Bears De-Clawed By Cougars
After defeating Spring Ford and their Missouri bound quarterback for their first win last week, the Cougars from Downingtown East made it two in a row over the Pioneer Athletic Conference, this week downing the Boyertown Bears 35-7. This game could have been worse, far worse for Boyertown, as Downingtown East could have scored 60 […]
Whippets Down Vikings
Many in Chester County and the surrounding District 1 area were surprised with the Downingtown West start to the 2024 season. A new quarterback, new coach, and they replaced many skill players from last year’s team. The Whippets won again tonight, defeating the Perkiomen Valley Vikings 35-13 in a crossover matchup between the Ches-Mont and […]
Cougars Mauled By Mariners
Tonight, the Cougars from Downingtown East dropped their second straight game to start the 2024 season. This week they were defeated 31-2 by the Tom’s River North Mariners. The Cougars are young this season, replacing ten starters on offense and ten starters on defense from last year’s 12-1 team that advanced to the District 1 […]
Whippets Win Opener In New Era
There was a lot of things that were new tonight for the Whippets of Downingtown West. A new quarterback in Cole Bricker, replacing the graduated Quinn Henicle, and a new coach in Tom Kline, replacing the retired Mike Milano. The more things change, the more they stay the same, as the Whippets beat the Abraham […]
Whippets get payback, move on to District Title Game
Two weeks. Two undefeated teams end their season with a loss. Last week was Souderton. This week was Downingtown East’s turn, as the Whippets avenged their 35-7 loss to the Cougars in week 10, in epic fashion. The Whippets scored on a Quinn Henicle four-yard run with sixteen seconds left to pull out the 17-14 […]
Cougars Smother Vikings, Advance To Semifinals
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Second-seeded Downingtown East mercy-ruled and shut out seventh-seeded Perkiomen Valley by a score of 35-0. This was Downingtown East’s eighth shutout in their 11 games. The Cougars have allowed 39 points in 11 games this fall. The way the Cougars won tonight, was the way […]
Cougars Beat Trojans To Advance
Mauled. Mangled. Demolished. None of those adjectives could describe what happened to the unfortunate bunch of Trojans from Wissahickon High School tonight at the hands of the Downingtown East Cougars at Kottmeyer Stadium in the opening round of the District 1 6A playoffs. In tonight’s 56-0 win over Wissahickon, the Cougars showed that there was […]
Battle Of The Brandywine Showdown A Whippet Mow Down
No matter what you call it- whether it’s The Battle of the Brandywine, a Celebration of Downingtown Football, or the Downingtown Civil War, the game usually has major district 1 playoff implications. Tonight was the twenty-first game between the schools, since Downingtown split after the 2002-03 school year. This year’s game between the Downingtown East […]
Whippets Beat Shanahan In Final Tune Up
In a week between a deflating loss at Chester and the Downingtown Civil War matchup against Downingtown East looming, one could say that the Whippets of Downingtown West were ripe for a trap game tonight against Bishop Shanahan. That was not the case however, as Downingtown West clobbered Bishop Shanahan by a score of 43-7 […]
Whippets Win Slug Fest Over Coatesville
Tonight, the Whippets of Downingtown West won a massive Ches-Mont League clash against one of their two main rivals, the Coatesville Red Raiders by a score of 21-14. Tonight was Downingtown West’s first win over the Red Raiders since the 2019 District 1 AAAAAA championship game, and only the second time the Whippets beat the […]
Hornets Stung By Cougars
Week 6 brought another Ches-Mont crossover game for Downingtown East, after last week’s 42-0 thrashing of Kennett. Tonight, the crossover opponent was the Oxford Hornets. They were tonight’s Homecoming victim for the Cougars, and the Hornets were stung by the same 42-0 score as Kennett. The Cougars improved to 6-0, and Oxford is now 1-5. […]
Conestoga Downs Radnor in Central League Clash
In a mid-season Central League rivalry game, the Conestoga Pioneers downed the Radnor Raptors, by a score of 21-7 at Teamer Field in Berwyn tonight. The old adage of winning football games by running the ball and playing defense, held true for Conestoga tonight. The Pioneers overcame a short-term injury to starting quarterback Jude Cook, […]
RECAP: Cougars Rout Eagles in First Half Onslaught
