| Willie has been covering High School Football in the area for nearly 20 years. |
OH BOY: O’Brien’s Big Day Leads LaSalle to Second State Championship in School History
December 7, 2025
MECHANICSBURG: Former NFLer Santana Moss famously once said, “Big time players make big time plays in big time games.” For the LaSalle Explorers and Joey O’Brien, that quote was the case on Saturday. All the Five-Star Notre Dame Commit did Saturday was catch 10 passes for 99 yards, throw for a touchdown on the offensive […]
Smooth Sailing: LaSalle Reaches First State Championship Game in 15 Years with Rout of North Penn
November 29, 2025
WARRINGTON: Every championship-caliber team has its stars that get all the attention, then they have players who fly under the radar but make big contributions. In an offense that features Missouri commit Gavin Sidwar, JMU commit JP Oates, and Notre Dame commit Joey O’Brein, it’s easy to forget about Jimmy Mahoney. On Saturday, Mahoney caught […]
Historic Season For Chester Comes to Ends With Loss to Springfield In District Championship
November 22, 2025
SPRINGFIELD: Entering the 2025 the expectations were high for the Chester Clippers and through the first 13 weeks of the season the Clippers lived up them, completing the first undefeated 10-0 regular season in school history and continued their winning ways into the District One 5A playoffs where they rolled up three more victories to […]
District 1 5A Championship Preview
November 20, 2025
The Who: 4th-Ranked Chester Clippers at 6th-Ranked Springfield Cougars The What: District 1 5A Championship/State Quarterfinal Where Springfield High School, 200 S. Rolling Rd, Springfield, PA 19064 When: Friday, November 21, 7 pm For Updates on X, follow: @williepafn and @Nickmashmedia Last Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Clippers and Cougars since the 1960s About […]
In Final CAA Game Villanova Works Overtime but Gets Victory over Stony Brook
November 16, 2025
RADNOR: There’s a popular saying that says All Good things must come to an end. For the Villanova Wildcats football team. That was the case Saturday when they marked the end of an era by participating in their final regular-season Colonial Athletic Conference (CAA) game. Beginning in 2026, the Wildcats will be a member of […]
LaSalle Claims First District 12 Championship in 10 Years (Recap)
November 16, 2025
Since joining the PIAA back in 2008, the Catholic League has dominated the biggest class of District 12, having won the District title at that classification every year except 2008, when George Washington defeated LaSalle. Since going to 6 classes in 2016, it has been St Joseph’s Prep that has every single District 12 6A […]
Cardinal O’Hara Claims First District 12 Championship in School History
November 16, 2025
Cardinal O’Hara has been playing football since 1965, and in their storied history, they have won two Philadelphia City Titles in 1973 and 1979, but that was before the Philadelphia Catholic League joined the PIAA. On Saturday morning at Northeast High School, the 2025 version of the Lions put their names in the school’s history […]
North Pocono Takes Down Bishop Shanahan in Thrilling Battle of 4A Heavyweights
November 15, 2025
DOWNINGTOWN: Philadelphia is the home of Rocky and has seen its fair share of big-time heavyweight battles and has produced many big-name fighters. On Friday night, Jack Mancini Field on the campus of Bishop Shanahan High School was the site of another thriller. In one corner, you had the undefeated District 2 Champions, North Pocono […]
Fly Like An Eagle: Bishop Shanahan Captures District 1 4A Title
November 8, 2025
ROYERSFORD: During his career at Bishop Shanahan, Senior QB Anthony Aquila has accomplished just about everything. Last season, he led the Eagles to a Chest-Mont championship. One team that has been a thorn in the side of Aquilia and his Eagles teammates has been Pope John Paul II. In 2023 and 2024, the Golden Panthers […]
District 1 5A Second Round Preview
November 7, 2025
We’ve reached the Elite Eight in District 1 5A. Last week, things went according to chalk except for the 12th seed Unionville Longhorns going on the road and knocking off the 5th seed Wissahickon Trojans. This week, we get two rematches from the regular season. Will the losers of the regular season get revenge? Is […]
District 1 4A Championship Bishop Shanahan at Pope John Paul II Preview
November 6, 2025
The Who: Bishop Shanahan Eagles at Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers The What: District 1 4A Championship Where: Pope John Paul II High School, 181 Rittenhouse Rd, Royersford, PA When: Friday, November 7, 7 pm. For Updates on X, follow: @williepafn The Last Meeting: The Eagles and Golden Panthers last met back on September […]
District 1 6A Second Round Preview
November 6, 2025
We have reached the Elite Eight in District 1 6A. Last week, we saw two big upsets with the 14th seed Owen J. Roberts Wildcats going on the road and knocking off the reigning District 1 and third seed Downingtown West Whippets by a score of 10-7, while the 11th seed Neshaminy Redskins under first-year […]
Explosive Run Game Carries Garnet Valley to First Round Victory
November 2, 2025
