November 2024
Downingtown West’s Remarkable Season Ends with Loss to St Joes Prep in 6A Semi-Final
November 30, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
District 1 Thanksgiving Recap
November 28, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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, […]
West Chester Rustin Rumbles It’s Way to Second District 1 Championship in School History
November 23, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
West Chester Rustin Beats Upper Dublin Earns District 1 5A Championship Berth
November 16, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
Pope John Paul II Takes a One Game at a Time Approach, Wins Second Consecutive District 1 4A Championship
November 9, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
Chad Brubaker Steps Down at Spring-Ford
November 6, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
Haverford Continues Turnaround Runs Over Quakertown
November 2, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 11
October 30, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
Hartzell Career Day Leads Villanova Defense in Win Over New Hampshire
October 29, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
District 1Playoff Matchups Announced
October 27, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
In His Final Game Borzillo Leads Pope John Paul II to Second Consecutive PAC Championship
October 26, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship Game Preview
October 24, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
Springfield Beats Garnet Valley in Battle of Central League Heavyweights
October 20, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 9
October 16, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
District 1 Playoff Picture Entering Week 9
October 13, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
After Postponement Kennett Takes Down Unionville in Battle of Route 82
October 13, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
Big Plays Propel Phoenixville Over Upper Perkiomen
October 12, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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. […]
Soar Like An Eagle: Bishop Shanahan Overcomes Slow Start Stuns Downingtown West
October 11, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
Haverford Celebrates Senior Day Knocks off Previously Undefeated Springfield
October 6, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
Stung: Oxford Scores with 24 Seconds Left in Game to Down West Chester East in a Thriller
October 5, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 7
October 3, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
Avit Rushes for 160 Yards Villanova Beats LIU 24-10
September 29, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
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 […]
Haverford Runs Past Lower Merion
September 28, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
ARDMORE: It’s every offensive lineman’s dream to play in a offensive scheme that is ground and pound Brendan Walker, Sean Leahy Alex Klee Quinn McGloin and Emmett Gillespie are living that dream playing for the Haverford High School Fords. On Saturday afternoon a steady mist came down across the Delaware Valley making weather conditions ideal […]
Downingtown West Wins Defensive Battle with West Chester Rustin
September 28, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
WEST CHESTER: Downingtown West Head Coach Tom Kline is off to a great start in his first season at the helm of the Whippets. Entering Friday Night’s Chest-Mont Cross battle against West Chester Rustin his Whippets were a perfect 5-0. A huge part of the Whippets success thus far this season has been the play […]
Sidwar LaSalle Sail Pass Episcopal Academy
September 21, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
NEWTOWN SQUARE: Traditionally LaSalle College High School has been known for its Quarterback play. In January one of the greatest QBs in school history, Brett Gordon returned to the Explorers has head football coach. One of the additions that Gordon brought in was former Neshaminy Head Coach Mark Schmidt to coach the offensive line. Perhaps […]
