Haverford High
October 2025
Ant & Willie’s Pick’em Parade Week 8
October 9, 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 […]
Behind Trio of Coll and Valerio and Valetti Springfield Wins Battle of Central League Heavyweights
October 5, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
SPRINGFIELD: Entering the 2025 season, when you asked people who were your favorites to win the Central League, two of the teams that many mentioned were the Haverford Fords and Springfield Cougars, and rightfully so, last season the Fords and Cougars each earned a share of the Central League Title with the Fords knocking off […]
PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly Week of October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
Well, the Calendar has turned to one of this writer’s favorite months, October. The leaves are starting to turn, the weather is getting cooler, and games are being played mostly under the stars. Football is really starting to heat up. My apologies for the delay in this week’s posting. It was a hectic weekend last […]
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 […]
PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly Week of August 27
August 27, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly. Hard to believe we are already one week into the season and what a great weekend it was. Now it’s time to look at What’s Cookin’ In Philly Milestone for Pennridge: Last Friday marked the 1000th game in Pennridge Rams history. […]
2025 PFN Team Preview: The Haverford Fords
August 8, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
The Haverford Fords Head Coach: Luke Dougherty Class 6A 2024 Season Record: 11-2 PIAA District 1 Key Starters Lost Jake Knapp Jake Lisicki Will Hulea Alex Klee Jimmy Fusaro Vinny Fusaro Sean Leahy Returning starters Liam Taylor, RB/LB, 5’10”, 205, Sr. Emmet Gillespie, OL/DL, 6′, 245, Sr. Brendan Walker, OL/DL, 6’4″, 225, Sr. Shane […]
2025 Player Profile: Getting to know Haverford High School RB/LB Liam Taylor
July 17, 2025 | Patrick Birkhead
Liam Taylor Haverford High School Class of 2026 RB/LB Jersey #23 HT/WT 5’10 195 Other Sports: Lacrosse 2024 stats: 417 carries, 3,006 yards, 35 touchdowns CAL MVP, Delco Player of the Year, All state 1st team Twitter (X): @LiamTaylor2026 Coach Says: “Liam was the first 3,000 yard rusher in Delaware County history. He is a […]
District 1 Thanksgiving Recap
November 28, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
A once proud tradition of teams playing Thanksgiving rivalries has dwindled over the years. This year after the cancellation of the Bristol-Morrisville game we are down to just four games in District and here’s a recap of today’s action Haverford 40 Upper Darby 0 The Fords’ remarkable turnaround is complete. A year after going 1-9, […]
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 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 […]
Haverford Celebrates Senior Day Knocks off Previously Undefeated Springfield
October 6, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
HAVERTOWN: Prior to their Saturday Night showdown with the undefeated Springfield Delco Cougars, Haverford High School hosted their annual Senior Day festivities. The Fords gave their Seniors a reason to celebrate knocking off the Cougars 21-13 at AG Cornog Stadium. With the Fords clinging to a one-point lead early in the third quarter and facing […]
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 […]
Haverford Runs Past Lower Merion
September 28, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
ARDMORE: It’s every offensive lineman’s dream to play in a offensive scheme that is ground and pound Brendan Walker, Sean Leahy Alex Klee Quinn McGloin and Emmett Gillespie are living that dream playing for the Haverford High School Fords. On Saturday afternoon a steady mist came down across the Delaware Valley making weather conditions ideal […]
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 […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to Know Haverford High RB/ILB Nate Shoemaker
July 16, 2023 | Billy Splain
Nate Shoemaker RB/ILB Haverford High Class Of 2024 Jersey #6 HT/WT 5’7 170 72 tackles 3 sacks Twitter @Nateshoe_10 Coach Dougherty says “Nate will be a three-year starter for us and captain. He is one of the toughest linebackers we have had come through here. He has a nose for the ball and constantly finds […]
Central League Year in Review
December 31, 2022 | Willie McGonigle
With only a few hours before the calendar turns to 2023 what better way to end the year than to look back at the year that was in the Central League. While 2022 saw some new things in the Central League such as Eric Van Wyk taking over at Garnet Valley for the retired Mike […]
What the heck’s happening in District’s I & XII this week: Week 8, 2022
October 14, 2022 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to Week 8 of What’s happening in District I & XII! Let’s look at what happened last week weekend and look ahead to this weekend. It’s nice to be back after a couple week hiatus ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————– Inter AC League Play Opens open up This week marks the opening week of league play […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.