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Willie McGonigle

Willie McGonigle
Willie has been covering High School Football in the area for nearly 20 years.
 
 
 
 

St Joseph’s Preps Grounds and Pounds It’s Way to Three Peat

December 8, 2024

MECHANICSBURG When you have been as successful as the St Joseph Prep Hawks have been you tend to know what helps you find success. Stellar offensive line play is the one constant for the Hawks during their latest dynasty. Saturday night was no difference behind the offensive line consisting of Sean Molley, Kahaul Stewart, Jake […]

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Green and Gold Standard:Bonner-Prendie wins First State Championship in School’s History

December 6, 2024

MECHANICSBURG: Last season Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast’s (Bonner-Prendie) season ended prematurely with a heart breaking 28-27 loss to Dallas in the State Quarterfinal. The loss didn’t sit well for the Friars. It wasn’t wrong after that Bonner-Prendie started setting their eyes on the 2024 season. This offseason the Friars were moved up a division in the […]

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2024 Class 5A Title Game Preview: Roman Catholic

December 5, 2024

Roman Catholic v Bishop McDevitt PIAA Class 5A Title Game Friday, 7pm Roman Catholic Cahillites PIAA District 12 Class AAAAA League Philadelphia Catholic League Red Division Head Coach Rick Prete Overview: Usually the Buzz coming from the intersection of Broad and Vine Streets in December is about the latest version of Roman Catholic’s storied basketball […]

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Downingtown West’s Remarkable Season Ends with Loss to St Joes Prep in 6A Semi-Final

November 30, 2024

COATESVILLE: When you have been around a program like Downingtown West for as long as Tom Kline has, you begin to develop a relationship with the players and the community. Kline has been around the Whippet program since 2015, serving as an assistant coach under the only head coach Downingtown West High School has ever […]

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District 1 Thanksgiving Recap

November 28, 2024

A once proud tradition of teams playing Thanksgiving rivalries has dwindled over the years. This year after the cancellation of the Bristol-Morrisville game we are down to just four games in District and here’s a recap of today’s action Haverford 40 Upper Darby 0 The Fords’ remarkable turnaround is complete. A year after going 1-9, […]

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West Chester Rustin Rumbles It’s Way to Second District 1 Championship in School History

November 23, 2024

SPRINGFIELD: For each of the past three years Chase Hatton and his classmates have seen their season end with heartbreak in the District playoffs. In their senior year, they were determined not to let that happen to their class again on a damp chilly Friday night Hatton and his classmates accomplished one of their goals […]

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West Chester Rustin Beats Upper Dublin Earns District 1 5A Championship Berth

November 16, 2024

WEST CHESTER: Its becoming a right of passage being a West Chester Rustin Golden Knight, getting to the District 1 championship entering Friday night’s District 1 5A Semi-Final the Golden Knights have been to four District 15A Championship games. Of the four championship game appearances the Golden Knights faced Upper Dublin Cardinals in 3 of […]

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Pope John Paul II Takes a One Game at a Time Approach, Wins Second Consecutive District 1 4A Championship

November 9, 2024

ROYERSFORD: As cliché has it may sound the Pope John Paul Golden Panthers take an approach to take one game at a time. Thus far this season that’s been a successful formula Friday night with a 49-7 rout over the visiting Springfield Township the Golden Panthers for the tenth time in eleven tries this week […]

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Chad Brubaker Steps Down at Spring-Ford

November 6, 2024

In a statement released on the Spring-Ford Rams Facebook Page, Spring-Ford Head Coach Chad Brubaker announced his resignation as Head Coach. “This decision was not made lightly as my time here was has been incredibly rewarding and filled with tremendous memories.” Brubaker said in the statement and on went on to say ” Over the […]

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Haverford Continues Turnaround Runs Over Quakertown

November 2, 2024

HAVERTOWN: Prior to the 2023 season Haverford High School Head Coach Luke Doughtery decided to change the type of offense that his Fords would run so he brought in someone that came from a pedigree of winning football. Doughtery brought in Kevin Clancy to be his offensive Coordinator. Yes, Clancy is the son of Strath […]

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What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 11

October 30, 2024

Hello and welcome to this week’s installment of What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII this week. It’s hard to believe that we have reached the conclusion of the Regular Season. What a great Regular Season it was let’s take a look at some of the things that have happened here in Districts […]

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Hartzell Career Day Leads Villanova Defense in Win Over New Hampshire

October 29, 2024

Entering Saturday’s CAA conference battle with New Hampshire, Villanova’s Head Coach Mark Ferrante knew his team would be in for a battle. Thankfully for Ferrante, his defense, in particular Shane Hartzell, answered the bell and came to play. Hartzell had a career-high 20 tackles, and the Villanova defense made two goal-line stands, allowing them to […]

