La Salle College
October 2025
Week 7 Saturday Matchups – Previews and Predictions
October 4, 2025 | Davin Ridall
We got more matchups to cover this week, and this time I’ll be heading out to Philadelphia for the first time to cover two District 12 matchups. Let’s take a look at those matchups, the first one being Conwell-Egan (2-4) visiting Neumann-Goretti (3-3), and the second one being the #2 ranked team in the state […]
District 12 Week 7 Preview & Notes
October 3, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
Week 6 in the city gave us a few thrilling games, some upsets and at the end only 3 teams remain unbeaten. Those three teams are Episcopal Academy, Thomas Edison and Belmont Charter. With LaSalle losing the rankings have been shaken up a bit. City Top 10 1. St Joes Prep 2. Roman Catholic 3. […]
Roman Catholic Defeats La Salle College in Convincing but close Fashion
September 27, 2025 | Patrick Birkhead
DOWN GOES NUMBER ONE! Tonight La Salle College High School faced off against Roman Catholic at Leslie C. Quick Stadium, (Widener University.) The third ranked 5A Cahilletes knocked off number one 6A La Salle by a score of 39-36 and although the Explorers occasionally flashed at life, Roman Catholic controlled this game. The purple and […]
Ant & Willie’s Pick Em Parade Week 6
September 25, 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 […]
La Salle Defeats Calvert Hall in Northeast Philadelphia
September 14, 2025 | Patrick Birkhead
Today La Salle blew out Calvert Hall, who came all the way from Maryland to Northeast High School, by a score of 48-7. It seemed like everything was clicking for the Explorers who dominated the Cardinals in every aspect of the game. Calvert Hall got the ball first and the La Salle defense came out […]
District 12 Week 3 Preview
September 12, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
We are officially 3 weeks into the 2025 season and the pretenders, contenders and not so good teams are showing their form by now. In the Pub it’s all Imhotep but Lincoln has caught stride and showing they are hungry to knock the champion off. There are 3 undefeated teams left in the Public League […]
La Salle College defeats Salesianum in Delaware
September 6, 2025 | Patrick Birkhead
The Explorers down Salesianum in Delaware to advance to 3-0 On Friday night the La Salle College High School Explorers marched into Delaware and defeated Salesianum on their own turf. The Explorers faced a lot of resilience between and hard fighting Sallies team, sloppy penalties, and a few questionable decisions. In this game momentum was […]
District 12/Inter-Ac Week 2 Preview & Notes
September 5, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
We are officially 2 weeks into the season and things are starting to shake out in all 3 Philly City Leagues as all teams have at least 1 game under their belt. In the Public League Imhotep looks to be the king while Lincoln is just behind them. Northeast, Washington, John Bartram & all are […]
La Salle beats Malvern Prep in Ocean City
August 30, 2025 | Patrick Birkhead
Gavin Sidwar leads the Explorers past Jackson Melconian and Malvern Prep On Friday night the La Salle Explorers defeated Malvern Prep by a score of 42-35 at Casey Stadium in Ocean City. This game was filled with special teams that clearly affected the outcome of the game. A few of the key players on special […]
La Salle wins battle of titans at the Shore: video recap
August 30, 2025 | Billy Splain
Travelin Matt went to the Shore PAFootballnews.com’s #2 6A team took on Inter Ac powerhouse Malvern Prep. The stands were loaded with fans and the field was loaded with division 1 recruits and they didn’t disappoint! Gavin Sidwar, Joey O’Brien, Esekiel Bates, Cade Cooper and the rest battled all evening with 5 ties and 7 […]
La Salle College HS vs Pittsburgh Central Catholic on 8/22/2025 gallery
August 25, 2025 | William Spicher
All photos straight from camera
Takeaways from La Salle vs Neshaminy Scrimmage
August 16, 2025 | Patrick Birkhead
Today the La Salle Explorers faced off against Neshaminy for their first live action in the new season. The air attack for the Explorers was phenomenal, Gavin Sidwar was finding multiple receivers way down the field. Two of Sidwar’s targets are familiar faces from last year, Joey O’Brien and J.P. Oates. The receiver who most […]
La Salle DL Jemel Williams Commits to Albany
July 31, 2025 | Patrick Birkhead
Jemel Williams is picks Albany 2026 defensive lineman Jemel Williams has announced his commitment to Albany University. Williams has a huge presence on a very talented La Salle defense. He is strong and can get by any lineman with great finesse and skill. He is very good in both the run and pass rush […]
La Salle 2026 RB Desmond Ortiz has committed to Brown University
July 15, 2025 | Patrick Birkhead
