tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18599901212331248372010-02-12T18:25:19.303-05:00Phily District 12 NotesRamblings about Philadelphia High School Sports.Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-18316319644393017292009-11-08T13:01:00.000-05:002009-11-08T13:02:21.633-05:002009-11-08T13:02:21.633-05:00District 12 Playoffs - Part IIDistrict 12 Playoffs – Part IIOk, we’re in the thick of the playoffs now. At the AAAA and AAA levels, the universe is peaceful, with teams winning and moving on, and losing teams packing it in for the year. But, the A and AA divisions is like a second chance bonanza. Teams lose and move deeper into the playoffs, while other teams have to beat the same team more than once in the same playoffs.Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/11/district-12-playoffs-part-ii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-78108457432155155132009-11-06T10:50:00.001-05:002009-11-06T10:52:04.204-05:002009-11-06T10:52:04.204-05:00Games to Watch - Week 10Recap of Week 9There weren't any "wow" results in week 9, but we're hoping for some exciting games in week 10. The Pick 'em panel was a perfect 4-0 in week 9, bringing the season total to 27-9. This week, we'll be picking all of the playoff games in District 12. The further we get into the playoff season, the tougher these picks will be. But, we'll give it out best shot.Playoff Games - Week Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/11/games-to-watch-week-10.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-50374702840222111112009-11-06T10:30:00.002-05:002009-11-06T10:39:28.573-05:002009-11-06T10:39:28.573-05:00District 12 Playoffs - Part IDistrict 12 Playoffs CommentaryIn the AAAA bracket, all is well in the universe. The top four teams in the Philly Pub are in the semi-finals. The surprise team in the mix is Bartram. You see, the Pub has several tiers of ability, with Washington, Frankford and Northeast generally at the top of the food chain. In the second tier, you have teams like Bartram, Overbrook, Central, Germantown, andMike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/11/district-12-playoffs-part-i.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-75792142795786396872009-11-02T09:38:00.002-05:002009-11-02T09:41:33.676-05:002009-11-02T09:41:33.676-05:00District 12 Rankings - Week 10District 12 - Top Ten1. St Joseph Prep (7-1, 5-0) (1) Last Week: Beat Bonner 38-0 - Prep has secured the top spot in the PCL AAAA division and will play Roman in the semi-finals. 2. LaSalle (7-1, 4-1) (2). Last Week: Beat Roman 45-7 - It's simple for the Explorers. Beat O'Hara, secure 2nd place. But, we're not too sure O'Hara is going to make it that easy. Like Prep/Roman, LaSalle and O'Hara Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/11/district-12-rankings-week-10.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-47097135981682323472009-10-30T08:13:00.001-04:002009-10-30T08:15:49.710-04:002009-10-30T08:15:49.710-04:00Week 9 PreviewRecap – Week 8In the “Games to Watch” section, our “Pick ‘em” panel went 3-1 once again, bringing our season record to 23-9. In one of our rare rants, we decided to discuss Father Judge. How can a team that played in the PCL AAAA championship game in 2008, and got off to such a good start in 2009, go into the dumper so quickly with consecutive losses to Roman and Bonner? Forget that. How did Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/10/week-9-preview.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-54852295985759353742009-10-26T17:46:00.001-04:002009-10-26T17:48:25.073-04:002009-10-26T17:48:25.073-04:00Week 9 RankingsDistrict 12 - Top Ten1. St Joseph Prep (6-1, 4-0) (1) Last Week: Beat O'Hara 21-14 - Prep has now beaten the probable second and third place teams in the PCL AAAA division. Both wins were 7 point wins, so you can expect the Hawks to have to work to win it all this year, especially with hungry teams like LaSalle and O'hara waiting to get their shot at Prep again.2. LaSalle (6-1, 3-1) (2). Last Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/10/week-9-rankings.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-83054348031348008262009-10-22T14:30:00.001-04:002009-10-22T14:33:09.559-04:002009-10-22T14:33:09.559-04:00Week 7 Recap - Rankings Week 8Recap of Week 7There were two games last week that really surprised us at the office. The first was Judge's 23-14 loss to Roman. We didn't see that one coming. It really puts Judge's playoff hopes in jeopardy. The other was the non-league contest between McDevitt and Lansdale Catholic. Lansdale was 0-6 entering this game, and McDevitt was 6-0. But Lansdale's consistent ball control offense Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/10/week-7-recap-rankings-week-8.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-60908027626050791992009-10-14T17:13:00.004-04:002009-10-14T17:21:28.599-04:002009-10-14T17:21:28.599-04:00Games to Watch and Rankings Week 7Recap of Week 6Week 6 saw some unexpected outcomes. At least they were unexpected to us. We went with the upset of Father Judge over LaSalle, but LaSalle flexed their collective muscle and held off the Crusaders 28-10. We also expected School of the Future to get by Del-Val. Boy, were we wrong in picking that one. Del-Val put a whooping on the team from Future, 50-0. So, overall, we were 2-Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/10/games-to-watch-and-rankings-week-7.