Southern Lehigh

August 2025

2025 PFN Team Preview: The Southern Lehigh Spartans

August 17, 2025 | Willie McGonigle

The Southern Lehigh Spartans Head Coach: Philip Sams Class 4A 2024 Season Record: 12-3 PIAA District 11 Key Starters lost Gijs Fooij Andrew Olesh Noah Tapler Bryan Tobin Chris Fritts Danny Reagan Talan Hite returning starters OL Carter Giberson OL Lucas Sutyak OL Dylan Gretz OL Gabe Bogart WR Darus Roman WR Luke Kawczenski […]

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 […]

Year One: Through the Lens of Ryan Scipio

December 15, 2024 | Ryan Scipio

Year One with PA Football News My first year has been an incredible journey! From feeling overwhelmed during my first game to confidently seizing every opportunity and having fun, I’ve grown immensely. In the 2024 High School Football season, I covered an impressive 33 games. This experience allowed me to connect with a diverse range […]

Penn State Lands #1 Player in Pennsylvania in Surprising Flip

December 6, 2024 | Mason Eddinger

Penn State has flipped the #1 overall player in Pennsylvania and the #3 overall Tight End in the nation in Southern Lehigh’s Andrew Olesh. BREAKING: Elite 2025 TE Andrew Olesh has Flipped his Commitment from Michigan to Penn State, he tells me for @on3recruits The 6’5 215 TE had been Committed to the Wolverines since […]

Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: And Then There Was One

December 3, 2024 | Guy Smith

2024 Episode 30. Pam’s knee replacement rehab is going well, ahead of schedule actually. She was able to walk a mile on day 11, and flexion measured at 92 degrees, both ahead of the two-week benchmark goals. She made it to Bethlehem for Thanksgiving dinner with her stepfather, but she was not ready for football […]

Mick Johnson and Saalem Frink Run Wild as Bonner-Prendie Punches First-Ever Ticket to PIAA Championship Game

November 30, 2024 | Cody Brady

Friars coach Jack Muldoon summed it up in his postgame interview: “I have to give credit to our offensive and defensive line–they dominated tonight, period. We win or lose by how well they play.” And dominate they did, as Bonner-Prendergast racked up over 400 yards on the ground on their way to a 55-26 mercy […]

Bonner-Prendie Beats Southern Lehigh 55-26 (Photo Gallery)

November 30, 2024 | Ryan Scipio

Bonner-Prendie Beats Southern Lehigh 55-26 (Photo Gallery) FULL ARTICLE HERE Int by @_jcoleman5 in the endzone@SolehiSpartans– 0 @MBAP_Football– 0 1st qtr 6:28 Updates Sponsored by @SLUHNSportsMed @PaFootballNews@CCHastings1863 @BPtashinski @LSVSports @NStomsky @afrankl3 @WilliePAFN @NittanyPete @PFN_Luxy #playoffs #states #piaa #highschoolfootball… pic.twitter.com/N1zMbkOzzc — Ryan Scipio (@ScipScip) November 30, 2024 2 yard td run by @mick5johnson @SolehiSpartans– […]

PIAA Class 4A State Semifinal Preview: Bonner-Prendergast vs. Southern Lehigh

November 29, 2024 | Cody Brady

Bonner-Prendergast(10-2) Head Coach: Jack Muldoon Scoring 36.5ppg Allowing 19.8ppg Record of Opponents: 70-43 Record vs .500 or better: 7-2 2024 marks the third consecutive season that the Friars have played postseason football on Thanksgiving weekend in the state playoffs. The run ended last year in the quarterfinals when Dallas won in overtime. Two years ago, […]

Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: A Saturday Double

November 27, 2024 | Guy Smith

2024 Episode 29. Pam’s knee replacement surgery went well, and she is hitting the rehab hard, already ahead of all benchmark metrics for one week out. However, it is likely she will miss the last three weeks of the high school season. With Guy solo, he initially chose three sporting events for the weekend: High […]

Southern Lehigh advances to their first-ever state semifinal by defeating Juniata in a 4A playoff.

