St. Joe’s Prep

September 2025

District 12 Week 4 Preview

September 19, 2025 | Anthony Franklin

With 4 weeks of action behind us let’s do a quick rundown of where things stand in all 3 city leagues. In the Pub it’s Imhotep and then the rest. Tep is currently 1-3 with their lone win coming against Eagle Academy II (NY). Their losses were to Harrisburg, DeMatha & Malvern Prep all top […]

Anthony & Willie’s Picking Parade Pick’Em For Philly Area Football

August 29, 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 and in 2009 they a third participant in […]

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 […]

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 “State Experience” Vlog Episode 3

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” it was the final day of […]

2024 Class 6A Title Game Preview: St. Joseph’s Prep

December 6, 2024 | Noah Stomsky

St. Joseph’s Prep v Pittsburgh Central Catholic PIAA Class 6A Title Game Saturday, 7pm St. Joseph’s Prep Hawks PIAA District 12 – Class AAAAAA League: Philadelphia Catholic League Red Division Head Coach: Tim Roken Season Overview: Since the PIAA created the 6A Class in 2016, St. Joe’s Prep has played in every championship game. Dropping […]

St Joes Prep Hawks soar past Downingtown West 36-7 into State Title Game

November 30, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

While the weather was frigid and at times windy the St. Joes Prep football team were hot and ready to roll. The Hawks would receive the open on kick and would march downfield to score the opening points of the game on a 44 yard forward pass from Charlie Foulke to Sr. Jamir Rowe to […]

6A Eastern Final Saint Joseph Prep battles Downingtown West

November 29, 2024 | Marcus Sic

Since dropping a 35-34 heartbreaker to rivals LaSalle back on October 5 the Hawks of St Joseph Prep have rolled to 6 consecutive victories including enacting revenge on LaSalle in the Philadelphia Catholic League 6A Championship game on November 9. The following week the Hawks steamed rolled Public League Champion Imhotep Charter in the District […]

St. Joe’s Prep just too much for Parkland

November 23, 2024 | Torey Petruno

Perkasie- It was a cold, rainy, snowy night in Perkasie for this PIAA 6A Quarterfinal matchup. Prep came in to the game fresh off a blowout victory over Imhotep Charter looking to take another step towards back-to-back state championships. Parkland was fresh off a dominant 6A District 11 championship victory over Emmaus, a team who […]

St. Joes Prep Shuts Out Imhotep in D12 6A Championship Win

November 16, 2024 | Noah Stomsky

For the last couple of years, everyone in Philadelphia has been asking for a meeting between Imhotep and St. Joes Prep. After all the asking we’ve finally got it. However, it did not live up to the hype. The game started with each defense making stands and forcing the ball to go back and forth. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

La Salle Stuns St. Joseph Prep in Four Overtimes

October 6, 2024 | Noah Stomsky

Football. Love it or hate it, you can at least admire it. St. Joe’s Prep vs La Salle was without a doubt the most anticipated game of the week. Quite possibly could have been the most anticipated game of the season with how each team was playing. The first half was all defense with neither […]

Philly City League Week 6 Rankings and Recap

October 2, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

Week 6 Recap & Rankings: St. Joes Prep La Salle College Imhotep Charter Bonner-Prendie Roman Catholic Malvern Prep Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Germantown Academy Abraham Lincoln Archbishop Ryan Kipp-Dubois 14 Edison 0: Kipp used a strong defense to will their way to a win behind defensive lineman Andrew Morency’s 3 sack performance. Edison got a […]

St. Joseph’s Prep Can’t Overcome Second Quarter In Loss

August 31, 2024 | Shane Lux

Lakewood – St. Joseph’s Prep couldn’t overcome second-quarter miscues in a 35-21 loss against St. Edward at First Federal Stadium in Lakewood. In a battle of defending state champions, the Buckeye came out on top thanks to a second-quarter blitz that won the game. According to Cleveland.com, St. Edward became the first school in almost […]

St Joes Prep DL Maxwell Roy pledges commitment to Ohio State

July 1, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

Maxwell Roy a dominating 6-3 290lb defensive tackle for 2x defending PIAA 6A state champion St Joes Prep announced Monday evening his intentions to commit to Big Ten powerhouse program Ohio State University. At Ohio State he will join fellow SJP Hawk RB Isaiah West also a 2025 recruit who also recently pledged to the […]

St. Joes Prep Isaiah West Flips Commitment to Ohio State

June 16, 2024 | Noah Stomsky

Four-star running back Isaiah West verbally announced his commitment to the Buckeyes earlier after suddenly de-committing from Kentucky on May 13th. Ranked 6th in the state and 13th nationally at the running back position, West isn’t shy to the spotlight. West turned down offers from Michigan State, North Carolina, Penn State, Pittsburg, South Carolina, Wisconsin, […]

Public vs. Private Football Debate: “You Can’t Handle The Truth”

April 30, 2024 | Matt Herring

If you read the headline to this article and immediately thought to yourself, “It’s not fair public football schools have to compete against private football schools” may be a public school apologist who is perpetuating a myth. While you are entitled to your opinion your statement may be baseless and I’ll explain why in this […]

Former St Joes Prep LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr follows his father footsteps being drafted by the Eagles

April 27, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

The St. Joe’s Prep football program has been a national powerhouse program for almost a decade. Many great players have donned the uniform and left a life long impression on the program and school. Jeremiah Trotter Sr. a Texas native was drafted by Andy Reid and the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2023 3rd round at […]

Former St Joes Prep star WR Marvin Harrison drafted 4th overall by Arizona

April 26, 2024 | Anthony Franklin

Marvin Harrison Jr an 6-4 212 WR who starred at St Joes Prep helping the Hawks win the 2019 PIAA 6A state championship before heading to Ohio State where he’d leave with numerous accolades and awards tonight received the call of his young life when Arizona Cardinals ownership and coaching staff called to alert him, […]

District 12 sends its finest to Division 1 programs on early signing day

December 20, 2023 | Anthony Franklin

The Philadelphia Public, Catholic and Inter-Ac schools all had strong seasons and both the Catholic and public league had a state championship win this season. With winning comes player recognition by college scouts and the two state champions lead the way as Imhotep star DL Jahsear Whittington inked his letter of intent with the University […]

State Champions St. Joe’s Prep Seniors Sign Letters of Intent