Easton scores first 24 points in victory over Thanksgiving rival Phillipsburg
EASTON, Pa. – The Easton Red Rovers are loaded with underclassmen – many sophomores and juniors grace the roster – and even some freshmen are starters. Like wide receiver Shane Simpson. But you’d never know that No. 18 was only a frosh by the way he plays on the field. “He hasn’t played (like a […]
Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Week 12
The installments of Funkster’s Fab 40 statewide rankings following Weeks 1-16 include the team, geographic district, overall season record and the previous week’s result. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district. To save space, team records for those listed as honorable mentions are not published. AAAA: 1. […]
Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Week 11
The installments of Funkster’s Fab 40 statewide rankings following Weeks 1-16 include the team, geographic district, overall season record and the previous week’s result. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district. To save space, team records for those listed as honorable mentions are not published. AAAA: 1. […]
Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Week 10
The installments of Funkster’s Fab 40 statewide rankings following Weeks 1-16 include the team, geographic district, overall season record and the previous week’s result. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district. To save space, team records for those listed as honorable mentions are not published. AAAA: 1. […]
Freedom survives shootout with Liberty, advances to the 2/4/11 AAAA playoffs
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Freedom junior quarterback Brian Uliana barely had time to finish off posing for photographs and receiving postgame congratulations from Freedom fans before facing some questions, namely if the Patriots ever got down or thought a win against their hated rival, Liberty, was out of reach. “Not at all,” Uliana said. “We never […]
Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Week 9
The installments of Funkster’s Fab 40 statewide rankings following Weeks 1-16 include the team, geographic district, overall season record and the previous week’s result. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district. To save space, team records for those listed as honorable mentions are not published. AAAA: 1. […]
Projecting potential scenarios for Pius X quarterback A.J. Long’s career passing totals
Last season, Pius X quarterback A.J. Long established what is believed to be Pennsylvania’s single-season passing yardage record for a freshman. Now, as only a sophomore, he’s more than halfway toward the state’s career record for passing yardage. In Pius X’ 46-0 victory over Carson Long Saturday afternoon in very snowy conditions, Long put up […]
Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Week 8
The installments of Funkster’s Fab 40 statewide rankings following Weeks 1-16 include the team, geographic district, overall season record and the previous week’s result. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district. To save space, team records for those listed as honorable mentions are not published. AAAA: 1. […]
Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Week 7
The installments of Funkster’s Fab 40 statewide rankings following Weeks 1-16 include the team, geographic district, overall season record and the previous week’s result. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district. To save space, team records for those listed as honorable mentions are not published. AAAA: 1. […]
North Schuylkill overcomes Mount Carmel, injuries to win Sunday night thriller
MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. – Ian Murray, North Schuylkill’s starting punter, hadn’t caught a pass in his varsity career entering Sunday night’s showdown opposite unbeaten Mount Carmel. “I’d caught passes in JV, but none in my varsity career…until tonight,” Murray said. Murray’s big night helped the Spartans boot the Red Tornadoes from the ranks of the […]
Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Week 6
The installments of Funkster’s Fab 40 statewide rankings following Weeks 1-16 include the team, geographic district, overall season record and the previous week’s result. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district. To save space, team records for those listed as honorable mentions are not published. AAAA: 1. […]
Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Week 5
The installements of Funkster’s Fab 40 statewide rankings following Weeks 1-16 include the team, geographic district, overall season record and the previous week’s result. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district. To save space, team records for those listed as honorable mentions are not published. AAAA: 1. […]
Nazareth holds on against Allentown Central Catholic
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – It isn’t about how you start, but rather, how you finish. And in Saturday evening’s Lehigh Valley Conference showdown between Nazareth and Allentown Central Catholic, that finish will come down to two words: Wide left. Despite a prolonged cold stretch in the second half during which Nazareth quarterback Daniel Harding completed only […]
