Marple 18 vs Florida HS 19 4th (It's live video)

Maple loses after being up 18-0. Bad penalties with less than 1:00 left and they were up by 5.

http://highschoolfootballamerica.com/high-school-football-america-preseason-top-100/

PA teams:
55) Archbishop Wood
66) St. Joe's Prep
87) Pittsburgh Central Catholic
90) Pine-Richland

Pardons Joe Arpaio.
Bans Americans who want to serve their country.

All by cover of natural disaster.

Big game for the first game of the year at Crawford. Lost of talent gone from NP team. Are they going to run the same type of offense or go back to something more traditional things?

16-7 Ridley. Ridley scored on the first play of the game , Judge then ran back the kick. 6-6 Judge after about 30 seconds. Ridley since has added a FG and a strip sack fumble recovery in the end zone

19-7 r at half. I do not think judge has a first down.

Another long TD pass. 26-7 Ridley.

Nice drive by Judge, short td run by QB. 25-14. Judge finally moving the ball

Ridley scored on a nice drive and judge quickly answered a minute later. 32-20 Ridley


R td pass -30 yard ps 38-20 R. R QB 3 td passes one rushing td


Looked like old time Ridley football ! TD passes , defensive Td , a ton of penalties and a visiting team complaining how could they ever lose to that team. Ridley looked solid on offense with a decent athlete at QB and they were able to throw the ball . D looked great for one half , got a bit gassed in the second half. The Judge QB is a gamer with a decent Rb not sure how they match up against the big boys , but they looked clueless on pass defense. They may give up 30-40 a game in the PCL. . Game had the feel of a bitter rivalry despite it being their first meeting I believe. Unless they signed a multi year contract , my guess is judge doesn't play Ridley again.

#1) Neshaminy (5-1) 7-3
#2) Pennsbury (4-2) 7-3
#3) Truman (4-2) 6-4
#4) Abington (3-3) 5-5
#5) Bensalem (2-4) 4-6
#6) CR South (1-5) 3-7
#7) CR North (0-6) 1-9


Neshaminy has a very rough first 3 games. But they don't leave the ridge. I think RC and Pennridge get revenge from last year. But as all Skins teams do, come Oct they will be playing their best football.

Truman is the sleeper. They are the most interesting team coming into the season. Expect their defense to be much improved this yr with Snyder running things.

Bensalem has the skill guys to compete. But they lost a ton up front and their lack of depth could haunt them as the season goes on.

The CR Schools should improve from last year. While it may not show in the win/lose column. Expect these two to be in a lot more games this season then last.

Pennsbury and Abington are threats this season to the Skins. Can either break through?
Abingtons non conference is very tough.

Expect 4-5 teams from the National to compete from a Dist 1 6A playoff spot.

Key Games Early to Watch


Truman Methacton
CRN WC Henderson
Bensalem Tennent
Abington CB South
Neshaminy RC/Pennridge

Marple Newtown vs Florida State U HS Game starts at 6:00

http://www.marplenewtownfootball.com/wp/


Springfield vs Glen Mills (Just do a search and it will come up for home games only)
My front runner to win districts this year is Sp.

ssdcougars.tv


Strath Haven at Interboro at 7:00 http://www.havenfootball.net/


Garnet Valley http://www.garnetvalleyfootball.com/Gamecasts/Gamecast.htm

great job Donny the dummy

Taking a shot at it.

1 Pine Richland 7-5; Resembles Emmaus and Easton with almost everyone back. Quarterback Phil Jurkovec returns and is healthy after missing the last 6 games with a thumb injury. Yet he still threw for 1678 yards. T he addition of a few transfers namely well regarded Kenny White from West Allegheny (5A, 13-1) who rushed for 1313 yards last year will join Jordan Crawford who rushed for 1233 yards. That’s quite an upgrade to a already powerful backfield. Other key starters are receivers WR Raymond Falcone (6-1, 190, sr, 65/1322), Cameron Balley (6-1, 210, jr, 22/355), Jason DeFrancisis (5-9, 170, sr, 45/506), Thomas Burns and others. Major returns to the line are Andrew Kristofic (6-6, 255, jr) and Michael Katic (6-4, 270, sr). Believe those two go both ways. Anthony Cerminara (5-11, 210, jr) Thomas Camino (6-2, 190) and Tyler King are back at linebacker. The secondary is LOADED with Ben Meckler (6-0, 180) at SS or LB. Believe junior Brendan Eckenrode (6-1, 185) got time last year at DE or LB. Bottom line, they are loaded with at least 9 starters returned to each side.

With something like 18 starters returning, they stand every chance of dethroning Central Catholic who they haven’t defeated since their great 2014 team (15-1) that beat them twice before losing to St. Joseph’s Prep 49-41. Scary thinking the Rams average 35ppg last year with a back-up Qb. Scarier still, they allowed 30ppg. 30!

That won’t work in the opener always well regarded Wayne of Huber Heights-OH where a few early polls had them higher than St. Ed’s, St. Ignatius, Elder, Colerain, X and Moeller! Then they come home to Mt. Lebanon who doesn’t have the Rams weapons but are dangerous with veteran Qb James Stocker (6-1, 210, sr). Can’t take Lebo lightly. Thereon the schedule imitates last years. They get Central Catholic at home but travel to neighboring Wexford, 5 miles distance to end the regular season against North Allegheny! See new2pa Jul 22 post for more detail on the team.

