Downington West
October 2025
In Downingtown West is Best, Special Teams Make Difference In Battle of Brandywine
October 25, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: Special teams is often the overlooked part of the game, but in big-time games, they are usually the difference between a victory and defeat. On Friday night, that was exactly the case for the Downingtown West Whippets, whose special teams unit accounted for nine points and blocked two punts as the Whippets bested their […]
6A Eastern Final Saint Joseph Prep battles Downingtown West
November 29, 2024 | Marcus Sic
Since dropping a 35-34 heartbreaker to rivals LaSalle back on October 5 the Hawks of St Joseph Prep have rolled to 6 consecutive victories including enacting revenge on LaSalle in the Philadelphia Catholic League 6A Championship game on November 9. The following week the Hawks steamed rolled Public League Champion Imhotep Charter in the District […]
Mayhem’s Game of the Week: North Penn @ Downingtown West (Week 13)
November 21, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
District 1-6A Final/PIAA Quarterfinal Round #4 North Penn Knights @ #2 Downingtown West Whippets Date: Friday, November 22, 2024 Location: Walter E. Kottmeyer Stadium Kickoff: 7:00 PM #4 North Penn (11-2, 5-2) District Rank: 6A-4th PFN State Ranking: 6A-10th Head coach: Dick Beck (23rd Season) About the Knights: During the semifinals, the Knights avenged […]
Downingtown West Defeats Owen J Roberts – PHOTO GALLERY
November 9, 2024 | Andy Marchese
Downingtown West defeated Owen J Roberts, 41-7, on Friday, November 8, 2024 at Kottmeyer Stadium. See the Extended Gallery HERE.
District One-6A Playoff Preview: Quarterfinals
November 7, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
I know this is high school football, but the elite eight in basketball is a big deal, so immediately, “And then there were eight,” bellowed out of my mouth Saturday evening after the Souderton-PW game ended. I was a bit steamed we only got to see one upset in the opening round as the eleventh-seeded […]
District 1 Power Rankings: Week 2-Big School
September 3, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
The District 1 Power Rankings after Week 2
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 […]
PFN’s District One Pre-Season Rankings- Big School
August 21, 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. Big School-5A & 6A Small School 1A-4A
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
PIAA District One Championship Preview: 6A Downingtown West @ Central Bucks South
November 22, 2023 | Michael Pietrangelo
The Who: #6 Downingtown West Whippets @ #5 Central Bucks South Titans The What: District One 6A Championship The When: Friday, November 24, 2023 Kickoff: 7 pm The Where: Titan Stadium 1100 Folly Road, Warrington, Pa 18976 Last 3 meetings: (*Playoffs) 8-30-2019 Dtown West 34 @ CB South 14 8-31-2018 CB South 0 @ […]
Downingtown West Shuts Out Council Rock South In District 1 6A First Round
November 4, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
DOWNINGTOWN: After giving up 35 points to cross-town rival Downingtown East the Downingtown West Whippets defense was left with a bad taste in their mouths. Fortunately for the Whippets, the defense came back to practice with little extra fire under them and it showed on Saturday as the defense propelled the 6th-seeded Whippets to a […]
Downingtown East earn Ches-Mont Championship over Rival Downingtown West
October 27, 2023 | Kameron Hammond
Downingtown East Vs Downingtown West is arguably one of the most thrilling matchups in Pennsylvania, some might even say in the country. The matchup tonight is to determine who will claim the 2023 Ches-Mont Championship title. This is the 21st meeting between the two teams and The Cougars extended their lead in the series 13-8 […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to Know Downingtown West & Maine Commit Jake Kucera
August 3, 2023 | Billy Splain
Jake Kucera Safety , Wide Reciever Downingtown West Class Of 2024 Jersey #15 HT/WT 5’10 / 180 Offense: 40 receptions, 765 yards, 10 TDs; 26 carries, 269 yards, 2 TDs Defense 43 tackles. 3 int. 1 sack. 1 punt return TD. 1 pass TD on 1 attempt for 63 yards. Other sports Baseball First team […]
Downingtown West’s Ryan Howard voted to PFN Coaches All State Team
December 31, 2022 | Marcus Sic
Downingtown West offensive tackle Ryan Howard has been voted to the PFN Coaches All State team. The mammoth 6’7” 305 lb. Junior offensive tackle was the cornerstone of Coach Mike Milano’s Whippet offense. With Howard leading the way West was able to amass 2,200 rushing yards and 1,700 passing yards, in the ChesMont Co-Championship […]
Downingtown East put on a clinic in tonight’s victory over Downingtown West.
November 12, 2022 | Xavier Johnson
Tonight, was a rematch between longstanding rivals #12 Downingtown East and #4 Downingtown West in the third round of District 1 class 6 playoffs. For those who were expecting a close game between these teams like they had during the regular season, we’re sadly disappointed. This game was quite the opposite. In the first bout […]
DISTRICT One – 6A Quarterfinals Preview
November 10, 2022 | Michael Pietrangelo
REMATCHES HIGHLIGHT WEEK 2 As week two of the District 1 6A playoff begin a couple of things stick out. For the first time in 7 years Coatesville will be missing from the semifinals, after being upset in week one by Downingtown East. The other thing that sticks out are the two rematches from the […]
ChesMont National Championship Goes Through Coatesville: 2022 ChesMont National Preview
August 17, 2022 | Billy Splain
Red Raiders go for the Seven-Peat Coatesville Matt Ortega’s Coatesville Red Raiders have raced to six straight ChesMont National titles, losing only one conference game in the process. Coatesville has also been the dominate District One team during their run. This year they hope to add to their historic Title streak to seven in a […]
Red Raiders edge out Whippets in a 31-28 comeback win @football_cville @footballdwest @thehistoryDtown
October 9, 2021 | Kameron Hammond
In sports, fans all love a good rivalry game. Whether it be between a favorite team, Alma mater or personal preference, Downingtown West and Coatesville played a game that will be remembered for some time. Coming into the game, Coatesville was the clear cut favorite to win, after blowing out Oxford 50-20 last Friday to […]
2021 PFN Team Preview: The Downingtown West Whippets @TheHistoryDtown @FootballDwest @DWHSAthletics
June 20, 2021 | Billy Splain
The Downingtown West Whippets Head Coach Michael Milano Assistant Coaches Jim Cunningham, Mike Hancock, Tom Wickersham, Jackson Hale, Andrew Lowe, Chris Edwards, Tom Kline, Andrew McLaughlin, Steve Mitten, Dylan Ferron, Allyn Bacchus 2021 Downingtown West PFN Page PIAA District 1 – Class AAAAAA League: Ches-Mont – National Stadium: Walter E. Kottmeyer Stadium 2020 Season Record […]
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