PA Football News Archives
November 2022
St. Joe’s Prep Squeaks by La Salle, 21-13, to Advance to the D12 6A Championship.
November 11, 2022 | Will Ryan
St. Joe’s Prep has been rolling all year. In all but one of their first 8 matchups, they had scored 30 or more points. The Hawks steam rolled the Explorers in their first matchup, and with Caddy Phillips, Prep’s starting Running Back, back in the lineup, the expectation was that this matchup would be more […]
District 12 Public League 5A Championship Game Preview
November 11, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
Imhotep v Mastery This game is a battle of two blue collar programs at different stages of their history. Mastery North is building their program in a great manner under the leadership of HC John Davidson. Coach Davidson has turned what was a regular public league middling team into a true football program. The Pumas […]
District 12 4A Championship Game Preview
November 10, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
The D12 4A championship game will feature two teams who met last year in the 4A title game. In the 2021 matchup CL champion Bonner-Prendergast came out victorious 29-8. Both teams had tough league championship games last weekend pulling away late to win their respective league titles. Bartram: The Braves are led by longtime HC […]
District 12 3A Championship Game Preview
November 10, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
The D12 3A City Championship game will take place at the South Philadelphia Supersite Saturday at 5pm where PL Champion Kipp Dubois will challenge defending 3A champion Neumann Goretti. Kipp earned its championship game berth via a stunning 22-16 upset over Big School Picture Vaux last Saturday evening. Neumann Goretti earned their 3rd consecutive CL […]
D12 Philadelphia 6A Title Game Preview: Northeast v Lincoln
November 9, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
Abraham Lincoln v Northeast High: 12pm @ Northeast Supersite: Lincoln: The Railsplitters earned their first title game berth since 1979 via their 8-0 win over Olney Charter. In a game that featured plenty of turnovers and penalties the RailSplitters found a way to pull out the win. They are led by HC Hakim Cooper who […]
D12 6a Semifinal Preview: St. Joe’s Prep Looks to Keep Rolling vs. La Salle
November 8, 2022 | Will Ryan
The La Salle defense, pictured, will need to have the game of their lives Friday night. Picture is from La Salle. Franklin Field has played home to the last three matchups between St. Joe’s Prep (7-1) and La Salle College High School (5-5). This occasion will be different. 7pm on Friday Night at Historic Franklin […]
Northeast survives first half battle and pulls away for the win of Central with a 41-6 win. (gallery included)
November 5, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
A fall matchup between Thanksgiving rivals is always going to be a great game to observe especially when a league championship game berth is on the line. Northeast hosted Central as the clear favorite but as we all know when a game involves rivals clashing anything can happen. This game was no different as the […]
District 12 3A & 4A Playoff Previews
November 4, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
This weekend there are 4 games involving teams from the 3A and 4A Classifications on tap in District 12. The CL 3A and 4A title games are being played while in PL action the 4A title game is taking place Saturday and they’re still determining if/when there will be a 3A title game. Let’s jump […]
District 12 Class 5A Playoff Preview
November 4, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
The Simon Gratz Bulldogs come into this game confident after a 27-0 shutout of Ben Franklin. The first shutout they’ve had this season. Their season has been up and down as they’ve fallen against the better competition they’ve faced (Northeast, Olney, Bartram, Germantown Academy) and did what they were supposed to against lesser competition. […]
District 12 6A Playoff Preview
November 2, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
The Public League 6A Playoff field is down to the final 4. The defending Champs Northeast Vikings fended off a pesky Academy of Palumbo team with a 42-0 shutout. The Lincoln Railsplitters earned their semi-final berth with a rather convincing 42-6 rout over neighborhood rival George Washington. The Olney Trojans stomped over the South Philadelphia […]
Catholic League Regular Season Finales
October 26, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
Catholic League Preview/Notes For Regular Season Finales The final week of the Catholic League season is upon us. Leading the pack in both divisions are St Joseph’s Prep and Bonner-Prendie. Roman Catholic is actually tied with SJP Hawks at 3-0 in the division. SJP gets the nod due to the tougher non-league schedule and their […]
District 12 Playoff Preview Philadelphia Public League
October 26, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