2 Pittsburgh Central Catholic 14-2; Defending 6A West champ had severe grad losses but return a strong core that should have them challenging once again for the Wpial and more. It will definitely be harder since like St. Joseph’s Prep, they also graduated an excellent senior line, all of it! Again mimicking the Hawks, they return a duel threat quarterback in Troy Fisher (6-4, 215, sr) who threw for 1754 yards (58%) last year while rushing for another 546 yards.

Also back are DL David Green (6-2, 265, sr), DE Terran Moore (6-1, 200, sr), LB/FB Liam Slattery (6-1, 215, sr), CB Cam Laconi (6-0, 195, sr) and highly regarded CB Khalil Weathers (6-0, 185, sr). Last year’s team blew almost everyone away, winning by an average score of 46-16, their highest points for average ever.

The only losses were to teams with lines as talented and as large or larger than theirs, St. Joseph’s and St. John’s (DC). The Hawks came in around 290 with the Cadets at 294. Central was routed by both, 42-7 and 35-14 respectively. We all know how good St. Joe’s was but how good was St. Johns? How about a 42-9 win over American Heritage, 21-10 against St. Joseph Regional, same with Our Lady of Good Counsel 35-22. Then the 1 and 5 point losses to DeMatha, 10 to Gonzaga which they avenged in the playoffs and a 35-14 loss to IMG. Incidentally, St. John’s is at it again this year playing De La Salle, SJR, IMG, St John Bosco and WCAC rivals OLGC and DeMatha with quarterback Kevin Moore who transferred in from Malvern Prep.

So the Vikings have a nice core but a more difficult trip this year at least in the conference getting North Allegheny and Pine Richland away. They don’t play St. John this year but its no cake walk opening at AAAA state champ Cathedral Prep (14-0) at Veterans Stadium in Erie where they bring back the entire team (mostly sophs, jrs last year) looking to make a statement. Ramblers!

3 Wilson 12-2; The Bulldogs return the principal parts of last year’s team that won their 2nd consecutive district title and 3rd in the last 4 years. They’ve won 7 total. Also won 9 straight Lancaster Lebanon League titles with 9 straight double digit winning seasons and a 63 game winning streak in LL Section-One games. Their last league loss was in 2007.

So they have all kinds of records but never won gold. Got silver in 1989. There is real comp in District-3 between the Lancaster Lebanon League and the Mid Penn who thumps its chest with 7 gold medals and 8 silver to the LLs 3 and 3. But Wilson has been kicking it recently and could do it again this year if they can get past LL member Manheim Township who looks strong.


They return senior Qb Connor Uhrig’s 2054yards (21/8) and RB Ignacion Reynoso’s 1672 yards.

Like many teams this year, we’ll know about them early with the annual opener at rival Governor Mifflin, then to Spring Ford and finally the home opener against Central Dauphin.

4 Cumberland Valley 9-4;. The only team that dominated CV last year was Harrisburg (11-4) who was really a freakish group with D1 Marion Barber and Micah Parsons at DE eliminating half the playbook. Other losses where to heavy weights Wilson (12-2) and State College (10-2). 5A Lower Dauphin (5-5) upset them 15-10 and all were balanced attacks who ran well against them. They return a good nucleus with last year’s co-starting quarterback Jared Plessinger 6-1 175 now the man. Senior Ridge Bachman got the nod last year but Plessinger was so well regarded he had to play as a sophomore. This is extremely rare at CV but justified in his completing 35 of 58 passes to Bachman’s 34 of 81, a 60% to 42% edge with a better TD/Pick ratio of 6/2 to the senior’s 5/4, and more yardage at 464 to 423. He’ll be throwing to the best player on the team, WR/SS Charlie Katshir, (6-3, 195, 39/534Pass, 22/150Rush) who is as talented as he is smart. HB Jake Palmer returns (5-9, 175, sr, 134/178R, 8/78P) and Cole McCoy (5-9, 165, sr, 36/366R, 8/150P) and all of them can motor, so they have a solid offensive core back. Some D losses but will be fine with OL/DL Jacob Fetteroff, (6-3, 275, sr), DE Austin Kupko (6-0, 220, sr), LB Christian Arrington (6-2, 220 sr), MLB Galen Witmer (5-9, 235, sr) and a loaded secondary with SS Katshir (to LB?), Palmer and Cole McCoy (5-9, 165) at the corners and Zack Snow (6-0, 185, sr) at SS.

They run the Wing T that while predictable is difficult to defend, especially today with so many offenses going to the spread allowing this basic offense to sneak up on you. A good Wing T coach is tough to beat and the Eagles have been running the thing for over 20 years with Coach Whitehead made HC 4 years ago (CV grad) after 19 years there as an assistant. They open at home against Coatesville and another veteran team in Central York before hitting the road to play McDevitt.

5 North Allegheny 9-3; Had an interesting transfer in the off season when receiver Joey Porter (21/481yards) transferred in from North Catholic. Air North? That will be tough with the graduation of talented Qb Ethan Maenza who passed for 1124 yards while rushing for 1266 yards. That seems to be the priority effort this season, to replace that production. But as always, they’ll have another strong OL, returning highly rated Derek Devine (6-7, 280, sr), Dylan Wall (6-2, 245, sr), Ian Truesdell (6-2, 220, sr) and TE/DEs Canyon Tuman (6-5, 225, sr) and Brennan McCauley (6-2, 220, sr). LBs Cade Hoke (6-0, 210, jr) and Ryan Langdon (6-1, 230, sr) are back with considerable experience in the secondary headed by Josh Sanders (6-1, 185, sr). They look set on D with a lot of youth playing last year although the question might be speed, quickness. They get to it right away playing Morgantown-WV in the opener at home then a dangerous game at Bethel before coming home for Central Catholic. Tough schedule as always in the Northern but Central Catholic, Penn Hills and Pine Richland all come to Wexford where the outcome of the Rams-Tigers game in the regular season finale will have major implications.

