Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers
| Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers |
| Head Coach: Scott Reed |
| PIAA District 1 - Class 4A |
| Pioneer Athletic League - Frontier |
| OVERALL | PCT | CONF | PCT | HOME | AWAY | STREAK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-2 | 0.857 | 5-0 | 1.000 | 7-1 | 5-1 | L1 |
08-17 |
@ Upper Moreland (8-3) |
- |
08-23 |
@ Springfield-Montco (9-3) |
W, 34-27 |
08-31 |
vs. Neumann-Goretti (5-6) |
W, 18-0 |
09-07 |
vs. West Chester Rustin (13-2) |
L, 13-20 |
09-13 |
@ Bishop Shanahan (8-3) |
W, 42-14 |
09-21 |
vs. Phoenixville (9-2) |
W, 24-13 |
09-27 |
@ Upper Perkiomen (6-5) |
W, 36-0 |
10-04 |
@ Pottsgrove (7-4) |
W, 41-0 |
10-12 |
vs. Pottstown (1-9) |
W, 42-14 |
10-19 |
vs. Upper Merion (1-9) |
W, 41-0 |
10-25 |
vs. Perkiomen Valley (7-4) |
W, 28-19 |
11-01 |
vs. Lower Moreland (6-4) |
W, 46-0 |
11-08 |
vs. Springfield-Montco (9-3) |
W, 49-7 |
11-15 |
@ Valley View (11-2) |
W, 36-0 |
11-22 |
@ Bonner-Prendie (12-2) |
L, 7-35 |
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 […]
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 […]
Pope John Paul Shuts Out Valley View 36-0 In Opening Round Of States (Video Highlights)
November 15, 2024 | Jake Mills
Pope John Paul posted a shutout in the opening round of the 4A state playoffs over Valley View 36-0. Braden Reed and Dylan Skarbek both had 2 touchdowns for the Golden Panthers while Bradey Bass scored as well. Pope John Paul will faceoff against the winner of West Philadelphia and Bonner-Prendie from District 12 who […]
Pope John Paul II Takes a One Game at a Time Approach, Wins Second Consecutive District 1 4A Championship
November 9, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
ROYERSFORD: As cliché has it may sound the Pope John Paul Golden Panthers take an approach to take one game at a time. Thus far this season that’s been a successful formula Friday night with a 49-7 rout over the visiting Springfield Township the Golden Panthers for the tenth time in eleven tries this week […]
District One-4A Playoff Preview: Championship
November 7, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
District One is known for its big schools and is mainly made up of 6-5A classified schools, so as we move to our 4A portion, we head into our championship. In the semifinals, we saw PJP, our number one seed, beat Lower Moreland 46-0, and Springfield (M) defeat Bishop Shanahan 42-6. As predicted by this […]
District 1-4A Playoff Preview: Round 1
November 1, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
The Matchups: #4 Lower Moreland Lions @ #1 Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers #1 Pope John Paul II (9-1, 5-0) About the Golden Panthers: The Defending 4A Champion Golden Panthers enter the tournament on a 7-game winning streak. Offensively Luke Terlesky has thrown for 1629 yards and 19 touchdowns. Terlesky also has 5 […]
District 1Playoff Matchups Announced
October 27, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Sunday morning the District 1 Steering Committee had its annual meeting announcing the Playoff Meetings for District 1. 6A: In 6A the defending District 1 Champions Central Bucks South will be the number 1 seed in the playoffs for the second consecutive year they will see Spring-Ford in the playoffs. The full list of matchups are […]
In His Final Game Borzillo Leads Pope John Paul II to Second Consecutive PAC Championship
October 26, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
ROYERSFORD: Entering Friday Night’s Pioneer Athletic Conference Game Pope John Paul II’s Anthony Borzzillo knew that Friday night would be the final time he strapped on the pads and played in a high school football game. While his Golden Panthers teammates will now begin the defense of their District 1 4A title, the Senior Malvern […]
Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship Game Preview
October 24, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship Game X-Ray Who: Liberty Division Champion Perkiomen Valley Vikings-Frontier Division Champion Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers What: Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship Game When: Friday, October 25, 2024 7 pm kickoff Where: Pope John Paul II High School 181 Rittenhouse Rd. Royersford Pa 19468 Series History Previous Meetings: 9 Record: PV […]
District 1 Playoff Picture Entering Week 9
October 13, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
This week marks Week 9 of the Regular season which means that next week marks the last week of the regular season in District 1. With that in mind let’s take a look at what the playoff match-ups would be if the postseason started today. In 6A the reigning District 1 Champion CB South currently […]
Pope John Paul II defeats Bishop Shanahan – PHOTO GALLERY
September 14, 2024 | Andy Marchese
Pope John Paul II defeated Bishop Shanahan, 42-14, in Downingtown, PA on Friday, September 13, 2024. See the Extended Gallery HERE.
