Bonner-Prendie
September 2026
Former Philly City Leaguers Shine in Week 1 of NFL
September 15, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
To start the 2026 NFL season there were 18 former Philadelphia Catholic, Public & Inter-Ac players who earned roster spots. St. Joes Prep leads the pack with 7 former players on NFL Rosters. Rookie LB Josiah Trotter (SJ Prep) earned his first career start for the Tampa Buccaneers and made an immediate impact racking up […]
District 12/Inter-Ac Week 3 Preview
September 10, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
We are into the 3rd week of the season and teams are now starting to show who are contenders and those who are rebuilding. In the Public League last week Northeast picked up the biggest win of the week taking a 28-9 win over District 1 Coatesville. Imhotep led nationally ranked DeMatha (#23) late in […]
Bonner-Prendie Overcomes Offensive Struggles, Blanks Archbishop Ryan 29-0
September 6, 2026 | Davin Ridall
OCEAN CITY – After disappointing losses last week for both Bonner-Prendie and Archbishop Ryan, the two teams met in Carey Stadium to see who would get back on track. In the end, it was the Friars who walked away with the victory, as they shut out the Raiders 29-0. For most of the first half, […]
PFN’s Road Trippin’ With Davin: Week 2
September 4, 2026 | Davin Ridall
Welcome to week 2 of my road trippin’ series, and now with all of the opening week festivities in the rearview mirror, we’re back to just some regular ol’ high school football. This week we’ve got some good matchups on tap, but more importantly, lots of miles to cover. Friday will be an almost 2 […]
Ant & Willie’s Pickem Parade Week 2
September 4, 2026 | 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 […]
District 12 Week 1 Recap
September 2, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
Week 1 saw a few upsets, a few blowouts and a few competitive games within District 12 including some key out of state games. CL RED: Paramus Catholic 35 LaSalle 14: La Salle jumped out to an early 14-0 lead before surrendering 35 unanswered points to the #3 NJ team. Sr. RB Ahzir Nelson scored both […]
PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly Week 1
August 27, 2026 | Willie McGonigle
Growing up, I used to dread August because it always meant summer was coming to a close and school would start soon. But since I started following and covering High School over 20 years ago, I now look forward to August because that means the high school football season is approaching. While many who know […]
District 12 Preview
August 27, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 in 2025 saw 2 programs win state titles with Roman Catholic capturing the 5A title and La Salle capturing the 6A title. This season Roman has been elevated to 6A which means they’ll battle LaSalle and St. Joes Prep for the CL 6A title and a berth in the D12 6A city title […]
Bonner-Prendie Sr. DT Terrence Jones is heading to Howard University
June 21, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
Terrence Jones Jr. a mammoth 6-3 330lb defensive tackle at Bonner-Prendie Saturday evening decided to shut his recruitment down and commit to the Mecca of HBCU’s Howard University in the nations capital Washington D.C. As a junior Terrence registered 34 tackles including 5 tackles for a loss. The other schools Terrence considered were Stony Brook […]
Philly Public & Catholic League Stars sign UDFA Deals after the NFL Draft
April 30, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
At the conclusion of the 2026 NFL Draft, 4 former City-League all stars in Philadelphia inked deals with NFL teams. Former SJ Prep WR Sahmir Hagans (Duke) inked a deal with the Indianapolis Colts while former Neumann Goretti LB Eric Gentry agreed to terms with the Cincinnati Bengals. Former Bonner-Prendie DB Ayden Garnes signed a […]
District 12 Playoff Preview & Inter-Ac Regular Season Finale Notes
November 7, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
We have reached the playoffs for both the CL and Public League with a few city title games this weekend as well. Let’s get into the rankings for the City League Teams as things have been shaken up the last week or two. Top 10 La Salle St. Joes Prep Roman Catholic Malvern Prep Bonner-Prendie […]
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 […]
Philly Catholic League Playoff Preview & City Rankings
October 31, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
City Rankings Top 10 1. La Salle 2. St. Joes Prep 3. Malvern Prep 4. Roman Catholic 5. Bonner-Prendie 6. Imhotep 7. Abraham Lincoln 8. Episcopal Academy 9. Cardinal O’Hara 10. Lansdale HM 1. Archbishop Ryan 2. John Bartram 3. Springside Chestnut Hill 4. Belmont 5. Conwell Egan 6A CL Title Game St Joes Prep […]
Ant & Willie Pick’em Parade Week 10
October 24, 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 […]
St Joes Prep storms past Bonner 56-14
October 19, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
The SJ Prep Hawks reached .500 for the first time this season coasting past CL Red Division member Bonner 56-14 Saturday afternoon. The Hawks after losing their first three games are now 4-4 on the season. They scored early in the first quarter on a pass and catch from Jr QB Charlie Foulke to Jr. […]
District 12 Week 9 Preview
October 17, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
The 2025 regular season is winding down and entering its final week. Division champions have been crowned in all 4 divisions as Imhotep wrapped up the Independence Division via beating Northeast, Washington & West Philadelphia. They also earned a forfeit win over Gratz. Tep will close out the regular season at Lincoln looking to continue […]
District 12 Week 7 Preview & Notes
October 10, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Week 7 Preview: In week 6 we saw contenders be revealed and pretenders be exposed. In the Pub Tep continued to roll through their competition, Belmont and Edison remain undefeated while La Salle earned a huge CL Red Division win over SJ Prep in convincing fashion. Let’s look at the top teams in […]
Bonner-Prendie RB Saalem Frink Commits to Stonehill College
September 29, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
Saalem Frink a 5-9 195lb running back at Bonner-Prendie has shut his recruitment down and has pledged his services to Stonehill College a Division 1 FCS program competing in the Northeastern Conference (NEC). Saaleem as a junior finished 2nd on the Friars in rushing thus leading them to their first ever PIAA State title. As […]
Bonner pulls away late from O’Hara
September 27, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
Bonner hosted Cardinal O’Hara in a Catholic league red division matchup in an early than normal 4pm kickoff due to neighboring Upper Darby also having an home game at 5pm. Bonner started the game slow fumbling the opening kickoff and O’Hara turned that short field into a 34 yard field goal for an early 3-0 […]
District 12 Week 4 Preview
September 19, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
With 4 weeks of action behind us let’s do a quick rundown of where things stand in all 3 city leagues. In the Pub it’s Imhotep and then the rest. Tep is currently 1-3 with their lone win coming against Eagle Academy II (NY). Their losses were to Harrisburg, DeMatha & Malvern Prep all top […]
Ant & Willie’s Pickem Parade Week 4
September 18, 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’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly Week of September 17
September 17, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly. Since the last column, the Philadelphia sports scene remains hot, with the Phillies clinching the National League East and the Eagles defending their Super Bowl Championship by getting off to a 2-0 start. But you know what else is heating up […]
District 12 Week 3 Preview
September 12, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
We are officially 3 weeks into the 2025 season and the pretenders, contenders and not so good teams are showing their form by now. In the Pub it’s all Imhotep but Lincoln has caught stride and showing they are hungry to knock the champion off. There are 3 undefeated teams left in the Public League […]
Bonner Prendie uses strong second half to surge past Archbishop Wood
September 6, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
Bonner-Prendie the defending PIAA 4 champions used a strong surge offensively and defensively in the second half to surge past Archbishop Wood 35-7 in a non-league game Friday night. Both programs are in the 4A classification so there’s a chance this game could be played in over a month with a trip to the state […]
Anthony & Willie’s Picking Parade Pick’Em For Philly Area Football
August 29, 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 and in 2009 they a third participant in […]