GLEN MILLS: When one thinks of the Garnet Valley triple-option offense, they usually think of nice, long 12-13 plus play drives that eat the minutes off the clock. On Saturday night, the Jaguars ran just 12 plays in the first half of their District 1 5A First Round playoff game against visiting Upper Perkiomen. However, […]
Penncrest Downs West Chester East Wins First Home Playoff Game in School’s History
November 1, 2025
MIDDLETOWN: Teachers at Penncrest must give Chase Callahan, Paul Graham Jr., and Sean Benson a pass if their minds wander a little bit during class on Friday. Not only was it Halloween, but the trio and their teammates were mere hours away from participating in the school’s first-ever home playoff game. Callahan, Graham, and Benson […]
Robinson Scores with 6 Seconds left Has Downingtown East Rallies to Beat Spring-Ford
October 31, 2025
DOWNINGTOWN: In the playoffs, it is do or die. For the Downingtown East Cougars, the difference between victory and defeat all came down to one play. Trailing the visiting Spring-Ford Rams 16-13 and with 10 seconds left on the clock, facing a 1st and goal on the Rams’ 9-yard line, the Cougars needed a score to […]
In Downingtown West is Best, Special Teams Make Difference In Battle of Brandywine
October 25, 2025
DOWNINGTOWN: Special teams is often the overlooked part of the game, but in big-time games, they are usually the difference between a victory and defeat. On Friday night, that was exactly the case for the Downingtown West Whippets, whose special teams unit accounted for nine points and blocked two punts as the Whippets bested their […]
Pioneer Athletic Conference Crossover Matchups Set
October 19, 2025
The final piece in next week’s schedule is in place with the Pioneer Athletic Conference (PAC) crossover matchups being set. This year, it’s the Liberty Division that hosts the games. In the Liberty Division, Owen J Roberts, Boyertown, and Perkiomen Valley all went 3-2 in Division play, so they had to go to the tiebreaker, […]
Rustin Routs East in Battle of West Chester
October 18, 2025
WEST GOSHEN: Every year, when West Chester Rustin Golden Knights get together for the first time in a season and discuss their goals for the upcoming season, there are always two goals that remain the same: Win West Chester and Win the Division title. On Friday night, the Golden Knights took the first step in […]
Welde Sets O’Hara Single Game Passing Record in Victory Over Father Judge
October 11, 2025
SPRINGFIELD: Cardinal O’Hara is in their 60th season of playing football and has seen the likes of Tom Savage, Mike Lomas, Ryan Laughlin, Dashawn Darden, Anthony Walters, and Kevin Parker all have played Quarterback for the Lions, and during his four-year career at O’Hara, John Welde has proven himself to be among the greats to […]
Neumann-Goretti-South Philadelphia Annual Thanksgiving Day Game Cancelled
October 8, 2025
What once was an annual tradition of Philadelphia area teams playing a traditional rival on Thanksgiving has been dying over the years, and on Wednesday, another one was announced to be taking at least this year off. On their school’s athletics Facebook page today, Neumann-Goretti announced that they and South Philadelphia High School made the […]
Behind Trio of Coll and Valerio and Valetti Springfield Wins Battle of Central League Heavyweights
October 5, 2025
SPRINGFIELD: Entering the 2025 season, when you asked people who were your favorites to win the Central League, two of the teams that many mentioned were the Haverford Fords and Springfield Cougars, and rightfully so, last season the Fords and Cougars each earned a share of the Central League Title with the Fords knocking off […]
Resilient Effort from Rustin Helps In Victory Over Downingtown East
October 4, 2025
WESTTOWN: When you’ve been around the game as much as West Chester Rustin Mike St. Clair has been, you know what it takes to win big games, and you develop a style that works for your program. For Rustin, it’s tough, hard-nosed run heavy offense with stellar defense. On Friday night, that’s what St. Clair’s […]
PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly Week of October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025
Well, the Calendar has turned to one of this writer’s favorite months, October. The leaves are starting to turn, the weather is getting cooler, and games are being played mostly under the stars. Football is really starting to heat up. My apologies for the delay in this week’s posting. It was a hectic weekend last […]
Bishop Shanahan Uses Big Plays and Stellar Defense to Rout West Chester Henderson
September 27, 2025
DOWNINGTOWN: Everyone loves the big highlight reel plays, and the Bishop Shanahan Eagles are no different. While most teams have only one player who can produce such plays, the Eagles seem to have a different player do it every week. Friday night it was Aidan Civitella and Anthony Aquila’s turn, and the duo didn’t disappoint […]
PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly Week of September 24, 2025
September 24, 2025
How can it be that we’ve reached the midpoint of the 2025 season already? It seems like just yesterday that we were here gearing up for the opening week of the season, and now we are at the midpoint, and it needs to slow down. The leaves are changing colors, we are starting to separate […]
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