Pen Argyl shuts out Southern Lehigh
PEN ARGYL, Pa. – As Southern Lehigh head coach John Toman watched a reporter scribbling notes from his postgame comments, the Spartans’ head man couldn’t help but noting, “I don’t know how you can read that.” It’s also hard to get a good read on Pen Argyl’s physical, unrelenting defense, which made life tough for […]
Berwick rushes past Selinsgrove to snap two-game losing streak
BERWICK, Pa. – The Berwick Bulldog mascot showed off some impressive balance Friday night, riding a unicycle up and down the home sideline on several occasions. On the gridiron, Berwick’s football team showed some balance of its own with running back Jeremy Freeman and quarterback Jared Pierce. Pierce and Freeman combined for five of Berwick’s […]
Downingtown East RB Drew Harris issues oral declaration to Virginia Tech
When Downingtown East offensive lineman Jack Willenbrock gets ready to head to Blacksburg, Va., to begin his career at Virginia Tech, he’ll have some company from Exton joining him. Drew Harris, Downingtown East’s featured tailback and a three-year varsity starter, issued an oral declaration to Virginia Tech Tuesday, according to national recruiting service Scout.com. Scout […]
Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Week 4
The installements of Funkster’s Fab 40 statewide rankings following Weeks 1-16 include the team, geographic district, overall season record and the previous week’s result. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district. To save space, team records for those listed as honorable mentions are not published. AAAA: 1. […]
Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Week 3
The installements of Funkster’s Fab 40 statewide rankings following Weeks 1-16 include the team, geographic district, overall season record and the previous week’s result. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district. To save space, team records for those listed as honorable mentions are not published. AAAA: 1. […]
Father Judge scores 28 of game’s final 31 points to down State College
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The Father Judge Crusader team gathered in a cluster on the visiting sideline and heartily sang their school fight song, “Here’s to our Crusaders.” Early on, the Philadelphia Catholic League reps didn’t have much to sing a jaunty tune about. A slew of flags and inopportune turnovers dug a quick hole. […]
Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Week 2
The installements of Funkster’s Fab 40 statewide rankings following Weeks 1-16 include the team, geographic district, overall season record and the previous week’s result. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district. To save space, team records for those listed as honorable mentions are not published. AAAA: 1. Pittsburgh Central […]
Mistakes loom large as Wood blanks West Catholic
WARMINSTER, Pa. – West Catholic’s game plan against Archbishop Wood was rather simple. Run the ball, control the clock and keep Wood’s explosive offensive unit watching helplessly from the sideline. West did the run the ball – 47 times to be exact – and limited the Vikings to only 38 total offensive plays. But Wood […]
Bergen Catholic’s speed too much for La Salle
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – Behind the area on the sidelines where the La Salle College High School football team stood, a weathered penny lie buried into the artificial surface, with the heads side facing upward. Supposedly, pennies facing heads side up bring good luck. But fate was not ready to yield the Explorers a lucky […]
Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Week 1
The installements of Funkster’s Fab 40 statewide rankings following Weeks 1-16 include the team, geographic district, overall season record and the previous week’s result. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district. To save space, team records for those listed as honorable mentions are not published. AAAA: 1. Pittsburgh Central […]
Gateway’s defense stifles Bishop McDevitt in rain-soaked struggle
MONROEVILLE, Pa. – Having a great defense goes a long, long way. And if that great defense can set up several short field opportunities for its offense, it gets even better. Meet the Gateway Gators, who got a stout defensive effort in their season opener against the defending PIAA AAA runners-up. Gateway (1-0) limited Bishop […]
Central Catholic survives titanic clash with Archbishop Wood
MONROEVILLE, Pa. – There’s something about the big stage of Pittsburgh Central Catholic’s season openers and the performances of Damion Jones-Moore. The career 3,400-yard rusher torched Youngstown Ursuline for more than 200 yards in 2009, then ran for 110 more to open the Vikings’ 2010 opener against eventual Ohio state champ Akron Buchtel. So 2011 […]
Barons pluck Falcons with second half surge
MANHEIM, Pa. – The rapper Eminem once recorded a song titled “The Real Slim Shady,” and in that tune, the chorus invokes the question, “Will the real Slim Shady, real Slim Shady please stand up, please stand up?” For the first 24 minutes of Friday’s season opener, youthful Manheim Central didn’t seem to have much […]
Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Preseason edition
The 2011 pre-season installment of Funkster’s Fab 40 statewide rankings include the team and respective geographic district. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district. AAAA: 1. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (7) 2. Neshaminy (1) 3. La Salle College High School (12) 4. North Allegheny (7) 5. North Penn (1) 6. […]
Team # 6 Neshaminy (1) 0-0
The Redskins haven’t hoisted a District 1 AAAA championship trophy since 2004, but there are a lot of solid pieces in place for Neshaminy to make a deep playoff run. It all starts up front, where starters/significant contributors in the form of Alex McKenzie, Chris Kutsubos, John Bell, Mike Wunderlich and tight end Tadas Karusevicius […]
Team # 6 Lewisburg (4) 0-0
Head coach Todd Tilford has breathed some fire into the Green Dragons’ program, and the results have shown, with two consecutive seasons of 10+ wins and a District 4 AA championship last season, the first in Lewisburg’s history. The run didn’t stop there, as Lewisburg finished 14-1 and gave eventual PIAA AA champion West Catholic […]
Bayard Rustin WR Anthony Nash issues oral declaration to Duke
The Bayard Rustin Golden Knights have taken the District 1 landscape by storm since forming as a high school five years ago, rolling along to a 42-9 overall record in the last four seasons. While Rustin is known for running a Wing-T offensive attack and has produced a career 4,000-yard rusher already, the Knights aren’t […]
St. Joseph’s Prep QB Skyler Mornhinweg issues oral declaration to Penn State
Skyler Mornhinweg first raised eyebrows when, in July 2009, he issued an oral declaration to Stanford prior to the start of his sophomore season of high school. But after opening his recruitment back up, the Cardinal will not be benefitting from adding the services of the St. Joseph’s Prep High School athlete to its 2012 […]
Souderton RB/CB Javon White issues oral declaration to Villanova
The Souderton Indians are loaded at the skill positions for the coming season, returning their quarterback, three leading rushers and a tight end who was the team’s leading receiver. One of the Indians’ top returning running backs will be bound for a Division-1 FCS football program once his days at Souderton are over. Javon White, […]
Allentown Central Catholic QB Brendan Nosovitch issues oral declaration to South Carolina
The ringleader of Allentown Central Catholic’s wickedly efficient and effective spread offensive attack is taking his talents to the Southeastern Conference to continue his collegiate football career. Brendan Nosovitch, a 6’2, 200-pound dual-threat field general for Allentown Central Catholic High School, issued an oral declaration to South Carolina Tuesday, according to national recruiting service Scout.com. […]
Valley View TE/LB Nyeem Wartman issues oral declaration to Penn State
One of the Valley View Cougars top returning two-way athletes, tight end/linebacker Nyeem Wartman, has issued an oral declaration to continue playing football in the Big Ten Conference. The 6’3, 230-pound Wartman issued an oral declaration to Penn State Sunday, according to ESPN.com’s college football recruiting as well as reputable sources from the District 2 […]
Hershey FB/DT Harold Brantley issues oral declaration to Syracuse
Remember when the Chicago Bears lined up the hulking William “Refrigerator” Perry at fullback? The Hershey Trojans have their own, slightly smaller version of “The Fridge”, and he’ll be continuing his football career at the Division-1 level in the Big East Conference. Harold Brantley, a 6’3, 280-pound fullback/defensive tackle combination for the Mid Penn Conference […]
Exeter Township TE Christian Menet issues oral declaration to Eastern Michigan
The Exeter Township Eagles landed on the recruiting scene a season ago with placekicker Taylor Bertolet, who committed to Texas A&M. For the second consecutive year, the blue and white can lay claim to a Division-1 football prospect. Christian Menet, a 6’5, 238-pound tight end for the Eagles, issued an oral declaration to Eastern Michigan […]
Cumberland Valley DT Kyle Friend issues oral declaration to Temple
An interior defensive lineman from the Mid Penn Conference has issued a pre-season oral declaration to a program from the Mid-American Conference. Kyle Friend, a 6’2, 265-pound defensive tackle from Cumberland Valley High School, issued an oral declaration to Temple Tuesday, according to national recruiting service Scout.com. Friend’s profile on Scout only listed Temple as […]
Upper Perkiomen WR/KR Ronnie Gillespie issues oral declaration to Temple
The Temple Owls have fared quite well in attracting recruits from the southeastern portion of Pennsylvania for its 2012 recruiting class. Tuesday, the Mid-American Conference reps added a speed demon of a wide receiver from District 1. Ronnie Gillespie, a 5’9, 160-pound athlete, issued an oral declaration to Temple Tuesday, according to national recruiting service […]
