Roman Catholic
September 2025
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 […]
Roman Catholic Gets Going in 2nd Half Survives Chestnut Hill Academy Upset Bid
September 6, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
CHESTER: After opening the season with a battle-tested road game against the North Carolina powerhouse Providence Day, followed by a trip to Florida last week to battle Cardinal Newman, the Roman Catholic Cahillites finally played a game on Pennsylvania soil. The top-ranked team in 5A by PFN Cahillites went 1-1 on their trips. On Friday […]
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 […]
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 […]
PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ in Philly Week Zero
August 21, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly. I’ve decided to rebrand my weekly notes column from What’s Happening in District I & XII to this. Join me each week as I tell you what’s cookin’ around the Philadelphia Area. PCL Team’s hitting the road to begin season: St Joseph’s Prep and Roman […]
Roman Catholic’s Beals Gives Commitment
July 27, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
One of the more sought-after recruits in the Philadelphia area, Roman Catholic QB Semaj Beals, announced on X Sunday that he committed to the University of Akron. Beals, who also received over 20 offers, including from USC, Alabama, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Pitt, Rutgers, Temple, and Syracuse. Last season, Beals threw for 4135 yards and […]
Roman Catholic’s Gaskin Announces Commitment
July 1, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
Earlier today, Roman Catholic Rising Sr DB Justus Gaskin announced that he was committing to Stoney Brook University. Gasking chose Stoney Brook over Brown, Merrimack, and Army West Point Last season Gaskin made 48 tackles and had one fumble recovery for the Cahillites, who went 11-5 and fell 34-31 in Overtime to Bishop McDevitt in […]
District 12 represented well on the 2025 Big 33 Pennsylvania roster
February 14, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
The PSFCA released the 2025 Big 33 Pennsylvania team today and District 12 is very well represented throughout both the Philadelphia Public & Catholic Leagues. PIAA 6A champions St. Joes Prep has 2 players selected to play in the prestigious game led by OL Khalil Stewart (Syracuse) and S Ryan McDonald (Sacred Heart). Other District […]
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 […]
PIAA “states Experience” Vlog Episode 2
December 28, 2024 | EJ Samuel
States weekend was a blast, and we figured we would bring you along to experience it with us! Our very own EJ Samuel (D2) takes you along with us the entire weekend to see what the it entails in a “vlog” style. In this episode of the “States Experience” we were met with 2 fantastic […]
Roman Catholic earns 5 PA Writers All State 5A Selections
December 28, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
After a historical season in which Roman Catholic won the Catholic League 5A title, their first District 12 title and advanced to their first state title game in program history. Head coach Rick Prete led Roman to a 11-5 record where they fell just short in overtime to Bishop McDevitt High School in the championship […]
Bishop McDevitt Roman Catholic Game Highlight Reel
December 7, 2024 | Shane Lux
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Roman Catholic Loses Heartbreaker to Bishop McDevitt in Overtime 34-31
December 7, 2024 | Phil Myers
The Roman Catholic Cahillites battled back from a 21-3 deficit early in the third quarter to eventually take a 31-28 lead on a pick six half way through the fourth quarter only to lose the game in overtime on an apparent tipped field goal that just made it over the crossbar by inches. It was […]
5A Championship: Bishop McDevitt Defeats Roman Catholic 34-31 OT (Photo Gallery)
December 7, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
Bishop McDevitt Defeats Roman Catholic 34-31 OT (Photo Gallery) An exciting game tonight that wanted some extra time to be decided! In the end Bishop McDevitt Kicker Aiden Grella kicked a 22-yard field goal in the first OT after a missed kick by Roman Catholic to win the Championship! FULL ARTICLE HERE https://x.com/ScipScip
Aidan Grella kicks game winner, Bishop McDevitt captures 5A state title.
December 6, 2024 | Billy Splain
In just his second game ever playing football, Aidan Grella missed a 52 yard kick that would have given the Crusaders the win over rival Harrisburg back in September. Fast forward to the state championship game. With just seconds remaining in regulation and the score tied at 31, Grella lined up for a 42 yard […]
2024 Class 5A Title Game Preview: Roman Catholic
December 5, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Roman Catholic v Bishop McDevitt PIAA Class 5A Title Game Friday, 7pm Roman Catholic Cahillites PIAA District 12 Class AAAAA League Philadelphia Catholic League Red Division Head Coach Rick Prete Overview: Usually the Buzz coming from the intersection of Broad and Vine Streets in December is about the latest version of Roman Catholic’s storied basketball […]
Roman Catholic Continues Historic Season: Makes First State Championship Appearance in 41-17 Win
November 30, 2024 | Noah Stomsky
“I feel like we still got more work to do, because we got another opportunity we have a game.” Said Coach Richard Prete. Until there’s an outcome next week, November 29th, 2024 will go down as the greatest achievement in the history of the School’s Football Program. Roman Catholic will be attending their first-ever State […]
5A State Semi-Final Team Preview: Roman Catholic Cahillites
November 28, 2024 | Noah Stomsky
Roman Catholic vs West Chester Rustin Where: West Chester Henderson When: 7:00 PM Friday, Nov 29th Roman Catholic Cahillites (PFN 5A Rank 4) Head Coach: Richard Prete Roman Catholic has found themselves in the State Semi-Finals for the first time and they don’t want to spoil their chance at a State Championship. Roman has a […]
Roman Catholic Advances To The Class 5A Semi-Finals
November 23, 2024 | Jayden Eberly
Roman Catholic Ends Hollidaysburg’s Perfect Season Jojo Delacce on the rushing touchdown for Roman Catholic Roman Catholic 7 Hollidaysburg 0@RomanCatholicHC @PaFootballNews pic.twitter.com/QrxNTv8BzM — Jayden.E Photography (@JaydenEberly) November 23, 2024 Jojo Delacce Takes one 51 yards for the touchdown on the very next drive for Roman Catholic. Roman Catholic 14 Hollidaysburg 0 Eyan Stead on […]
Roman Catholic stifles East Stroudsburg South to claim first-ever state playoff win
November 16, 2024 | Brian "Hollywood" Ptashinski
Philly powerhouse takes a trip up into the Pocono’s and faces a hard-nosed Cavalier squad and earns the school’s first ever state playoff win in football. EAST STROUDSBURG- The Roman Catholic Cahillites, a long time staple on the hardwoods, picking up four state titles in the ten years, took their first step Friday night on […]
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 […]
District 12 Playoff Preview
November 1, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Playoffs Preview 6A Public League #4 George Washington @ #1 Imhotep (Germantown Supersite): Saturday 12pm Imhotep hasn’t lost an Public League playoff game since 2011 when they lost to Bok 22-19 in the Public League finals. They’ll host George Washinton in a semi-final game for a chance at their first 6A public league […]
St. Joes Prep Blows Past Roman Catholic Winning 48-20
October 20, 2024 | Noah Stomsky
Franklin Field, home of the Penn Quakers and the oldest active college stadium in the United States found itself in use on Saturday, October 19th, 2024 to host the St. Joseph Prep Hawks and the Roman Catholic Cahillites. St Joes Prep coming off a 35-14 win against Cardinal O’Hara while Roman Catholic coming off a […]
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 […]
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