HS Football: Pottsville rolls to victory over Bangor By Bob Lipsky· September 12, 2025·POTTSVILLE — Pottsville needed a game like this. Badly. After struggling through the first three weeks of the season with just one…
HS Football: Tide look to rebound against Bangor By Bob Lipsky· September 12, 2025·POTTSVILLE — Coach Mike Brennan and his Pottsville Area Crimson Tide have been here before. Unfortunately, for them, it’s happened to years…
HS Football: Area statistical leaders through Week 3 By Leroy Boyer· September 11, 2025·2025 Area High School Football Stat Leaders (Through Week 3 games) RUSHING Car Yds TDs Luke Miller, North Schuylkill 50 520 6…
HS Football: Week 4 preview, Raiders, Olympians kick off 3-day weekend tonight By Leroy Boyer· September 11, 2025·Everyone loves a three-day weekend. Schuylkill County football fans get one starting tonight. Week 4 of the local high school football schedule…
HS Football: McDowell, Tamaqua stun Pottsville By Doyle Dietz· September 6, 2025·TAMAQUA — After the nightmare the Pottsville High football team endured in losing last year to Tamaqua, it is probably best not…
HS Football: Area Statistical Leaders through Week 2 By Leroy Boyer· September 4, 2025·Here’s a look at the area’s high school football statistical leaders through Week 2: 2025 Area High School Football Stat Leaders…
HS Football: Allen, defense lifts Pottsville past Jim Thorpe By Eli Doyle· August 30, 2025·JIM THORPE — Pottsville leaned on ball control, field position and a stingy defense Friday evening. Led by junior quarterback Andrew Allen,…
HS Football: Tide try to rebound against Jim Thorpe By Bob Lipsky· August 29, 2025·POTTSVILLE — Pottsville has been here before. Twelve months ago, to be exact. Coming off a disappointing loss to high-powered Shamokin Area…
Boyer’s Bulletin: Should PIAA go back to 2 football scrimmages? By Leroy Boyer· August 28, 2025·It was an odd place and time for him to bring it up. But as his Hurricanes celebrated on the field behind…
HS Football: Pottsville falls to Shamokin Area in opener By Bob Lipsky· August 23, 2025·POTTSVILLE — Pottsville needed to control the line of scrimmage. It didn’t. Pottsville needed to play clean football with few mistakes. It…
HS Football: Tide face test in opener against Shamokin Area By Bob Lipsky· August 22, 2025·POTTSVILLE — As far as season openers go, this one is huge. For many reasons. We’ll get to them in a moment,…
HS Football: Tide look to rise in Year 2 under Brennan By Bob Lipsky· August 14, 2025·Pottsville Area simply ran out of time before last season began. Hired in March 2024, head coach Mike Brennan and his staff…
Top 10 Stories: No. 9 — Schuylkill Haven girls’ basketball makes history By Bob Lipsky· July 18, 2025·Schuylkill Haven’s girls’ basketball team accomplished something it had never done before. Pottsville’s boys’ basketball team accomplished something it has done more…
HS Boys’ Basketball: Pottsville hires Heffner as boys’ head coach By Leroy Boyer· April 17, 2025·POTTSVILLE — Pottsville didn’t have to look far for its new boys’ basketball head coach. A couple of seats down the bench.…
HS Basketball: Wartella resigns as Pottsville boys’ head coach By Leroy Boyer· April 2, 2025·POTTSVILLE — For Jake Wartella, it was all about timing. The 37-year-old proud father of two resigned as the Pottsville boys’ basketball…
PIAA Class 5A Boys’ Basketball: Pottsville falls to Penncrest in thriller By Eli Doyle· March 7, 2025·POTTSVILLE — Pottsville was not ready for its basketball season to end. Christian Alvarez tied a game-high 17 points as Pottsville fell…
D-11 Class 5A Boys’ Basketball: Crimson Tide comes up big in 4th quarter; captures District 11 Class 5A title By Eli Doyle· February 28, 2025·ORWIGSBURG — It all came down to the final few minutes. Trailing for the majority of the contest, Christian Alvarez and JuJu…
D-11 5A Boys’ Basketball: Alvarez powers Pottsville over Southern Lehigh By Eli Doyle· February 25, 2025·ORWIGSBURG — Christian Alvarez and the Pottsville boys’ basketball team have been dialed in. Alvarez, a junior forward, netted a game-high 20…