Abraham Lincoln
November 2024
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 […]
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 […]
Philly City League Weekly Rankings & Recap
October 17, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Week 8 Rankings & Recap: La Salle St. Joes Prep Imhotep Malvern Bonner-Prendie Roman Catholic Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Archbishop Ryan Abraham Lincoln Haverford School Weekly Game Recap: Lower Moreland 26 Thomas Edison 8: Lower Moreland jumped out to an early 24-0 lead and coasted the final quarter for the win. Dobbins 20 Mastbaum […]
Philadelphia City League Weekly Rankings, Recap & Preview
October 11, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Week 7 Rankings: La Salle College St. Joseph’s Prep Imhotep Charter Bonner-Prendie Roman Catholic Malvern Prep Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Germantown Academy Archbishop Ryan Abraham Lincoln Week 7 Recap: Overbrook 24 Vaux 0: Overbrook jumped out early on Vaux behind the dynamic duo of QB Jineer Fogan & WR Khary Bruce. Brook improved to 4-3 […]
Philly City League Week 6 Rankings and Recap
October 2, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Week 6 Recap & Rankings: St. Joes Prep La Salle College Imhotep Charter Bonner-Prendie Roman Catholic Malvern Prep Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Germantown Academy Abraham Lincoln Archbishop Ryan Kipp-Dubois 14 Edison 0: Kipp used a strong defense to will their way to a win behind defensive lineman Andrew Morency’s 3 sack performance. Edison got a […]
Lincoln skates by Gratz
September 28, 2024 | Billy Splain
When the Railsplitters needed him, David Akpuru delivered. The speedy back had not one but two long td runs to help Lincoln slip by Simon Gratz 21-20 on a damp day. “My teammates put faith in me, my coaches put faith in me so I just produced” said Adpuru of his long runs. The score […]
Week 4: District 12 & Inter-Ac Weekend Preview
September 20, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Week 4: Top 10 City Rankings: La Salle Roman St. Joe’s Prep Imhotep Bonner Malvern Prep Germantown Academy Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Simon Gratz George Washington Top Games of the Week: 1. St. Joseph’s Prep v Our Lady of Good Counsel (Friday @ 7pm): Prep will be rested following their bye week heading into […]
2024 District 12 & Inter-Ac League Week 1 Recap
September 3, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Week 1 is officially in the books and what an entertaining weekend of football in the city of Philadelphia it was. Plenty of upsets, playoff contending teams gaining statement wins and some quality football matchups. Benjamin Franklin 42 Olney 0: The Ben Franklin Electrons pulled off the first big shocker with their shutout big win over […]
District 12 Week 1 Rankings & Preview
August 30, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
This week will feature all of the Inter-Ac teams playing as well as most of the Philly Public League & Catholic League teams in action. Last week’s game showed La Salle is very formidable & will be a legit threat in not only the CL race but in the PIAA 6A race. Imhotep had a […]
Downingtown West defeats Abraham Lincoln – Photo Gallery
August 24, 2024 | Andy Marchese
Downingtown West Whippets defeat Abraham Lincoln Railsplitters at Kottmeyer Stadium on Friday, August 23, 2024. [sp_wpcarousel id=”140736″]
Philadelphia Public League Independence 2024 Division Preview
August 21, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
INDEPENDENCE DIVISION The top Public League Division once again will be led by the defending 5A champions Imhotep Charter. The Panthers will be competing this year in the 6A classification along with fellow division members Northeast and defending Public League 6A champion Lincoln. Rounding out the division are Simon Gratz, John Bartram and recently promoted […]
Philadelphia Public League Independence Division Preview
August 20, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
INDEPENDENCE DIVISION The top Public League Division once again will be led by the defending 5A champions Imhotep Charter. The Panthers will be competing this year in the 6A classification along with fellow division members Northeast and defending Public League 6A champion Lincoln. Rounding out the division are Simon Gratz, John Bartram and recently promoted […]
Abraham Lincoln HS Junior Athlete Ziyyon Bredell Pledges Commitment to Syracuse
April 24, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Abraham Lincoln HS in 2023 broke through quite a few barriers during the football season. They started the season with 4 very tough non-league games which all resulted in close narrow defeats to Downington East, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Roman Catholic & Imhotep Charter. Junior CB Ziiyon Bredell started the season with a great performance […]
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 […]
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. […]
SJP WINS TITLE-PHOTO GALLERY INCLUDED
November 21, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
The weather wasn’t perfect as it was chilly, slightly windy and down right cold but none the less a game was played at the Northeast Supersite. Lincoln played the game without star QB Gabe Smalley which forced a different style of offense for them as they used Sr Athlete Nayshawn Corley as the signal caller. […]
District 12 6A Championship Game Preview
November 17, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
The District 12 6A championship game aka the City Title game will take place Saturday at 4pm at the Northeast Supersite. The 6A Catholic League Champions St. Joes Prep (10-1) will battle Abraham Lincoln (7-5) for the right to claim the City Championship as well as a berth into the PIAA Quarterfinals next weekend. St. […]
Abraham Lincoln dethrones Northeast as Public League 6A champions
November 12, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
The last time Lincoln was recognized as Public League Champions was 1979. Last year they entered the Public League championship game as underdogs yet they held a 14-0 lead after the 1st quarter and looked to end not only their 27 year losing streak to the Vikings but at that point a 43 year title […]
Lincoln captures title with win over Northeast (Gallery)
November 11, 2023 | Billy Splain
Story by Anthony Franklin to follow, Gallery by Roger Barone
District 12 6A Championship Game Previews
November 10, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
This week both the Public League & Catholic Leagues will crown their 6A Classification Champions. Abraham Lincoln & Northeast will battle for the Public League title while in the Catholic League St. Joes Prep & La Salle will take the field for the CL title. Game Schedules: Saturday 12pm: Northeast @ Lincoln HS (South Philly […]
Abraham Lincoln QB Gabe Smalley eyes finishing his career a champion
November 10, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
The Abraham Lincoln Railsplitters entered the PL 6A semi-finals with a 4-5 record including 1 forfeit loss due to an altercation during their victory over Northeast. The extra week off gave them rest and preparation for their playoff run. In the quarterfinals they ran through and past Academy of Palumbo 65-6. They followed that performance […]
District XII Public League 6A Playoff Preview
November 2, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 6A Playoffs Public League The Public League 6A Playoffs Semi-final bracket has been set and the final 4 this season are Abraham #1 Lincoln (4-5), #2 Northeast (6-4), #5 George Washington (8-1) & #6 South Philadelphia (4-4). Abraham Lincoln earned their semi-final berth with a 65-6 trounce of Academy of Palumbo. Northeast won […]
District 12 Philadelphia Public League Preview
October 26, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Philadelphia Public League Playoff Preview: The Philadelphia Public League Playoffs begin this weekend with 3 classification titles up for grabs as the 6A, 5A and 4A titles are all on the table. The league used divisional standings to assign seeding to teams who qualified for the playoffs. In both 6A & 5A […]
