Feudale carries Tigers to Victory
By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) Bloomsburg head coach Mike Kogut gave Southern Columbia fullback Adam Feudale about as high of a praise as anybody could give a Tiger running back after Southern’s 49-14 victory over his Panthers. “He is just a tremendous athlete that has great balance for his size. He looks like kind of […]
Tigers Recipe for Success
By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) Southern Columbia has been throwing a party since week one because this season has marked a half-century of the program’s existence which dates back to 1963. The Tigers have certainly learned what it takes to create a recipe for success in the past twenty years. Ask any football fan of […]
Tigers End Regular Season Unbeaten
By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) For the 9th time in Southern Columbia head coach Jim Roth’s historic career, his Tigers completed an undefeated regular season. His squad didn’t have any trouble against an inferior Warrior Run team as the Tigers cruised to a 44-13 victory. In fact, it was such a dominant effort that the […]
Southern Columbia Wins Against Rival
By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) After Friday night’s game held at Central Columbia’s brand new turf field, the Blue Jays (3-6) can at least say one thing that the first eight opponents the Southern Columbia Tigers (9-0) faced cannot. They held SCA under 45 points. Not by much, but they were the first opponent to […]
Coach Jim Roth gets 350th win
By: Dave Fegley (Twitter: @DFegs9) For the first seven minutes of Friday night’s game at Kemp Memorial Stadium, the Shamokin Indians (0-8) actually outplayed the Southern Tigers (8-0). However, the final three and a half quarters belonged to the top ranked Tigers as they went on to thrash the Indians by a score of 56-0 […]
Southern’s defense was key in victory
By: Dave Fegley (Black Diamond Sports Network) In the preseason, a lot of fans from both Southern Columbia (7-0) and Bloomsburg (4-3) were excited to see how their offenses would perform during the season. Coming into the game, both teams have certainly put up some gaudy numbers on the offensive side of the ball. The […]
Tigers Celebrate on All Cylinders
Dave Fegley (Black Diamond Sports Network): Southern Columbia honored the class of 1963 before kickoff on Friday night because this season marks the 50th year of football for the program. It was also the homecoming game for the Tigers. Add in the atmosphere, an October night that was around 75 degrees by kickoff, with a […]
Southern Columbia Tigers Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Brief History: In 1963, the small-school known as “Southern Columbia” started a varsity football team. After struggling for a couple of decades, including a bunch of long losing streaks, the Tigers hired Jim Roth as the Head Coach in the early 1980’s. Now, after fifty seasons on the gridiron, this high school dynasty has more […]
Tiger defense looking very impressive
Southern Columbia head coach Jim Roth has said since the preseason that he has been impressed with his offense. Clearly any football fan can say the same thing as the Tigers are the third highest scoring team in the entire state. For the last three weeks, the defense has actually been probably even more impressive. […]
Southern Columbia looks like the top of Class A
Tigers will most likely claim top spot after victory CATAWISSA— The Southern Columbia Tigers (4-0) came into this week ranked #2 in the state for Class A. When the new rankings come out, the Tigers will most likely move up to the top spot after the Clairton Bears, who had the nation’s longest winning streak […]
Tigers Defense Dominates Red Tornadoes at the Silver Bowl
By: Dave Fegley (Black Diamond Sports Network) on Saturday, September 14th, 2013 MOUNT CARMEL— When Southern Columbia (3-0) and Mount Carmel Area (2-1) square off, which they have done for the last eighteen years, it is the marquee matchup in the state for a couple of different reasons. You have a Tiger program that has […]
Southern Mauls Montgomery
By: Dave Fegley (Black Diamond Sports Network) on Saturday, September 7th, 2013 MONTGOMERY—The Tigers (2-0) came in to the game knowing that they were probably going to only let their starters play for a little over a quarter because they were heavy favorites against the Red Raiders (0-2).”We wanted to just come out and take […]
Tigers Tackle Royals in Season Opener
By: Dave Fegley (Black Diamond Sports Network) on Saturday, Augusust 31st, 2013 CATAWISSA—The Tigers of Southern Columbia celebrate their 50th Anniversary this year. The first varsity squad was established in 1963. After five decades, the Tigers have won six state championships and have a team this year that many think can contend for a seventh. […]
