Nativity BVM’s Finley McNamara surpassed 500 career kills , reaching the milestone during the team’s Schuylkill League volleyball match against Tri-Valley.
McNamara finished with 16 kills, 11 digs and three blocks as Nativity fell to Tri-Valley in four sets, 25-13, 28-26, 23-25, 25-21.
| Matchup | Score |
|---|---|
| Minersville Area Mahanoy Area |
14 6 |
| Shenandoah Valley Nativity BVM |
28 12 |
| Blue Mountain North Schuylkill |
49 10 |
| Pottsville Pine Grove |
61 14 |
| Schuylkill Haven Tri-Valley |
39 24 |
| Tamaqua Panther Valley |
38 7 |
| Williams Valley Marian Catholic |
42 20 |
Six teams will compete for the 2026 Schuylkill League volleyball championship when the playoffs begin , at Minersville.
Pottsville and Tri-Valley enter the tournament as division champions after both finished league play with perfect 14-0 records. Both teams receive byes into Tuesday’s semifinals at Martz Hall.
The road to the Schuylkill League soccer championships begins , with four quarterfinal matches at North Schuylkill.
The boys' bracket opens with Pine Grove Area facing Schuylkill Haven and Tri-Valley meeting North Schuylkill. In the girls' quarterfinals, North Schuylkill takes on Tri-Valley, while Minersville faces Tamaqua.
All Saturday start times remain to be announced, and the game order is tentative. North Schuylkill will host every round of both tournaments.
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY — Week 8 of the 2026 Tri-County Youth Football League season featured five matchups at the A-team and B-team levels.
Freeland, Minersville, Tamaqua, Ashland and Jim Thorpe earned A-team victories. Schuylkill Haven, Shenandoah, Panther Valley, Pottsville and Jim Thorpe recorded B-team wins.
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SCHUYLKILL COUNTY — Seven Schuylkill County-area high school football games are scheduled for Week 8 of the 2026 season on .
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY — Seven Schuylkill County-area high school football games are scheduled for Week 7 of the 2026 season on Thursday, October 8, and Friday, October 9.
Marian Catholic High School will honor 10 former athletes and the late longtime golf coach Leonard A. “Lenny” Brylewski Sr. during its 2026 Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
The ceremony will be held Sunday, October 18, at Capriotti’s in Tresckow and will recognize accomplishments in football, volleyball, basketball, softball, baseball, track and field, and golf.
With the Schuylkill League soccer playoffs scheduled to begin , teams have less than two weeks remaining to improve their positions in the division standings.
The league standings below were updated October 1. The individual statistical reports were updated October 4 and cover games reported through .
Blue Mountain leads Division 1 and Minersville leads Division 2 in both boys’ and girls’ soccer. Jordan Bowers of Minersville leads the boys with 72 points, while Karmen Schroyer of Lourdes leads the girls with 61.
Week 6 brought major changes to the Skook News Schuylkill County high school football Power 5, including a new No. 2 team and a newcomer entering the rankings.
Blue Mountain strengthened its hold on the top position with a 60-point victory, while Williams Valley moved up following another defensive battle. Marian Catholic recorded the week’s biggest upset by defeating previously second-ranked Tri-Valley.
Shenandoah Valley gave its homecoming crowd another reason to celebrate Friday night, defeating Minersville 33-28 for its first football victory over the Battlin’ Miners in exactly 11 years.
Former softball players, family members and friends gathered last Saturday to honor Jerry Sitkus, a former Minersville Little League girls’ softball coach and longtime scorekeeper for multiple sports in the borough.
Mahanoy Area inducted five members into its Athletic Hall of Fame Thursday evening, , recognizing their accomplishments as athletes, coaches and educators.
| Matchup | Score |
|---|---|
| Mahanoy Area Nativity BVM |
37 6 |
| Pottsville Tamaqua |
22 0 |
| Matchup | Score |
|---|---|
| Blue Mountain Panther Valley |
60 0 |
| North Schuylkill Pine Grove |
52 13 |
| Williams Valley Schuylkill Haven |
12 6 |
| Shenandoah Valley Minersville |
33 28 |
| Marian Catholic Tri-Valley |
24 21 |
The Blue Mountain All-Sports Hall of Fame will welcome eight new members on , during halftime ceremonies at the Blue Mountain–Panther Valley football game at the Eagles Nest.
The Class of 2026, selected by a vote of current Hall of Fame members, includes seven Blue Mountain graduates and the late softball coach Mike Rollman, who will be inducted as an honorary member.
Minersville senior Jordan Bowers became the boys’ soccer program’s all-time leading goal scorer Tuesday afternoon, breaking a record that had stood for 25 years.
Mahanoy Area will recognize five former athletes and coaches with induction into its Athletic Hall of Fame on Thursday evening, October 1, 2026, before the Golden Bears’ football game against Nativity BVM.
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY — Week 6 of the 2026 Tri-County Youth Football League season is complete following the addition of results from three rescheduled matchups.
Mahanoy, Lehighton, Tamaqua, Blue Mountain and Jim Thorpe earned A-team victories. Mahanoy, Lehighton, Pottsville, Blue Mountain and Jim Thorpe recorded B-team wins.
