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“The
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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 13 of the 22 Class A state finals,
winning six, including a state record five in a row from 2002
through 2006. From 1998 though 2006, the Tigers appeared in every
State Championship game.
Now in his 29th
season as Head Coach of the Tigers, Jim Roth and his staff have
amassed an amazing 85% winning percentage. Their teams have
appeared in the playoffs every year, have won 10 or more games in
25 of 28 seasons and have never had a losing season. In 2009,
Coach Roth became the youngest head coach in Pennsylvania to
reach the career milestone of 300 wins.
Game
Results 2012 (12-1) Season
Stats: Offense,
Defense,
Team
Game
1: The
Tigers traditional slow start to the season only lasted one
quarter and then a ton of young talent exploded for a 61-0
shutout of the Pius X Royals at Alumni Stadium in Roseto (stats:
offense,
defense).
Next week is the home opener with the Montgomery Red Raiders
coming to Tiger Stadium for the first time since 2001.
Game
2: The
Red Raiders play hard and never give up but they are outmanned
by the Tigers as Southern rolls 55-3 (stats: offense,
defense).
The Mount Carmel Red Tornadoes and their parking lot full of
dedicated fans pay a visit next week for a clash of unbeaten
teams in a game that may already have playoff implications.
Game
3: Southern
gets a lot of mistakes and penalties out of their system in the
first half and then roll in the second half to defeat the
visiting Red Tornadoes of Mount Carmel 49-33 (stats: offense,
defense).
The still undefeated Tigers travel to Rodney Morgan Stadium in
South Williamsport next week for their first visit since 2004.
Game
4: The
Tigers strap on their hard hats and go to work putting together
a 42-21 victory over a much improved South Williamsport team
(stats: offense,
defense).
Next week it's Homecoming time as Southern welcomes the Muncy
Indians whose staff features two Tiger Alumni: head coach Jay
Drumheller and assistant Mark Kreisher.
Game
5: A
beautiful Homecoming night for football and Southern wastes no
time in jumping out to a 35-0 lead in the first quarter and
finishing with a big win over the undefeated Muncy Indians 47-7
(stats: offense,
defense).
Another big challenge looms next week as the Tigers brave the
Friday night traffic on the strip to take on the past AAA state
champion Seals of Selinsgrove.
Game
6: Those
young Tigers just keep showing up and beating good teams. This
time it was the Selinsgrove Seals turn to fall to Southern's
balanced offense and hard-nosed defense 50-21 (stats: offense,
defense).
A visit to District 4-A rival Bloomsburg is next on the schedule
with their newly restored field following last years' flooding.
Game
7: In
what could be a playoff preview, the Panthers play the Tigers
tough but Southern comes through again to defeat Bloomsburg
32-20 (stats: offense,
defense).
The AAA playoff bound Shamokin Indians come to town next week
for another big rivalry game.
Game
8: Playing
through the fog and around a lightning strike that took out the
scoreboard Southern leaves no doubt with a 45-6 win over the
Shamokin Indians (stats: offense,
defense).
Central Columbia is having their best season in years and are
certainly playoff bound in AA but next week is a big test for
both teams as the senior-laden Blue Jays come to Tiger Stadium
for Senior Night.
Game
9: Like
watching two heavyweights slug it out, the match was in doubt
until the final minute as the Tigers overcome a great Central
Columbia football team 15-7 (stats: offense,
defense).
Southern closes out the regular season next week with a trip to
Turbotville to take on the Warrior Run Defenders.
Game
10: Featuring
the first ever brother to brother touchdown pass (Nick to Jake
Becker) this game was the icing on the cake of another
undefeated regular season for the Tigers as Southern dominates
the Warrior Run Defenders 50-19 (stats: offense,
defense).
The Second Season begins next week at Tiger Stadium with
longtime playoff opponent Line Mountain coming to town.
Game
11: Trailing
14-0 going into the 2nd
half, the Tigers
kick it up a gear and come out ahead of the Line Mountain Eagles
28-21 (stats: offense,
defense).
It's back to the early 90s next week as Southern takes on the
South Williamsport Mountaineers for the District 4 Championship
at Tiger Stadium.
Game
12: Southern
is in playoff form and firing on all cylinders as the Tigers
take their 21st
District 4
Championship by defeating the South Williamsport Mountaineers
47-12 (stats: offense,
defense).
The state playoffs begin next week with a match at Valley View
HS against the District 2 champ Dunmore Bucks.
Game
13: Southern
falls behind late but stages a furious comeback only to run out
of time and fall short to the very tough Dunmore Bucks 29-35
(stats: offense,
defense).
The 2012 season will be remembered for the first undefeated
regular season since 2006 and how so many first year starters
stepped it up to surprise a whole lot of people. A big “thank
you” to the Seniors for their leadership and we're already
looking forward to the 2013 season and a great group of
returning players.
Tigers
in the Net
The Daily
Item 2012
Football All Stars first team includes Joe Kleman DB, Ryan
Cherwinski OL and Adam Feudale RB.
