Schuylkill Haven's Niko Castillo (8) is brought down by Minersville's Oscar Larosa (13), Jude Plesnarski (55) and Matt Dube (17) during Thursday's game at Rotary Field. (Photo by Justin Reed / Skook News).

It’s hard to believe, but the 2025 high school football regular season is already at the halfway point.

Week 5 brought some amazing individual performances and set up a Week 6 unbeaten showdown between Schuylkill Haven and Williams Valley.

Here’s some notes and tidbits as we look back at Week 5 and look ahead to Week 6:

STILL UNBEATEN: Six Schuylkill-Colonial teams traversed the first half of their schedule unbeaten as Southern Lehigh, Northwestern Lehigh, Notre Dame-Green Pond, Marian, Schuylkill Haven and Williams Valley are all 5-0. Palisades suffered its first loss of the season Saturday, falling 38-21 at Pen Argyl.

STILL WINLESS: Four Schuylkill-Colonial squads remain in search of their first victory — Bangor, Wilson Area, Mahanoy Area and Shenandoah Valley.

Is it possible that Mahanoy Area and Shenandoah Valley reach the Week 10 Damato-Szematovicz rivalry game both 0-9? It’s a good possibility.

DIVISION RACES: Pen Argyl’s victory over Palisades leaves Notre Dame-Green Pond (3-0) as the only unbeaten in White Division play. Both the Green Knights and Pirates are 3-1 in league play.

In the Red Division, Southern Lehigh (4-0) leads Northwestern Lehigh (3-0) by one-half game. In the Blue Division, Marian (4-0), Schuylkill Haven (4-0) and Williams Valley (4-0) are still perfect in league play.

DISTRICT 11 OUTLOOK: Through five weeks, Marian (5-0) is the top-ranked team in the District 2/11 Class A subregional, followed by Lackawanna Trail (4-1), Tri-Valley (3-2), Holy Cross (2-3), Nativity (2-3) and Old Forge (0-5). The top four teams qualify.

In Class AA, Williams Valley (5-0) leads Schuylkill Haven (5-0) for the top spot, followed by Palisades (4-1), Pen Argyl (4-1), Northern Lehigh (3-2), Catasauqua (3-2), Minersville (3-2), Executive Educations (2-3), Mahanoy Area (0-5) and Shenandoah Valley (0-5). The top eight teams qualify.

In Class 3A, Notre Dame-Green Pond (5-0) is at No. 1, followed by Northwestern Lehigh (5-0), North Schuylkill (3-2), Tamaqua (2-3), Panther Valley (2-3), Salisbury (2-3), Saucon Valley (2-3), Palmerton (1-4) and Pine Grove (1-4). The top eight teams qualify.

In Class 4A, Bethlehem Catholic (4-1) leads the field, followed by Southern Lehigh (5-0), ACC (2-3), Blue Mountain (2-3), Pottsville (2-3), Lehighton (2-3), Jim Thorpe (2-3), Wilson Area (0-5), Bangor (0-5) and East Stroudsburg North (0-5). The top eight teams qualify.

ALL EVEN: Both Lehighton and Pottsville have gone through the first five weeks scoring as many points as they’ve given up.

The Indians (2-3) have scored 119 points while allowing 119. The Crimson Tide (2-3) have scored 110 points and yielded 110. Those two squads meet Friday in Lehighton.

TEAM SCORING LEADERS (thru Week 5): Schuylkill Haven 259 (51.8 ppg), Minersville 204 (40.8), Williams Valley 202 (40.4), North Schuylkill 182 (36.4), Marian 167 (33.4), Blue Mountain 137 (27.4), Tri-Valley 137 (27.4), Lehighton 119 (23.8), Pottsville 110 (22.0), Tamaqua 103 (20.6), Nativity 85 (17.0), Jim Thorpe 84 (16.8), Panther Valley 80 (16.0), Shenandoah Valley 63 (12.6), Pine Grove 48 (9.6), Mahanoy Area 19 (3.8)

TEAM DEFENSE LEADERS (thru Week 5): Williams Valley 47 (9.4 ppg), Tri-Valley 58 (11.6), Marian 69 (13.8), Schuylkill Haven 71 (14.2), Blue Mountain 96 (19.2), North Schuylkill 96 (19.2), Minersville 109 (21.8), Pottsville 110 (22.0), Pine Grove 118 (23.6), Lehighton 119 (23.8), Tamaqua 124 (24.8), Nativity 138 (27.6), Jim Thorpe 140 (28.0), Panther Valley 151 (30.2), Shenandoah Valley 203 (40.6), Mahanoy Area 216 (43.2)

Here are the Schuylkill-Colonial cooperative standings, this week’s results and next weekend’s schedule:

Schuylkill-Colonial Football Cooperative Standings