June 2020
2020 PFN Player Preview Micah Bootman Upper Dublin @BootmanMicah @UpperDublinFB
June 6, 2020 | Willie McGonigle
Micah D Bootman Upper Dublin Height: 5¨10 Weight: 165 Position(s): DB/WR/Returner Twitter: BootmanMicah College Offers: patiently waiting Keystonefootballrecruits.com profile: micahbootman8/ The fun stuff: Potential Major in College: Criminal justice but not sure What made you choose football? I’ve been playing since I was a kid and I fell in love with the grind. What’s your […]
2020 Player Profiles: Darenmeen Xayamoungkhoun, Cheltenham @DXayamoungkhou1 @HennigarFundInc
June 1, 2020 | Willie McGonigle
Throughout the summer we’ll be featuring and profiling players from all over the state, leading up to the start of the 2021 season The Skinny: Name: Darenmeen Xayamoungkhoun School: Cheltenham High School Height: 6’0 Weight: 240 Position(s): OL/DE Twitter: @DXayamoungkhou1 College Offers: Lake Erie College Potential Major in College: Marketing The Fun: PFN: What made […]
Matt Walp named new Archbishop Wood Head Coach; Looks to continue Winning Tradition @WoodFootball @ArchbishopWood
May 6, 2020 | Willie McGonigle
One thing that keeps great programs great is continuity with its coaching staff. Since Steve Devlin took over has head coach of Archbishop Wood in 2007 all the Vikings have done is won. In total the Vikings won five state championships under Devlin. When Devlin stepped down after the 2017 season to move onto […]
Remaily Named Hatboro-Horsham Head Coach
May 6, 2020 | Willie McGonigle
To say Ken Remaily has Hatboro-Horsham pride running through his blood would be an understatement. First, he is a 1996 graduate of the school where he played Tight end, Defensive End and Outside linebacker for coach Dennis Steinly, He also has Defensive Coordinator for the Hatter’s under two different head coaches, Dave Sanderson and Gary […]
Interboro Names Lux Head Coach @ihsbucsfootball @dlux1120
April 9, 2020 | Willie McGonigle
When Steve Lennox announced his retirement in January the Interboro community found themselves in unfamiliar territory having to find a new head football coach for the first time in almost three decades. On March 27, the Interboro Athletic Department announced that they named Dennis Lux Head Coach. The Interboro School board officially approved the hire of […]
Archbishop Carroll Downs Roman Catholic, Earns First Winning season in 12 years
November 30, 2019 | Willie McGonigle
PLYMOUTH MEETING: The year was 2007 and Kyle Detweiler was in his sophomore year of college while John Tull was finishing an All Catholic season at center for the Archbishop Carroll Patriots football team. That season the Patriots under the direction of Dan Bielli went 10-3. That was the last time the Patriots had a […]
Top Cat: Cheltenham Claims First District Title in a Thriller over Academy Park
November 23, 2019 | Willie McGonigle
WYNCOTE: Two seasons ago Ryan Nase took over the Cheltenham Panthers, in his first season the Panthers struggled going 2-8 but winning two of their last three games. Last season the Panthers went 8-4 and qualified for the and won a District Playoff game. This season the Panthers set the goal to be great […]
Downingtown West Outlasts Haverford in District Semi Final Thriller @whoward_ @treyblair5
November 16, 2019 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: The combined numbers are staggering 91 points, 998 yards total offense, 39 first downs. Those are the numbers that the Number 1 seed Downingtown West Whippets and the red hot 12th seed Haverford Fords combined to put up during the District 1 6A Semi Final at Downingtown’s Kottmeyer Stadium. The scoreboard read in favor […]
Ford Tough: Haverford Stays Hot, Wins 10th in Row, Advances to District Semis @FordsFootball @treyblair5
November 11, 2019 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: After dropping their first two games of season to Archbishop Carroll and Garnet Valley by a total of 14 points the Haverford High Fords could had folded but they didn’t instead they took the motivation and turned into winning nine straight entering Saturday District 1 6A Quarterfinal against the Downingtown East Cougars. Thanks to […]
Haverford School Takes Care of Business against Malvern Prep, Sets Up Title Showdown with Arch-rival
November 4, 2019 | Willie McGonigle
MALVERN: For the Haverford School Fords to have a shot at possibly clinching a share of the Inter-Ac League title they had to first go on the road knock off the defending league champions Malvern Prep Friars. For the Fords to have a chance to play for the outright title they would need to win […]
Turnovers Doom Truman Tigers in setback to Falcons
October 7, 2019 | Willie McGonigle
The scoreboard at Harry S Truman’s Henry C. Morgan Stadium read 42-20 in favor of the visitors. The numbers however were not indictive of the how the key Suburban One National Conference between the Pennsbury Falcons and the Harry S. Truman Tigers. Two touchdowns in the fourth quarter a 47-yard run by Tj Rogers […]
Will’s Southeastern PA Weekly Round up
September 18, 2019 | Willie McGonigle
District 1 Weekly Round Week of Sept 17 Hello and welcome to Will’s Southeastern PA Weekly Round up. Each and every week throughout the season I will be providing notes and observations from District 1 and 12 if you have anything that you believe to be noteworthy please feel to email at umpirewillie100@gmail or on […]
Cougars take down Vikings in Chest-Mont Heavyweight Battle @WCEVikings @DTownFball
September 16, 2019 | Willie McGonigle
EXTON: Entering Saturday night Chest Mont League cross over contest the West Chester East Vikings and Downingtown East Cougars came in undefeated. What ensure on the turf of Kottmeyer stadium was a heavyweight fight that came down to red zone stop in the game’s final seconds that gave the host Cougars the come from behind […]
Dominating Line play, Defense has Bonner-Prendie at 2-0 @MBAP_Football @avon_groveFB
August 30, 2019 | Willie McGonigle
DREXEL HILL: After knocking off neighborhood rival Upper Darby last Friday night the Monsignor Bonner- Archbishop Prendergast Friars found themselves in position to become 2-0 for the first time since 2014. Thanks to all around 27-0 domination of the visiting Avon Grove Red Devils on a special Thursday night game that’s exactly where the Friars […]
Downingtown West opens with impressive victory over Garnet Valley @Whippetfootball @GarnetValleyFB
August 25, 2019 | Willie McGonigle
EXTON: Saturday night’s night match up at Kottmeyer Stadium was one of the most anticipated matchups to open the season. Last season both the Garnet Valley Jaguars and Downingtown Whippets both reached the semifinals of the District 1 6A playoffs.Expectations for both teams are high entering this season and despite missing several key starters including […]
Sun Valley duo helps East to 22-12 Hero Bowl win @SValleyFootball
May 31, 2019 | Willie McGonigle
Sun Valley’s Julz Kelley hauls in a TD pass from Kennedy Poles SPRINGFIELD: Anthony Ellis and Julz Kelly first became teammates on the Aston A.A Bandits when they were six-years old. Thursday night the duo from Sun Valley took field for the final time has teammates and their chemistry showed has they guided the Blue […]
