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Abraham Lincoln HS Junior Athlete Ziyyon Bredell Pledges Commitment to Syracuse

April 24, 2024

Abraham Lincoln HS in 2023 broke through quite a few barriers during the football season. They started the season with 4 very tough non-league games which all resulted in close narrow defeats to Downington East, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Roman Catholic & Imhotep Charter. Junior CB Ziiyon Bredell started the season with a great performance […]

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Cardinal O’Hara star lineman Nathan Kutufaris picks Duke

April 22, 2024

Nathan Kutufaris a mammoth 6-6 270lbs offensive tackle at Cardinal O’Hara HS has decided to shut down his recruitment and give his commitment to ACC program Duke University. An all Catholic league selection as a sophomore and junior Nathan also held offers from Air Force, Boston College, Army, Syracuse, Liberty, Navy, Yale, Columbia, Lafayette and […]

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Martin Luther King Lineman Danny Pajuste commits to Mount Union

April 22, 2024

Danny Pajuste is a 6-1 260lb offensive lineman who earned all Public League honors as a senior while helping his fellow MLK Cougar rushers gain over 1500 rushing yards. As a leader on the offensive line Danny helped lead MLK to the Public League Liberty Division championship as well as gave Imhotep Charter a competitive […]

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La Salle College Chris Fileppo commits to James Madison

April 4, 2024

Chris Fileppo after a great junior season at LaSalle saw an uptick in interest from Division programs including nabbing offers from Villanova, Monmouth, Lafayette, New Hampshire and James Madison. Friday evening Chris announced he would be continuing his academic and football careers at James Madison. Chris returns to LaSalle for his senior year looking to […]

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Malvern Prep’s Chris Lake heads south to Coastal Carolina University

March 20, 2024

After capturing an Inter-Ac championship while contributing greatly as an all league player Senior LB Chris Lake Monday evening announced he’s accepted an offer to continue his academic and football careers at Sun Belt Conference member Coastal Carolina. As a senior led the team in interceptions with 4 while also notching 3 sacks mixed in […]

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State Champions St. Joes Prep & Imhotep well represented on Big 33 Team

February 21, 2024

After an undefeated 15-0 2023 season culminating in their school’s 2nd state championship in football Imhotep has been rewarded with 5 players earning a Big 33 All-Star Game roster spot. Penn State signee WR Tyseer Denmark, Penn State signee CB Kenneth Woseley Jr, Pittsburgh signee JahSear Whittington and Robert Morris signee David Johnson will all […]

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Haverford School’s star lineman Joshua Williams announces his collegiate decision

February 19, 2024

Joshua Williams is a monmouth offensive lineman who stands out on the field. At 6-4 300lbs he’s hard to miss on the field. Luckily for The Haverford School Fords he has one more season of high school football left before he heads out west to start his college career. Before enrolling at Stanford he has […]

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Archbishop Ryan Lineman chooses West Chester University

February 15, 2024

Nicholas Rogers a 6-5 240 DL at Archbishop Ryan has officially made his college decision and ultimately signed his letter of intent to play locally at West Chester University a division 2 program that competes in the PSAC. Nicholas finished his senior season earning all-league honors after posting 45 tackles, 16 TFLs, 6 sacks, 3 […]

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Philadelphia Public League Football Teams shuffle divisions & classifications

February 15, 2024

The defending Public League Champions Imhotep Panthers will officially move up to the top classification in the state and will now compete in the largest classification 6A. Other 6A teams include Northeast, George Washington, Kensington, South Philadelphia, Central HS, & Abraham Lincoln. The 5A teams include Frankford, Mastery Charter North, Olney, Palumbo & Samuel Fels. […]

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Inter-Ac League stars sign letters of intent along the East Coast

February 12, 2024

The Inter-Ac 2x defending champions Haverford School pair of offensive linemen signed their letter of intents. Noah Andrewson is heading north to FCS program University of Albany which plays in the CAA conference. His teammate Adon Gross is staying closer to home after choosing Division 2 in-state program Kutztown University. Springside Chestnut Hill Academy star […]

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Philadelphia Catholic League Stars announce their college decisions

February 8, 2024

The 6A State Champions St. Joseph’s Prep Hawks had 2 players sign their letter of intent to attend various institutions yesterday.  Running back Eric Sanchez inked his letter with MEAC and HBCU institution Delaware State and defensive lineman Denzel Felder is headed to Wilkes University which is a Division 3 program that plays in the […]

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Philadelphia Public League Stars announce their college decisions on NLI Day

February 8, 2024

The undefeated 5A State champions Imhotep Charter lead the way yesterday with 13 of their seniors signing/committing to various universities across the area. Leading the way yesterday was Sr. QB Mikal Davis who flipped from his Army commitment to Delaware State University in Dover, DE. Mikal coming off all-state honors will get to stay close […]

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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Senior RB commit to Georgetown University

