Philadelphia Public & Catholic Leagues Realign

by Jeff Fisher
Pennsylvania High School Football Huddle

The 2010 high school football season will have a different look in the Philadelphia Public and Catholic Leagues.


Officials have realigned the 29 Public League schools, with the biggest change coming in AAAA where there are now two, seven-team divisions, instead of three, five-team divisions.


The Catholic League has shrunk by three teams with the closing of Cardinal Dougherty, Kennedy-Kenrick and North Catholic. 


Catholic League


AAAA Division: Judge, La Salle, Roman, Ryan, SJ Prep (four make playoffs)
AAA Division: Bonner, Carroll, O'Hara, Wood (all make playoffs)
AA Division: Conwell-Egan, Lansdale, McDevitt, Neumann-Goretti, West (two make playoffs)


Public League


AAAA Gold Division: Bartram, Frankford, Germantown, Lincoln, Northeast, Overbrook, Washington (four make playoffs, with top two earning first-round byes) AAAA Silver Division: Central, Edison, Fels, Furness, Mastbaum, Olney, Southern (two make playoffs; mixed in with four from Gold for six total in AAAA)
AAA Division: Boys' Latin, Dobbins, Franklin, Gratz, King, Roxborough, University City, West (four make playoffs)
AA Division: Bok, Communications Tech, Del-Val, FitzSimons, Future, Imhotep, Prep Charter (four make playoffs; Future is the only A school and is playing up in AA.)