Tigers
recognized on the first team of the Press Enterprise All Star
Team for 2012 include Ryan Cherwinski as OL of the Year, Adam
Feudale RB, Cody Pavlick LB, and Anthony Chiavaroli LB. The
second team includes Matt Lupold RB, Josh Tripp OL, Dylan Swank
K, Rob Delbo LB, Bryce Parry DB and Jake Becker P.
The
News-Item's All
Area Team for 2012 includes our own Ryan Cherwinski OL, Adam
Feudale RB, Cody Pavlick LB, Jake Becker DL and Bryce Parry DB.
Congratulations
to Southern's newest All-State selections for 2012: Ryan
Cherwinski OL and Cody Pavlick LB. Read the stories at the
News-Item
and Daily
Item.
A great 2012
season comes to an end. Read about it at the News-Item,
Daily
Item, and the Scranton
Times-Tribune.
Harold Raker
of the Daily
Item takes a look at the Tigers' first state playoff
opponent the Dunmore Bucks. And, the Scranton Times-Tribune
reports on the tradition
of Dunmore and their very successful long-time coach, Jack
Henzes.
District
championship stories are at the News-Item,
Daily
Item, EasternPAFootball.com
and the Williamsport Sun-Gazette.
Harold
Raker checks some high points of the great SCA v Line Mt.
Game in his weekly column plus Coach Roth previews the District
Final against the South Williamsport Mountaineers at Ed
Washuta's Coal
Region Voice blog.
Southern's
win over Line Mountain was one of the more exciting playoff
games you'll see and the stories are at the News-Item,
EasternPAFootball.com
and the Daily
Item.
Stories on
the Tiger victory over the Warrior Run Defenders are at the
News-Item
and the Daily
Item.
WNEP-TV 16
has all the Friday night football highlights for the Tigers on
one page. Check it out at the Southern
Columbia page on their website.
Coverage of
the tough win over Central Columbia are at the News-Item
and EasternPAFootball.com
plus Harold Raker talks about high points in the game in his HS
Football Notebook column.
The News-Item
and Daily
Item were at Tiger Stadium for the 2012 Fog Bowl and the
Tigers win over the Shamokin Indians.
Philadelphia
great Ron
Jaworski breaks down the NY Giants' running game and the
importance of our own Henry Hynoski ('08): “You can't get
to the Bowl without a Pole”!
Coach Roth
talks about the “wake-up call” Southern got from the
Bloomsburg game at the News-Item.
The News-Item
and Daily
Item covered the Tigers win over Selingrove.
The Schetroma
brothers Ken ('09) and Tom ('12) were all-state players on the
field for Southern and now they're back on the field together at
Susquehanna University. Read Dan
Macarthur's feature from the News-Item Playbook.
Details on
the Tigers fifth win of the season are at the News-Item,
and EasternPAFootball.com.
Harold Raker
takes note of the first of Coach Roth's former players to return
to Tiger Stadium as Head Coach of an opponent: Jay
Drumheller of the Muncy Indians.
The win over
the Mountaineers is covered in the News-Item,
Daily
Item, Williamsport Sun-Gazette
and EasternPAFootball.com.
The Tigers'
win over Mount Carmel was covered like a blanket by newspapers,
radio and even televised on WNEP-16. Check the stories at the
News-Item,
Daily
Item and EasternPAFootball.com.
Plus, Harold Raker has notes on the game in his weekly High
School Notebook. You can also see video highlights at WNEP.
Stories on
the Tigers' second win of the year over Montgomery are at the
News
Item, and the Daily
Item.
Southern
features many new young starters this year and the Daily Item's
Harold Raker did a great job breaking
it down at the DIFootball.com website.
Reporting on
the Tigers shocking 61-0 shutout of the Royals are the News
Item, Daily
Item, Express-Times
and EasternPAFootball.com.
Bucking the
trend, the Daily Item is actually expanding their online
coverage of local high school football. Check the new Daily
Item Football page for team info, news and their excellent
weekly podcast during the season.
Our own Henry
Hynoski caught some good press in New York after the Giants
second preseason game. Check out the “Big
Blue Bruiser” at the New York Post website.
The Daily
Item was there for the first scrimmage of the year. Read their
coverage here.
The Reading
Eagle reports that Tiger Alum Ken Schetroma ('09) enters his
senior season at Susquehanna University with high
expectations for the football team and for his student
teaching assignment.
EasternPAFootball.com
previewed the 2012
Tigers as part of their “40 Teams in 40 Days”
feature.
Joe Sarra,
head coach of the Tigers from 1967-69, recently passed away.
Perhaps best known for his later success as an assistant coach
at Penn State, he will always be a Tiger and he will be missed.
Read a tribute to him at GoPSUSports.com.
Tiger QB and
LB Brad Fegley is the 2011 News-Item Player of the Year. Also
joining him on the News-Item All Star Team are Tyler Levan RB,
Keith Day WR, Bryan Gedman OL, Tom Schetroma DL, Matt Moore DL
and Jamie Slotterback LB.
The
Press-Enterprise All-Star team features Tyler Levan as Offensive
Back of the Year, Keith Day as Defensive Back of the Year and
Matt Moore as Defensive Lineman of the Year. Also on the first
team are Bryan Gedman OL, Tom Schetroma DL and Brad Fegley LB.