In the Ches Mont opener for both schools, Downingtown East rode 30, second-quarter points to the mercy rule of the Bishop Shanahan Eagles, 37-0. Shanahan was competitive in the first quarter. The lack of depth and the physicality up front wore them out. Ayden Harris scored the only touchdown in the first quarter. The 30-point, […]
Cougars beat Warriors
Downingtown East is known for playing anyone, any place, at any time. Tonight was no different, as the Cougars faced Delaware Valley from the Scranton area. The Warriors got worn out 37-6. The physical Cougar team showed they are not one-dimensional. They threw for 236 yards and ran for 230. Both teams traded scores early, […]
Whippets Air Mail Win Over Perk Valley
Coming off a close road win over Public League school Abraham Lincoln last week, the Downingtown West Whippets felt like they had something to prove. After needing to hold off a late rally last week, the Whippets led from start to finish, downing Perkiomen Valley 35-14. Downingtown West had a balanced offense (190 rushing, 298 […]
Cougars Mow Down And Shut Down Rams
In our opening week of high school football, Downingtown East played about as complete a game as a team could play against Pennridge. The Cougars shut down and shut out the Rams by a score of 43-0. It could have been much worse than the score indicated. Downingtown East scored 17 first-quarter points and had […]
Cougar Running Game Dominates Kennett
In a week five crossover game between two 3-1 team in Downingtown East and Kennett, a lack of depth due to low numbers and injuries wound up costing the Kennett Blue Demons, 41-7. The game was not this one-sided, as Kennett, which may be featured on betting platforms like https://mtgall.com, was up 7-0 after one […]
Coatesville Wins Raider Battle to Advance to the District Finals
Tonight, in a battle of Raiders at Coatesville- the Coatesville Red Raiders downed the Ridley Green Raiders by a score of 50-14. It was one of those games where Coatesville could have named their score, it was never close. Now they play Garnet Valley next week for the 6A district title in Concordville. Ashon Wesley […]
Coatesville Mows Down Cougars
Tonight at Coatesville, the Red Raiders clinched the Ches-Mont National division and wrapped up a top-three seed in the District 1 6A playoffs beating Downingtown East. This was one of those highly anticipated matchups that turned into a complete dud, for many reasons. The weather did not cooperate, nor did Coatesville, as the Red Raiders […]
Coatesville Downs Whippets in Thriller
A lot of things can happen in the span of thirteen and a half seconds. In this instance, this was the period of time between Downingtown West pulling one of the biggest upsets in program history and a heartbreaking 31-28 defeat at the hands of the Coatesville Red Raiders tonight. Entering the game with a 3-3 record […]
Cougars Rebound, Beat Longhorns
Tonight, the Cougars of Downingtown East rebounded from from their only loss last week to Rustin in a major way. The Longhorns of Unionville were the wrong team, at the wrong time, and on the wrong end of a 46-13 score. Downingtown East jumped on Unionville with four first half touchdowns, and a 28-6 lead. Josh […]
Rustin Downs Cougars in Thriller
In what could be the best game in the Ches-Mont this season, the Golden Knights beat Downingtown East, 16-14. The game was evenly matched game, but the combination of six penalties and the Cougars having few answers for Rustin’s Wing-T, helped the Golden Knights run for 290 yards, led by Dayshawn Jacobs’ 187. Chris Yanko got the Golden […]
Warriors walloped by Red Raiders
Two weeks in a row, two shutouts in a row for the Coatesville Red Raiders. Coatesville followed up their 35-0 win over Avon Grove, with a 48-0 beat down of the Warriors from West Chester Henderson. Tonight’s game could have been far worse, despite Harrison Susi having an off game passing (5 of 11, 122 […]
Cougars win over Eagles in league opener
Last night at Kottmeyer Stadium, the Ches-Mont league opener featured the Downingtown East Cougars and Bishop Shanahan Eagles. Downingtown East defeated an injury-depleted Eagles squad by a score of 28-13, in a game that was far closer than the score indicated. Shanahan is down five starters to season-ending injuries, and another starter will miss a few weeks. The Cougars […]
Cougar Crew Wallops Warriors
Nobody can accuse Downingtown East Cougars of not playing teams from other parts of the state. They played and defeated teams from two different districts in two weeks, Pennridge (2020 District 1 6A runner up), and District 6 power State College last week. You can add four-time District 2 champion Delaware Valley to that list, as the Cougars laid a […]
