http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_santoliquito RSS Feed for Joe Santoliquito en-us Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:04:08 GMT http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_santoliquito/20091111_Joseph_Santoliquito__Penncrest_takes_another_run_at_Garnet_Valley_in_Class_AAAA_playoffs.html THERE WERE A few times when all the promise Penncrest carried into this season seemed to be deflated. Like the Lions' season-opening defeat to Downingtown West, or the Central League losses to Garnet Valley and Ridley, all three setbacks coming by a combined seven points. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_santoliquito/20091104_Joseph_Santoliquito__Pfaff__Interboro_looking_for_12th_straight_Del-Val_title.html JOE PFAFF DOESN'T like to share, at least when it comes to the Del-Val League championship. The Interboro High senior is a 2-year starter and knows quite well the history of the program. Like the current 11 straight Del-Val titles Interboro has won under coach Steve Lennox - and the fact that the Bucs had a one-third share of the league crown last year with Glen Mills and Chester to continue the streak. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_santoliquito/20091028_Joseph_Santoliquito__Tough_to_beat_Garnet_Valley_s_Woods_now.html RYAN WOODS could always take the playful teasing, the jaunty back-and-forth with older sisters Jessica and Shannon. They were fast, athletic, like him. They'd just beat him, fair and square, in basketball, or outrun him. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_santoliquito/20091021_Joseph_Santoliquito__Foote_taking_big_steps_at_Lower_Merion.html LOWER MERION High won one game last season. That's not the case this year. There is a simple explanation: Conor Foote. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_santoliquito/20091014_Joseph_Santoliquito__Haverford_High_s_Clancy_brothers_are_finally_teammates.html MICHAEL ALWAYS had the speed, Brian was the one with the bulk. The Clancy brothers are only separated by a few years, and because they're so close in age, they always played in the same sports programs. Youth basketball, CYO grade-school football, but they were never really part of the same team because of that age difference. Never, that is, until this year. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_santoliquito/20091013_Haverford_brothers_center-QB_tandem_a_rarity_in_football.html MICHAEL ALWAYS had the speed, Brian was the one with the bulk. The Clancy brothers are only separated by a few years, and because they're so close in age, they always played in the same sports programs. Youth basketball, CYO grade-school football, but they were never really part of the same team because of that age difference. Never, that is, until this year. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_santoliquito/20091007_Joseph_Santoliquito__Springfield_s_Craig_is_running_with_a_lot_of_heart.html ANYONE WHO has ever seen Matt Craig run never would question his heart. Springfield's 5-10, 175-pound junior tailback could either run through you, or blow by you. It usually takes two or three tacklers to drag him down. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_santoliquito/20091006_Springfields_Craig_gives_his_heart_to_football.html ANYONE WHO has ever seen Matt Craig run would never question his heart. The Springfield 5-10, 175-pound junior tailback could either run through you, or blow by you. It usually takes two or three tacklers to drag him down. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_santoliquito/20090929_Chester_senior_linebacker_puts_team_first.html RONELL WILLIAMS talks a lot of us and we. Never in the singular, as in the Chester 6-1, 225-pound senior middle linebacker is a singular talent who is a one-man wrecking machine. No, it's always in the plural, about what "we" have to do to win, and about "us" coming together as a team. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/joe_santoliquito/20090930_Joseph_Santoliquito__Team_comes_first_for_Chester_linebacker_Williams.html RONELL WILLIAMS talks a lot of us and we. Never in the singular, as in the Chester 6-1, 225-pound senior middle linebacker is a singular talent who is a one-man wrecking machine. No, it's always in the plural, about what "we" have to do to win, and about "us" coming together as a team.