Event News - 2024 DFRC Blue-Gold All★Star Football Game

A future Golden Ram will be participating in the 68th Annual DFRC Blue-Gold All★Star Football Game to be held at 7:00 pm on June 21 at University of Delaware Stadium. Linebacker Brenn Scott of Cape Henlopen is slated to play for the Gold squad in the contest. Proceeds from the event benefit Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities.

Current Golden Rams who have participated in this contest are offensive linemen Jake Phipps and Pat Methlie.

Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens - DFRC Blue-Gold All★Star Football Game

Delmarva Sports Network - Blue-Gold All Star team rosters released for June 2024 football game

Team News - 2024 WCU Football Schedule

Here are some comment's on this season's schedule:

In early April, Mercyhurst announced that it was transitioning to Division 1 and joining the Northeast Conference effective at the end of the 2023-2024 academic season. As a result, West Chester, which was scheduled to face the Lakers in the last week of the season, has only ten games on the schedule. More on that later.

With the exception of homecoming, all home home games will have a noon kickoff.

The Golden Rams will face two teams that qualified for the Division II playoffs last season: East Stroudsburg and PSAC champions Kutztown, which advanced to the national semi-finals. The Golden Bears appear in a couple of preseason top-ten lists.

The season-opening matchup against Bentley could be telling for WCU's season. West Chester has faced the Falcons in each of the past seven seasons and holds a 6-1 record during that span. The Golden Rams won handily in 2017 and 2018 and qualified for the playoffs as the fifth and third seed in the region respectively. In 2019, West Chester needed a late game miraculous comeback to take the win and managed to qualify for the postseason as the sixth seed. Since then, Bentley scored a 24-point victory in 2021 while West Chester squeezed out one-point wins in the past two seasons, and the Golden Rams finished 6-5, 7-4, and 6-5. A big win in the opener may mean playoffs, while a close win or a loss may mean a .500 season.

Back to the predicament of the ten-game schedule. In January, the NCAA approved a proposal to allow for a "week 0" to be played in Division II football, although teams are still only permitted to play a maximum of 11 games during the regular season. This provides schools some flexibility in their non-conference scheduling. For example, East Stroudsburg and Edinboro took their game originally scheduled for September 21 and moved it to August 29. As a result, East Stroudsburg is taking a bye on September 21, while Edinboro did some additional shuffling with Bloomsburg (both teams were scheduled to play Mercyhurst this season) and now has a bye on October 15.

So why doesn't West Chester just find an opponent for week 0 then? Well the PSAC schedule for the final week of the regular season, which is when the Golden Rams were set to face Mercyhurst, has a minor quirk to it. On the final week of the PSAC regular season, the top team in each division play each other for the PSAC championship. If West Chester were to play a game in week 0 and go on to win the PSAC East, they would have 12 games which eclipses the Division II maximum. So a week 0 game is not a viable option.

Since any game in the final week of the regular season i.e. November 16, needs to be provisional, the risk of potentially not playing that game could be shared with another school that may also only be available provisionally as well. The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association has a similar championship format to that of the PSAC - the division winners play each other for the conference championship - however, unlike the PSAC, the other CIAA teams in the conference do not play that week. West Chester should contact Bowie State and schedule a game on the final week of the regular season as long as neither team qualifies for their respective conference championship game. Besides being a fresh face, the Bulldogs are a quality opponent which qualified for the playoffs in five of the past eight seasons. And they are close enough to make same-day travel reasonable which is easier on the budget than a trip to Erie.

Day	Date	Opponent	Time	Notes
Saturday	September 7	vs Bentley	12:00 pm
Saturday	September 14	vs California	12:00 pm
Saturday	September 21	at Seton Hill	12:00 pm
Saturday	September 28	at Bloomsburg	2:00 pm
Saturday	October 5	vs Shippensburg	12:00 pm
Saturday	October 12	vs Shepherd	12:00 pm
Saturday	October 19	at East Stroudsburg	6:05 pm	East Stroudsburg's Homecoming
Saturday	October 26	vs Millersville	2:00 pm	Homecoming/Family Weekend
Saturday	November 2	vs Lock Haven	12:00 pm	Senior Day
Saturday	November 9	at Kutztown	12:00 pm	Kutztown Senior Day

Event News - 2024 McDonald's Lehigh Valley All-Star Football Classic

A future Golden Ram will be participating in the 2024 McDonald's Lehigh Valley All-Star Football Classic to be held at 7:30 pm on June 13 in Nazareth's Andrew Leh Stadium. Selected to play for the Red squad, which will be coached by Blaec Saeger of Pleasant Valley, will be defensive back Jelonie Rieara of Stroudsburg High School.