What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 4
September 12, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to this week’s installment of What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII. Week Three is in the books and what a week it was we saw several big-time performances. Let’s look at what went down and what could happen this week Holman Off to Great Start For Morrisville: The Morrisville […]
PFN’s District One Pre-Season Rankings- Small School
August 22, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
The 2024 high school football season is upon us 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. Yesterday we looked at the big schools. Today we dive into the small schools. Big School-5A & […]
2024 Pioneer Athletic Conference Frontier Division Preview
August 21, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Last season The Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers for the fourth year in a row not counting the 2020 COVID season took home the Pioneer Athletic Conference (PAC) Frontier Division Title. They then went on the road and knocked off the Liberty Division Champion Spring-Ford in a classic game for the outright PAC championship. […]
District One’s Top Returning Players 2024 Edition-OL
May 25, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
The 2024 Football season is fast approaching. Heading into the new season I wanted to break down some of the top returning talent in District 1. As you can see from the link, the district comprises 70 different teams. I constructed a list of Players and stats from this past season. The top 10 players […]
District One’s Top Returning Players 2024 Edition-WR’s
May 23, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
The 2024 Football season is fast approaching. Heading into the new season I wanted to break down some of the top returning talent in District 1. As you can see from the link, the district comprises 70 different teams. I constructed a list of Players and stats from this past season. The top 10 players […]
District One’s Top Returning Players 2024 Edition-QB’s
May 21, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
The 2024 Football season is fast approaching. Heading into the new season I wanted to break down some of the top returning talent in District 1. As you can see from the link, the district comprises 70 different teams. I constructed a list of Players and stats from this past season. The top 10 players […]
District 1 Final Rankings 2023: Small 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 […]
PJP II Places Four on 4A Writers All State Team
December 30, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
The 2023 season was historic for the Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers. They went 12-1 capturing their first PAC Championship and then capturing the District 1 4A championship. On Friday the PA Football Writers Class 4A All-State Team named four Golden Panthers to the team, Boyd Skarbek, Braden Reed, Kevin Heywood, and TJ Boccella. […]
PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 4A Round 2
November 9, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
This article was written by: Dylan Johnson Scott Reed’s Pope John Paul II Trojans come into the District 1 4A tournament as an overwhelming favorite, after taking down 6A powerhouse Spring-Ford in the Pioneer Athletic Conference’s title game. During the regular season, PJPII has already handily defeated both Pottstown and Pottsville. Bishop Shanahan, out of […]
Skarbek’s 4 Scores Carries Pope John Paul II to the Promised Land: PAC Championship
October 28, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
ROYERSFORD: Entering Friday Night’s Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship, the Frontier Division Champions Golden Panthers of Pope John Paul II knew they faced a big test in the Liberty Champions Spring-Ford Rams. Not only were Golden Panthers, who entered Friday as the 3rd in 4A by PFN not only were they going up against the bigger […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know PJP RB/LB Boyd Skarbek
May 19, 2023 | Billy Splain
Boyd Skarbek Running back, linebacker Pope John Paul Class Of 2024 Jersey #13 HT/WT 6ft. 185 1200 rushing yards 21 rushing td. 330 receiving yards 1 receiving td. 1 pick six Other sports Lacrosse 1st all area. 1st team all pac. All state honorable mention Twitter @BoydSkarbek Head coach Scott Reed: “Boyd is a 2-Way […]
D1 4A Championship Preview: Interboro (1) vs. Pope John Paul II (2)
November 9, 2022 | Dylan Johnson
Scheduling Update: As of 11/9/22 at 4:00 pm, District 1 games will be played at different times than originally scheduled. This game is still on for its 11/11, 7pm kickoff. To stay up to date on District 1 schedule changes, click here. South Ave sits quiet, but not for long, as it will host the D1 […]
2022 PFN Player Profile: Braden Reed – Pope John Paul II
July 29, 2022 | Billy Splain
Braden Reed Pope John Paul ii Class Of 2025 WR/CB Jersey #3 HT/WT 5’9/160 Played in 4 games until broken ankle Led the frontier in receiving yards until injury 184 total receiving yards 30.7 yards per catch 46 receiving yards per game 2 TDs Other sports Basketball Twitter @bradenreed13 Why do you play football? I […]
2021 PFN Team Preview: The Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers @goldenpantherFB @PSPN_Official @PjpSection
July 9, 2021 | Billy Splain
Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers PFN Page PIAA District 1 – Class AAAA League: Pioneer Athletic League – Frontier 2020 Season Record 3-0 Head Coach Rory Graver Assistant Coaches Tony Yerger, Adam Beach, Tyler Yaculak, Matt Bildstein, Scott Reed, Ron Sandor, Jon Traywick, Ryan Brennan, Christian Leighton. 2021 Schedule DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/SCORE 08-28 vs. Archbishop Carroll (0-0) […]
| YEAR(S) | COACH | RECORD |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-2020, 2016, 2014 | Rory Graver | 33-25 |
| 2017, 2015, 2010-2013 | Mike Santillo | 15-48 |
| Scott Reed | 34-5 |
| YEAR | COACH | OVERALL | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Scott Reed | 12-2 | 1.000 |
| 2023 | Scott Reed | 12-1 | 1.000 |
| 2022 | Scott Reed | 10-2 | 1.000 |
| 2021 | Rory Graver | 7-3 | 0.833 |
| 2020 | Rory Graver | 3-0 | 1.000 |
| 2019 | Rory Graver | 10-3 | 0.833 |
| 2018 | Rory Graver | 8-3 | 0.800 |
| 2017 | Mike Santillo | 7-4 | 0.000 |
| 2016 | Rory Graver | 4-7 | 0.000 |
| 2015 | Mike Santillo | 0-11 | 0.000 |
| 2014 | Rory Graver | 1-9 | 0.000 |
| 2013 | Mike Santillo | 1-9 | 0.000 |
| 2012 | Mike Santillo | 1-9 | 0.000 |
| 2011 | Mike Santillo | 5-6 | 0.000 |
| 2010 | Mike Santillo | 1-9 | 0.000 |
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