June 28, 2017 Dear Parents, Students, and Staff of the WSSD Community, Thank you to the many of you who have emailed, called, shared tributes, volunteered, offered support and shared in our community’s collective grief over Jack Hontz’ passing. In a previous email to the entire community I shared the schedule for this weekend’s services,… Read More
Saluting Wallingford-Swarthmore’s music man
By Delaware County Times Editorial Board Taxes in the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District are slated to go up 3 percent next year. It will be worth every penny if kids can continue to be exposed to teachers like Jack Hontz. The Wallingford Swarthmore community was stunned Friday to learn that the longtime school district music director… Read More
Funeral service details for Jack Hontz
Havenfootball.net Staff The following is the announcement made by SHHS Principal MaryJo Yannacone regarding funeral services for Mr. Hontz: Visitation Friday, June 30, 2017 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Strath Haven High School 205 South Providence Road Wallingford, PA 19086 Funeral Saturday, July 1, 2017 10:00 a.m. (luncheon to follow at the church) Grove United… Read More
Interview with Jack Hontz 2008
By Havenfootball.net Staff All of us here at Havenfootball.net are heartbroken. Jack’s passing has hit all of us in the Haven community so hard. We at Havenfootball.net wanted to do something in Jack’s memory and we remembered that Jack was one of our first interviews for our broadcast half-time show. It was a great 6… Read More
A Tribute to Jack Hontz
By Pat Clancy, Teacher and Asst. Football Coach, SHHS When your principal calls you at 8:00 PM on a Friday night in the summer to ask for your father’s phone number, you know it’s probably not good news. Like many of my colleagues, I was shocked and saddened to learn of Jack Hontz’s sudden passing yesterday…. Read More
Wallingford-Swarthmore mourns beloved music director Jack Hontz
By Neil H. Sheehan Tributes began pouring in Friday as soon as word spread that Jack Hontz, the longtime inspirational founder and director of Strath Haven High School’s marching band, had died. Hontz, who was also supervisor of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District’s K-12 music program, passed away suddenly Friday afternoon after suffering a heart attack…. Read More
Jack Hontz, SHHS Band Director, has passed away
By Havenfootball.net Staff It is with deep sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of our legendary band director, Jack Hontz. He believed that anyone who was willing to hold an instrument and make an effort could play in his band. He took tremendous pride in the fact that Strath Haven took the home team… Read More
2017 Season turnover
By Havenfootball.net Staff The 2016 football season is long over and, as hard as this is to believe, the first game of the 2017 season is less than 70 days away! We will be changing over to the 2017 season on July 1st. That means that our rosters, game schedules, cheerleader and band pages will… Read More
Hero Bowl: Ngaima, Del Val ‘teammates’ leave West stars in dust in
By Dillon Friday For all their clashes on autumn Fridays, one might expect members of the Del Val League to be at each other’s throats whenever they find themselves in close proximity, especially on a football field. But that’s just not the case. There’s a camaraderie that defines the league, and it was on full… Read More
Delco’s Hero Bowl still turning rivals into friends
By Terry Toohey James King and Obadiah Asare stood in the weight room at Haverford High Wednesday afternoon waiting to give Kareem Bernard a lift to Hero Bowl practice at Widener University. Any other time of the year this meeting would be unusual, and possibly a little dangerous. You see, King and Asare attend… Read More