extending Wilson Area Losing Streak to 27
September 29, 2024 | Cody Brady
It’s been two and a half years since Russ Lipari, the voice of Wilson Area athletics has been able to exclaim, “Warriors win!” at a football game. The furious late comeback by Wilson Area nearly snapped the losing streak that dates back to a playoff defeat in November of 2021. The Warriors forced a late […]
Saucon Valley Overcomes Bevy Of Mistakes To Down Blue Bombers
September 7, 2024 | Torey Petruno
Hellertown- In the home opener for the Panthers, who were also christening their brand new scoreboard, the result was in doubt up until half time. The game started as a stifling defensive battle with neither team able to get anything going on their first few respective possessions. In addition to the defenses standing strong, penalties […]
Schuylkill/Colonial White Division 2024 Outlook
August 23, 2024 | Billy Splain
SCHUYLKILL/COLONIAL WHITE DIVISION OUTLOOK Catasauqua Head Coach: Joe Henrich(NEW) 2023 Record: 6-6 The Rough Riders finished the 2023 season at .500 with a senior heavy class. They’ll be entering the 2024 season with plenty of opportunities for newcomers to see the field, including quarterback Aiden Reilly. Catty’s greatest strength this season will be the return of […]
2024 PFN Player Spotlight: Getting to Know Palmerton Blue Bombers Logan Anthony-OG/DT
July 10, 2024 | Daniel Reed
Logan Anthony Palmerton Area HS Class Of: 2026 Position(s): OG/DT Jersey Number: 78 Ht: 6’4 – Wt: 315lbs Other Sports: Basketball, Track Notable Awards or Recognitions: All State Offensive and Defensive Player Awards for Football Offer Sheet: Kent State Twitter: @LoganAnthony78 ——————————- WORDS FROM THE HEAD COACH: Logan is drawing D1 attention from FBS schools, […]
Palmerton’s Machalik signs LOI to become a Mountain Hawk
December 20, 2023 | Torey Petruno
Matthew Machalik, the Palmerton Blue Bombers Mr. Everything, signed his LOI today to join a slew of other Pennsylvania talent coming to roost at Lehigh. Aside from Lehigh, he also held offers from Navy and Lafayette. Machalik, the 2023 Colonial League Offensive MVP, led the Blue Bombers to an undefeated (10-0 ) 2023 regular season […]
Northwestern Lehigh Goes Back-to-Back as District Champions in Convincing Fashion.
November 18, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Northwestern Lehigh captures District XI 3A Championship in convincing fashion LEHIGHTON- On paper this game looked like it could be destined to go down as an instant classic. Both Northwestern Lehigh and Palmerton came into their much-anticipated contest as unbeaten at 12-0. Both teams were ranked by PaFootballNews.com in the top ten teams in […]
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 […]
Around District 11 with Pam and Guy: Great Comeback by the PV Bears
November 8, 2023 | Guy Smith
The start of the playoffs is bittersweet. The big games are coming up, where the top teams face off head-to-head on the road to the state finals (almost said the road to Hershey). But it also means the regular season is over. Teams are putting away the pads until next year, there will be fewer […]
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 […]
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 – Top Receivers Edition
November 1, 2023 | 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 […]
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
October 31, 2023 | Daniel Reed
DXI Playoff Bracket
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor-Colonial/Schuylkill League Rivalry Edition
October 23, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
As We Enter The Last Week of the Regular Season in the Colonial/Schuylkill League So Much Yet To Be Decided. It seems like it was just yesterday, that the Pennsylvania Football News staff was having their coaches kickoff cookout at the Forge Eatery and Pub up in Berwick in late August. In a blink of […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition Week Nine.
October 18, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
After Eight Weeks of the High School Football Season Seven Teams From the Colonial/Schuylkill League Have Clinched a Spot in the Upcoming District XI Playoffs. There are 32 open spots in the District XI playoffs from 1A to 6A, however there are no Colonial/Schuylkill League teams in the 6A classification. After week eight Minersville has […]
Palmerton Blue Bombers Make a Statement in Enormous Win Over North Schuylkill.
October 14, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Palmerton Improves to 8-0 a Record they have not matched since 1951. PALMERTON- North Schuylkill scored on a 34 yard pass from Caden Mengel to Joey Flail early in the third quarter to cut the Palmerton lead to 32-24 at the nine minute mark. The Spartans attempted on onside kick where after a scrum ensued […]
Hollywood’s Cutting Room Floor- Colonial/Schuylkill League Edition for Week Eight
October 10, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Seven down and just three games left in the regular season in the District XI Colonial/Schuylkill Football League. Heading into the final stretch of games in the Colonial/Schuylkill League, we have three teams that have clinched a District XI playoff berth. Palmerton and Northwestern Lehigh in class 3A and Southern Lehigh in 5A. The fourth […]
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 […]
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