A drenched, cold, Panther Stadium was the site of the 2021 Frost Bowl between the Hamburg Hawks and Schuylkill Valley Panthers. Out of the past 50 meetings between these two squads, Hamburg has won 28 of them. They have had the trophy in Hamburg since 2019.
The biggest competitor tonight was the weather throughout the entire game. The rain, wind, and cold played a huge factor in play calling and turnovers.
The Hawks started the scoring off when Diohnny Ruiz scored on a 25-yard touchdown rush capping off a 55-yard drive that was set up by a fumble recovery.
Schuylkill Valley answered back with their own touchdown on their next drive. Michael Goad connected with Kyle Spotts for an 81-yard touchdown reception on the first pass attempt of the game. This tied it up at 7-7 and that’s how the half ended.
On the Hawks first drive of the half, they marched down the field chewing up 4:50 off the clock. Mitchell Watt got the score off of a five-yard touchdown rush. This made it 14-7 Hawks. Near the end of the third quarter, the Hawks went up two possessions off of a 12-yard touchdown rush from Mitchell Watt again. This made it 21-7.
With less than a minute left in the game, Drew Campbell connected with Julian Kemmerer for an 11-yard touchdown pass. The two-point conversion failed to make it 21-13. Schuylkill Valley failed their onside kick attempt ending the game.
Hamburg running back, Diohnny Ruiz, hit the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the season tonight. Also, as expected due to the weather, there were five total turnovers tonight.
The Frost Ball trophy stays in Hamburg for the third straight year following Friday’s 21-13 victory for the Hawks.
