October 2023
A Healthy Lassik Guides Garnet Valley to Come From Behind Victory Over Marple-Newtown
October 21, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
NEWTOWN SQUARE: After missing four games and part of a fifth game with an ankle injury Tyler Lassik is finally getting back to full health and Friday night, he showed what he’s capable of leading his Garnet Valley Jaguars back from a 14-0 deficit to walk away with wild 26-21 victory on the road at […]
Garnet Valley Gets Back in Win Column Defeats Conestoga
October 14, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
BERWYN: After losing their first Central League game since 2017 last week to Strath Haven the Garnet Valley Jaguars were looking to bounce back and were ready to work. The Jaguars entered Friday Night’s Central League contest against the host Conestoga Pioneers has the 9th seed in the District 1 6A Playoffs, while the Pioneers […]
Downingtown West Knockouts Coatesville in Battle of Chest-Mont Heavyweights
October 7, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: It’s one of the biggest matchups on the Chest Mont schedule every year traditionally both Coatesville and Downingtown West are not just powers in the Chest Mont League but also District 1 Friday night was no different. In one corner you had the visiting Coatesville Red Raiders coming into the game at 5-1 and […]
Malvern Prep Defense Forces Five Turnovers in Victory Over Hun School
September 30, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
MALVERN: With the weather forecast calling for rain on Friday Night Malven Prep Head Coach Dave Gueriera knew taking care of the ball and forcing turnovers while taking care of the ball themselves would be huge in their non-league against undefeated Hun School from Princeton NJ. Fortunately for Gueriera his defense forced five turnovers, had […]
District 1: Midseason Report
September 29, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
As hard has it is to believe we have already reach the midway point of the 2023 Regular season and we have seen our plenty of action in District 1 lets take a look at the playoff picture and other surprises thus far this season in District 1. 6A After 5 weeks of the regular […]
Wolski Marple-Newtown Answer Challenge Shut Out Ridley
September 22, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP: After being shutout last week by Springfield, Marple-Newtown Head Coach Chris Gicking knew his team was in for another heavyweight battle this Friday night on the road at Ridley, so he issued a challenge to his team and Sophomore Brett Wolski and the Tigers defense accepted the challenge and came out to play […]
What the heck’s happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 4
September 21, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
Welcome back after taking a two-week hiatus due to work commitments and for that, I offer my apologies we are back let’s take a look at What’s Happening in Districts I& XII _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Streak Still going: Despite receiving a scare from Haverford last week with their 14-13 victory over the Fords the Garnet Valley Jaguars […]
Cardinal O’Hara Strikes Quick Then Defense Shuts Out West Catholic
September 16, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
SPRINGFIELD: Entering Friday nights Philadelphia Catholic League Blue Division opener Cardinal O’Hara Head Coach Mike Ewing knew his defense was in for a tough test in having to defend against visiting West Catholic and their Quarterback Kal-El Durham. Luckly for Ewing his Lions defense was up to the test and his offense did enough as […]
Strath Haven Claims 14th Consecutive Media Bowl Over Penncrest
September 15, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
WALLINGFORD: The Strath Haven Panthers and Penncrest Lions have been playing each other since 1983. And the the rivalry has mostly gone in the favor of the Panthers who entering Thursday’s nights edition of the Media Bowl the Panthers were victorious in the last 13 and had won 36 of the 40 meetings overall. It […]
Roman Catholic’s Defense Starts Fast Fuels win Over Episcopal Academy
September 9, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
NEWTOWN SQUARE: Every coach dreams of a quick start from their team. Friday night Roman Catholic Head Coach Rick Prete got that, but it wasn’t his offense that came out of the gate fast it was his defense, that before their offense could even get on the field gave the visiting Cahillites’ a 12-0 lead […]
Henicle-Kucera Connection Carrys Downingtown West Over Perkiomem Valley
September 2, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: Downingtown’s West Quinn Henicle and Jake Kucera share a connection that only best friends can have. On Friday night at Kottmeyer Stadium the best friend combo proved too much for Perkiomen Valley as the host Whippets downed the visiting Vikings 35-14 in a non-league showdown of District 1 6A powers. “My connection with Jake […]
Tozzi, Ground Game Helps Penncrest Finish Chichester
September 2, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
MIDDLETOWN: Last season the Penncrest Lions struggled and went 1-10 however in several of those games the Lions either had a lead or were close before things snowballed and got out of hand. All off-season QB Nico Tozzi and his teammates had one word in mind: FINISH. On Thursday evening the Lions did just that […]
What the heck’s happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 1
August 30, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