November 24, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Behind a 38-point first half barrage Southern Lehigh cruises past Juniata in a PIAA 4A quarterfinal contest. SHAMOKIN- Because of an early season snowstorm wreaked havoc with the scheduling of the PIAA state playoffs on Friday, the game between Southern Lehigh Spartns and the Juniata Indians was pushed back to Saturday after at Kemp Memorial […]

Around District 11 With Pam and Guy: And Then There Were Four

November 20, 2024 | Guy Smith

2024 Episode 28. It was our last week before Pam’s first knee replacement surgery on the 19th. If all goes well, the second one will happen six to eight weeks later. With that in mind, it was mostly “Pam’s Pick” last week. We ended up at PIAA 3A field hockey semi-finals on Tuesday, District 11 […]

Southern Lehigh Beats Bethlehem Catholic 28-7 – DXI Championship (Photo +Video Gallery)

November 15, 2024 | Ryan Scipio

Southern Lehigh Beats Bethlehem Catholic 28-7 Southern Lehigh came in with a mission and didn’t break from it. Sean Steckert lead the way for Southern Lehigh with 4 Touchdowns on the night. Colton Sams connected with Steckert for 8-yard touchdown. Becahi had a several opportunities deep in Southern Lehigh territory but failed on turnovers. They […]

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 […]

Southern Lehigh Scores 28 Unanswered in Stunning Victory Over Pottsville

November 8, 2024 | Cody Brady

Southern Lehigh was down and out in this game, trailing 34-13 with :47 to play in the first half. That all changed when Sean Steckert bounced off a would-be tackler on his way to a 46-yard touchdown with nine seconds left, cutting the deficit to 34-20. He’d have even more stellar plays down the stretch […]

Northwestern staves off upset bid by Southern Lehigh Friday night

October 26, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Northwestern Lehigh captures Colonial/Schuylkill League Red Division championship Friday night. CENTER VALLEY- For much of the 2024 football season the powerhouse, that is the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers, have not had to play a full 48 minutes of football in the Colonial/Schuylkill League, as the defense was only allowing four points per game coming into the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Andrew Olesh Commits to Michigan

July 9, 2024 | Mia Williams

On Monday, Andrew Olesh, a 6’5, 215-pound tight end from Southern Lehigh High School committed to the University of Michigan. Olesh was a highly sought-after four-star tight end who put up 53 catches for 973 yards with 10 touchdowns in his junior season alone. Olesh was ranked third in the nation for tight ends and […]

Whitehall Blows Past Southern Lehigh En route to District XI 5A Championship

November 11, 2023 | Torey Petruno

Story updated 11/12/23 Catasauqua- On this cold November evening, The Zephyrs of Whitehall and the EPC proved to be too much for the Spartans of Southern Lehigh and Schuylkill Colonia League to handle. The game would begin with Whitehall receiving the opening kick and after getting an initial first down, being turned away by a […]

District XI Playoffs 4-5-6A Featuring Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Foes.

November 9, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC GOLDEN HAWKS (6-5) at ALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (9-2) SATURDAY NOVEMBER 11th 6pm at the ZEPHYR SPORTS COMPLEX, WHITEHALL DISTRICT XI CHAMPIONSHIP Bethlehem Catholic snapped a five game losing streak with a shutout of a very good Blue Mountain squad by a score of 14-0. The Golden Hawks opened up […]

PIAA District XI 5A/6A Playoff Previews

October 31, 2023 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

The District XI 5A Playoffs Friday, October 3rd 7 pm. #4 (5-5) East Stroudsburg South at #1 (9-1) Southern Lehigh #3 (6-4) Pocono Mountain West at #2 (6-4) Whitehall SOUTHERN LEHIGH SPARTANS RECORD 9-1 — #1 SEED Southern Lehigh earned the top seed in 5A even with a disappointing loss to rival Northwestern Lehigh in […]

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