The 2nd
team includes Bill
Reigle OL, Casey Savitski RB, Dylan Eck LB, Jake Becker P and
Jamie Slotterback LB.
The Class A
All State Team includes Matt Moore DL and Tom Schetroma DL. See
the story at the Daily
Item.
State final
coverage is at EasternPAFootball.com,
Daily
Item, Pittsburgh
Tribune, and the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette.
State
Championship previews are at Daily
Item, EasternPAFootball.com,
WesternPAFootball.net,
and the Pittsburgh
Tribune.
The Reading
Eagle featured Tiger lineman Tom
Schetroma as one of the reasons Southern is heading back to
the state finals for the 13th
time.
Coverage of
the Tigers' first Eastern Final win since 2006 is at the
Pittsburgh
Tribune, Altoona
Mirror, EasternPAFootball.com
and Daily
Item. Plus a story from the Penns Manor hometown paper the
Indiana
Gazette.
Eastern final
playoff previews are at EasternPAFootball
and the Indiana
Gazette.
The Heartland
Athletic Conference recently announced the 2011
All Stars and the Tigers are well represented. First Team
Offense: Brad Fegley QB, Bryan Gedman OL, Tyler Levan RB, Keith
Day WR, Jake Becker TE. First Team Defense: Matt Moore DL, Tom
Schetroma DL, Keith Day DB. Second Team Offense: Matt Moore RB,
Bill Reigle OL. Second Team Defense: Brad Fegley LB.
If you like
offense you would have loved this game. Read about the Tigers'
big win over the Pius X Royals at the Morning
Call, Reading
Eagle, EasternPAFootball
and Lehighvalley.com.
Playoff
previews for the Pius X playoff game are at the Daily
Item and EasternPAFootball.
Plus Harold Raker points out the tremendous 2-way play of the
Tiger's Keith
Day.
EasternPAFootball
and the Daily
Item were there to witness a wild state playoff win over the
Old Forge Blue Devils. If you're brave and can bear the
subscription prompts, the Scranton
Times-Tribune has a nice story on the Tigers' win.
The Tigers
are featured prominently in this week's High
School Football Notebook at the Daily Item.
Stories on
the Tigers' 20th
District 4-A
Championship are at the Daily
Item and EasternPAFootball.com.
The Daily
Item has the story on the Tigers' first playoff win of the
year.
EasternPAFootball
was at the Silver Bowl for the Tigers' first loss of the season.
The Daily
Item has the story on the Southern victory over Loyalsock.
Scott
Dudinskie was there for the Tigers' win over the Ironmen in the
Daily
Item.
Coverage of
the win over the Bloom Panthers is at the Daily
Item and EasternPAFootball.com.
Harold Raker
of the Daily Item was there to witness the “Instant
Classic” that was the Tigers win over the Lewisburg
Green Dragons.
The Daily
Item took note of sophomore Nate
Hunter and his impressive performance against Central
Columbia in their weekly High School Football Notebook
Scott
Dudinskie covered the win over Central Columbia at the Daily
Item.
The Daily
Item's Marion Valanoski was there for the Tigers' big win
over the Shamokin Indians. Plus EasternPAFootball.com
filed a game report.
A game report
of the win over Montoursville is at the Daily
Item.
Coverage of
the Tigers' victory over the Line Mountain Eagles from Shawn
Weller at EasternPAFootball.com
and the Daily
Item's Harold Raker.
David Mika of
EasternPAFootball.com
talked to Coach Jim Roth about his coaching philosophy and the
upcoming season of Tiger Football.
Henry Hynoski
is making the Tiger Family very proud with his new team and new
NFL career with the New York Giants. Here's a video
interview with Henry during preseason camp. Some of the
Giants regular bloggers have taken notice and pronounced him a
“cult-hero”.
You'll find a great profile of Henry and his family is at
InsideFootball.
Congratulations
to Ted Heitzman (2008) for his top ten finish at the NCAA Track
& Field Championships becoming Bucknell's first All-American
in 15 years. See the story at the Bucknell
website.
Bucknell
junior Ted Heitzman (2008) won PIAA gold medals in football and
javelin for the Tigers and is looking to add national champ to
his collection as he heads to the NCAA Division 1 Track &
Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Read the story in the
Daily
Item.
Pitt fullback
and Tiger Alum Henry Hynoski (2007) is looking to continue his
football career in the NFL as a free agent. He recently talked
to Todd
Stanford about the possibilities.
The News-Item
All Area team features Keith Day DB, Alex Fidler LB, Kurt Henrie
OL, Tyrell Thomas RB, and Jake Townsend QB.
The Press
Enterprise Football All Stars include first teamers Jake
Townsend QB, Kurt Henrie OL, Tyrell Thomas Offensive Specialist,
Matt Moore DL, Alex Fidler LB, Ethan Snyder LB and Keith Day DB.
Joining them on the 2nd
team are Jake Morton
RB, Cameron Flore OL, Colton Yeick K, Brad Fegley LB, Tyler
Levan Defensive Specialist, and Tim Benner P.
The 2010
All-State Team includes our own Tyrell Thomas as 2nd
team running back.
See the full list at Rod
Frisco's website.
