Springfield-Delco
November 2025
Roman Catholic crushes Springfield-Delco in PIAA 5A Semi-finals
November 29, 2025 | Nicholas Mastripolito
Semaj Beals throws for 5 touchdowns in double-digit win The Roman Catholic Cahillites dominated Springfield-Delco Saturday afternoon, taking down the Cougars 48-20 and advancing to yet another PIAA State Championship. Here were my thoughts pre-game. ITS SEMIFINALS GAMEDAY. ROMAN CATHOLIC VS SPRINGFIELD DELCO. Here are my thoughts coming into the game.@PaFootballNews @_RomanFootball @SpringfieldFB pic.twitter.com/dFigsYW2Ml — […]
Springfield historic season ends with loss to Roman Catholic
November 29, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
The Springfield Cougars entered the PIAA 5A semi-final matchup with Roman Catholic undefeated with a 14-0 record and yet still were heavy underdogs by most people. Led by the dynamic duo of Sr RB Luke Valerio and Sr RB Tanner Coll the offense has been almost unstoppable all season averaging almost 38 points per game. […]
PIAA 5A State Semi Finals Preview
November 28, 2025 | Nicholas Mastripolito
The Who: Springfield-Delco at Roman Catholic The What: PIAA 5A State Semifinals Where: Marple Newtown HS, 120 Media Line Road, Newtown Square, PA For Updates on X, follow: @afrankl3 and @Nickmashmedia About the Cahillites: Roman Catholic enters the semifinals at 10-3 featuring a high scoring offense that’s averaging 39 point per game led by Sr […]
Springfield-Delco knocks off Chester to win District 1 Championship
November 22, 2025 | Nicholas Mastripolito
Valerios’ trifecta of touchdowns propels Springfield-Delco to win Springfield-Delco knocked off the Chester Clippers by a final score of 34-12 on Friday night. The Springfield offense was led by the offensive coordinator, Lou D’Alonzo, who posted a play-calling masterclass. Here were my thoughts pre-game. ITS GAMEDAY. CHESTER @ SPRINGFIELD IN THE 5A STATE QUARTERFINAL MATCH. […]
District 1 5A Championship Preview
November 20, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
The Who: 4th-Ranked Chester Clippers at 6th-Ranked Springfield Cougars The What: District 1 5A Championship/State Quarterfinal Where Springfield High School, 200 S. Rolling Rd, Springfield, PA 19064 When: Friday, November 21, 7 pm For Updates on X, follow: @williepafn and @Nickmashmedia Last Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Clippers and Cougars since the 1960s About […]
Springfield-Delco takes down Strath Haven in D1 5A Semifinals
November 15, 2025 | Nicholas Mastripolito
Luke Valerio scores twice in Cougars’ win The Springfield Cougars topped the Strath Haven Panthers 26-10 on Friday night in the D1 5A semifinal game. The Cougar offense, led by Sophomore QB John Hopkins, was stellar, along with the Cougar defense, which did not allow a point in the second half. The Cougars improve to […]
District 1 5A Second Round Preview
November 7, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
We’ve reached the Elite Eight in District 1 5A. Last week, things went according to chalk except for the 12th seed Unionville Longhorns going on the road and knocking off the 5th seed Wissahickon Trojans. This week, we get two rematches from the regular season. Will the losers of the regular season get revenge? Is […]
Behind Trio of Coll and Valerio and Valetti Springfield Wins Battle of Central League Heavyweights
October 5, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
SPRINGFIELD: Entering the 2025 season, when you asked people who were your favorites to win the Central League, two of the teams that many mentioned were the Haverford Fords and Springfield Cougars, and rightfully so, last season the Fords and Cougars each earned a share of the Central League Title with the Fords knocking off […]
PFN’s Willie is Cookin’ In Philly Week of September 24, 2025
September 24, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
How can it be that we’ve reached the midpoint of the 2025 season already? It seems like just yesterday that we were here gearing up for the opening week of the season, and now we are at the midpoint, and it needs to slow down. The leaves are changing colors, we are starting to separate […]
Valerio Scores Five Times as Springfield’s Britton Reaches 100th Career Victories
September 22, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
DREXEL HILL: For the better part of the last two decades plus, there has been one constant on the Springfield Delco sidelines, and that has been Chris Britton. Before being named head coach in 2014, Britton spent 12 seasons as an assistant coach under four different head coaches (Mike Heath, Chris Bell, Dan Ellis, and […]
Springfield-Delco takes care of business in week 1 game at Marple Newtown
August 30, 2025 | Nicholas Mastripolito
Springfield-Delco’s defense shines in stunner Marple Newtown took on Springfield-Delco at Marple Newtown HS on Friday night in a defensive battle, mainly on the Springfield side of things. Here’s my analysis from postgame ITS TIME. MARPLE NEWTOWN VS SPRINGFIELD. Kickoff set for 7.@PaFootballNews @MNTigers @SpringfieldFB pic.twitter.com/qvHWMZHsdO — Nickmastripolito (@Nickmashmedia) August 29, 2025 Our game got […]