Blue Mountain OT Jason Emerich issues oral declaration to Syracuse
A Big East program has received a declaration from an offensive lineman from District 11 in its 2012 recruiting class. Jason Emerich, a 6’4, 275-pound offensive tackle from Blue Mountain High School, issued an oral declaration to Syracuse Tuesday, according to national recruiting service Scout.com. The Orange were one of seven programs to offer the […]
Coatesville Area QB Manny Stocker issues oral declaration to North Carolina State
Six days ago, Kyle Kerrick gave Coatesville Area High School its first Division-1 prospect of the 2012 recruiting class when he issued an oral declaration to Michigan State. Now, make it two. Another offensive star for the red and black is going Division-1, too. Manny Stocker, a 6’3, 197-pound quarterback for the District 1 representative […]
Bishop McDevitt LB Brock Dean issues oral declaration to Maryland
One of the Bishop McDevitt Crusaders’ top returning defensive players has issued his pre-season declaration to a Division-1 program in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Brock Dean, a 6’1, 220-pound linebacker for Bishop McDevitt High School, issued an oral declaration to Maryland Friday during a ceremony at the Manada Golf Course in Grantville, according to national […]
Lancaster Catholic OT Adam DePietro issues oral declaration to Northwestern
Most of the activity involving pre-season oral declarations to date has come from southeastern Pennsylvania (16) and the WPIAL (seven). District 3 is now getting into the act, as one of the district’s top offensive linemen, regardless of classification, has made his college choice. Adam DePietro, a 6’5, 270-pound offensive tackle for Lancaster Catholic High […]
Boyertown OT Chris Muller issues oral declaration to Rutgers
The number of Division-1 prospect declarations from the Keystone State’s 2012 recruiting class has now hit 25 – and the latest declaration comes from an athlete who may be the best returning offensive tackle in the entire Pioneer Athletic Conference. Chris Muller, a 6’6, 300-pound offensive tackle for Boyertown High School, issued an oral declaration […]
Coatesville Area WR Kyle Kerrick issues oral declaration to Michigan State
A three-star wide receiver from Chester County will continue his football career in the Big Ten Conference. Kyle Kerrick, a 6’3, 185-pound wide receiver for the Red Raiders of Coatesville Area High School, issued an oral declaration to the Michigan State Spartans Tuesday evening, according to national recruiting service Scout.com. Including the Spartans, Kerrick held […]
Neshaminy TE/DE Kiser Terry issues oral declaration to Temple
The Neshaminy Redskins figure to be among the thick of things and competing for another berth in the District 1 AAAA championship this fall. And one of those returning Redskins can now add the phrase “Temple recruit” to his resume. Kiser Terry, a 6’3, 220-pound tight end/defensive end combination for the Langhorne-based program, issued an […]
Blue Mountain OT Jason Emerich up to 7 D-1 offers
The Blue Mountain Eagles have progressed nicely in shifting from a traditional Wing-T offensive attack to the multiple-I offensive philosophy of head coach Mike Brennan, coming within one win of the Berks Inter-County Conference Section 2 championship last season. One of the Eagles who helped to pave the way for that productive 2010 offensive unit […]
Germantown RB/DB William Parks issues oral declaration to Pittsburgh
For the second time this week, a Philadelphia Public League athlete has issued an oral declaration to a Division-1 football program. William Parks, a 6’1, 175-pound running back/defensive back combination for Germantown High School, issued an oral declaration to Pittsburgh Saturday, according to national recruiting service Scout.com. The Panthers were one of six total FBS […]
BOMBS AWAY: Ohio blasts Pennsylvania in 54th Big-33 Football Classic
HERSHEY, Pa. – For Ohio head coach Matt Dennison (New Philadelphia), it was his first-ever trip to Hershey. The man placed in charge of the Buckeye State all-stars for the 54th Big-33 Football Classic had previously coached in Ohio’s esteemed North/South game, but hadn’t experienced the Big-33 game until Saturday. “Boy, what a week,” Dennison […]
Malvern Prep OG Michael Mooney issues oral declaration to Virginia
For the second consecutive day, a Malvern Preparatory School senior-to-be has issued an oral declaration to continue playing football for a Division-1 program. Michael Mooney, a 6’5, 260-pound offensive guard for the Friars, issued an oral declaration to Virginia today, according to national recruiting services Scout.com and Rivals.com. Including the Cavaliers, Mooney received a total […]
Imhotep Charter WR/DB Shakur Nesmith issues oral declaration to Temple
Nine days after receiving a verbal scholarship offer from the Temple Owls, Imhotep Charter senior-to-be Shakur Nesmith has announced he will continue his career for the Mid American Conference rep Owls. Nesmith, a 6’4, 190-pound wide receiver for the Imhotep Charter Panthers, issued an oral declaration to Temple today, according to national recruiting service Scout.com […]