Fourteen
Tigers were named to the Heartland Conference Division II
All-Star Team for 2010. First teamers include Cameron Flore OL,
Kurt Henrie OL, Tyrell Thomas RB, Jake Townsend QB, Cody
Rosenberger WR, Matt Moore DL, Ethan Snyder LB, and Keith Day
DB. Second team selections are Bryan Gedman OL, Jake Morton RB,
Colton Yeick K, Blake Nevius DL, Alex Fidler LB, and Tim Benner
P. The complete list is at the Heartland
Conference website.
Coverage of
the playoff loss to Riverside is at EasternPAFootball.com
and the Scranton
Times-Tribune.
Playoff
previews for the Southern/Riverside game on Black Friday are at
the Daily
Item, and the Scranton
Times-Tribune.
Reports on
the Tigers' third consecutive District 4 Championship are at the
Patriot-News,
more from the Patriot
News, Daily
Item, and EasternPAFootball.
We always
have our eye on the Steel-High Rollers this time of year with so
many memorable playoff games over the years. Unfortunately,
their star tailback Clayton McNair was seriously injured in
their playoff win over Columbia apparently by consecutive
face-mask tackles. The Tiger Football Family wishes him well and
a speedy recovery. Read more at PennLive.com.
Marion
Valanoski and Shawn Weller made brave attempts to describe the
Tigers' strange playoff win against the Canton Warriors at
EasternPAFootball.com.
Stories on
the Tigers' awesome game against the Seals are at the Daily
Item and EasternPAFootball.com.
The epic
football game between Southern and Mt. Carmel was covered by the
Daily
Item and EasternPAFootball.com.
The News-Item also reported that special
guests at the game included candidates for Pennsylvania
Governor and the State Legislature.
Read about
the Southern & Loyalsock scoring fest at the Williamsport
Sun-Gazette and Daily
Item.
The Ironmen
showed a lot of talent and determination as the Tigers suffer
their second loss of a meat-grinder regular season schedule.
Find the details at the Daily
Item.
The biggest
Homecoming crowd in years were there for the epic struggle
between the undefeated Tigers and the Green Dragons of
Lewisburg. No one left early, that's for sure. Read about
Southern's first loss of the year in the Daily
Item and EasternPAFootball.com.
Great
weather, bleachers full of fans, more fans three deep around the
rope, crazy student sections, football alumni, loud marching
bands, concession stand food and high school football under the
Friday Night Lights. I almost can't stand it. A perfect night
made even better by the Tigers' victory over the visiting
Shamokin Indians. Read about the football part at the Daily
Item, EasternPAFootball,
and the CoalRegionVoice.
Cheerleaders
never get the credit they deserve for their hard work in
training, competitions and team support. The News-Item's Dan
Burda talked to Tiger Cheerleading coach Kenda Roth about the
“Cheerleading
– activity or sport?” debate in this week's
Football Friday.
Broadacaster
Ed Washuta previews the big rivalry game against the Shamokin
Indians on his CoalRegionVoice
Blog.
The Tigers'
conference win over the Montoursville Warriors was covered by
the Daily
Item, EasternPAFootball
and the Williamsport
Sun-Gazette.
Lesson #1:
The Tigers never, ever quit. Lesson #2: If you're up by 3
touchdowns at the end of the first quarter, go back and read
Lesson #1. Then read about the Tigers' win over Line Mountain
and “one of the whackiest games Coach Roth has ever been a
part of” in the Daily
Item and EasternPAFootball.com.
The Daily
Item reports
that Tiger Alum Henry Hynoski '07 was named the top fullback in
the country in his class by CBSSports.com. Also in the Daily
Item we find
out that Henry was part of a recent commercial promoting
Pittsburgh Panther Football.
The Tiger
Family lost one of its own recently when Geoffrey Michaelesko,
starting lineman on the 2004 State Championship team and Iraq
War Veteran, passed away following a motorcycle accident. Our
deepest condolences go out to Geoffrey's family and friends.
The annual
District 4 All Star Game will be played once again on Friday,
June 25th
at Rodney Morgans
Stadium in South Williamsport. Southern players will include
John Lamb DT, Ian Van Wieren OL, and Brad Witcoskie OL. Read
about it in the News-Item.
Tiger head
coach Jim Roth and the undefeated Southern Columbia 1994 PIAA
State Championship team, one of the most dominating Class A
teams ever, were inducted into the Bernie Romanoski Chapter of
the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame at the annual induction on
April 17th.
Spring
practice has begun for college football programs and Tiger alum
Henry Hynoski (2007) is turning heads with his physical play for
the Pitt Panthers. Read the article at the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette.
The
Press-Enterprise recently named their “All-Decade Team”
of football players in their coverage area. Named to the first
team were Southern standouts Bob Admire LB, Kyle Connaghan S,
Ian Fullmer OL, Henry Hynoski RB, Josh Marks OL, Matt Murdock
CB, Bryan “BJ” Snyder Jr K, Colby Snyder WR, and
Ryan Slater LB. The second team is full of amazing talent as
well, including Tom Admire CB, Sean Connaghan TE, Chase Fraley
OL, Nich Gallinot LB, Josh Hoagland OL, Cody Jones OL, Dan
Latorre QB, Steve Roth RB, Nate Scicchitano OS, and Brad Sones
DE.
