PIAA Football: Garnet Valley’s magical season ends on rival Ridley’s field
RIDLEY TWP. — Joe Halloran wished Ridley High’s Phil Marion Field wouldn’t be the place where his football career ended. He was optimistic about...
PIAA Football: Imhotep was of another level, but Strath Haven ‘kept pounding’
RIDLEY TWP. — The nervous laugh that Anthony Crawford stifled was equal parts exhaustion and resignation. Yes, the Strath Haven junior running back agrees,...
McCaffery: To the end, a Strath Haven team worth remembering
RIDLEY TWP. — The offense was the same, the defense the same, the silver helmets classic, the situation so familiar Friday night, even if...
PIAA Football: Stopped at the end, Barlow proud that Strath Haven ‘never gave up’
RIDLEY TWP. — Junior Sam Milligan put his arm around the shoulders of senior running back/linebacker Chase Barlow as the Strath Haven duo walked...
District 1 Class 5A Championship: Sam Milligan answers Clancy’s call, Haven wins a title
WESTTOWN — No. 2 Strath Haven and No. 1 West Chester Rustin played for the District 1 Class 5A championship Friday night. And, boy, did...
District 1 Class 6A Football: Busenkell, Reynolds put the wraps on a Garnet Valley championship
CONCORD — The clock still showed more than nine minutes to play when Max Busenkell and Shane Reynolds embraced on the Garnet Valley sidelines,...
McCaffery: Garnet Valley’s long awaited title was for their coach, and for each other
CONCORD — One by one they arrived, then two by two, then in groups of five or six, each waiting their turn to define...
WC Rustin falls short to Strath Haven 34-33 in double OT in District 1-5A championship
WESTTOWN >> Sometimes wanting something with every fiber of your body and playing like your life depended on it does not get it done....
Second time is the charm for Ellis, Upper Darby in ending Haverford’s streak
HAVERFORD — To prepare his team for its annual Thanksgiving Day showdown with archrival Haverford, Upper Darby football coach Dave Barr had the Royals...
Mills makes more history as Ridley tops Interboro on Turkey Day
GLENOLDEN — Tahir “Tubby” Mills might need a new nickname after Ridley’s 34-22 victory over Interboro on Thanksgiving. The senior running back can be...