Bishop Shanahan
November 2025
North Pocono Takes Down Bishop Shanahan in Thrilling Battle of 4A Heavyweights
November 15, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: Philadelphia is the home of Rocky and has seen its fair share of big-time heavyweight battles and has produced many big-name fighters. On Friday night, Jack Mancini Field on the campus of Bishop Shanahan High School was the site of another thriller. In one corner, you had the undefeated District 2 Champions, North Pocono […]
Fly Like An Eagle: Bishop Shanahan Captures District 1 4A Title
November 8, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
ROYERSFORD: During his career at Bishop Shanahan, Senior QB Anthony Aquila has accomplished just about everything. Last season, he led the Eagles to a Chest-Mont championship. One team that has been a thorn in the side of Aquilia and his Eagles teammates has been Pope John Paul II. In 2023 and 2024, the Golden Panthers […]
District 1 4A Championship Bishop Shanahan at Pope John Paul II Preview
November 6, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
The Who: Bishop Shanahan Eagles at Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers The What: District 1 4A Championship Where: Pope John Paul II High School, 181 Rittenhouse Rd, Royersford, PA When: Friday, November 7, 7 pm. For Updates on X, follow: @williepafn The Last Meeting: The Eagles and Golden Panthers last met back on September […]
Ant & Willie’s Pick Em Parade Week 11
November 6, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
If you were following Philadelphia Football in early 2000’s you undoubtedly visited Tedsilary,com several times a week. One of the most popular features on the site was the Weekly Picking Parade. What started out as friendly competition between two good friends Huck Palmer and Tom “Puck” McKenna in 2009 they a third participant in Willie […]
PFN Presents Ant & Willie’s Pickem Parade Week 9
October 16, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
If you were following Philadelphia Football in early 2000’s you undoubtedly visited Tedsilary,com several times a week. One of the most popular features on the site was the Weekly Picking Parade. What started out as friendly competition between two good friends Huck Palmer and Tom “Puck” McKenna in 2009 they a third participant in Willie […]
Bishop Shanahan Uses Big Plays and Stellar Defense to Rout West Chester Henderson
September 27, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: Everyone loves the big highlight reel plays, and the Bishop Shanahan Eagles are no different. While most teams have only one player who can produce such plays, the Eagles seem to have a different player do it every week. Friday night it was Aidan Civitella and Anthony Aquila’s turn, and the duo didn’t disappoint […]
Bishop Shanahan Believes It Can Win, Knocks Off Unionville in Thriller
September 20, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: All week, the message Bishop Shanahan delivered to his team was to believe in themselves. That message was delivered after the Eagles dropped a tough 28-21 decision last week to Pope John Paul II. On Friday night, the Eagles adhered to their coach’s message, stopping a two-point conversion with 1:09 left to come away […]
Ant & Willie’s Pickem Parade Week 3
September 12, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
If you were following Philadelphia Football in early 2000’s you undoubtedly visited Tedsilary,com several times a week. One of the most popular features on the site was the Weekly Picking Parade. What started out as friendly competition between two good friends Huck Palmer and Tom “Puck” McKenna in 2009 they a third participant in Willie […]
Bishop Shanahan defeats Methacton – PHOTO GALLERY
September 6, 2025 | Andy Marchese
The Bishop Shanahan Eagles defeated the Methacton Warriors, 46-7, on Friday, September 5, 2025. See the Extended Gallery HERE.
2025 PFN Team Preview: The Bishop Shanahan Eagles
July 23, 2025 | Billy Splain
The Bishop Shanahan Eagles HEAD COACH: Paul Meyers CLASS 4A 2024 Season Record: 9-3 PIAA District 1 Key Starters lost Jayden Snook Kevin Roth Chase Riccardo Sam Conte Returning starters Anthony Aquila, QB/SS, 6’0″, 190, 2026 Dan Keenan, Slot/DB, 5’10, 190, 2026 Aidan Civitella, WR/DB, 6’0, 185, 2026 Nate Bracken, RB/DB, 5’10”, 2026 Nate […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Soar Like An Eagle: Bishop Shanahan Overcomes Slow Start Stuns Downingtown West
October 11, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: In the opening paragraph of his novel A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens wrote “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” For the Bishop Shanahan Eagles offense, it was the opposite, one might have been hard-pressed to find a worse start to a game for a team’s offense […]
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 & […]
What The Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week Zero
August 22, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to the 2024 season of What’s Happening in District I & XII! Join me every week has we look at what happened and look forward to what will happen in Districts I & XII. New Chest-Mont Alignment: The Chest-Mont league this season will premiere three divisions as opposed to the two that […]
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
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 […]
PIAA District 1 Playoff Preview: 4A
November 2, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
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. PJPII has already handily defeated both Pottstown and Pottsville, during the regular season. Bishop Shanahan, out of the tough ChesMont National division, led by […]
West Philly pulls through in a tight one against Bishop Shanahan
August 26, 2023 | Xavier Johnson
Tonight was the return of Friday night football and we had a game for you tonight. What a better way to start off the season than with two teams who desperately want to turn their programs around. This game featured West Philadelphia Speed Boys facing off against the Bishop Shanahan Eagles. West Philly started the […]
Interboro Stampeeds Bishop Shanahan to Advance to D1 4A Title Game
November 5, 2022 | Dylan Johnson
GLENOLDEN PA – The moon sat just above a dewy grass field. Lights, “Kamara”, Action was all Interboro needed as the electric South Ave got ready for a playoff game. It was the semifinals, and everything was on the line. It did not matter if you played an amazing season or a terrible one, if you […]
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