Player News - Diquan Gilbert Transferring to West Chester

Diquan Gilbert (Communications Tech/Valley Forge Military College) has tweeted his plans to finish his college career at West Chester. The 6-2, 240lb linebacker/defensive end was #61 on the 2012 Philadelphia Inquirer's Top 150 list and #2 on Rick O'Brien's best linebackers list and drew interest from Penn State and Boston College. He was a two-year team captain for the Phoenix. After his senior year, he was named Defensive MVP in the Daily News-Eagles City All-Star Football Game. In that game won by Public, he registered ten tackles, two sacks, one other tackle for loss and recovered a fumble.

- 2015 First Team All Seaboard Conference
- 2012 Third Team Inquirer All-Southeastern PA
- 2012 First Team Daily News All-City
- 2012 First Team Daily News All-Public

It's official! 🐏 #wcu pic.twitter.com/g4a7U4bLeH

— Quanny (@QuannyG_9) March 29, 2016

philly.com - Communications Tech's Diquan Gilbert turns heads at football combine

philly.com - Gilbert, football now a mutual love affair

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Team News - 2016 Spring Game

The Golden Ram spring football game is scheduled for Saturday, April 23, 2016 at noon in John A. Farrell Stadium. The Spring Game will be the culmination of four weeks of practice and two scrimmages. The first day of spring practice was Monday, March 28 with scrimmages tentatively set for Saturday, April 9 and Saturday, April 16.

Alumni News - Rondell White leads Dauphins to Sole Possession of First Place

In the biggest game of the season for the Nice Dauphins, former Golden Ram running back Rondell White once again led the way. White had 21 carries for 220 yards and two touchdowns and three receptions for 36 yards including the game-winning touchdown with less than two minutes left in the game. As a result of the 31-28 win over the previously undefeated Cougars de Saint-Ouen l'Aumône, Nice now claims sole possession of first place in the league.

As has been the case so many times this season, White dominated the game, accounting for 256 of the Dauphins' 369 yards. But much credit also needs to go to the Dauphins defense which held the Cougars' passing game to 256 yards, well below their average of 330 yards per game.

White scored the first touchdown of the game on a 59-yard run. Then early in the second period, he ripped off an 83-yard scoring jaunt to tie the game at 14. Then with 1:49 left, the Dauphins were trailing 28-24 and faced fourth down from the Cougar 19-yard line. Nice sent trips left and split out White by himself to the right where he made a great sideline catch in the end zone for the winning score.

The Dauphins were schedule to visit the Pessac Kangourous this coming weekend, but since that franchise folded, they will be off until April 17 when they visit the La Queue-en-Brie Gladiateurs.

White makes the game-winning touchdown reception

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Game Replay (3:05 for the final TD)

Watch highlights from the Dauphin’s win against the St. Ouen Cougars

Alumni News - Dan McShane to Coach Pennsbury

Former Golden Ram defensive lineman Dan McShane has been promoted to head coach at Pennsbury High School. McShane served as defensive coordinator for the Falcons for the previous five seasons. Earlier, he was head coach at nearby Bensalem for ten seasons. Pennsbury, a member of the National Division of the Suburban One Conference, reached the District One Class AAAA semi-finals in 2015 and the PIAA Class AAAA semi-finals in 2014. McShane succeeds Galen Snyder who was head coach there for 14 years.

The Trentonian - Pennsbury promotes Dan McShane to head football coach

philly.com - McShane named Pennsbury football coach

The Trentonian - Galen Snyder steps down as Pennsbury football coach after 14 years

Alumni News - Ronell Williams Participates In Pro Day

Former Golden Ram linebacker Ronell Williams was among 50+ former college football players to recently participate in Temple University's Pro Day. Scouts from 26 NFL teams and one CFL team were on hand to observe the event.

Temple Athletics - NFL Scouts Attend Temple Pro Day in Record Numbers

Event News - Killinger Foundation Banquet

The 37th Annual Killinger Foundation Football Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 5:00 pm at the West Chester University Alumni & Foundation Center, 202 Carter Drive, West Chester, PA. The 2016 Hall of Fame inductees are:

- Vance Row '99
- Scott Asman '90
- Jack Chambers '73
- Scott Eberly '94
- Robert Kautter '54

Row was a three-time first team All-PSAC East selection at left tackle and has been a police officer in Maryland since graduation. Chambers was a three-time first team All-PSAC East selection at guard for a team that went to the Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference championship game all three of those seasons.

Asman, a high school quarterback, moved to tight end at West Chester and earned first team All-PSAC East honors his senior year. He captained the team in 1990 and had four touchdowns in the 1989 playoff game at Portland State. He finished his career with 166 catches for 1,990 yards and 29 touchdowns receiving and 31 total touchdowns.

Eberly was a three-time All-PSAC East selection at running back, named to the second team as a sophomore and a first team selection as a junior and senior. A team captain his senior year, he had 292 yards rushing in a 35-3 win over Kutztown which was a school record that stood for 15 years. He finished his West Chester career with 27 touchdowns and 3,446 all-purpose yards - 2,809 rushing, 481 receiving and 156 in returns.

Kautter played right end for Killinger teams that went 8-2 and won the Pretzel Bowl in 1951, 7-0 in 1952 and 7-1 in 1953. West Chester was awarded the conference championship in all three of those seasons. After graduating, he served in Germany for the Army before coaching basketball at Governor Mifflin High School.

Anyone interested in attending or sponsoring the event is asked to use the online ticket sale center.

Alumni News - Rondell White, Dauphins de Nice Move to 3-0

Former Golden Ram running back Rondell White and the Nice Dauphins continued their winning ways with a 16-6 victory over the Thonon-les-Bains Black Panthers. After spotting the Panthers a 6-0 lead, Nice went on to score the final 16 points of the game including a touchdown run by White. With 156 rushing yards and one catch for 4 more yards, White accounted for 160 of the Dauphins' 256 total yards. After an off week, the Dauphins host the undefeated Cougars de Saint-Ouen l'Aumône the following Saturday night.

Would Rondell's French skills help or hurt in this conversation?

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Game Replay (a lot of "oh là là's" in the 1:55:45 mark)

Player News - Geoffrey Philippe Transferring to West Chester

Geoffrey Philippe (Frankford/Valley Forge Military College) has tweeted his plans to continue his college career in West Chester. The 6-0, 210lb linebacker registered five tackles in just three games at Riverside City College in California in 2012 before suffering an injury. Philippe spent the 2014 season at nearby Valley Forge Military College where they won the Seaboard Conference Championship. At Frankford, Philippe registered six interceptions including three in his final game against Fels.

- 2014 First Team All-Seaboard Conference
- 2011 Second Team Daily News All-City
- 2011 First Team Daily News All-Public

@JeffRipReef7 Congrats! WCU is getting a very good football player and one of the best leaders I've ever coached! pic.twitter.com/ODsCNUlGIU

— Frankford Pioneers (@FkdFootball) March 3, 2016

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Alumni News - Rondell White, Dauphins de Nice Move to 2-0

Former Golden Ram running back Rondell White and the Nice Dauphins moved to 2-0 with a resounding 33-13 win at the Elancourt Templiers. The Dauphins were supposed to play their second game against the Pessac Kangourous, but that franchise has apparently folded.

White accounted for 193 of the Dauphins' 216 rushing yards and 332 total yards. He had 32 carries and scored four touchdowns in the game. The Dauphins are on the road again Saturday night to take on the Thonon-les-Bains Black Panthers.

Rondell White celebrates one of his four TD's (Photo Patrice Voisin)

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