Southern Columbia
August 2025
Into the night, Lindsey Bennett sits down with SCA Tigers Head Coach Jim Roth
August 8, 2025 | Billy Splain
The Southern Columbia Tigers are one of the most successful football programs in Pennsylvania and one of the best small-school programs in the country. Since the advent of the PIAA playoff system in 1988, the Tigers have competed in 22 of the 34 state finals, winning fourteen, including a state record seven in a row […]
2025 PFN Player Preview: Getting to Know Southern Columbia OT/DT John Quinton
July 3, 2025 | Billy Splain
John Quinton OT/DT Southern Columbia Class Of 2026 Jersey #67 HT/WT 6’2 245 Other sports wrestling and track 1st team all eastern pa, 1st team all phac, press enterprise offensive linemen of the year Twitter @JohnQuint67 Coach says: “Our top lineman, 3-year starter, will be an outstanding 2-way player this season. Very strong aggressive player”. […]
2025 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Southern Columbia RB/DB Brayden Andrews
June 27, 2025 | Billy Splain
Brayden Andrews RB/DB Southern Columbia Class Of 2026 Jersey #24 HT/WT 5’7” 165 lbs 2024 2,000 All-Purpose yards with 1,075 rushing and 20 Total Touchdowns Other sports yWrestling and Baseball All-Star in all 3 sports my Junior year Twitter @andrewsba_24 Coach Roth says “2 yr starter, Our top running back rushing for over 1200 yards […]
Troy Snaps Southern’s Streak
November 9, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Prior to kickoff, Troy’s cheerleaders held up a sign for the Trojans to run through. Due to the high winds, that never happened as it ripped.
Southern’s Defense Dominates Hughesville
November 2, 2024 | Dave Fegley
7-time Defending PIAA Champs Win 39-0 Southern Columbia isn’t worried about the four losses from the regular season. They are battle-tested, and the current Tigers know what is at stake. On Friday, at home, the Tigers dominated Hughesville in the opening round of the District 4 Class 2A postseason, winning 39-0. Southern’s defense limited the […]
Towanda Head Coach Jamie Wecker Interview
October 31, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
PaFootballNews Caught up with Towanda’s Head Coach Jamie Wecker to get a rundown of the season so far and a look going forward as they prepare to play Bloomsburg at home Friday night 11-1-2024. (Click the link below to see the interview.)
Southern Ran Wild
October 26, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Tigers cruise past Braves Shikellamy has some early success in the aerial department, but Southern Columbia controlled the running game, both offensive and defensively, as the Tigers closed out the regular season with a 53-6 win over the Braves. Prior to kickoff, the seniors on the Tiger roster were honored for Senior Night. Typically, senior […]
Southern Beats Bloomsburg 53-28
October 19, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Run Past Panthers For being the closest school on a map for the 14x state champions, it had been a few years since the Tigers took on their Columbia County cat opponent. The Panthers and the seven-consecutive PIAA Class 2A champs hadn’t met since 2021 before Friday. On Bloomsburg’s senior night in the second […]
Southern Stops Skid
October 12, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Top Warriors 19-16 Nearly every team on the planet has had a three-game losing streak over the past four decades. Not Southern Columbia. The Tigers last lost three games in a row in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was starting his presidential run, which was at the end of a 26-game skid that started in […]
Mifflinburg Upsets Southern 34-26
October 5, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Wild Win For Wildcats It’s not over until it’s over. Sometimes, records don’t paint the picture. In sports, one moment can decide the outcome even though every little thing adds up to the final result. In a back-and-forth slugfest, the game wasn’t decided until the final minute in a District 4 battle between two teams […]
Danville’s Defense Delivers In 34-8 Win Over Southern
September 28, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Patrick leads charge against Tigers The Ironmen lived up to their name on Friday with the Bloomsburg Fair in town. In a battle between two District 4 powerhouses, Danville was able to jump out to a two-score lead in the first quarter against a Tiger team trying to find its way. The defense for Danville […]
Columbia County Clash: Southern Beats Central 54-12
September 21, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Flags all over the place in Tigers win Friday marked the 169th anniversary of the Bloomsburg Fair. Nearly double that mark, and you find yourself in a number of how many penalty yards were in Southern Columbia’s Mercy Rule victory over Central Columbia. For the 29th time in a row, the Tigers defeated the Blue […]
Southern Columbia bounces back with a 54-12 win over Central Columbia
September 21, 2024 | Davin Ridall
CATAWISSA – The Tigers entered week 5 hoping to rebound after a disappointing loss to Mount Carmel last week. Although they struggled early in the game, Southern Columbia (3-2) caught their stride in the second half, cruising to a 54-12 win over Central Columbia (1-4). The Blue Jays took an early advantage in the game […]
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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Milton Vs Southern Columbia (Gallery)
September 7, 2024 | Jayden Eberly
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Tigers Tear Apart Black Panthers
September 7, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Southern beats Milton 49-7 in Tomato Bowl Coming into Friday’s matchup, Milton was the only program that Southern Columbia had played at least 10 times and had a losing record against. Granted, the majority of the games took place in the 1960’s and 1970’s, it was an interesting tidbit entering the game. That changed in […]
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 […]
Conversation with Coach – Andy Mills, Defensive Coordinator, Southern Columbia
September 3, 2024 | Phil Myers
(NOTE: Last Friday Coach Mills probably became the first defensive coordinator to be a part of 500 wins and the 500th was a shutout!) You know about Jim Roth, Southern Columbia’s head coach, who is not only Pennsylvania’s winningest football coach of all-time, but is among the winningest coaches in America. But did you know […]
Roth Picks Up 500th Win
August 31, 2024 | Dave Fegley
Tigers Lacerate Lancers 47-0 Jim Roth Way is the new name of the road leading into Tiger Stadium. His way has made his Southern Columbia program the standard of success. On Friday, the Tigers blanked Loyalsock 47-0 as Roth became Pennsylvania’s first, and the fifth in the United States, to win 500 games as a […]
Wyomissing downs Southern Columbia in opener 35-21
August 25, 2024 | Billy Splain
Photo Tom Kwiatkowski Southern Columbia’s youthful bunch learned a valuable lesson that seems obvious but is crucial. Take care of the football. Although the Tigers only officially lost one fumble, it was the eight fumbles that they had in the game that allowed Wyomissing to take command in the season-opener. By the end of the […]
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 Southern Columbia Tigers Dominic Fetterolf-MLB
June 25, 2024 | Daniel Reed
Dominic Fetterolf Southern Columbia HS Class Of: 2025 Position(s): MLB Jersey Number: 32 Ht: 6’1 – Wt: 220lbs Other Sports: Basketball Notable Awards or Recognitions: 3x First Team All-State Press Enterprise Defensive Player of the Year 3x First Team All-Eastern PA Football Twitter: @Domfetterolf ——————————- WORDS FROM THE HEAD COACH: Outstanding inside linebacker, 4-year starter, […]
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 […]
PFN Coaches 2A All State Team is released
January 4, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
The Pennsylvania Coaches have released their PA All-State 2A teams with Coach of the Year honors going to the leader of the State Champions HC Jim Roth who led the team to its 7th straight state title. The state coaches voted Southern Columbia’s Sr. LB Garrett Garcia as the Player of the Year. The Tigers […]
