Football


EAGLES CRUSH GIANTS BUT HARD TO TELL IF WIN WAS SEASON-CHANGER

Al Thompson

EAST RUTHERFORD: Time will tell if what happened Thursday night at MetLife Stadium was the turning point for the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles or just the result of playing a bad opponent. The Birds (3-3) pounded the New York Football Giants (1-5) 34-13 in a game that was never seriously in doubt from […]


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WEEK SEVEN: LITTLE MOVEMENT AT THE TOP OF THE FOOTBALLSTORIES SE PA TOP 20 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS

Al Thompson

The second half of the 2018 Southeastern High School Football season is well underway, and the top programs are starting to distance themselves from the pack.
1. Coatesville (7-0), 2. St. Joe’s Prep (4-0), 3. Imhotep Charter (4-2) , 4. Garnet Valley (7-0), 5. Archbishop Wood (4-2), 6. North Penn (7-0), 7. Malvern Prep (6-0), 8. Downingtown East (7-0), 9. Radnor (6-1), 10. Harry S. Truman (6-1)


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FOOTBALLSTORIES SOUTH JERSEY TOP 20 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS

Al Thompson

WEEK SEVEN: The Top five spots in the Footballstories South Jersey Top 20 High School teams held firm and thus held their spots.
Williamstown has emerged as the team to beat in Group 5 play as the home stretch in the schedule begins to unfold.
Haddonfield (6-0), Woodrow Wilson (6-0), Highland Regional(6-0) and St. Joseph, Hammonton (5-1) all won last week.


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GIANTS FINALLY PLANT FLOWERS ON WAIVERS

Staff report

The Giants 2015 first round pick out of the University of Miami struggled in New York from the day he arrived. Two of the first three plays from scrimmage in 2018 were penalties. So the writing was on the wall for this and has been since Big Blue made wholesale changes at the top after the 2017 ended with a 3-13 record.
The Giants signed tackle Brian Mihalik off their practice squad to take Flowers’ roster spot.
Chad Wheeler replaced him after week two.


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MISTAKES CONTINUE TO HOLD EAGLES BACK – THIS TIME AGAINST THE VIKINGS

Al Thompson

Eagles franchise quarterback Carson Wentz has been back for three games and the Birds have lost two of them, the second was a 23-21 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at the Linc. His numbers have been good. Sunday against the Vikings, Wentz was 24 of 35 for 311 yards and two touchdown passes. He rushed […]


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TEMPLE SCORES BIG WIN OVER EAST CAROLINA

Rock Hoffman

Temple pounded East Carolina 49-6 on Saturday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field. 43 points is the biggest margin of victory against an FBS team in school history. The Owls (3-3, 2-0 American) rolled up 470 yards offense and scored on four of their first five possessions. Quarterback Anthony Russo was 21 of 25 for 254 […]


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MIDDLETOWN IS IN LEAGUE OF ITS OWN AFTER FOUR WEEKS

Matt Santoleri

The hot starting Middletown Cavilers haven’t cooled off one bit. Led again by Junior RB Najair Smith and his three TD day against St. Georges, they continue to make their mark as the best football team in the diamond state. The road for the Cavilers isn’t getting any easier as the year goes on however. […]


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PENN TO GO TO CHINA IN THE SPRING

Rock Hoffman

Last spring, several members of the Temple University football team took a trip to Japan. Next spring, another Philadelphia-area college football team will take a trip to the Far East. Penn will hold a week of their 2019 spring practices in China from March 2-9 during the University’s spring break, culminating in the 2019 Penn-China […]


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THESE HORNETS WANT TO STING NOW AND FOREVER

Al Thompson

Head coach Michael Means appears to have Oxford on the path to forging a program that is built to last.
When you are a new head football coach taking over a program that has taken its share of lumps over recent year, it is not so much acquiring talent from the student body, it’s important for sure, but the most important element to building a program is developing a winning attitude.


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WILLINGBORO’S CHRIS LONG IS OPENING EYES

Joseph Santoliquito

Chris Long was tentative at first. That’s what usually happens to sophomores when they’re breaking into the high school varsity football level for the first time. They carry that wide-eyed, wondering look trying to grasp the speed, the size, the terminology and physicality of their new world. So, Long, a speedy 6-foot-2, 175-pound cornerback and […]


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