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-33250620041933161902009-10-06T09:22:00.001-04:002009-10-06T09:24:06.604-04:002009-10-06T09:24:06.604-04:00Week 6 RankingsWith all of the upsets and unexpected finishes in Week 5, week six’s top ten had a few teams changing spots. The top two (Prep, LaSalle) held on to their spots, but three teams (West Catholic, Washington, Frankford) dropped significantly. Teams breaking into our top ten were Northeast (7), Bartram (9) and Roman (10). Expect to see some more changes after this week.District 12 Top Ten (team, Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/10/week-6-rankings.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-77560033941064829642009-10-05T10:09:00.003-04:002009-10-05T10:22:23.476-04:002009-10-05T10:22:23.476-04:00Week 6 NotesWeek 5 RecapAfter several weeks of football “as expected”, the world of Philly football seemed to implode upon itself. Upsets and unexpected outcomes were the big story for week 5 in District 12. It was so bad, that our pick ‘em panel only went 2-2 in week 5, bringing our overall season record to 15-5.In the Philly Pub, the usual suspects for the top spots in the AAAA classification, WashingtonMike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/10/week-5-notes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-29758417812729343102009-10-02T09:39:00.001-04:002009-10-02T09:42:41.638-04:002009-10-02T09:42:41.638-04:00Week 5 Notes and RankingsWeek 4 RecapIn the PCL, St Joe Prep reestablished their dominance by knocking off the #1 team, LaSalle, in a come from behind 24-17 victory. This is the 4th of 5 straight big games for the Hawks, who take on # 5, Father Judge. LaSalle recovers with an easy week, playing Ryan. Our pick ‘em panel went 4-0 in week 4, bringing us to a respectable 13-3 after 4 weeks. We’ll have four more games forMike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/10/week-5-notes-and-rankings.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-15820209298136673962009-09-22T12:03:00.003-04:002009-09-22T12:06:38.663-04:002009-09-22T12:06:38.663-04:00Week 4 RankingsIn week 3, LaSalle beat West Catholic, despite with their best RB and WR sitting on the sidelines with injuries. Prep couldn't be a giant killer three weeks in a row as they lost convincingly to District 1 powerhouse, North Penn. West Catholic played tough against #1 LaSalle, Judge still hasn't ramped it up yet, playing a not so great team from upstate. O'Hara, who at one time would play the Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/09/week-4-rankings.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-10000004903246008172009-09-21T09:55:00.003-04:002009-09-21T09:59:40.732-04:002009-09-21T09:59:40.732-04:00Week 4 NotesRecap of Week 3Our pick team went 3-1 in our four “Games to Watch” during week 3. The only letdown was St Joe Prep, who lost convincingly to North Penn. The Prep team seems to like to travel out of state for big wins, because coming back home didn’t help them one bit. We picked LaSalle over West, and despite LaSalle missing two all catholic offensive weapons, they were able to squeak by the Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/09/week-4-notes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-88157999835021346092009-09-14T10:32:00.007-04:002009-09-15T00:12:54.508-04:002009-09-15T00:12:54.508-04:00Week 3 NotesRecap of Week 2The pick team was 4-0 in Week 2, despite picking Dougherty for the first time in our blog’s history. The Cardinals came through for us, allowing us to pull off the sweep. Now, we’ll get together to pick a handful of games in Week 3. So far, we are 6-2 in our “Games to Watch” selections.No surprises in Week 2There weren’t any games last week where we said, “Wow, that team won?!”Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/09/week-3-notes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-23265932438906605142009-09-08T10:51:00.008-04:002009-09-08T11:10:48.453-04:002009-09-08T11:10:48.453-04:00Week 2 NotesWeek 1 RECAPWell, the staff at PhillyD12.com went 2-2 in our games to watch picks. We had Parkland beating Washington, but we thought Washington would have at least scored in this game. We also correctly picked West Catholic over Roman, but the actual game was a bit closer than we expected. We thought the Frankford-Hatboro Horsham game would be close, but we picked Frankford to win at home. The Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/09/week-2-notes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-12387268855735161832009-09-03T13:31:00.003-04:002009-09-03T13:41:03.635-04:002009-09-03T13:41:03.635-04:00Distict 12 Kickoff WeekendWell sports fans, it’s the beginning of the 2009 football season. And, once again, we will be providing commentary on the District 12 teams. In addition to our weekly rankings, we’ll also pick the games to watch each week, and a little commentary on the happenings around the league. We’re not going to start the rankings until next week. Afterall, this is high school football, and not the Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/09/distict-12-kickoff-weekend.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-81602189892028959072009-08-14T12:34:00.003-04:002009-08-14T12:37:34.396-04:002009-08-14T12:37:34.396-04:00A Look at the Pre-Season in District 12We are just a weekend away from the opening of high school football camps across the great state of Pennsylvania. This seems to be a good time to look at some of the pre-season games that have been scheduled for the 2009 campaign for District 12.Starting in the Philly Pub, the first thing that catches my eye is the pre-season schedule of Gemantown. Now, Germantown isn’t a real bad team, and I’mMike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/08/look-at-pre-season-in-district-12.