Pope John Paul

October 2025

A couple of old friends wreck Upper Merion’s Senior Night

October 18, 2025 | Jason Napoli

Upper Merion hosted the Golden Panthers of Pope John Paul II Friday Night, in which they lost to, 42-20. The Vikings had a transfer move onto Pope John Paul in the summer of 2024, and another in 2025. The two being Wide Receiver/Cornerback, Zahaid Edwards Boone and Wide Receiver/Cornerback, Eric Green. Although being departed from […]

PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly Week of September 10

September 10, 2025 | Willie McGonigle

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly. While the Philadelphia area may soon be coming down with a case of Pennant Fever with the Phillies regular season ending and the Phightin Phils looking like a playoff team, but you know what else is heating up in Big Willie’s […]

Ant & Willie’s Pickem Parade Week 2

September 4, 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 […]

PAC League Media Day 2025

August 17, 2025 | Jason Napoli

PAC (Pioneer Athletic Conference) Media Day kicked off last week at Springford High School. All 12 teams spoke and gave insight and information about what to expect. Enthusiasm and confidence led the way throughout the day. First up, the Liberty division. This division consists of Spring-Ford, Perkiomen Valley, Owen J Roberts, Methacton, Boyertown, and Norristown. […]

2025 PFN Team Preview: The Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers

August 11, 2025 | Willie McGonigle

The Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers Head Coach: Darrell Scott Class 4A 2024 Season Record: 12-2 PIAA District 1 Key Starters Lost Makel Parker Anthony Borzillo Chase Frantz Braden Reed Denny Owens Bradey Bass Returning starters Sean McNally Joey Digiacomo Julian (Ju Ju) Betts Cole Ateek Daniel Tammaro Nate Stroup Nate Seasholtz Nate […]

Bonner-Prendie sprints past Pope John Paul into the 4A semifinals

November 24, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

Friday night with cold, wet and windy conditions many thought this game would be a struggle offensively. However this game provided plenty of offensive highlights and served as a come out party for Bonner Sr. WR Jeremiah Coleman and Jr. QB Noel Campbell. Pope John Paul entered the contest with an 12-1 record while Bonner […]

PIAA Class 4A Quarterfinals Preview: Bonner-Prendie vs. Pope John Paul II

November 22, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

For the 2nd year in a row these two teams will meet to determine who advances to the state semifinals. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00pm at Norristown HS which is about as neutral of a site as you can get for both of these schools. Offensively these teams are almost identical, defensively PJP seems to […]

Pope John Paul Shuts Out Valley View 36-0 In Opening Round Of States (Video Highlights)

November 15, 2024 | Jake Mills

Pope John Paul posted a shutout in the opening round of the 4A state playoffs over Valley View 36-0. Braden Reed and Dylan Skarbek both had 2 touchdowns for the Golden Panthers while Bradey Bass scored as well. Pope John Paul will faceoff against the winner of West Philadelphia and Bonner-Prendie from District 12 who […]

Pope John Paul II Takes a One Game at a Time Approach, Wins Second Consecutive District 1 4A Championship

November 9, 2024 | Willie McGonigle

ROYERSFORD: As cliché has it may sound the Pope John Paul Golden Panthers take an approach to take one game at a time. Thus far this season that’s been a successful formula Friday night with a 49-7 rout over the visiting Springfield Township the Golden Panthers for the tenth time in eleven tries this week […]

District One-4A Playoff Preview: Championship

November 7, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo

District One is known for its big schools and is mainly made up of 6-5A classified schools, so as we move to our 4A portion, we head into our championship. In the semifinals, we saw PJP, our number one seed, beat Lower Moreland 46-0, and Springfield (M) defeat Bishop Shanahan 42-6. As predicted by this […]

District 1-4A Playoff Preview: Round 1

November 1, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo

The Matchups: #4 Lower Moreland Lions @ #1 Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers #1 Pope John Paul II (9-1, 5-0) About the Golden Panthers: The Defending 4A Champion Golden Panthers enter the tournament on a 7-game winning streak. Offensively Luke Terlesky has thrown for 1629 yards and 19 touchdowns. Terlesky also has 5 […]

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 […]

In His Final Game Borzillo Leads Pope John Paul II to Second Consecutive PAC Championship

October 26, 2024 | Willie McGonigle

ROYERSFORD: Entering Friday Night’s Pioneer Athletic Conference Game Pope John Paul II’s Anthony Borzzillo knew that Friday night would be the final time he strapped on the pads and played in a high school football game. While his Golden Panthers teammates will now begin the defense of their District 1 4A title, the Senior Malvern […]

Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship Game Preview

October 24, 2024 | Willie McGonigle

Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship Game X-Ray Who: Liberty Division Champion Perkiomen Valley Vikings-Frontier Division Champion Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers What: Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship Game When: Friday, October 25, 2024 7 pm kickoff Where: Pope John Paul II High School 181 Rittenhouse Rd. Royersford Pa 19468 Series History Previous Meetings: 9 Record: PV […]

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 […]

Pope John Paul II defeats Bishop Shanahan – PHOTO GALLERY

September 14, 2024 | Andy Marchese

Pope John Paul II defeated Bishop Shanahan, 42-14, in Downingtown, PA on Friday, September 13, 2024. See the Extended Gallery HERE.

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 […]

PFN’s District One Pre-Season Rankings- Small School

August 22, 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. Yesterday we looked at the big schools. Today we dive into the small schools. Big School-5A & […]

2024 Pioneer Athletic Conference Frontier Division Preview

August 21, 2024 | Willie McGonigle

Last season The Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers for the fourth year in a row not counting the 2020 COVID season took home the Pioneer Athletic Conference (PAC) Frontier Division Title. They then went on the road and knocked off the Liberty Division Champion Spring-Ford in a classic game for the outright PAC championship. […]

District One’s Top Returning Players 2024 Edition-OL

May 25, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo

The 2024 Football season is fast approaching. Heading into the new season I wanted to break down some of the top returning talent in District 1. As you can see from the link, the district comprises 70 different teams. I constructed a list of Players and stats from this past season. The top 10 players […]

The 2023 high school football season ended about a month and a half ago 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

District 1 Statistical Leaders: 2023 Defense

January 29, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo

The 2023 season ended a little over a month and a half ago and the District 1 staff here at PFN has been busy compiling stats. We looked at the following offensive categories: Passing Yards, Rushing Yards, and Receiving Yards. These are the top 5 student-athletes regardless of classification in each of those categories. Congratulations […]

District 1 Statistical Leaders: 2023 Offense