Pottsville wins the 2021 opener, 12-0

On Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Pottsville, Pottsville won 12-0. It was a non-league opener. Selinsgrove was 0-1. Pottsville was 1-0.

Lightning held the kickoff for 30 minutes, then stopped the game for 58 minutes with 8:03 left in the first quarter. Jazce Carabello-Snowell scored from the 1 late in the first, and the kick failed. He threw a 15-yard touchdown to Raeff DiCello late in the third, and that kick failed too. Quarters were 0, 0, 0, 0 and 6, 0, 6, 0.

The Republican Herald box has Pottsville at 37 carries for 238 yards and 289 total. Travontai Davis ran 17 times for 109. Selinsgrove had 125 yards, 29 carries for 115 and 10 yards passing. Tucker Teats ran 12 times for 78. Brandon Hile ran 10 times for 50. Mark Pastore was 5 of 15 for 10 yards and three interceptions, and he lost 22 yards on four carries. Nate Aument caught three passes for 5 yards. Pottsville intercepted three passes and recovered a fumble.

Pottsville is on the 2026 schedule as the Aug. 22 scrimmage at Harold L. Bolig Memorial Field. That date is an exhibition, and no result is listed.