November 2022
D12 Class 6A Title Game Preview
November 18, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
The Northeast Viking football program has a long-storied history. Traditionally they’ve been a powerhouse within the Philadelphia Public League and one of the stronger teams in the Philadelphia area. The Public League and Catholic League agreed to resume the City Championship games back in 2008 when the CL officially joined the PIAA. The city […]
Northeast reigns as Champions over a tough Lincoln team
November 13, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
The Lincoln Railsplitters entered the game looking for their first Public League Chip since 1978 and made their first title game appearance since 1979. The Railsplitters came into the game undefeated against PL competition and faced a tough non league schedule that very well prepares them for this title game. They started off on fire […]
Middletown with a last minute score wins again
November 12, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
The Middletown Cavaliers are the defending Delaware State 3A champs. They are led by HC Zachary Blum and despite having had tons of talent over the years they didn’t win their first state under Blum until last year. With them being defending champs the pressure was on from the moment the 2022 offseason began. In […]
District 12 Public League 5A Championship Game Preview
November 11, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
Imhotep v Mastery This game is a battle of two blue collar programs at different stages of their history. Mastery North is building their program in a great manner under the leadership of HC John Davidson. Coach Davidson has turned what was a regular public league middling team into a true football program. The Pumas […]
District 12 4A Championship Game Preview
November 10, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
The D12 4A championship game will feature two teams who met last year in the 4A title game. In the 2021 matchup CL champion Bonner-Prendergast came out victorious 29-8. Both teams had tough league championship games last weekend pulling away late to win their respective league titles. Bartram: The Braves are led by longtime HC […]
District 12 3A Championship Game Preview
November 10, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
The D12 3A City Championship game will take place at the South Philadelphia Supersite Saturday at 5pm where PL Champion Kipp Dubois will challenge defending 3A champion Neumann Goretti. Kipp earned its championship game berth via a stunning 22-16 upset over Big School Picture Vaux last Saturday evening. Neumann Goretti earned their 3rd consecutive CL […]
D12 Philadelphia 6A Title Game Preview: Northeast v Lincoln
November 9, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
Abraham Lincoln v Northeast High: 12pm @ Northeast Supersite: Lincoln: The Railsplitters earned their first title game berth since 1979 via their 8-0 win over Olney Charter. In a game that featured plenty of turnovers and penalties the RailSplitters found a way to pull out the win. They are led by HC Hakim Cooper who […]
Northeast survives first half battle and pulls away for the win of Central with a 41-6 win. (gallery included)
November 5, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
A fall matchup between Thanksgiving rivals is always going to be a great game to observe especially when a league championship game berth is on the line. Northeast hosted Central as the clear favorite but as we all know when a game involves rivals clashing anything can happen. This game was no different as the […]
District 12 3A & 4A Playoff Previews
November 4, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
This weekend there are 4 games involving teams from the 3A and 4A Classifications on tap in District 12. The CL 3A and 4A title games are being played while in PL action the 4A title game is taking place Saturday and they’re still determining if/when there will be a 3A title game. Let’s jump […]
District 12 Class 5A Playoff Preview
November 4, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
The Simon Gratz Bulldogs come into this game confident after a 27-0 shutout of Ben Franklin. The first shutout they’ve had this season. Their season has been up and down as they’ve fallen against the better competition they’ve faced (Northeast, Olney, Bartram, Germantown Academy) and did what they were supposed to against lesser competition. […]
District 12 6A Playoff Preview
November 2, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
The Public League 6A Playoff field is down to the final 4. The defending Champs Northeast Vikings fended off a pesky Academy of Palumbo team with a 42-0 shutout. The Lincoln Railsplitters earned their semi-final berth with a rather convincing 42-6 rout over neighborhood rival George Washington. The Olney Trojans stomped over the South Philadelphia […]
Catholic League Regular Season Finales
October 26, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
Catholic League Preview/Notes For Regular Season Finales The final week of the Catholic League season is upon us. Leading the pack in both divisions are St Joseph’s Prep and Bonner-Prendie. Roman Catholic is actually tied with SJP Hawks at 3-0 in the division. SJP gets the nod due to the tougher non-league schedule and their […]
District 12 Playoff Preview Philadelphia Public League
October 26, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
It’s that time of the year where the pretenders are exposed, and the contenders rise up as its now officially playoff time. In the Public League there are 4 classifications with playoffs to determine each classification’s Public League Champion who will meet the Catholic League’s representative in the District 12 City Championship game with the […]
State of Emergency In The City
September 29, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
In the words of Hip Hop Great Shawn Carter aka Jay Z, there’s a war going on outside nobody’s safe from. The Philadelphia Public League has produced some great players for decades players who have gone on to play in the NFL from schools such as Northeast, Germantown, Central, South Philly, George Washington, Simon […]
District 12 Week 4 Preview
September 22, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
League begins league play Thursday 9/22 in all 4 divisions. The action begins with a few great Thursday afternoon & night games: Simon Gratz (3-1) travels to Northeast (3-1) for a key Independence Division battle. The Bulldogs are fresh off a 33-6 win over Wissahickon High. Northeast is coming off it’s first loss of […]
District 12 Guys in College (FBS) in 2022
September 15, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Guys in College (FBS) in 2022 I got curious so I took a look at who’s playin D1 ball from D12 this year. Here’s the list DIVISION 1A INDEPENDENT UMASS Timothy Moulton 6-3 270 R-Junior DL Archbishop Ryan ARMY Connor Bishop 6-3 275 Senior OL Archbishop Wood AMERICAN (AAC) CINCINNATI Rob Jackson 6-5 […]
Week 3 Public League Game Previews
September 14, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
Thursday 9/15 Edison (0-1) @ Mastbaum (0-3) 3pm @Northeast Supersite: Both teams are searching for their first win of the season. Mastbaum lost 40-14 to School of the Future, while Edison lost to Fels 30-8. I think this game will be a battle of field position and little scoring with Mastbaum winning narrowly. Friday 9/16 […]
Public League Week 2 Preview
September 8, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
Thursday 9/8 Kipp-DuBois (0-2) @ Overbrook (2-0) (Germantown Supersite) 7pm: The Brook Panthers are undefeated with two big wins over Vaux & Palumbo by a combined score of 68-8. On the flip side Kipp is still looking for its 1st win being outscored 101-6 in their first 2 games. Mekhi Gordon leads the Panthers offensively […]
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 […]
