Garnet Valley
November 2025
District 1 5A Second Round Preview
November 7, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
We’ve reached the Elite Eight in District 1 5A. Last week, things went according to chalk except for the 12th seed Unionville Longhorns going on the road and knocking off the 5th seed Wissahickon Trojans. This week, we get two rematches from the regular season. Will the losers of the regular season get revenge? Is […]
Explosive Run Game Carries Garnet Valley to First Round Victory
November 2, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
GLEN MILLS: When one thinks of the Garnet Valley triple-option offense, they usually think of nice, long 12-13 plus play drives that eat the minutes off the clock. On Saturday night, the Jaguars ran just 12 plays in the first half of their District 1 5A First Round playoff game against visiting Upper Perkiomen. However, […]
PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly Week of September 24, 2025
September 24, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
How can it be that we’ve reached the midpoint of the 2025 season already? It seems like just yesterday that we were here gearing up for the opening week of the season, and now we are at the midpoint, and it needs to slow down. The leaves are changing colors, we are starting to separate […]
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 […]
Haverford Grinds It Out in Victory Over Garnet Valley
August 30, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
CONCORDVILLE: There’s a popular saying that the best defense is a good offense. For the Haverford Fords, their game plan entering Friday night’s Central League at Garnet Valley was to control the clock and keep the Jaguars’ offense off the field. In the first hal,f it was mission accomplished for the Fords has they ran […]
Coatesville defeats Garnet Valley – PHOTO GALLERY
August 23, 2025 | Andy Marchese
The Coatesville Red Raiders defeated the Garnet Valley Jaguars, 35-10, on Friday, August 22, 2025. See the Extended Gallery HERE.
PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ in Philly Week Zero
August 21, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly. I’ve decided to rebrand my weekly notes column from What’s Happening in District I & XII to this. Join me each week as I tell you what’s cookin’ around the Philadelphia Area. PCL Team’s hitting the road to begin season: St Joseph’s Prep and Roman […]
2025 PFN Team Preview: The Garnet Valley Jaguars
August 16, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
The Garnet Valley Jaguars Head Coach: Eric Van Wyk Class 5A 2024 Season Record: 9-4 PIAA District 1 Key Starters lost Luke O’Donoghue, Luke Vaughn, Dean Koehler, Caden Koehler, Nolan Carroll, Joe Anzalone, Aiden Misiewicz, Massimo Iavarone, Brayden Green, Caden Olinger, Reis Meiser, Aidan Bendo, Chase Britton, Michael Medici, Drew Donaghy, Gavin Rossello, Ryan Douglas, […]
2025 PFN Player Profile: Getting to Know Garnet Valley RB/OLB Anthony Gifford
June 20, 2025 | Hunter Myers
Anthony Gifford Garnet Valley High School Class of 2026 RB / OLB Jersey #15 HT/WT 5’8 185 Other Sports: None 2024 Stats: 306 yds, 4 tds Twitter (X): @antgiff17 Coach says: “Anthony was an extremely reliable running back for us last year. He is a physical downhill runner who craves contact and will not be […]
2025 PFN Player Spotlight: Getting to Know Garnet Valley OL/DL Brandon Scanlon
June 2, 2025 | Billy Splain
Brandon Scanlon OL/DL Garnet Valley High School Class Of 2026 Jersey #73 HT/WT 6’0”/240 Offense averaged 32 points per game, 382 yards per game (227 rushing, and 155 passing). Other sports Powerlifting Twitter @brandonscanlon_ Coach says: “Brandon had a tremendous year for us as a Junior. He battled an injury at the start of the […]
Springfield Holds Off Garnet Valley In PIAA District 5A Semi Finals
November 16, 2024 | Ted Podberesky
Familiar faces matched up tonight for the PIAA district 5A semi finals, Springfield Cougars (11-1) hosted the Garnet Valley Jaguars (9-3). These two teams saw each other earlier in the year during week 9 of the regular season, with Springfield coming out on top 35-23. Tonight was no different for the Cougars, playing hard nosed […]
District One-5A Playoff Preview: Semifinals
November 14, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
The District 1 semi-finals features a rematch of Central League foes and a tilt between two of District 1’s most respected programs. In a rematch from week nine, #1 seed Springfield takes on #4 seed Garnet Valley. Springfield defeated Garnet Valley 35-23 week nine of the regular season. The Cougars are coming off a round […]
District One-5A Playoff Preview: Quarterfinals
November 7, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
Round one mostly went as we would expect. The only upset was number nine Marple Newtown, who shut out the number eight-seeded Falcons of Pottsgrove 20-0. The number one seed in our 5A classification, Springfield (Delco ), easily took care of business against the final seed, Academy Park, 49-6. We now move into round two, […]
District 1-5A Playoff Preview: Round 1
November 1, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
Playoffs, Playoffs, and more playoffs!!! We have concluded the 2024-25 regular season in District One, and the 16-team playoff field is set. The number one seed in our 5A classification is Springfield (Delco) after only dropping one game to 6A #2 seed Downingtown West. Look for the Cougars to make a deep run in the […]
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 […]
Springfield Beats Garnet Valley in Battle of Central League Heavyweights
October 20, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
SPRINGFIELD: Two weeks ago, in their lone loss of the season against Haverford the Springfield Delco Cougars thought they let one slip away. Last week the Cougars rebounded and easily defeated Radnor. On Friday night the Cougars faced a difficult test when they hosted fellow Central League power Garnet Valley and this time the Cougars […]
What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 9
October 16, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to this week’s installment of What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII this week. Hard to believe folks that we have reached Week 9 of the season and next week brings the final week of the regular season and we head into playoffs. Let us take a look at What’s […]
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 […]
What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 7
October 3, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to this week’s installment of What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII this week. We have past the halfway point of the season. What an exciting season it has been thus far and the rest of the season appears to be just has exciting. Let’s look at what went down […]
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 […]
Senior Leadership Sparks Big 2nd Half for Garnet Valley in Win Over Penncrest
September 6, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
GLEN MILLS: Garnet Valley Head Coach Eric Van Wyk knows his Senior Class, so his Jaguars entered the locker room at halftime tied at 14 with the visiting Penncrest Lions. He knew he could count on his seniors to step up and step up they did, turning a pretty even-matched game at halftime into a […]
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
2024 Central League Preview
August 18, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Last season was another competitive year in the Central League. In the end, three teams Garnet Valley, Springfield, and Strath Haven all shared the league title, while five teams (Garnet Valley 6A, Springfield 5A, Marple-Newtown 5A, Penncrest 5A, and Strath Haven 5A District Champions) made the District 1 playoffs. This season promises to be another […]
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