| I cover the Chester County portion of District 1 for this site, and have done so since 2002. Chester County includes the Ches-Mont League schools, plus Conestoga from the Central League and Phoenixville from the Pioneer Athletic Conference. Since the Inter-Academic League is not part of the PIAA, I don't cover Malvern Prep. The Ches-Mont League is split up into two divisions. The following schools are in the National Division of the Ches-Mont League- Avon Grove, Bishop Shanahan, Coatesville, Downingtown East, Downingtown West, West Chester East, and West Chester Henderson. The Ches-Mont American division includes the following- Oxford, Octorara, Kennett, Unionville, Great Valley, Sun Valley, and West Chester Rustin. In addition to covering High School football, I have been umpiring baseball since 2003. I have been doing PIAA and American Legion baseball since 2005. |
Coatesville advances to District 1 AAAA finals
November 22, 2014
RAIDERS DEFEAT ANOTHER LEAGUE RIVAL, ADVANCE TO DISTRICT TITLE GAME No matter what the sport is, the Ches-Mont League schedule is a grind. This especially holds true in football. The Coatesville Red Raiders ran the table in winning the National Division Championship this season. The way the district 1 AAAA playoffs played out- Coatesville had […]
Upper Dublin Downs Rustin
November 16, 2014
CARDINALS FLY TO FAIRLESS HILLS, DOWN GOLDEN KNIGHTS In what people from around the state may view as a mild upset in the District 1 AAAA playoffs, the sixth seeded Upper Dublin Flying Cardinals from downed the third seeded Golden Knights from West Chester Rustin High School. On the outside, this would be viewed as […]
Shanahan earns first ever playoff win
November 8, 2014
EAGLES MAKE HISTORY, STOMP UPPER MORELAND In fifteen years, there are few things that the Bishop Shanahan Eagles never accomplished on the gridiron. You can cross off winning a District One AAA playoff game, and hosting a playoff game off the list tonight, as the Eagles hammered the Upper Moreland Golden Bears by a score […]
Downingtown East Advances, Downs Vikings 27-24
November 8, 2014
In an opening round District 1 AAAA playoff game, the Downingtown East Cougars did not earn any style points. Nor did they win pretty. Not to mention the game going down to literally the final seconds. However ugly and style-less the game was, the Cougars eliminated the Perkiomen Valley Vikings by the score of […]
Avon Grove be-DEVILED by Eagles
November 2, 2014
Bishop Shanahan is in the midst of their most successful run in school history, as the Eagles clinched their first home district 1 playoff game ever. They capped off a 7-3 regular season with a 39-6 demolition of winless and punch less Avon Grove. Shanahan could not do much wrong, rolling to 503 yards […]
Cougars Clinch Playoff Spot
November 2, 2014
In the final week of the regular season here in District 1 territory- the Downingtown East Cougars clinched a top 7 seed in the upcoming district 1 playoffs (one of the rare times a 7-3 team gets a home game), by downing the Warriors of Henderson High School. Despite the defeat tonight, the Warriors’ 7-3 […]
Fernandez, Friars fry Churchmen
November 2, 2014
In a rare Saturday night game at Malvern Prep, Zac Fernandez and the Friars put a defensive clinic on the Episcopal Academy Churchmen, 21-7. Fernandez ran for 185 yards and accounted for two touchdowns, to offset an off night by Pittsburgh recruit Alex Hornibrook (14-29, 162 yards, 2 TD). The teams traded scores by the […]
Whippets Clobbered By “Cougar Crew”
October 25, 2014
Based on the records of Downingtown East (5-3) and Downingtown West (6-2), the twelfth rendition of the Downingtown Civil War was supposed to be evenly matched on paper. On paper, this game was supposed to come down to late in the game, like it did last year (a 29-28 win by Downingtown West). Then again, […]
Eagles crank Vikings
September 21, 2014
In what was a perfect fall afternoon in late September for a high school football game, the Bishop Shanahan Eagles and West Chester East Vikings engaged in a sloppily played and officiated game. In a game that featured 28 penalties for almost 200 yards, the Eagles downed the Vikings 31-21; in a game that was […]
Whippets romp over Redskins
September 6, 2014
n a game that could send shock waves with followers District 1, and eastern Pennsylvania high school football for that matter- the Downingtown West Whippets hammered the defending District 1 champion Neshaminy 28-7 at Kottmeyer Stadium. The game featured two teams heading in completely opposite directions to start the season, as the Whippets raced out […]
Great Valley downs Phoenixville in opener
August 31, 2014
In another season opening non league contest between the Great Valley Patriots of the Ches-Mont League American Division and Phoenixville Phantoms of the Pioneer Athletic Conference, the blowout theme continued; as the Patriots raced out to a 47-0 halftime advantage, and a 54-0 evisceration of the Phantoms. It was also the debut of two head […]
Downingtown East tops Frankford
August 30, 2014
In an effort to prove that last season’s 4-6 record was nothing more than a hiccup in the fairly new tradition of Downingtown East football, the Cougars had a lot to prove against the Frankford Pioneers tonight in their season opener. Last season was the first time since the inaugural (2003 when they went 5-7) […]
