Lansdale Catholic

August 2026

Ant & Willie’s Pickem Parade

August 27, 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 […]

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 […]

2026 PFN Player Profile: Terrance Smith-OT-Lansdale Catholic

August 11, 2026 | Cody Brady

Terrance Smith Lansdale Catholic Class Of 2027 OT Jersey #54 6’6”/285 1st Team All-State Twitter @21T_Smith Why do you play football? I play football for the love of the game, I started playing late but I loved it as soon as I touched the field Who is your favorite sports star and WHY? LeBron James […]

2026 PFN Player Profile: Mathias Lieber-RB/LB/TE/LS-Lansdale Catholic

August 7, 2026 | Cody Brady

Mathias Lieber Lansdale Catholic Class Of 2027 RB/LB/TE/LS Jersey #23 5’11”/195 113 tackles, 13 tfls (-42) , 6 sacks in 11 games (2025) Huck Palmer 1st team all catholic lb Other Sports Track and field Huck Palmer 1st team all catholic lb Twitter @LieberMatty Why do you play football? I love playing the game, ever […]

2026 Team Preview: The Lansdale Catholic Crusaders

July 21, 2026 | Cody Brady

The Lansdale Catholic Crusaders Head Coach: Dom D’Addona PIAA District 12 Class 3A Philadelphia Catholic League 2025 Season Record: 12-3 Key Starters Lost Boa Cobbold, Braeden Smith, Nick O’Brien, Darren Jackson Returning Starters Luke Doheny 6’2 240 OL/DL, Terrance Smith 6’6 290 OL/DL, John Cobbold 5’10 185 RB/DB, Asher Thickening 6’0 180 WR/DB, Matt Lieber […]

2026 PFN Player Profile: John Cobbold-RB/SS-Lansdale Catholic

July 10, 2026 | Cody Brady

John Cobbold Lansdale Catholic High School Class Of 2027 SS/RB Jersey #4 5’10/170 524 rushing yards, 7tds (6 rushing, 1 receiving), 38 tackles, 2 ints, 7 PD. Twitter/X @john_Eman21 Why do you play football? When I was younger it was something that kept me active, but as I got older I really started to love […]

2026 PFN Player Profile: Asher Thickening-WR/DB-Lansdale Catholic

June 20, 2026 | Cody Brady

Asher Thickening Lansdale Catholic Class Of 2027 WR/DB Jersey #1 6’1/185 5 interceptions Other sports Track Twitter @ash_thickening Why do you play football? Good escape from stress and is something I’ve always done growing up It’s gameday! What are you looking forward to the most? Seeing my family in the stands Who is your favorite […]

Lansdale Catholic OT Terrance Smith chooses LSU Tigers

June 16, 2026 | Anthony Franklin

Terrance Smith a mammoth 6-6 290 4 star OT prospect for Lansdale Catholic officially declared his commitment to SEC powerhouse LSU Monday night. After a historical season that saw Lansdale go 12-3, amassing over 4000 yards of total offense and culminating with advancing to the PIAA semifinals, Terrance stock rose with him garnering offers from […]

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 […]

Southern Columbia Takes care of business against a talented Lansdale Catholic team

November 29, 2025 | Lindsey Bennett

Southern Columbia will be playing for the 15th State Championship next Friday @ 1:00pm in Cumberland Valley, on paper it looked like Lansdale Catholic should be able to dominate the Tigers, but The Tigers and there very fundamentally sound DNA showed that you can’t judge a team by the size of their athletes (Click the […]

Southern Secures State Title Appearance Over Lansdale Catholic

November 29, 2025 | Dave Fegley

Tigers beat Crusaders 24-7 Heading into the locker room tied at 7-7, Southern Columbia realized that Lansdale Catholic was the toughest opponent that it had faced all season. It makes sense considering it was the Eastern Final, but the Crusaders appeared as if they were a play from striking at any moment. After halftime, Southern […]

Video Recap: Southern Columbia Smothers Lansdale Catholic, Advances to 23rd State Title Game

November 29, 2025 | Cody Brady

SoCo v Lansdale Cath by PAFootball Newsdotcom Southern Columbia racked up nearly 300 yards on the ground and took advantage of early second half mistakes by the Crusaders en route to a 24-7 victory Friday night at Lehighton. After the teams exchanged first drive scores, there would be no further scoring until the second […]

Preview: Southern Columbia Seeks 23rd State Title Game Appearance; Lansdale Catholic Looking for 2nd

November 27, 2025 | Cody Brady

When: Friday, November 28, 7:00 Where: Lehighton HS Who: Southern Columbia Tigers(13-1) v Lansdale Catholic Crusaders(12-2) Last Meeting: This will be the first meeting between the two schools What’s at Stake: With a win, Southern Columbia would go to its 23rd state title game and would be seeking its 15th title victory. If Lansdale Catholic […]

Lansdale Catholic too much for Williams Valley

November 22, 2025 | Torey Petruno

Lehighton- Lansdale Catholic makes the trip up the Northeast Extension and overwhelms the Viking defense in the 2nd half en-route to a 33-7 state quarterfinal victory. Williams Valley won the toss and elected to take the ball to start off the game. After an initial first down, the Lansdale Catholic defense forced a punt and […]

Rising to the occasion: Lansdale overwhelms Lakeland

November 15, 2025 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski

Inability to take advantage of outstanding field position was Chiefs undoing GERMANTOWN- When facing a team that has as much talent and speed, you need to take advantage of every opportunity given to you to come out victorious on the gridiron. Saturday afternoon at what is known as the Germantown Supersite or Benjamin L. Johnson […]

Ant & Willie’s Pro Pickem Parade

November 14, 2025 | Anthony Franklin

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

Ant & Willie Pick’em Parade Week 10

October 24, 2025 | Anthony Franklin

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 […]

PFN Presents Ant & Willie’s Pickem Parade Week 9

October 16, 2025 | Anthony Franklin

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 […]

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. […]

Lansdale Catholic OLB Russell Holmes Jr. is Headed to Robert Morris

July 21, 2025 | Patrick Birkhead

Russell Holmes Jr. Commits to Robert Morris Russell Holmes Jr. a standout outside linebacker for the Lansdale Catholic Crusaders has committed to Robert Morris University. In his junior season Holmes led the Philadelphia Catholic League’s blue division in tackles for loss and was a key piece on the Crusaders defense. He ended the year with […]

Lansdale Catholic DB Yeboa Cobbold Jr. accepts Akron offer. We asked him why!

June 16, 2025 | Billy Splain

Lansdale Catholic DB Yeboa Cobbold Jr. had one division 1 offer heading into the camp season. That was all he needed. He committed to the Akron Zips just 6 or 7 weeks later. “I chose to commit early because I didn’t want to go into my last season stressing over the process of picking the […]