District 1
April 2020
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 […]
Coaching Jobs: Chichester Defensive Asst @chi_football5
February 26, 2020 | Billy Splain
Chichester High School (Del-Val, District 1 4A) is seeking a defensive assistant coach for the varsity/JV team. The position we are looking to fill would be responsible for coaching their own position group on the defensive side (specific position is flexible). There is also potential to fill the special teams coordinator role if the successful […]
Great PA Teams: Lower Merion 1923…..For Kobe and the Lower Merion family
January 28, 2020 | Hal Wilson
LOWER MERION 1923 Dating from the 19th century, Lower Merion football has a long and rich tradition. Over the years, the suburban Philadelphia school has fielded many fine teams. Perhaps the greatest of all was the perfect record squad of 1923. This Maroon team from Ardmore scored 349 points in ten games while allowing […]
2019 Century Conference All-Stars
December 12, 2019 | Billy Splain
TEAMS CHOSEN BY CENTURY LEAGUE COACHES FIRST TEAM OFFENSE QB Trey Blair Haverford OL Lance Schwartz Garnet Valley OL Sam Burk Strath Haven OL Joe Goodman Marple-Newtown OL Mitchell Benjamin Conestoga C Kevin Gillespie Haverford TE Scott Smith Conestoga RB John Prochniak Strath Haven RB Jake Morin Garnet Valley RB Liam Kirk Conestoga WR Jahmir […]
Archbishop Wood Wins Thrilling 5A Title Game. @WoodFootball @CheltenhamSD
December 7, 2019 | Phil Myers
Cardell Pigford!!! @WoodFootball takes a 19-15 lead with 4 seconds left ! pic.twitter.com/4iJShmGEpV — Pa Football News (@PaFootballNews) December 7, 2019 As in any sport, it’s not always how you start, it’s how you finish. The Vikings of Archbishop Wood took that to heart by saving the best for last, scoring a touchdown with 4 […]
PIAA State Championships — Cheltenham v. Archbishop Wood (GALLERY) @Wood_Vikings
December 7, 2019 | Sykotyk
PIAA Class 5A Championship Friday, December 6, 2019 Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA Archbishop Wood 19, Cheltenham 15 For more, and larger, photos from this week, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
PIAA Class 5A State Championship Preview: Cheltenham v Archbishop Wood https://twitter.com/ @WoodFootball @CheltenhamSD @HennigarFundInc
December 6, 2019 | Billy Splain
The Skinny (strengths, weaknesses, the stars): Willie McGonigle on Tygel teams: For Cheltenham: The Panthers are experiencing their best season in schools history. They are doing so under of third year head coach Ryan Nase. Offensively the Panthers have been firing on all cylinders averaging a whopping 43.4 points per game since they started district […]
Iconic Steve Lennox and His Interboro Bucs Stun Ridley on Thanksgiving 28-21 @GoBucsSports
December 2, 2019 | Mark Carfagno
Just about everyone who is in the Delaware County football loop figured the Ridley Green Raiders would just have to show up to come out victorious over their Thanksgiving Day rival Interboro, After all who could blame them. Interboro started the season 0-9 and won their first game on the last day of the regular […]
Timmy Smith and Offensive Line Power Central Dauphin Over Downingtown West @CDRamsFootball
November 30, 2019 | Mark Carfagno
One Thousand Three Hundred and Five Yards. Yes that was the total number of combined all purpose yards by both teams. Near the end of the third quarter Head Official Lee Page yelled over to me ; ” How many miles have I run so far ? Well on my phone app pedometer yours truly […]
Collier Collars The Vikings over Southern Lehigh
November 25, 2019 | Mark Carfagno
Southern Lehigh’s Asher Smith entered Friday’s PIAA 5 A quarterfinal against Archbishop Wood with a school record 2,442 yards during the 2019 season. The Spartans also entered the game with a 6 game winning streak while averaging 50.1 points during the streak. The Vikings and their defense led by Shane Collier certainly were ready for the run […]
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 […]
Whippets win Duel of Star Quarterbacks, Advance to play Central Dauphin
November 23, 2019 | Billy Splain
Special Contributor: Edward Sutelan | esutelan@pennlive.com DOWNINGTOWN — Every chance Downingtown West seemed to come closer to putting Coatesville away, the Red Raiders came right back into the picture. The Whippets jumped out to an early 21-0 lead, and seemed prime to take a 27-7 lead into the half with the Red Raiders taking […]
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 […]
Bulldogs win program’s 1st state game, Bishop Shanahan’s season comes to an end.
