July 2026
2026 Team Preview: The Catasauqua Rough Riders
July 31, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Catasauqua Rough Riders Head Coach: Joe Henrich PIAA District 11 Class 2A Conference: Colonial League – Division B 2025 Season Record: 4-8 Key Starters lost Key Starters Lost: (7) – Adam Kosciolek (OL/DL), JoJo Lafond (WR/DB), Cadeo Estonzac (WR/QB/DB), Braeden Smith (OL/DL), Chris Wellington (HB/LB), Tray Dunn (RB/LB), Manny Bolmer (WR/DB) returning starters […]
2026 Team Preview: The Upper Perkiomen Indians
July 29, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Upper Perkiomen Indians Head Coach: Dan Heinrichs PIAA District 1 Class 5A Conference: Pioneer Athletic Conference Frontier Division 2025 Season Record: 7-4 Key Starters lost #34 Brody Weiss (MLB, RB) #33 Kane Krier (OLB, FB) #50 Maddux Diaz (DT, OT) #53 Tice Hallman (OT) #11 Ethan Scharneck (TE, DE) #13 Tucker Ruch (CB, WR) […]
2026 Team Preview: The Spring-Ford Rams
July 29, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Spring-Ford Rams Head Coach Mike Palmer PIAA District 1 Class 6A Conference: Pioneer Athletic League – Liberty 2025 Season Record: 6-5 Key Starters lost Blake Turner (WR/DB), Ryan Kerchner (TE/DE), Brayden Hinkle (RB) AJ Moyer (OL/DL), Cole Broderick (RB/LB) Ryan Reavy (K/P) returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year Lynn Bellard (OL/DL) […]
2026 Team Preview: The Lakeland Chiefs
July 29, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Lakeland Chiefs Head Coach: David Piwowarczyk PIAA District 2 Class 2A Conference: Lackawanna Interscholastic Athletic Association – Division 2 2025 Season Record:11-2 Key Starters lost David Naniewicz QB/DE, Kody Miller TE/DE, Gavin Roberts RB/DB, Weston Loomis OL/DL, Caden Cuozzo LB/RB returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year Rocco Spataro QB/DB 5-9 175 […]
2026 Team Preview: The Pittston Area Patriots
July 28, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Pittston Area Patriots Head Coach: Paul Russick PIAA District 2 Class 5A Conference: Wyoming Valley Conference – Division 1 2025 Season Record: 8-3 Key Starters lost Brody Spindler (RB/LB), Paulie Ferentino (QB), Gunnar Zaledonis (OL/DL), Stephen Barnic (WR/DB), Victor Narsavage (LB), Malkom Blackshear (DB), Aidan Brody (DB), Nico Cielo (OL), Brian Hankey (OL/DL […]
2026 Team Preview: The Hollidaysburg Golden Tigers
July 28, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Hollidaysburg Golden Tigers Head Coach: Homer DeLattre PIAA District 6 Class 5A Conference: Independent 2025 Season Record: 13-1 Key Starters lost Bryce Lewis Kayden McCrystal Ethan Rhodes Bravin Matthews Cole DeLattre Josh Banks Jackson York Austin Harr Kasen Metzger Bravin Matthews Matthew Walters returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year SAF 8 […]
2026 Team Preview: The Upper Dublin Cardinals
July 27, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Upper Dublin Cardinals Head Coach: Bret Stover PIAA District 1 Class: 5A Conference: Suburban One League Continental 2025 Record: 4-6 Key Starters lost Justin Waugh DE Kutztown, Benji Ravitz TE Elon, Jacob Reif WR, Gavin Lapa K/P, Potter Rudl OL Millersville returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year QB Lawson Tyler 6’5 […]
2026 Team Preview: Souderton Indians
July 24, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Souderton Indians Head Coach: Ed Gallagher PIAA District 1 Class 6A Conference: Suburban One League – Continental Key Starters lost QB Ben Walsh WR / CB Hunter Smeltz WR / FS Timmy Meehan FB / DT Michael McCormick OLB Noah Porter HB / CB Mujana Sudi returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class […]
2026 Team Preview: Lake Lehman Black Knights
July 24, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Lake Lehman Black Knights Head Coach: Mike Mully PIAA District 2 Class 3A Conference: Wyoming Valley Conference – Division 3 2025 Season Record: 4-6 Key Starters lost Bobby Gregor, Jaydon Skipalis, Chris Yetter returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year Logan Rybka OL/DL 6’1″ 200lbs 2027, Zachary Koval OL/DL 6’1″ 260lbs 2027, […]
2026 Team Preview: The Greensburg Salem Golden Lions
July 24, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Greensburg Salem Golden Lions Head Coach: Ty George PIAA District 7 Class 3A Conference: WPIAL 3A Section 1 2025 Season Record: 3-7 Key Starters lost Maxim Topper, Anthony Matthews, Isaiah Stillwagon returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year Braydon Miller WR/ DB Jackson Stevey TE/LB Orion Leone OL/ DL Brandt Sandstrom CB […]
2026 Team Preview: The Stroudsburg Mountaineers
July 22, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
The Stroudsburg Mountaineers Head Coach: Jim Miller PIAA District 11 Class 6A Conference: Eastern PA – Monroe 2025 Season Record: 5-6 Key Starters lost Essam Alrefai Alex Ball Zion Essington Joe Monaco Aren Quintero Jaylin Rieara Octavian Riszko Karis Wilkens Camron Satterfield Anderson Soto returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year) Keyen Johnson, […]
West Chester East Cummings Commits To Towson
May 27, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
On Wednesday afternoon, West Chester East QB Logan Cummings gave his verbal commitment to Towson University. In his Jr season, Cummings completed 60 percent of his passes for 1863 yards and 23 total touchdowns and led the Vikings to a 6-5 record and an appearance in the District 1 5A Playoffs. Towson was one of […]
OH BOY: O’Brien’s Big Day Leads LaSalle to Second State Championship in School History
December 7, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
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 | Willie McGonigle
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 | Willie McGonigle
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 | Willie McGonigle
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 | Willie McGonigle
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 | Willie McGonigle
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 | Willie McGonigle
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 | Willie McGonigle
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 | Willie McGonigle
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 | Willie McGonigle
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 | Willie McGonigle
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 | Willie McGonigle
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 | Willie McGonigle
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, […]