Whippets beat Fords late
There is a saying in sports, that it’s better to win ugly, than not to win at all. In a large majority of instances when a team gives up 382 yards of offense, only gets 221 total yards, gets held to under 75 yards rushing, averages under three yards a carry, gets only nine first […]
Shanahan wears out Ryan in opener
Tonight started the High School Football season here in District 1, as the Eagles of Bishop Shanahan hosted Archbishop Ryan out of the Catholic League. The Eagles won, 21-3, but it could have been worse had they not had a sluggish first half. The game started out poorly for Shanahan, losing fumbles on their first […]
Cardinals use big second half to cruise to 5A district championship
There’s one thing you can count on. West Chester Rustin’s Golden Knights being one of the last Chester County teams playing playoff football postseason. Although the Golden Knights were the last Ches-Mont team left, their quest for their first District one 5A title since 2007 will have to wait another year, as they were defeated […]
Cougars wear out Whippets in Celebration of Downingtown football
In many ways, 2020 has been a strange year. The 2020 version of the “Celebration of Downingtown Football” would be no different. In most years this passionate rivalry has massive playoff implications. This year is the first time in over 15 years that neither Downingtown school participated in the district playoffs. In what was a great […]
Golden Knights golden in clobbering Cougars
Tonight was supposed to be a battle of two of the better teams in the Ches Mont League, in a crossover game between the Golden Knights of Rustin High School and Downingtown East. The keywords were ‘supposed to be’, as the Golden Knights crushed the Cougars, by a score of 32-13. Rustin got off to a […]
Coatesville wins slugfest with Cougars
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Coatesville gets payback in rematch
They say payback can come in many ways. Tonight, in their third meeting on the gridiron in less than a calendar year, the Coatesville Red Raiders got payback on the Downingtown West Whippets, by a score of 22-14. Coatesville’s win tonight avenged their defeat at the hands of the Whippets in last year’s district championship. The game featured everything, […]
Cougars show no mercy in demolition of Avon Grove
They say to win football games, you need to do two things run the ball, and stop the run. Tonight, Cougars executed that to perfection in a 49-0 thrashing of the Red Devils from Avon Grove, 49-0. The scary part is that the score could have been worse. East could have scored 60 or 70. Downingtown East […]
La Salle spoils senior night for Downingtown
In the opening week for the Ches-Mont League for football, the Downingtown East Cougars lost to La Salle Prep, by a score of 27-7. It was an odd event in an odd year, the only non-league game being played by any Ches-Mont school. This game wasn’t even scheduled two weeks ago, when the schedule was […]
Whippets Put An End To “RED RAIDER” Season To Win First District Title Since 1996
Before tonight, the Downingtown West Whippets had been unable to beat Coatesville since the 2015 season, and they have been unable to win a District 1 title in football since the state championship team of 1996. Both droughts were put to a convincing end this year, as the Whippets defeated the Red Raiders 48-36. The […]
Whippets Win Shootout, Set Up Rematch For District Title
Tonight the Haverford Fords had to make their second trip in a row to Kottmeyer Stadium for a playoff game against a Downingtown High School. Unfortunately for the Fords- the result was not the same, as the Whippets defeat them 49-42; to set up a rematch with league rival Coatesville for the District 1 6A […]
Fords put brakes on Cougars in upset
Tonight at Kottmeyer Stadium, a bunch of supporters from Downingtown East were expecting a win over a double-digit seed. They also expected a rematch with their inter-district rival in the District 1 semifinals. To quote Lee Corso, “Not so fast, my friends.” The Fords from Haverford High School put the brakes on that rematch, dispatching […]
Whippets use big Second half to oust Pennsbury
The years may change, but some things stay the same. Two of those items that seldom changed the last few years- that the Downingtown West Whippets and the Pennsbury Falcons will cross paths in the District 1 6A playoffs, and the other is that the teams will have a high scoring affair. Both of those […]
