AdvertisementHigh School SportsLongtime Haddonfield Memorial tennis coach Jeff Holman celebrates his 2,500th career winIt's believed Holman, 73, is the winningest high school tennis coach in history. But to him, the lives he has been able to impact in a nearly 50-year coaching career matter so much more.Isabella DiAmore Natasha Cloud ready to bring ‘dawg’ mentality to New York Liberty’s WNBA title defenseGina Mizell Nick Sirianni was his mentor. Now, Roy-Al Edwards is building a new football program in South Philly.Alex Coffey Father Judge guard Derrick Morton-Rivera commits to TempleRyan Mack OpinionIn his 44th year, one of Pa.’s longest tenured football coaches hopes to teach players more than X’s and O’sDave Caldwell, For The Inquirer AdvertisementGeoffrey A. Mock, engaging lobbyist and director of state government relations at Lehigh University, has died at 35He joined Lehigh’s office of Government Relations in 2021 and lobbied state legislators for additional funding for underserved students and other university priorities.Gary Miles Two weeks into the high school football season, here’s where some top area teams standWhich teams are looking top-caliber early? Who are the potential underdogs and the surprise squads still looking to get their first win?Joseph Santoliquito Ryan Weingartner’s baseball journey has taken him from St. Joe’s to Penn State to MLB draft pick The shortstop, who grew up in Berlin, New Jersey, was selected in the eighth round of July's Major League Baseball draft by the St. Louis Cardinals.Ethan Kopelman Philly’s Eric Gentry causes chaos in the middle of USC’s defense: ‘It’s been a perfect match’At 6-foot-6, Gentry, a Neumann Goretti alum, has a 7-1 wingspan and mans the middle of Southern California’s defense. He enter his fifth and final season as an unquestioned leader.Devin Jackson Philly native Tyseer Denmark gets a chance to make his mark at Penn StateThe redshirt freshman, who's a graduate of Imhotep Charter, will be part of a rotation of wide receivers when the Nittany Lions face Nevada in Saturday's season opener.Greg Finberg Why are so many Philly-area football recruits committing to Syracuse? Camden’s own Fran Brown Brown has leaned on his local ties to help Syracuse build a top-25 recruiting class nationally for 2026. "I’m like a cousin; I’m like an uncle,” says Brown about recruiting the area.Ethan Kopelman Hockey phenom Rocco Pelosi of Sewell commits to Boston CollegeThe 16-year-old Pelosi, who grew up playing at Hollydell Ice Arena, is ranked by some as the top American skater in the 2009 birth year. He will play with the U.S. National Team Development Program.Gustav Elvin A stroke left this hockey player paralyzed. His determination got him back on the ice.Jack Smiley, a Bucks County native, overcame a stroke in 2022 and skated one more time this past season during his final year of college hockey.Sidney Snider OpinionThe ripples from a high school coach’s suspension, Eagles fans’ opinions on a new stadium, and other thoughtsArchbishop Ryan coach Mark Ostaszewski was suspended for a year for a recruiting violation. While it might have been an understandable mistake, the punishment fits the crime.Mike Sielski | Columnist More of the area’s top high school football teams are facing national opponents. Is this the new trend?St. Joe's Prep and Roman Catholic opening its seasons in Florida and North Carolina, respectively, are examples of local schools beefing up their schedules with challenging out of area games.Isabella DiAmore Entering his 24th season, North Penn coach Dick Beck is still going strong: ‘I don’t know what else I’m going to do’Beck, who played for and later coached under Pettine Sr. at Central Bucks West, has shown no signs of hanging up his whistle and continues to preach the standards of his late mentor.Dave Caldwell, For The Inquirer Archbishop Ryan football coach suspended for a recruiting violationMark Ostaszewski was suspended for a year due to a recruiting violation with a student-athlete from the Bensalem School District. Ryan plans to reinstate Ostaszewski next season.Joseph Santoliquito, For The Inquirer Conestoga High School quietly suspended a nationally recognized soccer coach who was betting on basketball games with studentsSoccer coach David Zimmerman and students were placing "prop bets" on the performance of boys basketball players. The NCAA has sought a federal ban on that type of sports gambling.William Bender Former Phillie José Contreras shares the dugout with his son, a rising pitching prospectJoseph was invited to play in Sunday's Perfect Game All-American Classic, which features the top 60 high school players in the nation. His dad will be serving as a coach.Isabella DiAmore Brad Wanamaker knows about Roman Catholic’s basketball tradition. Now it’s his time at the helm.Wanamaker, a former Cahillites star who had an accomplished professional career, will add his own twist to the program as its new coach. Isabella DiAmore See more storiesAdvertisement
