West Philadelphia Speedboys
| West Philadelphia Speedboys |
| Head Coach: Karl Patrick |
| PIAA District 12 - Class 4A |
| Philadelphia Public League - Liberty |
| OVERALL | PCT | CONF | PCT | HOME | AWAY | STREAK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 0.000 | 0-0 | 0.000 | 0-0 | 0-1 | L1 |
08-16 |
vs. Benjamin Franklin (1-0) |
- |
08-16 |
vs. Belmont Charter (1-0) |
- |
08-22 |
@ Manheim Central (1-0) |
L, 42-47 |
08-29 |
@ Sussex Central (DE) |
- |
09-06 |
vs. McDonogh (MD) |
- |
09-12 |
@ Hatboro-Horsham (0-1) |
- |
09-19 |
@ Simon Gratz (0-1) |
- |
09-27 |
@ Northeast (0-1) |
- |
10-04 |
@ Imhotep Charter (0-1) |
- |
10-10 |
vs. Abraham Lincoln (0-1) |
- |
10-17 |
vs. George Washington (0-1) |
- |
Bonner defeats West Philadelphia to claim fourth consecutive 4A City Title
November 16, 2024 | Mike Livingston
PHILADELPHIA — The 2024 Monsignor Bonner Friars have been defined by one thing, offense. Since the outset of the season where the Friars dropped 42 and then 62 on Archbishop Ryan and Archbishop Wood in back to back weeks the team has lived and died by its electric ball movement. That trend continued for Bonner […]
Playoff Preview: 4A City Championship – Bonner/Prendie vs. West Philadelphia (D12/4A City Title)
November 14, 2024 | Mike Livingston
West Philadelphia – 7-4 (4A PFN Rank: NR) Head Coach: Karl Patrick (3rd Season – 21-12) The 2024 West Philadelphia HS Speedboys are no stranger to history. The team is coming off an 18-0 victory over Martin Luther King just last week to claim their first Philadelphia Public League title in 83 years. Now they’ll […]
West Philadelphia Speedboys Capture First Public League Title in 83 years
November 9, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
The West Philadelphia Speedboys Friday afternoon traveled across the city to play Martin Luther King in a Public League 4A championship and the right to play the Catholic League 4A Champion Bonner-Prendie. These two teams are no stranger to one another as the 2023 season they played twice, once as a divisional matchup and the […]
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 […]
Philadelphia Public League Playoff Preview
October 25, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Philadelphia Public League Playoff Preview: 6A Playoff Games: #8 Kensington v #1 Imhotep: Imhotep will be awarded a forfeit win over Kensington as Kensington opted to not play Tep and instead will play a non-league game against Dobbins looking for their first victory of the season. As a result, the top PL 6A seed will […]
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 […]
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 […]
District 12 Week 2 Preview
September 6, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
We are at Week 2 of the 2024 season and there are some teams who have played their way into the top of the city rankings while a couple have disappointed and fell out of the rankings. The season is still early so there will be much more movement in standings as the season progresses. […]
Chester runs past and around West Philadelphia High
August 31, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
The Chester Clippers jumped out to an early lead and never looked back against West Philadelphia. The Clippers scored their first touchdown courtesy of senior RB Dayshon Jackson’s 2 yard rushing score to take an early 6-0 lead with 7:57 left in the opening quarter. West Philly had trouble early sustaining drives and moving the […]
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 […]
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. […]
Philadelphia Public League 2024 Liberty Division Preview
August 21, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Public League Liberty Division: The Liberty Division welcomes George Washington as they were promoted after winning the National Division. They’ll compete with returning members West Philadelphia, Mastery North, Central, Belmont Charter, Olney & Boys Latin. Olney drops from the Independence Division down to Liberty and look to regain their competitiveness. West Philadelphia & George Washington […]
District XII 5A Public League Playoff Preview
November 2, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Public League 5A Playoff Preview: Entering the semifinal weekend, the following teams are still alive in the quest for the Public League 5A championship. #1 seed Imhotep Charter which was idle last week after Roxborough opted to forfeit their quarterfinal game is well rested as they’ll take on #7 seed Benjamin Franklin which […]
District 12 Philadelphia Public League Preview
October 26, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Philadelphia Public League Playoff Preview: The Philadelphia Public League Playoffs begin this weekend with 3 classification titles up for grabs as the 6A, 5A and 4A titles are all on the table. The league used divisional standings to assign seeding to teams who qualified for the playoffs. In both 6A & 5A […]
Martin Luther King storms past West Philly for the Public League Liberty Division Title
October 22, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Back in 2021 the Martin Luther King Cougars were playing in the Public League Liberty Division against powerhouse programs Northeast & Imhotep. That season due to injuries, youth, inexperience and some bad breaks they struggled and went winless in the division. In the Public League the team at the bottom of the standings in each […]
Philly City League Week 8 Preview:
October 20, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Philly City Leagues Week 8 Preview: For the Philadelphia Public League this is the regular season finale weekend with many division titles still up for grabs. In the Independence Division Imhotep has already clinched the title and #1 seed in the 5A playoffs. In the 2nd tier division, the Liberty Division Martin Luther King & […]
District 12 & Inter-Ac League Week 8 Preview:
October 13, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 & Inter-Ac League Week 8 Preview: George Washington @ School of the Future (10/12 @ 7pm): A game featuring two teams who are undefeated in league play will battle for what possibly will be the division title and the right to move up to the National Division next season. GW took their first […]
District 12 Week 6 Preview
