District 11 Talk

Written by: David Mika on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Panther Valley

With many key players back from last season’s 7-3 team the Panthers have high expectations this season. They are off to a good start cruising to the 48-8 win over Mahanoy Area.

Kyle McAvoy rushed for 132 yards on 10 carries including a 42-yard touchdown run.

Panther Valley travels to Schuylkill Valley next week.

Easton Area

Easton Area rallied to defeat East Stroudsburg South 24-22. With the win head coach Steve Shiffert passes Bob Rute with most wins (132) in school history.

In the fourth quarter junior quarterback Justin Pacchioli scored twice on runs of 12 and 7 yards. Zach Bambary intercepted a pass that led to Chris Roubik 18-yard field goal with 3:50 to go in the game.

The Red Rovers led 24-14 until East Stroudsburg South scored a touchdown and made the two-point conversion with 90 seconds to go in the game.

Jonathan Bisci fell on the onside kick and the Red Rovers preserved the win 24-22.

Next up for Easton Area is Dieruff.

Bethlehem Freedom

Former Bethlehem Catholic running back Darrius Webb rushed for 160 yards and five touchdowns (one kickoff return and four rushing). The leading LVC rusher from last season had 160 yards of total offense in 23 seconds and an 88-yard return of the opening kickoff and a 72-yard run on the first play from scrimmage.

Freedom had 278 yards total offense. Freedom won 58-18 over Central Bucks West.

Freedom heads to Whitehall.

Wilson Area

Wilson Area showed off its high flying offense in a 45-8 drumming of Palmerton. Senior quarterback Tyler Smith threw for 297 yards and four touchdowns (three passing and one rushing).

Brian Cooper caught two touchdowns, Kowan Scott had one touchdown and both were over 100 yards receiving.

Next up for Wilson area is Northern Lehigh.

Week 1 Scores

District 11 > 09/04/2009 :
Bethlehem Liberty Hurricanes	10
North Penn Knights	42

Catasauqua Rough Riders	21
Southern Lehigh Spartans	13

East Stroudsburg North Timberwolves	14
Delaware Valley Warriors	25

East Stroudsburg South Cavaliers	22
Easton Area Red Rovers	24

Jim Thorpe Area Olympians	27
Tamaqua Area Blue Raiders	28

Lehighton Indians	35
Marian Catholic Colts	13

Louis E. Dieruff Huskies	6
Pocono Mountain East Cardinals	48

Nativity BVM Green Wave	14
Holy Name Blue Jays	53

North Schuylkill Spartans	27
Shenandoah Valley Blue Devils	0

Northampton Koncrete Kids	36
Stroudsburg Mounties	7

Northern Lehigh Bulldogs	26
Notre Dame Crusaders	6

Panther Valley Panthers	48
Mahanoy Area Golden Bears	8

Parkland Trojans	16
George Washington Eagles	0

Pius X Royals	0
York Catholic Fighting Irish	28

Pleasant Valley Bears	18
Nazareth Area Blue Eagles	49

Pocono Mountain West Panthers	7
Wallenpaupack Buckhorns	12

Salisbury Township Falcons	0
Northwestern Lehigh Tigers	16

Saucon Valley Panthers	13
Bangor Slaters	12

Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes	28
Tri-Valley Bulldogs	6

Williams Valley Vikings	35
Minersville Area Battlin’ Miners	13

District 11 > 09/05/2009 :
Palisades Pirates	24
Pen Argyl Green Knights	21

Palmerton Area Blue Bombers	8
Wilson Area Warriors	45

Pottsville Area Crimson Tide	14
Allentown Central Catholic Vikings	40