Brad
Witcoskie continues the tradition by being named to the WNEP-TV
Super
16 Dream Team for 2009. More Tigers have been named to the
Dream Team over its seven year history than other other area
team. Plus, Coach Roth was given the Coaching Achievement Award
recognizing his many accomplishments over his 26 year (so far)
head coaching career. You can see video of the program on the
WNEP
Sports website. Scroll down for the Dream Team Banquet
videos: Part 1 for the presentation to Coach Roth and part 3 for
the presentation to Brad Witcoskie.
The AP All
State Team is now the Pennsylvania
Sportswriters All State Team and congratulations are in
order to first team selection Jake Morton FB and second team
selection Brad Witcoskie OL.
The Reading
Eagle's All-Anthracite
Team includes Jake Morton FB, Ian Van Wieren OL, Brad
Witcoskie OL, Bryan “BJ” Snyder K and Tom Schetroma
DL.
The Daily
Item reports that the District 4 All Star team includes 1st
team selection Bryan
“BJ” Snyder, Jr K plus Tyrell Thomas RB, Jake Morton
RB, and Brad Witcoskie OL on the 2nd
team and Jake
Townsend QB, John Lamb OL and Ian Van Wieren OL as Honorable
Mention.
The
All-EasternPAFootball.com
Small School Team includes the Tigers record-breaking kicker
Bryan “BJ” Snyder Jr., and offensive lineman John
Lamb as Honorable Mention.Jake Morton, the Tigers' outstanding
junior fullback, was named the area MVP by both the
Press-Enterprise and the News-Item. Read the News-Item story by
Dan Burda here.
The News-Item
All
Area team includes Jake Townsend QB, Jake Morton FB, Billy
Shoop SE, Tom Schetroma DT, and Brad Witcoskie OL.
The
Press-Enterprise recently named their All-Star team and along
with MVP Jake Morton the first team included Jake Townsend QB,
Brad Witcoskie OL, John Lamb OL, Bryan “BJ” Snyder,
Jr K, and Tom Schetroma DT. Second teamers include Tyrell Thomas
RB, Ian Van Wieren OL, Billy Shoop WR, Tim Benner Off
Specialist, Alex Fidler LB, Ethan Snyder LB, and Jared Hallick
DB.
The press box
must have been bulging as coverage of the Southern vs.
Tri-Valley playoff game included the Daily
Item, EasternPAFootball,
Patriot
News, plus extra News-Item coverage from Kevin
Keating and Dan
Burda.
Tri-Valley
playoff previews can be found at the News-Item,
Pottsville
Republican, and Daily
Item plus Harold Raker talked to junior QB Jake
Townsend for the Daily Item, as well.
The
News-Item's Dan Burda talked to Mike
Kogut, head coach of the Tigers' next playoff opponent, The
Tri-Valley Bulldogs.
Twelve Tigers
were named to the Heartland Conference Division II All-Star Team
for 2009. First teamers include Ian Van Wieren OL, John Lamb OL,
Brad Witcoskie OL, Jake Morton RB, Jake Townsend QB, Tom
Schetroma DL, Corey Bittner TE, B.J. Snyder K, and Ethan Snyder
LB. Second team selections are Tyrell Thomas RB, Billy Shoop SE,
and Jared Hallick DB. The Daily
Item has the story.
The Tigers
first state playoff win since the 2006 State Championship was
covered by the Daily
Item, Times-Leader,
and was also covered by EasternPAFootball.com.
Rod Frisco of
the Harrisburg Patriot-News discovered something we knew all
along: that Southern is a very good football team. Read about
his discovery in his weekly 1st
and 10
column (#5).
District 4
Championship coverage is at the Daily
Item.
Ed Washuta
took note of Southern's epic 90 yard, 18 play, nearly 11 minute
touchdown drive that sealed the win over Bloomsburg in the
District 4-A semifinal. Read his take at the Coal
Region Voice blog.
The new
classifications for the next two years are out and major changes
include Bloomsburg moving back to AA and Shamokin moving back to
AAA. See the complete list at EasternPAFootball.com.
The Panther
Stadium Curse is broken and the Daily
Item witnessed the exorcism.
Finally, a
Friday night without rain and the Daily
Item were there for the Tiger victory at Alumni Stadium in
Milton.
The Silver
Bowl is one of the best places in the state to watch a high
school football game and the Daily
Item and didn't miss their chance to see the Tigers top the
Red Tornadoes.
Freelance
writer Bill
Mosser posted an article on Southern Columbia Football on
the PA Football News website.
Enduring the
rain once again, the Daily
Item covered the Tiger's win over the Central Columbia Blue
Jays.
The Daily
Item and was there for the cold, wet, but very game struggle
between Southern and the Selinsgrove Seals.
After their 3
point win over Southern, Tim Hare of the Press-Enterprise quotes
a Bloomsburg player inexplicably saying that the Panthers should
have won the two games against the Tigers last year (despite
losing both by 41 points) and that “Kicking the crap out
of Southern Columbia is so much fun”. Let's hope that
player's sentiment finds it's way to a permanent and prominent
spot in the Tigers' weight room.
