Comments on: Running Game Propels Southern to Win

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 05:19:01 +0000

I guess you got a little humble pie there dragon. Lewisburg lost to Montoursville. So much for beating SCA next week. Guess you should’ve waited 24 hrs to make your post.

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 22:08:16 +0000

I disagree with the only tough team they play is Mount Carmel. Selinsgrove gives them a good battle every year and since 2000 the years they played I bet its around a .500 record for the 2 teams against each other.

By: PA Football Follower

PA Football Follower — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:50:51 +0000

Hey Glenn,
Even in the last part of the pre-Roth years, SCA started picking up victories with Andy Ulicny as the coach. Since Roth has taken over though, domination is an understatement! Bloomsburg, Central Columbia, & Danville used to be rivalry games. Now Southern looks at those games as a joke. The Tigers kill all three of those teams and make it look like a waste of time. Southern picked up Shamokin about 10 years ago to try and start another rivalry, but that has turned into an automatic “W” for the Tigers each year. The biggest rivalry Roth’s teams have each year is Mount Carmel Area. They’re the only school besides Southern that has done anything to make the district proud in the state playoffs since the early 90’s. However, Southern can basically look at MCA as an in-season scrimmage anymore. The Red Tornadoes stink & don’t appear to be getting any better any time soon. Southern’s Achilles Heel is the rest of their opponents. It’s hard to get better when every team you play is below-average. Most fans say that the Tigers schedule is always so easy, but it’s not their fault that the teams they play can’t put a quality team on the field. Southern is playing all AA & AAA teams, so people can’t make the argument that they play a bad schedule. The only other option for the Tigers is to schedule road games 3-5 hours away to play against Catholic schools (that shouldn’t even be allowed in the PIAA) & Pittsburgh powerhouses.

By: Dragon

Dragon — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:24:52 +0000

Impressive showing last night by the SCA running backs. I think the season will end next week though. I think Lewisburg will win tonight & then upset the Tigers next week. Lewisburg showed a few weeks ago when they played at Tiger Stadium that the Green Dragons had a much better passing game than the the Tigers have. The bottom line is when it comes to playoff football, you need to be clicking in all aspects to win. The Tigers have an outstanding running game, run stopping defense, and special teams. The lack of a passing game, and the breakdowns in the secondary will be their downfall.
I think Loyalsock will defeat a young Lewisburg squad in the AA final two weeks from now. Don’t quote me on that though, because it sounds like Datres hasn’t played his best football lately for the Lancers.

By: Glenn Mitchell

Glenn Mitchell — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:07:27 +0000

Mr. Fegley must be forgeting the pre-Roth years, which is less than 50 years, when Southern was a good team to schedule for homecoming. He might want to cut his dominance statement to about 19 years.