2025 PFN Player Preview: Getting to Know Springfield Slot/LB Tanner Coll
July 17, 2025 | Billy Splain
Tanner Coll Slot/Outside backer Springfield High school (Delco) Class Of 2026 Jersey #2 HT/WT 5’10” 195 13 TDS, 1300+ Scrim Yds on About 125 Touches over my starts Other sports Baseball 2x Central League Champ/All Central League / All Delco Twitter @TannerColl22 Coach says: “Tanner is a two way starter that mixes speed, strength and […]
West Chester Rustin Rumbles It’s Way to Second District 1 Championship in School History
November 23, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
SPRINGFIELD: For each of the past three years Chase Hatton and his classmates have seen their season end with heartbreak in the District playoffs. In their senior year, they were determined not to let that happen to their class again on a damp chilly Friday night Hatton and his classmates accomplished one of their goals […]
District One-5A Playoff Preview: Championship
November 21, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
And there were two! Last week went according to chalk with the 2nd seed West Chester Rustin and top seed Springfield Delco being victorious. The 2nd seed Golden Knights used a stellar defensive effort, timely special teams play, and a potent ground game to easily dispatch the 6th seed Upper Dublin 35-14. The Cougars last […]
Springfield Holds Off Garnet Valley In PIAA District 5A Semi Finals
November 16, 2024 | Ted Podberesky
Familiar faces matched up tonight for the PIAA district 5A semi finals, Springfield Cougars (11-1) hosted the Garnet Valley Jaguars (9-3). These two teams saw each other earlier in the year during week 9 of the regular season, with Springfield coming out on top 35-23. Tonight was no different for the Cougars, playing hard nosed […]
District One-5A Playoff Preview: Semifinals
November 14, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
The District 1 semi-finals features a rematch of Central League foes and a tilt between two of District 1’s most respected programs. In a rematch from week nine, #1 seed Springfield takes on #4 seed Garnet Valley. Springfield defeated Garnet Valley 35-23 week nine of the regular season. The Cougars are coming off a round […]
District One-5A Playoff Preview: Quarterfinals
November 7, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
Round one mostly went as we would expect. The only upset was number nine Marple Newtown, who shut out the number eight-seeded Falcons of Pottsgrove 20-0. The number one seed in our 5A classification, Springfield (Delco ), easily took care of business against the final seed, Academy Park, 49-6. We now move into round two, […]
District 1-5A Playoff Preview: Round 1
November 1, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
Playoffs, Playoffs, and more playoffs!!! We have concluded the 2024-25 regular season in District One, and the 16-team playoff field is set. The number one seed in our 5A classification is Springfield (Delco) after only dropping one game to 6A #2 seed Downingtown West. Look for the Cougars to make a deep run in the […]
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 […]
Springfield Beats Garnet Valley in Battle of Central League Heavyweights
October 20, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
SPRINGFIELD: Two weeks ago, in their lone loss of the season against Haverford the Springfield Delco Cougars thought they let one slip away. Last week the Cougars rebounded and easily defeated Radnor. On Friday night the Cougars faced a difficult test when they hosted fellow Central League power Garnet Valley and this time the Cougars […]
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 […]
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 […]
Haverford Celebrates Senior Day Knocks off Previously Undefeated Springfield
October 6, 2024 | Willie McGonigle
HAVERTOWN: Prior to their Saturday Night showdown with the undefeated Springfield Delco Cougars, Haverford High School hosted their annual Senior Day festivities. The Fords gave their Seniors a reason to celebrate knocking off the Cougars 21-13 at AG Cornog Stadium. With the Fords clinging to a one-point lead early in the third quarter and facing […]
Springfield Delco Stays Undefeated With Big Win Over Ridley
September 20, 2024 | Noah Stomsky
Ridley came into the week looking to get a winning streak going and hand Springfield Delco their first loss of the season. Springfield however had other plans. Springfield coming off a close 36-35 win against Penncrest a week ago gave Ridley the needed confidence entering the game. “I think last week we thought we were […]
District 1 Power Rankings: Week 2-Big School
September 3, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
The District 1 Power Rankings after Week 2
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