HS Football: Week 6 recap, Schuylkill-Colonial standings, scores
Marian honored its 1990 PIAA Class A state championship team during Saturday's Schuylkill-Colonial Blue Division game against Minersville (Photo by Eli Doyle).
And then there was one.
Schuylkill Haven emerged as the Schuylkill League’s last unbeaten team as the Hurricanes improved to 6-0 with their impressive 43-29 victory at Williams Valley on Friday night.
The loss by Williams Valley was the Vikings’ first of the season. Marian also suffered its first defeat, falling 38-7 to Minersville.
Haven is one of four unbeaten teams in the Schuylkill-Colonial Cooperative at 6-0, joining Southern Lehigh, Northwestern Lehigh and Notre Dame-Green Pond.
The Hurricanes and Notre Dame-Green Pond will be favored in their remaining four games and should finish the regular season 10-0. Southern Lehigh and Northwestern Lehigh square off in Week 10.
The Haven-Williams Valley showdown was the Game of the Week in the cooperative. Other key scores were Northwestern Lehigh’s 49-18 win over North Schuylkill and Notre Dame-Green Pond outlasted Northern Lehigh 40-21.
Here’s some notes and tidbits as we look back at Week 6 and look ahead to Week 7:
STILL WINLESS: Mahanoy Area grabbed its first win of the season with a come-from-behind, 22-20 victory over Pine Grove.
The win by the Bears leaves three Schuylkill-Colonial squads remain in search of their first victory — Bangor, Wilson Area and Shenandoah Valley.
DIVISION RACES: Southern Lehigh and Northwestern Lehigh have pulled away from the field in the Red Division. The Spartans are 5-0 in league play and the Tigers are 4-0. There are four teams — Blue Mountain, Lehighton, North Schuylkill, Tamaqua — tied at 2-2.
Pen Argyl (4-1 White) survived an upset bid by Salisbury to set up a first-place clash with Notre Dame-Green Pond (4-0 White) this Saturday in White Division play.
In the Blue Division, Schuylkill Haven’s win over Williams Valley and Marian’s loss to Minersville leaves the Hurricanes all alone in first at 5-0. Marian visits Schuylkill Haven this Friday.
DISTRICT 11 OUTLOOK: The Week 6 results shuffled some of the races for spots in the District 11 playoffs.
In the District 2/11 Class A subregional, Lackawanna Trail (5-1) moved into the top spot, followed by Marian (5-1), Tri-Valley (4-2), Holy Cross (3-3), Nativity (3-3) and Old Forge (0-6). The top four teams qualify.
In Class AA, Schuylkill Haven (6-0) put some distance between itself and the rest of the field by beating No. 2 Williams Valley (5-1). Pen Argyl (5-1), Palisades (4-2), Northern Lehigh (3-3), Minersville (4-2), Executive Education Academy (3-3), Catasauqua (3-3), Mahanoy Area (1-5) and Shenandoah Valley (0-6) round out the field. The top eight teams qualify.
In Class 3A, Notre Dame-Green Pond (6-0) is at No. 1, followed by Northwestern Lehigh (6-0), North Schuylkill (3-3), Tamaqua (3-3), Saucon Valley (3-3), Salisbury (2-4), Panther Valley (2-4), Palmerton (2-4) and Pine Grove (1-5). The top eight teams qualify.
In Class 4A, Bethlehem Catholic (5-1) leads the field, followed by Southern Lehigh (6-0), ACC (3-3), Blue Mountain (3-3), Lehighton (3-3), Pottsville (2-4), Jim Thorpe (2-4), Wilson Area (0-6), Bangor (0-6) and East Stroudsburg North (0-5). The top eight teams qualify.
Here are the Schuylkill-Colonial cooperative standings, this week’s results and next weekend’s schedule:
Schuylkill-Colonial Football Cooperative Standings
| *** Standings for games played through Saturday, Sept. 27*** | ||||
| RED DIVISION | ||||
| Team | League | Overall | Last Week’s game | This week’s opponent |
| Southern Lehigh | 5-0 | 6-0 | W, Jim Thorpe, 47-27 | at Tamaqua |
| Northwestern Lehigh | 4-0 | 6-0 | W, North Schuylkill, 49-18 | at Pottsville |
| Blue Mountain | 2-2 | 3-3 | W, Palisades, 42-21 | Lehighton |
| Lehighton | 2-2 | 3-3 | W, Pottsville, 35-0 | at Blue Mountain |
| North Schuylkill | 2-2 | 3-3 | L, NW Lehigh, 18-49 | Bangor |
| Tamaqua | 2-2 | 3-3 | W, Bangor, 20-0 | Southern Lehigh |
| Pottsville | 2-3 | 2-4 | L, Lehighton, 0-35 | NW Lehigh |
| Jim Thorpe | 1-4 | 2-4 | L, Southern Lehigh, 27-47 | at Catasauqua |
| Bangor | 0-5 | 0-6 | L, Tamaqua, 0-20 | at North Schuylkill |
| WHITE DIVISION | ||||
| Notre Dame-Green Pond | 4-0 | 6-0 | W, Northern Lehigh, 40-21 | at Pen Argyl (Sat) |
| Pen Argyl | 4-1 | 5-1 | W, Salisbury, 20-19 | Notre Dame-GP (Sat) |
| Palisades | 3-1 | 4-2 | L, Blue Mountain, 21-42 | Palmerton |
| Northern Lehigh | 2-2 | 3-3 | L, Notre Dame-GP, 21-40 | at Wilson Area (Sat) |
| Palmerton | 2-2 | 2-4 | W, Wilson Area, 35-0 | at Palisades |
| Catasauqua | 2-3 | 3-3 | L, Saucon Valley, 26-49 | Jim Thorpe |
| Saucon Valley | 2-3 | 3-3 | W, Catasauqua, 49-26 | Salisbury |
| Salisbury | 1-3 | 2-4 | L, Pen Argyl, 19-20 | at Saucon Valley |
| Wilson Area | 0-5 | 0-6 | L, Palmerton, 0-35 | Northern Lehigh (Sat) |
| BLUE DIVISION | ||||
| Schuylkill Haven | 5-0 | 6-0 | W, Williams Valley, 43-29 | Marian |
| Marian | 4-1 | 5-1 | L, Minersville, 7-38 | at Schuylkill Haven |
| Williams Valley | 4-1 | 5-1 | L, Schuylkill Haven, 29-43 | Panther Valley |
| Minersville | 3-2 | 4-2 | W, Marian, 38-7 | Pine Grove |
| Tri-Valley | 3-2 | 4-2 | W, Panther Valley, 42-0 | Shenandoah Valley |
| Nativity | 2-3 | 3-3 | W, Shen. Valley, 14-6 | Mahanoy Area |
| Panther Valley | 2-3 | 2-4 | L, Tri-Valley, 0-42 | at Williams Valley |
| Mahanoy Area | 1-4 | 1-5 | W, Pine Grove, 22-20 | at Nativity |
| Pine Grove | 1-4 | 1-5 | L, Mahanoy Area, 20-22 | at Minersville |
| Shenandoah Valley | 0-5 | 0-6 | L, Nativity, 6-14 | at Tri-Valley |
