District 12
November 2024
Bonner-Prendie sprints past Pope John Paul into the 4A semifinals
November 24, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Friday night with cold, wet and windy conditions many thought this game would be a struggle offensively. However this game provided plenty of offensive highlights and served as a come out party for Bonner Sr. WR Jeremiah Coleman and Jr. QB Noel Campbell. Pope John Paul entered the contest with an 12-1 record while Bonner […]
St. Joe’s Prep just too much for Parkland
November 23, 2024 | Torey Petruno
Perkasie- It was a cold, rainy, snowy night in Perkasie for this PIAA 6A Quarterfinal matchup. Prep came in to the game fresh off a blowout victory over Imhotep Charter looking to take another step towards back-to-back state championships. Parkland was fresh off a dominant 6A District 11 championship victory over Emmaus, a team who […]
St Joseph’s Prep beats Parkland 46-7 (Photo Gallery)
November 23, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
St Joseph’s Prep beats Parkland 46-7 Parkland – 7 St. Joseph’s Prep – 46 Full Article HERE Teams are warming up. 30 min to kickoff@PHSTrojansFB– 0@SJPrep_Football – 0 1st qtr 12:00 Updates Sponsored by @SLUHNSportsMed @PaFootballNews@CCHastings1863 @BPtashinski @LSVSports @NStomsky @afrankl3 @WilliePAFN @NittanyPete #playoffs #states #piaa #highschoolfootball… pic.twitter.com/aWKvXM0ycZ — Ryan Scipio (@ScipScip) November 22, 2024 Kickoff […]
Roman Catholic Advances To The Class 5A Semi-Finals
November 23, 2024 | Jayden Eberly
Roman Catholic Ends Hollidaysburg’s Perfect Season Jojo Delacce on the rushing touchdown for Roman Catholic Roman Catholic 7 Hollidaysburg 0@RomanCatholicHC @PaFootballNews pic.twitter.com/QrxNTv8BzM — Jayden.E Photography (@JaydenEberly) November 23, 2024 Jojo Delacce Takes one 51 yards for the touchdown on the very next drive for Roman Catholic. Roman Catholic 14 Hollidaysburg 0 Eyan Stead on […]
PIAA Class 4A Quarterfinals Preview: Bonner-Prendie vs. Pope John Paul II
November 22, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
For the 2nd year in a row these two teams will meet to determine who advances to the state semifinals. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00pm at Norristown HS which is about as neutral of a site as you can get for both of these schools. Offensively these teams are almost identical, defensively PJP seems to […]
St Joseph’s Prep VS Imhotep Charter District XII 6A Championship (Photo Gallery)
November 17, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
St Joseph’s Prep Defeats Imhotep Charter 42-0 St Joseph’s Prep left no doubts who the big dog is in District XII. They shut out Imhotep 42-0 at Northeast High School. They Claim the District XII Championship. St Joseph’s Prep moves on to play Parkland. Full Article Here X.com/ScipScip
Delone Catholic Upends Belmont late to advance to the Quarterfinals
November 16, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
The late great sports writer for the Philadelphia News and founder/creator of the website TedSilary.com coined a famous local quote for Public League teams “Only in the Pub” for wild things that occurred before, during or after games. Today what was to be a 1pm kickoff turned into a 2:08 kickoff due to a referee […]
St. Joes Prep Shuts Out Imhotep in D12 6A Championship Win
November 16, 2024 | Noah Stomsky
For the last couple of years, everyone in Philadelphia has been asking for a meeting between Imhotep and St. Joes Prep. After all the asking we’ve finally got it. However, it did not live up to the hype. The game started with each defense making stands and forcing the ball to go back and forth. […]
Bonner defeats West Philadelphia to claim fourth consecutive 4A City Title
November 16, 2024 | Mike Livingston
PHILADELPHIA — The 2024 Monsignor Bonner Friars have been defined by one thing, offense. Since the outset of the season where the Friars dropped 42 and then 62 on Archbishop Ryan and Archbishop Wood in back to back weeks the team has lived and died by its electric ball movement. That trend continued for Bonner […]
Northwestern Lehigh Pounds The Rock En Route to Decisive Victory over District 12 Champ Conwell-Egan
November 16, 2024 | Torey Petruno
New Tripoli- The Tigers’ mantra of “POUND THE ROCK” was on full display last night as they racked up over 300 yards and 5 scores on the ground on their way to a victory over Conwell-Egan. To start the game, Northwestern won the coin-toss and elected to defer. Egan elected to defend the scoreboard end […]
Riverside advances to 2A State Quarterfinals
November 16, 2024 | John Kotsko
After the first touchdown from Lansdale Catholic, it looked like it was going to be a long night for the Riverside defense. However, after the opening drive touchdown, the defense did not give up a single point and forced four turnovers. Chase Taddonio ran for two touchdowns in the second half overcoming a 7-0 halftime […]
Roman Catholic stifles East Stroudsburg South to claim first-ever state playoff win
November 16, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Philly powerhouse takes a trip up into the Pocono’s and faces a hard-nosed Cavalier squad and earns the school’s first ever state playoff win in football. EAST STROUDSBURG- The Roman Catholic Cahillites, a long time staple on the hardwoods, picking up four state titles in the ten years, took their first step Friday night on […]