Desmond Ortiz commits to Brown Desmond Ortiz, a skilled 5 ‘9 running back is headed to play for Coach James Perry at Brown University. The 2026 back is a standout playmaker on a loaded La Salle roster. In his junior season Ortiz rushed 85 times for 403 yards and also caught 21 passes for 231 […]
La Salle WR/DB Joey O’Brien commits to Notre Dame
June 21, 2025 | Patrick Birkhead
Joey O’Brien Commits to Notre Dame After a lengthy recruiting process 5 star defensive back and wide receiver Joey O’Brien has committed to Notre Dame. O’Brien is one of the most sought after football recruits in the country and stars for the La Salle Explorers. This year with La Salle, O’Brien won the PCL red […]
La Salle DB John-Patrick Oates latest Philly recruit to pledge to Temple
June 18, 2025 | Billy Splain
The Temple football program has been kinda silent in the Philly recruiting scene. Not any more. La Salle TE John-Patrick Oates joins a host of Philly kids who have pledged to play for the Owls. Oates passed up offers from the likes of Howard, ODU, Eastern Michigan, Georgetown, Towson, Morgan St, Richmond and Monmouth to […]
Former Philly Area All-Stars Look Forward to Draft Weekend
April 24, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
The 2025 NFL Draft will take place Thursday night through Saturday evening. Over the course of those 3 days there are quite a fee players from Philadelphia and Delaware county who will hear their name called or sign contracts with teams after the draft concludes. Leading the way will be Penn State edge rusher Abdul […]
PA’s Top 2026 QB Picks Mizzou
April 18, 2025 | Mike Livingston
La Salle College High School junior quarterback Gavin Sidwar has officially committed to the University of Missouri, PaFootballNews learned Via Hayes Fawcett Friday afternoon. The 6-foot-3 190 pounder is ranked the 11th best player in PA (Via. 247Sports) in the class of 2026, and the second best quarterback behind only Penn State commit Peyton Falzone […]
District 12 is well represented on the PFN Coaches All-State Teams
January 9, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
The 2024 football season has concluded and coaches across the state submitted their nominations for the PFN coaches all-state teams. District 12 and the Inter-Ac also known as the Philly City Leagues are very well represented throughout 3 of the 6 classifications. In the 4A classification Bonner Prendie the state champs placed 5players on the […]
St. Joseph’s Prep Beats La Salle College in Rematch 21-14 (Photo Gallery)
November 10, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
St. Joseph’s Prep Beats La Salle College in Rematch St Joseph’s Prep – 21 La Salle College – 14 https://x.com/ScipScip
Revenge is Best Served Cold: St. Joseph Prep advances in 21-14 win over La Salle
November 9, 2024 | Noah Stomsky
Sold Out. That’s the best way to describe a game of this magnitude. The two top teams in the State meet again for the second time in the season. Even after winning the first meeting, La Salle would still be considered the underdog as most of PFN projected SJP to win. The opening kickoff would […]
District 12 Playoff Preview Week #12
November 8, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Playoffs Preview 6A Public League Finals #2 Abraham Lincoln @ #1 Imhotep (Northeast Supersite): Saturday 1pm Imhotep is entering this game on a 5-game winning streak. The Panthers are 9-1 on the season with their lone loss to East St. Louis HS early in the season. In last week’s semifinal game against George […]
Playoff Preview: The Rematch- St. Joe’s Prep vs La Salle D12 Round 2
November 7, 2024 | Noah Stomsky
La Salle v. St. Joe’s Prep Where: Wissahickon High School When: 1:00 PM Saturday, Nov. 9th Last Meeting: October 5th, 2024: La Salle 35 St. Joe’s Prep 34 (4 OT) La Salle Explorers (PFN 6A Rank 1) Coach: Brett Gordon La Salle. In coach Brett Gordon’s first season as the head coach, not only has […]
Philly City League Weekly Rankings & Recap
October 17, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Week 8 Rankings & Recap: La Salle St. Joes Prep Imhotep Malvern Bonner-Prendie Roman Catholic Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Archbishop Ryan Abraham Lincoln Haverford School Weekly Game Recap: Lower Moreland 26 Thomas Edison 8: Lower Moreland jumped out to an early 24-0 lead and coasted the final quarter for the win. Dobbins 20 Mastbaum […]
Philadelphia City League Weekly Rankings, Recap & Preview
October 11, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Week 7 Rankings: La Salle College St. Joseph’s Prep Imhotep Charter Bonner-Prendie Roman Catholic Malvern Prep Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Germantown Academy Archbishop Ryan Abraham Lincoln Week 7 Recap: Overbrook 24 Vaux 0: Overbrook jumped out early on Vaux behind the dynamic duo of QB Jineer Fogan & WR Khary Bruce. Brook improved to 4-3 […]
