West Catholic Burrs
| West Catholic Burrs |
| Head Coach: Don Richardson |
| PIAA District 12 - Class 2A |
| Philadelphia Catholic League - Blue |
PFN Coaches 2A All State Team is released
January 4, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
The Pennsylvania Coaches have released their PA All-State 2A teams with Coach of the Year honors going to the leader of the State Champions HC Jim Roth who led the team to its 7th straight state title. The state coaches voted Southern Columbia’s Sr. LB Garrett Garcia as the Player of the Year. The Tigers […]
District 12 sends its finest to Division 1 programs on early signing day
December 20, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
The Philadelphia Public, Catholic and Inter-Ac schools all had strong seasons and both the Catholic and public league had a state championship win this season. With winning comes player recognition by college scouts and the two state champions lead the way as Imhotep star DL Jahsear Whittington inked his letter of intent with the University […]
District 12 Catholic League Week 10 Preview
October 27, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Philadelphia Catholic League Week 10 Preview CL Red Division Roman Catholic @ St. Joes Prep (10/28 @7pm Upper Dublin HS) Roman enters this CL Red Division game 7-1 outscoring their opponents by a margin of 266-128 and riding a 4-game winning streak. Their lone loss was to Maryland powerhouse Dematha Catholic which was just a […]
Cardinal O’Hara Strikes Quick Then Defense Shuts Out West Catholic
September 16, 2023 | Willie McGonigle
SPRINGFIELD: Entering Friday nights Philadelphia Catholic League Blue Division opener Cardinal O’Hara Head Coach Mike Ewing knew his defense was in for a tough test in having to defend against visiting West Catholic and their Quarterback Kal-El Durham. Luckly for Ewing his Lions defense was up to the test and his offense did enough as […]
District 12 Rewind & Review: Week 1
September 6, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
Week 1 in District 12 was full of excitement with some marque matchups some ended in thrilling fashion, others ended with a running clock. Without further ado lets’ get into the games of the week with the great 8 for the week: #1 St. Joes’ Prep v St Peters Prep: The Hawks coming off a […]
Ryan Nase secures first win as Northeast Head Coach
September 2, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
After falling on the road last week to Cedar Crest the Northeast Vikings were determined to come back this weekend and get that taste of defeat out of their mouths. This Vikings team is talented but short on experience as most of what was expected to return for reasons unknown bolted to other city programs. […]
PHOTO GALLERY: Mid-Atlantic Pigskin Classic – Northeast v. West Catholic
September 2, 2023 | Sykotyk
Photos from Northeast’s 14-6 victory over West Catholic at Abessinio Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. For more, and larger photos from this game and others this weekend, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
District XII Philly Catholic League Blue Division Preview
August 24, 2023 | Anthony Franklin
CL BLUE DIVISION PREVIEW The 2022 season saw a 3-team battle for the top spot in the CL Blue. Neumann Goretti, Bonner-Prendie & Conwell Egan all battled for the division title with Bonner coming out undefeated in league play and the division title. NG would have the most overall team success going to the PIAA […]
West Catholic Edge rusher Jayzen Flint going to be an Eagle after high school
June 25, 2023 | Billy Splain
One of the best athletes in Philly’s class of 2023 has made his college choice, and it’s a P5 school for him. The talented 6-3, 240 pound defensive end will take his talents to Boston College. Jayzen Flint helped lead West Catholic on a deep playoff run in 2022 and would like to continue that […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to Know West Catholic (SS/CB/OLB) JayVon Story
April 29, 2023 | Noah Stomsky
JayVon Story 2024 West Catholic Prep SS/CB/OLB Jersey #13 HT/WT 5’11/162 Lbs Other Sports: Track and Field Twitter: @vonstory13 “JayVon is the x factor coming into the season and we expect to see a huge jump in production from him. He played a hybrid LB/SS in last year’s defense showing the ability to play in […]
The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 4 – Both Teams Score 5 Touchdowns)
April 21, 2023 | Phil Myers
(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022. I was just a young whipper-snapper in the 60s, joined the Marines in the 70s, and didn’t get to witness many games in the 80s. […]
Trinity comes up big on defense and special teams, blanks West Catholic 24-0
November 18, 2022 | Billy Splain
“We knew coming in that was a good defense over there” said Trinity head coach Jordan Hill. “That was our game plan all week. We knew they could fly around, get some pressure. Our run game wasn’t as good as it has been the last couple weeks and we were going to have to hang […]
Class 2A Sub regional playoff preview: Trinity vs West Catholic
November 18, 2022 | Billy Splain
West Catholic (4-7) v Trinity (8-4) Don’t let the records fool you. Both of these teams are battle tested. The Shamrocks have four losses, however, those four losses came at the hands of three top ranked teams from larger classifications and one team that’s ranked #1. Roman Catholic, Wyomissing, West Perry (all handed the Shamrocks […]
In a Blurr, The Burrs Fell Behind Early and The Bulldogs Advance to State Semifinal. @AthleticsNlsd @WCPrepFootball
November 27, 2021 | Brian Ptashinski
Even on a cold, windy night, Bulldogs used passing game to vault over West Catholic to move on in the PIAA 2A playoffs. WHITEHALL TWP- On a night with the air temperature was 35 degrees and with the wind chill it felt like 15. Coach Joe Tout, decided to against convention and just pound the […]
Father Judge Survives Over West Catholic @fjfootball27 @WCBurrs
April 16, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
Friday night the Father Judge Crusaders and West Catholic Burrs faced off in a defensive matchup in which failed two-point conversions were the difference in a 14-12 win for the Crusaders. The offensive attack of the Burrs struck early in the second quarter in Friday’s game. Junior Zymeen Howell took the ball and scampered 98 […]
Imhotep Panthers Shut Down West Catholic @TepFootball @KeonWylie
April 11, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
Many experts say that in football you need to be able to execute in all three phases of the game. Saturday night in Germantown the only phase of the game the Imhotep Charter Panthers needed was their defense. In a big 27-0 win over the West Catholic Burrs the Panther’s defense held to just -3 […]
Neumann-Goretti stymies West Catholic, 36-8 @HEADSAINT @WCP_athletics
March 22, 2021 | Sykotyk
Saturday, March 20 Neumann-Goretti v. West Catholic Bok Field, South Philadelphia Super Site, Philadelphia, PA Neumann-Goretti would ride the stout defensive front as they set up shop in the West Catholic backfield most of the first half. #5 would score from 17 yards out. In the second, Kevin Thomas would get a 5 yard TD […]
2021 Spring PFN Player Profile: Naidir Hilliard – West Catholic @1lilnaddi
March 15, 2021 | Tristan Klinefelter
Naidir Hilliard Class of 2022 West Catholic Prep. High School CB/WR Ht: 5’10 Wt: 152 Awards: Defensive Player of the year, most improved player, All-Freshman award Other sports: Track and field Twitter: @1lilnaddi Why do you play football? I play because I enjoy the sport itself and learning about it but, I grew up in […]
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