District 12

April 2024

Cardinal O’Hara star lineman Nathan Kutufaris picks Duke

April 22, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

Nathan Kutufaris a mammoth 6-6 270lbs offensive tackle at Cardinal O’Hara HS has decided to shut down his recruitment and give his commitment to ACC program Duke University. An all Catholic league selection as a sophomore and junior Nathan also held offers from Air Force, Boston College, Army, Syracuse, Liberty, Navy, Yale, Columbia, Lafayette and […]

Martin Luther King Lineman Danny Pajuste commits to Mount Union

April 22, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

Danny Pajuste is a 6-1 260lb offensive lineman who earned all Public League honors as a senior while helping his fellow MLK Cougar rushers gain over 1500 rushing yards. As a leader on the offensive line Danny helped lead MLK to the Public League Liberty Division championship as well as gave Imhotep Charter a competitive […]

La Salle College Chris Fileppo commits to James Madison

April 4, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

Chris Fileppo after a great junior season at LaSalle saw an uptick in interest from Division programs including nabbing offers from Villanova, Monmouth, Lafayette, New Hampshire and James Madison. Friday evening Chris announced he would be continuing his academic and football careers at James Madison. Chris returns to LaSalle for his senior year looking to […]

Fran Brown & Syracuse Strike Again

April 3, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo

Commited 🍊🍊🍊🍊!!! @FranBrownCuse @RossDoug21 @CuseFootball @LaSalleFball @TorreySmithWR @EdOBrienCFB pic.twitter.com/xtvhnVE4Rm — Julian McFadden (@mcfadden_jules) April 3, 2024 Fran Brown’s recruiting impact is heating up for Syracuse football as they received their eleventh verbal commitment from the class of 2025 when LaSalle’s Julian McFadden (5’11” 160 lbs) WR verbally committed to the Orange via his social media […]

Thanksgiving tradition coming to an end for Judge/Lincoln

March 12, 2024 | Billy Splain

After 40+ years, Father Judge High School and Abraham Lincoln High School have reached a joint agreement to cease playing our annual Thanksgiving Day game that has been a long- standing tradition in Northeast Philadelphia. This decision was not taken lightly and has been under consideration between the two schools for the past few years. […]

State Champions St. Joes Prep & Imhotep well represented on Big 33 Team

February 21, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

After an undefeated 15-0 2023 season culminating in their school’s 2nd state championship in football Imhotep has been rewarded with 5 players earning a Big 33 All-Star Game roster spot. Penn State signee WR Tyseer Denmark, Penn State signee CB Kenneth Woseley Jr, Pittsburgh signee JahSear Whittington and Robert Morris signee David Johnson will all […]

Archbishop Ryan Lineman chooses West Chester University

February 15, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

Nicholas Rogers a 6-5 240 DL at Archbishop Ryan has officially made his college decision and ultimately signed his letter of intent to play locally at West Chester University a division 2 program that competes in the PSAC. Nicholas finished his senior season earning all-league honors after posting 45 tackles, 16 TFLs, 6 sacks, 3 […]

Philadelphia Public League Football Teams shuffle divisions & classifications

February 15, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

The defending Public League Champions Imhotep Panthers will officially move up to the top classification in the state and will now compete in the largest classification 6A. Other 6A teams include Northeast, George Washington, Kensington, South Philadelphia, Central HS, & Abraham Lincoln. The 5A teams include Frankford, Mastery Charter North, Olney, Palumbo & Samuel Fels. […]

Philadelphia Catholic League Stars announce their college decisions

February 8, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

The 6A State Champions St. Joseph’s Prep Hawks had 2 players sign their letter of intent to attend various institutions yesterday. Running back Eric Sanchez inked his letter with MEAC and HBCU institution Delaware State and defensive lineman Denzel Felder is headed to Wilkes University which is a Division 3 program that plays in the […]

Philadelphia Public League Stars announce their college decisions on NLI Day

February 8, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

The undefeated 5A State champions Imhotep Charter lead the way yesterday with 13 of their seniors signing/committing to various universities across the area. Leading the way yesterday was Sr. QB Mikal Davis who flipped from his Army commitment to Delaware State University in Dover, DE. Mikal coming off all-state honors will get to stay close […]

Imhotep Rising Senior DL Zahir Mathis Announces College Commitment

January 10, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

Imhotep Rising Senior DE Zahir Mathis has announced his intentions to sign with The Ohio State University in December. Zahir is a soon to be 3-year starter for the Panthers. After playing behind 2 All-American Defensive Ends in Enai White (Texas A&M) & Keon Wylie (Penn State) as a freshman, he had a breakout sophomore […]

