2018-19 Philadelphia Catholic and Public League Thread

[93henfan]

We don't have enough Philadelphia sports threads.

I know nothing about Philly HS hoops, so I'll need GF and BHBK to carry this one

[UNI88]

We don't have enough Philadelphia sports threads.

I know nothing about Philly HS hoops, so I'll need GF and BHBK to carry this one

[GannonFan]

Actually don't even need to wait for hoops season - St Joe's Prep is the odds on favorite to win the 6A (biggest classification) football state title again this year. Private schools can recruit, unlike their public counterparts, so you have a team with Jeremiah Trotter's kid (verballed to Clemson), and two Ohio St verbals (the QB and then Marvin Harrison's kid, a WR) all on the same team and still just juniors. Remember, the Prep is where Swift (current starting RB for Georgia) played all four years.

[89Hen]

Actually don't even need to wait for hoops season - St Joe's Prep is the odds on favorite to win the 6A (biggest classification) football state title again this year. Private schools can recruit, unlike their public counterparts, so you have a team with Jeremiah Trotter's kid (verballed to Clemson), and two Ohio St verbals (the QB and then Marvin Harrison's kid, a WR) all on the same team and still just juniors. Remember, the Prep is where Swift (current starting RB for Georgia) played all four years.

And not in the Top 25 nationally. Gonzaga is 17.

[GannonFan]

Actually don't even need to wait for hoops season - St Joe's Prep is the odds on favorite to win the 6A (biggest classification) football state title again this year. Private schools can recruit, unlike their public counterparts, so you have a team with Jeremiah Trotter's kid (verballed to Clemson), and two Ohio St verbals (the QB and then Marvin Harrison's kid, a WR) all on the same team and still just juniors. Remember, the Prep is where Swift (current starting RB for Georgia) played all four years.

And not in the Top 25 nationally. Gonzaga is 17.

MaxPreps has the Prep at #20 nationally...with Gonzaga at #22.

https://www.maxpreps.com/news/3dXziSoJu ... -bosco.htm

[UNI88]

Actually don't even need to wait for hoops season - St Joe's Prep is the odds on favorite to win the 6A (biggest classification) football state title again this year. Private schools can recruit, unlike their public counterparts, so you have a team with Jeremiah Trotter's kid (verballed to Clemson), and two Ohio St verbals (the QB and then Marvin Harrison's kid, a WR) all on the same team and still just juniors. Remember, the Prep is where Swift (current starting RB for Georgia) played all four years.

Are there any adjustments for the ability to recruit? Maybe schools are bumped up one class or similar?

[GannonFan]

Actually don't even need to wait for hoops season - St Joe's Prep is the odds on favorite to win the 6A (biggest classification) football state title again this year. Private schools can recruit, unlike their public counterparts, so you have a team with Jeremiah Trotter's kid (verballed to Clemson), and two Ohio St verbals (the QB and then Marvin Harrison's kid, a WR) all on the same team and still just juniors. Remember, the Prep is where Swift (current starting RB for Georgia) played all four years.

Are there any adjustments for the ability to recruit? Maybe schools are bumped up one class or similar?

Nope, just based on enrollment. You tend to see mostly private schools in the final rounds of the playoffs, and really up and down the classifications (football in PA has 6 different classifications). Moving from 4 to 6 classifications did help the publics a little bit, but still hard to overcome schools that recruit without boundaries.