A story on
the Tiger/Panther rivalry game is in the Daily
Item.
The prep
website Football
Friday Night lists Coach Roth as #5 in winning percentage
(85.3%) among active coaches with 300 wins and #8 all-time.
Making
history in high school football doesn't happen very often –
check the story on Coach Roth's 300th
win in the Daily
Item.
The Lancers
survive the 4th
quarter this time
and get their first win over the Tigers in 17 tries. Read the
coverage in the Daily
Item and, from the Loyalsock perspective, the Sun-Gazette.
Ed Washuta
talked to Coach Roth about the upcoming game with Loyalsock
which could be #300 in the win column for the the Tiger's
longtime head coach. See the video on the Coal
Region Voice blog.
The Daily
Item was there for the 500+ yard offensive performance in
the Tigers win over the Jersey Shore Bulldogs.
The wild (42
Tiger pass attempts!) and woolly game against Montoursville is
covered in the News-Item
and by the Williamsport
Sun-Gazette.
Dan Burda
previews the second edition of the Tigers vs. Montoursville
rivalry at the News-Item
website.
See the
coverage of the Tigers' opening night win over the Shamokin
Indians at the Daily
Item and News-Item.
Looking ahead
to the new season, Chuck Souders talked to Coach Roth in the
News-Item season
preview.
Former
All-State Tiger quarterback Dan Latorre (2005) will soon begin
his fourth season as the starting quarterback for the Bloombsurg
Huskies. Described as “one of the best to ever wear the
uniform at that position”, Latorre is featured prominently
in the Huskies' 2009
season preview.
Tiger alum
Matt Koziol (2005) was recently honored
by the National Football Foundation with his induction into the
Hampshire Honor Society in recognition of his accomplishments on
the field, in the community and in the classroom at Susquehanna
University where he was a four-year letter winner at split end.
The South
takes the win over the North in a very well-played District 4
All Star Game by a score of 24-14. Coach Roth gets the win as
head coach and seniors Austin Carpenter, Chase Fraley, Matt
Miller, Steve Roth, Ken Schetroma and Sam Springer get one last
high school football game together. Roth was named “Overall
MVP” for the game with Sam Springer joining him as the
“Offensive Player of the Game” for the South Team.
Read the story in the and Daily
Item.
While the
2009 schedule is already set, Tim Hare reports in the
Press-Enterprise that Southern will once again play the Danville
Ironmen beginning in 2010 after a two-year break in the 40+ year
series. Along with the Ironmen, the Tigers will again play the
resurgent Lewisburg Green Dragons plus non-league and frequent
playoff opponent Line Mountain. Dropping from the 2010 schedule
are Milton, Jersey Shore and Warrior Run.
Josh Funk
interviewed
Coach Roth about the nearing the 300 win milestone in his
column on EasternPAFootball.com.
The
Press-Enterprise reports that Ken Schetroma and Steve Roth are
headed to Susquehanna
University to play football this fall.
The Heartland
Conference names an Academic
All-Star Team that includes those players who lettered in
their sport and also were on their school's honor roll for 3
consecutive marking periods including the period for the sport
they lettered in. The Tigers have 30 players on the Academic
All-Star Team, representing
over half the players on the roster.
Congratulations
to All State lineman Chase Fraley and best wishes as he
continues his football career at Division II Kutztown
University. Check the rest of the incoming class at Kutztown on
their website.
Continuing
the tradition, Steve Roth will represent Southern Columbia on
the 2008 WNEP-TV 16 “Dream
Team”. Every Dream Team has had at least one Tiger on
it since its inception in 2003. the Dream Team Banquet is set
for January 24th;
watch for highlights on Channel 16.
The PA
Football News Class
A All-PFN features Chase Fraley OL, Aaron Yoder LB and Steve
Roth RB on the 2nd
team plus BJ Snyder
PK and Ken Schetroma TE on the 3rd
team. Sam Springer
RB/LB is listed as Honorable Mention.
The
All-EasternPAFootball.com
Small School Team includes Aaron Yoder LB, Steve Roth RB and
Chase Fraley OL.
The Small
School All-Anthracite team from the Reading Eagle honors
Chase Fraley OL, Steve Roth RB and Sam Springer Kick Returner
(!?) plus honorable mention John Lamb OL, Ken Schetroma DE, Tony
Drain LB, Aaron Yoder LB and Austin Carpenter P.
The Daily
Item All-Star team has Steve Roth RB, Chase Fraley OL, Sam
Springer Athlete, and Ken Schetroma DL on the first team. The
second team has John Lamb OL, Bryan Snyder Jr K and Tony Drain
LB. Sam Springer and Ken Schetroma are also on the honorable
mention list at RB and TE, respectively. Other honorable mention
players are Austin Carpenter RB, Aaron Yoder LB, Matt Miller LB
, Joe Admire DB, and Austin Carpenter again at punter. (No link
– what's up Daily Item?).
The honors
keep rolling in: the Press-Enterprise named Steve Roth their
“Offensive Back of the Year” and Chase Fraley OL,
Sam Springer Offensive Specialist, Bryan Snyder Jr K, and Ken
Schetroma DL joined him on the first team. Brad Witcoskie OL,
Tony Drain LB, Aaron Yoder LB and Austin Carpenter P were named
to the second team. (Links are behind a subscription wall but
still worth noting).