St. Joes Prep Hawks land 9 on the PFN Coaches Select 6A All-State Team

January 5, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

Still celebrating a second consecutive state title and a nationally ranked 2023 season the St Joes Hawks also can claim 8 players who were recognized by the PFN Coaches as all-state players. Leading the way were 1st team honorees; Jr. RB Isaiah West (861 yards from scrimmage & 10 total TDs), Jr. DT Roy Maxwell […]

State Champions Imhotep Well Represented on the PFN 5A Coaches Select All-State Team

January 5, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

The Imhotep Panthers in 2023 finished the season a perfect 15-0, as the second team in program history to win a state championship after losing in the finals the last 2 seasons. Led by HC Devon Johnson who earned the 5A Co-Coach of the Year honors they dominated most of their competition this season. Senior […]

District 12 shines on the PFN Coaches 3A All-State Team

January 4, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

The Neumann-Goretti Saints led by HC Albie Crosby advanced to the state quarterfinals before falling short to Dallas. After a great 10-2 season they landed 4 players on the PFN Coaches All-State team. Senior Wideout Khari Reid nabbed 6 over all touchdowns with 5 coming on receptions. He also nabbed 2 interceptions on defense. Senior […]

PFN Coaches 2A All State Team is released

January 4, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

The Pennsylvania Coaches have released their PA All-State 2A teams with Coach of the Year honors going to the leader of the State Champions HC Jim Roth who led the team to its 7th straight state title. The state coaches voted Southern Columbia’s Sr. LB Garrett Garcia as the Player of the Year. The Tigers […]

La Salle College HS names Brett Gordon Head Coach

January 3, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

The La Salle College Explorers on Wednesday named former Explorer great Brett Gordon (Class of 98) as its next head coach of the football program. Brett as an Explorer quarterback won 2 Catholic League championships, engineered them to a record 32-game winning streak, at the time set the state record for career touchdown passes with […]

Imhotep Panthers lead the 5A PA Writers All-State honors

December 29, 2023 | Anthony Franklin

The Imhotep Panthers of Philadelphia won their 2nd PIAA state title in school history and with winning comes individual accolades. This year the PA Writers selected HC Devon Johnson as the 5A Coach of the Year as he led the Panthers to a perfect 15-0 season in his 3rd full season in charge of the […]

District 12 sends its finest to Division 1 programs on early signing day

December 20, 2023 | Anthony Franklin

The Philadelphia Public, Catholic and Inter-Ac schools all had strong seasons and both the Catholic and public league had a state championship win this season. With winning comes player recognition by college scouts and the two state champions lead the way as Imhotep star DL Jahsear Whittington inked his letter of intent with the University […]

State Champions St. Joe’s Prep Seniors Sign Letters of Intent

December 20, 2023 | Anthony Franklin

The St. Joe’s Prep Hawks fresh off their 2nd consecutive PIAA 6A championship have 7 seniors who are signing national letter of intents this morning with Division 1 FBS programs. Led by QB Semaj Jones & WR Elijah Jones who are both signing with Big 12 program University of Cincinnati, WR David Washington Jr. who […]

La Salle College High Lineman Lukas Donahue inks Letter of Intent with Merrimack College

December 20, 2023 | Anthony Franklin

After a successful high school career at La Salle College the end result for Senior OL Lukas Donahue today culminates in him signing a National Letter of Intent with Division 1 FCS program Merrimack College. Merrimack plays in the NEC conference against a host of schools from PA, NY, Massachusetts, New Jersey & Connecticut. Lukas […]

St. Joe’s Prep North Allegheny Highlights

December 11, 2023 | Shane Lux

St. Joe’s Prep vs. North Allegheny

Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (State Semis & Finals…plus Golf)

December 11, 2023 | Matt Herring

Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Friday, December 1 3A Northwestern Lehigh (14-0) vs. 3A Wyomissing (12-1) Friday, December 1 […]

Hawks soar to 6A title

December 10, 2023 | Billy Splain

In 2021 St. Joseph’s Prep, led by a sophomore quarterback names Samaj Jones, got crushed by Mt Lebanon in the title game. The 35-17 score wasn’t indicative of how badly they got beat by the Blue Devils. It was a full, complete beat down. That sophomore lined up for his last game of his career […]

North Allegheny Falls to St. Joe’s Prep in 6A Final

December 10, 2023 | Shane Lux

Mechanicsburg – North Allegheny gave St. Joe’s Prep their best effort, but in the end, the Tigers fell to the Hawks 45-23 in the PIAA 6A final. Making their first state final appearance since 2012, coupled with a WPIAL championship -North Allegheny has a lot to be proud of with their 2023 campaign. In the end, […]