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October 2026
Philly Public League Playoff Preview
October 29, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
The regular season has concluded in “The Pub” and the overall Pub title was won by Imhotep last Saturday. We are now onto the district playoffs and new rules have emerged out of District 12 which rules any transfer ineligible for post season beginning with classification playoffs. Northeast, Gratz, Wood, Imhotep, Lincoln all will lose […]
Imhotep trounces Lincoln to win another Public League championship
October 25, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
Imhotep Charter Saturday afternoon used a balanced offense to run and pass over Lincoln 54-14. The first quarter looked as if the game could be competitive as it ended with Tep up 15-8. The second quarter their defense turned up and the offense rolled as they expanded the lead to 27-8. Lincoln would get on […]
Davin Ridall’s Week 5 Saturday Recap
September 27, 2026 | Davin Ridall
PHILADELPHIA – Mother nature was not anyone’s friend in this week’s edition of Philadelphia football. Three matchups took place, with two of them having scores that the weather definitely played a factor in. Turnovers doom School of the Future in sloppy 13-6 loss to John Bartram The first of two games of the day that […]
PFN’s Road Trippin’ With Davin: Week 5
September 25, 2026 | Davin Ridall
Week 5 is here which means we’re already approaching the halfway point of the regular season, man the season sure flies by quickly. We’re starting to get into the good stuff as the midpoint of the regular season comes upon us, with teams starting to catch the stride, and others really finding their identity. This […]
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 […]
Imhotep Charter Shows Resilience In 27-21 Victory Over Malvern Prep
September 13, 2026 | Davin Ridall
PHILADELPHIA – After going into halftime trailing by a touchdown, Imhotep Charter did not back down in the second half, outscoring Malvern Prep 13-0 in the final two quarters to take down the Friars 27-21. Last season when these two teams met, Malvern Prep had their way with the Panthers, beating them 35-7 at home. […]
PFN’s Road Trippin’ With Davin: Week 3
September 11, 2026 | Davin Ridall
Welcome to Week 3 of the 2026 high school football season. We’ve still got some warm weather two weeks into September, which is always nice to have. It looks like it is going to stay that way for this week as well, which means I won’t have to break out my long sleeves just yet. […]
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 […]
Only in the Pub. NOT! Ant & Willie’s Pick’em Parade
September 10, 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 […]
Imhotep Runs Away From Camden 29-8 In Out Of State Battle
August 30, 2026 | Davin Ridall
PHILADELPHIA – For most of the first half, Imhotep struggled to finish drives, entering halftime with only one touchdown on the board. That all changed in the second half, as Imhotep was able to run away with the game, scoring three touchdowns in the second half, en route to a 29-8 victory over Camden. Imhotep […]
PFN’s Road Trippin’ With Davin: Week 1
August 28, 2026 | Davin Ridall
Welcome everyone to my new series beginning this year called “PFN’s Road Trippin’ With Davin,” where I’ll be talking about all the games I cover each week. Last season I did individual previews for each game, so this year I decided to condense it all to one. With that let’s take a look at the […]
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 […]
District 12 trio make collegiate decisions
June 16, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
Nyeem Powell a 6-3 350lb senior offensive guard at Imhotep Charter has locked in on Morgan State as his collegiate choice. As a junior Nyeem earned all public honors. Nyeem will join his Quarterback Joe McLeish at Morgan next summer after he recently committed to the Bears as well. St Joes Prep Sr WR Alston […]
Imhotep’s QB Joe McLeish finds home at Morgan State
June 8, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
Joe McLeish a 6-1 205lb 2 year starting QB for Imhotep Charter wrapped up his recruitment fairly quickly this spring after a successful campus visit and 7v7 tournament championship in Baltimore he quickly gave his commitment to Morgan State University a Division 1 FCS program who plays in the HBCU MEAC conference. Joey has amassed […]
Philadelphia Catholic League Playoffs Are Expanding
May 17, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
The 2025 PCL football season saw two programs capture PIAA championships with LaSalle capturing the 6A title and Roman Catholic snagging the 5A title. Traditionally the CL Red has held a one game playoff between St. Joes Prep and LaSalle for the 6A title. With Roman having recent success they’ve been promoted to 6A for […]
District 12 Highlights 2026 PSFCA PA Big 33 Team Roster
February 13, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
The 2026 PSFCA PA Big 33 team will have 9 players representing the Philadelphia Public & Catholic Leagues in District 12. PIAA 5A champion Roman Catholic landed 4 players on the team as WR Ash Roberts (Temple), DT Antwan Smith-Ray Jr. (Merrimack), DB Eyan Stead Jr. (Temple) and S Justis Gaskin (Stony Brook) were all […]
LaSalle pulls away in 4th quarter to win 6A Championship (Photo Gallery)
November 16, 2025 | Jordan Gillis
LaSalle takes down Imhotep 31-16 to win the District XII 6A Championship for the first time in 10 years. The Explorers got the jump in the first half, taking a 24-0 lead; Senior Joey O’Brien had two of those touchdowns and was dominating on the field, catching everything that came his way. LaSalle would cap […]
LaSalle Claims First District 12 Championship in 10 Years (Recap)
November 16, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
Since joining the PIAA back in 2008, the Catholic League has dominated the biggest class of District 12, having won the District title at that classification every year except 2008, when George Washington defeated LaSalle. Since going to 6 classes in 2016, it has been St Joseph’s Prep that has every single District 12 6A […]
Ant & Willie’s Pro Pickem Parade
November 14, 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 […]
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 […]
Breaking Down the Philadelphia Public League Playoff Matchups & District 12 Bracketing for the Pub
October 30, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
The playoffs are here within the Pub and there are 4 teams vying for the crown. Traditionally prior to admission into the PIAA the Pub crowned one true champion. Beginning in 2011 the league went to multiple title games for classifications and no longer had a true public league champion. Due to recent seasons of […]
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 […]