It’s that time of the year where the pretenders are exposed, and the contenders rise up as its now officially playoff time. In the Public League there are 4 classifications with playoffs to determine each classification’s Public League Champion who will meet the Catholic League’s representative in the District 12 City Championship game with the […]
What the heck’s happening in District’s I & XII this week: Week 9,2022
October 19, 2022 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to Week4 of What’s happening in District I & XII! Let’s look at what happened last week weekend and look ahead to this weekend. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Garnet Valley Helping Local Children’s Hospital Thanks to a scheduling change in the Central League this season the Garnet Valley Jaguars are enjoying a bye week this […]
Roxborough falls to Kensington on return to home field (gallery)
October 15, 2022 | Billy Splain
Roxborough played its first game on its home field after the tragedy that occurred several weeks ago. The Tigers got the win on the board 34-22, but just returning to the field is a win for Roxborough. Gallery Roger Barone (@fotosfromphilly on Twitter)
What the heck’s happening in District’s I & XII this week: Week 8, 2022
October 14, 2022 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to Week 8 of What’s happening in District I & XII! Let’s look at what happened last week weekend and look ahead to this weekend. It’s nice to be back after a couple week hiatus ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————– Inter AC League Play Opens open up This week marks the opening week of league play […]
State of Emergency In The City
September 29, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
In the words of Hip Hop Great Shawn Carter aka Jay Z, there’s a war going on outside nobody’s safe from. The Philadelphia Public League has produced some great players for decades players who have gone on to play in the NFL from schools such as Northeast, Germantown, Central, South Philly, George Washington, Simon […]
District 12 Week 4 Preview
September 22, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
League begins league play Thursday 9/22 in all 4 divisions. The action begins with a few great Thursday afternoon & night games: Simon Gratz (3-1) travels to Northeast (3-1) for a key Independence Division battle. The Bulldogs are fresh off a 33-6 win over Wissahickon High. Northeast is coming off it’s first loss of […]
What the heck’s happening in District’s I & XII this week: Week 4,2022
September 21, 2022 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to Week 4 of What’s happening in District I & XII! Let’s look at what happened last week weekend and look ahead to this weekend. Shepherd Leads Monsignor Bonner to victory In his first start of the season Monsignor Bonner Sr. Jason Shepherd had himself a night to remember throwing 5 touchdowns […]
Five Storylines from Week 4 of Delco Football
September 20, 2022 | Brendan Ricciardi
After a nice Monday Night Football win for our Philadelphia Eagles that has the city starting to dream of what Jalen Hurts could be, it’s time to take a look back in on the best of Delco Football action from last weekend and the biggest stories that came of it. We’re through four weeks of […]
Simon-Gratz advances to 3-1 after 33-6 win over Wissahickon
September 17, 2022 | Noah Stomsky
Week four is already here this fast. The game between Wissahickon and Simon Gratz seemed fairly even, almost to the point where Wissahickon looked like they may get their first win of the year. Wissahickon’s first drive was back and forth. They started to move the ball and then there were many flags. Some that […]
District 12 Guys in College (FCS) IN 2022
September 15, 2022 | Billy Splain
District 12 Guys in College (FCS) I got curious so I took a look at who’s playin D1 ball from D12 this year. Here’s the list DIVISION IAA ATLANTIC SUN AUSTIN PEAY Nate Sutton 6-2 270 R-Senior DL Martin Luther King COLONIAL (CAA) ALBANY Amara Yobouet 5-10 266 R-Freshman DL Northeast Kristen McAdams 6-1 218 […]
District 12 Guys in College (FBS) in 2022
September 15, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Guys in College (FBS) in 2022 I got curious so I took a look at who’s playin D1 ball from D12 this year. Here’s the list DIVISION 1A INDEPENDENT UMASS Timothy Moulton 6-3 270 R-Junior DL Archbishop Ryan ARMY Connor Bishop 6-3 275 Senior OL Archbishop Wood AMERICAN (AAC) CINCINNATI Rob Jackson 6-5 […]
Week 3 Public League Game Previews
September 14, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
Thursday 9/15 Edison (0-1) @ Mastbaum (0-3) 3pm @Northeast Supersite: Both teams are searching for their first win of the season. Mastbaum lost 40-14 to School of the Future, while Edison lost to Fels 30-8. I think this game will be a battle of field position and little scoring with Mastbaum winning narrowly. Friday 9/16 […]
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