Group Hoping To Open New Private Catholic School in North Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A local group is working to open up a private, nonprofit Catholic high school in the fall of 2012 in North Philadelphia. John McConnell, the chairman of the trustees at St....
View Article100 High School Students Get Internships With City Of Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - For 100 local high schoolers, summer in the city means an internship at Philadelphia City Hall. The program got underway today with a greeting from the mayor. The interns embarked...
View ArticleLa Salle And St. Joe’s Prep Ready For Showdown Of The Year
Top 10 Week of Oct. 12, 2012 1. St. Joseph’s Prep (Record: 5-0. Previous Week: 1. Weeks Rated: 5.) 2. La Salle (Record: 6-0. Previous Week: 2. Weeks Rated: 7.) 3. Downingtown East (Record: 6-0....
View ArticlePhiladelphia School To Begin Randomly Drug Testing Students
By Oren Liebermann PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The next test for students at St. Joseph’s Prep school won’t require a pen and paper – it’ll take a single strand of hair. “Our hope is to educate them and...
View ArticleGraduating High School Seniors Discuss Present, Future
By Special Contributor Larry Kane PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Remember your High School graduation? Your hopes and dreams? Members of the High School class of 2013 offered their perspective on the future as...
View ArticleLocal H.S. Football Coach Plays Role In Making The Game Safer
By Tim Jimenez PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – There’s been a lot of concern about concussions in sports lately, especially football. So, a local high school coach led a clinic Saturday, giving other coaches a...
View ArticleHigh School Football Top Ten: St. Joe’s Prep Looks To Make History
By Joseph Santoliquito Philadelphia, PA (CBS)—It’s August and already St. Joseph’s Prep coach Gabe Infante is up against an unwinnable battle: It will be hard keeping his team from wandering onto...
View ArticleHigh School Football: Top Ten Area Players
By Joseph Santoliquito Philadelphia, PA (CBS) — There is a little misconception that continues about Pennsylvania high school football that the best talent and better teams are located on the western...
View ArticleHigh School Top 10 & Previewing This Weekend’s Top Games
By Joseph Santoliquito Southeastern PA Top 10 Week of Sept. 6, 2013 1. St. Joseph’s Prep (Record: 1-0. Weeks Rated: 2.) 2. Coatesville (Record: 1-0. Weeks Rated: 2.) 3. Archbishop Wood (Record: 1-0....
View ArticleSt. Joe Prep’s Unsung Hero Chris Martin
By Joseph Santoliquito Philadelphia, PA (CBS) — There’s going to be another quarterback playing in the huge Catholic League Class AAAA showdown Friday at 7 p.m. when La Salle hosts arch rival St. Joe’s...
View ArticleHigh School Football Top Ten: Prep Vs. La Salle
Southeastern PA Top 10 Week of Oct. 11, 2013 1. Coatesville (Record: 6-0. Weeks Rated: 7.) 2. St. Joseph’s Prep (Record: 4-1. Weeks Rated: 7.) 3. Archbishop Wood (Record: 5-1. Weeks Rated: 7.) 4....
View ArticleD’Andre Swift Is A Freshman Worth Watching
By Joseph Santoliquito Philadelphia, PA (CBS) — It came in a blink. Chris Martin spotted a flash of white out of the corner of his eye and the St. Joseph’s Prep quarterback promptly darted the ball in...
View ArticleNutter Helps St. Joe’s Prep Celebrate First City Football Title in 3½ Decades
By John McDevitt PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Mayor Nutter was among those attending a pep rally today at St. Joe’s Prep as the school’s football team moves on to the state playoffs. On Saturday, St. Joe’s...
View ArticleSt. Joseph’s Prep Is Ready To Make More History
By Joseph Santoliquito Philadelphia, PA (CBS)—Gabe Infante has done a number of things incredibly well in leading St. Joseph’s Prep to new terrain this season, reaching the PIAA Class AAAA state...
View ArticleSt. Joe’s Prep And Archbishop Wood Make History With State Titles
By Joseph Santoliquito Philadelphia, PA (CBS) — There were plenty of shocks this weekend during the PIAA state championships, but Southeastern Pennsylvania was represented extremely well in St....
