Coatesville hangs on to defeat Downingtown East 20-14

Last season was a historic year for several local schools. This season, there isn’t a clear-cut dominant team. From the suburbs to Philadelphia, here are the area’s top teams to know.

More than 1,500 men's college basketball players entered the transfer portal, which officially opened on April 7, and included several Big 5 players.

A letter to families on Monday maintained that "this decision is not a decision to end football" in the Lower Merion School District.

None of the current players were on the team when the 14-year-old was killed in 2022. But they’re still playing in the shadow of “that tragedy” — and hoping for their first winning season in years.

Jannie Lau and her husband, Todd Longsworth, sponsored a day at the tournament for Radnor's program, who got to watch pro tennis players on Wednesday and speak personally with Julia Grabher.

Rowing runs in Smith's blood. Her father competed for the U.S. at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, her older brother rows at Stanford and made the Under-19 national team, and her sister rows at Texas.

The Explorers have St. Joe's Prep and Roman Catholic to battle in the PCL, not to mention Paramus Catholic in the opener. First, however, they are battling to reach their own standard.

Ranging from juniors and seniors, most of this year's talent is already committed to Big Ten, SEC, and ACC schools. Here's what to know about the top 20 recruits in the area.

We scoured the Philadelphia region to find the 25 best young athletes. From professionals to high school students to Olympians, these are the area's best athletes under 25 years old.

Bradberry, who was sidelined during the Eagles' Super Bowl run in 2024-25, will join Camden Catholic as an assistant football coach. The longtime cornerback played nine seasons in the NFL.

Joe Girardi and Shane Victorino were back in Citizens Bank Park’s dugout as managers for Team West and East, with several former major leaguers on their coaching staffs: “That’s how you get better.”

Striker, a two-way player unlike former Phillies outfielder Hunter, says he and his uncle's swings "are both funky." The younger Pence will compete in Perfect Game's All-American Classic this weekend.

In youth and high school athletics, certain patterns, even the worst kind, tend to repeat themselves, especially without proper oversight from the adults who are supposed to be in charge.

Lundy, who’s considered a four-star recruit, earned first-team all-Catholic League as a junior at Wood. He's the first verbal pledge to join head coach Zach Spiker’s 2027 class.

Some parents who have been battling the district to take student safety more seriously said Brian Scriven and his administration showed a "lack of urgency" in responding to violent incidents.

The rising senior is one of the state’s top recruits in the class of 2027. He has more than 19 college offers, but Francis is more focused on bringing a Catholic League crown back to the school.

Both father and son have deep ties to Philadelphia basketball, but participating in events like the Danny Rumph Classic has further connected them to their roots.

It’s obvious now that Cheltenham's former football coach and assistants weren’t capable of doing the one thing any adult working in a school should put first: Keeping students safe.

The 22-year-old has built an accomplished career at Northwestern and with the U.S. national team. As she prepares for her first World Cup, Sessa wants folks to know “USA is improving in field hockey.”

Neighborhood residents have threatened to slash teachers' tires if they park in public spaces, and one staffer amassed more than $5,000 in parking tickets during her tenure.

The Collegeville institution's move to start graduate programs follows cuts of faculty and staff in the last year to help close a budget deficit. Its new program is in exercise and sport science.

The new micro-mall has coffee, vinyl records, yoga — and an antique bowling lane floor.

After 9/11, Americans found common ground and a greater sense of community. Twenty-five years later, our current leaders prefer sowing seeds of division.

The person who reported the Cheltenham football incidents in the Safe2Say system and the victim's mother showed the world how to deal with this kind of conduct, and offer lessons to us all.

Fernbank Farm features a roughly 1,500-bottle wine cellar and tasting room, a spa, and a heated saltwater pool.