Tiger
All-State players for 2009 are Steve Roth RB, Chase Fraley OL
and Aaron Yoder LB, all on the 2nd
team. Read the
article in the Daily-Item.
Stories on
the Tigers final game of a great 2008 season are at the Daily
Item and Scranton
Times-Tribune.
Playoff
previews abound: Daily
Item, and Scranton
Times-Tribune.
On the video
front, Ed Washuta hears from Coach
Roth on the upcoming state playoff game with Riverside and,
from the District 2 point of view, Scranton Times-Tribune
reporter Joby Fawcett previews
the week 13 games.
The Daily
Item's Harold Raker highlights Tiger senior captain Chase
Fraley and his work on the offensive line. Apparently
working overtime, Harold also talked
to Riverside head coach Harry Armstrong about the upcoming state
playoff game.
Stories on
the Tiger's D4-A title win over the Line Mountain Eagles are at
EasternPAFootball.com,
Reading
Eagle, Daily
Item, and Patriot-News.
Plus, Bill95 play-by-play broadcaster Ed Washuta reviews the
game in his CoalRegionVoice
blog and shares his love of Mrs. Sharrow's peanut butter pie.
Previews of
the District 4-A title game are at the Daily
Item.
Ed Washuta
talks to Coach Roth about the upcoming District 4-A Championship
game against Line Mountain in his CoalRegionVoice
Blog.
Several
Tigers were named to the Heartland
Division II All-Star Team. Congratulations to 1st
teamers Steve Roth
RB, Chase Fraley OL John Lamb OL, Ken Schetroma DL, Tony Drain
LB and Austin Carpenter P. The 2nd
team includes BJ
Snyder K, Tom Schetroma DL, Matt Miller LB, Dave Fegley DB and
Joe Admire DB.
Details of
the Tigers' playoff win against Bloom can be found at the the
Daily
Item.
Another Tiger
alum in the news: former defensive back and MIT grad Josh
Maciejewski (2003) was recently commissioned a Navy officer
after successfully completing OCS. Josh is now attending the
Navy's Nuclear Power School in South Carolina according to the
Press-Enterprise.
The
Press-Enterprise reports that Todd Nolan, former Tiger lineman
and co-captain of the 1994 State Championship team, recently
earned a PhD in neurophysiology from East Carolina University.
Congratulations!
Bill Bowman
reports on All-State Tiger alumni and current Bloomsburg
University quarterback Dan Latorre (2005) as the Huskies prepare
for the PSAC East title game. Read his story at the Daily
Item.
Links to
stories on the Mt Carmel game are at EasternPAFootball.com,
Reading
Eagle and Daily
Item.
You'll find
reports on the Southern win over the Blue Jays at the Daily
Item website.
Mike Drago of
the Reading Eagle recently profiled
former All-State Tiger lineman Mark Scisly (1997) in his first
season as Head Football Coach of the Boyertown Bears.
If you don't
want to read about the Tigers' big loss to Selinsgrove, don't
click these links: Daily
Item, and still more from the Daily
Item.
Exciting
tales of revenge and redemption (coverage of the Southern/Bloom
game) are at the Daily
Item and EasternPAFootball.com.
The Daily
Item made the rainy drive to Turbotville to report on the
Tigers win over the Defenders.
Read coverage
of the lopsided win over Loyalsock in the Daily-Item
plus Loyalsock's hometown paper, the Sun-Gazette.
Ed Washuta
heard from Coach Roth about the upcoming Loyalsock game in his
Coal
Region Voice Blog.
Reporting on
the Tigers' trip to Jersey Shore was EasternPAFootball.com.
Coverage of
the comeback win over Montoursville can be found at the
Williamsport
Sun-Gazette, Daily
Item, and EasternPAFootball.com.
The Daily
Item took note of the Schetroma
brothers, Ken & Tom, who are making life miserable for
opposing quarterbacks from their positions on the defensive
line.
Stories on
the Tiger victory over the Shamokin Indians can be found in the
Daily
Item and coverage from Shawn
Weller of EasternPAFootball.com.
Western PA
writer Terry Rodgers talked to Coach Roth and several
successful alumni about the unique history of Tiger
Football and the challenge of the upcoming season.
Read his piece at the Pittsburgh
Sports Report .
Tiger
running back Andrew Wimble was named South Offensive Player of
the Game in the annual North-South District 4 All-Star Game with
the North carrying the day 20-7. Read about it in the Daily
Item.
Four Tiger
seniors get one more chance to play high school football when
Aaron Farnsworth, Colby Snyder, Andrew Wimble and Justin Knoebel
play in the North-South All Star Senior Football Classic. The
game is scheduled for 7pm, June 27th,
at Rodney K. Morgans
Stadium in South Williamsport. The 2007 SCA Cheerleaders also
make a final appearance as the squad cheering on the South team.
Read more in the Daily
Item.
Congratulations
to 2007 Tiger captains and now District 4 Track & Field
champs Justin Knoebel (shot put) and Ted Heitzman (javelin).
