The Tri-County Youth Football League has completed its 2026 regular season, with Ashland’s A-team and the Schuylkill Haven and Lehighton B-teams finishing unbeaten as the league prepares for the Week 10 Wild Card playoffs.
The Wild Card round is scheduled for , and , at fields in Ashland, Blue Mountain, Lehighton and Jim Thorpe.
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Eight Schuylkill County-area high school football games are scheduled for Week 9 of the 2026 season, with seven matchups Friday, October 23, and one Saturday, October 24.
Friday’s schedule includes undefeated Shamokin visiting Blue Mountain and North Schuylkill traveling to Pottsville. Williams Valley visits Shenandoah Valley on Saturday for a 1 p.m. kickoff.
Blue Mountain and Pine Grove Area will meet for the 2026 Schuylkill League boys’ soccer championship after earning semifinal victories Monday, October 19, at North Schuylkill.
Blue Mountain defeated North Schuylkill, 3–1, while Pine Grove Area edged Minersville, 4–3. The boys’ championship is scheduled for Thursday, October 22, at 5 p.m. at North Schuylkill.
Pine Grove Area and Panther Valley advanced to the Schuylkill League volleyball semifinals with quarterfinal victories Monday, October 19, 2026, at Minersville.
Pine Grove Area defeated Marian Catholic in five sets, 3–2, to earn a matchup with Division 1 champion Pottsville. Panther Valley swept Nativity BVM, 3–0, to advance against Division 2 champion Tri-Valley.
Schuylkill Haven Area senior Lydia Hartz has surpassed 500 career assists, adding a milestone to her final season with the Lady Canes volleyball team.
The team recognized Hartz following its , match against Weatherly, reporting her career total at 520 assists.
Blue Mountain remains No. 1 in the Skook News Schuylkill County Football Power 5 after Week 8 of the 2026 season, while Schuylkill Haven and Pottsville move up following victories.
All five teams remain in the rankings. Williams Valley holds the second position, Schuylkill Haven climbs to third, Pottsville moves to fourth and Tri-Valley drops to fifth.
North Schuylkill advanced in both the boys’ and girls’ brackets as the 2026 Schuylkill League soccer playoffs opened Saturday, October 17. Pine Grove Area’s boys and Minersville’s girls also earned quarterfinal victories.
The boys’ semifinals are scheduled for Monday, October 19, followed by the girls’ semifinals Tuesday, October 20. North Schuylkill will host the semifinals and both championship matches on Thursday, October 22.
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.
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.