Roman Catholic
November 2024
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 […]
What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week 9
October 16, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to this week’s installment of What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII this week. Hard to believe folks that we have reached Week 9 of the season and next week brings the final week of the regular season and we head into playoffs. Let us take a look at What’s […]
Bonner Prendie upsets Roman Catholic
September 28, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Bonner-Prendie is in their first season in the Philadelphia Catholic League Red Division which is composed of the larger CL schools including SJ Prep, La Salle, Father Judge and Roman Catholic. SJP and La Salle are 6A programs. Judge & Roman are 5A programs. The new 2 programs in the division Bonner and O’Hara are […]
PFN Presents: The STATE of PA Football! Live from Paddy Whacks in Philadelphia!
September 25, 2024 | Billy Splain
It’s mid season and we’re in Philly at Paddy Whacks on Roosevelt Blvd! We’ll be joined by players and coaches from MLK, Father Judge and Roman Catholic! Come early, get a seat and watch the show live!
Week 4: District 12 & Inter-Ac Weekend Preview
September 20, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Week 4: Top 10 City Rankings: La Salle Roman St. Joe’s Prep Imhotep Bonner Malvern Prep Germantown Academy Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Simon Gratz George Washington Top Games of the Week: 1. St. Joseph’s Prep v Our Lady of Good Counsel (Friday @ 7pm): Prep will be rested following their bye week heading into […]
Roman Catholic Downs Malvern Prep in Battle of Philadelphia Area Heavyweights
September 14, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
MALVERN: Roman Catholic Head Coach Rick Prete knew the talent he had and when you compete in the same division as perennial state powers St Joseph’s Prep and La Salle you want to test yourself against the best of the best that’s why he scheduled the likes of Neumann-Goretti, St John’s College DC and Philip […]
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 […]
2024 District 12 & Inter-Ac League Week 1 Recap
September 3, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Week 1 is officially in the books and what an entertaining weekend of football in the city of Philadelphia it was. Plenty of upsets, playoff contending teams gaining statement wins and some quality football matchups. Benjamin Franklin 42 Olney 0: The Ben Franklin Electrons pulled off the first big shocker with their shutout big win over […]
District 12 Week 1 Rankings & Preview
August 30, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
This week will feature all of the Inter-Ac teams playing as well as most of the Philly Public League & Catholic League teams in action. Last week’s game showed La Salle is very formidable & will be a legit threat in not only the CL race but in the PIAA 6A race. Imhotep had a […]
What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week Two
August 28, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to this week’s installment of What the Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII this week. Week Zero is in the books and what a week it was we saw several big-time performances, records fall and milestones reached. Let’s look at what went down and what could happen this week. Milestone Victory […]
District 12 Week 0 Recap
August 27, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Week 0 Recap The first week of the 2024 season has been completed so let’s do a quick recap of the 19 games involving city league teams: Ben Franklin 26 Overbrook 16: The Electrons got a rushing score from Jr. RB Tyree Nichols, Sr. QB Samir Smith, & Jr. RB Tae Wiggins. Sr. […]
What The Heck’s Happening in Districts I & XII This Week: Week Zero
August 22, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
Hello and welcome to the 2024 season of What’s Happening in District I & XII! Join me every week has we look at what happened and look forward to what will happen in Districts I & XII. New Chest-Mont Alignment: The Chest-Mont league this season will premiere three divisions as opposed to the two that […]
Roman Catholic DB Louis “Lou” Gaddy is headed to Stony Brook University
July 5, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Louis “Lou” Gaddy an 5-10 170lb CB at Roman Catholic on Friday afternoon decided to make his collegiate choice selecting Stony Brook University which is a member of the Division 1 FCS CAA conference. Lou held offers from other schools such as St. Francis and Duquesne while garnering interest from Army, Delaware and Lafayette. As […]
Roman Catholic DB Julian Green chooses the Mecca of HBCU’s Howard University
July 2, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Julian Greene an 6-0 180lb senior CB for Roman Catholic Monday evening shut his recruitment down giving his commitment to MEAC defending champion Howard University. Howard is coming off a surprising season in which they won the MEAC title and came close to winning an HBCU national title before falling late to SWAC champion Florida […]
Roman Catholic Edge LB Jaasai Simmons finds home at Marshall
June 20, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Rising senior edge LB Jaasai Simmons Thursday afternoon officially gave his verbal commit to Division 1 program Marshall University. Jaasai in his junior season at Roman last season turned heads earning All Catholic League honors after posting 45 tackles and 6.5 sacks helping Roman to the CL 5A title and they came up just short […]
Archbishop Ryan Lineman chooses West Chester University
February 15, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Nicholas Rogers a 6-5 240 DL at Archbishop Ryan has officially made his college decision and ultimately signed his letter of intent to play locally at West Chester University a division 2 program that competes in the PSAC. Nicholas finished his senior season earning all-league honors after posting 45 tackles, 16 TFLs, 6 sacks, 3 […]
Philadelphia Catholic League Stars announce their college decisions
February 8, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
The 6A State Champions St. Joseph’s Prep Hawks had 2 players sign their letter of intent to attend various institutions yesterday. Running back Eric Sanchez inked his letter with MEAC and HBCU institution Delaware State and defensive lineman Denzel Felder is headed to Wilkes University which is a Division 3 program that plays in the […]
State Champions Imhotep Well Represented on the PFN 5A Coaches Select All-State Team
January 5, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
The Imhotep Panthers in 2023 finished the season a perfect 15-0, as the second team in program history to win a state championship after losing in the finals the last 2 seasons. Led by HC Devon Johnson who earned the 5A Co-Coach of the Year honors they dominated most of their competition this season. Senior […]
Imhotep Panthers lead the 5A PA Writers All-State honors
December 29, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
The Imhotep Panthers of Philadelphia won their 2nd PIAA state title in school history and with winning comes individual accolades. This year the PA Writers selected HC Devon Johnson as the 5A Coach of the Year as he led the Panthers to a perfect 15-0 season in his 3rd full season in charge of the […]