November 16, 2019 | PFN Staff
By: Mitch Rupert / Williamsport Sun-Gazette SELINSGROVE — The football seemingly hung in the air as Jersey Shore’s Cayden Hess and Bishop Shanahan’s Nick Romano battled for possession. On third-and-17, Tanner Lorson’s floated pass down the right sideline was more of a last-ditch effort to salvage something from a drive bridging the third and […]
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 […]
Forte Keeper Keeps Kennett’s Historic Storybook Season Alive @KCSDKHS_Sports
November 9, 2019 | Billy Splain
Forte with the winner on Kennett first play of OT wins 20-14 @PaFootballNews pic.twitter.com/a3AxQf2PIa — Willie McGonigle (@WilliePAFN) November 9, 2019 KENNETT SQUARE: In May 2018 former Dallas Cowboy Lance Frazier was hired as head coach of the Kennett High Blue Demons and was task with turning around a program that prior to this […]
Pope John Paul II Captures First Ever District Title @goldenpantherFB
November 9, 2019 | Mark Carfagno
Pope John Paul II quarterback Kamal Gray came into the South Philadelphia Super Site with some sexy offensive numbers. The senior star passed for over 2,300 yards with 34 TD’s, completing over 64 percent of his passes while also rushing for over 500 yards. However on this Friday night the Neumann-Goretti defense made […]
2019 SOL CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE ALL STARS
November 8, 2019 | Billy Splain
2019 SOL CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE ALL STARS Sportsmanship Award: CB South 1st TEAM OFFENSE QB Anthony Giordano 11 CB East 6’1″ 185 RB Tommy Santiago 12 WM Tennent 6′ 215 RB Jack Fallon 12 CB West 5’9 190 RB Khalani Eaton 10 North Penn 5’10 200 OL Griffin Trail 12 CB East 5’9 225 OL Ryan […]
SOL 2019 American Conference All League Teams Announced
November 7, 2019 | Billy Splain
SUBURBAN ONE LEAGUE AMERICAN CONFERENCE 2019 1st TEAM ALL LEAGUE FOOTBALL Sportmanship Vote Upper Dublin OFFENSE Player’s Name School # Grade Height Weight QB Larry McLaughlin PW 4 12 5’11 170 QB Mike Slivka UD 17 12 6’3 205 RB Jamir Barnes CH 3 12 5’11 190 RB Brian Dresnin PW 38 12 5’8 185 […]
2019 Suburban One League National All Conference Players
November 6, 2019 | Billy Splain
Quarterback Defensive Lineman 1st Team Tamir Berthau, Abington 1st Team Trevor Williams, Pennsbury 2nd Team Brody McAndrew, Neshaminy 1st Team David Blay, Truman HM Matt Striffolino, CRS 2nd Team Dillon Sheey, CRN 2nd Team Billy Everitt, Abington HM Ryan Brennan, Bensalem Running Backs HM Noah Caldani, CRS 1st Team Andrick Wesh, Abington 1st Team […]
2019 All Del-Val Football Team
November 6, 2019 | Billy Splain
2019 All Del-Val Football 1st Team Offense 1st Team Defense Quarterback Defensive Line Desman Johnson III PW Isaiah Rogers AP Barry Brown AP Christian Suber PW Running Back Walter Jones CHI Anton Sterling CHE Jacquez Mabin PW Elijah Gleplay PW Full Back Linebacker Kahsi Jones CHI Rob Dahn PW Aasim Muhammad […]
Great PA Teams 2003 North Penn @KnightsLoyalty
November 6, 2019 | Hal Wilson
We are pleased to run a series, Great PA Teams, by the great Hal Wilson, a long time contributor to PA High School Football. Hal has written many stories in the past for PAFootballNews dating back to our print days. Pics via, Click to see more pics http://npaaa.org/NPKnightsFootball/2003_team.htm NORTH PENN 2003 The North Penn Knights […]
Garnet Valley Near Perfect in 43-0 Triumph Over Owen J. Roberts @GarnetValleyFB @OjrWildcatFB
November 2, 2019 | Phil Myers
Cover photo courtesy of JS Garber Photos A jaguar is known as a sleek, elegant, speedy, and deadly precise animal. The Garnet Valley football Jaguars imitated the animal Friday night in their complete domination of Owen J. Roberts. In a game many thought would be a hard-fought, tightly contested game, Coach Mike Ricci’s squad […]
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