6 Central Dauphin 10-2; Central Dauphin is in the midst of great run of talent and teams going 76-17 the last 7 years with a Quad-A title in 2011. The problem the last 4 years is that West Shore nemesis Cumberland Valley has owned them by the narrowest of scores, scores like 25-24, 24-21, 7-0 and the 2015 playoff epic where CV prevailed 62-61 in 7 overtimes. These were some outstanding teams that beat Harrisburg, Wilson, State College, Bishop McDevitt, etc, etc but all of a sudden, can’t beat the Eagles. But hey, hats off to CV who derailed at least one title team in the eyes of locals although my friends from Harrisburg are a little biased!

This year’s team faces a major rebuild rather than their typical reload with a near wipe out of both the offense that returns 3 starters and the D that returns 2. Last year’s team throttled Wilson 24-6, then zipped through the Mid Penn looking good in the process with the exception of the two losses to….guess who?

But about this year, they return a Qb that had 3 starts when AJ Millar went down for the last 3 games. CD is always going to have a quarterback that can throw rather than a linebacker that can run in Coach Glen McNamee system. Enter Brady Straub (6-1, 185, sr) who was on the money at 65% completion rate completing 32 of 48 passes for 442 yards. Impressively his Td/Pick ratio was 5/0. A couple lineman in Bo Heshler at 6-4, 275 and TE Grant Smith checking in at 6-4, 225 will steady the new line with their battering ram FB in Mike Wise-Belle (5-10, 225, 114/600, sr). A pile of subs will plug a lot of holes with the D solidified by the return of D1 talent LB Adam Burkhart, last year’s super soph who had 92 tackles. The schedule opens with the North Side guys from Susquehanna Township, followed by Manheim Township, then another district power house, Wilson. The North Side tussle often sets the tone. Then comes a tough Manheim team they cannot look past before going into Gurski for Wilson High taking on a pissed off bunch of Bulldogs remembering last year’s 24-6 pounding.

7 State College 10-2; The Lions look top heavy with skill although they are breaking in a pt QB in Drew Friberg (6-6, 205, sr) who will have a few wide bodies up front to protect in Collin De Boef 6-5 275, Robert Nachtman 6-4 300, and Jackson Heasley 6-2 230. But the defense is not as well set having to rebuild the line and a few Backers from a group that allowed 13ppg, their lowest yield since 2008’s that allowed 9. That group seemed destined for bigger things at 12-0 until losing to Bethel Park in the quarterfinals 17-14. Same with last year’s team that lost to Williamsport 35-28 after eliminating McDowell 35-14. The schedule is favorable and should provide for a strong start with McCaskey, Hollidaysburg Mifflin County, Mechanicsburg and Carlisle up first before taking on the meat of the Mid Penn Commonwealth including road games at Cumberland Valley, Harrisburg and Central Dauphin. Ouch!

8 Mt. Lebanon 7-4; The Blue Devils were close last year losing to Pine Richland 42-31 and North Allegheny 22-15 before the 49-43 loss to Seneca Valley in the postseason. With a decent core returning to offense including Qb James Stocker (6-1, 215, sr) two linemen and most of their skill (starters or subs), they should again compete at or above last year’s level of 38ppg. The issue last year was a porous defense that allowed 25ppg. But with 4 DLs, one that can also go both ways in Coleman Coco (6-3, 265, sr) they should improve despite the secondary needing rebuilt. A schedule of Fox Chapel, Pine Richland, Hempfield, Canon McMillan and Altoona could provide for a 4-1 start if they can avoid upsets like year’s 41-38 loss to Hempfield where that shaky D got them in trouble.

9 McDowell 9-2; The Trojans graduated record setting Qb Levi Becker but return almost all their skill (backs, receivers) and two quality linemen in Aaron Sanford 6-3 270 and Casey Baker 6-5 295 to pave the way. Xavier Pulliam is the man on offense with 806 yards rushing and over 200 passing. If the new quarterback gets it done they’ll again put points on the board after averaging 31 last year. The D looks like a major rebuild of a unit that allowed 17ppg last year. As always, the schedule is interesting and challenging, opening this year with St. Edward. Two weeks later they play Cathedral who is loaded with almost all their personnel returning, looking to defend their AAAA title. The Prep is always a bad ass and can prove it with a major statement in the opener against Central Catholic. Other news out of Erie is the rebranding of Central Tech now called Erie High, a 6A program.

10 Manheim Township 6-5; Exciting Qb Luke Emge returns with a 63% rate, 1594 yards passing plus 566 rushing. He’s one of the better kept secrets in D3 transferring in last year from Fleetwood. Right, where’s Fleetwood? Skill wise the Blue Streaks are loaded with their leading rusher and passer back; Grayson Salade with 885 yards and 170yards on 19 receptions plus Rece Bender who snagged 28 passes for 604 yards. As usual, they return a big, physical line with the likes of James Starer 6-2, 270, Joel Morris 5-10 240, Drake Puffenbarger 6-4 240, Cody Sparklin 6-5 290, Patrick Cloonan 6-6 295 (the water?) and others. Don’t know if they can move or not but they are impressive! (Haven’t seen the Streaks in 2 years) So they look good on that side with so many returning from a unit that scored 31ppg. Last year’s defense allowed 19ppg and returns a pile. They had 3 narrow losses to quality opponents; the Reading area powers Governor Mifflin 28-20, Wilson 17-10 and Warwick 31-28. Central Dauphin handled them winning 31-9 in the regular season and 34-14 in the playoffs. But this season should see the them improved across the board. So heads up to Central Dauphin in the opener, Governor Mifflin and finally LL rival Wilson who all have to come to Lancaster against a strong group looking to settle a few scores. Real toss up here for the 10th spot between the Streaks, Williamsport and CD East.