Playoff Preview: 4A City Championship – Bonner/Prendie vs. West Philadelphia (D12/4A City Title)
November 14, 2024 | Mike Livingston
West Philadelphia – 7-4 (4A PFN Rank: NR) Head Coach: Karl Patrick (3rd Season – 21-12) The 2024 West Philadelphia HS Speedboys are no stranger to history. The team is coming off an 18-0 victory over Martin Luther King just last week to claim their first Philadelphia Public League title in 83 years. Now they’ll […]
Imhotep stuns Lincoln with late score to win the Public League 6A title
November 11, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Imhotep came into the Public League championship game as heavy favorites against the defending 6A champs Lincoln. During their regular season matchup Tep won going away 35-6. In the first matchup Lincoln was still figuring out their starting lineups on both side of the ball and awaiting eligibility for key players. With both teams almost […]
St. Joseph’s Prep Beats La Salle College in Rematch 21-14 (Photo Gallery)
November 10, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
St. Joseph’s Prep Beats La Salle College in Rematch St Joseph’s Prep – 21 La Salle College – 14 https://x.com/ScipScip
Revenge is Best Served Cold: St. Joseph Prep advances in 21-14 win over La Salle
November 9, 2024 | Noah Stomsky
Sold Out. That’s the best way to describe a game of this magnitude. The two top teams in the State meet again for the second time in the season. Even after winning the first meeting, La Salle would still be considered the underdog as most of PFN projected SJP to win. The opening kickoff would […]
West Philadelphia Speedboys Capture First Public League Title in 83 years
November 9, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
The West Philadelphia Speedboys Friday afternoon traveled across the city to play Martin Luther King in a Public League 4A championship and the right to play the Catholic League 4A Champion Bonner-Prendie. These two teams are no stranger to one another as the 2023 season they played twice, once as a divisional matchup and the […]
District 12 Playoff Preview Week #12
November 8, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Playoffs Preview 6A Public League Finals #2 Abraham Lincoln @ #1 Imhotep (Northeast Supersite): Saturday 1pm Imhotep is entering this game on a 5-game winning streak. The Panthers are 9-1 on the season with their lone loss to East St. Louis HS early in the season. In last week’s semifinal game against George […]
Playoff Preview: The Rematch- St. Joe’s Prep vs La Salle D12 Round 2
November 7, 2024 | Noah Stomsky
La Salle v. St. Joe’s Prep Where: Wissahickon High School When: 1:00 PM Saturday, Nov. 9th Last Meeting: October 5th, 2024: La Salle 35 St. Joe’s Prep 34 (4 OT) La Salle Explorers (PFN 6A Rank 1) Coach: Brett Gordon La Salle. In coach Brett Gordon’s first season as the head coach, not only has […]
Frankford defeats Mastery Charter North in Public League 5A Championship Game
November 5, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Frankford Head Coach Damion Brockington jumped for joy as his team was rewarded with the Public League 5A championship plaque. Coach Brock has been the head coach of the Pioneers since 2021 when in his first season as head coach he led the team to a 10-1 season with the lone loss coming at the […]
Abraham Lincoln runs past rival Northeast
November 2, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
The Lincoln Railsplitters entered Friday contest looking to return to their second consecutive Public League championship game. In their way was neighborhood rival who had beaten Lincoln in every game played between 1996 and 2022. In 2023 Lincoln stormed past Northeast in the regular season and then topped them in the public league title game. […]
District 12 Playoff Preview
November 1, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Playoffs Preview 6A Public League #4 George Washington @ #1 Imhotep (Germantown Supersite): Saturday 12pm Imhotep hasn’t lost an Public League playoff game since 2011 when they lost to Bok 22-19 in the Public League finals. They’ll host George Washinton in a semi-final game for a chance at their first 6A public league […]
What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 11
October 30, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to this week’s installment of What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII this week. It’s hard to believe that we have reached the conclusion of the Regular Season. What a great Regular Season it was let’s take a look at some of the things that have happened here in Districts […]
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 […]
Frankford takes down Roxborough (photo gallery)
October 21, 2024 | PFN Staff
Roger Barone, Photographer Frankford defeated Roxborough 30-16 in Philadelphia Public League Football action at Roxborough’s field. Both teams have secured playoff berths and will begin play next weekend. Game Action and some key pics: – Female Ref with Pink Penalty Flag – Roxborough coaches manifesting sportsmanship after losing to Frankford, but spend time showing support for injured […]
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