Benjamin Franklin Electrons
| Benjamin Franklin Electrons |
| Head Coach: Aleem Medley |
| PIAA District 12 - Class 4A |
| Philadelphia Public League - National |
| OVERALL | PCT | CONF | PCT | HOME | AWAY | STREAK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-5 | 0.286 | 0-3 | 0.000 | 1-2 | 1-3 | L3 |
08-16 |
@ West Philadelphia (2-4) |
- |
08-22 |
@ Overbrook (1-6) |
W, 44-6 |
08-30 |
@ Neumann-Goretti (4-3) |
L, 6-16 |
09-06 |
vs. South Philadelphia (2-5) |
L, 0-8 |
09-11 |
vs. Olney (4-3) |
W, 22-8 |
09-20 |
@ Mastery Charter North (4-2) |
L, 0-22 |
09-26 |
@ Academy at Palumbo (6-1) |
L, 12-20 |
10-03 |
vs. School of the Future (5-2) |
L, 14-37 |
10-10 |
@ Kipp-DuBois (2-5) |
- |
10-17 |
@ Roxborough (1-6) |
- |
11-27 |
@ Dobbins-Randolph Vo-Tech (0-7) |
- |
Kareim Mckellar lead Ben Franklin to win over Olney
September 11, 2025 | Billy Splain
Kareim Mckellar had a day. The senior qb tore up the field throwing for 108 yards and a td while also rushing for 101 yards and two scores on just 6 carries leading the Electrons to a 22-6 win at the Germantown Supersite Thursday afternoon. Olney took the opening kickoff and it looked like they […]
Ben Franklin Electrons flash past Overbrook 44-6
August 23, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
To open the 2025 season Benjamin Franklin 3rd year head coach preached to his team to set the tone early and often against a gritty Overbrook High team. His experienced team listened and jumped out early over Brook with a tenacious defense. Led by two senior captains in WR/DB Mekale Smith & WR/DB Makel Nelson […]
2025 PFN Player Preview: Getting to Know Benjamin Franklin HB/LB Tyrese Nichols
July 22, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
Name: Tyrese Nichols School: Benjamin Franklin Height/Weight: 5-9 185 Class: 2026 Jersey #: 6 Head Coach: Aleem Medley Getting to Know Tyrese: What Coach says” Returning 1st team All Public senior LB/RB. I expect Tyrese to build on his junior year, 2nd on the team in tackles. Tyrese is a monster in the weight room and if he […]
Philadelphia Public League Playoff Preview
October 25, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Philadelphia Public League Playoff Preview: 6A Playoff Games: #8 Kensington v #1 Imhotep: Imhotep will be awarded a forfeit win over Kensington as Kensington opted to not play Tep and instead will play a non-league game against Dobbins looking for their first victory of the season. As a result, the top PL 6A seed will […]
District 12 & Inter-Ac Week 3 Preview
September 13, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Week 3 City Rankings Roman Catholic Imhotep Charter La Salle College St. Joe’s Prep Malvern Prep Bonner-Prendie Haverford School Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Cardinal O’Hara George Washington We are fully entrenched into the 2024 season as all teams within the cities 3 leagues have between 2-3 games under their belts already. There are quite a […]
Ben Franklin earns hard fought victory over Overbrook
August 25, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
The Ben Franklin Electrons hosted fellow public league member the Overbrook Panthers in what was the first game of the 2024 public league season at 29th street stadium. The late great Philly hall of fame high school sports journalist would always attend the first city game to kick off his season long coverage. In the […]
Philadelphia Public League 2024 National Division Preview
August 22, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC LEAGUE NATIONAL DIVISION The 2024 season will feature 7 teams in the 3rd tier Public League Division commonly known as the National Division. George Washington won the division in 2023 and was promoted to the Liberty Division. The division is top heavy and it’s quite likely the division title winner won’t be known […]
2024 PFN Player Spotlight: Getting to Know Ben Franklin WR David Winchester
July 10, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
David Winchester Wide Receiver Benjamin Franklin HS Class Of 2025 Jersey #2 HT/WT: 5-11 165 Position: WR/SS Instagram: @5star._ticket Other Sports: Basketball Accolades: All-Public Coach says: David has a heart of a lion. Toughest player on the team and will fight through anything. Looking forward to seeing him this year. He finished his 1st season […]