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District 1Playoff Matchups Announced

October 27, 2024

Sunday morning the District 1 Steering Committee had its annual meeting announcing the Playoff Meetings for District 1. 6A: In 6A the defending District 1 Champions Central Bucks South will be the number 1 seed in the playoffs for the second consecutive year they will see Spring-Ford in the playoffs. The full list of matchups are […]

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In His Final Game Borzillo Leads Pope John Paul II to Second Consecutive PAC Championship

October 26, 2024

ROYERSFORD: Entering Friday Night’s Pioneer Athletic Conference Game Pope John Paul II’s Anthony Borzzillo knew that Friday night would be the final time he strapped on the pads and played in a high school football game. While his Golden Panthers teammates will now begin the defense of their District 1 4A title, the Senior Malvern […]

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Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship Game Preview

October 24, 2024

Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship Game X-Ray Who: Liberty Division Champion Perkiomen Valley Vikings-Frontier Division Champion Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers What: Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship Game When: Friday, October 25, 2024 7 pm kickoff Where: Pope John Paul II High School 181 Rittenhouse Rd. Royersford Pa 19468 Series History Previous Meetings: 9 Record: PV […]

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Springfield Beats Garnet Valley in Battle of Central League Heavyweights

October 20, 2024

SPRINGFIELD: Two weeks ago, in their lone loss of the season against Haverford the Springfield Delco Cougars thought they let one slip away. Last week the Cougars rebounded and easily defeated Radnor. On Friday night the Cougars faced a difficult test when they hosted fellow Central League power Garnet Valley and this time the Cougars […]

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What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 9

October 16, 2024

Hello and welcome to this week’s installment of What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII this week. Hard to believe folks that we have reached Week 9 of the season and next week brings the final week of the regular season and we head into playoffs. Let us take a look at What’s […]

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District 1 Playoff Picture Entering Week 9

October 13, 2024

This week marks Week 9 of the Regular season which means that next week marks the last week of the regular season in District 1. With that in mind let’s take a look at what the playoff match-ups would be if the postseason started today. In 6A the reigning District 1 Champion CB South currently […]

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After Postponement Kennett Takes Down Unionville in Battle of Route 82

October 13, 2024

EAST MARLBORO: When your schools are separated by a mere 3.3 miles and you share youth football program like Kennett and Unionville do it’s understandable that you look forward to playing each other every year. The Kennett Blue Demons and the Unionville Longhorns were supposed to renew their rivalry on Thursday evening but thanks to […]

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Big Plays Propel Phoenixville Over Upper Perkiomen

October 12, 2024

PHOENIXVILLE: When you are a four-year starter like Phoenixville’s Kevin Kingsbury you know what your team can do. On Friday night the Phantoms showed off their big play ability after falling behind 2-0 early in the game they rolled up 40 straight points on their way to a 40-14 homecoming victory over Upper Perkiomen Valley. […]

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Soar Like An Eagle: Bishop Shanahan Overcomes Slow Start Stuns Downingtown West

October 11, 2024

DOWNINGTOWN: In the opening paragraph of his novel A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens wrote “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” For the Bishop Shanahan Eagles offense, it was the opposite, one might have been hard-pressed to find a worse start to a game for a team’s offense […]

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Haverford Celebrates Senior Day Knocks off Previously Undefeated Springfield

October 6, 2024

HAVERTOWN: Prior to their Saturday Night showdown with the undefeated Springfield Delco Cougars, Haverford High School hosted their annual Senior Day festivities. The Fords gave their Seniors a reason to celebrate knocking off the Cougars 21-13 at AG Cornog Stadium. With the Fords clinging to a one-point lead early in the third quarter and facing […]

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Stung: Oxford Scores with 24 Seconds Left in Game to Down West Chester East in a Thriller

October 5, 2024

WEST CHESTER: With injuries starting to mount on their team the Oxfords Hornets found themselves needing to make a few personnel changes. One of them was moving Jalen McClain to running back. With his twin brother Joel being sidelined earlier in the game Jalen stepped up hugely, with his team tied with West Chester East […]

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What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 7

October 3, 2024

Hello and welcome to this week’s installment of What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII this week. We have past the halfway point of the season. What an exciting season it has been thus far and the rest of the season appears to be just has exciting. Let’s look at what went down […]

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Avit Rushes for 160 Yards Villanova Beats LIU 24-10

September 29, 2024

This weekend Villanova University hosted its annual Family Weekend, part of the festivities is the football game has families packed into Villanova Stadium despite the constant mist that fell on the Delaware Valley Saturday. David Avitt gave those fans plenty to cheer about as the Freshman RB ran for 160 yards on 24 carries and […]

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