West Catholic
May 2026
Anthony’s Philadelphia Public/Catholic League School History Project: Day 2 West Catholic High
May 2, 2026 | Anthony Franklin
West Catholic High: Mascot: Burrs Record for Rushing Yards in a game: Curtis Brinkley (2003) 399 yards Record for Rushing Yards in a season: Curtis Brinkley (2002) 2813 Record for Passing Yards in a game: Antwain McCollum (2012) 342 Record for Passing Yards in a season: Joshua Evans (2015) 2786 Record for Receiving Yards in […]
Neumann-Goretti Takes Down West Catholic 15-6 In Penalty-Riddled, Defensive Showdown (VIDEO RECAP)
October 12, 2025 | Davin Ridall
PHILADELPHIA – Whenever these two teams meet, the game is always hard fought and competitive. This time around was no different, as defense made all the difference in this game. Both teams combining for just 21 total points, along with plenty of sacks and turnovers, this game was the definition of a defensive showdown. Neumann-Goretti […]
District 12 Week 7 Preview & Notes
October 10, 2025 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Week 7 Preview: In week 6 we saw contenders be revealed and pretenders be exposed. In the Pub Tep continued to roll through their competition, Belmont and Edison remain undefeated while La Salle earned a huge CL Red Division win over SJ Prep in convincing fashion. Let’s look at the top teams in […]
Week 8 Saturday Matchups – Previews and Predictions
October 9, 2025 | Davin Ridall
More matchups on tap this week and guess what? We’re headed back to Philadelphia once again, and this time we’ve got THREE games to cover, so lets dive into all three matchups. Thomas Edison vs Audenried Charter Week 7 Matchups Audenried Charter (5-2): 44-8 Win vs Samuel S Fels Thomas Eddison (7-0): 48-16 Win vs […]
Strong Defensive Performance Helps West Catholic Beat Archbishop Carroll 24-6
October 5, 2025 | Davin Ridall
PHILADELPHIA – No matter what these two teams’ records are, the matchup between them is always a competitive one, and that was no different this time around either. Thanks to their strong defensive performance, West Catholic (4-2) defeated Archbishop Carroll (3-4) by a score of 24-6. This game was clearly going to come down to […]
Ant & Willie’s Pick Em Parade Week 6
September 25, 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 […]
West Catholic Rolls Past York Suburban in York Rose Bowl
August 22, 2025 | Carter Weems
For the Burrs of West Catholic, this season is already starting better than previous years. With their dominant 34-0 win over the Trojans of York Suburban, it marks their first win in a season opener since 2022. The successes began just 13 seconds and one play into the game, when Sya’mir Jackson caught a short […]
2025 PFN Team Preview: The West Catholic Burrs
July 29, 2025 | Willie McGonigle
The West Catholic Burrs Head Coach: Don Richardson Class 2A 2024 Record: 3-7 PIAA District 12 Key Starters lost Kal-El Durham Jaden Meekins Alex Suah returning starters Basir McCoy, DB, 6′-1″, 165, 2026 Aaron Williams, WR, 5′-10″, 175, 2026 Sya’mir Jackson, WR, 5′-11″, 160, 2027 Kyeir Hankerson, LB, 6′-2″, 190, 2026 Angelo Rossi, ATH, […]
Imani Christian vs. West Catholic – PHOTO GALLERY
August 25, 2024 | Carter Weems
For more, and larger, photos from this game, click HERE.