Several former Golden Rams have particiapted in this contest including defensive end Zach Liggitt, offensive lineman Pat Ferry, and running back Eddie Elliott.

Event News - 2024 Phil Simms NJ All-Star Football Classic

A pair of future Golden Rams will be participating in the Phil Simms New Jersey North/South All-Star Football Classic to be held at 5:00pm on Sunday June 9 in Alumni Stadium at Kean University.

Linebacker Jayden Trace of Haddon Heights and offensive lineman Ryan Buchanan of Saint John Vianney will suit up for the South squad which will be coached by Steve Everette of Burlington Township. Also coaching for the South team is former Golden Ram All-American offensive lineman and current Cherry Hill East head coach Tyler Drob.

Current Golden Ram wide receiver Darrell Brown participated in the contest last year.

2024 South Roster

Event News - 2024 Valor Bowl

A future Golden Ram will be participating in the annual Believe and Achieve Valor Bowl to be held at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, May 22 at Downingtown's Walter E. Kottmeyer Stadium. Defensive lineman Jake Kvech of Downingtown West will suit up for Team Allison which will be coached by Dave Gueriera of Malvern Prep.

2024 Believe & Achieve Valor Bowl Selection... pic.twitter.com/yot2QJItvp

— B&A_ValorBowl (@AValorbowl) April 26, 2024

The Valor Bowl was founded by Scott Allison and former West Chester Golden Ram and Killinger Hall of Fame member Joe Carroll, and serves as Chester County's senior all-star game with proceeds going to benefit the Special Needs Community of the region.

Many West Chester University football players have participated in the Valor Bowl, most recently offensive lineman Dylan Nichols, quarterback and 2022 MVP Cooper Jordan, and running back Dayshawn Jacobs.

Other notable Valor Bowl alumni include 2001 North Offensive MVP Bob Findora who later led the Golden Rams to the 2004 Division II National semi-final and 2010 East Offensive MVP Rondell White who led the Golden Rams to the Division II National semi-final in 2013.

Event News - 2024 PSFCA 4A-6A East/West Game

A pair of future Golden Rams are expected to play in the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association (PSFCA) Big School 2024 East/West All-Star Game on Sunday, May 19 at Cumberland Valley’s Chapman Stadium in Mechanicsburg.

Selected to play for the East squad, which will be coached by John Donnelly of Central Bucks East, will be linebackers Ryan Shannon of Downingtown East and Adam Rodgers of Cheltenham. Kick-off is set for 5:00pm.

Current Golden Rams that have been selected to participate in this annual all-star game include offensive lineman Quinton Derr, wide receiver Seth Degree, wide receiver D'Shaun Seals, tight end Thatcher Miller, offensive lineman Ian Hornberger, defensive lineman Riley Hackett, and linebacker Mitch Ragni.

PSFCA - 2024 Titan Threadz East/West All-Star Game Live Stream and Rosters

Event News - 2024 PSFCA 1A-3A East/West Game

A future Golden Ram is expected to play in the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association (PSFCA) 1A-3A East/West All-Star Game on Sunday, May 19 at Cumberland Valley’s Chapman Stadium in Mechanicsburg.

Selected to play for the East squad, which will be coached by Pat Mason of Nativity BVM, will be running back Kendell Cottrell of Bristol. Kick-off is set for noon.

Current Golden Ram offensive lineman Ian Hornberger participated in this all-star game last year.

PSFCA - 2024 Titan Threadz East/West All-Star Game Live Stream and Rosters

2024 Spring Game Report - Gold 14 - Purple 10

Here are some observations from Friday's Purple-Gold game which was won by Gold by a score of 14-10:

