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Let’s do it again boys!

GAME PHOTOS HERE
The 2007 Jim Thorpe football season ended with a loss to Lansdale Catholic at Wissahicken High School. The Olympians took a 7-6 lead to the half. JT scored on a 2 yd pass from Corey Cinicola to Josh Hontz (Hontz went over 1000 yds receiving for the season) and the Red Swarm defense controlled a potent Crusader offense for the first 24 minutes. LC tailback John Howell came into the contest averaging over 10 yards per carry but the was held to 24 yds in the half.

In the 3rd quarter the Crusaders capped a 90 yard drive witha 15 yard Howell TD run to make the score 14-7. The Olympians drove to the LC 10 yard line with 5:40 remaining in the game but were stopped on downs when a 4th down pass to Hontz was tipped away by the defense. Three plays later Howeel sealed the Olympians fate with a 67 yard TD run to make the score 21-7. Howell would finish the game with 161 yds rushing. JT fumbled on the next possession and the Crusader QB Shane Pinzka scored the final TD of the game on a 42 yd run.

Jim Thorpe ended the season 9-3. The Olympians won the Anthracite League Title for the second straight year (and the 3rd time in the last 4 years). The team also won the first football playoff game in school history with a 42-14 victory over Northern Lehigh in the first round of district playoffs.

Friday night at 7pm the Olympians will play the Lansdale Catholic Crusaders at Wissahickon HS. Tickets are $5 and can be bought in the high school office. The Crusaders enter the game at 10-1 coming off an impressive 34-14 victory last week over Salisbury Twp. LC boasts one of the highest scoring offenses in the state of PA averaging over 40 points per game. Good luck Olympians on your continued drive toward district gold. Come out and support the team on Friday night and be a part of history.

The Olympians posted an impressive 42-14 win over the Northern Lehigh Bulldogs last Saturday night in the first round of the District XI AA playoffs (pictures coming to site soon). It was the first post season victory in school history for Jim Thorpe. The Bulldogs took an early 7-0 lead but could not find an answer for the Thorpe passing attack. Olympian QB Corey Cinicola threw for 253 yards with 6 TD passes and no interceptions. Pulling in TD passes were Kysheem Lynch (2), Eric Busocker (2), Josh Hontz & Kyle Porembo. The Red Swarm defense was impressive as well, allowing NL only 3 first downs in the second half. In the district semi-finals the Olympians will face Lansdale Catholic on Friday at 7pm at Wissahickon HS.

The Anthracite League Champion Olympians are preparing to face the Northern Lehigh Bulldogs in the first round of the District XI AA playoffs. The game will be held at Jim Thorpe Stadium Saturday Nov 10th at 7pm. The Olympians earned the number 4 seed and the Bulldogs are the number 5 seed. District XI/I has 8 teams qualify for playoffs. The top seed this year went to Lansdale Catholic out of District I. The Bulldogs of Northern Lehigh compete in the Colonial League and have a 7-3 record. They have a strong rushing attack that features several talented runners. NL has a strong football tradition including a deep run into the state playoffs a few years ago. Come out to support the Olympians in their last home game of the 2007 season. Future playoff games will be on the road.

Game photos and pictures from Senior Night are now available here.

Come to the District 11 playoff game this Saturday at 7 p.m. at Olympian Stadium. The Jim Thorpe Olympians take on the Palisades Purple Pirates.

GO THORPE! BEAT THE PIRATES!

Come and cheer the Olympians onto their first playoff win in school history!

The District XI AA Playoffs will begin next SATURDAY November 11th at 7pm with the Jim Thorpe Olympians hosting the Palisades Pirates.

Jim Thorpe enters the game as the #3 seed with an 8-2 record. Palisades is the #6 seed witha 7-3 record and has won 7 straight after losing the first 3 games of the season. The Pirates are members of the Colonial League. Jim Thorpe is looking to win its first playoff game in school history.