Others

Williamsport 12-2

Governor Mifflin 10-2

Central York 7-4

Central Dauphin East 7-5

Bethel Park 5-5

Seneca Valley 8-4

Penn Hills 4-6

It's back, the Wednesday Night Check In. Let us know what game or games you will be attending this Week #1 of the high school football season!

MDW will be in the familiar surroundings of Crawford Stadium on Frifay night for NP/LaSalle.

See you at the game!

Add top performers by replying here!

Courtney Jackson, Gateway
Returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown

Luke Trueman, North Allegheny
165 yards passing and two touchdowns and also ran for a touchdown

Justin Sliwoski, Hempfield
278 yards passing and four touchdowns

Seth Morgan, Mt. Lebanon
Passed for 289 yards and four touchdowns

Aidan Cain, Mt. Lebanon
3 touchdown receptions

Cam Laffoon, Penn-Trafford
139 yards rushing

John Gay, Penn-Trafford
111 yards rushing

Melvin Blanks, North Hills
195 yards rushing

Garrett Reinke, Hampton
104 yards rushing and three touchdowns

Vince Schmitt, Hampton
Returned a kick 90 yards for a touchdown

Nick Roell, Brashear
251 yards passing and two touchdowns

Robert Kennedy, Jeannette
134 yards passing and 134 yards rushing

Austin Romanchak, Freeport
201 yards rushing and four touchdowns

Ricky Guss, Quaker Valley
167 yards passing and three scores, 148 yards rushing and three touchdown

Dominic Fundy, Beth Center
172 yards rushing and 2 TDs

Eric Wilson, Sto-Rox
290 yards passing

Terry Roberts, Cathedral Prep
Returned an interception and returned it 61 yards for a touchdown

Joe Mischler, Cathedral Prep
233 yards passing

Hunter Terry, Charleroi
168 yards rushing

Khalil Smith, Serra Catholic
157 yards rushing and 1 TD

Tyrell Minniefield, Allderdice
148 yards rushing

Anthony Carrington, Brashear
138 yards rushing

TeVonn Williams, Beaver
138 rushing yards and two touchdowns

Twan Wesley, Imani Christian
301 yards passing

Braeden Burchfield, Altoona
295 yards passing

Geno Pellegrini, Charleroi
282 yards passing

Brady Walker, Gateway
250 yards passing

Ian Haynes, Franklin
208 yards passing

Tamaine Underwood, East Allegheny
203 yards passing

Isaiah Jones, La Salle
122 yards rushing

Marcus Griffin, Neshaminy
Interception for a touchdown

Jeff Gross, Roman
92 yards passing

Adrian Lambert, Archbishop Wood
Game winning touchdown reception

Kalie Kuyateh, Interboro
143 yards rushing and 2 TDs

Caleb Mead, Upper Moreland
95-yard kick return and a 57 yard touchdown run

Ryan Adams, Big Spring
274 yards rushing and four touchdowns

Chris Barrett, Northern
256 total yards and three touchdowns

Quinn Buffington, Camp Hill
239 total yards and 3 TDs

Nazir Burnett, Bishop McDevitt
81 yards receiving and 1 TD

Rashaan Carlton, Susquehanna Township
224 yards passing and 1 TD

Chase Diehl, Bishop McDevitt
195 passing yards and 1 TD

Jarvai Flowers, Steel-High
139 yards rushing and two touchdowns

Grant Haus, Palmyra
212 yards total yards and 3 TDs

Tommy Kirchoff, Trinity
167 yards passing and three touchdowns

Ethan Lee, Big Spring
174 yards passing, two touchdowns, 40 yards rushing, and a touchdown

Kollin McCollough, Central Dauphin
82 yards rushing

Tre Moody, Trinity
157 yards rushing and two touchdowns

Roland Norfleet, Susquehanna Twp.
145 yards receiving

Kyle Swartz, Northern
115 yards rushing and 1 touchdown

Kyle Fitzroy, Apollo-Ridge
204 yards passing and 3 TDs

Klay Fitzroy, Apollo-Ridge
110 yards receiving

Tyler Oedekoven, Erie Cathedral Prep
3 catches for 131 yards and a touchdown

Omar Teets, Uniontown
161 yards passing and three touchdowns

Zach Rosa, Freedom
106 yards passing

Isaiah Cameron, Gateway
122 yards rushing and two touchdowns and caught a 26-yard pass

Cole Konieczka, Moon
193 yards passing and two touchdowns

Nick Sebastian, Moon
78 yards receiving

Brandon Chamber, Farrell
132 yards rushing

Isaiah McNair, Quaker Valley
5 catches for 112 yards and two touchdowns

Zack Rocco, Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic
180 yards passing and two touchdowns and ran for another TD

Bruce Faxton, South Fayette
151 yards passing and 1 touchdown

Jahan Dotson, Nazareth
107 yards receiving

Trey Gretzinger, Palisades
179 yards rushing and three touchdowns

Jared Colletti, Palisades
145 yards rushing

Rheyse Green, Scranton
252 yards rushing 5 total touchdowns

Robbie McAndrew, Scranton
176 yards passing and two scores

Sean Mitkovitch, Wyoming Valley West
144 yards rushing and three touchdowns

Jake Shusta, Wyoming Valley West
143 passing yards

Patrick Garwo, Conwell Egan Catholic
157 yards rushing and 4 TDs

Zach Demarchis, Pennsbury
158 yards passing and 2 TDs

David Burke, Pennsbury
128 yards rushing

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...york-city-could-be-considered-removal-n795316

Really?? They're gonna go after Chris!!! Why don't they take down the Rocky statue in Philly. If I'm a dumb Italian, I'm offended!!!!