Red Raiders Win Quarterback Showdown
Like in most years, the Ches-Mont league title was decided near the end of the season. For the fourth straight year, the Coatesville Red Raiders clinched a share of the league title, by defeating the Whippets of Downingtown West in a hard hitting 29-21 contest. It sets up a outright win, or a three way […]
Downingtown Showdown a Mow Down
Tonight was the 16th rendition of the Battle of the Brandywine between Downingtown East and West. Both teams entered the game with 6-0 records, and before a crowd of about 7,000 people. If you told me before the game that the Whippets would: 1. Fumble the opening kickoff at their own 30, 2. Turn the […]
Ortega breaks record in Red Raider Runaway
Tonight, Coatesville could do almost no wrong in a 55-17 demolition of an overmatched West Chester Henderson squad. In a game where the Red Raiders pulled their starters before halftime, scored 48 points before half, and special teams scored twice. There was an occurrence that out shined all of this- Coatesville quarterback Ricky Ortega broke […]
Warriors Downed by Shanahan in Thriller
Henderson showed glimpses of greatness. Tonight the Warriors from Henderson High School did not look like a team that went winless last year. They didn’t look like a team with 15 straight losses (and 1-21) dating back to the 2017 season. The investment the players showed clearly in a 16-14 loss to a young Bishop Shanahan […]
District 1 Showdown, an absolute mow down
In a potential district playoff meeting, the Downingtown West Whippets put the clamps down on perennial District and Central League power Garnet Valley, by a 42-19 score. Many people thought it would have been a better game, but it got away from the visiting Jaguars in the second quarter. Garnet Valley had a solid drive to […]
Cougars clobber Archbishop Ryan in opener
In what seems to be the case on a yearly basis, the Downingtown East Cougars had an opponent from out of district 1, and won in a convincing fashion. This season is no different, as the Cougars beat Archbishop Ryan out of the Catholic League, by a mercy rule 42-12. The game was not nearly […]
Whippets Be-Devil Avon Grove
Despite a slow start, the Downingtown West Whippets improved to 6-0 on the season by soundly defeating Avon Grove 35-7. During a scoreless first quarter, the Whippets were stuck in neutral offensively, as Avon Grove was able to generate pressure on West’s offense coming off the edges. Meanwhile, Avon Grove had a modicum of success […]
Red Raiders show no mercy, run away from Eagles
Tonight’s matchup between the Coatesville Red Raiders and Bishop Shanahan Eagles at Jack Mancini Field, was a mismatch in every way. With Octorara departed to the Lancaster-Lebanon League, and District 3, Bishop Shanahan has become the lone 4A school, and the smallest school in either division of the Ches-Mont League. Coatesville is the largest school in […]
Cougars show no mercy despite slow start, down Cahillites
In the final week of non league games, the Downingtown East Cougars defeated the Cahillites from Roman Catholic, 42-7 at Kottmeyer Stadium. The win kept Downingtown East undefeated at 3-0 on the season and their seventh straight win over the Cahillites. The Cougars’ special teams started the game off slowly and almost put them in […]
Panthers pull upset, give Clancy milestone win
Tonight at Jack Mancini field on the campus of Bishop Shanahan High School, the Panthers from Strath Haven upset the Bishop Shanahan Eagles, 24-21. The game was an instant classic, that was decided by Emmett Young’s 24-yard field goal at 7.7 seconds left. Not only does the win assure the Panthers a second District 1, […]
Coatesville wins instant classic over Cougars
This match up was billed as the most anticipated game of the 2017 season in the Ches Mont league. The contest between Downingtown East and Coatesville lived up to its billing. Both teams were clearly the best two teams in the league (by a wide margin). Coatesville made two more plays than Downingtown East did, […]
Cougars wear out Whippets for seventh straight win
Tonight the fourteenth rendition of the Battle of the Brandywine was played between the Downingtown West Whippets and Downingtown East Cougars. It is also known as a “Celebration of Downingtown Football”. For Downingtown East, it was a celebration of a different kind, as the Cougars beat the Whippets for the fourth year in a […]