October 6, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Week 6 Preview: There are some key league divisional games this weekend so let’s get into the top tier games. Public League Northeast @ Imhotep: The Vikings enter 5-1 winners of 5 straight games and will travel across town to take on Tep who is 6-0 and the top ranked team in the […]
District 12 Week 4 Preview
September 22, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
District 12 Week 4 Preview: Games of the Week: West Philadelphia @ Frankford Thursday 3pm: The Speedboys are currently 2-2 looking for another division win. They live and die with the running game. With a large offensive line that’s also experienced they are looking to take the next step. Frankford currently is on a 2-game […]
District 12 Week 3 Preview Part 1: 9/14
September 14, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Thursday: 9/14 Springside Chestnut Hill Academy @ Abraham Lincoln: The SCHA Blue Devils come into the game 2-0 with convincing wins over Lansdale Catholic (35-7) and Blair Academy (40-0). Senior RB Jayden Sumpter leads them offensively with 8 TDs and 358 yards rushing during the young season. He’s the key ingredient to their offense putting […]
District 12 Great 8 Rankings Week 1
August 31, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Week 0 of the 2023 season had some interesting and competitive games while there were a handful of blowouts including a record for a league in points scored. I’ve released my initial weekly rankings in honor of the late great Ted Silary. Every preseason he would list “The Great 8” in which coaches from each […]
West Philly pulls through in a tight one against Bishop Shanahan
August 26, 2023 | Xavier Johnson
Tonight was the return of Friday night football and we had a game for you tonight. What a better way to start off the season than with two teams who desperately want to turn their programs around. This game featured West Philadelphia Speed Boys facing off against the Bishop Shanahan Eagles. West Philly started the […]
District XII Philadelphia Public League Liberty Division Preview
August 24, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC LEAGUE LIBERTY DIVISION The Liberty Division will be highly competitive as there is great talent and parity within the division. The new team into the division this season will be Frankford which drops down from the top Independence division. Returning this season is Central, Mastery Charter North, West Philadelphia, Martin Luther King […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know West Philly RB/CB Zamir “Speedy” Poteat
May 12, 2023 | Billy Splain
Zamir Poteat RB/CB West Philadelphia Class Of 2024 Jersey #9 HT/WT 5’10 151 600 yards this season ALL PUB Twitter @zamirpoteat Zamir Poteat isn’t a big kid, not at all. But don’t tell him that, nor his coaches. Zamir has speed and athleticism on his side. Coach Bubb says “Zamir “Speedy” Poteat isn’t that big, but […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to Know West Philadelphia Speedboy WR Nyceem Chamberlain
April 19, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Name: Nyceem Chamberlain Height/Weight: 6-2 186 Jersey #: 4 Position: Wide Receiver Class: Senior 2024 Twitter: @callmeceemo Nyceem prepares for his senior season and returns as the leading receiver for the Speedboys. HC Karl Patrick more commonly known as “Koach Bubb” states that “Nyceem is a good kid, very passionate about everything that he does, plays WR for […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know West Philadelphia HS OT/DT Jabril Holmes
April 18, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Jabril Holmes Right Tackle West Philadelphia Class Of 2024 positions you play Jersey #70 HT/WT 6’5 275 53 Pancakes Other sports Basketball for fun All pub honorable mention Twitter @swp_snagz Coach Bubb states that Jabril doesn’t talk much at practice but he plays loud. You can hear him hitting every play. With his size he […]
Philadelphia Public League Liberty Division Preview
August 25, 2022 | Anthony Franklin
Liberty Division Preview The Liberty Division is comprised of 6 teams with 4 of them being in 5A (King, Franklin, West Philadelphia, Mastery). Lincoln and Central are both 6A programs. The division is unique this year with Lincoln being bumped up and MLK dropping down from the Independence division. King, Mastery and Central are all […]
2022 PFN Player Profile: Jahleim Patton – West Philadelphia (Workshop school)
August 16, 2022 | Billy Splain
Jahleim Patton West Philadelphia (Workshop school) Class Of 2023 Left tackle, tightend Jersey #56 HT/WT 6,4 546 Other sports Track and feild Twitter @5BIG6BABY Why do you play football? I play football too stay out of trouble and because I love the game! Who is your favorite sports star and why? Teiar tart because he’s […]
2021 PFN Team Preview: The West Philly Speedboys @Speedboys_FB @poteat_zamir @koachbubb @Coach_ScoopWP
July 17, 2021 | Billy Splain
West Philly Speedboys PFN Page PIAA District 12 – Class AAAAA League: Philadelphia Public League – American @Speedboys_FB Head Coach Frank Steed Assistant Coaches Karl Patrick(DC) Darren Watson(OC) Earl Morgan(Qb/Special teams) Preston Churchhill(RB’s) Prentice Churchhill(Wr’s) Stoniee Moore(Offensive Line) 2020 Season Record 2-3 2021 Schedule DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/SCORE 08-21 @ South Philadelphia (SCR) at South Philadelphia Super-Site […]
2021 PFN Player Preview: Zaire Brown – West Philly @zabrown8_ @koachbubb @SpeedboysFB
June 30, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
Zaire Brown West Philly High School Class of 2024 WR/SS/DB/RB Ht: 5’9 Wt: 160 Other sports: Track and basketball Twitter: @zabrown8_ Why do you play football? I play football to keep myself busy and out of trouble. There’s too much stuff going on in this world and there’s no other way out of the hood […]
Boys Latin Charter Turn Late Turnover Into Points in 20-7 Victory Over West Philadelphia @speedboysFB @BoysLatinCS
March 29, 2021 | Sykotyk
Boys Latin Charter 20, West Philadelphia 7 Pollock Field, Philadelphia, PA March 27, 2021 B — 0 – 6 – 6 – 8 — 20 W — 0 – 7 – 0 – 0 — 7 After a scoreless first quarter of back-and-forth possessions, Boys Latin Charter got on the board first with an 11 […]
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