Longtime Haddonfield Memorial tennis coach Jeff Holman celebrates his 2,500th career winIt's believed Holman, 73, is the winningest high school tennis coach in history. But to him, the lives he has been able to impact in a nearly 50-year coaching career matter so much more.Isabella DiAmore
Longtime Haddonfield Memorial tennis coach Jeff Holman celebrates his 2,500th career winIt's believed Holman, 73, is the winningest high school tennis coach in history. But to him, the lives he has been able to impact in a nearly 50-year coaching career matter so much more.Isabella DiAmore
Nick Sirianni was his mentor. Now, Roy-Al Edwards is building a new football program in South Philly.Alex Coffey
Nick Sirianni was his mentor. Now, Roy-Al Edwards is building a new football program in South Philly.Alex Coffey
OpinionIn his 44th year, one of Pa.’s longest tenured football coaches hopes to teach players more than X’s and O’sDave Caldwell, For The Inquirer
OpinionIn his 44th year, one of Pa.’s longest tenured football coaches hopes to teach players more than X’s and O’sDave Caldwell, For The Inquirer
Geoffrey A. Mock, engaging lobbyist and director of state government relations at Lehigh University, has died at 35He joined Lehigh’s office of Government Relations in 2021 and lobbied state legislators for additional funding for underserved students and other university priorities.Gary Miles
Geoffrey A. Mock, engaging lobbyist and director of state government relations at Lehigh University, has died at 35He joined Lehigh’s office of Government Relations in 2021 and lobbied state legislators for additional funding for underserved students and other university priorities.Gary Miles
Two weeks into the high school football season, here’s where some top area teams standWhich teams are looking top-caliber early? Who are the potential underdogs and the surprise squads still looking to get their first win?Joseph Santoliquito
Two weeks into the high school football season, here’s where some top area teams standWhich teams are looking top-caliber early? Who are the potential underdogs and the surprise squads still looking to get their first win?Joseph Santoliquito
Ryan Weingartner’s baseball journey has taken him from St. Joe’s to Penn State to MLB draft pick The shortstop, who grew up in Berlin, New Jersey, was selected in the eighth round of July's Major League Baseball draft by the St. Louis Cardinals.Ethan Kopelman
Ryan Weingartner’s baseball journey has taken him from St. Joe’s to Penn State to MLB draft pick The shortstop, who grew up in Berlin, New Jersey, was selected in the eighth round of July's Major League Baseball draft by the St. Louis Cardinals.Ethan Kopelman
Philly’s Eric Gentry causes chaos in the middle of USC’s defense: ‘It’s been a perfect match’At 6-foot-6, Gentry, a Neumann Goretti alum, has a 7-1 wingspan and mans the middle of Southern California’s defense. He enter his fifth and final season as an unquestioned leader.Devin Jackson
Philly’s Eric Gentry causes chaos in the middle of USC’s defense: ‘It’s been a perfect match’At 6-foot-6, Gentry, a Neumann Goretti alum, has a 7-1 wingspan and mans the middle of Southern California’s defense. He enter his fifth and final season as an unquestioned leader.Devin Jackson
Philly native Tyseer Denmark gets a chance to make his mark at Penn StateThe redshirt freshman, who's a graduate of Imhotep Charter, will be part of a rotation of wide receivers when the Nittany Lions face Nevada in Saturday's season opener.Greg Finberg
Philly native Tyseer Denmark gets a chance to make his mark at Penn StateThe redshirt freshman, who's a graduate of Imhotep Charter, will be part of a rotation of wide receivers when the Nittany Lions face Nevada in Saturday's season opener.Greg Finberg
Why are so many Philly-area football recruits committing to Syracuse? Camden’s own Fran Brown Brown has leaned on his local ties to help Syracuse build a top-25 recruiting class nationally for 2026. "I’m like a cousin; I’m like an uncle,” says Brown about recruiting the area.Ethan Kopelman
Why are so many Philly-area football recruits committing to Syracuse? Camden’s own Fran Brown Brown has leaned on his local ties to help Syracuse build a top-25 recruiting class nationally for 2026. "I’m like a cousin; I’m like an uncle,” says Brown about recruiting the area.Ethan Kopelman
Hockey phenom Rocco Pelosi of Sewell commits to Boston CollegeThe 16-year-old Pelosi, who grew up playing at Hollydell Ice Arena, is ranked by some as the top American skater in the 2009 birth year. He will play with the U.S. National Team Development Program.Gustav Elvin