PAPrepLive FB Preview

Just click on the drop downs for each conference to access/click previews for specific teams.

Leagues included are Catholic, Central, Ches-Mont, PAC, Bicentennial, Del-Val, Inter-AC, and SOL.

Trump's tough talk, which hurt the liberals' feelings, definitely has an effect.

Oops, a box of rocks told us last week that he was right, as if a war had already started. Delusional, but amusing!

My previous post led to a discussion strictly regarding the PCL coaches and programs. However, can anyone out there educate myself and others on the current District 1 coaches. Any new faces? Any old faces that may be wearing out their welcome? Any programs that you see as a "sleeping giant"?

Article credit goes to Rick O'Brian of Philly.com

As a D1 fan... glad to see a few D1 players listed

At 6-foot-7 and 345 pounds, Justin Johnson is a commanding presence at offensive tackle for Neumann-Goretti.

His run- and pass-blocking skills are crucial in the Saints’ bid to put a miserable season behind them. They went winless in nine games, forfeiting the last two due to a shortage of players and injuries.

Johnson, who has committed to play at Oregon, transferred from Public League juggernaut Imhotep Charter for his final high school season. That switch was motivated, in part, by N-G’s hiring of Albie Crosby, who tutored Johnson during his four years in charge at Imhotep, as head coach.

Crosby is thrilled to have the mammoth lineman as one of the centerpieces in the Saints’ bid for success in the Catholic League and beyond. “He does great job of getting off the ball in the run game and his pass-protecting technique is steadily getting better,” he said.

Johnson, a three-star recruit according to Scout.com, chose Oregon over Boston College, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan State, and Temple, among others. “I think he has all the potential in the world to become a young man who makes it to the NFL,” Crosby said.

In addition to Johnson, the area has a number of rock-solid offensive linemen. The group includes Episcopal Academy’s Adam Klein, a Temple recruit, and Pennsbury’s Matt Rosso (Rutgers).


Episcopal coach Todd Fairlie said the 6-5, 260-pound Klein “could be the best player we have coached here by the time he finishes.”

Looking to improve on last year’s 5-5 campaign, Pennsbury second-year coach Dan McShane is banking on Rosso (6-6, 270) to be a stalwart in a no-huddle spread attack.

Malvern Prep’s line is anchored by guard Joe Basiura (6-3, 290) and tackle Jake Hornibrook (6-4, 260). Basiura is giving serious consideration to Cornell and Penn; Hornibrook has drawn interest from Temple and Virginia.

Springside Chestnut Hill looks to run behind Anthony Marrone. The 6-4, 300-pounder has a scholarship offer from Morgan State. Monmouth, St. Francis (Pa.), Towson, and Wagner are also in the mix.

Staying in the Inter-Ac League, Germantown Academy junior Elijah Wroten (6-4, 295) has offers from Boston College, Connecticut, and Temple.

Archbishop Wood, the defending PIAA Class 5A state titlist, has a trio of rugged performers in Tom Walsh (6-4, 255), Albert Glasgow (6-2, 260), and Connor Bishop (6-3, 260).


The Catholic League also has stout linemen in La Salle’s Chris Maloney (6-3, 225), Roman Catholic’s Mike Leyland (6-3, 235), and St. Joseph’s Prep’s Nick DiPrinzio (6-2, 265).

The area also features Central Bucks East’s P.J. Szymanski (6-4, 275), Downingtown East’s Carter Regitz (6-2, 260), Imhotep’s Arick Lochetto (5-11, 265), and North Penn’s Matt Bevan (5-11, 235).

The Pioneer Athletic Conference has a pair of all-area candidates in Perkiomen Valley’s Jahir Holmes (6-3, 250) and Spring-Ford’s Noah Silva (6-2, 280).

Players to watch

Dan Adams, Father Judge, Sr. – He’s a 6-foot-2, 230-pound tackle.

Vince Citrino, Bensalem, Sr. – The guard also excels in the classroom.

Quinton Derr, Upper Dublin, Jr. – A 6-foot, 255-pounder on the rise.

Jake Erley, Garnet Valley, Sr. – Has a pivotal role in a triple-option attack.

Colin Hirschmann, La Salle, Sr. – He has drawn interest from Towson.

Ormond Isom, Northeast, Sr. – He was a first-team all-Public selection.

Justin Johnson, Neumann-Goretti, Sr. – He has committed to Oregon.

Arick Lochetto, Imhotep Charter, Sr. – He is a 5-11, 265-pound guard.


Tom Lukens, Abington, Sr. – He’s a stout two-way lineman for the Ghosts.

Brian Malinowski, Pennsbury, Jr. – He’s a possible Division I-A recruit.

Bill Martin, Academy Park, Sr. – Clears space for Kareem Burton & Co.

