Chester Clippers
| Chester Clippers |
| Head Coach: Dennis Shaw |
| PIAA District 1 - Class 5A |
| Delaware Valley League |
| Stadium: Chester Athletic Complex |
District 1 Final Rankings 2023: Big School
January 30, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
The 2023 high school football season ended about a month and a half ago and the District 1 staff here at PFN has been busy compiling stats and developing our power rankings for all six classifications. We broke them down into two groups. Big School-5A & 6A Small School 1A-4A
District 1 Statistical Leaders: 2023 Defense
January 29, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
The 2023 season ended a little over a month and a half ago and the District 1 staff here at PFN has been busy compiling stats. We looked at the following offensive categories: Passing Yards, Rushing Yards, and Receiving Yards. These are the top 5 student-athletes regardless of classification in each of those categories. Congratulations […]
District 1 Statistical Leaders: 2023 Offense
January 29, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
The 2023 season ended a little over a month and a half ago and the District 1 staff here at PFN has been busy compiling stats. We looked at the following offensive categories: Passing Yards, Rushing Yards, and Receiving Yards. These are the top 5 student-athletes regardless of classification in each of those categories. Congratulations […]
Strath Haven hoists school’s 13th District Title, topping Chester 28-20
November 25, 2023 | Dylan Johnson
Chester, PA – This afternoon two Delco teams took to the field to compete for the District One 5A title. The host of the game, the Chester Clippers (12-2), squared off against the Strath Haven Panthers (13-1). This was the second ever meeting between both teams. It was a highly anticipated matchup for fans on […]
PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 5A Round 3
November 16, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
Staff Writers: Dylan Johnson,Willie McGonigle,Brendan Ricciardi,Marcus Sic & Gabriel Palmarini also contributed to this article Last week we saw our first upset of the tournament with the 5th seed West Chester Rustin went on the road and knocked oft the 4th seed Plymouth Whitemarsh. The Golden Knights reward for the upset is a date with the […]
PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 5A Round 2
November 9, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
Staff Writers: Dylan Johnson,Willie McGonigle,Brendan Ricciardi, & Marcus Sic also contributed to this article Last week everything went according to chalk with the top eight seeds advancing. Is this the week that we see some upsets? This week for the second time Chester takes on Phoenixville, and Springfield takes on Central League rival Marple Newtown. Will […]
PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 5A
November 2, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
The Matchups #16 Upper Moreland Bears @ #1 Chester Clippers #1 Chester About the Clippers: The road to the District 1 5A championship starts at Exit 6, where since dropping their season opener to Perkiomen Valley the Chester Clippers have rolled off 9 consecutive victories and landed the top seed in the 5A for the […]
What the heck’s happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 4
September 21, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
Welcome back after taking a two-week hiatus due to work commitments and for that, I offer my apologies we are back let’s take a look at What’s Happening in Districts I& XII _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Streak Still going: Despite receiving a scare from Haverford last week with their 14-13 victory over the Fords the Garnet Valley Jaguars […]
Chester Survives Cheltenham’s Comeback in 22-20 Win
September 1, 2023 | Noah Stomsky
Eleven Seconds remaining, fifty-five yards, no timeouts, down two, one play remaining. This was the situation that was put in the hands of Cheltenham at the end of the game. One of the most physical and aggressive games in recent times, hit after hit after hit. The tone of the game was set in the […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Chester QB Jalen Harris
April 27, 2023 | Noah Stomsky
Jalen Harris QB Chester High School Class of 2026 Jersey #3 HT/WT: 6’0/180 Lbs 2,261 passing yards, 35 passing touchdowns, 4 rushing touchdowns 5-A All-State QB Twitter: @jalen1harris Chester’s New Head Coach Dennis Shaw had this to say about Jalen- “Jalen’s progress has been outstanding. to gain 1st-team all-state honors as a freshman just shows […]
11 District 1 Players Selected to PFSCA East Squad
February 18, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
The Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association has released it’s initial rosters for the Titan Threadz East/West Big School All-Star Game. This years game will be played at Bishop McDevitt’s Rocco Ortenzio Stadium on Sunday, May 21 with a 5pm kick off. The following players from District 1 were selected to represent the East squad All-Stars. […]
Dennis Shaw takes over as HC at Chester High
February 17, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Dennis Shaw who has served as an assistant coach and mentor to the Chester High School football team is now the new head coach of the Clippers. Coach Shaw has long earned the respect of his players, fellow coaches and the community for his hard work and dedication to the Clipper players while in school […]
Chester Carries Del Val with Three 5A Coaches All-Team Selections
December 31, 2022 | Dylan Johnson
CHESTER PA – If you looked away for a split second, you would have missed the entire 2022 PA high school football season. Like every year, the wait is treadful, but it is over faster than you know. At 2:00pm today, the names dropped for the PFN Coaches All-Team, both for first team, and second team. […]
LaDontay Bell Steps Down as Chester Clippers Head Coach
December 1, 2022 | Dylan Johnson
CHESTER PA – Just an hour ago, it was announced Chester’s Head Coach, LaDontay Bell, has stepped down from his position. The announcement comes from the Chester Upland School District’s Twitter. Bell, who works for the district as their Athletic Director will continue to stay in that role. The announcement comes after Bell took his team […]
Plymouth Whitemarsh Advances to D1-5A Semi-Finals in 30-12 Win
November 11, 2022 | Noah Stomsky