View ArticlePrep’s John Reid Is Player Of The Year
By Joseph Santoliquito Philadelphia, PA (CBS)—John Reid was a maroon blur that seemingly came from nowhere. Neshaminy speedster D’Andre Pollard thought he had a clear path to the end zone for a 21-yard...
View ArticleMayor Nutter Proclaims Dec. 20, 2013 Prep Day
By Joseph Santoliquito Philadelphia, PA (CBS)—For a second there, it was as if he was a wide-eyed freshman walking through the halls of St. Joseph’s Prep again. He was excited, emotionally invested and...
View ArticleSt. Joe’s Prep Is Going National
By Joseph Santoliquito Philadelphia, PA (CBS)— Since he arrived as head football coach at St. Joseph’s Prep, Gabe Infante’s goal has always been to shed a national spotlight on the program. A major...
View ArticleSt. Joseph’s Prep Ranked Among Nation’s Preseason Top 25 High School Football...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — When you beat Dan Marino’s Alma Mater in the PIAA state championship game you earn respect. That’s what happened to St. Joseph’s Prep High School in Philadelphia, who beat...
View ArticleNorth Philadelphia Team Gets a New Community Football Field
By Mike DeNardo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It’s a promise kept. A new football field is being built for the Blackhawks, one Philadelphia’s premier “Pop Warner” peewee football teams. After the Blackhawks...
View ArticleSt. Joe’s Prep Predicted To Go Undefeated
By Joseph Santoliquito PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — St. Joseph’s Prep will go 8-0 during the regular season, score 267 points, averaging 33.3 points a game, and surrender a mere 87 points, giving up an...
View ArticleA Number Of Area High Schools Could Win State Titles This Year
By Joseph Santoliquito PHILADELPHIA, PA (CBS)— The Philadelphia area, long known for its rich basketball tradition, is sometimes bypassed when it comes to football talent in comparison to the other...
View ArticleHigh School Top 10: Jack Clements Taking Control At Prep
By Joseph Santoliquito PHILADELPHIA, PA (CBS) — It hasn’t been easy, taking over as the starting quarterback of a defending state champion, trying to replace a strong leader, trying to play up to a...
View ArticleHigh School Top 10: St. Joe’s Prep On Target Again
By Joseph Santoliquito PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The intention has always been aimed towards this time of the year. St. Joseph’s Prep coach Gabe Infante knew the dangerous gauntlet he was entering when he...
View ArticleYouth Football Team Cuts Ribbon On New Field In North Philadelphia
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Pop Warner Pee Wee champion Blackhawks dedicated their new football field in North Philadelphia Monday afternoon. The milestone means someone kept a long held...
View ArticleSt. Joe’s Prep Quarterback Jack Clements Emerges As A Leader
By Joseph Santoliquito PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — There was a moment over the summer when Jack Clements was struggling. The St. Joseph’s Prep quarterback had some thought juggling to process, dealing with...
View ArticleSt. Joseph Prep’s Gabe Infante Is The 2014 Coach Of The Year
By Joseph Santoliquito PHILADELPHIA, PA (CBS) — Look at the line of toes, and you’ll notice something each time St. Joseph’s Prep coach Gabe Infante addresses his players before and after games and...
View ArticleSt. Joe’s Prep President Blesses Flag For High School Grad Before He Sets Off...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A religious ceremony was held on Monday for a Saint Joe’s Prep High School graduate before he deploys overseas. Saint Joe’s Prep President, Father John Swope blessed a flag for...
View ArticleNutter Addresses Students At St. Joe’s Prep During Final Speech As Mayor
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Michael Nutter gave his final public speech as Mayor of Philadelphia on Monday at his alma mater, St. Joseph’s Prep. On this first day of classes in the New Year for students at...
View ArticleLocal HS Requires Swim Test To Graduate As Effort To Help Save Lives
By Pat Gallen PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Cristo Rey High School in North Philadelphia bangs a gong every time a major goal is achieved by a student. And in June, major goals will be met as the first-ever...
View ArticleSt. Joe’s Prep Dads, Students Building Desks To Assist Low-Income...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A group of dads and sons from Philadelphia’s St. Joseph’s Preparatory School are building goodwill for city students. St. Joe’s Prep’s “Father’s Club” are sawing, hammering, and...
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