Nafeei Minor, Simon Gratz, Sr. – A fixture at tackle for the Bulldogs.

Xander Utecht, Great Valley, Sr. – A catalyst in the Patriots’ ground success.

Trevor Watts, Souderton, Sr. – He’s a force as a 6-3, 265-pound tackle.

did the university that Trump attended not have public speaking? What the hell is he talking about? This guy is a complete buffoon. Totally fumbled the ball on the issue in Virginia and how many times can he call people a star? Ugh. What a self promoter give him a minute and he will take time to say how great he is what a disaster

D11 Thoughts: Barring a disappearing act like last year where Emmaus got waffled by Freedom in the postseason 35-6, they look poised for another run at the EPC-South and more. But it’s still hard not taking Parkland and maybe a veteran Easton team the way Emmaus crashed and burned, especially with Parkland getting Rovers and Hornets at home. Here they’ll be gunning for their 6th consecutive District-11 title. 6th! This is especially impressive as it was accomplished in Coach Tim Moncman’s first year with a team drained of star power; quarterback Devonte Cross and receiver Kenny Yeboah. Back to Parkland-Emmaus in the closer, Parkland should be in good shape after road games at Pocono Mountain East and Northampton while Emmaus is coming off Liberty and Easton. So we’ll see if Emmaus can stand the bright lights Parkland and Easton are all too familiar with. Emmaus at Parkland will likely decide it for all three. See RoverNation05 Eastern PA Summer Previews, July 19th write-ups.


3 Emmaus 10-2: Almost everyone is back in Coach Fairclough’s 2nd year where they could show real progress with so many starters returning. But many of us remember how Freedom imploded last year coming in with exceedingly high hopes and projections. Weirdly, Freedom also destroyed Emmaus in last year’s 1st round 35-6. So while it was a good year, there is clearly much to do. Still, 10 wins is 10 wins and their first double digit winning season in 8 years where the ’08 squad also went 10-2. That bunch allowed 85 points all year. But for a 26-20 narrow loss to Liberty (14-1) who went on to win the state title….finally!....things might have been a lot different. The schedule is unforgiving, playing Liberty, Easton and Parkland to close out the season. But on paper, this is one of the top teams in the state. See Rovers write-up where 18 starters return.


4 LaSalle 6-5: The Explorers lost key parts of last year’s offense that scored 31ppg with the graduation of running back Syaire Madden who had 1520 rush yards and quarterback Tom La Morte who completed 57% of his passes for 1582 yards. Isaiah Jones (6-1, 220, sr) is projected to be the next Qb. A few key returns to this year’s team include linemen Chris Maloney (6-3, 230, sr), OL/DL Garrett Zobel (6-3, 260, sr), TE Liam Trainer (6-2,, 230, sr) and WR Troy Holland (6-1, 155, sr, 40/534yards), running back Manny Quiles (5-8, 165, jr, 38/294yds),WR Brett Mallee (5-10, 170, jr, 28/371) and many others. They open with difficult games at North Penn and McDonogh (MD) then the home opener vs Malvern Prep. The Knights are always strong at home despite severe grad losses while McDonogh (8-3) is a tough out in Owings Mills with many returning from a young group with a huge line that will test Explorer’s run defense. The last time they played was in 2014 where LaSalle won at home 31-20. The home opener against Malvern Prep will be another difficult game mimicking McDonogh where a lot of bodies return from last year’s group.



5 Easton 7-6: This is the wild card with a new coaching staff and possible hangover from the firing of Coach Steve Shiffert, their former coach of 24 years. New coach Jeff Braido has been with the staff for years, most recently serving as Spec Teams/Ends coach so we’ll see how it goes. But wow, they return a pile of bodies from a team that but for an anemic offense would have been in the thick of things in the EPC-South instead of next to last with a 3-5 slate. The lack of offense led to their worst win total since 2008’s 7-6 team and their worst year ending points per game average at 22ppg in 16 years, where the 2000 team went 8-4 averaging 21ppg. A 3-1 finish saved the season and showed their class. With all the talent in the EPC-South, there’s no such thing as an easy schedule; maybe a more favorable one but nothing easy. For the Red Rover’s to rebound, they’ll have to play Parkland, Bethlehem Catholic and Emmaus on the road. The top of the season sees them at Stoudsburg before coming home to play Liberty and Freedom. There is a lot of talent here and if the new staff can get them all on the same page, they’ll be a load. See Rovers write-up where 19 starters return!



6 North Penn 14-1: The Knights had wholesale grad losses of arguably their best team ever that scored a record 41ppg, beating such noteworthy opponents as LaSalle, Downingtown East, Central Bucks South, Spring Ford, Coatesville and Garnet Valley before losing to the eventual state champ St. Joseph’s Prep in the semifinal 35-25. The 14 game win total was their highest since 2008’s 14-1 team, falling a game shy of the 2003 state championship team that went 15-0 (40-13ppg), beating Pittsburgh Central Catholic 37-10. Running back Kevin Atkins had a Justin Piccioti (CB West), Jamar Brittingham (Neshaminy) moment rushing for 210 yards. A defense that may have been the best in the state didn’t get enough credit for allowing a mere 13ppg. Brutal dudes! Where was I?