• Gold featured the first team offense while Purple was comprised of the first team defense. So unlike previous years, the "one's" were facing the "one's".
• Wide receiver Raheim Bowens who entered the transfer portal, is back on the roster and made a couple of catches for Purple.
• Kicker Sean Henry, the team leader in points a season ago, was in uniform but did not play. Zack Liberatore did all of the kicking and punting with the most notable being a 52-yard field goal, albeit uncontested, for Purple.
• Quarterback Cooper Jordan looked much like last season. Under pressure, he was trying to throw the ball away, but instead it got picked off by Matt Marshall. Then on the first play of a possession in the second quarter, he tried to squeeze a pass into double coverage which was intercepted by Jimmy Wright. Jordan did complete nine of his 13 passes and was his usual elusive and speedy self, especially on a 30-yard touchdown run to end the first half.
• Signal caller Ethan Kohler was seemingly always under pressure and was "tagged" with six sacks. He just missed on a couple of passes and when he converted a third-and-ten to Jay Simmons, it was called back due to a holding call.
• After playing multiple positions last season, it seems that Brody McAndrew has settled in at quarterback. He played the entire second half for Purple although it was with a running clock. His standout play was on a fourth-and-goal from the two when the snap was fumbled, he picked the ball up, maintained his poise, rolled left, and tossed a touchdown pass to Jay Simmons.
• In addition to his interception, Marshall had a nice pass breakup. Maurice Beverly made one interception and wasn't able to hang on to a second one, so was credited with a pass breakup on the play.
• There was loud, pulsing music played throughout the entire contest.
• Linebacker Ricardo Delgado was credited with four solo stops for Purple, while Marcus Williams made seven solo tackles for Gold.
• Defensive end Joey Zack was credited with three sacks for Gold, while Williams, David Rush, Chasen Wint, Jacob Collazo each had one.
• The 5'9 running backs made an impact. Dayshawn Jacobs picked up 77 yards on ten carries for Purple, while speedy Stephen Broderick had ten carries for 34 yards for Gold.
• It was good to see tight end Thatcher Miller have a more prominent role in the offense for Gold as he made four catches for 64 yards. The top target for Kohler was Darrell Brown who had six receptions for 46 yards.

Box Score

West Chester Athletic Site - Gold Tops Purple, 14-10, in Spring Game

Daily Local News - Purple-Gold Game wraps up first spring under WCU head coach Greco

Player News - Anyatonwu Receives Academic Recognition

The National Football Foundation (NFF) has recognized senior defensive back Obi Anyatonwu as a member of the 2024 Hampshire Honor Society. Membership is granted to senior or graduate student football players that have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability, and demonstrate strong leadership and citizenship. Among the 30 student-athletes from PSAC schools, California had 6 representatives, East Stroudsburg 6, Shippensburg 6, Shepherd 5, Slippery Rock 4, IUP 2 and West Chester 1.

National Football Foundation Site - 2024 NFF Hampshire Honor Society Sets New Record for Membership

West Chester Athletic Site - Obi Anyatonwu Named to 2024 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society

Team News - 2024 Recruiting Class

Name	Pos	Ht	Wt	School
Ali Ballo	OL	6-3	330	Bartrum
Ryan Bender	WR	6-3	185	Cherokee
Nazye Boggs	DB	6-0	190	Plymouth-Whitemarsh
Roman Brown	DL	6-2	280	Lackawanna/Neumann-Goretti
Ryan Buchanan	OL	6-1	275	Saint John Vianney
Anthony Carey	TE	6-1	225	Council Rock South
Kendell Cottrell	RB	6-1	180	Bristol
Nate Edwards	WR	5-10	180	Lackawanna/Cheltenham
Cole Evans	OL	6-2	315	Marist/Archbishop Wood
Anthony Ferrugio	DE	6-3	220	Quakertown
Shai Gilmore	P	5-10	155	Cherry Hill East
Tim Gipli	DB	5-11	175	Conwell-Egan
Miles Goodwin	DB	6-3	220	Springfield Township
Jonathan Ingram	QB	6-1	175	Cheltenham
Too Jemahwuo	DB	5-10	178	Archbishop Carroll
Tahj Johnson	DB	5-9	155	St Mark's
Ryan Johnston	TE	6-2	220	Springfield
Chris Kohlbrenner	ATH	5-9	170	Upper Dublin
Jake Kvech	DL	6-5	260	Downingtown West
Anthony Leonardi	RB	5-11	180	Central Bucks South
Sean Moskowitz	LB	6-2	225	Central Bucks South
Hayden Mulligan	OL	6-4	280	Central Bucks West
Tommy Pajic	K	6-3	183	Cherokee
Jelonie Rieara	DB	6-1	185	Stroudsburg
Adam Rodgers	DB	6-1	190	Cheltenham
Nick Rogers	DE	6-5	240	Archbishop Ryan
Brenn Scott	LB	6-2	230	Cape Henlopen
Ryan Shannon	LB	6-1	210	Downingtown East
Gabe Smalley	QB	6-1	195	Lincoln
Sam Smalls	DB	5-9	180	Bishop McDevitt
Sam Sykes	DB	5-8	175	Central St/Cheltenham
Jayden Trace	LB	6-1	215	Haddon Heights
Tucker Valoczki	OL	6-4	270	Hershey
Luke Van Brill	ATH	6-1	210	Roman Catholic
Dan Voglesong	DB	6-0	190	Central Bucks East
Rylan Zuk	K	6-1	165	Souderton

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