Rick O’Brien has been at The Inquirer since 1993, primarily covering high school sports in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
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The Springfield (Delco) football team didn't exactly draw rave reviews while beating its first three Central League opponents by a combined 30 points.
We continue our top-10 football rankings with the best running backs in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Note that some multipurpose standouts, such as Imhotep Charter's Eerin Young and Coatesville's Daquan Worley, will not be listed here. We also are saving the area's best fullbacks (i.e. Pennsbury's Daquan Mack and Plymouth Whitemarsh's Corey Kelly) for another time.
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Souderton, C.B. South renew rivalry
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If recent history is any indication, Souderton and Central Bucks South should light up the scoreboard Friday night in Warrington.
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Many football roles suit Souderton's Wenger
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Kyle Wenger's future is probably in baseball, as a line-drive-hitting leadoff man and centerfielder. But his solid multipurpose efforts for Souderton's football team this season could make him rethink his sport of choice in college.
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La Salle's Hoffman considers playing football at Navy
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It's no surprise that La Salle High's Patrick Hoffman, a stalwart two-way lineman, is giving serious consideration to following in his father's footsteps and playing football at Navy.
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The top quarterbacks in Southeastern Pennsylvania
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It's time to begin ranking the best in Southeastern Pennsylvania football. We start, as usual, with the glamour position, quarterback.
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A power duel for Malvern and La Salle
- Perennial champions to square off.After a two-year break, perennial Southeastern Pennsylvania powers La Salle and Malvern Prep meet again. The No. 1-ranked Explorers (3-0) and No. 9 Malvern (2-1) will square off at
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Springfield (Montco) takes another shot at Suburban One
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It has been almost two decades, but the Springfield (Montco) football team has been down this challenging road before. The Spartans, a Class AA team, competed in the Suburban One League Freedom Division, made up mostly of Class AAAA schools, for most of the 1980s and in the early 1990s. They switched to the better-fitting Independence League in 1995.
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Rick O'BrienPrep's defense did the job
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St. Joseph's Prep defensive tackle Paul Johnson hopes to be a lawyer one day. With a seemingly natural ability to be diplomatic, he may want to also consider a career as a politician.
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Unretired Curry back at Berwick
- The veteran coach couldn't say no when his old job opened up again.George Curry was enjoying life away from coaching. He finally had a chance to take extended vacations with his wife, Jackie. He had more time to spend with his six grandchildren. And his high school football fix was eased by his work as a radio and television analyst.
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Pennsbury defense will face crucial test
- Downingtown East is strong on both sides of the ball.It has been a while since Pennsbury coach Galen Snyder has had to prepare for a pass-happy Downingtown East squad.
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The Churchmen shut out Del-Val Charter and Interboro
- Episcopal Ac. off to fast start with two rompsIt's too early for talk of a possible noisemaking run at the program's first Inter-Academic League football championship since 2004.
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