For this year the goal is to find a replacement for quarterback Reece Udinski who had a record setting year throwing for 4094 yards and 39 Tds. WRs Ricky Jones and Jake Hubler (+1500 yards combined) are also gone as is leading rusher Nick Dillon. But they return at least 3 lineman and TE?MLB Owen Thomas (6-4, 225, sr), WO Justis Henley returns with over 800 yards in receptions and a few in the secondary. But hey, it’s North Penn, the District One Alpha who will reload as they’ve done the last 18 years if their won-loss of 194-46 means anything. Like more than a few teams in the area (St. Joe’s, LaSalle, Coatesville, Dt-West, Neshaminy,et al), we’ll know early where they stand, opening with LaSalle, at home then Downingtown East, Pennsbury, CB West and Pennridge all on the road.


7 Parkland 10-4: This should be an exciting season for the Trojans and probably a more productive year in a number of areas in Coach Moncman’s second year at the helm. The fact they are going for their 6th consecutive District title speaks volumes about the consistency of this football factory. With defense a team staple over the years, they’ve run off 5 straight double digit winning seasons for a 58-14 won-loss over that period. Their average D yield in ppg over that stretch was 13.8 which will win you a lot of games in any league. Still, last year’s 29ppg offensive average was their worst since the 2010 campaign where they scored 23ppg in a rare losing season, going 4-7. 29ppg is a good average but not by Parkland standards where they ended the previous 5 years averaging 38, 38, 33, 33 and 35 a game from 2011 through 2015. With a history of some of the best talent and teams in the Lehigh Valley and another great coach and staff in place, look for a legitimate run at the D11 title. See Rover write-up

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/21/politics/secret-service-donald-trump-family/index.html

The Secret Service cannot pay hundreds of agents to protect President Donald Trump and his large family, according to a report published Monday morning.

Secret Service Director Randolph "Tex'' Alles told USA Today more than 1,000 agents have already hit the federally mandated caps for salary and overtime allowances -- which were meant to last the entire year.
"The president has a large family, and our responsibility is required in law,'' Alles told USA Today. "I can't change that. I have no flexibility.''

Clinton's former CIA director, James Woolsey, slammed Incapabama this morning on CNBC.

First, he discussed the infamous red line with Syria. Said that this kind of policy make it look like "we don't know what we are doing." Said that Incapabama basically handed things off to Russia. So, this might be the real Russian crisis.

Then, Woolsey made a shocking statement by saying that Iran could be a "few months" to "a few years" away from having a nuclear weapon. The agreement that Incapabama signed "is totally ineffective and it's the worst agreement that the United States, in international affairs, has EVER signed. He added that "anybody who thinks that the Iranians are going to observe the treaty doesn't understand Iranians."

Shallow-thinking individuals would say that Incapabama is no longer president. However, the clear point is that poor decisions like these have a lasting effect. Watch for Iran in the next 10 years; ain't gonna be pretty.

Can't wait to see the CBS Evening News tackle these stories tonight. Or, you could come to the conclusion that this Woolsey guy really is quite a racist. Shame on him.

With the heat acclamation week almost complete and pads ready to be worn, it's a good time to pick preseason favorites in District 1. If possible, list your District playoff brackets from 16 to 1. Obviously alot has to be played out first but we can crown the favorites on paper alone.

Central- Garnet Valley
Suburban One National- North Penn
Suburban One American- Upper Dublin
Chesmont National- Coatesville
Chesmont American- Rustin
Del Val- Academy Park

Think I need help with other leagues and the naming of the Suburban Ones. My apologies for lack of knowledge. Just trying to get a little preseason high school football round table going.

Stopped pass WC vs Imhotep

Not sure how to judge this one based on the talent. Imhotep was clearly the better TEAM. WC is extremely young. Imhotep's 1s came out and drove down pretty easy. Young went up the middle for 60 yds td. Yusuf ( Soph) wr caught a deep bomb for a td before the series was over. It will be interesting to see how Imhotep matches up with Harrisburg this wk. Although they looked pretty good they lack experience at key positions. Qb play was shaky at times. Kidd- Jackson was running for his life majority of the day.

The guy was a stud all season. The one constant offensive lineman on a PSU team that had a ton of injuries up front. Nice that he didn't burn his redshirt last season.

http://www.roarlionsroar.com/penn-s...med-freshman-all-american-by-usa-today-sports

Here are some “Quick Hits” giving St. Joseph’s Prep the respect deserved with an expanded write up for putting together another great season to win their third state title in four years! Also included more information on Coatesville who are one of the real favorites to win district one and perhaps more. Otherwise, just a few short entries with some general information of interest and a stab at the Top 10 6A teams in the East and West. As always feel free to jump in or on with corrections and opinions. Thanks.