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-74495873838025674702009-07-07T21:32:00.001-04:002009-07-07T21:33:42.953-04:002009-07-07T21:33:42.953-04:00The 2009 Season is Just Around the CornerThe 2009 football season is fast approaching, and there is still an outside chance that changes could be on the way. One is a potentially big change, and the other would affect the number of schools in the district.Changes in District 12First, the PIAA is still considering adding two additional classifications for football. This discussion has been going on for about a year now, and has been Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com2http://www.phillyd12.com/2009/07/2009-season-is-just-around-corner.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-12679266826625176182008-12-04T08:14:00.004-05:002008-12-04T08:22:13.948-05:002008-12-04T08:22:13.948-05:00Final - Philly Top TeamsThe only two teams from District 12 who are still playing are West Catholic (AA) and Archbishop Wood (AAA). Neither of their outcomes will influence this list, so we are making this the final list for 2008. Heck basketball is starting as we have to re-tool our brains for that by Saturday.1. West Catholic (2) 13-1* Last Week: Beat Dunmore 49-21 (State AA Quarter-Final)The Burrs have hung around Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2008/12/final-philly-top-teams.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-42108117335873566392008-11-25T09:30:00.004-05:002008-11-25T14:27:16.528-05:002008-11-25T14:27:16.528-05:00The Wrong Time For The PIAA To Grow A SetA friend of a friend of mine from South Philly, who is close to the football program at Neumann-Goretti, told me a story about a player at Neumann-Goretti that I just couldn’t believe. But, I’ll piece it together the best that I can so maybe someone out there can explain the logic (or lack thereof).The Saints of Neumann-Goretti had, I guess what can best be described as, a tough year on the Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2008/11/wrong-time-for-piaa-to-grow-set.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-24250328877282336722008-11-20T13:49:00.005-05:002008-11-20T14:00:26.448-05:002008-11-20T14:00:26.448-05:00Week 13 - Top Philly TeamsWe didn't post a poll in Week 12 for many reasons. First, the entire staff has been busy with jobs that actually pay the bills around here. Second, we had our computer take a dump on us and we had to rush it to NJ to get it fixed. Third, well the third reason is very personal, so we won't get into that. Anyway, we will most likely only post one more list this season, and that will be next week Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2008/11/week-13-top-philly-teams.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-87384984313939512142008-11-06T13:29:00.003-05:002008-11-06T13:37:35.363-05:002008-11-06T13:37:35.363-05:00Week 11 - Top Philly TeamsIt's crunch time all over District 12. In the "A", the District champ and runner up will play in a state playoff game. The "AA" will crown a District champ. The AAA division will crown league champs, along with the Pub AAAA. The PCL AAAA is just getting underway. So, there you have it, all division in both leagues will be in the middle of playoff season. It's a great time to be a fan of Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2008/11/week-11-top-philly-teams.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-9558523412826132382008-10-30T22:05:00.003-04:002008-10-30T22:07:56.349-04:002008-10-30T22:07:56.349-04:00Random notesFootballPrep as division winner - St Joe Prep has won their division each year in this century. But, if Prep and LaSalle both win this week, that streak will come to an end. The only way Prep wins the division is if LaSalle loses their game at O'Hara and Prep beats Roman.Long dry spell for the Crusaders - Judge hasn't won their division title since 1982, but ironically, they didn't Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2008/10/random-notes-football-prep-as-division.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-33899276880046164662008-10-30T21:07:00.006-04:002008-10-30T21:18:17.112-04:002008-10-30T21:18:17.112-04:00Week 10 - Top Philly Teams1. St Joe Prep (1) 7-2 Last Week: Beat Monsignor Bonner 38-0Prep finishes their season with a game against Roman. This rematch of the 2007 championship game looked a lot more enticing about 3-4 weeks ago, but with Roman already eliminated fromt the playoff hunt, the Cahillites are just playing for some respect in this finale. The Hawks have been on a tear since losing to LaSalle in week 4 and Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com4http://www.phillyd12.com/2008/10/week-10-top-philly-teams.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859990121233124837.post-86882399079958032008-10-23T07:48:00.003-04:002008-10-23T07:55:16.777-04:002008-10-23T07:55:16.777-04:00Week 9 - Top Philly TeamsThe races in the PCL AAAA and AAA are heating up, while the playoff brackets have been set for all of the rest of the teams in District 12. This week, the Pub begins playoffs in all four classes and the PCL begins in AA. By the end of Saturday night, the PCL AAA division will be set for playoffs. The PCL AAAA will need to wait until next week. This is a great time of the year, and with the Mike Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866917380957201027noreply@blogger.com0http://www.phillyd12.com/2008/10/week-9-top-philly-teams.html