Imani Christian Academy Handily Defeats West Catholic 45-6
August 24, 2024 | Phil Myers
In the first game of four on Saturday’s York Rose Bowl Kickoff Classic, the Saints of Imani Christian proved they are worthy of their state ranking in AAA as they easily downed the West Catholic Burrs out of Philadelphia 45-6. In a game slowed by penalties, cramps and injuries, Imani showed their determination and big […]
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 […]
Philadelphia Catholic League Blue Division Preview
August 19, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
PCL BLUE DIVISION The 2024 Catholic League season will feature realignment within the Blue Division with former Red member Archbishop Wood dropping down to the Blue Division. They’ll compete with defending champion Neumann Goretti, Lansdale Catholic, Archbishop Ryan, West Catholic, Conwell-Egan and Archbishop Carroll. Preseason Rankings: 1. Neumann Goretti 2. Conwell-Egan 3. Archbishop Wood 4. […]
2024 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know West Catholic Prep ATH Jaden Meekins
July 1, 2024 | Billy Splain
Jaden Meekins TE/WR/RB/DE/OLD West Catholic Prep Class Of 2025 Jersey #7 HT/WT 6’1 – 210 Twitter @JadenMeekins16 Coach says “Jaden is an edge player who has good size, power, speed, and the ability to play coverage at either the DE or OLB position. On offense he is an athlete who has lined up as a […]
PFN Coaches 2A All State Team is released
January 4, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
The Pennsylvania Coaches have released their PA All-State 2A teams with Coach of the Year honors going to the leader of the State Champions HC Jim Roth who led the team to its 7th straight state title. The state coaches voted Southern Columbia’s Sr. LB Garrett Garcia as the Player of the Year. The Tigers […]
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 […]
District 12 Catholic League Week 10 Preview
October 27, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Philadelphia Catholic League Week 10 Preview CL Red Division Roman Catholic @ St. Joes Prep (10/28 @7pm Upper Dublin HS) Roman enters this CL Red Division game 7-1 outscoring their opponents by a margin of 266-128 and riding a 4-game winning streak. Their lone loss was to Maryland powerhouse Dematha Catholic which was just a […]
Cardinal O’Hara Strikes Quick Then Defense Shuts Out West Catholic
September 16, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
SPRINGFIELD: Entering Friday nights Philadelphia Catholic League Blue Division opener Cardinal O’Hara Head Coach Mike Ewing knew his defense was in for a tough test in having to defend against visiting West Catholic and their Quarterback Kal-El Durham. Luckly for Ewing his Lions defense was up to the test and his offense did enough as […]
District 12 Rewind & Review: Week 1
September 6, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Week 1 in District 12 was full of excitement with some marque matchups some ended in thrilling fashion, others ended with a running clock. Without further ado lets’ get into the games of the week with the great 8 for the week: #1 St. Joes’ Prep v St Peters Prep: The Hawks coming off a […]
Ryan Nase secures first win as Northeast Head Coach
September 2, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
After falling on the road last week to Cedar Crest the Northeast Vikings were determined to come back this weekend and get that taste of defeat out of their mouths. This Vikings team is talented but short on experience as most of what was expected to return for reasons unknown bolted to other city programs. […]
PHOTO GALLERY: Mid-Atlantic Pigskin Classic – Northeast v. West Catholic
September 2, 2023 | Sykotyk
Photos from Northeast’s 14-6 victory over West Catholic at Abessinio Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. For more, and larger photos from this game and others this weekend, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
District XII Philly Catholic League Blue Division Preview
August 24, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
CL BLUE DIVISION PREVIEW The 2022 season saw a 3-team battle for the top spot in the CL Blue. Neumann Goretti, Bonner-Prendie & Conwell Egan all battled for the division title with Bonner coming out undefeated in league play and the division title. NG would have the most overall team success going to the PIAA […]
West Catholic Edge rusher Jayzen Flint going to be an Eagle after high school
June 25, 2023 | Billy Splain
One of the best athletes in Philly’s class of 2023 has made his college choice, and it’s a P5 school for him. The talented 6-3, 240 pound defensive end will take his talents to Boston College. Jayzen Flint helped lead West Catholic on a deep playoff run in 2022 and would like to continue that […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to Know West Catholic (SS/CB/OLB) JayVon Story
April 29, 2023 | Noah Stomsky
JayVon Story 2024 West Catholic Prep SS/CB/OLB Jersey #13 HT/WT 5’11/162 Lbs Other Sports: Track and Field Twitter: @vonstory13 “JayVon is the x factor coming into the season and we expect to see a huge jump in production from him. He played a hybrid LB/SS in last year’s defense showing the ability to play in […]
The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 4 – Both Teams Score 5 Touchdowns)
April 21, 2023 | Phil Myers
(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022. I was just a young whipper-snapper in the 60s, joined the Marines in the 70s, and didn’t get to witness many games in the 80s. […]
Trinity comes up big on defense and special teams, blanks West Catholic 24-0
November 18, 2022 | Billy Splain
“We knew coming in that was a good defense over there” said Trinity head coach Jordan Hill. “That was our game plan all week. We knew they could fly around, get some pressure. Our run game wasn’t as good as it has been the last couple weeks and we were going to have to hang […]
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