THE EAST
1 St. Joseph’s Prep 14-0: 6A champ
St. Joseph’s won their third state title in the last four years with a thorough destruction of previously unbeaten Pittsburgh Central Catholic 42-7. This is the second time they’ve handled the Vikings, beating them in the 2013 final 35-10 for their first PIAA state title. The following year they held on to defeat Pine Richland’s powerful array, 49-41. So it’s been quite a run. And with a decent core returning, who knows!
Last year’s record setting offense scored 40ppg, their best in at least 25 years. At 40ppg, the closest group to this was 2002’s great team that went 13-0 scoring 38ppg, allowing 8.
With the loss of last year’s special offensive line, super back D’Andre Swift (1566 yds) and receiver Terrence Green (656), duplicating last year’s offensive punch will be difficult. But the cupboard is not bare.
Key returns on offense include quarterback Marquez McCray (6-2, 205, sr) and one of his principal receivers from last year, Darryl Simmons (6-3, 200, 536 yds, sr). WR James Cherry (5-8, 160, sr) gives them speed outside to combine with McCray’s duel threats, passing for 2164 yards and rushing for another 422. It’s a wipe out of an outstanding O-Line (tackle to tight end) but they have significant numbers returning to the defense where they could be special.
DT Ryan Bryce (6-4, 285, sr) and DE Rayshad Wallace (6-0, 210, sr) are up front with LBs Bradley Cobaugh (6-1, 200, sr), their leading tackler with 84, Phil O’Connor (6-0, 210, sr) and Myles Talley (5-9, 185), last year’s outstanding sophomore. Dawson DeIuliis (5-9, 190, sr) and DeJuan Dandridge (6-0, 175, sr) return to the secondary.
Beginning the season with an experienced quarterback and a solid defensive front is not a bad way to be especially with their history of reloading well. The defense was an outstanding unit last year allowing 16ppg. Pretty good stuff playing Oaks Christian, Don Bosco Prep, Archbishop Wood, LaSalle twice then Parkland, North Penn and Central Catholic, winning by an average score of 43-20.
Looking ahead, the opener with Jesuit (12-1, 5A, Tampa) should be interesting. Good timing personnel wise with Jesuit graduating most of their record setting offense that scored 46ppg including quarterback Daniel Boon (1566yds, 62%) and Malik Davis (UF) who had 2472 yards rushing. Lead WR Travell Harris with 604 yards also graduated.
Known for strong defense (11ppg last year) they return good numbers with their leading tacklers in MLB Braden Gilby (6-2, 225,138 tackles, sr) and OLB Nick Terrana (6-3, 210, 95 tackles, sr) back….plus LB Reid Clark (5-11, 190, 24 tackles, sr), DEs Anthony Nellson (6-2, 235, 81 tackles, sr) and Blake Courtade (6-2, 220, 28 tackles, sr), DT A.J. Pinion (5-9, 230, 39 tackles,, sr), FS Dane Belton (6-1, 180, 54 tackles, jr) and SS Nick Polo (5-10, 170, 44 tackles, jr). Last year saw them lose in the 6A semifinal to American Heritage 21-14. To gage Jesuit’s pedigree through their strength of schedule, here are American Heritage’s (Plantation campus) impressive wins from last year, bearing in mind the narrowness of Jesuit’s loss to them….and that AH would go on to win their 3rd state title in 4 years; Don Bosco Prep 21-0, Colquitt County, GA 17-14 and Northwestern (Miami) 34-32 in the regular season, then Cardinal Gibbon (9-2, Lauderdale), Bishop Moore (11-2, Orlando) and Ponte Vedra (13-1 outside Jacksonville) in the final. Jesuit’s 5 year won-loss is 48-15, going 13-1 and 12-1 the last two years.
This looks like a defensive battle with both fielding veteran units where only one returns a veteran quarterback. Then again it’s at Jesuit who will have two games under their belt having played Gaither (7A, 5-5, Tampa) and Durant (7A, 8-3, Plant City) giving the new QB a few throws and game experience. Plus Tampa is typically summer-like hot on the Gulf Coast in September where it usually gets anywhere from 85 to the low 90s. After this comes St. Peters Prep-NJ and Archbishop Wood.

2 Coatesville 11-2:The Ches Mont champ had a heck of a run last year with such a young team dismantling Abington and Ridley in the postseason before losing to North Penn in the district semifinal 35-13. There was a notable trend losing to power teams like Cumberland Valley 41-21 and North Penn 35-13 (per youth?) by an average score of 17-38 while winning all other games by an average score of 43-16.
For this season the main elements of that offense return, led by the powerful triumvirate of QB Ricky Ortega, running back Aaron Young and wide out Avery Young. Ortega (6-0, 185, so) passed for 2224 yards and 25 Tds while rushing for 596 yards with another 12 tds. Aaron Young (5-11, 190, sr ) rushed for 1410 yards and brings elite speed (4.5/40) with the clear ability to break it on any play. Avery Young (6-2, 195, sr) gives them a real threat receiving with 38 receptions last year for 733 yards. He is a superior talent in the secondary. Mekhi Alexander (5-9, 175, sr) and Dapree Bryant (5-9, 175, jr) can both motor from their SB position and secondary.
The line lost some good ones, particularly Alex Vondra (6-2, 265), Owen Kline (6-1, 250) and Tyler Brown (6-2, 225); some played both ways. Receiver Jaden Hudson is a loss at receiver and the D will definitely miss NG Isiah Hall (5-10, 215), MLB Taun Evan (5-11, 215) and Tyler Brown (6-2, 225) at DE. DB Ed Clark (5-10, 180) is also gone. LBs Jimmy Limper (6-2, 210, jr) and Nikolas Thompson (6-1, 210) are back, Limper at DE with NG Alex Raimondo (5-10, 220, sr) also back. With last’s average score of 39-17, many, many players got playing time, making this a highly experience and deep team.
They’ll be more mature and veteran this year with 6A challenges coming from Downingtown West (4-6) and Downingtown East (9-3). A look at the all-important “schedule read” sees them at Downingtown West in the Whippets home opener after visiting Perk Val, Wayne Val (NJ) and Neshaminy, making for one raucous opener at Kottmeyer. Later in the season Downingtown East closes their home schedule against Coatesville, putting the Raiders in another emotion packed setting perhaps with playoff implications for the Cougars.
They open at Gratz then a tough one at Mechanicsburg across the river from Harrisburg against West Shore power Cumberland Valley. CV is CV, always strong along the lines, running the Wing-T like few teams in this state. Nice chance for some payback but it’s tough winning at Chapman Field behind the school before a packed house where it will be SRO!