Aleem Medley returns home to Benjamin Franklin restoring hope & promise to the program
November 3, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
The 2022 football season for Benjamin Franklin HS was grim, tiresome and at times depressing. Due to a late coaching change, key players bolted for other schools, the first 2 games were cancelled and when they finally did get on the field to play a game, they were playing with first time varsity players at […]
District XII 5A Public League Playoff Preview
November 2, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Public League 5A Playoff Preview: Entering the semifinal weekend, the following teams are still alive in the quest for the Public League 5A championship. #1 seed Imhotep Charter which was idle last week after Roxborough opted to forfeit their quarterfinal game is well rested as they’ll take on #7 seed Benjamin Franklin which […]
Philly City Leagues Mid-Season Recap
October 5, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Mid-Season Recap: The 2023 regular season is halfway over for most teams, and we have a few clear-cut favorites to win their division, advance to title games and contend for state titles. While there are some very strong teams in the 2 leagues, we also must pay honor to the Inter-Ac League which […]
District 12 Philly Public & Catholic League Week 5 Recap
October 4, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Week 5 recap: Lower Moreland 14 Vaux 8: Lower Moreland who had struggled defensively in their previous 4 games stepped up big time surrendering only 8 points to Vaux. Highland Regional (NJ) 38 Academy at Palumbo 0: Highland Regional would dominate from start to finish churning out 394 yards of total offense, passing […]
District 12 Week 3 Preview Pt 2 Friday & Saturday
September 16, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Friday 9/15: Ben Franklin @ George Washington: The Electrons are improved from last year winning more total games (1) and scoring more points (44) than they did in 2022. Under new HC Aleem Medley a former BF football player they’ve been disciplined and motivated to be more competitive. Leading the team is Sr. RB Vernon […]
George Washington soars past Ben Franklin
September 15, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
The Eagles improved to 3-0 with a convincing 44-0 win over the Ben Franklin Electrons. The game featured plenty of hard hits including this one https://x.com/afrankl3/status/1702765381360709989?s=46&t=N5fVwd8BRHqOvVE3satFLw The first quarter was a defensive slug feat until the Eagles broke through with no time left in the quarter to take a 7-0 lead on a beautiful toss […]
Philadelphia Public League Liberty Division Preview
August 25, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
Liberty Division Preview The Liberty Division is comprised of 6 teams with 4 of them being in 5A (King, Franklin, West Philadelphia, Mastery). Lincoln and Central are both 6A programs. The division is unique this year with Lincoln being bumped up and MLK dropping down from the Independence division. King, Mastery and Central are all […]
Ben Franklin steam rolls over Central
October 5, 2021 | Anthony Franklin
The Electrons of Benjamin Franklin headed up Broad Street to take on the Lancers of Central High School in a key divisional game. The Lancers came into the game 0-3-1 while the Electrons entered the game 1-2. Franklin prior to this game had scored a combined 21 points in 3 games while giving up […]
2021 PFN SPRING Team Preview: The Ben Franklin Electrons @BFHSNews @fatkouu
March 10, 2021 | Billy Splain
Ben Franklin Electrons Head Coach Lorrel McCook 2019 Season Record 9-2 2021 Spring Schedule DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/SCORE 03-12 @ Mastery North Charter (0-0) 3:00 pm 03-19 @ West Philadelphia (0-0) west philly 3:00 pm 03-26 @ Roxborough (0-0) 3:00 pm 04-01 vs. Frankford (0-0) Gratz Supersite 12:00 pm 04-09 vs. Boys Latin Charter (0-0) Simon Gratz SS 3:00 pm 04-16 @ Abraham Lincoln (0-0) @ Lincoln […]
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