Also heading to Shippensburg for states are runners-up junior
linebacker Sam Springer (100m) and senior superfan Nate Leighow
(3200m). Other Tigers in the top 8 at the District 4 meet were
junior linebacker Tony Drain (110m hurdles), senior defensive
back Zeke Conrad (200m), junior lineman Ken Schetroma (shot
put), and sophomore defensive back Billy Shoop (800m). Also, the
4x100 relay team of Springer, Conrad, Drain and junior fullback
Steve Roth and the 4x800 relay team of Leighow, Shoop, sophomore
defensive back David Shoop and senior European-style footballer
Greg Miles were top 8 finishers as well. Full District
4 results can be found on the PIAA website.
While not
technically a Tiger, Coach Bill Scott of Selinsgrove has
certainly been a big part of Tiger History, especially during
the very competitive series from 1996-2002. His recent
resignation was truly the end of an era in District 4 football.
Read the story in the Daily
Item.
Tiger alum
Mark Scisly (1997) was recently named head coach at AAAA
Boyertown Area HS in Berks County. Read all about it in the
Reading
Eagle. Plus, check out the website for his Boyertown
Bears.
Congratulations
to Press-Enterprise All-Stars Chase Fraley OL and Colby Snyder
DB. Named to the second team were Ken Schetroma DL, Steve Roth
RB, Sam Springer LB, Zeke Conrad DB and Tyler Wilson OL.
The PA
Foootball News Class
A All-PFN Team includes Colby Snyder, 1st
team offense and
Justin Knoebel, 2nd
team offense. Plus,
Ted Heitzman, Sam Springer, and Chase Fraley are listed as
honorable mention.
The Reading
Eagle All-Anthracite
Small School Team includes:
Offense:
Aaron Farnsworth,
tight end; Chase Fraley, offensive line. Honorable mentions
include: Ted Heitzman, quarterback; Andrew Wimble, running back;
Steve Roth, running back; Justin Knoebel, offensive line; and
Mike Moyer, offensive line.
Defense:
Colby Snyder,
defensive back. Honorable mentions include: Joe Picarelli,
defensive end; Ken Schetroma, offensive line; Tony Drain,
linebacker; and Zeke Conrad, defensive back.
The AP Class
A All-State list includes our own Colby Snyder (1st
team offensive
specialist) and Justin Knoebel (2nd
team offensive
lineman). Read the story in the Daily-Item.
The Daily
Item named several Tigers to their All-Star
Team:
Offense:
Colby Snyder, wide
receiver; Chase Fraley, lineman, Steve Roth, utility player
Defense:
Joe Picarelli,
defensive end; Ken Schetroma, lineman; Tony Drain, linebacker;
Zeke Conrad, defensive back; Colby Snyder, defensive back
The Daily
Item reported on Southern's first playoff loss since 2001.
Plus, Tim Hare of the Press-Enterprise quotes Coach Roth saying
his status is “up in the air” and may not return
next season (say it isn't so!)
Harold Raker
looks back at Line Mountain's loss to the Millersburg Indians
and gives us his predictions for this weekend's playoff games in
his Daily
Item column.
Great
coverage of the Tigers' victory over the Ironmen can be found in
the Daily
Item. And, Ed Washuta points out that Colby
Snyder broke Matt Murdock's career reception record in his
Coal Region Voice Blog.
The Tigers
win over Central Columbia was covered by the Daily
Item.
Harold Raker
reviews the District 4 Class A playoff possibilities in his
weekly
column in the Daily Item.
Writer Chris
Rosetti was all over the SCA vs. Clarion game filing stories for
the Daily
Item and D9Sports.com.
Stories on
the Hughesville victory by the usual suspects can be found in
the Daily
Item. Shawn Weller of EasternPAFootball
reported on the game as well.
Using words
like “dominated” and “pounded”, the
local papers report on the Tigers' important victory over
Warrior Run. Read the story in the Daily
Item.
Check the
coverage of the win over Lewisburg at the Daily
Item.
The 2007
version of the Southern-Mt. Carmel rivalry attracted a lot of
media coverage. See the post-game stories in the Reading
Eagle, Daily
Item, and EasternPAFootball.com.
Post-mortem
of the loss to Bloomsburg can be found in the Daily
Item.
The Daily
Item declared Southern Columbia Football the “best of the
best” of all area sports programs. Read Todd
Sanford's story on their website.
PennLive.com
blogger Josh Funk provides his view of the 2007 Tigers prospects
in his Western
Pa Football blog.
Shannon Flynn
of the Press-Enterprise reports that former Tiger fullback Eric
Trometter (2002) has received the Army Commendation Medal for
“meritorious service” and “exceptional”
leadership qualities while serving our country in Afghanistan
and Iraq.
Recent Tiger
alum Nich Gallinot (2007) was profiled by the Daily
Item as he prepared for his final game before heading to
Parris Island to begin life as a U.S. Marine.
Our own Henry
Hynoski (2007) and future Pitt Panther helped Pennsylvania
defeat Ohio in the Big 33 game. Find details in this Daily
Item story.
Read coverage
of the 2006 State Final from the perspective of West Middlesex'
hometown paper, the Sharon
Herald. Also, coverage from the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette.
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