By Edward Sutelan There is still about a month and a half to go until the start of the 2020 high school football season, but rumors have already begun to come up that the PIAA is considering canceling the entire fall sports season. The PIAA’s executive director is saying there is nothing to them. Bob Lombardi… Read More

By Terry Toohey Penncrest’s Jonah Jackson is officially a Detroit Lion. The club announced Wednesday that it signed the offensive guard from Ohio State it selected in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft, No. 75 overall. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, RedZoneInsider’s James Layton reported that it is a four-year… Read More

By Terry Toohey The day athletes, coaches and fans throughout Pennsylvania have been waiting for since sports were shut down by the coronavirus pandemic three months has finally arrived. Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday that professional, collegiate, high school and amateur athletes throughout the Commonwealth can begin the process to return to action under modified… Read More

The return of sports is one step closer to happening in Pennsylvania. Gov. Tom Wolf released guidance on how amateur, high school, collegiate, and professional sports can operate amid the coronavirus pandemic. It allows for sports-related activities in all counties in the green phase of the state’s reopening plan as well as permitting certain levels of… Read More

By Matt Smith While the coronavirus pandemic spoiled every high school athlete’s spring sports season, football teams such as Chester High were in the midst of an intense off-season workout regimen.  And now everyone is behind the curve.  When the PIAA gives football the green light, how do coaches and players make up for the… Read More

  By Mike Drago We’ve been stumbling around in the dark for months now, looking for some sort of guidance. There’s been little to be found. We want answers about this coronavirus pandemic and no one at the top seems to have them. We want to go out and play and are told we can’t…. Read More

The restart of high school athletics in Pennsylvania will follow the state government’s coronavirus reopening plan, the PIAA board agreed Wednesday. The Board of Control elected to use as a guide the state’s reopening instructions, which allow a county-by-county status change during the coronavirus pandemic. Under the Plan for Pennsylvania, many counties have gone from the… Read More

  By Matt Smith The PIAA Board of Directors will hold a video conference Wednesday to discuss, among other items, how to proceed with a fall sports season. Coming up with a one-size-fits-all strategy won’t be easy. Pennsylvania’s reopening plan is broken down by three color phases — red, yellow and green. More than 35 counties… Read More

By Matt Smith Dave Barr was perfectly happy in his role at Bonner-Prendergast. Since 2014, Barr has served in the role of director of campus ministry and was the freshman football coach the last three years. Today, the Haverford High grad is gearing up for his first season as the new head football coach at… Read More