August 2022
Philly Catholic League 2022 Season Preview
August 26, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
Philly Catholic League 2022 Season Preview BLUE Archbishop Carroll Anything is up for a team that finished 0-10 last year. The Patriots return a whole host of players from last years team. “We have to do a much better job taking care of the football on offense. Looking for significant improvement in our rushing production […]
Philadelphia Public League National Division 2022 Preview
August 25, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
NATIONAL DIVISION PREVIEW: The National Division is the 3rd tier division in the Public League. It’s the largest division in the Public League and the geographical boundaries stretch all over the city as it’s comprised of the following schools: George Washington(6A), Roxborough(4A), Kensington(6A), Overbrook(4A), South Philadelphia(6A), Kipp Dubois(3A) & Belmont Charter(1A). Roxborough dropped down from […]
Philadelphia Public League Liberty Division Preview
August 25, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
Liberty Division Preview The Liberty Division is comprised of 6 teams with 4 of them being in 5A (King, Franklin, West Philadelphia, Mastery). Lincoln and Central are both 6A programs. The division is unique this year with Lincoln being bumped up and MLK dropping down from the Independence division. King, Mastery and Central are all […]
Philadelphia Public League 2022 Season Preview: Independence Division
August 24, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
INDEPENDENCE DIVISION (6) Imhotep 5A Northeast 6A Frankford 5A Bartram 4A Simon Gratz 5A Olney 6A The Public League has 27 teams competing for league championships within 4 classifications. The way the Public League sets its divisions is based on previous season standings with the bottom team the Independence League swapping divisions with the Liberty […]
Northeast Once Again Falls Short
November 23, 2021 | Anthony Franklin
The Northeast Vikings failed for a 5th straight attempt at advancing to the PIAA Quarterfinals suffering yet another defeat to CL member St. Joes Prep. The Vikings have won the highest class (6A) Public League title the last 5 years and played St. Joes Prep 4xs and La Salle 1 time. The first Prep matchup […]
Imhotep Panthers reign over the city continues
November 23, 2021 | Anthony Franklin
The Imhotep Panthers entered Saturday’s game with a 8-1 record with wins over ranked state teams, ran through the Public League undefeated and ready for another lengthy state title run however they had to prepare for a Father Judge team who has had impressive games this season themselves. The Crusaders finished the regular season as […]
District 12 5A Finals
November 19, 2021 | Anthony Franklin
Father Judge Crusaders enter this city title game with a 6-4 record with impressive wins over Boys Latin, William Penn Charter & Roman Catholic. They also gave CL 6A champion St. Joes Prep a scare in their CL regular season finale before falling 21-13. They were off last week which gave them time to rest […]
Imhotep Panthers cruise to another Public League Title
November 15, 2021 | Anthony Franklin
Saturday afternoon the Panthers of Imhotep Charter went into the game fresh after 3 consecutive weekends off and showed no rust as they physically dominated an undefeated Frankford Pioneers team 44-0 with all of their points coming in the first half. The Panthers are led by 4 seniors with FBS offers including stud DL Enai […]
District 12 4A City Title Final Preview
November 12, 2021 | Anthony Franklin
At last the 4A Philadelphia champion will be crowned on Saturday evening as the John Bartram Braves (5-2) of Southwest Philadelphia meet Bonner-Prendergast (8-2) who reside in nearby Upper Darby. The B-P Friars are the top 4A CL team who earned their city title berth via their wins over Cardinal O’Hara (31-12) and Archbishop […]
District 12 Public League Finals Previews
November 11, 2021 | Anthony Franklin
We have finally arrived at championship week in the Public League for the 2 higher classifications in the Public League. In 5A Imhotep will play Frankford for the right to claim the league title as well as represent the Public League in the City Title game against Father Judge. In 6A we get a rematch […]
Northeast steam rolls Lincoln for bragging rights
November 8, 2021 | Anthony Franklin
The Northeast Vikings came into the D12 Public League 6A semi-final contest having only played 6 games, sporting a 3-3 record while their neighbors across Roosevelt Boulevard sported a perfect 8-0 record. On paper without knowing the level of competition both teams faced this season one would think Lincoln would be the team to dominate […]
Bravehearts Outlast Boys Latin 22-14
November 8, 2021 | Anthony Franklin
The Braves of John Bartram are the Public League 4A champions. Bartram ended a 45 year drought of not winning a Public League title by holding off Boys Latin Charter winning in dramatic fashion 22-14. This game would ultimately come down to the wire and most in attendance thought it would be determined in overtime […]
District 12 Playoff Notes for Public & Catholic Leagues
November 4, 2021 | Anthony Franklin
Welcome to the fun part of the season here in District 12 where upsets regularly happen and the games are heated, fierce and down right physical. There are 7 playoff matchups this weekend within District 12 with 4 coming in Public League action and 3 in the Catholic League: Below are the following matchup, dates […]
Ben Franklin steam rolls over Central
October 5, 2021 | Anthony Franklin
The Electrons of Benjamin Franklin headed up Broad Street to take on the Lancers of Central High School in a key divisional game. The Lancers came into the game 0-3-1 while the Electrons entered the game 1-2. Franklin prior to this game had scored a combined 21 points in 3 games while giving up […]
