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Strath Haven Football Alumni group start-up

By Havenfootball.net Staff

Several former Strath Haven Football players are looking to start an Alumni group.  All players who participated in Nether Providence or Strath Haven football are invited to join.

If you are interested, please contact us at: mailto:ezryder12@gmail.com (Derek Ryder). 

Please include your name, years played and contact information. We will get back to you with more information.

Rustin controls clock, ticks away Academy Park’s playoff stay

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Rustin QB Will Pileggi looks for running room in a game in September. Pileggi led the Golden Knights to a 42-6 win over Academy Park in the District 1 Class 5A quarterfinal Saturday night. (DFM File)

By Matt Smith

Will Pileggi couldn’t help but flash a wide smile Saturday night. The West Chester Rustin quarterback completed 10 of 11 attempts for 124 yards and three touchdowns in a 42-6 trouncing of fourth-seeded Academy Park in a District 1 Class 5A quarterfinal at Strath Haven.

“It feels pretty good right now,” he said. “I’ve never been this far in the playoffs. We made to (the quarterfinals) last year and that was it for us.”

It’s far from over for the fifth-seeded Golden Knights, who get a rematch with No. 1 Penn Wood in next week’s semifinals. Rustin (9-2) handed Penn Wood (11-1) its only defeat of 2018 back in September.

To say that Rustin dominated AP (9-3) would be an understatement. On the opening drive of regulation, Rustin chewed up 6:22 of clock with a methodical 12-play drive capped off by Michael Covert’s first of four touchdowns.

“We practiced really well this week and came out prepared,” Covert said. “All of the coaches got us ready. We went through all of their schemes with our offense and it showed off tonight.”

Webmaster’s note: Don’t forget that if you missed the game, or just want to relive the moment, the audio broadcast of the entire game can be found on the player at the top of this article and all previous games on our Broadcast Archive page.

(click on this link for the full article)

Rain halves Friday’s District 1 slate

By Matt Smith

In the District 1 Class 5A quarterfinals Saturday:

Rustin vs. Academy Park at Strath Haven >> The fifth-seeded Golden Knights (9-2) blanked Oxford, 28-0, for their fifth straight win. Collin Hurley led the way for the Ches-Mont American champions with 96 yards on the ground and a touchdown. He also had an interception.

Rustin is the only team that solved Penn Wood, a 43-28 victory Sept. 21. The fourth-seeded Academy Park (8-3) lost by 20 points to Penn Wood just two weeks ago. Skylor Fillis became the first Delco quarterback to run for 1,000 yards this season in AP’s 20-19 win over No. 13 Strath Haven. Fillis finished with a season-high 219 yards and two TDs.

Webmaster’s note: If you can’t make the game you can listen to it LIVE right here on Havenfootball.net.  Our broadcast will begin at 6:45 PM.

(click on this link for a synopsis of all four Delco team playoff games this weekend)

Haven Freshmen blast Ridley in final game

By Coach Dan Mulhern

Haven Freshman saved their best game for last….beating Ridley 44-6 last night.

Multiple players scored, led by Matt Shuler with 2 touchdowns, one receiving and one rushing.

The Freshmen finished the season 5-3.

Pidgeon resigns at Penncrest

by Matt Smith

Andrew Pidgeon resigned Wednesday as head coach at Penncrest.

In two seasons, Pidgeon guided the Lions to a 4-17 record. This season, the Lions owned the worst record in Delaware County at 1-9.

“I have a lot of appreciation for the players and the administration. They were phenomenal and really supportive” Pidgeon told the Daily Times. “The players were tough kids. They battled adversity and always left the field with their heads held high. That is something I appreciate from them. While we weren’t great on the field, in terms of the wins and losses, we had incredible relationships built. That is something the stats don’t show.

“I’m thankful for my time there.”

(click on this link for the full story)

JV Panthers drop a close game to Marple Newtown

By JV Parent

The Junior Varsity Panthers dropped another tight game with Marple 32-28 despite 4 touchdowns from Jaris Adams.

Defensively the Panthers were led by Aidan Prochniak, back for his first game of the year after recovering from injury, along with Will Graham who was making plays all over the field.

Koll Piechel  and Jack Henry blocked well on offense is support of Jaris’s efforts.

The Panthers will play their final game of the year at Harriton on Monday Oct. 29th. 

Webmaster’s note: Our crack team photographer, Juli Kroon, was at the JV game and we’ve posted some of her great shots in the Team Gallery!

Freshmen defeat Haverford

By Coach Dan Mulhern

In this week’s game our Freshmen beat Haverford 24-8.

Matt Shuler made a touchdown catch and the two point conversion was made by Isaiah Freeman at the end of the first half tieing the game 8-8.

The second half touchdown runs were made by Chase Barlow (20 yards) and Greg Belville (60 yards) along with both 2-point conversions by Matt Shuler. It should be noted the Haven’s Freshmen defense played a strong game holding Haverford to only 8 points.

Haven’s Freshmen are now 2 and 1 for the season. 

A note on archived articles

By Havenfootball.net Staff

Just a quick note to our readers about the articles that appear on our web page.  Our home page, the one you are viewing now, can only accommodate a fixed amount of “posts”.  As the season gets more involved the articles will appear, move down the page, and then vanish from the home page.  All posts, however, are stored in our archives.  At the bottom right hand side of this home page is our Archives listing.  It is listed by month.  Simply click on the month you believe the article originally appeared and a list of the articles posted will appear along with the first few lines.  Click on the headline and you’ll get the article, photos and appropriate links.  Enjoy!