From the start of the Game, you could tell each team wanted this win and would fight to the death for it. One dropped pass switched the momentum from one side of the ball to the other. PW coming in with a very run-first-run-heavy offense was a huge game changer coming into the game. On […]
District One- 5A Quarterfinals Preview
November 10, 2022 | Michael Pietrangelo
this article was also written by: Willie McGonigle The second round of the District One-5A playoffs gets underway this week with the threat of Hurricane Nicole knocking on our front door. District One officials left it up to the teams on whether they would play today or the regular scheduled time of Friday. Come […]
District 1 5A Playoff Preview
November 2, 2022 | Willie McGonigle
Also written by: Michael Pietrangelo and Dylan Johnson The regular season has come and gone and now it’s time for the post-season to begin. For some the journey will end this week while for others they will live to see another week and for one the district tournament will be just one stop on the […]
Delco Football landscape heading into PIAA’s final week
October 27, 2022 | Brendan Ricciardi
DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa. — For the majority of football programs in Delaware County, this upcoming weekend will signal the end of their 2022 regular season campaigns. While the private schools season continues to roll on, the PIAA regular season will come to an end. Some teams know that they will be playing their final game […]
Chester Hashes it out with Chichester, Improve to 8-1
October 22, 2022 | Dylan Johnson
CHESTER PA – Just because it is fall does not mean there cannot be heat. Just off exit 6, a Del Val classic rivalry, was set on a cloudless Saturday afternoon. It was an atmosphere compared to the likes of college gameday, the Chester Clippers looked to show out just like their fans and bring home […]
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 […]
Five Storylines from Week 5 of Delco Football
September 27, 2022 | Brendan Ricciardi
We are about halfway done the season for the majority of Delco Football teams, and we’ve started to get a pretty good idea of what each program is going to be like throughout the 2022 season. Conference play is in full swing everywhere except for the Inter-Ac, and there are juicy storylines all around the […]
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 […]
What the heck’s happening in District’s I & XII this week: Week 2,2022
September 6, 2022 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to Week 2 of What’s happening in District I & XII! Let’s look at what happened last week weekend and look ahead to this weekend. Turn on the Lights at CB East Central Bucks East has been playing football since the school opened in 1969 and on Friday night some history will […]
Five Storylines from Week 1 of Delco Football
August 30, 2022 | Brendan Ricciardi
Crawford leaving em in the dust https://www.bqpictures.com/ Football is back in Delaware County, and the race to earn a Trip to the Chap at Cumberland Valley High School for the PIAA State Football Championships is on. While it doesn’t quite have as good of a ring to it as Hershey, two Delco Football teams (Garnet […]
Chester Overwhelms Undermanned Central 80-0
August 28, 2022 | Marcus Sic
Clippers Starters Score 72 Points Two of the most historic teams in high school football kicked off their seasons at the Chester Athletic Complex; with Gator manning the grill cooking up jerk chicken, hot dogs and hamburgers, the Chester Cheerleaders took their spots, the DJ had the music humming and with the Voice of […]
DelVal League will be a Battle
August 26, 2022 | Marcus Sic
After moving the 2020 season to the Spring, the DelVal League saw 4 of their 5 members reach the District One playoffs, the League is reloading and ready to make they’re more noise in District One this year. Chichester was the surprise of the DelVal going 3-0 in league play and 6-4 overall, grabbing their […]
Thompson, Gates Help Clippers Sail Past Hornets @Clippers19013
September 26, 2021 | Willie McGonigle
CHESTER: There were flags and more flags the opening two minutes of Saturday morning Non League contest between the visiting Oxford Hornets and the Chester Clippers saw a total of five penalties called. The theme continued throughout the game with a total 24 accepted penalties. The Clippers lost that battle having been called for 16 […]
2021 PFN Team Preview: The Chester Clippers @Clippers_FB @Clippers19013 @zayfree3 @DCoachBell
August 14, 2021 | Billy Splain
Chester Clippers PFN Page Head Coach LaDontay Bell @Clippers_FB Assistant Coaches LaFennis Terry III – James Howard Dennis Shaw – Lamar Shaw David Richardson – Anthony Moss LaQuan Robinson – Evon Hyles Dahqui Green – Jason McCarthy Jay Scott – Darnell Muse 2020 Season Record (5-1) 2021 Spring United X Champions 2021 Schedule DATE OPPONENT […]
2021 PFN Player Profile: Isaiah Freeman, Chester @zayfree3 @Clippers19013
June 16, 2021 | David Burnworth
Isaiah Freeman Chester QB Class 2022 Stats from the 2020 season. – 344 passing yards 139 rushing yards 5 passing touchdowns 4 rushing touchdowns Honorable mentions all state Do you like playing day games at home or would you prefer that you guys had lights and played on Friday nights? I prefer our team to […]
Chester/Truman United X Championship is BACK! Saturday at Chester, 1PM @Clippers19013 @DCoachBell @HarrySTrumanHi1 @Tigercoachj3
April 24, 2021 | Billy Splain
Last week when we had to announce the United X game was cancelled due to a covid situation at Truman, nobody was happy. Not the players, Not the coaches. Not the fans. Nobody. When we made the decision to give the trophy ball to Chester, coach Ladontay Bell was NOT happy to accept it. […]
Academy Park suffocates potent Chester offense 29-14 @AParkFootball @CLIPPERS_FB
April 11, 2021 | David Burnworth
I know from watching how good the Chester offense was because I had watched them once before during the spring season. I had asked other members of the PFN staff what to expect from Academy Park and then a projection on Calpreps.com. By the time this one was over, I will only say everyone […]
Chester Answers the Bell Against Undefeated Penn Wood to Move to 4-0 @CLIPPERS_FB @Penn_WoodFB
April 1, 2021 | Alec Eskin
After a day of rain came the sun as well as 45 degree weather and strong winds. This translates only to one thing: Football weather. This game was the big one, the battle of the undefeated’s to see who would become the front runner to win the United 10. Both Penn Wood and Chester were […]
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