Hockey phenom Rocco Pelosi of Sewell commits to Boston CollegeThe 16-year-old Pelosi, who grew up playing at Hollydell Ice Arena, is ranked by some as the top American skater in the 2009 birth year. He will play with the U.S. National Team Development Program.Gustav Elvin
A stroke left this hockey player paralyzed. His determination got him back on the ice.Jack Smiley, a Bucks County native, overcame a stroke in 2022 and skated one more time this past season during his final year of college hockey.Sidney Snider
A stroke left this hockey player paralyzed. His determination got him back on the ice.Jack Smiley, a Bucks County native, overcame a stroke in 2022 and skated one more time this past season during his final year of college hockey.Sidney Snider
OpinionThe ripples from a high school coach’s suspension, Eagles fans’ opinions on a new stadium, and other thoughtsArchbishop Ryan coach Mark Ostaszewski was suspended for a year for a recruiting violation. While it might have been an understandable mistake, the punishment fits the crime.Mike Sielski | Columnist
OpinionThe ripples from a high school coach’s suspension, Eagles fans’ opinions on a new stadium, and other thoughtsArchbishop Ryan coach Mark Ostaszewski was suspended for a year for a recruiting violation. While it might have been an understandable mistake, the punishment fits the crime.Mike Sielski | Columnist
More of the area’s top high school football teams are facing national opponents. Is this the new trend?St. Joe's Prep and Roman Catholic opening its seasons in Florida and North Carolina, respectively, are examples of local schools beefing up their schedules with challenging out of area games.Isabella DiAmore
More of the area’s top high school football teams are facing national opponents. Is this the new trend?St. Joe's Prep and Roman Catholic opening its seasons in Florida and North Carolina, respectively, are examples of local schools beefing up their schedules with challenging out of area games.Isabella DiAmore
Entering his 24th season, North Penn coach Dick Beck is still going strong: ‘I don’t know what else I’m going to do’Beck, who played for and later coached under Pettine Sr. at Central Bucks West, has shown no signs of hanging up his whistle and continues to preach the standards of his late mentor.Dave Caldwell, For The Inquirer
Entering his 24th season, North Penn coach Dick Beck is still going strong: ‘I don’t know what else I’m going to do’Beck, who played for and later coached under Pettine Sr. at Central Bucks West, has shown no signs of hanging up his whistle and continues to preach the standards of his late mentor.Dave Caldwell, For The Inquirer
Archbishop Ryan football coach suspended for a recruiting violationMark Ostaszewski was suspended for a year due to a recruiting violation with a student-athlete from the Bensalem School District. Ryan plans to reinstate Ostaszewski next season.Joseph Santoliquito, For The Inquirer
Archbishop Ryan football coach suspended for a recruiting violationMark Ostaszewski was suspended for a year due to a recruiting violation with a student-athlete from the Bensalem School District. Ryan plans to reinstate Ostaszewski next season.Joseph Santoliquito, For The Inquirer
Conestoga High School quietly suspended a nationally recognized soccer coach who was betting on basketball games with studentsSoccer coach David Zimmerman and students were placing "prop bets" on the performance of boys basketball players. The NCAA has sought a federal ban on that type of sports gambling.William Bender
Conestoga High School quietly suspended a nationally recognized soccer coach who was betting on basketball games with studentsSoccer coach David Zimmerman and students were placing "prop bets" on the performance of boys basketball players. The NCAA has sought a federal ban on that type of sports gambling.William Bender
Former Phillie José Contreras shares the dugout with his son, a rising pitching prospectJoseph was invited to play in Sunday's Perfect Game All-American Classic, which features the top 60 high school players in the nation. His dad will be serving as a coach.Isabella DiAmore
Former Phillie José Contreras shares the dugout with his son, a rising pitching prospectJoseph was invited to play in Sunday's Perfect Game All-American Classic, which features the top 60 high school players in the nation. His dad will be serving as a coach.Isabella DiAmore
Brad Wanamaker knows about Roman Catholic’s basketball tradition. Now it’s his time at the helm.Wanamaker, a former Cahillites star who had an accomplished professional career, will add his own twist to the program as its new coach. Isabella DiAmore
Brad Wanamaker knows about Roman Catholic’s basketball tradition. Now it’s his time at the helm.Wanamaker, a former Cahillites star who had an accomplished professional career, will add his own twist to the program as its new coach. Isabella DiAmore
