St. Joe's Prep is Playing on ESPN this Weekend
Let’s get it back to high school football.
Local powerhouse St. Joe’s Prep begins their season this weekend, and they’re gonna be on ESPN as part of the kickoff weekend for high school football coverage.
From the press release:
Saturday, August 27
St. Joseph’s Prep (Penn.) vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.)
Noon on ESPN from Brian Piccolo Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.Thomas Aquinas has won three straight FHSAA 7A titles and the Raiders show no signs of slowing down with No. 247 King Mack – S (Penn St. commit) along with three ESPN Junior 300 ranked players – No. 31 James Madison II – WR, No. 233 Earl Kulp – CB and No. 264 Chance Robinson – WR.
Joseph’s Prep is just one season removed from a three-peat of their own in Pennsylvania (20019-21). The Hawks will be tough on defense with a pair of LB’s heading to West Virginia, Josiah Trotter and James Heard, while CB Omillio Agard is the No. 177 player in the junior class.
I know if you’re a La Salle CHS alum you don’t give half a shit about this, but it’s cool to see Philly high school football on the big stage. I used to shoot high school ball for Channel 3 and there were a lot of great games and great players that just got overshadowed in a huge pro sports town and never got any media coverage.
Anyway, Aquinas has won 13 Florida state championships and three national championships. Prep has six Pennsylvania state titles and was twice a runner up, so it should be a good matchup. And maybe one of these days we’ll get the Boyertown Bears on ESPN. Go Bears.
