DLN-area Week 1 Football Capsules & Picks
The long wait is over. Finally, and actually a week earlier than usual, the scholastic football season is getting underway tonight and we have...
DLN ALL-AREA: Whippets’ McLemore sprints to landmark year
On a sweltering May Saturday, Downingtown West’s Josh McLemore turned in a performance for the ages at the PIAA Class AAA Track and Field...
DLN ALL-AREA: Downingtown West’s Smith goes out in grand style
The No. 13 was both lucky and significant for Downingtown West boys track and field coach James Smith. In his 13th season as head...
DLN ALL-AREA: Oleszek carries Whippets to another league title
The old adage in high school baseball says if you put the ball in play, good things will happen because the other team will...
Family ties rule as West beats East in annual Valor Bowl
WESTTOWN >> When Joe Carroll and Scott Allison teamed up to start the Valor Bowl in the late 1990s, they envisioned a local high...
Council Rock North baseball returns to District 1 championship with win over Whippets (VIDEO)
EAGLEVILLE – Facing Council Rock North closer C.J. Kilgariff with two outs, Downingtown West catcher Nick Campana watched as three balls went by him...
Missed chances doom Downingtown West in 1-AAAA semifinal loss
FAIRVIEW VILLAGE >> In baseball, as in life, to be successful you have to finish what you started. Tuesday afternoon at Methacton High School...
Downingtown West clinches first state berth by routing Spring-Ford
DOWNINGTOWN >> History joined heat in the air at Downingtown West High School on Friday. The third-seeded Whippets cemented a berth in the state...
Britt leads Downingtown West past Neshaminy, into quarters
DOWNINGTOWN >> This is not your father’s Downingtown West baseball team. Last season, West hosted a playoff game and was upset in the first...
Rothenberger homers, Downingtown West blanks PW in District 1-AAAA 1st round
DOWNINGTOWN >> It looked like Jamie Rothenberger’s day was done when Plymouth Whitemarsh Reagan Ebersole slid into second base on a failed steal attempt...