_________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome to another week of What the heck’s happening in Districts I and XII. Week zero is in the books, let’s look at what happened. Milestone Game for Roman Catholic: Last Friday’s night 49-14 victory over Wilson was the program’s 1200 game. It also was the program’s 526 win. Boyertown’s Cole Yesavage has 5 […]
With a Brotherhood on the Line Paving the Way, Lammy, Downingtown East Dominate Pennridge
August 26, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: When you play with the same guys for several years you expect to be close to each other. Downingtown East offensive line is a perfect example of just that as not only did the Cougars return 6 players on the line, but they are close. Adham Abouraya, Luke Fowler, Ryan Konchek, Ryan Moses, Cody […]
What The Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week Zero
August 25, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
_________________________________________________________________________________________ Hello and welcome to the 2023 season of What’s Happening in District I & XII! Join us every week as we take a look back at what has happened and look forward to what will happen in Districts I and XII Strath Haven to Host Field Day: Strath Haven High School invites you to […]
Bonner Set to Open Season Overseas in Ireland
August 22, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
DREXEL HILL: Traditionally Monsignor Bonner opens their season with an 8-minute walk down Lansdowne Avenue where they battle neighboring Upper Darby High, but 2023 will see the Friars breaking tradition in a big way. On Tuesday the Friars will board a bus for a 25-minute trip They will arrive at Philadelphia International Airport where the […]
2023 Pioneer Athletic Conference Frontier Division Preview
August 21, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
Last season the Perkiomen Valley Vikings for the second consecutive year took home the Liberty Division Championship and defeated the Frontier Division Champions Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers in the Pioneer Athletic Championship Game. Both the Vikings and Golden Panthers appear poised to be playing in the PAC Conference championship for the third season […]
2023 Pioneer Athletic Conference Preview: Liberty
August 17, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
Last season the Perkiomen Valley Vikings for the second consecutive year took home the Liberty Division Championship and defeated the Frontier Division Champions Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers in the Pioneer Athletic Championship Game. Both the Vikings and Golden Panthers appear poised to be playing in the PAC Conference championship for the third season […]
Four District 12 Stars Named to PSFCA East/West Games in May
February 18, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
Today the PSFCA announced the rosters for the annual East/West All-Star Games that are slated to take place on Sunday, May 21 at Bishop McDevitts Rocco Ortenzio Stadium in Harrisburg. District 12 is well represented in the games as four players have been named to teams. In the Small School game that’s slated to kick […]
Getting to Know New Abington Head Coach Terence Tolbert
January 20, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
On January 10, Terence Tolbert was named the 18th head coach in Abington history. Recently he sat down with Pafootballnews for a Q&A. PFN:What is it like to return to your Alma Mater and be named head coach there? TT: Any athlete would want to return to where they competed to lead the team. Returning […]
Unionville Tabs Murphy New Head Coach
January 18, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
Unionville High School will have a new face guiding the Longhorns Football for the first time in nearly two decades. On Tuesday evening, the Unionville Chadds Ford School Board approved Tim Murphy as the school’s new head coach. Murphy takes over for Pat Clark who retired from coaching at the end of this past season. […]
Central League Year in Review
December 31, 2022 | Willie McGonigle
With only a few hours before the calendar turns to 2023 what better way to end the year than to look back at the year that was in the Central League. While 2022 saw some new things in the Central League such as Eric Van Wyk taking over at Garnet Valley for the retired Mike […]
Maxwell Football Club Announces Mini Max Award Winners
December 19, 2022 | Willie McGonigle
Upper Dublin’s Colin O’Sullivan is one of 55 Mini Max award winners Today the Maxwell Football Club announced the 55 recipients from Pennsylvania that were awarded the clubs Mini Max Award Winners. Each winner was nominated by their head coach and was evaluated by criteria that included on-field performance as well as work in the […]
Seventh Heaven: Big First Half Gives St. Joseph’s Prep 7th State Championship in School History
December 10, 2022 | Willie McGonigle
CHAMBERSBURG: Last week in their state semi-final victory over Garnet Valley the St. Joseph’s Prep Hawks jumped out to 48-0 halftime lead. Saturday evening, the Hawks offense came out rolling racking up 311 yards and putting 35 points on the scoreboard in the opening 24 minutes on their way to a dominating 42-7 victory over […]
6A Final Team Preview: St. Joseph’s Prep
December 9, 2022 | Willie McGonigle
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – While the location may have changed to Cumberland Valley’s Chapman Field, one constant remain: the St. Joseph Prep Hawks are in the 6A State Championship. This season marks the eighth consecutive season that the Hawks have made an appearance in the big game. If you include the Hawks’s rival LaSalle it makes […]