January 30, 2024

SCHA Senior RB Jayden Sumpter has found his next home committing to FCS program Georgetown University in the nations capital. Jayden senior season yielded over 1000 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns in just 7 games against a rigorous schedule of Inter-Ac schools, Public League and private schools in New Jersey. Georgetown Hoyas play in the […]

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Cheltenham Star Lineman Sharlandinn Strange chooses Syracuse

Cheltenham Star Lineman Sharlandinn Strange chooses Syracuse

January 27, 2024

Cheltenham HS rising senior Sharlandinn “Zaqq” Strange has made his collegiate choice announcing he’s committed to ACC program Syracuse University. Sharlandinn recently narrowed his finalist down to a top 5 that also included Pittsburgh, Penn State, Rutgers and South Carolina. Ultimately he chose Syracuse in part to a local connection with the new HC being […]

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West Chester University hires Duke Greco as it’s next Head Coach

January 10, 2024

Duke Greco for the last 10 seasons has been the leader of the Delaware Valley University football program. Today he put his resignation in as Head Coach and formally accepted the offer to become the head coach at local Division 2 program West Chester University. Duke leaves Delaware Valley with a 91-15 record, six NCAA […]

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Imhotep Rising Senior DL Zahir Mathis Announces College Commitment

January 10, 2024

Imhotep Rising Senior DE Zahir Mathis has announced his intentions to sign with The Ohio State University in December. Zahir is a soon to be 3-year starter for the Panthers. After playing behind 2 All-American Defensive Ends in Enai White (Texas A&M) & Keon Wylie (Penn State) as a freshman, he had a breakout sophomore […]

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Bloomsburg Legendary Coach Danny Hale inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

January 8, 2024

Danny Hales a legendary coach at both West Chester University and Bloomsburg University has been inducted by the NFL network into the 2024 class for the College Football Hall of Fame. Coach Hale began his head coaching career in 1984 at his alma mata West Chester University where he twice won PSAC East titles and […]

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St. Joes Prep Hawks land 9 on the PFN Coaches Select 6A All-State Team

January 5, 2024

Still celebrating a second consecutive state title and a nationally ranked 2023 season the St Joes Hawks also can claim 8 players who were recognized by the PFN Coaches as all-state players. Leading the way were 1st team honorees; Jr. RB Isaiah West (861 yards from scrimmage & 10 total TDs), Jr. DT Roy Maxwell […]

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State Champions Imhotep Well Represented on the PFN 5A Coaches Select All-State Team

January 5, 2024

The Imhotep Panthers in 2023 finished the season a perfect 15-0, as the second team in program history to win a state championship after losing in the finals the last 2 seasons. Led by HC Devon Johnson who earned the 5A Co-Coach of the Year honors they dominated most of their competition this season. Senior […]

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District 12 shines on the PFN Coaches 3A All-State Team

January 4, 2024

The Neumann-Goretti Saints led by HC Albie Crosby advanced to the state quarterfinals before falling short to Dallas. After a great 10-2 season they landed 4 players on the PFN Coaches All-State team. Senior Wideout Khari Reid nabbed 6 over all touchdowns with 5 coming on receptions. He also nabbed 2 interceptions on defense. Senior […]

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PFN Coaches 2A All State Team is released

January 4, 2024

The Pennsylvania Coaches have released their PA All-State 2A teams with Coach of the Year honors going to the leader of the State Champions HC Jim Roth who led the team to its 7th straight state title. The state coaches voted Southern Columbia’s Sr. LB Garrett Garcia as the Player of the Year. The Tigers […]

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State Champions Steelton-Highspire lead the PFN Coaches 1A All-State Team

January 4, 2024

The Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers finished the season 16-0 while steam rolling through the majority of their opponents enroute to their 2nd consecutive state championship and 3rd in 4 seasons. Leading the program was HC Andrew Erby who was voted as the PFN Coaches 1A Coach of the Year. His son and star QB Alex Erby headed […]

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La Salle College HS names Brett Gordon Head Coach

January 3, 2024

The La Salle College Explorers on Wednesday named former Explorer great Brett Gordon (Class of 98) as its next head coach of the football program. Brett as an Explorer quarterback won 2 Catholic League championships, engineered them to a record 32-game winning streak, at the time set the state record for career touchdown passes with […]

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Imhotep Panthers lead the 5A PA Writers All-State honors

December 29, 2023

The Imhotep Panthers of Philadelphia won their 2nd PIAA state title in school history and with winning comes individual accolades. This year the PA Writers selected HC Devon Johnson as the 5A Coach of the Year as he led the Panthers to a perfect 15-0 season in his 3rd full season in charge of the […]

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Stone Saunders & Company lead the PA 4A Writers All-State Team

December 29, 2023

Bishop McDevitt HS in the state capital has 5 players who were honored with PA 4A All-State honors voted on by Pennsylvania Writers. Junior QB Stone Saunders (Kentucky commit) was named co-player of the year along with Junior RB Tiqwai Hayes of Aliquippa HS (Committed to Penn State). Saunders threw for 3522 yards & 56 […]

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